Dongdu is extremely prosperous, and there is no trace that this place was in a state of death more than ten years ago.
When Li Er led his troops to attack Luoyang more than ten years ago, the price of rice in Luoyang during the siege was as high as 10,000 yuan!
Li Er, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong and many forces gathered here to fight continuously, and the entire Luoyang was in ruins.
After getting out of the car, Li Yunze seemed to have remembered something, and immediately asked Li Er, "Your Majesty, I heard that during the Battle of Luoyang, you were chased to the sky and into the ground. Thanks to the rescue of a monk from a temple on Songshan Mountain, you were saved."
Escaped”
"Who is slandering me?!"
Hearing this, Li Er's eyes widened with anger, "I am invincible in the world, but when have I ever been chased by someone? What kind of monk saved me? What nonsense!"
"That's the story?" Li Yunze smiled. "Your Majesty, your reputation was borrowed by that unknown temple. They used your Majesty's reputation to smear their own faces with gold powder."
Li Erduo was a smart person, and he could immediately tell that Li Yunze was dissatisfied with that temple.
He didn't say much nonsense and asked Ma Zhou to give some instructions. Then Ma Zhou led a team of palace guards and went straight to Songshan Mountain.
After the small interlude, the mighty team entered Luoyang City.
Compared with Chang'an City, which was built to the specifications of a military city, the atmosphere of life here in Luoyang is much richer.
Merchants traveling from south to north gather here, and the business atmosphere is always strong.
With the opening of the railway line, merchants with a keen sense of smell have been transporting goods here early and waiting, and even scalpers have come out to compete for the right to transport goods.
It means that powerful people reserve a lot of truck wagons and then resell them.
Just by using words, he made a lot of money.
Of course, the people in the trading company who cooperate with them will naturally get a share of the profits.
Wagon carriages are meant to be sold, and not everyone sells them the same. The freight charges are not reduced, and the money earned is simply justified.
This time Li Yunze and Li Er came to Luoyang together, and they wanted to deal with this small matter.
Baiqisi is very capable. When Li Er entered the palace, the corresponding investigation report was already sent to his desk.
After looking through it, Li Er looked at Li Yunze, "I will deal with the ones in the government. As for the ones in your trading company."
"I have been escorted to the government." Li Yunze responded with a smile, "The trading company is also a trading company of the Tang Dynasty, and it pays taxes. The people of the trading company must naturally be dealt with according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty."
After hearing this, Li Er nodded with satisfaction, "Okay."
Things that the emperor paid personal attention to naturally progressed very quickly.
In just two days, everyone involved was already in prison.
Even at this time, there are still many people crying out.
From their point of view, they had no crime at all, and even after selling the wagons, they made a lot of money, so why were they going to jail?
Naturally, no one will explain their doubts, because there is no need for them anymore.
Li Er led a group of envoys around, showing them the power and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and doing the diplomatic work that he was responsible for as the emperor.
With the continuous improvement of national power, Li Er, who has strong self-confidence, has become more and more simple in his attitude towards various countries and tribes.
To sum it up, he just said: 'Be honest first and wait for me to take care of you one by one.'
Choose one target to beat, and stabilize the other targets first. Anyway, all the surrounding ministries and countries are his targets.
For those who have not yet been listed as targets, Li Er will entertain them very warmly, give them generous gifts and names, etc.
Because he knows very well that when the fight comes, no matter how much he gave before, he will get it back ten times, a hundred times, and thousands of times.
Those who can be invited here will not become targets in the short term.
On this day, Li Er held another banquet to entertain envoys from various countries and people from all over the Kanto region, that is, wealthy families.
The reason why he called all the powerful families over was because he and Li Yunze had discussed another way to tap into the potential of these rich people.
Li Er wanted to go to war, to build a large-scale construction project to cover the entire Tang Dynasty with railways, to expand education and enhance productivity, and to do many, many things.
But no matter what you want to do, you can never lack money.
Even if he can launch corvee labor on a large scale and obtain free labor, the corresponding materials and technology cost money.
Datang's fiscal revenue has been greatly improved, especially the rapid increase in commercial taxes, but compared with the big projects it wants to do, it is still far from enough.
If you want to make money at this time, in addition to making money from the outside, you must also tap internal potential.
Naturally, it is impossible to find such things as internal potential from ordinary people, and they cannot find it either.
The only target is the powerful local landlords and families.
If the construction of the railway line continues, firstly, the construction capacity will be insufficient, and secondly, the family members have vaguely realized that they have stepped into a pit on the issue of investing in railways, and it will be difficult to trick them again.
So Li Yunze proposed a new pit, and received strong support from Li Er.
In order to be able to kill these powerful local families, Li Yunze spent a lot of money this time.
Today's banquet is to unveil the new pit and invite you to enter the urn.
At the banquet hall, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard endlessly, the aroma of wine and meat filled the air, and Silla maids and Kunlun slaves walked back and forth serving wine and food.
Looking at those Kunlun slaves, Li Yunze frowned and turned sideways to Du Ruhui and asked, "Didn't you say that Kunlun slaves are not allowed to enter? Why are there so many here?"
Du Ruhui glanced at those people from aristocratic families, and responded in a low voice, "The imperial court has banned it, but it can't stand the people below who violate it. Especially those people."
He signaled to those noble families, "They have always been proud of keeping Kunlun slaves at home, and there is always a way to get them from those big food merchants. Even if the government finds out, just say they bought them before the ban was issued."
Li Yunze's face became darker and darker, and he was disgusted by how those Kunlun slaves looked at him.
After all, no one would like this kind of existence except for the name.
He can understand Silla Maid, because this is to enhance his own strength.
But Kunlun slave
"Sure enough, no one in this powerful family is good!" Li Yunze guessed maliciously, "The family must have been replaced a long time ago."
After the traditional program of eating, drinking and dancing, it was time to start talking about business.
Li Er glanced at Li Yunze, saw him nodding slightly, and immediately clapped his hands.
"Dear gentlemen." Li Er stood up with a smile on his face. When everyone looked over, he said with a smile, "You are all the pillars of our Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty can be as strong as it is today because of your contribution. I
, here’s a drink to you all.”
Everyone stood up one after another, raised their wine glasses and saluted Li Er, "I will congratulate your Majesty~~~"
By the time everyone finished their drinks, the atmosphere was getting even more intense.
Li Er put down his wine glass, his smile became brighter, and he signaled to Li Yunze with a smile, "You have worked hard, and I have made a plan with Uncle Lan Tian to give you some rewards. I will let Uncle Lan Tian explain the specific matter to you."
Everyone's eyes turned to Li Yunze one after another, and their eyes were full of passion.
This man is recognized as the God of Wealth, and everyone wants to get rich with him.
"Everyone." Li Yunze, who also had a smile on his face, stood up and raised his hands to everyone, "I have a business to make a fortune, but I am suffering from insufficient capital and want to recruit people to join the team to make money together. If you are interested, you can
Listen to my words."
Cheng Yaojin, who followed the fight, was already shouting strangely, "Everyone knows that you are the God of Wealth and have the ability to turn stone into gold. If there is any good way to make money, don't forget about me, old Cheng."
Li Yunze nodded with a smile and expressed his appreciation for Cheng Yaojin's compliment.
"Everyone, I would like to set up an exchange. The things traded in this exchange are Changsheng Railway, Changluo Railway, Longshouyuan Iron Factory, Zehua Trading Company, Lantian Animal Husbandry, Chang'an Paper Factory, Jiangdu Salt Industry and Wushi
Textile Datang Jian
Build shares in various trading companies!”
Li Yunze threw out more than a dozen of the most famous money-grabbing companies in the Tang Dynasty, each of which was a high-quality asset that made countless people salivate.
In the past, everyone could only drool at the sight of these high-quality assets that were making huge profits, but now that they heard that Li Yunze was actually going to sell them, everyone was so excited that their eyes gleamed.
"Is this true?!"
Cheng Yaojin, who was in charge of advocating, was the first to jump out. He waved his arms and shouted, with a very devoted expression, "If this is the case, I will lose all my money to buy it! These are chickens that can lay golden eggs!"
This is not wrong. Everyone here naturally knows how profitable these trading companies are. It is not an exaggeration to say that they make a lot of money every day.
It's just that in the past, Li Yunze was too strong, and with Li Er's strong support, the methods of plundering and plundering were of no use to him. He could only drool while looking at these golden roosters.
Now that this person is actually willing to sell, what else is there to say? Just like Cheng Yaojin said, he has to buy it even if he loses all his money.
Seeing the atmosphere at the banquet being heightened, Li Yunze nodded with a smile, "Everyone, please be quiet for now. I haven't finished speaking yet."
After everyone finally calmed down a little, Li Yunze started to really play the trick. "Everyone, I won't introduce the value of these trading companies. You all know it. The shares I'm selling are not all sold."
As soon as these words came out, the enthusiastic people calmed down a little.
Think about it, if it were them, these chickens that could lay golden eggs would not be sold even if they lost their heads.
"I only plan to sell a part of the shares. The tentative decision is that each trading company will sell 50% of the shares."
Everyone was listening quietly, listening to Li Yunze finish what he said.
"This is the arrangement below. No matter which trading company it is, as long as it can own more than 50% of the shares, it can decide how the trading company operates."
"If the shares in hand are not enough, you can also pay dividends every year. Just give me an example."
Li Yunze stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance, "Take the Changluo Railway as an example. There can be at least thousands of guans in a day. You won't doubt it, right?"
With the Changsheng Railway as a precedent, smart people raised by wealthy families have already calculated clearly how much money the Changluo Railway can make.
Li Yunze's words are indeed not exaggerated.
"Lu Guogong." Li Yunze gestured to Cheng Yaojin, "It's like Lu Guogong bought 10% of the shares of Changluo Railway, which means he can earn hundreds of dollars a day!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's breathing quickened.
One day, hundreds of strings!!!
The sky is above, and the earth is below. You can't make as much money as digging for gold in Jinshan Mountain!