The sky is getting hotter, and people's hearts become more irritable.
The third floor of Changfeng Pavilion once again welcomed distinguished guests. Li Dong, who had been in contact with the clan members who had been in contact at the time, came today and gathered more Silla merchants to gather on the third floor of Changfeng Pavilion. event.
"Everyone, the road construction has been decided. Let's see how much living money is available for each of them. If we collect enough money as soon as possible, we will build the road and the above will give me certain benefits."
Li Dong saw the eyes of everyone on his body, took out a piece of paper from his arms, pushed it to the person next to him, and told him to pass it on, and said to a group of people.
There are not many words on the paper. You can see from the beginning to the end by just a few glances. The room quieted down immediately. No one picked up Li Dong's words for the time being. They passed them on. After a quarter of an hour, everyone looked up and looked up again. When he came, there was a hint of worry in his eyebrows.
The person who read the words on the paper first hesitated and asked: "Li Dongjia, one million sticks is not a small amount to me. The person above only said that there will be a return in the future, but I cannot wait. Knowing when will it be, and what is the return? It's worrying."
Others also thought of this, and then nodded, looking at Li Dong again, wanting to get a specific time and quantity from his mouth.
Li Dong glanced around, feeling a kind of helplessness in his heart. One million pennies made himself and the others so difficult. The various news from the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the mountain-like financial resources of the Zhang family. Even merchants with a bit of skill in various places can pull together millions of dollars when they need it.
This is the gap, thinking about ten years of money, how can Datang's businessmen have this ability? Ten years, long, as the sun rises and sunsets are endless, but as short as the wind fades and colorful clouds, when I look back, it suddenly flows away.
When I went to meet with people in the clan, I also mentioned this matter. In ten years, the children who were enrolled in the school at the age of ten have grown up. In ten years, the grain yield per mu in Datang has more than quadrupled.
Ten years ago, perhaps the mountain has not changed its color, the water has not been weak, but Datang has become stronger and stronger. Ten years ago, Li Longji could only treat Silla with tenderness. Ten years later, Li Longji With an order, the gunboat circled.
"Hey..." Thinking of this, Li Dong couldn't help sighing, looking at the people who were still doing their little calculations, and said: "Everyone, now Datang has piles of grain into mountains and gathered people into forests, and various advanced technologies are emerging in endlessly. If you still think about that little bit of self-interest, maybe there will be no Silla in another ten years. By then, you and I will be sinners, and maybe you won't even have the qualifications to be sinners."
When everyone heard Li Dong's words, they were stunned for a moment, and then after thinking about it, it was almost the same. Once Silla was annexed by Datang, the status of himself and others would not be guaranteed.
Knowing this, but still feeling uncomfortable, one person sitting across from Li Dong moved and asked: "Since we know, why didn't the clan pay money to build roads, so we businessmen must be embarrassed?"
"It's not caused by the Tang Dynasty. I used to go to Tang Dynasty to pay tribute from Silla. When the Tang Dynasty accepts things, we will give more things. We have money, technology, cloth, and leather as a reward. I didn't know later. Why, Silla sent a lot of things, and the things that Li Longji rewarded changed.
There are magnificent glass products, beautiful exquisite furniture, and there are vouchers for eating at the Zhuangyuan Building and Deyiju. For every 100 yuan spent, you can use a 20 ren voucher. Recently, it has begun to include Shuiyunjian and Bihai Yinsha really gave a lot, one million guan.
But what's the use? You can't eat or drink glass and furniture. The voucher really wants to use up one million pens, so four million pens must be used to eat and drink.
Coupled with the fact that individual members of the clan like to enjoy themselves, and use my Silla money in exchange for the luxury goods of the Tang Dynasty, how can the clan have any money? The man of insight discovered this and was very worried. Only then did they find me and wait for the temporary relief. "
When Li Dong talked about this, he was angry.
The others were silent for a while, not knowing what to say.
After a while, someone asked in a low voice: "Lee Dongjia, then even if I wait until I collect enough money, will it be good for Silla?"
This is a key question, and those who have not made a sound want to know that even if it is not for self-interest, to spend money to repair a good road to the Tang Dynasty for Silla, it must have some effect.
Li Dong nodded: "This is the truth. I thought about it when I went to meet the people above. The people above said that nowadays there are many Datang ships going to and from Silla. The sea transports troops to attack, but my Silla will not be able to defend it.
Therefore, in the future, I will not be allowed to enter my Silla land from any place on the sea, and will only be allowed to stop at two specific piers, and land transportation will naturally become the top priority.
Compared with Datang, Silla produces less production. With tariffs, we can sell less goods to Datang, or not sell goods to Datang. As long as Datang’s goods come in, we have to pay 20% of the tariff. This money will be used by the clan to build weapons and protect people's livelihood.
This money is free, and the more they ship over, the greater the advantage we will take. There are other benefits. For example, ordinary people in Silla can’t afford meat, but Tang’s meat is cheaper. Everyone knows that now. In the Tang Dynasty, as long as the people are hardworking and don't need much skill, even if they want to eat meat every day.
Datang is shipped, and the price will not be too high, at least cheaper than our own. There are also other things such as cloth, especially grain. As mentioned above, if the disaster is hit, the 20% tariff can be used to directly buy Datang's grain. "
Everyone’s eyes lit up and they realized that it was indeed a good plan. They were about to agree. One of them asked a new question. “That said, Silla will always take advantage of me. Isn’t that little treasure a fool? I would rather believe that the sun will come out from the west instead of I believe he has this kindness."
"Yes." Several people said at the same time.
"This... Maybe it is because there are too many products in Jilizhou, he can't sell it, he wants to sell it to Silla, or maybe it wants to get the good things from Silla to Datang faster, even if the two are not, It's that he is going to repair the road so that the Datang army can come over. That is just a little faster. If there is no good road, Datang's army wants to come over. Who can stop it?"
Li Dong didn't even know what he said. He understood that Zhang Xiaobao could not be treated with ordinary people's opinions.
"Xiu, no matter what he thinks, he has more money than us, so he takes advantage of it before talking." One person gritted his teeth and said something.