Chapter 980: Getting involved in thermal power plants
When Li Shimin returned to Daming Palace.
Full of said:
"Come here, help me get my jade seal!"
The eunuchs were puzzled as to why Li Shimin suddenly wanted the jade seal, but they did not dare to neglect it.
Go directly to Yuxi.
Li Shimin thought for a while.
Then, the two contracts were stamped.
Then he said:
"Let Dai Zhou enter the palace to see me!"
"yes!"
Because the Ministry of Secretariat was placed on the floor below him, and Dai Zhou worked below.
After a while, Dai Zhou came quickly.
As soon as Dai Zhou arrived.
He then said: "Send a copy of this contract to the group and give it to that boy. Then wait there until he sends it to the Daming Palace with 100 million taels. If the money does not arrive, your people will have 10 million taels."
Don’t leave. Got it?”
Dai Zhou was overjoyed.
This is a good thing!
He said: "Your Majesty is wise and has really solved the problem. Great. One hundred million taels will at least allow the court to survive this difficult period. Once the taxes come up next year."
But how did you get this money?
Is there any agreement between the emperor and Li Min?
So he asked again: "I wonder how your Majesty made all this money?"
Li Shimin was unhappy.
Because he asked too many questions.
"You ask too many questions, go and do it quickly!"
Then he threw the contract to Dai Zhou.
As soon as Dai Zhou received the contract, he didn't read it carefully.
Instead, he stood there and didn't move away.
Li Shimin was very curious when he saw that he hadn't left.
Didn't I speak clearly enough?
"What? Do you have anything else to do? If you don't have something to do quickly, this matter can't be delayed. You have to get the money as soon as possible!"
Maybe he was afraid that Li Min would regret it later?
But if everything is written well in black and white, it is impossible to go back on it.
In Li Min's view, 100 million is small money for the group.
Even the interest of 10 million taels a year was ignored by him.
There were many reasons why he helped Li Shimin.
Li Shimin may have thought of it himself.
Not only because I convinced Li Min.
"I have something here, it would be better to tell you."
"What's up?"
"About the Sixth Prince."
"What else is going on with him? Tell me quickly! When did you become like this?"
Judging from what Dai Zhou said, it seems that the matter is not trivial.
"It's like this. Recently, the Sixth Prince is preparing to build a thermal power plant. At this time, He Chen is acquiring the land, and the official document is about to be approved. What does Your Majesty think about this matter?"
Li Shimin was puzzled at first.
"Thermal power plant? What is that?"
This is a new term, so Li Shimin naturally doesn't know it! But he can make some guesses, after all, the term is somewhat similar to water and electricity.
"According to the materials they provided, the power plant built on the reservoir is called a hydropower plant because it generates electricity through water power.
Thermal power generates electricity by burning coal and other items to form firepower... This is the principle of a thermal power plant!"
Dai Zhou tried to make the introduction as simple as possible.
But Li Shimin was confused and confused.
But from the literal meaning, it seems to be easy to understand.
"Didn't they already have a power plant before? Why do they need to build it again? Why is this?"
Li Shimin asked in confusion.
Dai Zhou then said:
"Due to the vigorous development of the group, the power supply at this time has been insufficient, and the cold winter will come next. The water on the river may freeze at any time, and the power it can bring is limited. When it freezes one day, Chang'an City
There will also be power outages. Because the power supply is completely unavailable, the Sixth Prince thought of a way to build a thermal power plant to generate electricity. In this way, the environment will not be affected."
"Oh? What else?"
"The applications for the site selection and coal mining rights required for these thermal power plants have been submitted. The imperial court will sell these mining rights and land value to the group. That's all. It's gone."
At this time, Li Shimin suddenly had a new idea.
He said:
"Give all these things to them! Don't want anything that can't be sold!"
"What? Give it to them?"
Dai Zhou thought Li Shimin discovered it because of his conscience.
He thought to himself, is it related to the 100 million taels?
But he still underestimated Li Shimin.
Li Shimin changed the topic.
"but……"
"But what? Your Majesty, please tell me!"
"But when the imperial court invests in his thermal power plant, these things are free of charge and can be exchanged for shares. The imperial court can even invest more money!"
It turned out that Li Shimin wanted to own shares.
This Li Shimin is still very shrewd.
Since a power plant is to be built, a steady stream of electricity will be generated.
Then this electricity is not cheap to sell, and then there will be a steady stream of profits.
If you invest again, you can get some more dividends at the end of the year.
Dai Zhou was puzzled.
Why is this so?
Why does it have to be so complicated when it can obviously be simpler? And why does he still want to invest now that he has no money?
So he said:
"But Your Majesty, we don't have enough money! We only have enough money..."
Li Shimin interrupted him.
"Didn't I just get 100 million taels? Just invest in it directly depending on how much you need. You can also invest all of it!"
"What will the court do?"
Li Shimin’s actions are becoming more and more incomprehensible to people!
The money has to be taken out and used before it is received. So, what should the court do?
"What should we do? Take some of the rare treasures that some people paid tribute to the imperial court and sell them among the people at high prices.
For some minerals and other unimportant minerals, minerals that have no strategic significance to the imperial court, the mining rights are sold.
There is also land, all of which can be sold, and everything is up to you. Also, the court must also reduce expenditures, and some unnecessary expenditures must be strictly controlled!"
Li Shimin seemed to have figured something out. He refused to do what Li Min had been asking him to do before.
But after he borrowed the money, he switched to investing in thermal power plants.
Because he seems to think that this thermal power plant has indescribable benefits.
Take a hydropower plant as an example. As far as he knows, the profit generated in a year may be in the hundreds of millions.
After he was so easy to operate and the thermal power plant developed vigorously, he might have made tens of millions in vain without spending a penny.
Naturally, we have to take advantage of this empty-handed approach.
He took it for granted, thinking that he was giving the group some benefits, such as coal mining rights and unlimited supply of land.
If these things are not converted into money, they are worthless.
But if it were to be given to Li Min in shares and used as a condition for negotiation, it would still be worth it.
"What if the Sixth Prince doesn't agree?" Dai Zhou asked.
"Don't worry, he will agree. You should go to the tenement building now to convey my intention. Do you understand?"