Li Ke got up early in the morning, looked at the clothes on his body, and finally chose to change into a formal prince's uniform worn on sacrificial occasions.
Different costumes in the Tang Dynasty were used in different occasions. For example, in the previous dynasty, everyone wore court clothes. Except for Li Shimin, the prince and all the ministers wore the same clothes. They all wore court clothes.
For major festivals such as sacrifices, the prince and prince have their own clothes. In daily life, no one cares about it. You can wear whatever you want.
But the only thing is that the pure plain (white) ancient costumes worn by the handsome male protagonists in many movies and TV dramas of later generations were not worn by anyone in the Tang Dynasty... It’s not that they don’t wear white. But white clothes must be matched with other colors.
If there is only one kind of plain-colored clothes, it is Xiaofu.
Today's occasion is neither important nor important.
It is important because it can be said to be the dividing line of the Tang Dynasty in some aspects. Perhaps when historians and economists of later generations comment on this day, they will say that from today on, the history of the Tang Dynasty will be written in two parts. In particular, the history of economics should be written in two parts.
Because although Li Ke has already begun to implement some modern economics behaviors before, in fact, this time is the real openness to the outside world.
Today is neither a day of worship nor a holiday. Although most officials have time to go outside the venue, everyone has maintained a tacit understanding that no one will go.
However, they all sent their own housekeepers or the like.
For the common people, today's day is different. Since early in the morning, common people have begun to gather outside the Golden Light Gate. As time goes by, the number of common people is increasing.
However, the guards also came very early, mainly to avoid being stampeded, and to prevent His Highness King Qin from being unable to enter after Li Ke arrived later.
Li Yan and Wu Jue arrived early. They were taken care of by guards and stood in the front row. From here, they could see Li Ke for a while, but there were also many people around them, so they would not attract anyone's attention. Pay attention, and there are guards in front of them. If there is a situation, the guards can protect the two of them immediately.
A quarter of an hour before the opening time, Li Ke appeared outside the Golden Light Gate. A high platform had been built next to the big stone. After seeing Li Ke, all the people were a little excited, but at the same time they were excited. After restraining themselves, everyone made way for Li Ke.
After all, they have not forgotten their identities, and they also know that although Li Ke is good to all of them, he is the prince after all. It will be bad if it is too crowded, hurts His Highness, and ruins His Highness's affairs.
Li Ke climbed onto the high platform next to the stone and looked up. There were densely packed people all around. After all, the spring plowing had not started yet, and most of the people had nothing to do at home, so there were a lot of people coming today. At least tens of thousands gathered around here. common people.
Jinguang Gate is probably inaccessible today. Fortunately, Li Ke prepared the guards in advance to convey what he said to all directions.
"Hello everyone! I'm Li Ke!" Li Ke first said hello loudly to everyone.
"Hello, His Highness King Qin!" A response came quickly from the crowd below. Needless to say, these must be the people who have been employed by Li Ke for a long time. They understand Li Ke's character.
With someone taking the lead, His Highness King Qin's good voice soon spread in all directions.
Li Ke raised his hand and made a downward movement, and the scene immediately fell silent.
"Today, I am here mainly for one thing, and that is to unveil this official road made of concrete from Jinguangmen to Datang Industrial Park, because this is the starting point of the official road of Datang, but it It’s definitely not the end!”
"What are roads? I believe many people don't know, and many people don't understand either, but I believe all people understand one thing, that is, roads are easy to travel, whether it is traveling, carrying goods, or daily walking, they are all convenient !”
"What does this mean? It means one thing. If you want to be rich, build roads first!"
"If you want to live a good life, roads are indispensable! Just like all of us know that the road to Shu is difficult, it is difficult to reach the sky. So if there is such an official road under my feet from the middle of Shu to Chang'an, Can a lot of grain, silk, hemp, etc. from Shu be brought to Chang'an for sale at a lower price, and some medicinal materials, fruits, etc. can be transported out."
"And if there is an enemy invasion in the middle of Shu, or even in the south of Shu, the armies of the Tang Dynasty can rely on official roads to quickly reach all directions of the Tang Dynasty. This shows the importance of official roads!"
"Why do I say that this official road is special? Because everyone knows that in the past, the construction and maintenance of official roads were often repaired by the Tang Dynasty court, but this official road is not! Including the previous renovation of Chang'an City, It’s also not paid for by the Tang Dynasty court.”
"So who paid for this money? I know many people say it's me, but it's really not!"
"Today I'm here to tell you who paid for this money!" Li Ke's words were spread in all directions by the shouting guard!
Having said this, Li Ke turned around and directly pulled a prepared rope. As Li Ke exerted force, the live buckle that had been fastened in advance was instantly untied, and then the red silk covering the stone fell down instantly, and everyone His eyes looked over, and then the three characters "Zhongshang Road" appeared in the middle of the stone.
In the lower part, the names of all the merchants who donated money to build this road and renovate Chang'an City are also engraved in some small characters.
"I named this road: Zhongshang Road, because it was jointly donated by 93 patriotic businessmen from 82 business families in the Tang Dynasty. 5.73 million yuan! Then add the Zheng family in Xingyang The two million guan compensation handed over to me was used to renovate and build all the roads in Chang'an City and this official road, with a total cost of 8,134,206 guan and 742 guan!"
Li Ke spit out an astonishing number.
The people around were in an uproar. They didn't know these things. If His Highness hadn't informed him, they might never have known.
All of a sudden, all the people began to talk about it. It turned out that there were such patriotic businessmen in the world.
Wu Jue in the crowd had a look of astonishment on his face, more than eight million guan! It’s almost close to the national treasury’s annual income, and it’s actually donated by people? How did your Highness do this? Those businessmen Wu Jue knew very well that they were all people who had no profit and could not afford to do it early, but they were actually willing to donate so much money!
Among the same crowd, the heads of wealthy families who came today were stunned for a moment. They finally understood how Li Ke built these roads. No wonder they couldn't figure out where Li Ke got so much money.
