Daqin: Qin Shihuang can hear my heart

Chapter 535 Li Zhao's Good Intentions
What is this place?There is still some barren mountains and mountains, which is obviously a market.

"This, this, this, what's going on?"

Ying Zheng said three 'this' in a row, his face full of disbelief.

These days, although I have been staying in the Secret Palace, I know the surroundings of Shanglin Garden very well. It turns out that this place is definitely not a market. Although there is a concrete road passing by here, it is just a place for idlers and passers-by.

But everything he saw at the moment was completely different from this.

Shang Xin quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is a new market in Shanglin Garden, which is specially used by the Jianminfu of Efang Palace."

"Used by civilian husbands?"

It is noon at this moment, the sun is scorching but not hot, with a little softness, reflecting the bustling market.It's time for the folks to have lunch.

A few years ago, due to the limited food in Daqin, people generally had two meals a day, that is, morning food and food, and even the two meals depended on the individual. However, since the popularization of Shanglinyuan rice, corn and sweet potatoes, people have enough gradually turned into three meals.

When lunch came, all the citizens of Efang Palace gathered, almost filling up the entire market.

"Exactly!"

"Look, there are 20 civilian husbands!" Ying Zheng calculated with a slight click of his tongue.There are too many people.

"To be exact, it's 30 people." Shang Xin corrected.

"30?"

Ying Zheng was surprised again!At that time, he only asked Li Zhao to be in charge of the construction of the Efang Palace, and did not limit the number of civilians he hired. The current 30 seems to be a bit much.

There were not so many people even when they were enlisted in corvee.

"How much will it cost!"

Ying Zheng thought about it.Before, he had heard about Li Zhao's saying that he hired civilian husbands to pay a monthly salary. It seemed that each person's monthly salary was how much, but he couldn't remember exactly, it seemed to be several hundred dollars.

A few hundred dollars per person per month, what about 30 people?How much a month costs, he found himself unable to calculate.

"Ten million dollars every month!"

Shang Xin helped him figure it out.

Tens of millions of money, this amount is hard to come by, people just calculate it roughly, or it is endless, or it exceeds [-] million, that is an astronomical figure.

This shows the huge cost.

"Thousands of money?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel heartbroken when he heard it. Tens of millions of dollars, the revenue of the treasury is completely incomparable, "It's hard for Li Zhao, I'm afraid I will give up everything for my Afang Palace! I am ashamed! "

I felt infinite emotion in my heart, and I blamed myself very much.

Hearing this, Shang Xin showed strange eyes again, this time he can no longer hide it, otherwise if His Majesty finds out, he will be punished for a crime of deception.

"Your Majesty, in fact, although Shanglinyuan spent so much money, its income is also high."

"High income?" Ying Zheng glanced at Shang Xin, full of displeasure.

It can be said that anyone has a high income, but Li Zhao cannot be said to have a high income. Even if Shanglinyuan earns tens of thousands of dollars a month, it is still not enough to make ends meet.

Tens of millions of dollars are not comparable to ten thousand buckets of gold.

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can visit the market." Shang Xin pointed to the market bravely, "That's a restaurant, where 30 people eat. How much does Your Majesty say you can make a day?"

"This?" The emperor shook his head, he couldn't figure it out at the moment.

"You can make millions of dollars a day, what about one month?" Shang Xin asked.

Ying Zheng muttered, it's tens of millions of dollars a month, which is indeed a lot.

"Look again, Your Majesty, besides the restaurants, there are also various businesses over there, such as clothes sellers, hotels, etc. There are endless people stepping into it. How much income does Your Majesty think there is?"

Ying Zheng glanced around the huge bazaar, speechless.What he saw besides restaurants, there are really many clothes sellers and shopkeepers, and these also have income!I don't know how many there are, but there should be many!

"There are also trains. Does Your Majesty know how many people take them every day?"

Ying Zheng thought according to Shang Xin's statement, and then glanced at the crowd, many of them were non-citizens, and most of these people would come to Shanglinyuan by train!
If so, the train must be full every day, which is also a good income.

The more I look at it, the more I can't react. After saying this, it seems that the income of this market is huge.

"Think about it again, Your Majesty, 30 civilian husbands, are there actually only 30 people?"

Ying Zheng was taken aback by Shang Xin's question. Originally, Shang Xin was just a slave by his side and only needed to answer, but now he was being led by the nose.

"It should be more than that."

"That's right, the folk husband has a family, and the arrival of the folk husband will also bring his family to the market. There are definitely more than 30 people. Then they also have to eat, wear and live. It all costs money, which is another big sum. income."

"And this market belongs to Shanglinyuan. Even if he spends tens of millions of dollars in monthly salary, his income still makes up a few percent, so it's not a big expense."

Ying Zheng nodded slightly when he heard this. Indeed, it was indeed not expensive to say so. He couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "I know that kid has given his all for me, but he never thought that there is such a trick. I can't think of it!"

"Your Majesty." Seeing that the emperor accepted his statement, Shang Xin bowed slightly, and said boldly again, "I think that although General Li has paid so much, the return is also very generous."

"Why do you think so?" Ying Zheng wanted to hear what Shang Xin said.

Shang Xin didn't respond positively, but pointed to the other side, the other side of the river, where tens of thousands of people were coming out of at this moment, coming in a file like an army, preparing to enter the restaurant.

"Does Your Majesty know who they are?"

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the other group of people intently, wondering, who are they?Tie Ying seemed to have disappeared during this time, and did not report the situation of Shanglinyuan in time, so that his eyes were darkened, and he had no idea who it was.

Shang Xin saw the emperor's doubts, so he said, "It's the labor team of Shanglinyuan."

"Shanglinyuan labor team? Not the husband of Efang Palace?" The emperor was surprised.

"No, this is owned by Shanglinyuan, and it is specially built for Shanglinyuan's villa."

"What is a villa?"

The emperor heard another new term.

"I don't know, I just heard from Li Jinong that it is a house for people to live in."

"The villa turned out to be a house, so it must be that kid's novelty." Ying Zheng was stunned, but Shang Xin didn't answer his question, so he glared at Shang Xin angrily.

Shang Xin was terrified, and hurriedly cut a long story short: "Li Jinong said that he would sell these villas to noble people, and the price would be high, wouldn't that be a big return?"

Ying Zheng asked, "Why is the price so high?"

"Li Jinong said it was a hundred gold and one villa."

"What?" Ying Zheng's eyes widened in disbelief. After a while, he shook his head and even sneered, "A hundred gold? It's so expensive, will anyone buy it?"

"This is not a reward at all, but an increase in chaos, hum! That kid looks down-to-earth in doing things, but he is floating."

Originally, Shang Xin said these things in order to make the emperor feel less guilty towards Li Zhao, but he didn't know that it was self-defeating, which not only made His Majesty angry, but also made General Li suffer, which he didn't expect.

He knew the emperor, so he quickly shut up and stood aside respectfully.

"You, you just don't understand Li Zhao's heart for me. This is loyalty, not repayment. In order to make me feel at ease, he spared no effort to rebuild the Afang Palace for me. He built a villa on the other side. He must be afraid of my loneliness. That’s why I came up with such a strategy to keep people.”

"It's hard work and hard work! But, hey! If you care about it, you will be chaotic. If you pay a hundred gold, who will buy it? It will only increase the cost."

"Of course, yes!" Shang Xin quickly nodded in agreement, feeling that his thoughts were still immature, and that His Majesty could see clearly and right in his eyes.

"Hey! Although this place can bring some income to Li Zhao, it is far less than the monthly salary of a civilian husband. This trip is really a righteous man of the Qin Dynasty, and it should be credited."

"Also, you also need to share the burden for Li Zhao. By the way, when Meng Yi's [-] troops return, let them eat and drink here for ten days, so as to increase Li Zhao's income."

"No, I will definitely get it done."

After doing this, Emperor Cai felt better in his heart, so he decided to visit Efang Palace.

"Let's go! Come with me to Efang Palace. It's been more than ten days. The old palace must be refurbished!"

(End of this chapter)