Chapter 95: It's all calculations
Little Head and the other beggars returned to the dilapidated courtyard, and everyone sat together.
"What to do? Xiao Jiu, are we going? Another little boy asked, looking at him.
"I want to go, my sister is sick, I haven't scraped together enough money to see Langzhong, if I don't go, I'm afraid something will happen to my sister." Xiao Jiu looked at a three-year-old girl who was following him and said, his sister has been coughing recently, probably a cold wind.
It's not a big problem, but if you don't look at it, a wind chill can kill you.
said that it was his sister, in fact, this sister was also picked up by Xiao Jiu, she was only a few months old when she just picked it up, and he asked for food little by little, and raised it with rice paste, and he was only more than 5 years old at that time.
I've been raising it for several years, and I already have feelings.
"But ......" The little boy hesitated, they beggars were insecure, they were insecure with no one.
But they don't have a choice.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu's reputation is okay, I heard that it is good for ordinary people, so we went...... It shouldn't abuse us, and if it really doesn't work, we'll run again. Xiao Jiu thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said.
"Good! If it doesn't work, run. The little boy nodded.
"If we don't go, there is no place for us in Chang'an City, didn't you see that Feng Mazi coming over today? He joined the Spirit Snake Gang, and since the Spirit Snake Gang came to us today, if we don't go, I'm afraid we will be caught by them. Xiao Jiu said with some worry.
They are not afraid of the government, but they are afraid of these local snakes, they can avoid the government, but they can't avoid the local snakes, because they still have to eat around here, not to mention that there are three or four-year-old little guys like his sister in their group of children, who can't run fast at all.
Although these little beggars are young, their begging career since childhood has made them quite experienced in observing words and feelings, judging the situation, and knowing what situations they can't hide.
Notices have been plastered all over Chang'an City, and almost everyone can see it, the focus is on these land snakes controlled by five battalions of soldiers, and those homeless people can't see it.
However, Li Ke's attention is not on these homeless people at all, if he arranges it like this, these homeless people can still dodge, then Li Ke took off the head of Changsun Chong and kicked it as a ball!
Li Ke is holding a notice full of Chang'an in his hand at the moment, because this notice is printed!
In terms of overall effect, it's pretty good! It uses Datang's movable type printing and Datang-made paper.
"How? How much can be printed in a day? Li Ke looked at the notice in his hand and asked.
"If we triple the number of workers we currently have, we can print about 20,000 to 50,000 copies a day." Tian Meng said.
"What about papermaking? Can you keep up? ”
"Yes, at present, we have purchased a large number of wheat straws, reeds and other different straws in various places for testing, and we have negotiated some small families below to let them help, so the speed of collecting these things is very fast. In addition, the winter wheat harvest will be in a few months, so the paper will definitely keep up, and we will still have a large surplus. ”
"I have ordered to increase the cultivation of various coarse hemp plants in Nam Province, Gangnam Province, Shannan Province, Huainan Province, Kannai Province, and Hedong Province for paper making. Gangnam Province, in particular, is more suitable for planting, and these places can grow even in winter. Tian Meng said quickly.
Li Ke nodded with satisfaction, the ten roads in the Tang Dynasty are different from those of later generations, such as Henan Road is actually more of the boundary of Shandong in later generations, Hedong Road and Hebei Road are almost Shanxi and Hebei in later generations, Guannei Road is naturally Shaanxi and Ningxia, and Longyou Road is the entire Hexi Corridor, which stretches to Yumen Guanyang Pass.
Huainan Road is the Jiangbei region in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and Shannan Road is probably Luoyang and Hubei in the later generations. Jiangnan Province is bounded by the Yangtze River in the south of Chongqing, northern Guizhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi stretching to the coastal area.
Later, the Sichuan Basin and part of Yunnan to the south were Jiannan Province, and Lingnan Province was the southeast coast plus Guangdong, and the entire plain near Hanoi that extended to northern Vietnam by the sea belonged to the Lingnan Province area.
At this time, Guangxi, southern Guizhou, and eastern Yunnan were still places of various ethnic minorities, which nominally belonged to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they were not within the control of the Tang Dynasty and were not divided for the time being.
In fact, Lingnan Road is also suitable for planting at present, but the control of Datang in that place is relatively weak.
"Very good, first deal with the relationship between the displaced people, and then prepare to expand the scale of the paper mill, the printing plant will be built in two parts, this part of Shuwangzhuang is controlled in our own hands, the paper mill does not matter when the time comes, half a month later, ready for the release of our Datang Weekly." Li Ke said lightly.
"Yes...... But Your Highness, are you sure this weekly report is okay? Tian Meng hesitated and said.
"You hurry up and prepare the materials you want, this weekly report is for my dad to play, I'll see if those courtiers have that vision, if they have that vision, they will inevitably ask my dad to take this weekly newspaper back to the Tang Dynasty." Li Ke said with a smile.
As for Datang not having the concept of a week, it doesn't matter, I Li Ke said that it has, and he has it. Anyway, how can he get used to it! You have to let others adapt to him Li Ke!
"Speaking of which, is it easy for me for me to ask for a knighthood for you craftsmen?"
Tian Meng was a little embarrassed, although he didn't have his share in this title, but in his opinion, His Royal Highness was completely working for the benefit of the people below!
"That, otherwise, Your Highness, let's keep a low profile, it's better to control this weekly newspaper in our own hands." Tian Meng hesitated.
"No, if these courtiers have a good enough vision, they will definitely let this weekly newspaper take back to the court, and they can take it back for them, but in the end they have to send it back to me obediently." Li Ke sneered, he could guess that if the eldest grandson Wuji didn't want this thing, he would have a ghost.
But it doesn't matter, let them go back first, and then ask their dad for the title back, and then carry out the second step of the plan, they have to obediently send me this weekly report back.
At that time, you can ask for another wave of benefits.
For the time being, this weekly newspaper does not need to have as many words as the later generations, so the technology of this era is sufficient.
Not to mention that Li Ke did not have a large printing press to print newspapers in later generations, and even if he did, he would not use it. Energy and the like are on the one hand, the main thing is that in this era, we must use the machines of this era to upgrade little by little, so that a large number of employees can be trained, and a large number of labor forces can be expanded, and wealth will be given to the people first.
The people can only spend when they have money, and when the people consume, the money will be earned.
In this round and round rolling, Li Ke's money is naturally getting more and more.
It's called: the money is not gone, but the cub is gone.
Just, perfect! In this process, no one loses, everyone is winning, but His Highness wins double, which is called a win-win situation!