At no time, in the lobby on the first floor of Ximeng Tower.
Qin Ming, who was wearing a green official robe, had a faint smile on his face, stretched out his hands and pressed down.
"Everyone, be quiet."
The people in the hall were always paying attention to the people on the stage, and they invariably talked to the companions who were talking next to them.
"Shh, stop talking. The real owner is here, let's listen to what he has to say first."
After a while, the noisy hall became quiet.
Changsun rushed to the third floor window and saw this scene, with a flash of jealousy in his eyes.
Qin Ming, who was on the stage, smiled, picked up the tin trumpet from the desk covered with red silk, and said:
"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Qin Ming, and he is the current director of the Roads and Bridges Department."
Having said this, Qin Ming pointed to Li Tai, who was wearing a green python robe and introduced:
"The person next to me is the current deputy director of the Department of Roads and Bridges, and the initiator of this bidding conference, His Royal Highness the King of Yue."
"First of all, we would like to invite His Royal Highness the King of Yue to deliver the opening speech for this bidding conference."
"Everyone welcomes you with a round of applause."
After speaking, Qin Ming took a step back, handed the trumpet to Li Tai, then raised his hands above his head and took the lead in applauding.
When everyone in the audience saw this, they were stunned for a moment, a little confused.
When they saw the maids and servants serving tea and water beside them, clapping along with them, they suddenly realized something and imitated their example and clapped.
Li Tai also presided over the groundbreaking ceremony at Chunming Gate, so he was no stranger to tin trumpets and applause.
In Li Tai's mind, he went over what Qin Ming had said to him on the way.
Then he followed Qin Ming's example, pressed his palm down, then raised the horn and said:
"First of all, on behalf of His Majesty, the imperial court and the Road and Bridge Department, I would like to welcome you all to the first bidding conference of the Tang Dynasty."
applause...
"..."
In the box in the center of the third floor, Li Shimin listened to the applause one after another in the Ximeng Tower, staring blankly at Li Tai on the stage.
After a while, Li Shimin couldn't help but curled his lips and said unintentionally:
"This kid, clean up these frivolous things."
Queen Changsun next to her looked at the audience with bright eyes. Li Tai, who was calm and composed, said softly:
"Erlang, have you noticed that Qingque has grown a lot recently?"
"In front of so many people, he was able to talk without any stage fright."
Hearing this, Li Shimin stroked his short beard and said with a smile:
"I have noticed the difference in Qingque a few days ago."
On the third floor, in Li Ke's box.
Li Xiyao took Li Lizhi's arm, pointed at Li Tai and said:
"Sister Huang, look, the thing that Fourth Brother is holding looks very interesting. Has Sister Huang seen it before?"
Li Lizhi's eyes stared unblinking at Qin Ming, who was wearing a green official robe on the stage.
There was a smile on her lips, and her eyes were indescribably gentle.
"I think it was Brother Ming who made it."
Li Xiyao's eyes lit up when she heard this and said:
"If I have a chance, I must ask him to make one for me."
Li Ke on the side didn't answer, just stared at Li Tai with bright eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
.....
In the hall, Li Tai's voice continued.
"Since you all can come here today to participate in the bidding conference, you have already guessed the development direction of the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty in the next decades or hundreds of years."
"That's right, it's a cement road."
"I believe that in the near future, Datang will have more and more cement roads."
"And today is the starting point for the construction of our Datang cement road, so today's bidding meeting will definitely go down in history."
"On this special day today, I am deeply honored to be standing here."
"Similarly, as witnesses of history, you also have the opportunity to be a participant in history, and you should also feel honored."
As soon as Li Tai said this, everyone present, except Qin Ming, was stunned.
Whether it was the merchants in the hall, the officials on the second or third floors, or the children of aristocratic families, they all stood up excitedly.
Especially some businessmen, their eyes were red.
Timber merchants Liu Twelve and Zhang Jiulang looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes that they were determined to win.
Liu Twelve shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"I just found out today why Director Qin reminded us to prepare more money."
Zhang Jiulang laughed and said:
"Brother Zhang, if you think you have no hope of bidding, why not lend the money you have prepared to your brother?"
Liu Twelve almost laughed out loud when he heard this.
He pointed at Zhang Jiulang and said:
"Don't worry about X. In order to contract the cement road this time, X is prepared to put up all his family's wealth."
Zhang Jiulang was stunned for a moment and said:
"You are still cruel."
.....
In a private room on the third floor, Wang Gui, who was just watching the excitement, slapped the window lattice hard and said to the people behind him:
"It was a miscalculation. I didn't expect Li Erlang to resort to such despicable means in order to raise military expenses."
"Absolutely disgusting."
Wang Sanlang next to him bowed and said:
"But uncle, this is an opportunity to make the family famous in history!"
"If all the places are taken by other aristocratic families or those untouchables downstairs, where will our Taiyuan Wang family's face go?"
Wang Gui sighed after hearing this and said:
"Hey, now that the matter has come to this, we have no choice but to fight for the contracting rights."
"No matter what, there are six sections of cement road, and my Wang family is the least. I want to win one of them."
At the same time, in the private room on the second and third floors of Ximeng Tower.
Whether it was the established families such as the Five Surnames Qiwang, the Hedong Liu Family, or the Jingzhao Weidu Family, or the newer families headed by the Guanlong Family, everything became lively.
They had similar thoughts to Wang Gui, and they all believed that Li Tai's rhetoric was behind Li Shimin's efforts to raise military funds for the imperial court.
After all, they didn't think that such a conspiracy could be thought up by the two hairless-looking guys on the stage.
The hateful thing is that even though they knew that Li Shimin had dug a big hole for them, they could only jump in willingly.
.....
In the box in the middle of the third floor.
After Li Shimin heard Li Tai's famous rhetoric, he couldn't help laughing and was amazed.
"Qin Ming, this kid, is really tricky. I was worried just now that his bidding wouldn't go so smoothly."
"I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, he would make a conspiracy and resolve it easily."
"Wonderful, really wonderful."
At this moment, Li Shimin, who was beaming with joy, didn't know that a big black pot was being placed on him.
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