blogombal Chapter 2180: Taking Too Big a Step
Chapter 2180: Taking Too Big a Step
After Li Shen left the textile workshop, he began his inspection tour.
There are many workshops in the Prince Ji’s Mansion. From seed removal to processing and finally to finished products, there is one or two workshops for each link.
This is because due to technical limitations, all links can only be operated manually, and the efficiency is very low.
In order to increase production capacity, Li Shen finally had no choice but to recruit a large number of people to increase output.
This actually has great benefits, at least it solves the employment problems of many people.
In Li Shen's opinion, this is a very good start. When people have money, their lives will improve, their consumption will increase, and economic growth and circulation will be promoted.
In this way, business prospered, various industries were able to develop, more workshops were built and more people were recruited.
It goes round and round, endlessly.
If everyone in the world could afford the products of Prince Ji's Mansion, Li Shen's wealth would increase several times.
That is what it means to be truly wealthy enough to rival a country.
As a commoner in his previous life, Li Shen did not have such great ideals and ambitions. All he wanted was to make up for the regrets of his previous life.
Eat well, have fun, enjoy a life of wealth and glory, have a wife and children and a warm bed, and when you have nothing to do, come out and show off and make your presence felt, that's all.
As for the struggle for world domination, the Game of Thrones, and other matters of imperial power, Li Shen would not even think about them.
He felt too tired and he didn't have the ability. He couldn't even manage tens of thousands of people under him, let alone tens of millions of people in the world.
In Li Shen's view, people want to be emperors not because of the emperor's responsibilities, but because they want to get the benefits that come with being an emperor.
Fine clothes and delicious food, numerous wives and concubines, and the power to call the shots.
Li Shen already has all these, why should he fight for them again?
"Ah sneeze~~~~"
"Hurry up and get a handkerchief. My nose is about to run into my mouth."
Wang Wencheng's villa is now renamed the backyard of Ji Wangfu's Xizhou Villa. Li Shen took the handkerchief handed over by Chunxiang and wiped his nose.
Then he casually threw the handkerchief into a wooden barrel beside him, which already had a thick pile of handkerchiefs in it.
Yes, Li Shen was sick, and his illness was quite serious. He had a runny nose, sneezes, dizziness, and diarrhea.
"Your Highness, please drink the medicine. It's getting cold." Wu Meiniang, who was standing by, advised while holding a bowl.
"Don't drink it. It will pass after a while." Li Shen shook his head while lying in the shade of the tree.
Only those who have drunk Chinese medicine will know how bitter it is. Li Shen felt that this thing seemed to have a magical attack. Once you drink it from your mouth, the bitterness will spread all the way to your soul.
Li Shen could only drink a small portion of the medicine, and he would vomit out most of it.
"Your Highness, good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. The doctor said that you will get better after drinking the medicine."
Liu Ruyan on the side was also trying to persuade him.
"A-choo~~~~It's okay. I'll be well soon." Li Shen still shook his head stubbornly.
Wu Meiniang felt helpless as she looked at the determined Prince Ji, and thought, if only Lan Yuer were here.
In the entire Prince Ji’s Mansion, only Lan Yuer can control Prince Ji.
In the past, Lan Yuer was the one who took care of this step, so no matter how reluctant Li Shen was, he had to bite the bullet and drink the medicine.
"Your Majesty, don't you still want to go to the tribe to check on them? It's been four or five days now. If he doesn't get better, Your Majesty will probably have to cancel his trip."
Seeing this, Chunxiang squatted down and spoke softly.
"It's okay to delay for a few days. It's not a big deal." Li Shen said indifferently.
“But Your Majesty, the cotton will be harvested in about a month, and it will take time for us to go back and forth, especially the jade will probably take several days to transport back to Xizhou.
The workshop also needs you, Your Majesty, to take charge of the overall situation when it starts working.
One day's delay would waste nearly a thousand strings of cash."
"Ok?"
Li Shen, who had been looking indifferent, sat up immediately after hearing Chunxiang's words. He looked at the black medicine in Wu Meiniang's hand, and then thought about the daily salary of one thousand strings of cash.
In the end, money overcame dislike, so he picked up the bowl, closed his eyes, and drank it all up in one gulp.
Li Shen didn't need to remind him, as Liu Ruyan had already prepared the sugar water. After Li Shen finished drinking the medicine, he immediately picked up the sugar water and drank it.
Then he rinsed his mouth with clean water, but even so, he still felt a little nauseous, and his stomach was churning.
The smell of Chinese medicine comes out of my nostrils.
I found a comfortable position, lay down and relaxed.
He just had a heat cold. The conditions here were limited, and Li Shen was used to a life of luxury and had never experienced such hardship.
Even in his previous life, he had to turn on the air conditioner on hot days.
"Shi Tou, is there any news from Xizhou?" Li Shen asked with his eyes closed.
"Your Highness, the Chief Secretary Wang has just sent back a message saying that everything is normal and is proceeding according to plan.
Some people have already started paying the ransom." Shitou on the side whispered back.
"What ransom? That's their fine, the money they need to atone for their sins. Don't make it sound like I'm kidnapping them."
After hearing this, Li Shen glanced at Shitou and corrected him.
"Yes, it's their fine."
"Well, they are really fast. I have only been out for four or five days, and they have already raised the money."
Li Shen also found it a little unbelievable. Even if he sent a letter back to Chang'an, it would take at least ten days or half a month. Longxi was the nearest place, and it would still take two or three days by fast horse.
Not long after he came out, someone raised enough money.
“Your Highness, Wang Changshi said that the money was not raised from the family, but was taken directly from their mansion in Xizhou.
It is said that some of them have caravans and shops in Xizhou, and they have revenue on weekdays, so they are so fast. "
Stone explained.
"Bullshit, in my opinion, they are the ones who embezzled the money, but I just didn't find out.
These bastards are trying to launder their money in the name of the caravan."
Li Shen immediately started to curse. What kind of shop or caravan? Li Shen didn't believe it. They were just laundering money.
"Your Highness is right. Wang Changshi also guessed this, but he has no evidence." Shitou nodded immediately.
"Well, never mind. As long as they can come up with the money, it will be fine. With more than one million strings of cash, we won't have to borrow money this year.
I don’t know whether the road to Qinghai Road can be repaired this year. If it can’t be repaired, I will really have to beg for food.
Look at what I have been doing in the past six months. I have no dignity as a prince. For the sake of money, I have lost my dignity.
This king is doing legitimate business."
Li Shen started complaining again at this time.
He was not complaining about others, but about himself. He was indeed not cut out for big things and he always took too big steps and ended up pulling his balls.
(We have a flood here.)