If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 6 Your Majesty, this idiot doesn't sound good.

Li Shimin had not yet responded after hearing Li An's words, but Yuchi Gong said with difficulty:

"It sounds like this mirror is indeed hard to come by, but isn't the price of twenty taels of silver a bit too expensive?"

You have to know that in this era, the annual expenses of an ordinary family were only a dozen taels of silver.

And this mirror is actually worth more than a family's expenses for a year.

Hearing Yuchi Gong's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but nodded:
"You said you would sell this mirror to the people of Chang'an, but I'm afraid the price is a bit too high and ordinary people can't afford it!"

Li An chuckled:
"Brother, you are too rigid. If ordinary people can't afford it, just sell it to the rich and powerful! There are so many rich and powerful officials and generals in Chang'an City. Are you afraid that these thieves can't afford to pay twenty taels of silver?"

Li Shimin looked at Li An with a smile.

This kid,
It seems that the idea of ​​offering it to the people of Chang'an and the emperor through my own hands is just a cover.

He just wanted to make a fortune first, and then let himself take these glass bottles and glass mirrors to Chang'an and make a fortune from those wealthy nobles.

What a good plan!
Unexpectedly, after three years of separation, the boy who was so timid and didn't even dare to raise his head in front of me has become so sinister!

I don’t know who I learned this from!
"This one……"

Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, Yuchi Gong said:
"We came here in a hurry and didn't bring much silver. I'm afraid we can't buy much for this mirror..."

"Not afraid!"

When Li An heard Yuchi Gong say that he didn't have much silver, he immediately patted his chest and stood up:

"In order to support the business of merchants from all over the country and enhance the commercial prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, our Lingnan Dao has specially launched a low-interest loan business. As long as you are willing, you can sign and seal the loan to take the goods!"

"Low-interest loans?"

It was the first time for Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong to hear such a new word, and they couldn't help but look at Li An with their eyes wide open.

Li An nodded, with a sincere expression on his face:

"That's right! Loans are money I lend you, and you only need to pay a certain amount of interest every month. What's more, we offer the most cost-effective equal-amount and equal-interest service, not a donkey-rolling-and-rolling-interest service!"

“Equal payments and equal interest?”

Li Shimin and the other man once again heard a new word that they had never heard of before and were stunned again.

"Equal payments and equal interest means that if you borrow 100 taels of silver for ten months, you only need to pay me 10 taels of silver and 5 taels of silver as interest every month until you pay it off..."

Hearing such good news, Yuchi Gong couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

But Li Shimin looked at his son who was talking with great joy, and suddenly thought of something, and his heart sank:
"and many more……"

"You mean, I have to pay back these ten taels of silver and five taels of interest every month?"

"That's right!"

"That means I paid back ten taels of silver in the first month, and I still have ninety taels left to pay, but I still have to pay back the principal of ten taels of silver and the interest of five taels of silver in the second month?"

“This… is what happened.”

"So, in the tenth month, I only need to pay back the final ten taels of principal, but I still have to pay five taels of interest?"

"……Right!"

Li Shimin looked at Li An and instantly felt that his son was extremely evil-hearted.

Yuchi Gong seemed to understand something at this point, and the smile on his face began to slowly freeze.

Feng Lang, who was standing aside, seemed to have no regard at all for the young prince he was following.

It is said that the interest is equal to the amount paid, but it is definitely not the case that the interest on the donkey rolls and the interest on the donkey rolls.
But as the principal of the loan becomes smaller and smaller, the interest rate becomes higher and higher.

Even if you only borrowed 10 taels of silver in the last month, you still have to pay 5 taels of silver in interest.
The interest is already equivalent to half of the principal!
It's even more evil than the donkey rolling in the wind!
too dark!
It was so shady! But the merchant from Chang'an was no fool and he quickly saw through the prince's plan.

Let’s see how you can make this dirty money!

Thinking of this, Feng Lang stared at Li An and Li Shimin, waiting to see how they would respond.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin suddenly slammed the table and said firmly:

"Okay, it's settled! I'll borrow five thousand taels of silver from you today to buy two hundred and fifty mirrors!"

When these words were spoken, Feng Lang and Yuchi Gong almost dropped their jaws in shock.

Yuchi Gong quickly and quietly pulled Li Shimin:

"Your Majesty, this is... it doesn't sound good!"

Li Shimin seemed to have not heard it at all and remained unmoved.

Li An rubbed his hands excitedly and said:

"Okay, this is called close cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win! Next, you just need to take out the road permit and other supporting documents you carry with you, and then sign the loan contract."

Soon, Li Shimin took out the travel pass he had prepared for his trip.

These things were already prepared when they went on their incognito tour.

Li An quickly signed a loan contract with him.

Immediately afterwards, Li An's men took them to the cargo yard to inspect and inspect the installed 250 mirrors on the spot.

Seeing Li Shimin and the other man leave, Feng Lang couldn't help but sigh:

"Your Majesty, are you too dark?"

Li An subconsciously looked at himself in the mirror:
"Really? Why don't I think so?"

Feng Lang looked at Li An with some resentment:
"What I mean is that you are too greedy! This mirror can be found everywhere in Lingnan nowadays, and the cost is only twenty coins at most, but you suddenly cheated them of the price by a thousand times..."

According to the exchange rate of silver taels at that time, one tael of silver was worth about one guan of money, or one thousand wen.

Li An sold it to Li Shimin for twenty taels, which was nearly a thousand times the profit!

It’s not far from making a huge profit!

At this point, Feng Lang said with some concern:
"Aren't you afraid that they will come back to Chang'an and ruin your reputation?"

Li An laughed:
"Xiao Feng, you are still too young!"

Feng Lang was in his early thirties, but Li An called him "Xiao Feng". His face instantly turned dark.

But Li An didn't seem to care at all, and said with a smile:

"Will anyone in this world admit that they are stupid? Will you?"

After hearing this, Feng Lang immediately shook his head subconsciously.

"That's right! No one would admit that he is a fool, not to mention that these two people are merchants from Chang'an City!"

"Even if they realize they were fooled, they will never publicize in Chang'an that they were fooled by me. They will only keep on promoting how good these glass bottles and glass mirrors are and raise their value even higher!"

"Although our palace is not short of silver, who would find silver a pain in the neck? Just from the bottle and the mirror, we have earned more than 5,000 taels. This is the tax for 5,000 households in Lingnan!"

After hearing these words, Feng Lang, who had a strong sense of justice, couldn't help but nod repeatedly.

Li An became even more excited and patted Feng Lang on the shoulder:
"So, Xiao Feng, you are still too young. Comrade, you should have a broader vision!

(End of this chapter)