"Uncle Chen, you've counted it eight hundred times! Isn't it a million dollars?"
"And you! Long Qie! This is money, not a woman's legs! What's your expression!"
"Xuan Qi, why are you..."
Inside the Prime Minister's residence, Liu Bai looked at the scene in front of him and was speechless for a while.
Forget it, Uncle Chen. As an old man, he just likes to count things.
Mainly because Long Qie's expression was too vulgar.
He closed his eyes slightly, stretched out his stick-like fingers, and lightly passed the big money with his fingertips. His expression was so obscene that he wanted to enjoy it more!
Liu Bai looked at him and couldn't help but kicked him over.
"The young master has the art of Tao Zhu, I am very happy!"
Uncle Chen stood up, looked at Liu Bai and said with a smile!
One and a half million dollars! Let alone Tao Zhugong and Fan Li, who made 1.5 million a day, even if he sold his daughter-in-law Xi Shi, he couldn't even make it!
Just like that, it is enough to pay half a year of taxes in Qin Dynasty!
"Uh... to be honest, Mr. Liu, the girl from Chunfeng Garden really doesn't have the luxury of such big money."
Long Qie is also very honest and outspoken.
Xuan Qi on the side smiled bitterly, and then raised his eyes to look at Liu Bai, which was a little more incredible.
He was fully aware of this plan to make money. Xuan Qi even thought that it would be great if a few people were deceived this time. A reasonable estimate would be tens of thousands of dollars.
But I didn't expect that Prime Minister Liu would actually write such an ancient masterpiece as "The Thousand Character Essay" at a critical moment, directly pushing the 'sacred paper' to unreachable heights.
Strategy, control of people's hearts, and of course the much-talked-about literary talent, Liu Bai showed it vividly in this 'paper sale'.
the most important is...
Liu Bai doesn’t cheat the poor!
The sky-high price of 20,000 yuan per piece is even beyond the reach of poor people!
"Okay, these are all to support the national treasury."
"Do you really think that making millions this time is the result of one person?"
Liu Bai was so angry that he said: "It's true that I'm making money this time, but it's all the money of noble families. If we don't use His Majesty the First Emperor as a shield, these guys can quarrel with the truth in the court tomorrow!" "
"Although I'm not afraid of them, if there is a real commotion now, the internal friction will be too great for Da Qin!"
"When an empire is first established, the less fuss the better. It's fun to do this kind of thing occasionally."
After Liu Bai said this, Long Qie also quickly stood up and closed the boxes.
After all, he just watched it for fun. If one million dollars were really spent in Chunfeng Garden, even ten dragons would be turned into dried meat!
Uncle Chen nodded slightly.
My young master is the most talented person in the Qin Dynasty. At my young master's level, money is nothing more than numbers.
Liu Bai looked at everyone's reaction and smiled slightly: "Of course, we can't work in vain!"
"I promised His Majesty the First Emperor a million dollars before, so I will hand over one million! All the money from the national treasury passes through the hands of the great minister Nong Yangye, and it will be used in a serious way for the people. I will also rest assured."
"For the remaining 500,000 yuan, we will send 20,000 yuan to Juxian Hall. We have to pay the wages we promised them for promoting Qinism on the streets, right? The 80,000 yuan will be reserved for Jinyiwei's development funds."
Liu Bai started to arrange it step by step.
There was actually a hint of strategizing in his movements.
Xuan Qi looked extremely strange.
My own Mr. Liu always likes to think of himself as a military general.
But to be honest...why does he look more and more like a sophisticated and calculating businessman when he is commanding?
"There are 400,000 left. Keep 100,000 with you. We also have to eat, right?"
"Three hundred thousand left..."
Liu Bai groaned.
He was a little hesitant to start the plan he had been thinking of for a long time now.
The three of them did not dare to disturb him while he was so deep in thought.
Whenever Liu Bai looks like this, he must have a very important idea.
"Open a library!"
Liu Bai raised his eyes and spoke in a deep voice.
"library?"
"Is it the same as Chunfeng Garden and Piaoxiang Tower?"
"Mr. Liu, is this a benefit to our brothers?"
Long Qie was slightly stunned and asked.
"You kid, if you can't speak, just speak less!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Bai was so angry that his nose was almost crooked, and he kicked him directly!
The dragon scratched his head and saw the angry look on Liu Bai's face. He quickly stepped back and fell to the ground: "Ouch! Mr. Liu's martial arts skills are unparalleled!"
This acting skill needs to be as exaggerated as it is, as fake as it needs to be!
"Does Mr. Liu want to enlighten the people's wisdom?"
Xuan Qi frowned and asked.
Naturally, he would not think so crookedly like Long Qie.
Library, it sounds like it has to do with books.
"That's right! To put it bluntly, it's a place where books are collected and ordinary people are allowed to come in and read them."
"Knowledge is different from objects. It is imprinted in the mind."
"The true value of a book is exhausted when you fully understand its meaning. But to others, the value of this book has not diminished at all!"
"If rich people want to borrow books to read, we will be the ones with the most books in the entire Qin Dynasty! If they want to read, we will borrow them!"
Liu Bai nodded slightly.
In addition to preserving cultural heritage, the purpose of a library's existence is to allow ordinary people to obtain knowledge at the lowest cost.
The current literacy rate in Daqin is not high, but with a library and some things like picture and text printing, it will be a qualitative improvement.
"But... Mr. Liu, books... are very expensive!"
Xuan Qi looked extremely ugly, but finally decided to speak out and tell this cruel fact.
One reason why apprenticeship is so expensive is that there are many books in the teacher’s home!
Rather than buying books to study by yourself, borrowing books from a teacher is the most economical way. This is almost the default principle in the teacher-student relationship.
Now I want to set up a library...how many books do I need to buy?
"Although there is paper,... the price of books on bamboo slips is not the same as that of bamboo slips without any words at all."
"It might be faster to hire someone to copy the book, but whether it's borrowing the manuscript or hiring a scribe, it's a huge headache."
"Three hundred thousand dollars...I'm afraid it won't be of much use if you take it seriously."
Xuan Qi spoke slowly.
Unlike Long Qie, he has truly experienced studying and naturally understands the hardships involved.
"The truth about this matter has been solved."
"You go find a suitable location and build the library."
Liu Bai smiled mysteriously, confident.
The four great inventions...there are two inventions, but they complement each other!
....
At this moment, in the Zhao family's residence, Zhao Huaian used beauty chips to bathe, burn incense, and even go to the toilet.
His father, servants, and even his father's old friends all came to watch the birth of the Five Hundred and Eleven Crosses after the "Thousand-Character Classic"!
In full view of everyone, Zhao Huaian was wearing plain clothes, smiling and sitting down with his pen in hand.
However...
time flies.
The smile on Zhao Huaian's face froze.
The pen in my hand is frozen!
The paper on the desk...is still blank.
finally,
A "tick" sound sounded, and everyone stared at the paper.
But there is no word or ink on it!
What is shed is... Zhao Huaian's sweat!
