When Cheng Yaojin heard this number, he almost jumped onto the roof.
"You, you, you…What are you doing?" What kind of business would require an investment of 20,000 strings of strings? Two million strings of strings! That was the entire Great Tang's annual income. The entire Great Tang could only earn two million strings of strings of strings. What kind of business do you need so much money for?”
"The Yellow River channel only spends a million strings of money on flood control. The annual expenditure of the entire pass was only three to four million strings…the annual military expenditure of the Great Tang was only eight million strings.”
"You, you, you…What are you doing? Are you going to empty the Great Tang?"
A hint of information flashed across Li Tai's eyes as he thought to himself.
No, no, no, I'm not emptying the Great Tang, I'm just emptying the wealthy people here. Take out your money to develop products that contribute more to society. This is the real intention.
But he couldn't say that. Li Tai only muttered,"
"I want to do something that will last for a thousand years. Do you still remember the steam engine I told you about?”
"Ah, I remember. The teapot to boil water?”
Puff!
Cheng Yaojin seemed to have reacted and exclaimed,""Are you crazy? 200,000 strings to get that teapot? What use was that? This was 20000 strings of strings, 10000 strings, not 2000 strings. So much money to develop that teapot? Just to support your voyage? It's still uncertain what your voyage will bring. This isn't your Uncle Cheng's nonsense. If this is true, then not only me, but you won't be able to find anyone in the entire Great Tang to take this money.”
"I'm willing to bet." Li Tai smiled mysteriously. Not only you, Uncle Cheng, but once the news about me gets out. All the corporations of the Great Tang, even the Imperial Court, would flock to him.”
Cheng Yaojin pursed his lips in disbelief.""It's just a broken teapot, and there are still many people flocking to it? What's the use of that teapot? Isn't it just to build a boat? Spending 20,000 strings to build a ship? Crazy!"
"Uncle Cheng, can you only think of using steam engines to build ships?" Li Tai asked indifferently.”
"Then what else can we do?"
Li Tai's expression became serious, which was rare.""The steam engine is a product of science. It was actually a source of motivation. Are the vehicles you know limited to carriages?”
"Yes, what else?"
"What drives that carriage?”
"Isn't that naturally a horse?"
"That's right. But what if it's a steam engine?"
"I didn't expect…" Cheng Yaojin frowned.
"Think of it this way," Li Tai said. If a steam engine was used instead of a horse, it would work directly on the wheel shaft. In that case, he only needed to burn firewood to make the carriage move, and there was no need to feed the horses. Moreover, they could travel day and night without rest. The speed of the first generation steam engine was only slightly slower than that of a carriage. However, they could work continuously and just burn firewood. If the technology was more mature, the steam engine could even be faster than a horse!“
"Really?" Cheng Yaojin's eyes widened. Just that teapot?"
"That's not a teapot…"
Li Tai pondered for a long time." What I want to create is a product that will change the structure of the entire era. It was not just the carriage. "I just want to say, Uncle Cheng, if you're willing to take a gamble, then you can stand at the forefront of the times and become rich enough to rival a country. "If you miss this chance, then in the future, you will only become people of a backward era. This time is less than half a year!"
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