Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang brought the fish back. When those fish arrived, Li Shimin was very happy because he had never eaten such fish before.
Because the quantity was so large that it couldn't be finished in a short while, so Li Shimin held a banquet and invited civil and military officials to taste it.
These three big fish weighed in at two thousand kilograms. If one person ate a little, there would still be plenty!
And when everyone ate these fish, everyone felt that the fish was really delicious.
As a result, everyone came forward and asked Li Shimin to promote this type of fish.
And Li Shimin thought so too.
At that time, they ate novel seafood, such as king crab.
That was a long time ago too.
This time is an opportunity.
Therefore, Li Shimin directly ordered the fishing of these fish.
After a while, fishing in the waters around Datang quickly got on track. A large number of fish were caught and served on people's tables.
Datang's economy also improved as a result. This is a huge improvement. The annual tax increase alone is also considerable.
Li Shimin really didn't expect this.
Unexpectedly, this one fish can actually make my own economy develop greatly.
This is something unexpected.
There are still many things that he can't think of. The benefits obtained from Li Min alone are even greater.
And Li Shimin ate more fish. This gave him great satisfaction.
But in terms of increasing income, Li Shimin is really not as good as Shengtang Group. Why do you say that?
Because Shengtang Group is fundamentally solving the problem. That means the fish caught need to be sold. Shengtang Group has established a system from acquisition to sales. A large amount of fish are purchased by them, not only fish, but also agricultural products.
Especially some fruits.
With their acquisitions, the people worked hard to produce, plant and fish, and a lot of wealth was created. This is what Shengtang Group wants and what Li Shimin wants.
On this day, Li Shimin summoned Dai Zhou to the palace.
"Your Majesty!" Dai Zhou didn't know why Li Shimin asked him to enter the palace.
"Dai Zhou, let me ask you, how are your taxes lately?"
"Your Majesty, there is no statistics on this yet. If Your Majesty wants to know, I will do the statistics now."
This is not the beginning of the month, let alone the end of the month, so how can we have these data.
When Li Shimin heard this, he said: "Okay, hurry up, when will it be ready?"
"It only takes an hour. We already have some statistics and we just need to integrate them together."
"Okay, let's see how much it grows."
Li Shimin gave Dai Zhou a direction.
Dai Zhou understood.
Then I went to the whole data.
About an hour later, he walked in with a thick stack of paper.
Li Shimin was stunned when he saw so much paper.
"how?"
"Your Majesty, taxes have increased by at least 10% in the past few days! The increase is expected to increase again next year."
10%, that’s a lot.
Because Datang's economy has become very large, this 10% can be higher than the tax revenue in previous years.
This is the change Li Shimin made.
Because of a fish, the economy developed again.
This was an extremely explosive existence before.
Next, Dai Zhou said a lot more.
But these are not what Li Shimin wants to know.
He said: "The next step is to support the fishery and let people fish more! Increase their income!"
Dai Zhou was shocked when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin would take the initiative to do this.
This is the luck of the people.
It is great for the people to have such an emperor.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Dai Zhou said immediately.
This is a good thing, and it will be a good thing in the future.
"Okay, that's it. If you need anything, just ask it directly, you know?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, it's none of your business, just go down!"
So Dai Zhou left Tai Chi Palace.
When Dai Zhou just walked out of the palace gate, he met Duan Lun, Minister of Industry.
Duan Lun was walking towards Tai Chi Palace in a hurry.
Dai Zhou blocked his way.
Dai Zhou asked Duan Lun: "Duan Shangshu, why did you come to Tai Chi Palace?"
Duan Lun saw it was Dai Zhou.
He said, "It's Shangshu Dai. I have something to talk to His Majesty about."
"What exactly is it?"
Generally speaking, Duan Lun would not find Li Shimin to talk about things.
Unless there is something very important.
As for state affairs, it feels unlikely, so it may be related to the Ministry of Industry.
What's going on with the Ministry of Industry?
Dai Zhou wanted to know.
Duan Lun today is indeed unusual. There must be a reason why he came directly to chat with Li Shimin.
"How about you come to the palace to see me too?"
Duan Lun said this at this time.
Dai Zhou didn't want to go back and see Li Shimin.
So, he excused himself and said: "No, no, I won't go. You can go, I still have things to deal with, so take my leave!"
After saying that, he left.
Although he is very curious, he has important things to do now and cannot go back to Tai Chi Palace.
Duan Lun entered the palace and found Li Shimin.
Li Shimin wondered why Duan Lun came.
So he asked: "Duan Lun, why are you here?"
Duan Lun said at this time: "Your Majesty, I have something very important to tell you!"
"Say! What's the matter?"
"Recently, Shengtang Group suddenly applied for a lot of land and started building some high-rise buildings. So I want to tell you!"
Li Shimin was confused.
What does Shengtang Group want to do?
“What are they applying for to build high-rise buildings on these lands?”
Li Shimin obviously didn't quite understand what Shengtang Group was doing.
"I don't know about this either. But I heard someone saying that the Sixth Prince wants to build some buildings called hotels."
"Hotel? Do they want to sell alcohol?"
A hotel is a liquor store, but it is not.
This is the common view.
Duan Lun then said: "As far as I know, the meaning of this hotel is a hotel, or a hotel, or a hotel. Or a restaurant. Anyway, the names are all weird. That's the general meaning."
In Li Shimin's opinion, this is not necessary. A good name for a hotel must be called a hotel. Should it be called a hotel? Is he superior?
Indeed.
Calling a hotel is better than calling a hotel.
"Duan Lun, go to Shengtang Group and find out. Why do they want to build so many hotels? Then come back and tell me."
In Li Shimin's opinion, what other money-making tricks are the Shengtang Group going to do? So he asked Duan Lun to take a look.
How dare Duan Lun say no?
So he said: "As you command!"
After you finish speaking, you have to leave.
But before he could take a few steps. He was called back by Li Shimin again.
"Wait! Come back."
"Your Majesty, is there anything else?" Duan Lun asked.
"Where are his hotels located? Are they in remote places or in busy areas?"
"Your Majesty! The locations of hotels vary, but I have statistics. There are hotels in prosperous areas. There are also hotels in tourist attractions. And there are still hotels next to the train station."
"So the function of this hotel is similar to that of a hotel?"
"I don't know this either. I have to ask to find out!"
Duan Lun quickly said, yes, he didn't know these things. If he knew, he wouldn't come to Li Shimin to talk about these things. Maybe he would tell his own opinion.
But he didn't, he still didn't know anything about the hotel.
"Okay, okay! You go ahead. This must be done quickly. If Shengtang Group wants to do hotel business, then we must keep up. This is an excellent business direction."
When Li Shimin said this, Duan Lun finally understood.
The fish catch some time ago brought a lot of growth to Datang's economy.
And this time, because the hotel incident may also increase the possibility of Datang's economic growth, Li Shimin attaches great importance to this incident.
Immediately afterwards, Duan Lun left Tai Chi Palace and went to Shengtang Group to look for Li Min.
But when he arrived at Shengtang Group, Li Min was not in Tanglou, so he had to do the next best thing and find Di Renjie directly.
He talked hard and finally persuaded Di Renjie to explain the situation in the hotel to him.
Di Renjie didn't hesitate and told him directly.
"The Shengtang Group's hotel has several main benefits!"
"What are the benefits? What are they, can you tell me?"
“The first is convenience. Our hotels are usually located in the center of the city, close to business districts, tourist attractions, transportation hubs and other important places. It is convenient for guests to travel and visit.
In terms of facilities and services, our hotel provides a variety of facilities and services. The hotel not only has rooms, but also restaurants. Gym, swimming pool, conference room, etc. It can be said that the hotel's facilities and services are very complete.
And the third point is our hotel. There are extremely strict security measures. As long as the guest stays in our hotel, all losses will be paid by the hotel.
There is also a fourth point. The hotel serves as a centralized place. Guests can communicate with other travelers, make new friends and expand their social circle.
Guests who come to our hotel can communicate with other people, make new friends, and expand their social circle.
Therefore, the so-called expanding social circle, once the circle is expanded, it is not difficult to make money.
And every hotel has many convenient facilities. Our locations are generally chosen near shopping malls, restaurants, cafes, etc.
These places are convenient for travelers staying in hotels. Go shopping. thereby increasing store revenue. "
When Di Renjie said this, Duan Lun was very shocked.
"If you put it this way, the hotel serves as a hub, a bridge connecting people."
"You can understand it this way, but I can't explain the details. This is what Mr. means, I believe. There must be a reason for Mr. to do this. It must be profitable and it must be beneficial to Datang's economy. That's why he does it. Do this."
"I understand. Di Renjie, thank you very much. I have something else to do, so I need to take a step first."
Duan Lun said this after getting the answer he wanted.
"Wait!" Di Renjie stopped him.
Duan Lun turned around and looked at him doubtfully.
"What's wrong?"
"By the way, please help me with your approval when you have time. These places are quite special. The officials I'm looking for can't give them the approval, so I have to ask you."
Duan Lun said again: "This is simple! I will go back now, and I will give it to you after I finish the approval!"
"Good work."
"No, no, we each get what we need."
Immediately afterwards, Duan Lun left the Shengtang Group and went to Tai Chi Palace.
After arriving at Tai Chi Palace, I found Li Shimin.
He told Li Shimin exactly what Di Renjie said, word for word.
When Li Shimin heard this, he was very shocked.
"really!"
Then he added: "I didn't expect that a hotel can accommodate so many things. If you put it this way, opening a hotel is profitable, then I have some ideas."
Upon hearing Li Shimin's idea, Duan Lun said: "Your Majesty can't build any more buildings. Our treasury's money is being used more and more fiercely, and each building costs a lot of money. If we build it again, we may not be able to support it." Get up!"
But Li Shimin said: "Who said I want to build another building? Who did you listen to?"
Duan Lun didn't quite understand: "Then what does your Majesty mean?"
"What I mean is to use some of the idle buildings under our control, simple modifications, and then turn them into hotels for the accommodation of tourists. The locations of our places are very good, I believe. They can cooperate with Shengtang Group competition and believe they can create more value for us.”
Li Shimin said this.
What else could Duan Lun say?
"Your Majesty is wise, what you have thought of is something I have never thought of!"
Li Shimin was naturally a little taller than Duan Lun, so what Duan Lun didn't expect, Li Shimin did.
And Duan Lun is too busy, so he has no time to think about these things.
"Okay, you will handle this matter. By the way, you can ask. How many things in the Shengtang Group need to be put into the hotel? You must learn. We will follow what they do and they make money. , we must make money along with it. If you have money, everyone can make it, not like their family alone."
Then Li Shimin knew exactly what he wanted to do.
That is learning, learning what Shengtang Group wants to do.
"Understood! Your Majesty! Then I will go down and make arrangements!"
"Okay, go ahead."
Li Shimin was overjoyed, then. Then he will have a large amount of funds in his account.
Datang's economy will also reach a higher level. All of this must be attributed to Li Min. If Li Min hadn't come up with so many tricks, it would have been extremely difficult for civil and military officials to make more money.
With all the civil and military officials, the economy of the Tang Dynasty can grow positively, but if you want to grow rapidly, you still have to rely on Li Min and the Shengtang Group, and no one else can do it.
"This kid is really powerful. He has accomplished so many things that I didn't expect." Li Shimin murmured.
Yes, if he didn't dig deeper, he wouldn't know that he could still make money by opening this thing, and he should make a lot of money, because his cost is very low.
And I have so much vacant real estate, why not make use of it?
And the gimmicks are not small either.
(End of chapter)