Since assisting Sister Yang M in the construction of the perfume workshop, Ang Lee's life suddenly became busy. In addition to being responsible for the Thousand Miles Telepathy Plan, he also had to spend extra time helping Sister Yang M's workshop. At the same time, he also had to go to his own workshop to inspect the production and progress of the perfume glass bottles, estimating whether the output could meet the needs of the Yang Family. If there was more, it would be a waste. If there was less, it would not be enough. Because of this, the Yang Family would have to pay more.
In order to let the customers have more choices, or to show the needs of different consumer groups, Ang Lee also needed to constantly improve the shape of the perfume bottles and design a set of different grades of perfume bottles. High-grade perfume bottles could be inlaid with gold, silver, and gemstones. Low-grade perfume bottles were just ordinary glass bottles, but the lid part was H-copper.
However, even a glass bottle with an H-copper lid represented a high-end product. After all, under Ang Lee's monopoly, glass was an extremely rare resource. The palace was also the raw material for casting copper coins. Ordinary people could have copper coins, but they rarely used glass products. At most, they could buy a very small glass mirror.
Because of the monopoly, all the products produced by Ang Lee's glass workshop were luxury goods, including the cheapest small glass mirrors. The manufacturing of the perfume glass bottles was much more difficult than the flat glass mirrors, and the cost was much higher. Therefore, it was even more of a luxury good.
The price of luxury goods was relatively high. However, after J years of industrial development in the Tang Empire, ordinary people were getting richer and richer. Those who were already rich were even richer.
Especially with the help of industrialization, the wealthy families had seen their wealth skyrocket. It was not a problem for them to buy some luxury goods. As such, as long as the Yang family's perfume was pushed into the market, it would definitely be able to sell a lot. There was no doubt about this.
However, it was unlikely for ordinary families to afford high-end perfume. In the industrialized China, although all the people of the Tang Empire had gained real benefits, more of the benefits were occupied by a small number of businessmen and aristocrats. The benefits that ordinary people gained were very little, almost pitifully little.
In other words, only a small number of people could take advantage of this opportunity. For example, if ordinary people could gain twice the benefits with the help of the East, then aristocrats and businessmen could gain a hundred or a thousand times the benefits, or even ten thousand times the benefits were not uncommon.
On the surface, with better opportunities, everyone would be able to obtain more benefits than before. However, the difference in the multiple was very large. In other words, the industrialized LC made everyone rich, but at the same time, it also greatly widened the gap between the rich and the poor. The gap between the rich and the poor became even larger, and the inequality in society became even more obvious.
This was like the commercialized society of the future. Before commercial regulation, everyone was relatively poor. It was difficult to fill their stomachs, and it was not uncommon for people to starve to death.
After the liberalization and commercialization, the country quickly became rich and strong. The poor not only had enough to eat, but they could also suffer from Mao. All kinds of rich diseases came to the poor, but the poor did not feel happy. Instead, they felt that their lives were very unfortunate. They were not as happy as before, and their lives were getting poorer. s3();
In fact, the poor did not become poor. They were much richer than before. The reason why they had the idea of being poorer was that other poor people were ten thousand times richer, but they were only a hundred times richer. People who were about the same level of poverty suddenly became a hundred times richer. The rich people in the past were not as rich as them now, but now, the wealth of these rich people had increased by a million times, and the gap between them and them was even bigger.
People who could only wear patchwork clothes now had luxury cars that were worth tens of millions, and their cars were only worth a hundred thousand. This kind of gap was depressing. Before commercialization, they could only walk. Although walking was tiring, everyone was equal. So, the happiness in their hearts was naturally greater.
Later generations always said that happiness was measured by comparison. Moreover, it was measured by comparison with the people around you. If you were richer than the people around you, you would feel happy. If you were poorer than the people around you, you would feel sad and feel that the money you earned was not enough to spend.
For example, if the people around you bought clothes that were worth ten thousand yuan, and your income was low, you could not buy clothes that were worth ten thousand yuan. You could only buy clothes that were worth a hundred yuan. You would feel a sense of disparity in your heart. You would feel unhappy, and your life would be very depressing.
In fact, when he was young, it was very likely that he was still wearing patchwork clothes. The person who was wearing clothes that were worth ten thousand yuan was also wearing patchwork clothes. Their living conditions now were far better than when they were young, but it was because of the huge gap between them that the relatively poor party had a sense of oppression.
The reason why their income gap could become so big after ten years was that they were farmers before. They farmed at home. No matter how capable you were, how could you grow flowers from farming? With the development of the market economy, all kinds of new professions and businesses prospered. The income of many professions was completely limitless and could grow infinitely. Needless to say, the income of businessmen was even more so. Those who could obtain resources and sales channels could earn a huge amount of wealth. If they only had ordinary jobs, their income would be very limited. Therefore, the wealth gap between the rich and the poor would become bigger and bigger. It was inevitable. No one could stop this phenomenon from happening.
When Ang Lee shopped on the Internet in his previous life, after choosing a product, he would get used to the number of clicks. Then, he would buy the product with the highest sales. In this way, the shop with higher sales would have better business. On the other hand, the shop with no sales would find it difficult to survive and would even have to close down.
In other words, the rich people would become richer and richer, and the poor people would find it harder and harder to catch up with the rich. Thus, the gap between them would widen.
Since ancient times, the gap between the rich and the poor was the smallest at the beginning of a dynasty. The country was relatively stable. However, as time passed and the land annexed, the gap between the rich and the poor would become bigger and bigger. When it was really impossible to fix, the dynasty would be destroyed.
Of course, that was in the ancient times when productivity was relatively backward. In the later era when resources were abundant, it was very difficult for such a thing to happen. Although the gap between the rich and the poor was getting bigger and bigger, the civilized imperial court would do all it could to provide the lowest living guarantee for the people at the bottom. Although they could not give them glory and wealth, they could provide them with the materials to live on so that they would not starve to death. As long as there was food, even if they did not live well, people would not rebel. Thus, there was no such thing as a change of dynasty.
In ancient times, the reason why there was a change of dynasty was because there was a serious gap between the rich and the poor at the end of the dynasty. Moreover, the poor people were tortured to the point that they did not have food to eat. Once there was a disaster year, a large number of poor people did not have food to eat. Thus, it was reasonable for them to rebel.
Fortunately, the people of the Tang dynasty were relatively simple. After gradually becoming rich, the poor people did not resent the rich aristocrats because they were richer. Instead, they were grateful to Ang Lee. They felt that Ang Lee had brought new vitality to the Tang dynasty and made the Tang Empire develop better and richer.
After becoming rich, the social environment of the Tang dynasty naturally became more stable. The rich aristocrats were also willing to take out some food to help the poor people who did not have enough to eat to show their kindness. Even the ordinary poor were willing to help people who were poorer than them.
As a result, in the huge city of Chang 'an, there were no people who went hungry because of lack of food. There were even fewer people who wandered on the streets.
After all, after a large number of workshops were opened, the demand for manpower was quite large. These hooligans who had nothing to do were very good labor force. When manpower was scarce, it was not impossible to let these hooligans join the ranks of the craftsmen. Unless the hooligan was a person with MAO, then they could not be used. However, as long as it was a person with a normal IQ, they could be used. s3();
The society of the Tang dynasty was quite stable. Naturally, the imperial court was also very stable. Everything was firmly in the hands of the emperor, Li Longji, and no one could easily overthrow the emperor.
However, although the imperial court was relatively stable, some small waves were inevitable. For example, in the appointment and removal of personnel, there would often be changes to prevent a person from staying in the same position for too long and forming a small hill that was unfavorable to the emperor.
At this moment, because Li Linfu's health was getting worse and worse, there was also an undercurrent in the imperial court. That was, once Li Linfu died, who would be the Right Prime Minister?
From the emperor's attitude, it could be seen that Yang Guozhong was most likely to be appointed as the Right Prime Minister because he was the most favored minister. As for Ang Lee, although he was also very favored, Ang Lee really did not have time to deal with the national affairs. The various scientific research tasks of the R&D Center were enough for Ang Lee to be busy. Moreover, Ang Lee had always been unwilling to deal with these worldly things. Although he had led soldiers before, at this time, the Tang dynasty army's weapons had greatly improved. Any general could sweep the surrounding area. Therefore, there was no need to manage the soldiers. Therefore, there was no possibility of letting Ang Lee be the Right Prime Minister. Ang Lee would not agree because it was too time-consuming.
The public bidding of the battery workshop was soon held in a grand manner in the capital. There were many dignitaries participating in the bidding, but not everyone came to bid sincerely. Most of the businessmen without strength just wanted to join in the fun. By the way, they could also watch the fun and understand what the bidding was about. There were also some people who thought that there would be an inside story, so they came to see the situation.
Before the bidding officially began, the Tang dynasty's newspapers reported the grand bidding in several consecutive pages. As a result, the people of the whole city were talking about this issue in the streets and alleys. The businessmen who were able to get a ticket would definitely go in to see what the bidding was about in person.
The bidding was personally held by Ang Lee, and many high-ranking officials of the imperial court would also be present. However, Ang Lee's official position was the highest, and the other officials were just there to serve as a contrast.
Ang Lee was shocked as soon as he entered the venue. The venue was full of people, estimated to be three to five thousand people. The large number of people surprised Ang Lee.
There were so many people. Did they all come to participate in the bidding? There were too many people. However, from this point, it could be seen that everyone attached great importance to the bidding. Even if they came to support, with so many people as witnesses, it would be more fair.
After the bidding began, a responsible official first read the bidding rules carefully and let everyone review the bidding rules. Then, the bidding officially began. The starting price was set at one thousand gold coins.
This price was really not low. Looking at the entire Tang dynasty, ordinary people could not earn so much money in their lifetime. However, for the dignitaries and big businessmen, this money was very insignificant. Many dignitaries in the capital could easily take out this much money, so it was the most appropriate starting price.
Although many dignitaries in the Tang dynasty were very interested in the battery project, they would not stand up themselves. Instead, they would let their loyal people handle it. As a result, Ang Lee stood on the stage and did not know who the people participating in the bidding below were. Naturally, his heart would not be affected. He would just choose whoever offered the highest price.
The price of one thousand gold bars was quickly raised to ten thousand gold bars, then twenty thousand gold bars, then thirty thousand gold bars. The price was so high that many merchants were stunned. Some of the merchants who had dared to bid before obediently gave up after hearing the price. They no longer dared to bid and could only quietly watch others bid. They had become spectators of the show.
After a busy afternoon, a total of three businessmen bid more than fifty thousand gold coins. Ten businessmen bid more than forty thousand gold coins. There were about a hundred businessmen who bid more than twenty thousand gold coins. There were about five to six hundred businessmen who participated in the bidding. The remaining thousand people were just here to join in the fun. Anyway, there was no need for rich people to compete, so it was quite interesting. s3();
"Oh my god, they've already bid 50,000 yuan. These guys are really rich!"
"Assistant Minister Li, we have called three times. There are no higher bids."
The official next to him reminded him.
Ang Lee nodded and stood up to announce that the three businessmen who bid the highest would get this very valuable technology. Ang Lee would continue to provide technical support to help them improve the battery technology and provide them with continuous technological accumulation to ensure their profits.
"Today's bidding is really wonderful. The price soared all the way from one thousand to fifty thousand. The gap is a whole fifty times! This is too ruthless. "
"Fifty thousand gold coins, this is really a lot of money! Only Assistant Minister Li can come up with such a ruthless idea. It's too ruthless. "
"I heard that the fifty thousand gold coins not only includes the technology, but also a workshop land and some simple machines, as well as the follow-up maintenance costs. If all these are added up, it is not a loss. Moreover, they can make a lot of money in the future. This is a blessing for their children and grandchildren!"
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