Chapter Seventy-Three: The Stranger

"Huh? Buy? ”

After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Li Tai was stunned for a moment, and then his expression and eyes quickly became strange. Next, he looked at Li Yuanjia's eyes and became quite ......

Well, indescribable.

"Ahem, don't look at me like that!"

Li Yuanjia was naturally not afraid of his nephew, raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Xiaotai, you don't know how much it costs to build a piece of glass...... Let me tell you, just the two palaces in this Daxing Palace, your imperial uncle and I have sent hundreds of glasses in! If I send it down again, Uncle Huang, I'm really going to eat soil! ”

Originally, he was still thinking about how much a piece of glass would cost, but after listening to his words, Li Tai's attention was quickly drawn to a strange direction, and he asked in surprise, "Eat soil?" What does it mean to eat dirt? ”

"Uh......"

His eyelids jumped twice, and Li Yuanjia hurriedly smiled dryly: "Hehe, it means to become very poor and poor...... In short, from today onwards, whoever wants to take glass from me will have to pay for it, and not give it away! ”

When he said this, Li Yuanjia was very confident.

Sister, I really can't afford to send it!

Although the cost of making glass is indeed very low, don't forget, now Han Cheng has to try to make mirrors with mercury every day, and he has to continue to improve the glass manufacturing process, which will burn money...... Of course, the more important thing is the movable type printing workshop, since Li Yuanjia has decided to continue to do it, and it is best to speed it up, the funds needed in the future will be even larger, so he is counting on glass and mirrors to make money back for himself!

If you want to take it for free, there is no doorway!

Besides......

If you change your nephew, for example, those princes other than Li Ke, Li Yuanjia will send it if she is in a good mood, but Li Tai is ...... Well, he thinks it's better to settle the accounts with this eldest nephew. And because of mathematics, this kid is already closer to himself, at least closer than the prince's eldest nephew, Li Yuanjia doesn't want to bring trouble to himself!

Although the contradiction between the two nephews is not very deep now, at least they are still alive for now, but Li Yuanjia, who knows what will happen in the future, does not want to get involved.

Of course, Li Tai didn't know this, but after seeing Li Yuanjia's expression, this kid was immediately happy, and after a bunch of fat on his face trembled twice, he smiled and said, "Haha, that little nephew will book fifty yuan from Uncle Huang first!" ”

Anyway, at this moment, Li Tai felt that his imperial uncle was really interesting.

Don't say that he Li Taike is the dignified King of Wei, one of the most favored sons of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, let's talk about the identities of the two...... His nephew asked him for a few pieces of glass, and he still had to pay for it? So after casually saying the figure of fifty yuan, Li Tai also looked at the eleventh emperor uncle in front of him with great interest, wondering how much he planned to ask for himself!

"Fifty?"

After hearing this number, he blinked, and Li Yuanjia was also happy: "Xiaotai, do you know how much my glass is?" Fifty pieces when you open your mouth? ”

This kid, hasn't he heard the price from Li Shimin?

Li Tai really hadn't heard his father talk about this, so he raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "What, is it possible to have a thousand pieces of glass?" ”

"Thousands? Hehe, I'll show you a thousand times. ”

"Huh?"

Seeing Uncle Huang's narrow smile, Li Tai was stunned for a moment, and then quickly widened his eyes: "Uncle Huang, what do you mean?" ”

"What do you mean? Ha ha! ”

Li Yuanjia laughed twice, pouted and said: "Xiaotai, my glass is a hundred pieces, and if you open your mouth, it is fifty pieces, and that is five thousand......"

"What? 5,000?! ”

This time, without waiting for him to finish speaking, Li Yuanjia stared at him and exclaimed.

Even if he is as rich as Li Tai and has a lot of property, he doesn't know how much the emperor's reward is every year, but when he hears the huge number of five thousand, he still can't help but feel numb in his scalp and dry in his mouth and tongue.

Open, kidding, right?

Wouldn't this eleventh emperor be hiding in his palace every day and pondering about those math and craftsman things, and his brain was confused? Does he even know what it means? Do you know how much you can buy with these 5,000 guan?

It's a pity that Li Yuanjia didn't move, just nodded and smiled: "Yes, a hundred pieces of one piece, Tong Su is not bullied...... That's right, it's rare and expensive! ”

"But...... That's too expensive, right? ”

instantly understood Li Yuanjia's thoughts, but Li Tai still frowned: "Uncle Huang, even if it is rare and expensive, and this glass is indeed amazing, but if you buy a hundred pieces, just buy a few pieces is a thousand...... How many people are willing to spend that much money? ”

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, where were there so many rich people?

Even if these bigwigs in the court, if they don't have a rich family background or other income in private, how many of them can afford to use glass just with the income of Yulu and Zhitian?

"So, you're not right!"

Raising his eyebrows again, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "This thing was not originally bought for dozens of dollars...... My small glass workshop can only make dozens of pieces a month, and your mouth is about to be rounded? Most people buy one or two pieces of this stuff and use it in their own study...... Well, it should be said that it is installed in front of your desk, and it is enough to brighten up the hall when you read and write on weekdays! ”

"Uh......"

The fat on his face shook again, and Li Tai was speechless for a moment.

Now he finally realizes that he really wants to be bad - for him, since he knows that there is such a good thing as glass, he naturally wants to replace all the windows in his home, how good is it to be bright everywhere he goes? But now after listening to Uncle Huang's words, Li Tai remembered that ordinary people ...... No, it should be said that it is an ordinary powerful family, where is this qualification to do so?

And you can only make dozens of pieces of glass a month, even if you have money, can you buy it?

Think about the Han Wang paper made in Uncle Huang's house, because there are too many people competing for it, especially some bigwigs can't even offend Li Tai, otherwise they wouldn't be more careful with the paper on weekdays, and they wouldn't dare to use it at will.

This glass is probably rarer than Hanwang paper, right?

Thinking about it this way, Li Tai also understood what Uncle Huang meant - of course, a hundred yuan is very expensive, and most people are unlikely to be willing to buy it, but there are many powerful and wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City, and there are definitely no fewer people who are willing to spend money to buy one or two, two or three yuan, and go back to decorate their study!

In addition, Uncle Huang's workshop is already small, only a few dozen yuan a month, and these people alone are estimated to be able to cover the output of the next few years, right?

This......

After thinking of this, Li Tai's eyes when he looked at his imperial uncle became even more strange.

Uncle Eleven, is he really a weirdo......