"Oh." Li Hao nodded indifferently, it was expected that these projects would burn money, so he asked, "How much money is left?" ”

Shi Najie said: "At the beginning, the prince gave the villain a total of 10 million yuan of start-up funds, and now most of these projects, except for bicycle and electrical appliance factories, have only been built to half, and 8 million yuan has been used. He handed over a thick ledger.

Li Hao took the account book and looked at it, trains, railways, highways, power stations, these projects cost the most money, adding up to more than 7 million yuan, and the bicycle factory only cost 800,000 yuan.

Li Hao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Don't worry, it won't be bad, there are still nearly 30 million taels of silver over there, and this king will immediately fly pigeons and pass the book, and let them send 3 million taels of silver." ”

Shi Najie said worriedly: "Lord Wang, only three trains have been built, railways have only been built in three, roads have only been built in half, and power plants have only been built in half, even if another three million are transferred, it seems that it is not enough." ”

"It should be enough." Li Hao said, "Now the bicycle can start production, what is the cost, how much is the annual output, have you calculated?" ”

Shi Najie said: "The bicycle factory has 8,000 workers, and the annual salary of the workers is about 80,000 yuan, plus the cost of materials and processing, a total of about 150,000 yuan per year, and the annual output is estimated to be 100,000 bicycles. ”

Li Hao said: "100,000 units, okay, half of the bicycles are sold in our Datang at a price of 50 yuan, and the other half is handed over to Wu Lei to be sold overseas, and the price is 500 yuan, that is, 50 taels of gold." ”

"Huh?" Shi Najie looked at Li Hao in shock when he heard this, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong.

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

"Five...... 500 ...... This ......" Shi Najie was already stammering in shock, "this ...... It's too ...... It's too expensive! ”

"Is it expensive?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Then it's a little more expensive, those foreigners like to buy it or not." ”

Shi Najie said: "Lord Wang, don't you want to do business for a second time?" If such an expensive bicycle is shipped overseas, some people may buy it, but the second time I go, I am afraid that I will not be able to sell it again, and the rich people will ...... After all, it's only a minority. ”

"Don't worry." Li Hao smiled and said, "The first time you can sell as much as you want, anyway, it must be enough to support the next capital operation, and the next time you go to sell, lower the price, and it will be ...... Three hundred, next time, down to two hundred, then down to one hundred, I promise, someone will buy it every time. ”

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

However, the next moment, Li Hao's words made him change his opinion, only to listen to Li Hao: "In our Datang domestic sales of bicycles, the price is reduced once a year, this year fifty, next summer to thirty, the year after next to ten, the year after five years, four years, bicycles should be able to popularize Datang, from next year, the construction of bicycle factories, the annual output increased to more than 500,000 units, the price has dropped, the output must be raised, otherwise how to make the bicycle benefit the whole Datang." ”

Shi Najie admired Li Hao after listening, he knew that bicycles were profiteering, after all, they belonged to the monopoly industry, but he never thought about reducing prices and increasing volume, he only thought about how to make more money with bicycles, this is an authentic businessman's thinking, but Li Hao is different, he wants to benefit the public, first start the bicycle to raise the price, pit the rich people, let the rich experience a sense of superiority, and then popularize the bicycle, in this way, it is really not only to make money, but also to benefit the people, this is a conscience businessman.

Shi Najie bowed his hand and praised sincerely: "The prince is far-sighted, and Shi Najie is far behind." ”

"Don't be a sycophant." Li Hao waved his hand and smiled, and asked again, "How are the roads and railways doing?" ”

Shi Najie replied: "Back to the prince, the prince you have explained before, priority is given to the construction of roads and railways to Qinghai Wei, now the railway to Qinghai has been built most of the time, because there are too many mountains and rivers, although the collection of 100,000 work, but the progress is not fast, but the highway has been completed, and a highway has been built from Qinghai Wei, extending into the territory of Tubo, directly under the plateau. ”

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

Shi Najie said: "Thanks to the Qinghai Metropolitan Protector General Lost Sili and Qinghai General Peng Hai, it was they who sent troops into the territory of Tubo to continuously patrol and protect the safety of the workers, so that we were able to extend the highway into Tubo nearly a thousand miles away, and after the highway was completed, Tubo could not be destroyed." ”

Li Hao smiled and nodded, indeed, his highway is paved with reinforced concrete, as long as it is completed, the road will be placed there, even if Tubo sends 100,000 troops, it can't be destroyed, it is estimated that 100,000 troops, with hammers and other knocks for a month, can destroy dozens of miles, but so what, as long as Li Hao's craftsmen arrive, in a few days, dozens of miles of roads will be repaired again, built many times faster than the speed of their destruction, can exhaust them to death, so Tubo looks at the road in the Tang Dynasty, can only be in a hurry.

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 sent Shi Najie to leave, and personally went over to welcome Li Ping into the room, Li Ping came in with a tray with ginseng soup, put the ginseng soup on the table, turned around and prepared to leave.

Li Hao grabbed her and said gently: "I finally came back, won't you talk to me?" ”

"The slave family is not feeling well today......"

Li Hao hurriedly asked, "It's uncomfortable there?" As he spoke, he hurriedly checked her pulse.

Li Ping withdrew his hand and said, "The slave family is depressed and uncomfortable. ”

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

Li Ping hung his head gloomily: "You don't have to say that...... Men take concubines...... Human nature is ......, and you are merry by nature, husband......"

"No, you misunderstood me." Li Hao shook his head and said, "Although I am romantic, I am by no means a person who loves one, please believe me, Zhuoma...... I really can't say a word. ”

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 my husband......" In the end, her face was full of sadness.

"Absolutely not." Li Hao hugged her cheek and kissed her hard, and said, "Not to mention that you are not old yet, even if you are not young one day and your face is full of wrinkles, I love you the same, and treat you as it was at the beginning, the matter between me and Zhuoma is really ...... Alas, a word or two is not clear at all. ”

Li Ping said: "That husband, you speak slowly, I'm not in a hurry." ”

"You want to listen?"

"Well, you name it." Li Ping nodded.

"Okay, this matter has to start with the Black Dragon Swamp, we marched to the Black Dragon Swamp that day......" Li Hao began to talk about what happened to him in Nanzhao.

When he said that he had the four great poisons in his body, Li Ping's face 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 but worry.

Li Hao said that when he woke up in the Little Putuo Temple, Li Ping finally showed his face and said: "I know that Fujunji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine." ”

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

Li Ping frowned and asked, "Then, why did you suddenly marry Zhuoma?" ”

"This, it's going to start with the fact that she let me go......" Li Hao told her about Zhuoma being locked in the water prison again, and he told her in great detail, including the salute of the Sansheng Tree.

When Li Ping heard Zhuoma's legs and feet festering to expose the bones, she covered her mouth and exclaimed, when she heard that Zhuoma loved Li Hao without complaint or regret even so, she couldn't help it anymore, tears soaked her eyes, as a woman, he knew best how a woman loves a man's feelings, Zhuoma's love for Li Hao is really unswerving, admirable.

After listening to all the stories, Li Ping secretly wiped away his tears and said slowly: "Husband, you did the right thing, Zhuoma has a deep affection for you, you can't live up to her." ”

"That's what I thought too." Li Hao nodded.

Li Ping said again: "Don't worry, husband, although the sisters are unhappy about your concubine, but I will persuade them, they are all reasonable people, I believe that after knowing, they will also be good to Zhuoma, Zhuoma is a good girl, and it is a blessing for the husband to marry her." ”

Li Hao turned his head and looked at Li Ping in a daze, his heart was full of emotion, most of the ancient women respected women's virtue, the so-called women's virtue, that is, the husband is the sky, the wife is the earth, to a certain age, if the husband does not take a concubine, the wife has to take a concubine for the husband, if you don't do this, then this wife will be gossiped behind the back of others, this is the sorrow of ancient women, Li Hao is a person with a daughter, if his daughter will also experience such sorrow in the future, he will definitely not be able to accept it.

Now that this sorrow happened to his wife, Li Hao really felt very guilty, but Zhuoma had paid so much for him, so that he didn't care about Zhuoma, he couldn't do it, he didn't know what to do, this seemed to be an unsolvable problem.

Li Ping saw Li Hao's eyebrows frowning suddenly, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with you, husband, why are you worried?" ”

Li Hao held her hand and sighed apologetically: "Ping'er, it's me who is sorry for you, I'm sorry." He said and hugged Li Ping and hugged him 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, I will handle the wedding banquet between you and Zhuoma." ”

"Nope." Li Hao shook his head and said, "This is too wronged for you." ”

"Not aggrieved." Li Ping shook his head and smiled, "Actually, husband, you don't understand women. ”

"Why don't I understand women?" Li Hao was a little confused.

Li Ping smiled and said: "We women, although we also want to monopolize our own men, but the matter is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed, so what we ask for, as long as you are good to me, it will be better than everything." ”

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