"Your Highness, King Wei, do you still think that when the Marquis of Lishan County was in control of the sky, it was right to change the location to satisfy his own selfish desires?"
"Hahaha!" Li Tai suddenly laughed loudly, "Old monk, what I, the Lishan School, want to pursue is to fight against the sky and the earth!"
"It's a good sentence to fight against heaven and earth." Monk Huikang lowered his head, "Seizing the fortune of heaven and earth, acting against the will of heaven and earth, is not tolerated by the world, there will be bad retribution in Lishan County, and the princes of Lishan County will also suffer the consequences sooner or later.
of."
The monk spoke very calmly, and his words were full of piety.
Shangguan Yi took out the contract and interrupted the debate between King Wei and the old monk. He took out a pen and said, "I also ask you two to sign on this contract. There are four copies in total, one for each of Lishan, Fomen and Mr. Li."
, leave the remaining portion to me as a witness."
Li Zhengzao picked up the contract and read it. There were more than a hundred words written on the paper, "What's the price of this vacancy?"
Li Tai explained: "According to the agreement, you purchased Lishan papermaking technology for a total of two million yuan. If the money has not been delivered, you first write an IOU. This IOU will wait until you hand over the two million yuan to Lishan.
It will be invalidated."
"As long as the painting is pledged, Lishan can not sell it to anyone else before you give the money. Otherwise, Lishan will make other plans."
"As for the vacancies to be divided between the two of you, should each of you have one million guan, or who should pay more and who should pay less?"
Monk Huikang immediately said: "Of course one million strings!"
"Wait a minute!" Li Zhengzao's eyes were red after drinking three bowls of strong wine, "Isn't this what we promised at the beginning?"
Monk Huikang thought for a long time and said, "I should be one and a half, so we can share the Lishan papermaking technique."
Li Zhengzao pointed at the old monk and spoke harshly, "I can only give out 600,000 guan, and I won't be able to give out a single penny more."
Monk Huikang clicked his tongue and said: "Zheng Zao, this is the Marquis of Lishan County trying to alienate us. I hope you can calm down."
After saying this, Li Zhengzao calmed down again and slowly picked up the pen to draw.
Li Tai added: "We at Lishan have always believed in the belief that words cannot be relied upon and words can be relied upon."
Seeing that Li Zhengzao's pen tip had already landed on the paper, but before writing, Li Tai said quietly: "Old sir, please use the words as proof."
Li Zhengzao held the pen in his trembling hand. The tip of the pen fell on the paper without starting to write, then he raised it again, "I think something is wrong."
As he spoke, Li Zhengzao pulled the old monk outside the shed, and the two began to argue in the snow.
Pei Xuanji smiled bitterly and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei will laugh."
Li Tai didn't take it seriously and said: "Brother Pei, this old gentleman and this old monk are very different from each other in appearance. Sooner or later, their current cooperation will turn into enemies. Why don't you, Brother Pei, work with me? You are also a talent, and I have always admired you."
People like you."
"I don't have any lofty ambitions. I just want to marry a girl with a fifth surname and spend the rest of my life."
Li Tai sighed in the cold air and turned into a cloud of white mist, "What a pity."
After an hour of burning incense, the two people in the snow stopped arguing, and finally decided to give each of them one million guan.
Li Tai checked and confirmed that the contract was correct, "In this way, when you deliver the two million coins, Lishan will hand over the complete papermaking technology to you."
Monk Huikang put away the contract, recited the Buddha's name and left.
Li Zhengzao accepted the contract, looked deeply at Shangguan Yi, and left with Pei Xuanji.
Standing in the snow to say goodbye to these three people, Li Tai asked after seeing them walking away, "What did Brother Shangguan put in Mr. Li's package?"
Shangguan Yi whispered: "White sugar."
The wind and snow were still very strong, Li Tai patted his shoulder, "I, the king, can't let go of what happened back then. It's just that so long has passed since the Jiangdu mutiny. No one can tell the right and wrong. Now we have
There are very few people who buy white sugar. After Sun Fujia conducted an investigation in Luoyang, all the white sugar has been sealed, and the list of white sugar transactions has also been filed in the warehouse."
"Many people are tracing the source of sugar. If sugar appears on Mr. Li's body at this time, he will not be able to defend himself. Even if it does not cost his life, there will be countless troubles to find him."
"Brother Shangguan, am I right?"
Li Tai looked sideways to see if Shangguan Yi was still with him. Looking back, he saw that he had already walked into the village.
This man has been acting strange recently. At the beginning, the changes in Jiangdu were Shangguan Yi's biggest concern.
Li Tai couldn't ask further questions, so he could only take the contract and walk to the Weishui River, where his brother-in-law was fishing with a bamboo hat.
"Can there be fish in the cold weather?"
"Yes." Zhang Yang shook his bamboo basket, and sure enough, three live fish were jumping inside.
Li Tai breathed into his hands and rubbed his palms, which were red from the cold.
Heavy snow fell silently on the river, and the two sat by the river for a while without talking.
"Is the matter settled?"
"Yeah." Li Tai nodded heavily.
"Let's wait a little longer, don't rush to sell these bonds."
Hui Kuang and Li Zhengzao took the roll of blueprints and left. As for which of them would end up with the roll of blueprints, it would only depend on how they fought for it. This was part of a rift.
To divide the debt of two million yuan equally is to divide the two.
All conspiracies and conspiracies were used.
Don't be afraid that they won't cause chaos.
Even if they can really get along with each other, when Lishan sells these debts to others, he will make a profit from one million gu of debt or 600,000 guan of a piece of debt.
As for who the debt is to be sold to, you can choose the right person and let other families come to collect the debt, which can plunge the clans into endless infighting.
Don't worry about them not paying, don't worry about them delaying, the debts of the Zhaojun Li family and the Buddhist monks are very valuable, 600,000 guan is just a conservative estimate, talking about 800,000 guan is a good deal, reputation is worth this price.
As for who and how many people you want to sell this debt to, you need appropriate goals.
This intensifies the conflict between Li Zhengzao and Hui Kuang, which is the third reason for alienation.
Don't be afraid that they won't be in chaos. Even if they are not in chaos, people can force them to get into chaos.
Zhang Yang said again: "Please tell your father, Your Highness the King of Wei, that our Lishan has completed the transaction. The 300,000 yuan they sent bought all the manpower and equipment of our Lishan paper mill.
One hundred and fifty thousand of them will be given to your father."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Here." Li Tai went to do things seriously.
What Li Zhengzao and Monk Huikang bought was papermaking technology, while what Li Shimin bought was all the workers and equipment in Lishan Factory, which can produce paper immediately.
In this way, one party buys papermaking technology and the other party buys technology.
Lishan had one fish, two fish, and received a debt of two million yuan, becoming the biggest winner.
It doesn't matter whether they can pay the two million dollars. There are many ways to turn a piece of IOU into real money.
Li Tai had the news sent to Chang'an City. Li Shimin was very happy to receive 150,000 coins. He enjoyed watching the carts of copper coins and silver cakes being delivered to the palace.
This is more refreshing than collecting taxes.
"My Taiye Pond can finally be repaired."
Tian Khan has been thinking about Taiye Pond for three years. During these three years, he often went outside Xuanwu Gate to look at the river.
Now Taiye Lake is about to be built. In addition to building Taiye Lake, another palace must be built in Longshouyuan. That was the location that Cen Wenwen and Yuan Tiangang had chosen long ago.
Calculating the money in his hand, Li Shimin felt that the 150,000 silver coins were used to dig the Taiye Pool. After using this money, there would not be much leftover money in the future.
Thinking that Zhang Yang is good at using money, he might be able to save a lot of money if he supervises the production.
The prince whispered: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Wei's people are still waiting for your Majesty's reply outside Chengtian Gate."
Li Shimin took up his pen and wrote a decree: "Ninety percent of the paper produced by the Lishan paper mill has just been delivered to the palace, and all printed documents are supervised. The location and manpower of the Lishan paper mill remain the same."
A decree was hurriedly sent out of Chengtianmen, and was hurriedly sent to Lishan by Li Tai's guards.
According to the decree, the ownership of the paper mill was handed over to Tian Khan. As for everything else, Lishan was still responsible for everything as before.
Li Yue sorted out the account books and took out one of the books and handed it to Aunt Wang, "It's just that the wages required by the Lishan Paper Mill and the costs for the coming year will be given to my father."
"Here."
Li Shimin was in a good mood when he received the account book from Lishan. He was still hesitating about who should supervise the construction of Taiye Pool. He also thought about asking Zhang Yang to supervise the construction, but he didn't want to use it.
he.
Since the paper mill will belong to Tian Khan in the future, Tian Khan will be responsible for all the costs required. Looking at the annual cost of the paper mill, it will cost 300 yuan.
Li Shimin looked through the account books with eyes wide open. From the sixth year of Zhenguan to the present, he has been losing money every year and not making a profit every year.
The sight made people's eyes darken. Li Shimin stroked his forehead and finally understood. No wonder Zhang Yang was so generous. He thought he had an extra conscience.
"This bastard!" Li Shimin clapped his arms and stood up, so frightened that Yan Liben, who was standing aside, trembled.
I don’t know why His Majesty is angry. After buying the paper mill, His Majesty was laughing in his sleep last night. What happened today?
"I thought he had a conscience? I didn't expect that he sold the most costly business to me!"
Given the cheap scroll prices in Lishan over the years, it has indeed always been a loss-making business. Even the scrolls supplied to the imperial court were purely loss-making.
His Majesty's hand holding the account book was trembling, and there was an obvious fact before his eyes, that is, the paper mill did not make money. Even if it saves money and throws away manpower, it will only balance expenditures.
Li Shimin picked up the tea bowl on the side and found that the tea was completely cold, so he put it down again, and the tea in the tea bowl spilled on the table.
I really should have had a hard time and made the decision to hang him! Hang him in front of Chengtian Gate!
There is no need to watch him causing trouble in Lishan Mountain.
The prince immediately poured a bowl of hot tea, added some fire to the stove next to His Majesty, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Supervisor Lu of the Imperial Medical Office has given instructions. Your Majesty's inner fire has finally been calmed down. It can't happen again. It's just
It will get more serious each time."
Li Shimin drank the tea and calmed down his emotions. His eyes fell on Yan Liben, who was standing still, like a withered tree. "How much money can be saved if the Taiye Pond is built with 150,000 holes?"
"Your Majesty, according to the previous plan, Taiye Pond has a length of 500 meters from north to south, and the palace has a length of more than 10,000 meters from east to west. These 150,000 guan are not enough for emergency use, so how can we save them."
Li Shimin wanted to ask again, but the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't speak. Judging from Yan Liben's honest appearance, he was probably telling the truth.
"Get the car ready, I'm going to Lishan."
"Here."
The prince hurriedly agreed. The words passed through his mind. After another thought, he felt something was wrong, so he came back and said, "Your Majesty, the queen made arrangements yesterday. Today she will take the concubine and your majesty to Qujiang Pond to enjoy the snow scenery."
Holding his forehead, Li Shimin looked painful, "Then tomorrow."
Eunuch Wang whispered: "Your Majesty, tomorrow we have arranged to discuss calligraphy with Mr. Xu Guogong and Mr. Yu Shinan."
"Then let's wait another day."
Seeing that His Majesty had compromised, the prince smiled and responded, "Hey."
Of course, papermaking is the only one that loses money among all the profitable businesses in Lishan. This loss is for five years. In the past five years, let alone making money, it has been a waste of money.
Now that Zhang Yang has handed over the papermaking technology to Tian Khan, Lishan finally stopped losing money, incurring the already tight expenses of the DPRK.
After some calculations by Yan Liben and Cen Wenwen, who had just been appointed as the supervisor of the paper mill, if the imperial court needed 10,000 volumes of books every year, the cost of 300 yuan a year in the accounts would have to increase five times.
That means you will lose at least 1,500 pounds a year.
The expenses of the DPRK are already very tight, let alone giving money every year.
Papermaking is a good thing, but it is a very sad thing to hold it in your hands but need money to continuously support it.
"Everything has advantages and disadvantages, which is helpless." Yan Liben said with emotion.
"Zhang Yang will not stick to a paper mill, he must have a way."
This is what Cen Wenwen has discovered since getting to know Zhang Yang. This man has many wonderful ideas. With his foresight, do you really think that papermaking is a loss-making process? Even if he has achieved his goal now, there must be something in it.
Now that things have happened, Li Shimin raised his head with his sword and said angrily: "Do you want me to go to Lishan Mountain to beg him?"
His Majesty was very angry and smashed the Manna Hall again. As a result, the palace no longer placed valuable objects in this hall.
It is necessary to find Zhang Yang for theory. Before that, Li Shimin still has many things to do, especially at the end of this year.
On the outskirts of Chang'an City, on an official road ten miles away, monk Huikang braved the snow and asked for a piece of cake from a vendor selling braised pork outside the post house.
The dealer whispered a few words to the old monk.
Hearing this, Monk Huikang and several monks hurried into Li Zhengzao's room, opened his package, and found a cloth bag. When he opened the bag, he found crystal white sugar. After tasting it, it was indeed that sweet.
The old monk looked out the window again and saw that the braised pork seller had left with his cart.
Li Zhengzao hurriedly walked into the room, "The weather in Guanzhong is really bone-chillingly cold. It will be better after passing Tongguan."
Looking at the old monk sitting in his room, Li Zhengzao asked again: "Why did you come to my room?"
Monk Huikang put the sugar on the table and whispered: "Everyone in Luoyang knows about sugar. May I ask Mr. Li, where did you get the sugar?"