Chapter 162: I'm Too Poor
Tian Meng's words made Li Ke smile with relief, it's okay, it's not in vain, at least I understand these truths.
"Two days later, a Datang Weekly was printed to explain the situation to the people, and the Datang Weekly in Luoyang was reprinted for three consecutive days, first publicizing what happened in Chang'an, and then following the content of Chang'an's Datang Weekly."
"In addition, this time many businessmen donated, the next time Datang Weekly will publicize it! When people donate money, they have to make their family famous! Li Ke said quickly. Also, the finances of our house can't be known to outsiders, from today onwards, I, Li Ke, will be a poor B, you know?! ”
"Yes......" Tian Meng was a little speechless, he didn't know how to describe his Royal Highness, so he said some ugly words to himself.
"Okay, you go and get busy first, and start construction in seven days, but there is one thing, you can't disturb the people! Give those small businesses a subsidy! Li Ke thought about it, and thought of a place to spend money! To be honest, Li Ke is really not afraid of spending money on the people now!
Because there is a high probability that the money may flow back into his hands in the end, in the process of coming and going, the people are rich, the country is rich, and he Li Ke is also rich.
After Tian Meng left, Li Ke thought about it and simply found Yang Anning and the tailor who made the garment.
"Your Highness." Yang Anning and the others all bowed and saluted.
"Now I'll give you a mission." Li Ke's expression was serious.
"Your Highness, please speak." Everyone hurriedly spoke.
"You design a dress for me, this dress will be worn often by His Highness in the future, except for the court dress, His Highness will wear this dress on other occasions, remember! It should be exactly the same, there can be no difference, at least not let people see the difference, first make a twenty set. Including the boots, the underwear inside is the same. Li Ke said seriously.
"Huh?" Everyone is a little confused, they can understand making clothes, but what does it mean to make twenty sets of exactly the same?
"Because from today onwards, His Royal Highness is very poor, and the poor have no clothes to wear, and the task of renovating Chang'an City will begin immediately." Li Ke said lightly.
Yang Anning almost choked on her own saliva...... What a sassy operation this is. Poor...... Can a prince be so poor that he has no clothes to wear? The question is...... Li Ke makes twenty sets of exactly the same, if he lasts like this for a year...... I guess some people really believe it.
"Your Highness, we understand. His Royal Highness wants to set an example and warn everyone under his command to be thrifty and to be people-centered, Your Highness, please rest assured, we will definitely live up to His Highness's trust, but we will be wronged that His Highness can only wear the same clothes for a long time. The seamstresses instantly "understood" and spoke respectfully.
"It's okay, what kind of grievance is this, you can wear the same clothes." Li Ke waved his hand generously.
Several of the female workers stopped talking, they knew that His Highness had always liked to carry the pressure on himself, and never let them share it, but he gave them the best treatment for these servants, no matter which country they went to, they did not have such good treatment.
Over the years, His Royal Highness the King of Shu has not had a single slave dead by his side, go to other homes to inquire, are there few slaves who have died? And not only that, His Royal Highness the King of Shu did many things that seemed to be incomprehensible to ordinary people, and he would not hide them from them, but told them all.
Which master can do the same? His Royal Highness the King of Shu treats each of their subordinates with sincerity, but they have nothing to repay except for one life, as for this Pu Liu posture, they will not insult His Highness's personality at all.
Yang Anning sighed, these female workers are really, they like to make up some things in their brains, but they don't blame them, after all, they don't have much knowledge. How could a person like His Royal Highness do such a superficial thing, it must be that someone above the court is eyeing His Highness, and I am afraid that he will use His Royal Highness's extravagant style as a demon.
His Royal Highness thinks about the people all day long, and has thousands of people in the entire Tang Dynasty in his heart, how can he have time to talk to those bullshit royal histories, so he made this decision to avoid these imperial historical remarks.
It's a pity that they can't see it, but it's good that way, otherwise when will His Highness be able to take a fancy to her and be friends with her.
"That's basically it, our Shu Wangfu will be very busy recently, some of your performances here will be carried out as usual, if it's okay, study more songs and the like." And don't you all go on your own, let the other sisters also share more, we are not joking here, we are just a show, it doesn't matter if it looks good or not. Li Ke said with a smile.
"Yes, Your Highness." Yang Anning immediately bowed and said.
When Li Ke explained here, there was another mall, and all the donation merchants just now gathered together.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are fortunate to be together today, and thanks to the high righteousness of His Royal Highness the King of Shu, we have this opportunity, so just now I was thinking, can we also set up a meeting like His Royal Highness the King of Shu's membership system? Almost all of you here are businessmen, why don't we call it the Chamber of Commerce? Bai Ling, who had just made the suggestion, said loudly to everyone.
"Dare to ask Bai Langjun, what is the significance of this chamber of commerce?" One person asked.
"Actually, it's very simple, our chamber of commerce doesn't have to pay membership fees, but because we have a common experience, we might as well join forces, the strength of our individual family may be very weak, but we are now dozens of families combined, not weaker than some big gate valve families, right?" Pak Ling Road.
"I'll put my thoughts through, we make a lot of money, but those who are willing to give us people a chance and fame, I'm afraid that it is His Royal Highness the King of Shu, His Royal Highness the King of Shu renovates Chang'an City today, and he may renovate Luoyang City one day, not to mention these, but we put it together, we can't help His Royal Highness the King of Shu with some official connections, but there should be no problem with a little money." Bai Ling said seriously, "Just now you also heard about the Tang Royal Academy. ”
"I think you all want your children to have the right to the imperial examination, right?"
Bai Ling's words are already very straightforward, to a certain extent, they are the first batch to have benefits with Li Ke, although all of them are businessmen and some down-and-out families, but in fact, many people are not short of money at home. For example, he Bailing, his business can't be said to be compared with those big gate valve families, but there are still hundreds of thousands of profits a year.
And these people have a lot of accumulation, so the money donated to Li Ke is nothing.
Bai Ling's words made everyone ponder, indeed, they didn't have this opportunity before, and they didn't spend any money! And Li Ke gave them this opportunity, and didn't even let them spend more!
"Bai Langjun's words, I agree, although I am a Hu person, but I have been in Datang for many years, say a few words from the perspective of a bystander, don't dislike it." Ah Shilu in the crowd stood up.
"Ashiluro-kun, please speak." Almost everyone is mainly businessmen, and they don't care about the senses in Hu Ren's heart, but they are naturally quite polite on the face, and they all know the business very well.
"In fact, many of your families, I think they are related to the big gate valve family, after all, doing business in Datang can't avoid them. To use an inappropriate analogy, we are like devotees who go to the temple to offer incense, and they are the bodhisattvas who sit there, and they receive many offerings with little to no hands, while we have to work hard and get nothing. ”
"To tell the truth, instead of this, I might as well follow His Royal Highness the King of Shu, first of all, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is a prince, and his identity is not bad, and His Royal Highness the King of Shu has fought against the gates, and he has also won a big victory. Isn't this a disguised admission of defeat? ”
"When I thought about the money, they didn't plan to spend it!"
"In that case, why do we pay them tribute? Why don't you pay tribute directly to His Royal Highness the King of Shu? Moreover, now the members of His Royal Highness the King of Shu are only us, but we are not the only businessmen in the entire Datang, many businessmen are not worse than us, but they are just located in various parts of the Datang. Ashilu said loudly.
"And His Royal Highness the King of Shu's reputation is famous in Chang'an City, and even the treatment of servants is fair and reasonable, for those of us who are the first to follow him, I don't think it will be bad?"
Ah Shilu's words made all the businessmen present stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, these words ...... What a point!