Three days later, a piece of breaking news spread through the publications of Sanwei Bookstore.
Datang's first charity auction luncheon will be held grandly at Sanwei Bookstore on the 28th of the winter lunar month.
This charity auction was mainly because the current saint could not see the suffering of the people in Shandong, so he specially donated the colored glaze treasures he had collected, and all the money earned was used for disaster relief.
As soon as the news came out, the whole of Chang'an praised Li Shimin lavishly, so many people wanted to get a ticket so that they could contribute to the people of Shandong and increase their presence in front of Li Shimin's eyes.
In particular, some wealthy businessmen were so excited that they knew they were qualified to participate in this auction together with those dignitaries.
If you have connections, look for connections. If it doesn't matter, create conditions to find connections. In short, you just want to get an admission ticket.
Zhang San prepared fifty tickets for this auction. The entry threshold for participating in the charity auction is to pay three thousand taels of silver or three thousand copper coins.
This money is non-refundable whether you participate or not, or whether you buy something or not.
At that time, Li Tai felt that Zhang San was crazy about money. Who could be so stupid and ask for so much money just to get in?
However, Zhang San is very confident that these tickets will sell well.
Li Shimin was also shocked when he learned about the threshold set by Zhang San. If all fifty tickets were sold, the ticket revenue alone would be a huge sum!
After being shocked, Li Shimin also felt that Zhang San was crazy about money. Who would be so stupid to spend so much money just to attend a charity auction without knowing whether he could buy what he wanted.
However, in just two days after this news spread, more than a hundred wealthy businessmen came to Sanwei Bookstore to queue up to buy tickets.
Thirty tickets were released to wealthy businessmen this time, and the remaining twenty were prepared for those dignitaries. Naturally, they would not lower their status and queue up here to buy tickets.
However, I had already sent someone to Sanwei Bookstore to inquire about the news.
As one of the initiators of this event, Zhang San accompanied Li Tai to Sanwei Bookstore.
"Xiao San, what you said is indeed correct. There are so many rich people in Chang'an. Three thousand taels of silver just to buy a ticket, tsk tsk!"
Li Tai was really amazed when he saw so many people lining up to grab tickets early in the morning. At the same time, he admired Zhang San.
"Businessmen, peasants, merchants, and merchants are the richest and lowest-status people. Normally, they would nod and bow when they see anyone promoted to a low-level official. This time not only does it give them a place to communicate with dignitaries on an equal footing, but it also allows them to
They were lucky enough to participate in the charity auction held by the emperor, so they naturally wanted to participate. Businessmen are actually the smartest, and in their opinion, the money is well spent."
"Will Father be angry if we do this? After all, he didn't want to use his name that day?"
Li Tai and Zhang San were sitting in a room, drinking tea and chatting.
"We are raising money for the emperor, how could he be angry? As long as we hand in a satisfactory answer, the emperor will not care about these details." Zhang San comforted.
"I hope so! But with the ticket income, I think my father will be very happy to come." When Li Tai thought about getting 90,000 taels of silver later, his whole body trembled with excitement.
"Calm down, this is not the only time we hold such an event." Zhang San said angrily when he saw Li Tai was so excited.
"By the way, why don't you charge admission fees from those noble officials?" Li Tai asked puzzledly.
"We must make them feel that they are superior to others before they will happily participate. After all, they are the scholar-bureaucrat class. Without them, those wealthy businessmen would not participate so actively." Zhang San replied.
"You think broadly enough." Li Tai commented.
The heated scene lasted until noon before it came to an end. Those wealthy businessmen who got tickets were all smiling, while those who did not get tickets were sighing.
"The King of Wei and Marquis Zhang, all thirty tickets have been sold, and a total of 70,000 taels of silver and 20,000 copper coins have been received." An official from the Wei Palace reported to the two of them with an account book.
"Okay, send all the money to the palace and leave me another copy of the list." Li Tai ordered.
"yes!"
Li Tai took a copied booklet and flipped it through, then handed it to Zhang San and said, "What do you want this for?"
"It is of course useful to keep it. It is a rare opportunity to get to know the rich merchants in Chang'an. In the future, won't we have a good target customer for selling colored glaze?"
Zhang San asked those wealthy businessmen to register their industries and identity information in detail. Zhang San mainly wanted to know about Chang'an, the center of the Tang Dynasty, and what kind of business these businessmen were running. Maybe he could find some business opportunities there.
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"What should we do next?" Li Tai asked.
"Just wait until the auction starts. I'll leave the remaining tickets to you. Look at the inviter. The Cui family remember to send one to me."
After the fall of the Zheng family, the Cui family, who initially had no dealings with him, had a chance to escape because no evidence of his involvement in the Zheng family's liaison with other countries was found. However, he was dismissed from office by Li Shimin as a warning to others.
It's just that the Cui family is an aristocratic family after all. As long as no direct evidence is found, and the evidence is the kind that can be beaten to death with a stick, it will not be that easy to eradicate them.
"Why don't you go?" Li Tai asked.
"I'll send it off, but they won't pick it up!" Zhang San spread his hands, got up and walked out.
It is better to leave this kind of offending matter to Li Shimin and his son. Zhang San does not want to wade into troubled waters. After all, although he is a county prince, he has no real power and no foundation. He dare not directly confront those senior nobles.
Family valve arm wrestling.
In order to prepare for the upcoming auction, Sanwei Bookstore specially changed the original reading room into an auction venue. At the same time, it put up a sign two days in advance and temporarily opened for business to concentrate on preparing for the auction.
Li Tai purposefully gave the remaining tickets to some officials and aristocratic families with whom he had a "very good relationship".
At the same time, people with relationships like Fang Yiai, Cheng Chumo, and others were given tickets, but they also came with a friendly reminder.
When the incident comes out, I won't be blamed by them.
However, Zhang San didn't dare to remind him too obviously. After all, Li Shimin was watching behind the scenes, so he couldn't let the news leak out.
As expected, when Li Shimin saw the white money in front of him, he didn't care about the previous incident of Li Tai and Zhang San dishonestly moving him out.
Through Zhang San's design, some people without strength can also be screened out. By then, Li Shimin can already imagine that the scene will definitely be very popular.