CHAPTER XXXIII

Wei Hao: They sell paper privately to those who are officials.

Those who are in power will send people here to buy paper, and they also want to buy more paper.

In the afternoon, Li Shimin was gathering the ministers to discuss state affairs, mainly border affairs.

After the discussion, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites stood up and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is getting married this year, but there is no charter yet, do you need to make a charter out, and besides, there is no goal on the other side of this money, so what should I do, please make it clear to Your Majesty!" ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince's wedding is indeed something that cannot be delayed, and the minister's suggestion is a big deal!" When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it needs to be done in a big way, but as far as the minister knows, there is not much money on the insider's side!" Fang Xuanling also stood up at this moment and arched his hand and said.

"Well, sit down and say, the big wedding of Gao Ming, it must be a big deal, the matter of money, I will find a way, you can do it, these two days, I will discuss with the queen, and hand it over to the Ministry of Rites to do, and the money that should be spent will be spent!" Li Shimin pressed his hand and said to them.

"Yes, but this money needs a lot, according to our estimates, as far as the whole etiquette is concerned, it will not be less than 50,000 yuan, Your Majesty, we also know some of the situation over there, and now I heard that the concubines and princesses in the palace have opinions, and I heard that their monthly expenses will be reduced by sixty percent!" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Li Shimin and said.

"It's okay, I'm not worried about the money in the house, what I'm worried about now is that there is a lot of money on the part of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and there is a way for the Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Li Shimin sat there and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a suggestion!" The eldest grandson Wuji said to Li Shimin at this moment.

"Oh, let's hear it!" As soon as Li Shimin heard his suggestion, he immediately looked at the eldest grandson Wuji with interest, thinking that he still had a way for his eldest brother.

"Didn't you seal the paper store yesterday? His Majesty specially learned about it, and found that this paper is selling very well, and now many people hope to be able to buy paper, just this morning, the minister's house also bought a lot of paper, but the price has risen a lot, it has reached a large piece of eight cents, and the minister's house bought two hundred sheets.

The minister heard that many ministers have bought it at home, and the minister thought, since this paper can be so cheap, I just don't know how the profit is, but before five cents a piece, now it can be eight cents a piece, at least three cents more profit, if we can let the owner take out the papermaking process, the minister thought, maybe we can alleviate the crisis in the court, I believe that this paper, there will definitely be many people want! The eldest grandson Wuji sat there and suggested to Li Shimin.

The other ministers nodded.

"This paper is really good, the minister also bought some, there is really no problem with writing, although it may not be as good as rice paper, but this price, with such an effect, it is really good, but I don't know how the output is." Fang Xuanling also looked at Li Shimin at this moment and said.

When Li Shimin heard it, he laughed in his heart, this output is not low, it can produce 200,000 pieces a day, but now I hear that the eldest grandson Wuji means that he wants to return to the court, that is not possible, this is an internal payment.

"I'm afraid this paper can't be given to the Ministry of Civil Affairs!" Li Shimin looked at them with a smile and said.

"It's... Why is that? When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he looked at Li Shimin in surprise.

"Is it not good to say that the output is not good?" Fang Xuanling also asked in surprise.

"That's not it, the yield is extremely high, but this is made by the royal family, to be exact, it is made by Lizhi!" After Li Shimin said this sentence at this moment, he was still very proud, although he also knew in his heart that Lizhi didn't understand it at all, but this matter did appear because of Li Lizhen, and the current workshop was in Li Lizhen's fiefdom!

"What?" Everyone looked at Li Shimin in surprise.

"Oh, Your Majesty, it was Princess Changle who made it, this, Your Majesty, this is an excellent thing for my Datang, and it is of great help to Your Majesty to establish the prestige of the people!" The eldest grandson Wuji also said excitedly at this moment.

"Yes, so I want to talk to Lizhi, you also know Lizhen, this kid, for these popular things, but not interested, want to deal with it in a low-key manner, I want to let everyone in the world know that this paper was made by my daughter!" Li Shimin looked at them with a smile and said, thinking about this reason is really good.

"Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be explained to Her Royal Highness the Princess, now in the court, there are still a lot of bad voices, if Her Royal Highness the Princess makes a paper and lets the world know, I believe that those different voices can be greatly suppressed." Fang Xuanling also stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, I will convince her, by the way, this papermaking, there is a person who has helped Lizhi a lot, I want to reward him, so I am ready to reward him as an earl, as for Lizhi, he is my daughter, so there is no need to reward!" Li Shimin said to them at this moment.

As soon as they heard that it was okay to reward an earl, they would not suspect in their hearts that the paper was made by that person, and if it was really made by that person, then it was not an earl, and at least a marquis.

"Well, the money of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I still have to think of more ways for you, the money on the side of the internal money, I believe the queen will have a way, plus now that Lizhi is assisting the queen, it is estimated that the problem is not big, and the money will be there slowly!" Li Shimin looked at them and said.

They all nodded, feeling a little sorry in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, the minister just wants to know, how is the output?" Fang Xuanling still stood up and asked, he just wanted to know this question.

"The yield is good, Lizhi said, one day there are... Well, there are a few thousand! Li Shimin looked at them and said.

Now he doesn't dare to say too much, if he says too much, it is estimated that these ministers will have ideas, and if they want to take it back to the court at that time, it will be a big loss.

It's not that he doesn't think about the court, but he thinks that the money in the house is in his own hands, and if the court needs it, he can mobilize it, but at that time, the initiative is in his own hands.

And if it is given to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then if the internal money asks for money, you have to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs for it, and there will be endless things to do at that time, and those imperial histories know about it, and they don't know how to impeach themselves.

"Is there such a high yield? What a good thing! Fang Xuanling heard this and said happily.

"In this way, there will be no shortage of paper for all the people in the world!" The other ministers were also happy.

Then those people began to praise Li Liqing, saying that she was smart, that she was thinking about the country, etc., anyway, those words of praise were given to Li Liqing.

In the afternoon, Wei Hao and Li Lizhen stood in the house next to the store, looking at the pile of forty or fifty baskets of copper coins, each basket is at least 50 yuan, which is more than 2,500 yuan.

"Girl, this... Is it so easy to sell? Wei Hao turned his head to look at Li Li and asked.

"It's too fast, I'm a little scared!" Li Lizhen also turned her head to look at Wei Hao in shock and asked.

"Whatever, it's money anyway, our money, we didn't steal or rob it, you get it back first!" Wei Hao patted his head, no matter what, something happened, anyway, Li Lizhen would come to save himself at that time.

"You don't divide the dots?" Li Lizhi looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Don't divide it, wait until you're enough!" Wei Hao looked at Li Lizhen and waved his hand and said.

"Childe, miss, just now a lot of businessmen came to say, hoping to buy a large number of our papers, many people have reported 10,000 sheets, do you want to give them this?" A steward here looked at Li Li and asked.

Li Lizhi stared at Wei Hao.

"Hmm... Are there many such people? "Wei Hao is a little embarrassed, if they are given such a high price and they ship it to other places to sell, then the price must be higher, and he can't always sell like this, right? Unless all the prices are raised, the store will open in the future, and it will be this price.

"Many, more than a dozen!" The subordinate nodded and said.

"Forget it, don't sell it to them! We'll sell to the officials first, and those businessmen will talk about it later! Wei Hao thought about it for a while, but he still didn't want to pit those businessmen.

"Why?" Li Lizhi looked at Wei Hao with a little incomprehension.

"Eh, we still have to cooperate with those merchants after all, if they get these papers at a high price, then our store will open and sell at a low price, and then those merchants will lose money, you tell them, wait!" Wei Hao said and looked at the subordinates and said.

"Yes!" The subordinates nodded and said.

And Li Lizhi felt a little surprised, but looked at Wei Hao with a little admiration in his heart, he didn't expect that Wei Hao was so kind, and he actually wanted not to cheat people.

"Alright, drag it back!" Wei Hao said to Li Liqing.

"Okay, by the way, remember, I'll be waiting at the house tomorrow!" Li Lizhi nodded and reminded Wei Hao again.

"Are you saying true or false? Why do I not believe it like that? Wei Hao still looked at Li Lizhen with suspicion.

"Believe it or not!" Li Lizhi said and smiled and waved her hand to those people, asking them to load the money away.