Li Ji exchanged a few words, and Li Yu, the king of Germany, stood up first and replied respectfully, and he was also clear-sighted, and he did not dare to mess with the courtesy of the monarch and ministers.

This made Li Ji very boring, he was his own brother after all. Because of this emperor's throne, the brotherly love is gone.

Li Yu has been an emperor for a few days, and he is cautious about Li Ji everywhere, for fear of causing trouble. Although Empress Dowager He and Li Ji told him more than once that you are a brother and there is no need to be so restrained, Li Yu still did not dare to go beyond it in the slightest.

Fortunately, Li Zhen, the king of Di, Li Zhen, and Li Zhen, the king of Yi, all came, which broke the embarrassment between the brothers.

These princes have been displaced since birth, and they are frightened as victims of power struggles. From eunuchs to vassal kings, they are at the mercy of others like chess pieces, and now they all flaunt themselves with humility like Li Yu, and they are cautious and cautious everywhere.

"Your Majesty!" The crowd saluted in unison.

Li Ji waved his hand: "Everyone sit down."

The princes sat down in turn, and Li Ji asked with concern: "Second brother, third brother, and how many brothers are there, are you all doing well?"

These princes, like Li Yu, stood up one after another and said respectfully: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is very good for your ministers to be favored by Your Majesty."

"Enough!" Li Ji slapped the table, and several princes trembled in fright. It seems that they were indeed frightened before, and their lives in Zhu Wen's hands may be lost at any time, and everyone is trembling.

Today, Li Ji came uninvited for no reason, and the power of the sky is unpredictable, don't cause any trouble.

Li Ji sighed: "You are all my brothers, I just came to see how a few brothers are doing." The Queen Mother wants you to be humble, humility is a good thing, but excessive humility is pretentiousness. You are the prince and my brother, and this Tang Dynasty is mine and yours. Let's not cause trouble, but don't be afraid either. Tell me any grievances, and I will make decisions for you! ”

Several princes were silent, only the pious king Li Yu sighed: "Your Majesty, we are all frightened by Zhu Wen, and the brothers are as timid as rats. Your Majesty, you are wise and martial, but a few of us, alas, ......"

"Ninth brother!" Finally, Li Yu, the king of Germany, mustered up the courage to shout.

Li Ji was heart-to-heart with them, and they finally let down their guard. Several other princes shouted together: "Ninth brother."

Li Ji laughed: "This is decent, you call me Your Majesty in the court, and I am your ninth brother in private." We are all a family, remember what the Queen Mother said, we brothers should love each other. Speaking of which, you are not as good as Li Zhen and Li You. ”

The princes finally laughed embarrassedly, and they finally realized that the broken bones were connected to the tendons. Even in the face of imperial power, brotherhood will still exist.

Li Ji finally became a little happy: "I know that you guys are not doing well. Why do you say that, the court gives you too low a salary, and everyone is short of money, right? ”

King Yi Li Yi and King Sui Li Yi shook their heads, and several others, such as Li Yu, lowered their heads and remained silent.

The price set by the imperial court for these princes is indeed a little lower, they are not in power, and they cannot form a party. There is no one to pat them on the back, and more importantly, they have no land.

Every household of the courtiers has private land, such as the 400 fertile fields in the family of Zhu Quanyu, the king of Guang, which is enough to feed the people of a house. But these princes don't have any farts except for receiving a monthly salary.

Each prince's mansion has to bring a few subordinates, and the daily expenses of eating, drinking, and Lazar need money. In addition, every prince has a small hobby, and there is not much money left in a month. For example, King Li Yu of Germany is an example, and the prince of the dignified palace could not afford to pay for a few pieces of furniture.

"This is set by the imperial court, and I can't help you. That's why I'm here today to find you a way to get rich. ”

Everyone knows Li Ji's ability, and Kaiyuan Cabinet Factory and Liuli Factory are examples. As soon as they heard that the emperor had a way to make a fortune to teach them, Li Yu and the others looked at each other, and they were all very happy.

"Big brother, you like furniture, don't you?" Li Ji asked, looking at the furniture in the room.

Li Yu nodded: "Hmm."

"Then you open a furniture store in Emerald Lane, specializing in selling furniture."

Li Yu was stunned: "But Your Majesty, Ninth Brother, this furniture requires a lot of money." In addition, the furniture sold by others is made by first-class carpenters in the capital, and I am afraid that I will not be able to compare with others when the time comes. ”

Li Ji smiled: "What kind of bullshit first-class carpenter, these things they make that are not on the table are also worthy of being called carpenters?" Li Ji pointed to a room of furniture and said.

Influenced by foreign culture, the furniture of the Tang Dynasty has a unique style in shape, most of which are wide and heavy, appear round and plump, with broad momentum and stable feeling.

But these furniture are only a little more advanced than the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty does not even have a chair, and people sit more on round stools. The conditional sitting is a couch, although it is luxurious, but it is by no means comfortable.

There is something that resembles a chair called a chair. Although there is also a backrest, from an ergonomic point of view, there are certain drawbacks.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Li Ji meant by this. King De loves furniture, although the furniture in this room is not luxurious, but it is also carefully selected, Li Ji is like a spicy chicken in Li Ji's eyes.

"Ninth brother, I don't know what you think?" Li Yu asked again.

Li Ji took out a book from his arms: "This one was drawn from memory." Of course, there may be some discrepancies in it, you recruit a few carpenters, make it according to the drawing, and make furniture according to this, and ensure that you will be on fire in the capital. ”

Li Yu borrowed the letter suspiciously and looked at it, and was stunned after only turning a few pages.

Although Li Yu does not know carpenter, he has studied furniture quite a lot, and when he looks at the furniture shown in this picture, he knows that it must have a great market prospect.

In particular, the back of the chair painted by Li Ji is no longer straight, but is made relative to the curvature of the human spine. Others include rocking chairs, wooden beds, round tables, square tables, screens, benches, wardrobes, cupboards, etc., all of which are unique.

The more Li Yu looked at it, the more he was happy: "Wonderful, the furniture made according to this must be very popular in the capital, Ninth Brother, how did you know about it?"

Li Yu just asked casually, and Li Ji paused: "Oh, this, this was brought to me by someone from overseas." The style of these furniture is different from our Datang, but I look quite interesting, so I brought it over. ”

Li Yu was overjoyed: "It's really a good baby."

"And this," Li Ji took out another booklet: "This is called the water-powered spinning wheel, and it was also brought to me by this alchemist from overseas." This spinning wheel can drive dozens of spindles, and can spin 100 catties of yarn day and night. ”

The number of spindles in ancient spinning wheels was generally 2 to 3, with a maximum of 5. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, with the development of social economy, on the basis of various hand-me-down spinning wheel machinery, a large spinning wheel with dozens of spindles was gradually produced. The large spinning wheel is different from the original spinning wheel, and its characteristics are: the number of spindles is as high as dozens of pieces, and the use of hydraulic power.

These characteristics make the large spinning wheel have the prototype of modern spinning machinery, and adapt to large-scale specialized production. Taking hemp spinning as an example, the general spinning wheel spins up to 3 catties of yarn per day, while the large spinning wheel can spin more than 100 catties a day and night.

When weaving, it is necessary to use enough hemp to meet its production capacity. The water-powered spinning wheel is an important invention of the ancient Chinese application of natural forces to textile machinery, such as the spinning machinery with water power as the driving force, China is more than four centuries earlier than the West.

And this kind of water-powered spinning wheel that only appeared in the Song Dynasty, as soon as Li Ji took it out, he immediately shocked several princes.

This is thanks to Li Ji's grandfather Li Yi, before the crossing, Li Yi forced Li Ji to look at these ancient inventions.

It's a pity that Li Ji didn't know what it meant at that time, and he didn't want to study at all. For example, for the development of gunpowder, Li Ji did not study it diligently, and until now Datang has not been able to build a cannon.

But this woodworking furniture and spinning wheel aroused great interest in Li Ji, he remembers taking art class when he was a child, and he also made a picture of an ancient water-powered spinning wheel according to ancient calligraphy and painting.

Because the painting won the first prize in the school's painting competition, Li Ji still remembers it vividly, and he still remembers the pattern of the water-powered spinning wheel.

The pattern of the water-powered spinning wheel is taken from the "Book of Wang Zhennong" of the Yuan Dynasty, which depicts the principle and structure of the water-powered spinning wheel in detail.

When several princes saw it, they were all dumbfounded.

"I remember that there was a river in the capital, which was suitable for building a large hydro spinning wheel. That's what I thought, you guys are going to build a few factories. The so-called factory is、It is to spend money to hire people to work, and it can become a scale and its own brand. Let the people in the capital know that this brand is made by your factory, and this hydraulic spinning wheel can save manpower. The cloth woven in this way can occupy a price advantage in the market, how about it, are the brothers interested in joining the family? The money is divided equally among the people. ”

Several princes only listened to the blood boiling, so it must be to make money. Not only to make money, but also to make a lot of money.

The furniture made in this way is both beautiful and durable, and it is only natural that it will be very popular. Not to mention this spinning wheel, there are more than 30 manpower on the roof of a spinning wheel, and the cost is naturally greatly reduced, and it can occupy the market share only with a price advantage.

The pious king Li Yu was a little worried: "But this investment is not a small amount, we, I'm afraid we don't have so much money."

"Loan, I'm, no, Zhu Ergongzi's Kaiyuan cabinet has money, you can borrow from him."

Li Yu shook his head: "I heard that Zhu You can be domineering and arrogant, let's avoid provoking this kind of person."

Li Ji hated that iron could not become steel: "Big brother! You are the prince, my brother, what can he do to you. If you don't have the confidence to ask him for a loan, you will say that it is my will. ”

This wood-headed Li Yu has to fight with Zhao Zhanguo's wretched son Zhao Fang. However, Zhao Fangzhu is no longer what it used to be, and the glass greenhouse is being built in the wind and water.

Besides, when Zhu Youneng heard that it was the prince who came to take out a loan, he dared not comply. Those are Brother Li's own brothers, no matter how bold Zhu Youneng is, he doesn't dare to bully the prince.