bookbashuk Chapter 1868 Let Them Spend Money
Chapter 1868 Let Them Spend Money
Li Shen did not expect Wang Xuance to agree with his father's point of view. He asked doubtfully:
"You mean it's reasonable for the court to take 50% of the share, right?"
"Your Majesty, I have just heard your plan.
Although I don't know much about business, I have just calculated it carefully. If I succeed, I will be extremely rich.
A fortune that can drive people crazy.
Although 40% of the dividends are shared by more than a hundred people, each person can still get tens of thousands of guan, or even more.
Among the more than 40 powerful people, there were more than 100,000 strings of cash. For example, Duke Lu's family received the most, perhaps as much as 200,000 strings of cash.
This is a huge fortune, two hundred thousand strings of cash a year, and your Majesty's worries are not without reason."
Although he saw Li Shen frowning, Wang Xuance still chose to do his duty and explained the reason.
"Xuan Ce, you are wrong, in fact, we can control how much money they make.
I did not agree to your majesty's request, one reason being that my Ji Palace is short of money right now and urgently needs wealth for emergency response.
Secondly, in this business, I have the final say on how much money to make.
Do you think football can be played all year round?
No! That depends on my mood.
If I were not short of money, I would not play football in winter when it is too cold, in summer when it is too hot, or in spring or autumn when it is too windy.
If I were short of money, I could play basketball every day, all year round. This is called entertainment, national fitness, and a way to vent the people's anger.
Whether it is black or white is up to me, otherwise why are all the people in the Ji Palace placed in the guessing game? "
Li Shen shook his head to deny Wang Xuance's words and explained to him confidently.
Of course he knew how profitable football lottery was, and that's why he removed the word "national".
He gave up on making small amounts of money from the common people and focused on making money from the powerful and businessmen, otherwise he would have made more.
When Wang Xuance heard Li Shen say this, he immediately understood what he meant. It seemed that he had overthought.
He bowed quickly and said:
"Your Highness is resourceful and wise, I admire you. I just didn't think it through properly, I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Li Shen waved his hand and said:
"Forget it. It's normal that you don't understand business matters. Even Wang Hongfu may not understand my intentions.
But what you said does make some sense. We certainly can't let them take all this huge fortune.
We have to find a way to get them to pay.
This king plans to formulate a spending plan specifically for these rich people, so that they can live comfortably in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
I was willing to give the money out.”
"If the prince can really do it, that would be great, but it's probably difficult. It would take tens of thousands of taels of silver a year.
Even if a person spends all day drinking and partying, he still can't spend all the money. "
Wang Xuance replied with some concern.
Hearing this, Li Shen indeed smiled disdainfully:
"Can't spend it all? It's just a few tens of thousands of strings of cash. How can it be impossible not to spend it all in a year? Where does all the money I spend in a year go?
Hasn't the prince been living a life of debauchery all day long?
Food, clothing, shelter and transportation. A piece of clothing costs thousands of strings of cash. Do you think you can spend it all? "
"Thousands of strings of cash?" Wang Xuance was extremely shocked when he heard this, "Your Majesty, clothes worth thousands of strings of cash may be a little too expensive.
I'm afraid they won't be fooled. Even His Majesty's clothes are not as valuable as several thousand strings of cash."
Wang Xuance wondered if Prince Ji had gone crazy because of poverty. Which fool would buy a piece of clothing that cost thousands of strings of cash?
Even if he earns a million taels a year now, he would not buy a piece of clothing worth thousands of taels unless he has a brain disease.
Isn't it too dark for Prince Ji to do this?
"Xuan Ce, take a long-term view and don't forget the Tang Clothing Shop in the palace.
The cheapest clothes there cost a hundred strings of coins, but people also bought clothes worth one or two thousand strings of coins.
I heard from Wang Hongfu that Tang Yifang earned more than two million strings of cash last year. There are more rich people in this world than you think.
It’s just that they don’t want to come out because they’re afraid of being remembered.”
Li Shen said indifferently, "Is this expensive? You have never seen anything expensive."
Wang Xuance also heard that Tangyifang was very profitable, and Prince Ji also rewarded him with several pieces of clothing for scholars.
The style was indeed unique, but if one piece cost several hundred strings of cash, he always felt it was not worth it.
Li Shen saw Wang Xuance's face and knew that he still couldn't accept the fact that a piece of clothing cost thousands of guan.
After all, Wang Xuance didn't understand what luxury goods effect was.
After thinking about it, I decided to popularize it to Wang Xuance:
"Xuan Ce, do you still think that a piece of clothing that costs thousands of guan is too expensive? That's because you haven't seen anything more expensive.
Do you know that the dragon robe that His Majesty is making for the Crown Prince has been in the making for more than a year?
The main material used is the natural silk which I collected from many places, but now the materials are not complete yet.
Gold thread for embroidery is more difficult to make than you might imagine.
Just for this one dress, more than 20 painters, more than 300 concubines, and more than 200 goldsmiths were employed.
This does not include the craftsmen who make gold and silver threads and the people I sent out to collect heavenly silk.
Are you saying that this piece of clothing is worth ten thousand strings of cash?
Many things cannot be measured by money. Scarcity makes things valuable. Many materials cannot be purchased even if you have money.
So, we should broaden our horizons. The world is as big as our hearts. "
Li Shen's words shocked Wang Xuance. It turned out that it was so expensive for the emperor to make a piece of clothing. He had heard that a dragon robe of His Majesty cost more than a thousand strings of cash, and he thought it was very expensive.
Now Prince Ji actually said that the prince’s dragon robe would cost 100,000 strings of cash. It is simply unbelievable.
"Thank you for your teachings, Your Majesty. I have learned a lot. I never thought there are such expensive clothes in the world."
Wang Xuance saluted.
“That’s natural. The world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. There are thirty-six dragons embroidered on this dress, nine big dragons and twenty-seven small dragons.
This king estimates that it will take at least three years to complete the project." Li Shen said with some pride.
"Why does the prince know so clearly?"
Wang Xuance knew from Prince Ji's expression that the dress was related to Prince Ji, so he cooperated and asked.
Sure enough, Li Shen laughed after hearing this:
“Hahahaha, because I participated in the design of this dragon robe, and the selection of materials was also my request.
It took several months just to draw the drawings of the dragon robe.
More importantly..." Li Shen paused deliberately, then said excitedly:
"I also did one."
"Ah? The prince also made a...dragon robe?" Wang Xuance's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.
I thought, could it be that Prince Ji is going to rebel? Making a dragon robe is a serious crime of treason.
Didn't Prince Ji always say that he wasn't interested in this? He didn't even go to the court. Could it be that he was pretending to build a plank road but secretly marching through Chencang?
Li Shen was also shocked when he heard Wang Xuance's words:
"Bullshit! What nonsense are you talking about? How can I make a dragon robe? Are you crazy?"
(The dragon robes mentioned in this article are within a reasonable range.
I looked up some information and found that it was recorded that a dragon robe required 608 embroiderers, 285 goldsmiths, 26 painters, and more than 40 embroidered dragons, and took two and a half years to make.
The dragon robe of Emperor Wanli took more than ten years to make, and it seems to be 13 years.)