hotmtlnovel Chapter 1956: Open Fraud
Chapter 1956: Open Fraud
As soon as Pei Mingli finished speaking, Wang Xuance also stood up to persuade him:
"Your Majesty, Brother Pei is right. Three hundred coins is already very high. They are different from craftsmen. Craftsmen only make five or six hundred coins a month."
"Is that so? Well then. Since you all said so, let's do it this way. But there is one thing, don't delay paying the craftsmen.
They only have so little money to begin with, and it would be a bit unreasonable to delay payment. If I find out that any shopkeeper has delayed payment of the workers' wages, don't blame me for being ruthless."
In the end, Li Shen compromised. Maybe it was really because of his own values, or because he lived a life of luxury and did not care about worldly matters.
"Yes, I will explain it to the shopkeepers." Pei Mingli accepted the order.
"Well, that's good. You can take care of the rest yourself. Finish the work as soon as possible. If you have nothing else to do, just go ahead and get busy." Li Shen waved his hand.
"Oh, my Lord, just now you asked which noble sons to invest in and what big business you want to start. May I ask what business your Lordship is?
Do you need our cooperation?" Pei Mingli asked, unable to suppress his curiosity.
He heard Prince Ji say that he wanted these people to invest or something, although he didn't understand what investment meant, but if he understood, each of them would give 10,000 strings of cash.
This made him very curious and shocked. Prince Ji was indeed generous in his actions. This one investment was worth tens of thousands of strings of cash. More than a hundred people meant more than a million strings of cash.
Adding the money contributed by Prince Ji’s Mansion, this business is not a small one.
So he wanted to know what the business was all about.
"Oh, you don't need to cooperate. I didn't plan to do any business anyway."
Li Shen said in a nonchalant tone.
“But Your Highness just now…” Pei Mingli was a little speechless. Prince Ji had just said that he wanted to invest in some business and open a venture capital company.
"Oh, I was just talking nonsense just now." Li Shen replied easily.
"Then...what if these noble children send money to us?" Pei Mingli's brain was not working properly. Nonsense? What if they send money to us?
After hearing this, Li Shen replied more relaxedly:
"If they send it to you, I will take it. I am afraid that they will not send it to me. I just said that if they don't participate this time, I will not take them to play next time.
This king guesses that they will all participate this time."
"But..." Pei Mingli didn't know what he should say.
Wang Xuance, who was standing by, understood what Li Shen meant and said:
"Your Majesty, do you mean to just take the money and not do the work?"
“Yes, that’s what I mean. This is the lesson I’m giving to these evildoers. I want to let them know that making money is not that easy.
I can make money with them, but I can also lose money with them. Not every business I do is guaranteed to make money."
Li Shen nodded as a matter of course. It just so happened that Prince Ji's Mansion was short of money, so how could he not defraud them? More than one million strings of cash could solve the urgent problem.
Pei Mingli didn't expect that Prince Ji would be so open and aboveboard to cheat people out of money. Isn't it said that Prince Ji is cunning? How can you say that you also use some tricks? Isn't this too obvious?
"Your Majesty, what if they find out? We are too obvious. The power behind them is not small."
Pei Mingli was a little worried.
"Mingli, we are not afraid even if they find out. I have already thought of an excuse. Now that spices are in such short supply, we can just say we sent people to the Western Regions.
We exchanged several ships of spices from the Western Regions, worth millions of coins, but we encountered the wrath of the sea god, and all the ships were sunk to the bottom of the sea. Even I lost everything. How pitiful~~~~"
Li Shen looked extremely distressed while speaking, which made the two of them smile.
Prince Ji lied without thinking, but it was reasonable to taste. Spices in Chang'an City are indeed in short supply now. The price has increased three or four times, and there is a trend of further increase.
It's not far-fetched to say that they were engaged in the spice business.
"Your Highness is wise and prepared for a rainy day. He is able to make plans and win battles thousands of miles away. I admire you very much." Pei Mingli stood up and bowed, with a sincere look on his face.
"Hahahaha, no no, these are just basic operations. Thank you for your compliment, Mingli. Thank you for your compliment."
Li Shen burst into laughter. He didn't expect that Pei Mingli was so sensible. He was indeed a talented person.
Wang Xuance, who was standing by, twitched his mouth twice. It seemed that he would have to study this subject in depth when he returned.
I didn't expect Pei Mingli to be so good at pleasing King Ji, and he was on par with Wang Hongfu. I have to go back and ask Wang Hongfu for advice.
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Liangyi Hall
Li Chongyi continued to work after returning from Prince Ji's mansion. However, not long after, he was called to the study by Li Chengqian.
At this moment, Li Chongyi and Li Chengqian were sitting opposite each other. Li Chengqian made tea himself and then poured a cup for Li Chongyi.
"Chongyi, come and try this tea. This is the tea that the Queen just sent over. It is the new spring tea from Prince Ji's Mansion.
I heard it came from Shu, and it’s called…” Li Chengqian paused at this point, as he had forgotten what he had just said.
Wang Zhong on the side quickly reminded:
"Your Highness, my name is Zhuyeqing."
"Yes, it's called Bamboo Leaf Green. I'm not sure about the exact name, but my mother said that my tenth brother named this tea Tranquility, and drinking it can help you calm your mind.
Come and have a taste." Li Chengqian said as he pushed the tea over.
Li Chongyi took it with both hands, bowed and thanked him, then took a sip and savored it carefully:
"Good tea, refreshing fragrance, long-lasting sweetness, it is indeed a good tea."
After saying that, he picked up the cup and smelled it. There was a special aroma.
"Well, I think it's good too. Drinking it can calm your mind and calm your spirit. This is meditation.
I also heard that Prince Ji’s Mansion has another kind of drink called Lun Dao, but it’s a pity that I have never tried it.”
Li Chengqian picked up the teacup and smelled it. It was indeed fresh and fragrant.
"If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants it, why not send someone to Prince Ji's mansion to ask for it? I don't think His Royal Highness Prince Ji will refuse." Li Chongyi suggested.
"Alas, my tenth brother is too greedy for money. If I ask for it, he will definitely not give it away for free. He will definitely ask me for money.
With his personality, he dares to ask me for ten thousand strings of cash for this can of tea.
In the past, he would send some tribute tea to the Prince's Mansion, but now he only sends the new tea to Aye and no one else.
They said that the production is too low now and there is no surplus. "
Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled bitterly when this was mentioned. He had a share of the tribute tea in the past, but he could not get any of the newly developed teas by Li Shen in recent years.
Every time, either Empress Changsun rewarded him or he shamelessly asked Li Shimin for it.
This made Li Chengqian very helpless. He couldn't buy anything he wanted. Li Shen's tea was only of the tribute tea grade, and the first-class tea sold in the boutique pavilion tasted much worse.