hsntnovel Chapter 2067 Father and Son Negotiations
Chapter 2067 Father and Son Negotiations
When he heard Li Shimin's question, Li Shen thought for a moment, pretended to count with his fingers, and muttered something, but no one knew what he was saying. Finally, he raised a finger.
"Ten thousand strings of cash?" Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ten thousand strings of cash is not enough. We also need to build a large workshop." Li Shen shook his head.
"You're not talking about 100,000 strings of cash?" Li Shimin spoke again. He felt that spending 100,000 strings of cash to build a workshop was a bit too much.
But Li Shen shook his head again, "Father, I meant one million strings of cash."
"How much?" Li Shimin was stunned after hearing this, and everyone else was also dumbfounded.
"One million strings of cash." Li Shen repeated.
Li Shimin did not speak, but began to look for something in private.
"Erlang, what are you doing..." asked Empress Changsun.
"Where are the family rules? Where did I put the family rules I just used? I must beat this rebellious son to death today." Li Shimin said angrily.
"Hey? Ah Ye, calm down, calm down. Even if the business fails, there is still friendship. If you don't cooperate, it won't cost you your life."
Li Shen retreated again and again. It was true that serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. This emperor was too difficult to serve.
Who can stand it when someone threatens to kill you over a disagreement?
"You bastard, are you cooperating? You are clearly trying to cheat me out of my money. You are such a rebellious son, why would my Li family get rid of you?"
Li Shimin sat on the couch, pointing a ruler at Li Shen, furious.
Seeing this, Li Shen immediately began to explain:
"Father, please listen to my explanation. This time, my workshop will not be located in Chang'an, but in the surrounding prefectures and counties, where I will hire people to work.
This will allow people to earn some money and live a better life.
However, to build a workshop in other places, you first need a piece of land, which costs money to buy, and you also need to build the workshop, and the labor cost is more expensive than the construction.
Furthermore, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. After the workshop is built, you must definitely build a road directly to Chang'an City, which will not only transport goods and materials, but also make it convenient for local people to travel.
Aye, if you add all these things together, the labor cost will be a lot.
This year, there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the people have no harvest. I can't conscript them for labor service. I can't do such a thing. Tens of thousands of laborers can cover several surrounding states and counties, which can also be regarded as a relief for the court."
Li Shen looked concerned about the country and the people, which made people somewhat convinced. At least it was true that Li Shen had never used corvee labor.
After hearing this, Li Shimin's emotions began to calm down. If what this rebellious son said was true, then it was not excessive and he still had some conscience.
Over the past ten years, thanks to Li Shen, Chang'an City has developed rapidly, and the area under the jurisdiction of Chang'an City has become quite prosperous. It was said in the past that Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, and the people live better than in other places.
But nowadays, they are still not as well off as the people living around Chang'an City. The reason is that they can work in workshops and earn extra income.
Li Shen promoted the development of the Xijing economic circle and attracted many merchants to settle in Chang'an and set up workshops. If you set up a workshop, you have to recruit people.
The wages at Prince Ji's Mansion are the benchmark of the industry. Even if they want to pay less, it cannot be too little. With extra income, the people's lives will naturally get better.
Now that Li Shen said he wanted to set up workshops in other states and counties, Li Shimin felt that perhaps by persuading him step by step he could make the people in other places prosperous as well.
But, isn’t this one million strings of cash a bit too much?
"Old Ten, if it's true as you said, it would be a good thing that would benefit the country and the people, but one million strings of cash is still too much. What you said won't cost one million strings of cash."
Li Shimin was ready to bargain, but in fact, Li Shimin knew in his heart that he would definitely be cheated this time, and it just depended on how much he would be cheated, unless he did not participate.
"Father, if we only build a workshop, 500,000 strings of cash won't be enough, but if we build a road, there won't be much left.
The journey was hundreds of miles long, and in order to speed up the work, a large number of workers had to be recruited, also to relieve the pressure on the people in Guanzhong.
Aye, think about it, if we recruit laborers according to corvée, with each household sending one person, and we recruit 50,000 people, this will ensure that the people of 50,000 households will not starve to death.
The court can also save a lot of food for disaster relief, so why not do it? "Li Shen patiently persuaded the emperor, presented facts and reasoned with him.
He must get the one million strings of cash so that he won't be in debt this year.
Li Shimin fell into deep thought after hearing what Li Shen said. He had to admit that what Li Shen said made sense. Whether it was building roads or hiring laborers, it would be beneficial to the people with no harm at all.
The only thing is that I have to pay one million guan myself. Huh? Li Shimin was suddenly stunned. Pay by myself?
"You're such a rebellious son! I almost fell into a trap." Li Shimin suddenly realized.
"What do you mean, father?" Li Shen was puzzled. Why did things change in the middle of the conversation?
"Humph, you keep saying that I should invest, but shouldn't you and I jointly pay for the construction of the workshop and the road?
We should each pay half of the one million strings of cash, so it should be 500,000 strings of cash.
You actually want me to pay it all? This is outrageous!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly. Only then did he realize that this rebellious son actually wanted him to pay for all the money while he himself did not contribute a penny.
"Father, calm down. I will also pay one million strings of cash. Why should I let you pay for it alone?"
Li Shen explained immediately, feeling a little regretful.
"Of course you would. This isn't the first time you've done this. Have you forgotten what happened with Goguryeo?"
Li Shimin's face was full of contempt and disdain. Li Shen had a criminal record.
When Li Shen sought cooperation with Li Shimin, he proposed a food plan in Goguryeo, and Li Shimin was fooled.
It was agreed that each person would contribute one million strings of cash, but Li Shen used his one million strings of cash to stir up trouble in Goguryeo. In the end, he only got a few hundred thousand strings of cash, and Li Shen made a fortune.
Li Shimin has always remembered this incident. How similar is this time to the last time?
"The matter of Goguryeo?" Li Tai and Li Zhi's eyes lit up after hearing this, and they were full of curiosity. What exactly did Li Shen do with their father?
Let their father hold such a grudge.
Only Li Chengqian knew something about this, but he didn't know the specific details, let alone the final division of the profits.
Li Shen didn't expect that his father was so vindictive and still remembered this incident after such a long time. His mind raced, wondering how he could explain it to him.
“Aye may not know that there are many types of investment. The most common one is monetary investment, but monetary investment is not very accurate. There is also human investment.
We will not discuss these, today we will talk about the second type, which is technology investment and brand investment.
Technology investment means that I have the recipe for producing donkey-hide gelatin, which is unique in the world and is worth at least 500,000 strings of cash.
Without my skills, our workshop would be useless.
As for brand investment, we will use the name of Ji Wang Mansion to convince people that all products of Ji Wang Mansion are high-quality.
Otherwise, why would I dare to sell it for one hundred coins?
Father, the title of our Ji Wangfu is worth at least 500,000 strings of cash. If Father allows us to use the title of the Emperor, it should be worth at least 1 million strings of cash.
In this case, I am willing to pay one million strings of cash and give you 50% of the profits."
(Life is always like this,——)