Two days before Li Changqing went, he asked Shuangmo to get her a human skin mask. I saw Shuangmo holding a strange transparent oval tool, where he was using tweezers to straighten out the lines on the mask. Li Changqing walked over curiously, put his eyes on it, and suddenly, even the pores on the unformed human skin mask could be seen very clearly.

Li Changqing took the tool and put it in front of his eyes for a while, and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Miss Hui, this is a kind of 'lens' made of transparent gemstones, and in most cases, this is necessary to make a fine mask. It can magnify subtle objects several times to the normal level that the eye can see. After Shuangmo explained to Li Changqing concisely, he suddenly asked, "Why did Miss ask about it?" ”

Li Changqing smiled, when she saw this new thing again, she suddenly remembered the yellowed note in the white osmanthus hairpin left by her mother and Ling Yunxi.

If the note is not dotted, but shrunken handwriting, then wouldn't this lens be of great help?

Li Changqing just guessed like this, but he already had an idea in his heart. said to Shuangmo: "You recently polished this lens for me again, it should be fine and have a high magnification." ”

"Miss, it's just that I don't have this ability, this is something my father gave me, I asked an old gentleman in Shangjing to polish it before, and I don't know if he is still alive?"

"Hey, you mean, the lens was made by someone else?" Li Changqing asked in surprise.

"Yes, miss, this is an old gentleman whom my father knew before, and he is a strange man, and he can make all kinds of small things, which my father also got by chance, but used to make masks. If Miss doesn't dislike it, I'll borrow Miss. ”

Li Changqing pondered for a moment and said, "When the time comes, you take me to find this old gentleman in person, if you really can't find it, it's not too late to use this of yours." Actually, Li Changqing thought not only that the old gentleman would make lenses, but that she had other ideas.

This idea is naturally about her mother or Ling Yunxi.

If Mother or Ling Yunxi could write such a small character at the beginning, wouldn't that mean that they also borrowed this kind of lens-like thing to achieve it?

Shuangmo put the mask on Li Changqing's face properly, and after a while, an ordinary little brother appeared in front of everyone.

It's just that those eyes are as deep and dark as an ancient well.

Soon, Li Changqing arrived at Bai Ruge's side and followed Bai Ruge to a courtyard specially opened by the imperial court to welcome salt merchants from all directions.

When Li Changqing entered, everyone had been waiting for a long time, but Li Rao was sitting in the lower position, and the huge chair on the main seat was empty, leaving infinite reverie.

Bai Ruge bowed his head and said to Li Changqing: "It seems that the organizer has changed hands. ”

Li Changqing nodded, and after Bai Ruge found the chair with his name written on it and sat down, he stood behind him and swept around.

Lin Wanxin, Wang Kun, and some other wealthy businessmen in Shangjing City all came to join in the fun.

The seats are all arranged according to the commission of this election, and obviously, there is also an empty seat next to Li Rao.

However, soon, Li Changqing saw Zhuhuan walking in from outside.

Yiyi Fenghua, walked to Li Rao's side, stood for a while, and sat down.

Then, Li Changqing turned his head to look to the side, and found that after Zhu Huan sat down, his eyes were calm, and he didn't look around, but looked like he was winning.

Li Changqing couldn't help but be a little puzzled, why did he come?

The salt merchants seemed to be chatting, but their eyes were still looking at their peers, until finally a person walked in from behind the curtain, and the hall was instantly quiet.

"The Sixth Prince has arrived-" The voice of listening to the song was very long, less of a hanger, but a little more solemn and steady.

Li Changqing's eyes flashed, and when he saw the person above, his fingers curled up slightly, and he immediately lowered his head.

However, his face was still inadvertently a little hot.

Because these people who are leading the way are salt merchants, and the people behind them are always paying attention to the information here, so people like Xuanyuan Jia, Xuanyuan Chu, and even the people behind the palace can't appear.

Li Changqing just wanted to avoid the trouble of passing on the news on the way, so he came out in disguise and brought a human skin mask.

Xuanyuan Qi stood at the top, his eyes looked around, and when he saw Li Changqing, his eyes paused slightly, and he looked at Zhu Huan, and his evil eyes were hidden with coldness.

"Let's get started." Xuanyuan Qi knocked on the mahogany tabletop, and after making a crisp sound, Li Dequan cleared his throat and spoke.

Li Dequan was lent to Xuanyuan by Xuanyuan Jing today, firstly, in order to attach importance to the sponsorship of the Six Princes; Secondly, it is naturally to make Li Dequan upright and upright, and tell him all the good things when the whole process comes.

"This election for salt merchants, the Holy Majesty ordered the six princes to host it, and Prime Minister Li Cheng assisted."

Everyone wanted to talk about it, but when they saw Xuanyuan Qi waving his hand, they said to Li Dequan: "Let's talk about the process directly." ”

Li Dequan did not slack off, and began to explain the entire campaign process.

When it comes to the process, it is necessary to have a comprehensive set of salt-making processes.

Of course, in addition to these four, a series of complex issues such as the size of the salt pond owned by each salt merchant, the amount of salt produced, the potential salt supply customers, the scale of output, and how much can be supplied to the imperial court every month and year, and how much the imperial court can extract from it as a salt tax are all to be considered.

Of course, the most direct way is to submit it to the organizer in the form of a document, and then leave a few good ones after discussion, and then proceed to the next round of on-site inspections.

The paperwork had been submitted the day before, and now, it was just a matter of announcing who was qualified.

Li Dequan quickly read: "Wang Kun, Lin Wanxin, Bai Ruge......" When he saw Zhuhuan's name, he was slightly stunned, because the six princes didn't write anything on it, but this document was placed in a line, Li Dequan couldn't help but bow his head and ask.

"Sixth Prince, this ...... Is it misplaced? ”

"Princes." Xuanyuan Qi shouted, and Zhuhuan raised his head, looked at him with clear eyes, and waited for Xuanyuan Qi to continue.

"In the matter of salt merchants, we have never cooperated with people from other dynasties ......."

"I didn't know this before, but presumably, business can bring benefits to the imperial court, so why do you need to limit the boundaries?" It's not that you don't know, but you know it clearly.

He must have been fully prepared to come.