Li Chengqian's brothers accompanied Empress Changsun and talked for a while before leaving the Lizheng Palace, out of the palace gate, standing on the white stone steps in front of the Lizheng Palace, Li Chengqian looked up at the sky dyed red by the setting sun, and then turned his head to look at Li Tai: "Qingque, you heard what Sun Daochang said." ”

Speaking of this topic, Li Tai's mood was also a little heavy, and he nodded with a serious face: "The queen mother's illness, Sun Daochang said that there is no cure for the time being, and he can only raise it." ”

Li Chengqian sighed and said: "Yes, the Lizheng Palace is not suitable for the queen mother to recuperate, Qingque, you said that it is good for the two of us brothers to contribute to the queen mother to build a warm pavilion in the palace." ”

"This" Li Tai muttered, Li Chengqian's proposal is not that he has not considered it, but the two of them have no money in their hands now, besides, even if they are rich, if Li Chengqian wants to build a warm pavilion in the palace, even if it is out of filial piety, it is inevitable that he will be sick by some courtiers: "Big brother, I can't participate in the matter of the warm pavilion, so how about leaving this matter to Shijing." ”

"Huh?" Li Chengqian was puzzled at first, then thought about it carefully, and nodded: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to Shi Jing, Qingque, you can go and tell him, as for money, I still have some things rewarded by my father in the East Palace, pick out some inconspicuous ones, send them to the Hou Mansion, and let Shi Jing help sell them." ”

Li Tai nodded, as the crown prince, if he wants to build a warm pavilion for his mother, he will be reduced to the point of smashing pots and selling iron, thinking of this, he can't help but feel sad, go back and rummage through his martial arts hall, see what else there is, and send it to the Hou Mansion together, although this errand is said to be in the name of Xuan Shijing, but in fact, it has to be Li Tai who has to work and contribute.

"This matter must be discussed carefully, big brother, I will have dinner in your palace tonight." Li Tai smiled, trying to relieve the heavy atmosphere.

"Yes, welcome." Li Chengqian also responded with a smile.

At this time, Xuan Shijing was chatting with Qian Dui in the study, and Qian Dui pushed a stack of papers in front of Xuan Shijing.

"Little Hou Ye, this is the shopkeeper of the paper mill I have seen today, it records their bids, there are a total of nine papermaking workshops around Chang'an City, these nine papermaking workshops supply the paper of the entire Chang'an City and the surrounding towns, today I tested it, these nine workshops are very interested in the new paper on our Zhuangzi, three of them were settled on the spot, and the money was sent over in the evening, each of them was six hundred, a total of 1,800 yuan, when I came, I transported the money to the Hou Mansion and let Uncle Zhong enter the warehouse."

"The money arrived so quickly?" Xuan Shijing couldn't believe it, this Tang Dynasty people are very efficient.

"Yes, the money for the remaining six families will be shipped over tomorrow, and it will also be six hundred yuan each." Qian Dui said.

Xuan Shijing was stunned, then picked up a few pieces of paper pushed over by the money pile, and looked at it carefully, now the Hou Mansion has begun to use new paper, and the hard yellow paper of the past has been eliminated, and it is put in the toilet in the house as toilet paper, which makes the people in the house can't help but sigh that their Hou Ye is a loser.

Xuan Shijing calculated in his heart, a family of six hundred, nine paper mills, this is five thousand four hundred, this is also closely the area around Chang'an, in addition to Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li Ke, a total of forty percent of the Marquis Mansion is still left, Xuan Shijing scratched twice on the paper, and came up with a number, three thousand two hundred and forty!

From building a workshop to hiring a papermaker, the cost of the Hou Mansion is only more than 100 guan, which means that the Hou Mansion is purely profitable more than 3,000 guan! Xuan Shijing was ecstatic in his heart, but after the ecstasy, he still felt a little uneasy, and asked cautiously: "A family of six hundred, is it too much." ”

Qian Dui shook his head and said: "Not much, before I talked to them, I saw a few shops in Chang'an City that sold the four treasures of the study, the paper was supplied by these nine, and these nine workshops completely monopolized the market in Chang'an City, which is also the number I got after weighing the pros and cons, it will not be wrong, besides, the technology on our house was sold to them at one time, and I also told them that if there is any new progress in the paper in the future, it will be sold to these nine at 80% of this price. And to ensure that there will only be these nine around Chang'an City with our technology, but also let them continue to monopolize the paper market in Chang'an City, we eat meat, we have to give people some soup no, Xiao Hou Ye, our technology sold to any one, it is enough to break the balance of the paper market in Chang'an City, so, this price, they must also accept, but I also told them that in the future, the paper produced in our Zhuangzi will not flow to the market, but will only supply our own house and the palace. ”

"They promised?" Xuan Shijing asked, after all, the market of the imperial palace can be regarded as the largest piece of fat in Chang'an City.

Qian Dui nodded and said: "It should be done, it shouldn't be done, if the paper mill on our Zhuangzi is expanded, and the new paper is sold out, I'm afraid their business will not be able to do it." ”

This pile of money is really a business genius, after some analysis, there is no lack of coercion and temptation, Hou Fu just researched a new paper, and there is no need to find a channel to sell it, and he can collect a lot of money. This is only around Chang'an, if you add Luoyang, Shandong, Yangzhou and even the entire Tang Dynasty, how much does this cost, Xuan Shijing doesn't have to do anything in his life, and he can feed the entire Hou Mansion.

"These nine workshops spent 600 yuan to buy a recipe for new paper, and the price of this new paper will not go up." Xuan Shijing asked, if this is the case, he would rather sell this recipe cheaper, the price of paper is too high is not a good thing, it is originally a matter for the benefit of all people, and then it causes illness for no reason, which will outweigh the loss.

"Little Hou Ye rest assured, the price of the new paper I have also talked with several shopkeepers, our new paper paper paper time is much shorter than the previous hard yellow paper, plus the raw materials are rich and cheap, so the price of the new paper will be lower than the hard yellow paper, even so, they can make a lot of money." Qian Pile explained.

That's fine, Xuan Shijing nodded: "Then Cheng, send a few credible people, take our paper, and go to Luoyang, Shandong, Yangzhou, etc., before this kind of paper is spread all over Chang'an, we will get the maximum profit as much as possible." ”

"Yes." Qian Dui replied, this matter does not need Xuan Shijing's orders, he can also think that Chang'an alone has produced such a rich return, as an excellent businessman, how can he let go of other places.

Early in the morning, Li Tai came to the Hou Mansion, came over with a large cart of things, and then had a breakfast in the Hou Mansion.

"His Royal Highness King Wei, come if you see you coming, what kind of gifts do you bring, it seems to be too much." In the study, Xuan Shijing watched Li Tai chew and eat his own buns slowly, and said with a smile.

Li Tai swallowed the bun in his mouth, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the greasy side of his mouth, and said, "The things I brought this time are not for you as a gift, Shijing, this time my brother has something to ask for." ”

"His Royal Highness King Wei, this is very serious, what is the matter, you can still ask for me, if there is anything you need to help, you can just give the order." Xuan Shijing said.

"The things I brought were some things from my father in my eldest brother's palace and me, and you watched and helped find a home and sold them." Li Tai said unhurriedly.

What? Sold? What is Li Chengqian going to do when he smashes the pot and sells iron?

"His Royal Highness King Wei, what are you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to do, are you in a hurry to use money? Just "Xuan Shijing was just about to talk about the return of paper funds, but he was only halfway through the sentence when he was interrupted by Li Tai.

"My eldest brother and I are going to build a warm pavilion in the palace for the queen mother to live in, and the queen mother's body is not suitable for living in the dry and cold Lizheng Palace."