Let us say that Li Shimin received 1 million taels of gold as compensation from the Japanese state.
Smart, he exchanged the money with the people for more silver and used it for people's livelihood. That's a lot of money, and it has 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 did not continue to stimulate.
Compared to Li Min, there is still a little distance.
So he will definitely work harder.
It gives one 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 confused.
"Concubine Yang, what's going on? The air conditioner seems to be shutting down 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 not 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 when it's fine? Isn't this generator too bad?"
"Yes, Yun'er said there will be a short power outage these days!"
"Why?"
"It's said that the new power generation unit of the reservoir is about to be put into use."
Regarding the matter of power generation, Li Shimin read the Zhenguan Newspaper and learned something 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 other people talk about something and you don't understand it. When he said this, Li Shimin was confused! Why start a new generator? Is there 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 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 would wait and see from a high-rise building to see if everything would be as Li Min said, and the money would 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?"
This seems to make sense. But things are different now. He comes here again and again to use the air conditioner. In fact, it also proves that he is very afraid of heat.
Life is good now! People will no longer be able to endure hardships.
"Okay, my dear, if you are willing, then let's go to the gate of Shengtang Group together. Let's see what that kid wants to do."
Concubine Yang did not refuse, but nodded lightly.
That's what they settled on.
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.
"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 do you want to sell the electric lamp?"
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.
Then he asked: "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.
This was not the case with his ministers.
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 those electric lamps sold for thirty taels each?"
"It's true if you say yes, and it's no if you say no!"
The man's words confused the two of them.
Is that a yes or a no?
"What's that like?"
The man then slowly opened his mouth.
