The Eastern Capital is extremely prosperous, and there is no trace of the fact that this place was in a state of death more than ten years ago.
When Li Er led troops to attack Luoyang more than ten years ago, the price of rice in Luoyang under 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 off 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." Was able to escape..."
"Who is slandering me?!"
Hearing this, Li Er's eyes widened with anger. "I am invincible in the world. When have I ever been chased by someone? What kind of monk saved me? What nonsense!"
"Is that 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 immediately heard 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 from north to south 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. Even scalpers have come out to compete for the qualifications to transport goods.
It means that powerful people have reserved a lot of truck wagons and then resold 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.
Wagons are meant to be sold, and not everyone sells them the same. The freight charges were not reduced, and the money was earned as a matter of course.
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 Yutou.
After looking through it, Li Er looked at Li Yunze, "I will deal with the things in the government. As for the things 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 pays taxes. The people in 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.
In their opinion, they had no crime at all. They sold the wagons and 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 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, it can be summed up in one sentence: 'Be honest first and wait for me to take care of you one by one. '
Choose one target to beat, and hold the other targets first. Anyway, all surrounding ministries and countries are his targets.
For those who have not yet been listed as targets, Li Er will entertain them very warmly, giving generous gifts and names, etc.
Because he knows very well that when the fight comes, no matter how much he gave before, he can 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 a banquet again 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't have less 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.
The sound of silk and bamboo could be heard endlessly at the banquet hall, the aroma of wine and meat filled the air, Silla maids and Kunlun slaves were walking back and forth serving wine and dishes...
Looking at those Kunlun slaves, Li Yunze frowned and turned sideways to ask Du Ruhui, "Didn't you say that Kunlun slaves are not allowed to enter? Why are there so many here?"
Du Ruhui glanced at the people from the 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 driving 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, looking at how those Kunlun slaves looked disgusted.
After all, no one would like this kind of existence except for his cousin.
He can understand Silla Maid, because this is to enhance his own strength.
But Kunlun slave...
"Sure enough, no one in this rich 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 get down to 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 is as strong as it is today, all thanks to 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 and others congratulate your Majesty~~~"
By the time everyone finished their drinks, the atmosphere was getting even more intense.
Li Er, who put down his wine glass and smiled even brighter, gestured to Li Yunze with a smile, "Your hard work has yielded great results. I and Uncle Lan Tian have come up with something to reward you. I'll let Uncle Lan Tian explain the specific matter to you."
Everyone's eyes turned to Li Yunze, 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 out 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 intend to set up an exchange. The things traded in this exchange are Changsheng Railway, Changluo Railway...Longshouyuan Iron Works...Zehua Trading Company...Lantian Animal Husbandry... .Chang'an Paper Mill...Jiangdu Salt Industry...Wu Shi Textile...Datang Jian
Build... shares of various trading companies! "
Li Yunze threw out more than a dozen of the most famous money-grabbing companies in the Tang Dynasty, and each one 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 planning to sell them, everyone was so excited that their eyes gleamed.
"Is this true?!"
Cheng Yaojin, who was still in charge of following, 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 are making a lot of money every day.
It's just that in the past, Li Yunze was too strong, and with the strong support of Li Er, he could only drool while looking at these golden chickens.
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, Li Yunze started to really play the trick. "Everyone, I won't introduce the value of these trading companies anymore. 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 as Li Yunze finished speaking.
"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 figured out how much money the Changluo Railway can make.
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Li Yunze's words are indeed not exaggerated.
"Gong Lu," Li Yunze gestured to Cheng Yaojin, "It's like Duke Lu 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!
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The sky is above, and the earth is below. You can't make as much money as digging for gold in Jinshan Mountain!
