Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 701 Chapter 720: Husband and wife talk at night
"Oh." Li Hao nodded indifferently. It is expected that these projects will cost money, so he asked, "How much money is left?"

Shi Najie said: "At the beginning, the prince gave the villain a total of 1000 million guan as start-up capital, but now most of these projects, except for bicycles and electrical appliances factories, are only half completed, and 800 million guan have already been used. The accounts are all here. Please take a look at the prince." He said and handed over a thick account book.

Li Hao took the ledger and looked at it. Trains, railways, roads, and power stations are the most expensive projects. They cost more than 700 million yuan in total, and the bicycle factory only cost 80 yuan.

Li Hao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, and said, "Don't worry, there will be no shortage of money. There are still nearly 3000 million taels of silver left in Liuqiu. My king immediately sent a letter to them and asked them to send 300 taels of silver." Ten thousand taels of silver come here."

Shi Najie worriedly said: "My lord, only three trains have been built, only 300% of the railway has been built, half of the road has been built, and half of the power plant has been built. Even if we transfer another [-] million trains, it seems that it is not enough."

"It should be enough." Li Hao said, "Bicycles are ready to be produced now. Have you calculated the approximate cost and annual output?"

Shi Najie said: "The bicycle factory has 15 workers, and the workers' salary is about [-] per year. Adding the cost of materials and processing, the total is about [-] per year, and the annual output is estimated to be [-] bicycles."

Li Hao said: "One hundred thousand, okay, half of the bicycles are sold domestically in Datang, and the price is 50 guan, and the other half is handed over to Wu Lei to be sold overseas, and the price is [-] guan, which is [-] taels of gold."

"Ah?" Shi Najie looked at Li Hao in shock when he heard the words, almost thinking that he heard it wrong.

Li Hao smiled and said: "Don't be so surprised, calm down, you are someone who has seen the world."

"Five...five hundred guan...this..." Shi Najie was already stuttering in shock, "this...is too...too expensive!"

"Is it expensive?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows, "Then it should be more expensive, those foreigners like to buy it or not."

Shi Najie said: "My lord, do you want to do business again? Some people may buy such an expensive bicycle when it is shipped overseas, but if you go there for the second time, you may never be able to sell it again. Rich people... …after all, it’s a minority.”

"Don't worry." Li Hao said with a smile, "As much as you can sell for the first time, anyway, it must be enough to support the next fund operation. When you go to sell next time, lower the price and set... [-] Go ahead, next time, drop to [-] guan, and then drop to [-] guan, I promise, someone will buy it every time."

Shi Najie stared at Li Hao dumbfounded. He had to admit that his big boss was a profiteer, a profiteer through and through.

However, at the next moment, Li Hao's words made him change his mind again, and he only heard Li Hao say: "The price of bicycles sold domestically in our Tang Dynasty will be reduced once a year. It will be ten guan, and it will be changed to five guan in the next year. In four years, bicycles should be popularized in Datang. Starting next year, a bicycle factory will be built, and the annual output will increase to more than 50. The price will drop, and the output must be Bring it up, otherwise how can bicycles benefit the whole of Datang?"

After hearing this, Shi Najie admired Li Hao deeply. He knew that bicycles are huge profits, after all, they belonged to a monopoly industry, but he never thought of reducing prices and increasing volume. He only thought about how to use bicycles to make more money. This is authentic But Li Hao is different. What he wants is to benefit the public. First, he starts to mark up the price of bicycles to cheat the rich, so that the rich can experience a sense of superiority, and then popularize bicycles. In this way, it is really The most important thing is to make money and benefit the people. This is a conscientious businessman.

Shi Najie cupped his hands and praised sincerely: "My lord is far-sighted, but Shi Najie is far behind."

"Don't flatter." Li Hao waved his hands and smiled, then asked, "How are the roads and railways going?"

Shi Najie replied: "My lord, your lord, you have explained before that the priority is to build roads and railways leading to Qinghaiwei. At present, more than half of the railway to Qinghai has been built. Due to too many mountains and rivers, although it takes [-] works, But the progress is not fast, but the road has been completed, and a road has been built from Qinghaiwei, extending into the border of Tubo and directly reaching the plateau."

Li Hao nodded happily when he heard the words: "Well, it's a bit risky, but it's done well."

Shi Najie said: "It's thanks to General Qinghai's Protector Zhisili and General Penghai of Qinghaiwei that they sent troops into Tubo to continuously inspect and protect the safety of the workers, so we were able to extend the road nearly a thousand miles into Tubo. After the road is built, I hope Tubo will not be able to destroy it.”

Li Hao nodded with a smile. Indeed, his road is paved with reinforced concrete. As long as it is completed, the road will be placed there. Even if Tubo sends [-] troops, it will not be destroyed. A month of knocking and beating like this can destroy dozens of miles, but so what, as soon as Li Hao's craftsmen arrive, within a few days, dozens of miles of roads will be repaired again, and the construction speed It was many times faster than their destruction speed, and it could exhaust them to death, so Tubo looked at the road of Datang, and could only be anxious.

After chatting with Shi Najie for more than an hour, Li Ping's voice came from outside the study: "Husband, the ginseng soup is ready for you."

Li Hao then sent Shi Najie away, and personally went to welcome Li Ping into the room. Li Ping came in with a tray of ginseng soup, put the ginseng soup on the table, turned around and was about to leave.

Li Hao grabbed her and said softly, "I finally came back, so why don't you talk to me?"

"I'm not feeling well today..."

Hearing this, Li Hao hurriedly asked: "Is it uncomfortable there?" He said and hurriedly checked her pulse.

Li Ping withdrew his hand and said, "I feel depressed and uncomfortable."

Li Hao suddenly understood, pulled her to sit on the couch, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."

Li Ping bowed his head sadly: "You don't have to say that...a man takes a concubine...it's human nature...and husband, you are naturally romantic..."

"No, you misunderstood me." Li Hao shook his head and said, "Although I am romantic, I am definitely not meeting someone who loves someone, please believe me, the matter of Dolma... I really can't explain it in a few words. "

Li Ping suddenly raised his eyes to look at Li Hao, his eyes were soft and resentful, and asked: "Does my husband think that our sisters are no longer young and beautiful, and it is difficult to please him..." At the end, her face was full of sorrow color.

"Absolutely not." Li Hao hugged her cheek and kissed her hard, and said, "Not to mention that you are still young, even if one day you are not young and your face is wrinkled, I still love you and treat you as I did back then. , The matter between me and Dolma is really... well, I can't explain it clearly in a few words."

Li Ping said: "My husband, please speak slowly, I'm not in a hurry."

"You want to hear?"

"Well, tell me." Li Ping nodded.

"Okay, this matter starts from Heilongmao. We marched to Heilongmao that day..." Li Hao began to talk about his experiences in Nanzhao.

When he talked about the four strange poisons in his body, Li Ping turned pale with fright. Although he knew that Li Hao would be fine in the end, he was still attracted by Li Hao's story and couldn't help worrying.

Li Hao said that when he woke up in the Little Putuo Temple, Li Ping finally showed his face and said: "I knew that husband and auspicious people have their own celestial features, and nothing will happen."

Li Hao smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sit here and talk to you now."

Li Ping frowned and asked, "And then, why did you suddenly marry Zhuo Ma?"

"Well, let's start with the fact that she let me go..." Li Hao told her about Zhuoma's imprisonment in the water prison in great detail, including the salute under the Sansheng tree. .

When Li Ping heard that Dolma's legs and feet were so festered that the bones were exposed, she covered her mouth and exclaimed. When she heard that Dolma loved Li Hao without complaint or regret, she couldn't help it anymore, and she was soaked in tears. As a woman, he understands how a woman loves a man deeply. Dolma's love for Li Hao is really unswerving until death, which is admirable.

After listening to all the stories, Li Ping secretly wiped away tears, and said slowly: "Husband, you did the right thing, Dolma has deep affection for you, you can't let her down."

"I think so too." Li Hao nodded.

Li Ping said again: "Don't worry, my husband. Although the sisters are not happy about your concubine, I will go to persuade them. They are all sensible people. I believe that after knowing about it, they will treat Zhuo Ma well. Zhuo Ma Ma is a good girl, it is my husband's blessing to marry her."

Li Hao turned his head and looked at Li Ping in a daze, filled with emotion in his heart. Most women in ancient times respected female virtue. The so-called female virtue means that the husband is the sky and the wife is the earth. You have to take concubines for your husband. If you don’t do this, then this wife will be gossiped by others behind her back. This is the tragedy of women in ancient times. Li Hao has a daughter. If his daughter is going to experience such sorrow in the future, he must I can't accept it.

Now that this tragedy happened to his wife, Li Hao really felt very guilty, but Dolma has paid so much for him, and let him ignore Dolma, and he can't do it, he doesn't know what to do, it seems like An unsolvable question.

Li Ping saw that Li Hao's eyebrows were frowning suddenly, and asked suspiciously: "My husband, what's wrong with you, why are you frowning?"

Li Hao held her hand, and sighed apologetically, "Ping'er, I'm the one who's sorry for you, I'm sorry." He said and hugged Li Ping tightly.

Seeing him like this, Li Ping smiled for no reason, patted Li Hao on the back, and comforted him gently: "It's okay, it's okay, husband, you don't have to blame yourself like this, it's okay..."

After a long time, Li Hao let go of Li Ping. Li Ping stared at him and said, "Husband, let me handle the wedding banquet for you and Dolma for you."

"No." Li Hao shook his head and said, "This is too wronged for you."

"I'm not wronged." Li Ping shook his head and smiled, "Actually, husband, you don't understand women."

"Why do I not understand women?" Li Hao was a little confused.

Li Ping smiled sweetly and said: "We women, although we also want to monopolize our men, but the matter is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. What we want, as long as you treat me well, is more important than anything else."

Li Hao's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he hugged Li Ping tightly again. He didn't know what to say anymore, he could only express his thoughts with actions.

(End of this chapter)