"His Royal 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, "Please two of you sign this contract. There are four copies in total, one for Lishan, one for Buddhism, and one for Mr. Li." , and 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, one million guan per person, or who will pay more and who will 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 yuan, and I won't be able to give out a single penny more."
Monk Huikang clicked his tongue and said: "Zheng Zao, this is Lishan County Marquis 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 that words are not supported by words, but words are the basis."
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 evidence."
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 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 the fifth surname and spend the rest of my life."
Li Tai sighed and turned into a cloud of white mist in the cold air, "What a pity."
After an hour of burning incense, the two people in Xue Zhong stopped arguing, and finally decided to give each of them one million guan.
Li Tai checked the contract and confirmed it was correct, "In this case, when you deliver the two million pieces, 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 the three people, Li Tai asked, "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 selling white sugar. After Sun Fujia investigated the case 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 where 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. The changes in Jiangdu were Shangguan Yi's biggest concern at the time.
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 in it.
Li Tai breathed into his hands and rubbed his palms, which were red from the cold.
The 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
"Just wait a little longer, don't be in a hurry 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 yuan of debts or 600,000 yuan for 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 cause chaos. Even if they don't, people can still force them to cause 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."
"Here." Li Tai said seriously as he went to do some work.
What Li Zhengzao and Monk Huikang bought was papermaking technology, while Li Shimin bought all the workers and equipment in the Lishan factory, which could 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 yuan. 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 Pool is about to be built. In addition to building Taiye Pool, 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 was good at using money, he might be able to save a lot of money if he came to supervise 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 wrote a decree: "Ninety percent of the paper produced by the Lishan paper mill has just been delivered to the palace. The printed books are all supervised by Secretary Supervisor Cen Wenwen. 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 them and handed it to Aunt Wang, "It's just that the labor required by Lishan Paper Mill and the cost for the coming year will be given to my father."
"Here."
All of a sudden, 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 now, 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 at this moment. No wonder Zhang Yang was so generous. He thought he had an extra conscience.
"This bastard!" Li Shimin shouted, causing Yan Liben, who was standing aside, to tremble in fear.
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?
"You thought he had a conscience? I didn't expect that he sold the most costly business to me!"
Based on the cheap scroll prices in Lishan for so many years, it has indeed always been a loss-making business. Even the scrolls supplied to the imperial court are purely loss-making.
His Majesty's hand holding the account book was trembling, and there was an obvious fact in front of him, that is, the paper mill did not make money, and even if it saved money and abandoned manpower, it would only be to balance expenditures.
Li Shimin picked up the tea bowl on the side and found that the tea was completely cold. He put it down again and the tea in the tea bowl spilled on the table.
I really should have been so heartbroken, gritted my teeth and made the decision to hang him! Hang yourself in front of Chengtian Gate!
There is no need to watch him causing trouble in Lishan.
The prince immediately poured a bowl of hot tea, added some fire to the stove next to His Majesty, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Superintendent Lu of the Imperial Medical Office has given instructions. Your Majesty's inner fire has finally been calmed down. It can't be allowed to happen again. It's just It will get more serious every time.”
Li Shimin drank the tea and calmed down his emotions. His eyes fell on Yan Liben, who stood motionless like a wooden sculpture. "How much money can be saved by constructing the Taiye Pond with 150,000 pieces?"
"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."
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."
The prince 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 and suffered from 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 books a year in the accounts would be increased five times.
That is to say, you will lose at least 1,500 yuan 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 very sad to hold it in your hands but need money to continuously support it.
"Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and this is helpless." Yan Liben said with emotion.
"Zhang Yang will not cling 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 he really think that papermaking is a loss-making process? Even if he has achieved his goal now, there must still be articles 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 hurried into Li Zhengzao's room with several monks, 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 knows about the Luoyang sugar case. I dare to ask Mr. Li, where did you get the sugar?"
