Zhao Junsheng planned to go to the city for a walk, and when he had breakfast, he asked: "Mulan, I plan to go to the city today, do you and the children want to go for a walk?" ”

Hua Mulan said: "Today, the wives of several ministers are going to come to the palace to visit, I have to meet them, I have to leave them for dinner at noon, and I have to go to the garden in the afternoon, and I am afraid that this will take a day." Children also have homework, so how can they have time to go out and play? ”

Zhao Junsheng complained in his heart, the little pot friends in the kindergarten don't have such heavy homework, okay? He is also quite helpless, the children grow up in the palace, no more than the children of ordinary people's families, they have to learn all kinds of rules and etiquette from childhood to adulthood, and when they grow up, they have to follow the teacher to learn the subset of scriptures and history.

"Alright then, I'll go alone!" Zhao Junsheng said as he pulled the rice in the bowl.

Hua Mulan reminded: "When you go out, you still have to bring a few more guards, just in case!" ”

"Well, I know, there will be arrangements on the side of the Imperial Guard, and I didn't go out secretly, I must report to them!"

Hua Mulan remembered something, "By the way, I haven't seen Yutong for a while, you go out to see her, help me bring a few bottles of perfume and essential oils to him, and bring a bottle of each fragrance!" ”

"Okay, I remember!"

After the essential oil and perfume came out, Hua Mulan sent people to open a perfume shop in the city as quickly as possible, and opened the store in the name of the royal family to make a lot of noise, and the people had a strong interest and curiosity in this store, since the opening of the perfume shop, the store has people coming and going every day, and the river is endless, although perfume is a luxury, the general people can't afford it, but there is no shortage of rich people in Qianjing City, and the business in this store is very good.

In the past few days, Mulan decided to expand the scale of perfume production, and according to Zhao Junsheng's suggestion, the perfume was divided into three grades: high, medium and low, low-grade and mid-range were unlimited, and high-end was sold in limited quantities, and money may not be able to buy it.

Mulan also personally gave this perfume a name: "Imperial Kou", because it is a royal background, whether it is in the eyes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, or in the eyes of ordinary people, the royal family is mysterious, noble and tall, but everything that the royal family enjoys must be precious and luxurious, and people have yearning and possession in their subconscious.

In just a few days, the Miko perfume became famous throughout the Gyeonggi area, especially the ladies and ladies who flocked to it, women often bathed with flowers, which made the body smell, and other spices to make the body smell, and the fire covered the unpleasant body odor, but compared to perfume, the fragrance of bathing with flowers or using spices is not as long as the fragrance of Miko perfume.

Zhao Junsheng had breakfast, asked someone to bring a bottle of each scented perfume and essential oil, wrapped it in a gift box, and went out of the palace gate with a few guards in regular clothes.

The streets in Qianjing City are full of people coming and going, and there are special soldiers at each intersection to direct traffic, and special traffic laws have also been formulated, the most basic is pedestrians, cars and horses to the right, and the left side is a sidewalk, there are horse lanes, horseback riding and car walking tracks.

Qianjing City is very large, the circumference is more than 80 miles, each city wall is 20 miles long, so it takes an hour to walk from the east of the city to the west of the city at the earliest, the resident population in the city is more than 800,000, the floating population is 400,000, Jingzhao Mansion in order to facilitate the people to travel, set up a carriage and horse shop, send a special person to manage, order people to make a large carriage, specially used to carry passengers, this is the public carriage for the purpose, there is a special route, two cents can sit from the starting station to the terminal station.

"Let's go, let's take a bus ride today!" Zhao Junsheng did not take the carriage that followed him in the palace, but wanted to make a public carriage, and after speaking, he walked to a public carriage next to him to wait for the train.

Li Bao followed with a few guards, Zhao Junsheng asked Li Bao for two cents, and said to Li Bao and the others: "The car will come later, and everyone will pay for the car!" ”

Li Bao and the guards nodded in agreement.

It didn't take long for a public carriage to come, and a group of people lined up to get on the bus one after another, and Zhao Junsheng, Li Bao and others also mixed in the crowd, each sitting in a seat.

The carriage had four wheels, sixteen seats, and two horses, with a canopy, supported by wooden brackets, and covered with tarpaulins, which were pulled up on both sides on weekdays, and lowered to shield them from the sun and rain when the sun was scorching or raining.

After the carriage was driven, Zhao Junsheng felt that the carriage was quite stable and not very bumpy, mainly because the road surface was relatively smooth, Zhao Junsheng put his head out of the car to see, it turned out that the wheels were wrapped with a thick layer of leather for shock absorption.

At each stop, the bus stopped, and some people went down and some people came up.

Li Bao smiled and said: "Master, don't say it, this public carriage is quite convenient, and it is indeed a move to benefit the people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Jingzhao Mansion's political achievements are quite outstanding. By the way, do you know where the perfume shop is? ”

"I heard it's on Suzaku Street, look ahead, isn't that?" Li Bao's eyes suddenly lit up as he spoke, and he pointed to a large store not far in front of him.

Zhao Junsheng saw that the plaque hanging on the lintel of the store read: "Royal Celestial Fragrance - Royal Treasure"

The carriage stopped, and Zhao Junsheng, Li Bao and others got out of the car in turn and came to the store.

The shop is large, with a focus on perfumes, and also sells some rouge gouache for the people of the inner palace of the palace.

For example, the porcelain produced by the porcelain kiln factory for the royal family is only for the royal family and is not for sale, and other workshops and craftsmen for the royal family are only for the royal family, that is to say, these workshops, factories and craftsmen are all maintained by the royal family.

It is a lot of money for the royal family to support so many people every year, and many times these workshops, factories and craftsmen are idle, and only work when there are production tasks, Mulan feels that this is too wasteful of labor, so it is decided to let these workshops, factories and craftsmen dedicated to the royal family increase the production volume, in addition to supplying the royal family, but also to hand over the products produced to the royal family for sale.

In addition to these workshops, factories and craftsmen who served the royal family, there was also a kind of royal merchant, in addition to supplying certain products to the imperial palace, but also selling them to the outside world, but at this time, the royal family was not very popular, and the utensils, food, and cloth used by the royal family were generally provided by the royal family's own grange, and only a few items needed to be purchased from the people, such as tea, silk brocade, and the like.

In addition to perfume and rouge gouache, the store also sells other women's cosmetics.

The decoration of the store is very atmospheric and luxurious, and as soon as Zhao Junsheng and others walked into the store, a woman greeted them: "This son wants to buy perfume for his sweetheart, or rouge gouache?" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "I'll take a look at it!" ”

"Okay, Childe, look at it, we have a new perfume on the shelves here, it is the best gift for your sweetheart, just sprinkle a few drops, and the whole body will be fragrant for a few days······"

A woman next to her came over and said, "Xiaodou, you go and greet the other guests first, I'll just come here!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the woman, she seemed to be a little familiar, she should be the palace maid in the palace.

Seeing that the woman was about to salute Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng knew that the woman recognized him, so he waved his hand: "Don't be polite outside, don't attract the attention of others!" Tell me about the store."

"Yes!"

"For ordinary perfumes, such a small bottle is 300 Wen, the medium bottle is 500 Wen, and the large bottle is always 200 Wen; This mid-range perfume is a small bottle of consistent money, a medium bottle is two times, and a large bottle is five times; The high-end ones are only sold in small bottles, and the price is two gold; There is also a royal perfume, which is sold only three times a day for ten gold and is sold out every day."

"How much is in the account every day these days?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

"The amount of money in the account has been relatively stable in the past few days, the day before yesterday was six hundred and twenty-two times, and yesterday it was six hundred and thirty times!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "It's not bad!" One thing you should pay attention to, some people are allergic to pollen, and it is likely that they are also allergic to perfume, if there is a customer who encounters this situation, you should ask them to stop using it immediately and see a doctor, it is related to the individual's physique, not the perfume problem! ”

"I see, the day before yesterday, a woman came to say that she had a rash on her body after using the perfume in our store, and the slave maid will definitely pay attention to ask them if they have pollen allergies in the future!"

After leaving the perfume shop, Zhao Junsheng took Li Bao and others around the city for a long time, and dined at a restaurant at noon.

After ordering a few dishes, Zhao Junsheng, Li Bao and others sat around the table and waited while drinking tea.

A voice came from the side: "I heard about it, the case of Gao Shangshu Gao Yun has been judged, I heard that the emperor himself sentenced it!" ”

Immediately someone said: "How was it judged?" Is it a decision, or is it a raid and extermination? ”

"I heard that Gao Yun has always been decent, why did he do such a thing? Hey, I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart! ”

"My cousin is a small official in Dali Temple, and I heard that His Majesty the Emperor sentenced Gao Yun to ten years in prison and his second son Gao Jie to five years in prison!"

Someone was incredulous: "Such a light sentence? If this matter is placed in the previous dynasty, it will definitely be the end of the family and the extermination! ”

The person who provoked the conversation shook his head and said: "You don't understand this, Gao Yun just violated the ban to let his second son Gao Jie engage in business, and connived at Gao Jie to use his power for personal gain in his name, and there are no other major crimes, or because of the huge amount of money involved, he can be sentenced to ten years in prison, if the amount is not large, I am afraid that he will not even have to sit in prison." Look at the ministers and officials who violated the ban and allowed their children to engage in business and use their power for personal gain, none of them were imprisoned, but they were dismissed from their official positions and reflected at home! ”

Another person said: "I don't think this sentence is actually light, for those ministers and officials, the loss of official positions is more uncomfortable than the punishment of killing them." First, there is no official position, and second, all the money and property obtained by abusing power for personal gain have been confiscated and confiscated into the state treasury. ”

"Yes, this Gao family is only afraid that it will collapse, you think about it, Gao Yun is in his fifties, and he will go to prison for another ten years, and he doesn't know if he can survive until the day he is released from prison, even if he can survive until he is released from prison, he will be in his sixties when he is released from prison, what else can he do? I'm afraid that some of the old and the court have long forgotten him at that time! ”

Another person said: "I think your majesty is quite lenient today, if this kind of thing is placed in the previous dynasty, even if you don't kill your head, you will have to be dismissed from your post and your family will be exiled for 3,000 miles, and your female dependents will be filled into the palace to do hard labor!" ”

Several ordinary people who were discussing this matter sighed one by one.