"Your Majesty, after the cement is mass-produced, it can be used to repair the roads first. This can directly give the people the most practical benefits!”
"Not only that, the smooth flow of roads will be more conducive to trade. Once the economy flows, it will be a great thing for the Imperial Court!”
"The most important thing, which is also what His Majesty is most concerned about, is that the money for the road construction doesn't need to be paid by the Imperial Court at all. The aristocratic families will obediently pay for it!”
Xiao Tianfu revealed a confident smile and said in a low voice.
Hearing this, Li Er could not help but shake his head with a bitter smile. He realized that Xiao Tian was a little too blindly confident.
Perhaps it was because he had successfully defeated the aristocratic families twice, which made Xiao Tian think that these people were actually very easy to deal with. That was why he had such thoughts.
"If you think that these people are easy to deal with, then you are very wrong!”Li Er hesitated for a moment and chose to speak in the most direct way.
"The three-month agreement was because you took out the potatoes and the Quyuan plow. These facts are placed in front of them, and with Zhen and a few ministers backing them up, they naturally won't say anything!”
"As for the donation to Hebei, it was you who happened to grasp their weakness. The Camdens happened to be fooled, so the progress was so smooth!”
"But this does not mean that they are fools. If these people were really so easy to deal with, Zhen would not be so worried!”
Seeing Li Er's earnest persuasion, Xiao Tian could not help but laugh.
"Your Majesty, these people are fools to me. There are many ways to deal with them!”
"Take the road repair as an example. His Majesty only needs to promise them that after the road is repaired, all the carriage fees collected on this road for the next 50 years will belong to them!”
"In the face of such a huge temptation, those people from the aristocratic families have no reason to refuse. This is a huge benefit. Let alone repairing the road, even if His Majesty asked them to repair the Vermillion Bird Avenue, they would do it!”
As Xiao Tian recounted, Li Er's brows furrowed even more tightly.
He finally understood. They were using future money to tempt the aristocratic families so that they would be willing to take out the money to build the road now.
However…
Since it was such a huge benefit, it also meant that the imperial court would have to pay even more in the future.
Wasn't this still the Imperial Court's loss?
"That's true, but these benefits should have belonged to the Imperial Court. If we give them all, won't we increase their power?”Li Er's expression was a little ugly, and his tone was a little blaming.
This kid had indeed gone overboard!
"Why didn't His Majesty change his mind?”Xiao Tian rubbed his brows helplessly.
He didn't expect Li Er to be so stingy. He would feel so bad even if he promised money that he hadn't collected in the future.
What Xiao Tian did not know was that the Great Tang's treasury was extremely empty.
The Great Tang is full of things to be done, and there are places to spend money everywhere. You are so worried that you wish you could spend one coin for two coins.
When he heard that Xiao Tian wanted to give away such a huge benefit, and it was in the hands of an aristocratic family, he was naturally very unhappy.
"Now is the time to pay. Let them take out the money to repair the road first. As for the future, who can say for sure?”
"Who can guarantee that these guys won't make mistakes in the next few decades? Even if there was no mistake, wouldn't it be easy for His Majesty to find trouble?”
"As long as we can get hold of any evidence, we can take back these promises. Wouldn't the Imperial Court still be able to obtain this income?”Xiao Tian explained in detail.
He didn't want to say it so clearly, but Li Er forced him to say it in detail.
It was ridiculous!
Li Er was obviously stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch violently.
Good fellow!
This was calculated decades later!
According to Xiao Tian's method, it was a huge profit for the imperial court.
No!
It was a win-win situation!
He could repair the road now without having to pay for it himself. He could let the people from the aristocratic families do it happily. Then, depending on his mood, he could take back the promised benefits at any time.
Too ruthless!
Li Er pitied those guys. How did they offend Xiao Tian?
He had a feeling that if Xiao Tian was determined to scam these people from the aristocratic families, it would not be long before they would not even have a place to stay!
"I…I understand!" Li Er took a deep breath.
He felt that this was a good opportunity. He needed to remind his think tank not to offend Xiao Tian. Otherwise, if they fell into a trap one day, he wouldn't even know what was going on.
After understanding Xiao Tian's thoughts in detail, Li Er also made a decision. When he returned to Chang 'an, he would immediately arrange this matter.
In the following time, Xiao Tian also made many arrangements.
He first gave the formula of the cement to someone he trusted and asked them to start preparing the cement.
It wouldn't be long before Li Er needed cement in large quantities. He had to prepare it in advance now.
After making the arrangements, Xiao Tian left the manor with Li Er.
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