Chapter 18: Liu Ji's Past
As a result of this trip, Wang Xuan didn't ask in detail when Liu Ji came back, and Liu Ji didn't say anything in detail, but Wang Xuan learned from Liu Sanshun, who followed, that the housekeepers of each of the mansions where they went to deliver mosquito coils were very enthusiastic about Liu Ji.
This made Wang Xuan even more curious about Liu Ji's identity, after all, Wang Xuan knew the addresses of those people, and he also knew who the owners behind these addresses were, and they were all people who left their names in history, but these people, the housekeepers at home were very enthusiastic about Liu Ji, which was very intriguing.
But Liu Ji didn't say it, and he didn't want to ask, especially when he thought that Liu Ji might have a relationship with so many big people, but he allowed his son to be framed, and even the old couple went to kneel at the door of Chen's mansion to plead and plead, and they didn't go to these people, so Wang Xuan was even more difficult to ask.
So in the end, Wang Xuan suppressed this matter in his heart, but he also made up his mind that he would have a good relationship with the Liu family.
So from that day on, Wang Xuan contracted almost all the food for him and the Liu family.
Although he said that he had to cook food for more than a dozen people every day, because Ximei often came to help, he didn't feel tired, but he was still full of energy every day.
The days are like this, day by day, and in a blink of an eye, the mosquito coil business has been open for five days, because of Wang Xuan's idea, now the brand of mosquito repellent coils in Yongyangfang is out, and there is an endless stream of people who come to buy mosquito coils every day.
But because of this production problem, it still can't be bought by all buyers, which makes Liu Ji discuss with Wang Xuan more than once.
In the end, Wang Xuan proposed to hand over the craft of making mosquito coils to all the neighbors of Yongyangfang, but it was stipulated that the raw materials used for this must be taken from them, and the mosquito coils they made must also be sold to them, and the price was 20 mosquito coils.
Anyway, it means that the people of Yongyangfang will become their franchisees, and they will purchase raw materials and sell them in a unified manner.
Regarding the method proposed by Wang Xuan, Liu Ji was still a little worried at first, after all, if someone ran away with the formula, wouldn't they have nothing?
But in the end, after hearing Wang Xuan say that all those who learned the craft of making mosquito coils should sign a contract, Liu Ji agreed with Wang Xuan's idea.
As for what Liu Ji did in the end, Wang Xuan didn't care, he knew that Liu Ji didn't know what means to use, not only let everyone in Yongyangfang sign the contract, but also got the goods for making mosquito coil raw materials to the Pinghefang next to him, which has the posture of everyone making a fortune together.
But this doesn't matter to Wang Xuan, anyway, he himself makes a batch of mosquito coils and cooks with Ximei who came to help every day, and his small life is also very smooth, of course he is happy, after all, there is a little beauty by his side, can it not be smooth?
Compared with Wang Xuan's smoothness, this person is not so smooth, and this person is the future Tang Emperor, the current Qin King Li Shimin.
"Wang De, is it clear over there for Baiqi? Who is selling this mosquito repellent incense" Li Shimin was sitting in the imperial study of the East Palace at this time, and asked Wang De with great annoyance.
This is not to blame Li Shimin for being annoyed, originally this Shu County thorn history for mosquito coils, after he used it, he also felt that this is a good mosquito repellent weapon, originally he planned to use this mosquito coil to envelop and reward the ministers below, but this has not been around for a few days, this is a hundred horses to report, saying that in Chang'an City, someone is selling a large number of mosquito coils, which makes Li Shimin very unhappy, quite a kind of his own good things, the feeling of being snatched away, so he ordered someone to check.
"Your Highness, according to the report from Baiqi, this person who sells mosquito coils, His Royal Highness also knows, he is Li Ji, the Shaoyang Captain of His Royal Highness Pingyang Zhao........."
"What, you said that the person who sells mosquito coils is Li Ji, Wang De, you heard it right, Baiqi really said that it was Li Ji" Hearing the name Li Ji, Li Shimin stood up at once and asked Wang De excitedly.
"Your Royal Highness, the slave maid heard it right, Baiqi is rewarded in this way, because among the Baiqi who went to investigate, someone had seen Li Ji, but the Baiqi who came to report said that Li Ji has now changed his name and changed to Liu Ji, which is now the Fangzheng of Yongyang Fang, and he suddenly made mosquito coils, also because his eldest son was framed and detained, and needed money to ransom people, so he started to make mosquito coils, Baiqi also said that before making mosquito coils, Li Ji because his eldest son still knelt like the person who framed his eldest son, and that family was still a businessman" Seeing that his master was so excited, Wang De didn't dare to hide anything, and told all the news about Liu Ji he got from Baiqi, and even said that when Liu Ji went to kneel for someone, Wang De timidly retreated.
"Okay, you're Li Ji, you're Li Bowen, it's good, it's really good" Sure enough, hearing Liu Ji kneel, Li Shimin was directly angry, he grabbed the tea soup that the palace maid had just sent and smashed it directly on the ground.
And Li Shimin is so angry because Liu Ji is the original Li Ji, who was a subordinate of his Li family in his early years, and later his Li family rose up against Sui, and Liu Ji has been following Li Xiuning to be responsible for protection.
At the same time, he also followed Li Xiuning's southern and northern wars and made countless military exploits, and even said without expansion that Li Xiuning's martial arts were learned from Liu Ji, but such a person with countless military exploits has always been unwilling to be promoted, and has always followed Li Xiuning's side, until Li Xiuning finally died in battle, Liu Ji disappeared.
So now that Li Shimin heard that Liu Ji was kneeling for the sake of his framed son, he didn't come to his Li family, so it was strange that he wasn't angry.
As for saying that Liu Ji would know the butlers of those generals, it is not that Liu Ji was recognized by those generals, but because Liu Ji is the Fang Zheng of Yongyang Fang.
And most of the people living in Yongyangfang are the soldiers and their families who followed Li Tang back then, and every year these generals who miss the old love will ask the housekeeper to send money and things, so they will know each other and behave so enthusiastically.
"Wang De, pass on the king's order, let people send the businessman well, but if there is any mistake, take it directly, in this world, no one can bully the people of my Li family, even if it is a person, it is not something that he can bully as a small businessman" After Li Shimin vented, he had a gloomy face and ordered Wang De in a cold voice.
"Slave maid, understand, slave maid will go down to arrange" Wang De, who received the order, quickly replied respectfully, and bowed down.
However, Wang De didn't go far, and as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by Li Shimin "Come back"
"Your Highness, what else do you command" Hearing his master's call, Wang De hurriedly ran back.
"You go down, let Baiqi take a good look at who taught him Li Ji's mosquito incense, this king doesn't believe that Li Ji still has this ability," Li Shimin instructed Wang De.
"The slave and maid understand, the slave and the maid will do it immediately" After speaking, Wang De saw that Li Shimin had no orders, so he left immediately and went down to do things.
After Wang De left, Li Shimin slowly walked to the door of the study, looked out with a trace of anger on his face, and said to himself, "This king is here to see who dares to harm this king's good deeds"