Let us say that Li Shimin received 1 million taels of gold as compensation from the Japanese state.
Being smart, he exchanged the money with the private sector for more silver, and used it to improve people's livelihood. It was a large amount of money, and it played a certain role in improving people's livelihood.
The people are naturally happy when they are benefited!
Suddenly, the entire city of Chang'an and even the entire Tang Dynasty were praising Li Shimin.
After all, he was a better emperor than anyone before.
He worked hard to make changes.
However, I always feel that compared to Li Min, he still has some things he has not done well. As time goes by, the people may dilute their gratitude to him.
Why? Because he didn't continue to stimulate.
Compared to Li Min, there is still a little distance.
So he will definitely work harder.
This gives people a feeling.
That is, he and Li Min are in a subtle competitive relationship.
Everyone wants to do better.
It's just that Li Min's achievements in business are not comparable to Li Shimin's.
And Li Shimin's power was beyond the reach of Li Min.
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Let’s say it’s mid-July.
The weather is still hot.
Daming Palace still does not have air conditioning.
Li Shimin could only run to Concubine Yang's palace every day.
On this day, Li Shimin rested very leisurely in Concubine Yang's palace.
And suddenly, the air conditioner stopped.
He was a little puzzled.
"Concubine Yang, what's going on? The air conditioner seems to stop frequently these days. Let Yun'er come over and see what's going on!"
he said.
Concubine Yang went to check the air conditioner main unit.
There is no sound.
Then he said: "Yun'er just came to see me yesterday."
Without air conditioning, it would be meaningless for Li Shimin to be here. It's hot everywhere now, and it's not good anywhere!
"Then what? What did he say? Is the air conditioner going to break?"
The air conditioner has been broken for the past three days and two.
This has never happened before.
However, their air conditioners are basically never turned off, and it seems to be completely normal if they break down.
But Concubine Yang said: "It's not broken, it's just that there's no electricity! It's the same at Concubine Wang's place."
"There's no power? How could this happen? There's no power even though it's fine? Isn't this generator too bad?"
"Yes, Yun'er said there will be a short power outage in the next few days!"
"Why?"
"It's said that the new generator set of the reservoir is about to be put into use."
Regarding the matter of power generation, Li Shimin read the Zhenguan Newspaper and learned a little bit about it.
These common sense things were published by Li Min.
It gave the people of the entire Tang Dynasty the opportunity to learn.
Naturally, Li Shimin would not give up this opportunity.
When learning this kind of thing, if you don't advance, you will retreat.
It's boring when others talk about something but you don't understand it. When he said this, Li Shimin was confused! Why should a new generator be used? Is it because there is not enough electricity? He had read it in the newspaper
.One generator set can supply half of Chang'an City's electricity. He was puzzled by this question, and Yang was even more puzzled.
But there was another question he wanted to ask more.
"Can that guy's reservoir really make money?"
Li Shimin asked curiously.
After all, too much money has been invested in this reservoir.
But I still haven't seen a penny.
Therefore, he was also very curious.
Can this thing really make money?
Whether you can make money depends on the facts.
"I don't even know this!"
"Huh? By the way, the entire group plus us can't use that much electricity! What does he use to generate electricity?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know something. In the past few days, electric lights are going to be sold, and trams are also going to be sold. If these things are sold, then they will be big consumers of electricity, and the previous power supply method will change! So!
, there will be a power outage.”
That seems to make sense.
"My beloved, you seem to know a lot!"
"This is what Yun'er said! I asked him! He also said that the tens of millions of taels invested by Shengtang Group will be repaid within half a month."
Concubine Yang said quickly.
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin immediately became alert.
The investment in the reservoir is tens of millions of silver. How can it be possible to recover the capital within half a month?
There is no such thing as making money in the world.
Therefore, Li Shimin said:
"I want to see what this kid is going to do!"
Li Shimin was full of disbelief at what Li Min said.
So he planned to take a look, but this time he would not choose to join the Shengtang Group.
Or he will wait and see from a high-rise building to see if everything is as Li Min said, and everything will be recovered within half a month.
But Concubine Yang stopped him and said, "Your Majesty! It's so hot outside. What if you get heatstroke when you go out?"
"Think about back then, when I was conquering the world, when did I ever fear such hot weather?"
What he said seemed reasonable. But things were different now. He came here again and again to use the air conditioner. In fact, it proved that he was very afraid of heat.
Life is better now! People are no longer so tolerant of hardships.
"Okay, concubine, if you are willing, then let's go to the gate of Shengtang Group together and see what that kid wants to do."
Concubine Yang did not refuse, but nodded lightly.
That's how they settled.
So the two of them disguised themselves, left the Zhuque Gate, and headed towards the Shengtang Group.
At this time, the entrance of Shengtang Group was already crowded with people, and it was impossible to squeeze in.
Li Shimin felt a little puzzled by such a grand occasion, what is this?
This was beyond his imagination.
Is everything really as Li Min said?
Will the cost be recovered in half a month?
So he stopped a man and asked him.
"Brother, what happened to Shengtang Group? Why are so many people coming?"
The man responded: "I'm afraid you don't know, but today is the day when Shengtang Group sells electric lamps. Most of the rich people in Chang'an City came here to buy the electric lamp!"
"Oh? How are you going to sell the light?"
Li Shimin asked curiously.
The man looked him up and down.
"Well, you have to prepare at least thirty taels! If you don't have thirty taels, it's best not to join in the fun!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin became even more puzzled.
Asked again: "Is an electric light so expensive?"
"Expensive? That's for the poor! There are so many rich people now. Just the workers who come out of the group are all so rich. Let alone one electric light, let's say ten. They can all buy it.
rise!"
These words hurt Li Shimin's heart.
His ministers were not like this.
His ministers can't make thirty taels a year, right?
This year's hard work is only worth one light bulb?
Let alone the minister, let's just say the same is true for the prince.
Therefore, he was inevitably a little frustrated.
At the same time, he was also jealous of everything Li Min did.
Instead, Concubine Yang asked the man.
"Excuse me, are the electric lamps sold for thirty taels each?"
"It's true if you say yes, and it's no if you say no!"