Datang: Li Shimin eavesdropped on my heart

Chapter 89 The first general manager of Datang was born
Changan.

In Chu Wangfu.

Since the last time Li Kuan rushed back to the palace from the old city and saved the life of his mother.

^It's been seven days.

During these seven days.

Li Kuan didn't go there other than to go to the Tai Chi Hall for an early morning court.

Li Kuan has been in the palace, busy with financial work.

Today is seven days later.

Li Kuan finally calculated the silver taels earned by the property under his name.

At present, the industry under Li Kuan's name has three major sources of income.

One is perfume, the other is saltpeter, and the third is real estate.

The money earned by these three major industries adds up to various amounts, and Li Kuan has already earned at least 800 million taels of gold.

Why do you say gold?

Because these three major industries are still making money for Li Kuan.

1 tael of gold = RMB 2000 = 10 taels of silver

1 tael of silver = RMB 200 = 1000 Wenqian = 1 string (hanging) money 1 Wenqian = RMB 0.2 yuan.

Usually, a meat bun in Datang is only sold for two yuan.

It is equivalent to four cents a meat bun in later generations.

The price of buying one stone of rice in Datang is one tael of silver.

Shi (dan fourth sound, same pronunciation as "Dan") is a unit of capacity, one stone is equal to 10 buckets of rice, and one bucket is equal to 1 liters.

So 1 shimi is 100 liters of rice.

According to later generations, 1 liter of rice is equivalent to 1.25 catties, and 10 liters of rice is 1 bucket.

A bucket weighs 12.5 catties, or 6.25 kg.

The rice sold in supermarkets in later generations usually costs 2 to 1 catty.

Okay, it’s easy to calculate, let’s just say it’s one yuan per catty.

Well, the calculation is convenient.

Li Kuan didn't count as 1 catties for 1.25 liter of rice.

He calculated my liter of rice as 1 catties.

In other words, one stone of rice is one catty of rice.

……

Judging from Li Kuan's unit conversions over the past few days.

He came to a conclusion.

The price of this Datang is really too cheap.

Of course.

Sometimes the price of goods in the Great Tang Dynasty is exactly the same as the price of later generations by coincidence.

Just like rice!
According to the calculation of two yuan per catty of rice.

Then future generations want to buy 100 catties of rice.

Then you have to pay 200 yuan, which is equivalent to one silver in Datang.

In the Tang Dynasty, buying one stone of rice, that is, not 100 kilograms of rice, required one tael of silver.

Of course.

This is just the most general algorithm.

Since these days.

The reason why Li Kuan regards this era, as well as the era of later generations.

Measurement, monetary unit.

Convert each other.

That's because he has traveled to Datang for so long.

He still uses units of measurement that are not used to this era.

So he thought, and asked his father for advice.

Replace "stone" with "jin" to calculate.

According to the measurement units of later generations.

Otherwise, it would be a stone of rice and a bucket of rice.

This unit of measurement is prince.

When it comes to financial accounts, it is very awkward.

It is better to use one unit of measurement uniformly.

It is simpler to use the "jin" of later generations to calculate all of them.

this day.

Li Kuan is eating in the front hall of the palace.

Two daughters, Li Yuanfang and Wu Meiniang, appeared in front of him and bowed down.

"Your Highness, what do you want us to do?"

Hearing Li Yuanfang's question.

Only then did Li Kuan wipe the corners of his greasy mouth.

He pursed his lips and said, "In recent days, I have been settling the accounts of the three major industries."

"Now the accounts have been settled."

The two women listened.

They are all very curious about how much money Li Kuan has now.

Li Kuan also knew that the two girls wanted to know, but he didn't tell them the answer.

He just coughed twice and continued: "You two, it's very good to help me run this perfume business."

"Your contributions are not small, and this king is very satisfied."

The two girls were praised by Li Kuan, but they didn't show a proud expression.

"Your Highness, we have nothing to offer."

"It's all because of His Highness's reputation that the perfume business is so good."

"Otherwise, if ordinary wealthy businessmen run the perfume business, they will definitely lose a lot of money."

What the two women said was actually very reasonable.

Today's perfume industry is equivalent to a monopoly industry.

In the entire Tang Dynasty, the only place where perfume was sold was Xianglou.

You can't buy it anywhere else.

"All right."

"lets change a topic."

"Let me ask you, how many Xianglou have opened in total now?"

Li Yuanfang tugged on the corner of La Wu Meiniang's clothes, indicating that she should answer Li Kuan's question.

Wu Meiniang understands.

Said: "Reply to Your Highness."

"Now Xianglou is in the territory of Datang, and there are already a hundred of them."

"Ok!"

heard.

Li Kuan nodded very satisfied.

"Not bad!"

"Did the local parents feel sorry for Xianglou?"

Wu Meiniang shook her head and continued to answer: "No!"

"The parents and officials in various places all know that the real owner of Xianglou is His Highness. Even if they were given a hundred or a thousand courages, they would not dare to embarrass Xianglou."

Li Kuan intends to hand over the three major industries currently under his name to three people.

That way you don't need to do everything yourself.

He's still young, and he doesn't want to die from exhaustion.

He, who came from later generations, of course knows that to be truly successful in personnel affairs, one must know how to delegate power.

Don't grab it with one hand.

Otherwise, too many things will wear you out.

"Wu Meiniang, after a period of time in the perfume business."

"This king believes that you can now be alone!"

"This king has decided to let you be in charge of the perfume industry alone. From now on, you will be the general manager of Xianglou."

The strange term "general manager" had never been heard of by the two girls.

The two women looked at each other.

Wu Meiniang asked curiously: "Your Highness, what does this general manager do?"

"General manager is a new term invented by the king."

So Li Kuan explained.

It wasn't until after listening to the explanation that the two women understood.

Li Kuan explained the inside and outside the words, and there were many terms that the two women could not understand.

but.

In the end, the two women figured it out.

The so-called "general manager" actually has almost the same meaning as the shopkeeper.

Wu Meiniang became the general manager of Xianglou, and every Xianglou on that line has a manager.

These managers are unified by Wu Meiniang, the general manager.

There are several deputy managers and assistants under the general manager.

The general manager of Saltpeter Mountain in the old city is enough for Hu Junlang to be the general manager.

As for the general manager of real estate sales in the old city, Li Kuan decided to hand it over to Li Lizhi, Princess of Changle, after many considerations.

"All right."

"What the king wants to say has already been explained."

"Wu Meiniang, go down!"

Wu Meiniang left Chu Palace, but Li Yuanfang did not.

She stayed.

"Your Highness, the maid is already used to doing business."

"Hello, don't let the maid do the perfume business now, does it mean that His Highness doesn't like maids anymore?"

While asking questions.

Li Yuanfang shed tears of sadness.

Li Kuan quickly comforted him.

While consoling, he jokingly said: "Why would this king not want you?"

"From now on, Yuan Fang, you should stop calling yourself a maid in front of this king."

"Just say 'I', you know?"

"This king has never treated you as a servant. This king has always treated you as a friend."

"It will be of great use for me to keep you by my side."

(End of this chapter)