hsntnovel Chapter 1835 Business Wizards
Chapter 1835 Business Wizards
A perfect car sex plan was ruined because Li Shen brought his son along.
Li Shen angrily lifted Li Wei in front of him, and the father and son stared at each other.
Lu Dingniang looked at Li Shen's actions and smiled secretly with her hands covering her mouth.
This is the normal King Ji.
Open the car window and enjoy the beautiful spring scenery outside.
"what?"
Li Shen suddenly saw a large courtyard on one side of the road. He could vaguely see some beehives and quite a few fruit trees.
When did this come out? This was Li Shen's first thought.
"Stop!" Li Shen shouted, and the team stopped.
Li Shen got out of the carriage and stood on the shaft to look around. The manor was not small, covering about ten acres of land.
"My Lord, is there something wrong? We are about to enter the city."
Shitou stepped forward and asked.
Li Shen pointed his finger:
"Whose house is this?"
"Your Highness, I heard that it is the manor of Pei Mingli, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of War." Shi Tou thought for a moment and replied.
"Pei Mingli? Never heard of him." Li Shennian said and shook his head. He looked towards the east and saw Chang'an City at a glance.
This place is not far from Chang'an City, it's a good place.
"When was this place built? Why have I never seen it before?"
"Your Highness, I don't know about this either, but you usually travel by car, so it's normal that you didn't notice it."
Shitou explained.
"Really?" Li Shen was a little suspicious. This place was only a few miles away from Chang'an City. He usually asked the team to wait at Shili Pavilion when he set out on a westward journey.
Maybe I really didn't notice it.
After taking another look at the place, Li Shen got into the carriage, called back to the city, and the convoy continued to move forward.
As a prince, he naturally went through the main gate on the west, the Jinguan Gate.
Li Shen suddenly realized that the place he had just been to was not far from the Jinguan Gate. Pei Mingli had a unique vision.
Although gatherings are not allowed in such close proximity, it is still possible to have a yard.
Li Shen discovered that there were beehives in the yard, so they must be raising bees. It would be convenient for them to sell honey every day.
He began to take some interest in the owner of this place.
The Deputy Director of the Ministry of War was a minor official of the sixth rank. If he was a talented businessman, Li Shen could recruit him.
After returning to Prince Ji's Mansion, Li Shen got off the car and ordered:
"Someone, go and call...Wang Hongfu." Li Shen thought about it and decided to find Wang Hongfu.
Wang Xuance should know this Yuanwailang, but he probably doesn't know the details about merchants' affairs.
Li Shen changed his clothes and met Wang Hongfu who had just arrived in the front hall.
Li Shen waved his hand, and Shi Tou immediately poured a cup of tea for Wang Hongfu.
"Your Majesty, I wonder why you called me here to tell you to do that?" Wang Hongfu was a little confused. Hadn't they just met not long ago?
“Nothing, just now when I came back from West City, I saw a manor outside the Golden Light Gate.
Do you know who the owner of that manor is?" Li Shen asked as he took a sip of tea.
"Your Highness, I know this. Not only I know this, but most of the merchants in Chang'an City know this."
When Wang Hongfu heard this question, he felt relieved and replied.
"Oh? You all know? Is this person so famous? Why doesn't the king know about it?"
After hearing this, Li Shen became even more interested. Is there such a famous person in Chang'an City?
"Your Highness, this person is indeed very famous. His name is Pei Mingli, from Hedong. He just arrived in Chang'an and wanted to make a name for himself, but he was penniless..."
As Wang Hongfu told his story, Li Shen finally understood why this man was famous among businessmen.
Pei Mingli, like all young people who come to the capital of Chang'an with dreams, wants to make a name for himself and make something of himself.
Is a senior long drifter.
As soon as he arrived in Chang'an City, Pei Mingli was awakened by reality. It was almost impossible for someone like him who had no money and no connections to make a name for himself.
There are so many people who think the same as him.
Finally, when he was penniless, Pei Mingli suddenly realized that he had to survive.
Fortunately, Pei Mingli is smart and capable, and good at business.
Because he had no capital, he started collecting discarded items from the world, accumulating them and selling them, thus making a huge fortune.
To put it simply, it is the business of collecting junk. Since ancient times, collecting junk has been a highly profitable industry. Pei Mingli earned his first pot of gold in life and accumulated a fortune by relying on this.
But he was not a man who was content with the status quo. A few years later, he set his eyes on a piece of land outside Jinguan Gate.
It was the piece of land that Li Shen saw.
This piece of land is called barren land because there is a lot of rubble on it, so no crops can grow or vegetables can be planted on it. It is just a wasteland.
But because of this, no one likes it and the price is very cheap.
But Pei Mingli took a fancy to it and paid for it.
The rubble all over the ground needed to be cleaned up, which undoubtedly required manpower, but Pei Mingli thought of a way.
He erected a pole in the field and hung a basket on it. He asked people to pick up stones and rubble from the ground and throw them into the basket. Those who hit the target would be rewarded with money.
The news spread quickly and many people came to try, but only a few out of the thousands were successful.
Before these people had become proficient in throwing, all the stones and rubble on the ground had been picked up.
The piled up rubble can be used to build a wall.
Afterwards, Pei Mingli gave the land to shepherds to graze their sheep, who not only ate weeds but also accumulated a lot of sheep dung.
Pei Mingli collected various fruit cores and scattered them on the ground, then turned them over with a ox plow.
More than a year later, countless fruit seedlings grew here, and Pei Mingli sold them by the truckload.
Made a lot of money again.
Later, he built a yard and a house here, and placed many beehives around the yard to raise bees and store honey.
And plant hollyhocks, fruit trees, etc. in the yard.
Bees collect nectar from flowers and transfer pollen, so both hollyhocks and honey have a good harvest. This cycle repeats itself, making Pei Mingli a wealthy businessman.
Later, Li Shimin heard about Pei Mingli's story and thought he was a talented person, so he ordered him to serve as an official in the court.
He was promoted from the chief clerk of Gutai to the imperial censor, and then transferred to the member of the Ministry of War.
The story ended here. Li Shen was listening attentively. This was a true genius.
The things he had were all tricks that others had used in his previous life, but what Pei Mingli used were things he came up with himself.
How did he come up with the idea of asking people to pick up stones and throw them into the basket?
And it must be said that Pei Mingli is a man of great wisdom.
For a scholar, it was not an easy job to pick up rags, especially for a scholar of that period who could lower his head to do this job for a living.
Li Shen believes that money in this world is not difficult to earn, but most people cannot or are unwilling to endure hardship.
Especially scholars, they always think it is shameful to do low-level things after studying for so many years.
After listening to Wang Hongfu's story, Li Shen said with shining eyes:
"This man, the king wants him!"
(Pei Mingli's deeds can be found in the Tang Dynasty's "Records of the Imperial Censorate". He eventually became the third-rank Minister of Rites.
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