Datang: Li Er, are you teaching me how to do things?

Chapter 196 There Are More Profitable Ones
As soon as Li Er finished speaking, Wei Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if the profit in the first phase of the welfare lottery is less than 100 million yuan, I don't think there is any need to do it."

"Oh, why is that?"

"Low profit and bad reputation, what use is this thing in the court?"

When Li Er heard the words, he also felt that it made sense. He nodded, "Okay, just as Wei Qing said."

He then turned to Li Yun, "Yun'er, did you hear that?"

"Father, my son heard it."

Afterwards, everyone discussed for a while, and most people found it difficult to reach 100 million yuan.

Because this is only one penny per bet, wouldn't it be 100 million bets for 100 million dollars, not to mention that this is still profitable money, the real turnover should be 200 million dollars.

There are only about 50 people in Chang'an, which requires each person to buy four bets, which is really too much.

Everyone felt that this would be a failed attempt.

Even Xiao Yu found it very difficult when he came back to his senses.

Not long after, Li Yun and Xiao Yu came to the Yamen of the Household Department together, they closed the door, and Xiao Yu poured a cup of tea for Li Yun himself.

"Your Highness, this is Longjing tea from the south of the Yangtze River. It is mellow and transparent, and there is a different kind of pleasure in the mouth."

Li Yun took a sip and felt that it was indeed delicious, and then took two more sips.

Xiao Yu then asked: "Why is Your Highness so optimistic about this welfare lottery?"

Li Yun shook his head, "I'm not overly optimistic, just some normal views."

In fact, there are very few people who buy welfare lottery tickets in later generations, but the turnover of each issue in later generations is about 30 billion.

Li Yun read the news in his previous life. In 2018, the total turnover of lottery in China was 5118 billion. That is to say, on average, one person bought a welfare lottery ticket in each issue.

People in later generations are better educated and should have stronger self-control in gambling.

In this case, one bet per person is calculated in one period.

If it is placed in Chang'an at this time, Li Yun thinks that there should be no problem with four bets per capita.

Because there should be more greedy people in this era, and there are many rich people in Chang'an, these people seem to be nothing for a penny.

This is where Li Yun's confidence lies. Of course, there is no way to explain these things to Xiao Yu, because Xiao Yu doesn't know about the turnover of the welfare lottery in later generations.

Xiao Yu still hesitated, "Then how do we start?"

"We want to generate a lot of publicity leaflets, release the news about the welfare lottery first, and then create a few fake news, saying that a certain person bought a welfare lottery and earned [-] yuan for every penny."

"At the same time, we have to print and distribute lottery tickets, and then arrange for people to fill in the lottery numbers."

"Lottery tickets must be uniquely marked to prevent counterfeiting."

Xiao Yu nodded, these things are actually not difficult, "How much do you think your Highness needs to invest in the early stage?"

"About two to three million yuan."

Paper in this era is very expensive, not to mention that Li Yun and the others made special marked lottery rolls.

So this requires more spending.

Xiao Yu nodded, and then asked someone to call over several key members of the household department, and asked them to come and make a record with Li Yun, and record all the plans and arrangements Li Yun said, as well as various precautions.

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When Li Yun left the Yamen of the Household Department, it was still early, he thought about it, and then drove to Song Guogong's mansion.

Not long after, Li Yun saw Xiao Mei who was smiling.

"Why do you have time to find me today?"

Xiao Mei wore a mink fur coat, but she had a very good figure, even if she was wearing a thick coat, she already had attractive curves.

Li Yun pulled Xiao Mei over, and then came a French style.

After a long time, Xiao Mei couldn't breathe and pushed Li Yun away, "What are you doing?"

She has peach blossoms on her face, and her voice is coquettish, making her even more coquettish.

Li Yun smiled lightly: "I miss you, so I came to see you."

Xiao Mei was overjoyed, she smiled happily, and then asked: "How are you doing these days?"

Li Yun then told Xiao Mei about his trip to Longzhou, and then told Xiao Mei about today's court affairs.

He finally said: "I am helping your grandfather now, how can you thank me?"

Xiao Mei rolled her eyes at Li Yun, "Grandpa isn't helping the court, why are you helping my grandfather?"

She paused for a moment, and then said: "However, grandfather is indeed a little upset recently."

"Is it because there is not enough money in the household department?"

"Well, there is part of the reason, and there is another reason. Recently, there was a rumor in Chang'an that my grandfather was incompetent, so Datang didn't have enough money. Many people thought that we should use other people to come to the household department to try."

In the final analysis, Datang had no money, so that rumor was born.

Xiao Mei went on to say: "Even if your lottery tickets can make money, 1000 million a month is still far from enough."

This is true. During the peak period of the Tang Dynasty, the annual tax revenue was about 3000 million silver, while during the Zhenguan period, it was about 500 million silver, which is 150 billion precious coins.

1000 million is just a drop in the bucket, better than nothing.

Li Yun thought that he might be able to develop coal mines in the future, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will have a more profitable business in a while, and I will guarantee that your grandfather will not worry about money."

"really?"

"That's natural."

Li Yun felt that chatting in the car was boring, so he asked the coachman to go to the side of the Weihe River, then pulled Xiao Mei out of the carriage, and walked along the Weihe River.

At this time, the river is not frozen, it is a living river.

However, there are layers of snow on the banks of the river. From a distance, the river is like a white necklace, which is extraordinarily beautiful.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes in front, and a group of people came running. They were good at riding, even in the snow, they could still ride so safely.

"Shut up!"

The man on horseback stopped, but it was a young man who looked at Xiao Mei eagerly, "Miss Xiao!"

Xiao Mei rolled her eyes at Brother Young Master, and said to Li Yun in a low voice: "This is Prince Tangye from Baekje. I met him when I went out with some nieces a few days ago."

Li Yun nodded, then took Xiao Mei's hand, and looked at the Baekje prince quietly.

At this time, the Three Kingdoms of the Peninsula, Goguryeo and Datang were enemies. Although the two sides had business contacts, there was almost no communication between the government.

Baekje is a fool on the wall. It not only professed its ministers to the Tang Dynasty, but also proclaimed its ministers to Goguryeo, and finally fell to Goguryeo completely.

Silla was Datang's most loyal younger brother, and later Datang joined forces with Silla to destroy Baekje.

But even though Baekje is a second dog, this person's rank is too low, and Li Yun doesn't bother to pretend to be beeping in front of such a person.

So Li Yun just held Xiao Mei's hand, without any other provocative actions.

Seeing that Li Yun and Xiao Mei were so close, Tang Ye showed anger, and then asked: "Who are you, how can you grab Miss Xiao Mei's hand?"

Li Yun smiled, "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you are not qualified to manage, understand, this is not Baekje, if you want to survive, then be honest."

(End of this chapter)