Ang Lee casually made a lantern. His purpose was to stimulate other businessmen to follow suit and solve the shortage of lanterns in Chang 'an and the lack of novelty. He didn't want to promote his mirror products. After all, a really good product didn't need to be promoted. The unique mirror industry had a strong monopoly and could achieve high sales without advertising.
However, the rest of the merchants were not so lucky. Whether it was a big merchant selling jewelry or an ordinary small restaurant, there was a very serious competitive relationship. In this case, advertising was very important. It could greatly increase the popularity of one's store and let more people patronize one's store so that one could earn more money.
Businessmen who worked alone were making lanterns. Businessmen who worked together in small groups were also busy making lanterns. In order to make their lanterns really attract customers, all the businessmen racked their brains and tried to make original lanterns as much as possible. Moreover, they tried to find a way to add their advertisements to the lanterns in a way that wouldn't make people feel disgusted.
All in all, this was simply a case of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each of them showing their remarkable abilities. In order to obtain a better advertising effect, everyone was trying their best. They didn't even hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire professional designers to design suitable and reliable lanterns for their small stores.
"Assistant Minister Li is really good! Just a simple idea and it made the businessmen spend a lot of money. I'm afraid that the streets of the capital won't be able to hold lanterns this year. "
Li Yu went shopping in Ping Kang Fang and happened to see Ang Lee. So, he went to greet him.
"Businessmen have a lot of money and don't worry about spending money. As for the lanterns, if they can't be placed in the city, they can be placed outside the city. If they can't be placed, they can be placed along the railway line all the way to Luoyang. Isn't that good?"
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Although the businessmen all took action, there were enough streets in the Tang dynasty. There was still a lot of space outside the city. There was no need to worry about not being able to fit the lanterns. It was just that the electricity load was a little high. It was estimated that they would have to buy more coal to ensure the shortage of electricity when the lanterns were used on a large scale.
"Placing lanterns all the way to Luoyang. That's a good idea! In this way, the road from Chang 'an to Luoyang will be full of scenery. It's so beautiful! "
Li Yu laughed excitedly.
Obviously, this was impossible. Although there were a lot of lanterns, if they were placed in places with less traffic, it would not have much meaning. It was better to place them in places with more traffic to bring traffic. Although there would be a lot of pedestrians along the railway, the train was too fast. No matter how good the lanterns were, they would pass by before they could see them clearly. The key advertising information was even more difficult to obtain.
"It's almost the New Year. There are more and more people shopping on the streets. However, the traffic in Ping Kang Fang is much better. It seems that the underground parking lot is working."
Ang Lee looked at the crowd and said.
When Li Yu heard this, he nodded happily and said, "Assistant Minister Li is right. Since the underground parking lot was put into use, it has indeed played a great role. This Prince will come here every few days to take a look. The effect is really good. It's just that the underground parking lot hasn't been fully built yet. The environment is too bad. Only the nearby merchants will temporarily put their cars and waste in the underground parking lot, leaving space for the customers to park their cars. This slightly alleviates the pressure of parking."
"How's the utilization rate below? Are all the cars full? "
Ang Lee asked.
Li Yu looked at a follower and said, "Go down and take a look. How many cars are there?"
Because the environment below was dark and damp, there was a lot of mud on the ground. With such a bad environment, Li Yu was naturally unwilling to go down. Even the follower beside him had not gone down personally to take a look for several days. Therefore, Li Yu could not answer Ang Lee's question. He could only ask the follower to go down and take a look.
However, no matter how many cars were parked below, judging from the current traffic situation in Ping Kang Fang, there must be a lot of cars parked below. Otherwise, the traffic in Ping Kang Fang would not have such an obvious improvement.
"Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon, I didn't count carefully. About half of the space is occupied by cars."
The follower said.
"Only half of it is used, and it has such an effect. Looks like it's really good! If all of it is used, the traffic pressure here will be even lower. "
Ang Lee said.
In fact, in addition to the underground parking garage, they could also build a three-dimensional parking garage, which was a building with several floors. The height of each floor did not need to be too high. It was enough as long as it could accommodate cars and people. They could even build three floors underground and three floors above ground. In this way, there would be a six-floor parking garage. In an area where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, so many parking garages could greatly reduce the problem of parking in bustling areas.
However, the traffic congestion in the Tang Dynasty was far less serious than in the modern era. For the time being, they could build an underground parking garage. Moreover, the underground parking garage was twenty feet high. In the future, when cars could not park, they could also change the underground parking garage from one floor to two floors in the middle. The parking capacity would be doubled, and the effect would be great.
Of course, these were all in the future. The biggest problem now was to build the experimental underground parking garage in Ping Kang Fang so that the officials and people of the Tang Dynasty could see the real effect. Then, it could be promoted in the whole capital city, thus alleviating the parking problem in the whole capital city.
Because the environment below was really terrible, Ang Lee did not plan to go down and take a look in person. It would not be too late to go down and take a look when the construction was completed next year.
As the New Year was approaching, everyone was busy preparing for the New Year. In Ang Lee's mansion, all the New Year goods had been prepared, and even a lot of food and drink had been prepared.
However, Ang Lee would not be satisfied. It was also good to take advantage of the New Year to get some game. Hunting could bring him a lot of game. In the breeding base in Mount Li, there should be a lot of semi-wild wild boars and pheasants. Oh, right, there should be a large number of wild rabbits.
Especially wild rabbits, their reproductive ability was really strong. In the absence of natural enemies, the reproduction of rabbits was explosive. A mother rabbit could give birth to seven or eight litters of rabbits a year. In this way, a mother rabbit could give birth to more than fifty rabbits a year. When the rabbits were one year old, they would be mature and could join the ranks of production. In this way, rabbits would become a disaster in a few years at most. Of course, the premise was that there were no natural enemies and no grassland crisis. If there were too many natural enemies or too little grassland, the rabbits would starve to death.
At a time when the number of other wild animals was decreasing day by day, wild rabbits with strong reproductive abilities were almost the most common prey for hunters. Many hunters could only catch a dozen or so wild rabbits in a month, so they had to give up hunting and change careers to do other things. At the very least, they had to earn enough income to support themselves.
The Mount Li Wildlife Breeding Base had not been completed yet, but the breeding work had already begun. It was just that some of the buildings were too tall and could not be completed in a short time. It would take about half a year for the main project to be completed, and the subsequent improvements would never stop.
Originally, he planned to go and take a look himself. Li Yu thought it was interesting and went with him. On the way, they met a few imperial grandsons who went out of the city to play. They were Li Yu's brothers, and they also wanted to go and take a look.
Mount Li was not far from Chang 'an City, and they arrived very quickly by car. Although there was a checkpoint at the foot of the mountain, and normal vehicles were not allowed to go up the mountain, the vehicles of the rich and powerful were an exception. No one dared to stop Ang Lee's car.
The Mount Li Wildlife Breeding Base that Ang Lee built was located in the depths of Mount Li. The natural conditions were very good, and there were sceneries everywhere. It was just that it was slightly more remote, so not many people would come here. After all, if one did not have a car, walking from the foot of the mountain to this place would tire one to death.
"Wow, this is the Mount Li Wildlife Breeding Base! What a huge valley. What good things are there in there? Are there tigers? "
"Are there cheetahs?"
"Are there bears?"
The imperial grandsons asked.
They had played in the Imperial Beast Garden for a long time and had seen too many wild animals. Therefore, they thought that Ang Lee's breeding base had a lot of interesting wild animals.
"No, there are no wild animals that eat people. There are only wild boars, pheasants, wild rabbits, and other animals that eat grass. There are not many of them at the moment."
Ang Lee replied.
"Ah! That's it? What's so interesting about that? It's not rare at all. "
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come."
These imperial grandsons were not old, and their status and position were relatively high. Naturally, they did not speak with respect.
Li Yu was unhappy. He frowned and said, "No one invited you here! If you don't like it, you can go back now. What's there to complain about? "
As the eldest grandson, Li Yu naturally had the right to teach these brothers a lesson and make them behave. Moreover, these fellows were indeed outrageous. They actually dared to pull a long face and complain.
"Since we're already here, let's just take a look!"
Naturally, they did not dare to turn around and leave. Otherwise, they would really make Li Yu angry.
However, the greatest curiosity in their hearts was that standing at a high place, they could hardly see anything. They felt that the valley was a large grassland and forest. The only buildings they could see were a gate and a tall building that was under construction.
In fact, this was just Li An's deliberate design. In the valley, there were actually many buildings, and there were even many concrete pillars. However, in order to take care of the natural scenery here, almost all the buildings were properly camouflaged. The pillars were all disguised as large trees, and there were even branches and leaves. In order to prevent the leaves from fading, climbing plants were planted under the pillars, and when these plants climbed onto the branches, they could act as leaves. As for the ordinary houses, their roofs and walls were also camouflaged. From a distance, it looked like a small hill. Only the especially large doors and the buildings in the middle were difficult to camouflage, so they could be seen from afar.
In order to save some physical strength, everyone took a car directly to the gate. There was a parking lot here, but the ground of the parking lot was also treated. It did not look like the color of cement at all. Instead, it was painted green like grass. Even small shrubs and flowers were painted on the green paint door. From a distance, people would mistakenly think that this was an ordinary grassland, but in fact, it was a flat parking lot made of cement.
After getting off the car, the gate was in front of them. The few soldiers guarding the gate were very energetic. However, they did not stand guard. Instead, they patrolled back and forth near the gate. If they were tired, they could also sit down and rest. It would not be easy to get tired. If they stood still, it would be very tiring.
Seeing Ang Lee bringing Li Yu and the others over, several soldiers quickly tidied up their appearance and saluted Ang Lee and the others.
"It's almost the New Year. It's really hard for you to stick to your posts like this."
Ang Lee praised the work of several soldiers.
"It's not hard. It's what we should do."
The soldier replied.
"It's the New Year, but you can't go back to reunite with your families. You have sacrificed a lot. However, this official will not treat you unfairly. During the New Year, you will be paid three times the amount every day. On New Year's Eve and the second day of the New Year, you will be paid ten times the amount."
Ang Lee said very generously. Anyway, he had money. If he did not treat these soldiers better and pay them more, how could he show that he loved his soldiers like his own children? Moreover, it was indeed not easy to stick to their posts during the New Year. It would be more reasonable to pay them more.
"Assistant Minister Li, what about us? We are also very tired from working! "
As soon as Ang Lee finished speaking, a leader of the craftsmen at the gate greeted him with a smile and kept saluting Ang Lee.
This person led people to work all year round, but his body did not look strong at all. It was obvious that he did not do any work himself. He was just a foreman in charge of commanding.
Generally, this kind of person was not good at work, but he was quite good at flattery. He belonged to the more sensible type, but sometimes he was also more cunning. If he could get a bargain, he would not let it go.
However, whether this kind of person had a good personality or was cunning was not important. As long as they could do their work well, that was the most important.
Although Ang Lee did not like people to take the initiative to ask for money, these craftsmen were indeed working hard. They were working much harder than the soldiers. Of course, they had to be paid more during the New Year. Moreover, it would be best if it was the same as the soldiers. Otherwise, they would feel unfair if it was too little. If it was too much, the soldiers would complain and be unhappy.
"Of course, you will be paid the same as the soldiers. You will be paid three times the amount during the New Year. The highest is ten times the amount during the Three Days. However, you must not have any bad ideas. This official will have the servants personally distribute the extra money to each craftsmen. It will not go through your hands. Of course, you will also get your share."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
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