The bells of Bailu Academy rang.

The doors of each classroom were opened, and the gentlemen did not delay the class. They all knew that the students were in a hurry to go home on Friday. They had been in the academy for a week, and no gentleman did such a thing as a delay that made the students secretly resentful.

The scene of students coming out one after another, and the scene of three thousand students pouring out of the classroom together was still amazing.

The students in the academy are basically children of Guanzhong, many of which are from Bailu Township, Ningmin County, and farther away are from Chang'an and Jingji counties.

Today Friday, the students' parents also came to greet them early. They had good conditions and sent servants and coachmen to pick them up. Those with poor conditions also came directly to pick them up.

Even if it is an ordinary farmer, it is already a very great thing for children to pass the exam and enter the academy to study. No matter how busy the family is, they still have to come and take it.

Only those senior middle school students will go home by themselves.

At the entrance of the academy, the businessmen who came to hold press conferences looked at the large group of young students rushing out of the academy gate, and their eyes were a little envious.

"Scholars."

"These little kids are lucky. They met Li Xiangguo."

"Yes, Bailu Academy has such a famous reputation. These kids have a bright future after studying."

"No, even the teacher who teaches in this academy, who teaches well and has real knowledge, will be invited by Li Xiangguo to become an official."

"Li Xiangguo values ​​talents the most. He knows people well and uses them well. He is not only aware of his background."

"Well, there are fewer people like this now."

When the students all left the school and Mr. Qian came to the school gate, the merchants had already gathered here.

"Everyone, the Prime Minister invites you to come in, the press conference is about to begin."

The press conference was chosen in the auditorium of the academy. It was called an auditorium, but it was actually equivalent to a gymnasium, a Roman gladiatorium. The stands were sloped, but in fact it was equivalent to an open-air stadium. It was just a setting of sloping terraces, which was more prominent.

This stadium can accommodate ten thousand spectators.

The playground in the middle is also very large, you can play polo, set it up as other courts, and do queue performances for military training, etc.

Now, there is a platform in the middle.

It is not easy for Li Chao to build a new capital within five years. To complete this seemingly impossible task, the most important thing is to turn this matter from an official task to a national task involving private capital.

But it is not to use coercive means to collect funds and raise taxes, but to use commercial means.

This year's press conference was actually a simple briefing, which made everyone understand that Li Chao was not trying to increase taxes or force the levy of the people, and revealed his ideas and ideas to businessmen, so that those who were willing to work with each other and share the big cake together would join in.

This is actually a bit like the distribution of large groups in later generations. I have a big project, and everyone will see it. The prospects are so good and so great. The ultimate goal is of course to attract investors to invest and make the stocks rise again.

For example, many real estate developers in later generations are the same. As long as they have approved the project and have just made a design, they will immediately post news. I want to do this project, so how good the prospects are and how the renderings are shown. Let's buy them.

Pre-sale.

The foundation of the house has not been built yet and it is still a wasteland, so I started selling the house and collecting money.

This is actually collecting money in advance, using this money to build a house, and using the money to approve land directly from a bank loan.

They are all masters who make money by making money.

Thousands of merchants entered the venue and sat in the seats.

After waiting for a while, Li Chao came in.

Li Chao stood on the stage in the middle.

There are too many people and the venue is relatively large. In order to make everyone hear it more clearly, Li Chao took an iron horn.

"Everyone, welcome everyone, and thank you very much for attending this press conference."

The sound was spread far through the speaker. Although the sound was a little distorted, it could still be heard clearly. The merchants all listened attentively and could hear the prime minister talking to them here. That is, Li Xiangguo, if anyone else had changed to him, he would not speak directly to them. People thought it was too much.

Everyone was waiting for Li Chao to explain the matter clearly, and even looked forward to Li Xiangguo taking everyone to make money again.

"I believe you are still unfamiliar with the word "news conference". Let me explain it. A press conference is actually a notification of news, which can be understood as an announcement. But ours will be more detailed, and there will be questions and answers."

"Let me inform you first. The city of Chang'an has been rumored recently. Everyone has heard more or less about the capital moving. Here, I will explain to you that the capital will not be moved for the time being, and Chang'an is still the capital of the Tang Dynasty."

As soon as the news came out, the merchants were extremely surprised. Did they hear the fake news?

"Everyone, please listen to me to continue. The capital will not be moved for the time being, but the court has decided to choose a site in the Xiang-Deng area to build a new capital. The construction of the new capital will take five years, which means that in five years, the capital of the Tang Dynasty will be moved to the new capital. From now on, Chang'an will be used as a supporting capital, called Xijing."

When the merchants heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, they still wanted to build a new capital. Chang'an will become a accompanying capital in five years. Although it is called Xijing, so what? By then, the emperor and officials will move, and the army and family will go. How many people will be left in Chang'an? At that time, the market and merchants will definitely move there, after all, the market will be gone. This is a matter closely related to everyone."

"The address of Xindu has not been selected yet, but the location selection will be started soon and discussion will be started. The name of Xinjing has been initially selected, which is called Hanjing."

Hanjing, the capital of the Han people, or the capital by the Han River?

Everyone was thinking about the origin of the name of Xinjing, but the name Hanjing was not bad. Even the name of the capital was chosen. It seems that this matter has really begun.

"I believe everyone has heard some rumors, which may be that Li Chao is arrogant. He dares to say that he doesn't want the court's penny and dares to say that a new capital will be built within five years. That's right, that's what I said."

"Some people are wondering how to build a new capital in five years without the imperial court. Isn't this bragging? It must be to ask merchants to donate money, increase taxes to the people, recruit a large number of civilians, etc."

Li Chao smiled slightly, lifted the iron horn, and uttered a word loudly.

"No!"

"I, Li Chao, speak here today. I will never use those methods. What kind of ability do that really mean? Building a new capital is not for the enjoyment of the emperor, nor for the pursuit of people's wealth. It is because Chang'an is located in a corner of the northwest, Guanzhong is small, with severe water and land loss, insufficient arable land, and food is difficult to be self-sufficient. The money, grain and taxes in Guandong cannot be transferred to Beijing in time. The empire was beyond the reach of the eastern region. For the above reasons, the court planned to move the imperial capital out of the pass and to the Xiang Deng area in the center of the world. Moving the capital is for the long-term consideration of the empire and the people of the world."

Li Chao's words gave the merchants another reassurance, no need to donate money, which is a good thing.

However, people are becoming more and more curious. How to build a new capital within five years and where does the money come from?

"Okay, now everyone can ask questions."

The merchants all tried to ask questions, and finally chose one from them.

"Good Prime Minister, I'm here to be the shopkeeper of Wuji Trading Company. Our Wuji Trading Company mainly engages in timber business. I would like to ask Prime Minister, how to build this new one, can we participate?"

Li Chao smiled and raised the horn.

"This shopkeeper is very smart. In front of so many people, he still doesn't forget to advertise his own business. Well, you asked two questions just now. Originally, one person asked only one question. But you are the first one, so I will answer them together. How to build new ones? I can reveal this to everyone. We have sent people to select a site. After choosing a site, we will first measure the terrain, check the geology, and finally make planning and design drawings. With the drawings, we will build according to the drawings."

"The second question is whether you can participate in this. I can tell you now, yes. If you are in the wood business, you will need a huge amount of wood. However, there will definitely be a lot of wood merchants, so we will still adopt the bidding method and choose the wood supplier at that time. Everything is a formal method. As long as you have good conditions and the conditions given are good, you will definitely be able to bid."

"Next!"

"Prince, I would like to ask, Prime Minister doesn't need money from the court, and he doesn't have to raise funds from merchants and people to add taxes. May I ask if we are involved in the construction of the new capital, so what will the court pay for wages, etc."

"This question is very good and very skillful. This question is actually not a difficult problem. But I can't explain the specific details now. I can only say this. If you are interested in joining the Construction New Capital, you can wait for the Hanjing Construction Office to prepare, and you can come and ask in detail directly. But I can tell you here that you will definitely get the money and will not ow you anything, and you will even make money."

The words are a bit vague, but everyone believes that Li Chao is not fooling everyone, and Li Xiangguo still has credibility. I won’t go into details here because today is just a press conference and is an announcement of the news.

The specific cooperation situation needs to be discussed in detail later.

Li Xiangguo doesn’t have that much time to talk to everyone one by one.

Afterwards, some businessmen asked several questions one after another.

After asking ten questions, Li Chao stopped accepting the questions and ended the press conference.

"Everyone, we will announce the content of today's press conference, and even some more detailed information about the construction of Hanjing in the Banyuetan newspaper and publish a special issue. At that time, you can buy the newspaper and learn more about it. Okay, today's press conference will end here. Thank you very much for coming, goodbye!"

After the press conference, Le Chao bowed to everyone and left.

Ma Zhou met Li Chao from behind.

"The press conference is over? It feels very simple, didn't you say much?"

"It's just a press conference, just a notice. I've said everything I need to say. The merchants are basically in their minds. When the special issue comes out, everyone will understand better. If you want to participate, you will come to negotiate and understand it yourself."

"Is the Prime Minister willing to take the bait?"

"Originally, you can make money by participating. I can't ask others to make money with me, right?"
Chapter completed!