“…… Two blacksmiths, plus nine, make eleven. ”

Secretly thinking about it, including the two plans that Chen Zhi will send in the future, Xu Wangfu has now established a team of more than ten people - in addition to making iron pots and researching ink alloys in the past two years, Li Yuanjia will certainly not let those blacksmiths work stupidly, but have at least three apprentices for each of them!

The king himself ordered that all the crafts must be given to these young men without reservation.

And this is not enough, he even asked Li Zhong and them to take a day out every day to teach these little blacksmiths literacy and mathematics in addition to studying. The minimum standard is to master 1,000 of the most commonly used Chinese characters, and 4 operations within 10,000!

Eleven blacksmiths are quite awesome in this era......

Yes, eleven.

Since he asked Chen Zhi to borrow these two blacksmiths, Li Yuanjia never thought about returning them. And not only did he borrow it and not pay it back, but he would also let these two skilled blacksmiths bring a few more apprentices, and strive to expand the blacksmith team of the palace to twenty people within two years!

"And the inksmiths, the carpenters, the papermakers, ......"

After secretly calculating the number of craftsmen he would have to support in the future, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but secretly feel worried.

Thirteen incense's business has stopped, what will you rely on to make money in the future?

In a short period of time, the Xu Wangfu went all out to start work and rushed to make thousands of catties of thirteen incense and shipped them to Chang'an...... Later, it was shipped to a big city like Luoyang, and before others could react, it completely dominated the entire market. And in this era when spices can be used as currency, the artifact of thirteen incense is naturally very popular, and it is almost bought out when it is shipped to the place, and there is no worry about making too much or something.

So in just four or five months, it brought Li Yuanjia tens of thousands of yuan in income!

But after earning this sum of money, the good times are gone. On the one hand, it is not easy to make thirteen incense, and the materials are even more precious, and it is not easy to make thousands of catties in just four or five months; Second, Li Yuanjia's identity and status are really special, these things are "given" to the princes and ministers, and by the way, it is okay to charge some costs, but if you really want to do it as a business, you are making trouble for yourself.

And......

In the fourth month after the thirteen incense was listed, an imitation finally appeared on the market in Chang'an!

Li Yuanjia didn't have the heart to find out which big guy was behind the scenes of this spice shop, daring to grab business with the prince of the dynasty, and after making enough money, he directly ordered the last batch of goods to be emptied, and he couldn't do this thing anymore.

So in a short period of time, the palace had no other inputs.

This Li Yuanjia is a little uncomfortable, although he now has a big family, tens of thousands of acres of land alone, and there are princes and princes sent by the imperial court every year, no matter what, he is a big rich man...... But the problem is that he spends money himself! Just these craftsmen in the palace, the monthly expenses for purchasing various materials, such as money and various rewards, add up to not a small number, how to do it if you don't know how to open source?

"If you really can't do it, you can only sell paper!"

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of any good way, and Li Yuanjia finally put the idea on his own papermaking workshop.

If you want to talk about a money-making business, as a traverser, he naturally has a lot, but the restrictions on the identity of this damn prince are too great, and Li Yuanjia really doesn't want to be invited to tea by Li Shimin or the bigwigs of Zongzheng Mansion. So either it's the spice business that is hot because of stir-frying, which can only be done by Xu Wangfu in a short period of time, or it's an "elegant thing" like white paper.

After all, people see that the white paper made by King Yu is of good quality, and they want some to be fine, right?

And the cost of papermaking is high, who dares to let the king give it away for nothing?

"Ok, that's it!"

After thinking clearly, Li Yuanjia called Han Shan over: "Old Han, last time I asked you to explore the backstage of the Li family's paper mill in Chang'an, did you have any results?" ”

"Back to the king, not yet."

After blinking his eyes, Han Shan said helplessly: "The time is too short, and the people sent to Chang'an haven't had time to come back yet...... Dawang, do you really plan to start a paper business? ”

"Well, what's wrong? Isn't it okay? ”

Slanted at Lao Han, Li Yuanjia asked angrily.

This old Han, every time he has something "out of line" ideas, he will always stand up and mumble. Although he couldn't stop Li Yuanjia every time, he could always feel a little impatient - if Han Shan wasn't the housekeeper specially selected for him by the imperial concubine of Chang'an, and Li Yuanjia also knew that he was for his own good, I'm afraid he would have been sent to a certain farm for retirement!

Sure enough, this time Han Shan still persuaded bitterly: "King, you are the prince of my Tang Dynasty, you can't do business......

"Okay, who said I'm going to do business?"

Waving his hand, Li Yuanjia said casually: "I'm just going to give Brother Wang some home-made blank paper...... Well, by the way, by the way, send some more to the Fang Gongfu! He likes to practice calligraphy the most on weekdays, how can he do it without a good white paper? ”

“……”

After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Han Shan was speechless for a moment, but his eyelids jumped hard.

This, this is too much of a king's style!

Just like the thirteen incense last time, the bright noodles were transmitted to Chang'an City with the technique of stir-frying, and they were only given to a few people such as the Emperor Taishang, the Emperor and Fang Xuanling. But in just a few days, the news that the dishes fried by Thirteen Spices are better have spread all over Chang'an City, and all the princes and nobles also know about the fact that Thirteen Spices only have the King of Yu.

What follows is naturally an indescribable transaction.

This year, the recipes for things like Thirteen Incense are the top secrets of each family, and naturally no one dares to ask for it directly, so they can only ponder the finished product. And spices are expensive, you are not the emperor's family, or Fang Xuanling's family, why should you let the family give it to you?

Come and go, and it's justified.

So as soon as he heard the king's words just now, Han Shan knew what he was thinking, it was nothing more than asking the emperor and Fang Gong to do it for him...... What's that word called? Is that the one that the king often talks about on weekdays? Seems like an advertisement?

That's right, it's for people to advertise!

At that time, as long as you know that Xu Wangfu produces high-quality white paper, and it is on par with the top products of Lijia Paper Mill, will there be a lack of buyers?

You must know that the top products of the Li Family Paper Mill have always been produced very little, and they are basically only supplied to the royal family!

Seeing Han Shan's helpless look, Li Yuanjia was also happy: "Old Han, don't be sad, don't you always complain that the paper mill has invested too much, but there is no return?" As long as our blank paper sells well this time, we will be able to have more money thrown into it in the future...... Haha, I'll teach you a new word, it's called a virtuous circle, remember......"