Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138 The idea of ​​making money

Gao Ming didn't drink very well, so he was undoubtedly drunk again, but this time Cheng Yaojin was already experienced, and after Gao Ming got drunk, he encouraged him to sing.

For a pure man, how can he refuse the request of karaoke after drinking?
So, after a month, "Big Man" with a hoarse voice sounded again in Cheng's courtyard.

"There is a spirit of the sea in my life..."

This night, Gao Ming didn't know how much he drank, and he didn't know how he got back to the palace, but these are not important anymore, what is important is that his goal has basically been achieved.

This time, Gao Ming raised a total of [-] guan from Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji, and Li Jing, plus the [-] guan he obtained from Li Shimin before, the total has reached [-] guan. Initially completed the task.

"The rest is left to Zhangsun Wuji, but his son's..."

Speaking of Changsun Wuji, Gao Ming immediately thought of Li Tai's hateful fat face.

"It's like beating him up!"

At this time Gao Ming still believed that Li Tai was the son of Changsun Wuji, so he immediately changed his mind.

"No, I can't borrow money from Changsun Wuji, otherwise I won't be able to be justified when I deal with his son in the future. I'd better find another way!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately called Zhang Sizheng over.

"Ah Zheng, how much money do you have left from the money I asked you to bring back last time?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhang Sizheng bowed his hands towards Gao Ming.

"Returning to His Royal Highness, the last time you gave your subordinates a total of 650 seven guan. When you went to Qizhou, your subordinates took 300 guan. The rest of the money was handed over to trustworthy people for business. According to The return from the people below is now more than [-] yuan!"

Hearing Zhang Sizheng's words, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Hehe, not bad, I made hundreds of dollars in just one month, er, these people are capable, write them down, and we will rely on them for the money bag of our Baiqiwei in the future."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Seeing Zhang Sizheng's respectful expression, Gao Ming nodded again.

"Well, well, now I have a task for you, now I have [-] coins here, and you take another [-] coins from Baiqiwei, a total of [-] coins, I want you Escort the money to Jinzhou and give it to a man named Zhou Zheng."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhang Sizheng raised his head immediately.

"His Royal Highness is talking about the former governor of Jinzhou, Zhou Fengyi's father?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Having said that, Gao Ming nodded with a smile.

"It's Zhou Hong's father. After you hand over the money to him, you don't have to come back in a hurry. Keep an eye on it for me. The prince finally got the money and it was used to build the academy. I don't want the money Being swallowed up, I can trust Zhou Zheng, but other people..."

Gao Ming didn't say the rest, but Zhang Sizheng understood it, so he nodded immediately.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, no matter who it is, as long as he dares to touch His Highness's money, his subordinates will chop off his claws."

Seeing Zhang Sizheng's murderous look on his face, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction again.

"Well, I believe you, go!"

"Yes!"

After receiving Gao Ming's instructions, Zhang Sizheng immediately took someone to escort [-] guanqian to Jinzhou, while Gao Ming went to Li Shimin's imperial study.

Gao Ming's arrival did not meet Li Shimin's expectations. He had just walked in when Li Shimin raised his head and glanced at him.

"Drunk last night?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming nodded with a wry smile.

"I said no, Lu Guogong dragged me to drink, and I got drunk after drinking it, but fortunately, I have borrowed the money, and now I have someone send the money to Jinzhou, and I am here to tell you about it. "

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin nodded with a smile.

"I see. I will send people from the Ministry of Industry to Jinzhou tomorrow. By the way, how much did Cheng Yaojin lend you?"

Looking at Li Shimin's curious eyes, Gao Ming told the truth.

"Not much, five thousand guan!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin blinked in surprise.

"At first, I thought it would be good if you could borrow one or two thousand guan from him, but I didn't expect to borrow five thousand guan, not bad."

Seeing Li Shimin's surprised face, Gao Ming smiled wryly again.

"You guessed it right. Originally, he was only willing to borrow two thousand guan. Later, I said that I would pay back the money in the fall, and I would give an extra [-]% interest. He only borrowed five thousand guan, and then I borrowed it from the British government. I borrowed five thousand guan, and borrowed three thousand guan from Duke Wei."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming shook his head immediately.

"However, Duke Wei refuses to charge me interest."

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Li Shimin also laughed.

"The pharmacist is not the same as Cheng Yaojin. He has a knot in his heart, which is Hou Junji, so he is paying you back. But even if the pharmacist doesn't want your interest, you still have to take out [-] guan Come on, what are you going to do?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows at him.

"Isn't this still you?"

As soon as Gao Ming said this, Li Shimin's expression changed immediately.

"Don't even think about it. I don't want you to pay back my [-] coins. As for the [-] coins, you can figure out a way for yourself and get out!"

"..."

Seeing that Li Shimin had chased him away again, Gao Ming had no choice but to walk out of the Imperial Study Room, and then returned to the East Palace.

"If you don't have money, you want to borrow money, and if you borrow money, you want to pay it back. It's really troublesome!"

Thinking of these debts, Gao Ming suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"That's [-] guan. It's already April, and it's only five months before autumn. How can I get [-] guan in half a year?"

Gao Ming was a housewife in his previous life. He could neither make glass nor soap, and he knew nothing about business.

He knows the process of distilling wine, which is nothing more than using the boiling point of alcohol to purify wine, but now Datang is in the recovery period of the founding of the country, and the common people can't even afford ordinary wine, let alone distilled wine.

The most important thing is that doing business requires capital, and now Gao Ming doesn't have this capital at all, so at this time he sighed with some distress.

"It would be great if there was no capital business, uh..."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's eyes suddenly lit up.

"No business?"

In Gao Ming's cognition, there are five kinds of no-cost transactions in this world, namely "tricking", "stealing", "abducting", "cheating", and "stealing". No matter which one is a legitimate business, so these Gao Ming didn't even plan to choose.

What Gao Ming wants to choose is a new type of no-cost transaction, and the name of this no-cost transaction is - protection fee!

When Gao Ming took Li Mingda to shop on Chang'an Avenue before, he discovered that although there are many Wuhous on Chang'an Avenue, there are still many idlers wandering on the street.

These guys, not giving money for food is a trivial matter. Most of the time, they directly ask for money from street vendors. If they encounter Wuhou patrolling the streets, they will naturally turn around and run away. Most of them will still choose to go bankrupt and avoid disaster.

"Now there are more than 30 people in Chang'an City, and all the traders in the city may add up to no less than [-] people. If I can receive protection money from them, even if each person only receives two Wen, I will spend a lot of money every day in Chang'an City." If you can receive [-] guan, it will be [-] guan in half a year, plus thousands of large and small shops, the money will probably not be less than [-] guan..."

Thinking of this, Gao Ming's eyes lit up immediately.

"Instead of letting these little bastards sit back and enjoy their success, why don't I collect them, not only Chang'an City, but also Jingzhao Mansion, a big city with a large population like Luoyang, all should be collected!"

Gao Ming's personality has always been to do what he thinks, so he immediately called Li Goudan.

"Li Goudan, I have an important task for you!"

Hearing Gao Ming's important task, Li Goudan shrank his head suddenly.

"His Royal Highness, the lower officials are less talented and less educated..."

Seeing that he was showing signs of prevarication, Gao Ming immediately grinned, then sighed, pretending to be very regretful.

"Hey, for your daughter's sake, I originally planned to entrust you with the job of earning oil and water, but since you don't want it, I won't force it, anyway, it's just a job of wandering around Chang'an City , I'd better let Hegan Chengji come, come here..."

Before Gao Ming could finish speaking, Li Goudan immediately knelt down with a "plop".

"His Royal Highness, you have misunderstood me. What I mean by this official is that although this official has little knowledge, as long as it is a task assigned by His Royal Highness, this official will definitely do his best to complete it!"

Seeing his "loyalty first" appearance, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Really?"

"real!"

"Not reluctantly?"

"Not at all reluctant!"

Seeing Li Goudan's resolute attitude, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay, then I will tell you about this mission. This time I want you to collect protection fees in Chang'an City. The object of the charge is all the vendors in Chang'an City. As for the fee, it will be calculated according to the size of the business. Let me give you an example."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately pointed a finger at Li Goudan.

"First of all, let me talk about those who do small businesses, such as selling sesame seed cakes or fermented glutinous rice soup. Their capital is small and their profits are small. Every time they sell a bowl of fermented glutinous glutinous rice or two or three sesame seed cakes, they can earn a penny. Street vendors like this , we can only charge them a penny for protection!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan's face immediately collapsed.

"It's only a penny?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ming slapped him on the head immediately, and then laughed and scolded: "What's wrong with a penny? A penny is not money? Where is the regular money without a penny?"

After being scolded by Gao Ming, Li Goudan immediately fell silent, but Gao Ming knew that he was not convinced, so he had no choice but to explain to him.

"You have to know, what I asked you to collect is the protection fee of the entire Chang'an City. Think about it, there are tens of thousands of vendors in Chang'an City, and every penny charged by each person is ten pennies. And you Think about those who sell meat, fish, jewelry and jade, these people have to charge them more than ten yuan, do you think the money is too little now?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan's eyes lit up immediately.

"A lot... not a little bit, hehehehe..."

(End of this chapter)