The conversation between Wang Xuance and Li Shimin was not deliberately kept secret, and the officials who followed him basically heard it.

The officials in these years were rarely born in poor families, and they were basically landlords from various places, and their families basically had some industries.

"Grandpa, good and decent, what are you asking me to do in Dengzhou?"

In the Song State Mansion, Xiao Yu was arranging tasks for his son.

"Short-sighted, my father asked you to pay more attention to the movements of the court, are you the wind in your ears? Now that His Royal Highness the King of Chu has gone to Dengzhou, have you felt any changes in Chang'an City? ”

Xiao Kai looked depressed, "Isn't there an extra whale skeleton on the side of the Vermilion Bird Gate, I also went to see it, the spectacular is spectacular, but who knows if it's true or not." ”

"Bang!" Xiao Yu was furious when she heard this, "Ignorance! With such a matter, how dare His Royal Highness the King of Chu bully the king? ”

"Grandpa, even if it's true, what? Could it be that you asked me to go to Dengzhou and go to sea to catch one and come back? What's the point! ”

Xiao Kai, as the top nobleman in Chang'an City, lives a chic and free life every day, either going to Yihong Mansion to drink flower wine, or going to Tianxiang Pavilion to listen to small songs, naturally he is reluctant to leave Chang'an.

"You! Can you have a little brain? With your kind of spendthrift like this, how long can our family provide you with squandering? You don't want to think about how to increase your family's income? ”

When he reached Xiao Yu's level, he had seen things like Shinong Industry and Commerce very thoroughly, and naturally he didn't feel that it was a shame for someone in his family to do business.

In fact, throughout the Tang Dynasty, the status of merchants was higher than in the Ming and Song dynasties.

"Grandpa...... You...... You don't really want someone to go whaling in Dengzhou, right? ”

"My father didn't let you go out to sea to fish yourself. But this whale has a lot to do with it, and the king of Chu drummed out the wool before, and we missed it; Not to mention the previous honeycomb coal; Now this whale must not be missed by our Xiao family, it is full of treasures, and the level of shipbuilders of our Xiao family is second to none in Datang, and it has advantages compared to other families. ”

Xiao Kai felt that he couldn't go away, so he lowered his head and said, "Then what am I going to do when I go to Dengzhou?" ”

"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for my father, but you go, just let His Royal Highness the King of Chu feel the sincerity of our Xiao family's cooperation, and the specific matters are up to the housekeeper."

……

Jumbo Pavilion.

After a year of training, Xiang'er has a bit of the style of a strong woman in later generations.

"Steward Wang, is our whale oil candle really only sold for ten cents a piece? Do other butter candles of the same size sell for 100 yuan? ”

A few days after Wang Xuance arrived in Chang'an City, he completed the task of presenting Li Shimin's birthday gift, and the second batch of whale oil candles and whale jerky from Dengzhou arrived.

Whale oil candles are related to the lighting plan of the entire Tang Dynasty, and Wang Xuance naturally knows that Li Kuan attaches great importance to it, so on the first day of the sale of whale oil candles in the Treasure Pavilion, he personally came to see the situation.

"Miss Xiang'er, a small whale oil candle is ten cents, a medium one is fifty cents, and a large one is one hundred cents, which was set by the prince himself. Butter candles are sold so expensive, because butter is hard to come by and the cost is high, but even if our whale oil candle is ten cents a piece, the profit is extremely rich. ”

"The prince is really, he doesn't know how to earn money if he has money. Our whale oil candles are brighter, more resistant to burning, and have less smoke than butter candles, even if they are sold at the same price, they are considered to be cheaper. ”

Xiang'er is now a typical businessman's thinking, and it is estimated that she can also be regarded as the most famous female merchant in the West Market.

After all, the glass mirror of the Treasure Pavilion is a must in the Tang Dynasty, and Xiang'er is in charge of the Treasure Pavilion on behalf of the Chu Wangfu to a certain extent.

However, Li Kuan's perspective on the problem is naturally different from Xiang'er.

"Miss Xiang'er, it's okay if you say this in front of me, if you say this in front of outsiders and spread it, even if the prince doesn't mind, Uncle Laifu won't spare you."

How much Li Kuan indulged the maids around him, Wang Xuance was deeply aware of it, and he was helpless when he saw Xiang'er talking like this.

"Steward Wang, I know, I'll just talk about it casually." Xiang'er stuck out her tongue and replied playfully.

……

Yongpingfang, Dongfang Ping is preparing to go out and go to Xinhua Bookstore to see if there are any new books published.

Since the beginning of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Xinhua Bookstore will launch some new books every three or five times, or reprint some previous ancient books, the price is very affordable, and it has already cost Dongfeng Ping's fixed-point bookstore.

Many times, there are more people reading books in Xinhua Bookstore than people buying books, and many people who can't afford to buy books stay in the bookstore all day, silently looking at books, and Xinhua Bookstore does not rush people.

"Brother Dongfang, let's go, come with me to the Treasure Pavilion."

A chubby student came to Dongfang Ping panting, took his hand and was about to walk out.

"Brother Su, I'm going to go to Xinhua Bookstore, and I won't go to Treasure Pavilion."

The person who came was Su Chengguan, a classmate of the school, and his family background was very superior, but he was very kind, and he was Dongfang Ping's only friend.

"There are new good things in the Treasure Pavilion, you will regret not going, hurry up."

Although it was winter, Su Chengguan was sweating on his forehead, and he didn't know if he was too tired from running just now or because he was too fat.

"Brother Su, I'm really not going." Dongfang Ping was a little helpless, "The things in the Treasure Pavilion are too expensive, I am shy in my pocket, I really can't afford it, I have this time, I might as well go to Xinhua Bookstore to read books." ”

"This time it's different, candles, whale oil candles, whale oil candles for ten cents, it may be gone if it's late, as soon as I heard the news, I ran over to call you."

"Huh? Whale oil candles? Ten cents a piece? Dongfang Ping was a little unconvinced.

When I was a child, when the family road was not in the middle of the road, the Dongfang family could only barely prepare a few beeswaxes, and now in this situation, I can't afford to use candles at all, and at night, there is nothing else to do except go to bed.

"Really, what did I lie to you. Hurry up, it's too late and it's gone! ”

……

The whale oil candles in the Treasure Pavilion were like a gust of wind blowing into thousands of households in Chang'an City.

Ten cents a piece, but all the people who have little assets in the family can afford to buy it.

Anyway, I don't use it all day and night when I buy it, and occasionally I should respond to emergencies, and a candle can last for a month.

As for the noble family, that's not to mention.

In the past, butter candles or beeswax were used, although they were expensive, but there must have been a few in the study of the head of the family.

Nowadays, ten whale oil candles are equal to the money of one before, and the pressure to use them will come down immediately.

As a result, more merchants flocked to Dengzhou, some to purchase goods from Dengzhou, and some directly considered whether it was possible to produce whale oil candles themselves.

The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit.

Even the families that had conflicts with the Chu Wangfu in the past all sent people to Dengzhou.