"Holy Lord, in fact, it is not difficult to raise enough money. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

As soon as Tang Zhou's words came out, Li Shimin immediately swallowed what he wanted to say just now, and hurriedly asked, "Oh, what method did Tang Aiqing come up with?" ”

Tang Zhou smiled: "It's not a method, it's just a matter of thinking about it from the perspective of a businessman." ”

As soon as Tang Zhou said this, Li Shimin frowned slightly, and immediately understood what Tang Zhou meant.

"Tang Aiqing is going to sell knives?"

Tang Zhou bowed his head and said: "Back to the saint, it is exactly, this knife is extremely sharp, blowing hair and breaking hair, my Tang military generals and civil officials are very fond of weapons, they must think about this knife quickly, so we might as well mark the price clearly, sell a few knives, I think the money is enough." ”

After speaking, Tang Zhou showed a slight smile, but at this time, Hou Junxin hurriedly stopped: "How can this work, not to mention that this knife is so valuable, how can it be sold as an item, and besides, the Mo knife is only suitable for killing enemies, these generals can use it as long as they fight, why buy it again?" ”

Tang Zhou shook his head: "Lord Hou is a household scholar, but this business mind is not good, the style of the Mo knife is not very good-looking, it is naturally possible to kill the enemy, but it is not good to collect, but why don't we create a batch of exquisite knives for decoration, this knife is beautiful, it can add a lot of brilliance when hung in the room, and this knife is sharp, and self-defense is also necessary." ”

Tang Zhou's words made Hou Junxin very faceless, but Hou Junxin couldn't find the words to refute, he could only look at Li Shimin, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and felt that Tang Zhou's idea was not bad, although the Tang Dynasty was very strict with weapons, but there were not many taboos for the Chinese military officials, and besides, it was just a decorative knife for self-defense, as long as the people who were sold were limited, it would not hurt.

Moreover, after limiting the number of people to be sold, whoever owns such a knife will feel that it is very face-saving, and in this way, the price of the knife will also increase.

Although Li Shimin is the emperor, he is not worse than others in business, which is also why he focuses on fighting wars and governing the country, otherwise if he is in business, few people are his opponents.

After thinking about it like this, Li Shimin nodded: "Okay, then leave this matter to Tang Aiqing, but I said first, this knife can be built with a maximum of one hundred handles, and it can only be sold to officials, and the rich can only be limited to a few people." ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, Tang Zhou smiled and said, "Holy Lord, a hundred handles is a bit much, the minister thinks it is better to build fifty handles for the time being to see the reaction, and then build fifty handles." ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Shimin suddenly laughed: "Okay, it's still Tang Aiqing's thoughtfulness, so it's done." ”

Li Shimin and Tang Zhou looked at each other and smiled, but Hou Junxin next to him was dumbfounded, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm of these two, but after Li Shimin and Tang Zhou finished laughing, he finally reacted.

Everything in this world is rare and expensive, and a hundred knives are indeed a lot, but fifty knives are just right, and fifty knives are not much at all, so that when the knives start to be sold, there will be many people rushing to buy them.

In this way, after the fifty stalks are sold, if you build another fifty stalks, it may be even more expensive than before.

However, Hou Junxin felt that there was no need for this, if the knife was extremely sharp and the hair was broken, no matter how much, someone should buy it, right?

Hou Jun thought so in confidence, but he didn't say it, in terms of business, he was really inferior to Li Shimin and Tang Zhou, he didn't know, if there were too many things, even if someone bought them, the price would not rise, only the knife was less, which made people have a sense of urgency, making them feel that if they didn't make a move, they would not be able to have it in the future, and they would buy frantically regardless of the price.

In other words, no matter how good this knife is, it still needs to be fried, just like a house, although there are many more, but it is to give people a feeling that there is not much left, so that you can't wait to get it.

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After Tang Zhou left the palace, he returned directly to the Weapons Bureau, and when Zhao Wuji saw Tang Zhou coming back, he hurriedly asked, "Little Marquis, is the money coming back?" ”

Tang Zhou waved his hand: "I didn't want to come back, I'm afraid that we will have to figure it out by ourselves this time." ”

Zhao Wuji cried and sighed softly, and then Tang Zhou said again: "Lord Zhao, how many knives can be made from the materials we purchased before?" ”

Zhao Wuji thought for a moment and said, "You can build almost thirty Mo Dao, which is far from the number stipulated by the emperor." ”

Tang Zhou pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "It's enough." ”

Saying that, Tang Zhou told Zao Wou-Ki what he told Li Shimin, and when Zao Wou-Ki heard it, he was immediately overjoyed, but then shook his head: "Little Hou Ye, this is not right, you wanted to build fifty knives at the beginning, but we are only enough to build more than thirty knives, how did you just say that it is enough?" ”

"Nature is enough, the style of the Mo knife is not good-looking, and it is very long and wide, such a knife naturally consumes materials, but the knife we want to sell is a delicate and beautiful knife, with a thin blade, so it doesn't cost much material to build fifty knives like this, and all of us now have no problem at all to build fifty handles."

As soon as Tang Zhou explained this, Zhao Wuji immediately understood: "It's still the little marquis who is smart, what problem is in your hands, it will no longer be a problem." Zao Wou-Ki's mistake of slapping the horse was done again, Tang Zhou glared at him, and he was so frightened that he quickly shut up.

"I will send the style of the knife after drawing, during this period, you have to help Ben Hou find a few skilled craftsmen, they must not only be able to strike iron, but most importantly, they must be able to make decorations for the knife, this knife is used to see and use for viewing, so it must be beautiful."

Hearing Tang Zhou's words, Zhao Wuji hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, little marquis, my Tang Dynasty has never lacked top carvers, looking for them to wrap up the lower officials." ”

Tang Zhou nodded, he didn't doubt Zao Wou-Ki's words at all, the ancients were smart and wise, and many of their crafts were beyond the reach of future generations, as long as the price was enough, there was no problem in decorating the knife very beautifully.

"Okay, Ben Hou Ye is very quick to draw, you'd better find me a craftsman after Ben Hou draws the picture."

Zao Wou-Ki didn't doubt Tang Zhou's words at all, even the famous painter Yan Liben was Tang Zhou's apprentice, who dared to question his painting speed?

"Don't worry, Master Hou, the next official will go and find it."

After speaking, Zao Wou-Ki left in a hurry, he had done this a lot when he was in the Salt and Iron Division before, and it was not difficult to find a craftsman, Tang Zhou saw Zao Wou-Ki like this, and smiled with satisfaction, although Zao Wou-Ki liked flattery a little, but the efficiency of doing things was still good, and it was good to do things with him, at least better than those who had a simple brain and didn't know anything about it.

Now that Zao Wou-Ki has gone to find a craftsman, he just needs to go back and draw the shape of the Tang knife in his impression, which is not a difficult task, but he feels that he should take this opportunity to do something for himself, such as making a few good-looking kitchen knives?