At the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, a new city rose from the ground six years ago. After six years of careful planning, layout and construction. Today, it has become a prosperous city that is completely different from all the cities of Datang.

Stretching at the foot of the mountain, enclosed by a wall like the Great Wall, it is now the center of commercial development of Datang, and it is also regarded as the top secret place of Datang, and outsiders are never allowed to approach.

Whether it is glass, mirrors, crystals, new metallurgy, fine wine, etc., including the beautiful jade of Lantian County, which is not far from this new city, and all kinds of porcelain that have always been loved by the Tang people, are all shipped to all parts of the Tang Dynasty from here, or are shipped to other countries.

And these are regarded by outsiders as the products of this new city, that is, the surface of Taiyi City, as for what secret industry is still going on in this city, no one knows.

Because in the fenced area behind Taiyi City, the prince's guards are guarded there every day, and outsiders are not allowed to approach.

At this time, on the flat and wide official road, a carriage slowly drove into the city from the official road, and many Tang people and foreigners gathered at the gate of the city, and after confirming the sign of the carriage, they quickly ran to the teahouses, wine shops, and restaurants in the city to report to their shopkeepers, and the shopkeepers hurriedly checked out the accounts and ran out in a hurry when they heard the news.

Suddenly, several prosperous and wide streets in Taiyi City were filled with eager businessmen at the same time, standing on the streets and quickly identifying the direction, and then hurriedly ran to a mansion in the center of the city with their subordinates.

When all the merchants either drove the carriage or rode to the gate of a courtyard in the center of the city, the carriage passing by the gate of Taiyi City happened to slowly drive into the courtyard at this moment.

The merchants glanced at each other and muttered in their hearts, "It's okay, it's not too late, I have to ask for some more shares today anyway." ”

The carriage stopped at the gate of a courtyard in the courtyard, and the curtain was immediately opened by the people waiting at the door, and a woman dressed in white slowly walked out of it.

Bai Chun looked up at the clear blue sky, and then after the carriage drove away, Meimu looked at the merchants gathered at the door, and said lightly, "Let them wait in the council hall." ”

Bai Chun has grown a little taller than six years ago, and the whole person is slim and graceful. But the charming temperament on the body is becoming more and more enchanting, and the charm between the looks and gestures always gives people an indescribable bewitching charm and a feeling of absolute beauty.

In recent years, I have become more and more fond of wearing white shirts and dresses, and they are still the kind of white coarse cloth shirts and skirts, not noble fabrics such as silk.

The long, inky hair is no longer combed into a bun like before, but simply tied with a white string to the back of the head and up to the hips.

Such a strange dress is not abrupt and grotesque in today's era of all kinds of hair buns, but it makes people feel that Miss Bai is the most beautiful dressed like this.

But if you use Li Hong's words, it is: "It's a pity that the temperament is like this, and it doesn't eat the dress of a fairy like fireworks in the world." ”

Every time Bai Chun heard this, he gritted his teeth and asked the prince: "Is my temperament something I can change?" Can you blame me by nature! ”

Or he looked up with a beautiful face and said conceitedly: "The charming and charming temperament is not something that any woman in the world wants to have!" ”

"Miss Bai, please." The steward pushed open the door and respectfully asked Bai Chun to go first.

Although Bai Chun today says that he has no official position, no name and no share, no one in Datang dares to despise this woman. Because everyone knows that she is the prince's person, she is in charge of the forbidden area behind Taiyi City for the prince.

And Taiyi City seems to be a city-state outside the Tang Dynasty, nominally Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are the parents of Taiyi City, but in fact, the entire Taiyi City is Miss Bai Chun's final say.

Moreover, Lord Xu and Master Li rarely come to Taiyi City, and always complain that there are too few people in Taiyi City and too many floating populations, so they will be handed over to Bai Chun.

Bai Chun, who had rested for half an hour, slowly appeared in the conference hall when many merchants in the council hall were about to wait impatiently.

The furnishings of the entire conference hall are very simple, a three-foot long conference table, with flowers in the middle of the long conference table, and dozens of large and comfortable chairs on both sides.

Bai Chun held the agenda book in his hand, walked quickly to the first seat at the head of the conference table and sat down, the central seat was empty, there was a chair that would only sit when the prince or His Majesty came, and no one else dared to touch it, it was wider and more comfortable than the other chairs.

The two maids who followed Bai Chun quickly distributed the documents that had already been prepared in their hands to the merchants present.

Bai Chun's soft voice said lightly: "These are the commodities that can be given to you to the maximum extent this month." ”

After finishing speaking, I saw that the businessmen sitting there were frowning and thinking, thinking about how to sell them after they went back, after all, the amount given this time was much less than last month, especially the mirrors and crystal jewelry.

"Miss Bai, in previous years, these crystals and glasses were not allowed to be bought and sold by foreign merchants, why did they let them take such a large share this time, you promised me last month, and this month you will definitely give you the amount I gave you." A businessman held the slip in his hand, his brows were about to twist into a rope, so he couldn't explain it when he went back.

Bai Chun smiled charmingly, and suddenly the entire conference room seemed to be bathed in a spring breeze, which made many businessmen present tremble.

"This is a temporary and permanent decision, and we apologize for not being able to inform you of ...... last time." Bai Chun said.

Before he finished speaking, a foreign businessman not far away from him interrupted him excitedly and said, "Miss Bai, are you saying that you will leave us a copy of these things every month in the future?" Looking at Bai Chun with excitement on his face, he didn't care at all about the price that was forty percent higher than that of Datang.

"Yes, in the future, these items that were originally exclusive to Datang will be left for you, and there will never be any favoritism." Bai Chun said with a smile on his face.

In his heart, he was about to scold Li Hong to death, this thing was simply too bad. Back then, he sent the stun and cheetah to the country of Qiuzi to contact the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, and in the end, it seemed that he used these people, as well as his own unremitting efforts over the years, and finally built a huge business intelligence network in the Western Regions.

Some time ago, I received information that it seems that it is rumored that Persia and Dashi may have made glass, although the transparency is far less than that of Datang's glass, but if they are allowed to develop, I am afraid it will not take more than ten years to catch up with the manufacturing process of the original Datang glass.

After a short period of thought, Li Hong ordered Bai Chun to sell glass and other ornaments to the Western Regions from this month, so as to make Dashi, Persia and other countries give up their plans to make glass.

Although this is something that the countries of the Western Regions are looking forward to day and night, Bai Chun is not happy, that black-hearted guy set the price at a price that is forty percent higher than the price of selling to the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, so that he can make a lot of money.

Moreover, she also has an important thing to do this time, that is, according to Li Hong's drawings, make small glass bottles that can be held in the palm of a palm, saying that they are used for a spice, and when the time comes, these things will be more profitable than other things.

Now the Daming Palace behind the Taiji Palace, this year, under the proposal of His Majesty, began to continue to build, and the glass, cement and other items used need to be supervised by Bai Chun when she came to Taiyi City.

As for the initiator of all this, he is sitting at the desk with the Tang Emperor in the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace at the moment, burying his head in what he is painting there.

"Don't draw anymore! You can't even tell yourself, how to draw. The ten-year-old prince Li Hong threw the charcoal in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and picked his son.

"I didn't make it clear, it's because you can't paint." His Majesty Li Zhi, Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, looked at a few simple lines on the table, and easily sketched the drawing method of the human face, and retorted.

At the beginning, Li Hong painted cotton for a long time, and was sneered at by Bai Chun once, but after his profound review, suddenly, he remembered the sketching method of the previous life, so after painting a self-portrait for Bai Chun, he has never painted anything else over the years.

I came to greet my father today, and the two chatted and talked about Li Zhi's father, that is, Li Hong's imperial grandfather Li Shimin. Li Zhi's nostalgia arose, so Li Hong proposed that his father describe and paint himself.

But the father and son tossed for nearly an hour, but they painted a few pictures, but none of them were satisfactory to Li Zhi.

Wu Mei sat behind the father and son, holding the self-portrait that Li Hong gave her and Li Zhi just now, and looked at this scene with a smile, such a situation happened in the royal family, but it is really rare.

Li Zhi picked up the portrait of Empress Changsun on the desk and looked at it for a long time, and then muttered: "Your imperial grandmother's painting is nine points similar, but the portrait of your imperial grandfather, I always feel that something is wrong, I say it again, if the painting is not good, I will let you go to Baekje!" ”

"Father, the fight between Tubo and Tuyuhun has begun, you should send your sons there." Li Hong picked up the charcoal on the desk and said.

"The two of them are at war, as long as it doesn't affect the Tang Dynasty, let them go first, but this Baekje wants to restore the country, and I'm afraid that the injustice will happen again." Li Zhi picked up the porcelain cup that had been improved by Li Hong, took a sip of tea and said.

"Actually, you don't have to worry about the affairs there, except for the regret that the emperor's grandfather lost the three expeditions back then, you sent troops there, and you couldn't see anything beneficial to my Datang, and that place was poor and bad, now you have made them feel your might, why don't you withdraw Liu Renliang and the others and put them on the side of Tubo, after all, this is our big trouble." Li Hong painted again according to the image of Li Shimin, the emperor's grandfather, that Li Zhi had just mentioned.

"Boy, tell me about your careful thoughts, I've made enough money in the past few years, and I'm starting to stare at my military power again?" Li Zhi watched Li Hong draw quickly on the paper one by one, and asked without raising his head.

Wu Mei, who was behind her, trembled in her heart when she heard this, put the two paintings on the desk with trembling hands, and was about to speak, only to hear Li Hong say to his father in an indifferent tone.

"That's not true, I'm not interested, that's your business, Erchen's six rates haven't been understood yet, and when Erchen understands, Erchen will attack your twelve guards." Li Hong said as a painting.

"Hmph, you explain to me first, why the glass sent to Daming Palace is more expensive than selling it to the people!" Li Zhi snorted dissatisfiedly and slapped Li Hong on the back of the head.

With a stroke of the charcoal pen in Li Hong's hand, the originally majestic face of the emperor's grandfather on the white paper on the desk was scratched, and his expression immediately became distorted, as if he was complaining about these two unscrupulous descendants, and ruined his image of martial arts and wisdom.