Chapter 10 A New Trade
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The public sale of washing water immediately set off a round of bidding boom in Chang'an City, three businessmen who took the goods from Li Su's hands sold out the goods in their hands, and continued to urge Li Su's goods, which lasted for a period of time, and the sales of washing water gradually ushered in a stable period, and now the aristocratic ladies of Chang'an basically use the washing water, a bottle of washing water is enough for them to use for a month, and ordinary people can not afford such expensive luxuries, therefore, after the crazy sales, such a situation is also expected by Li Su, of course, He is also happy to be idle, tossing back and forth between the two worlds, but he is tired enough.
"Left! No, right! No, the left ......"
Su Mo'er's little face was red with shame, and her teeth itched with hatred, the six princes were really getting worse and worse, and they always changed ways to take advantage of her, for example, now, Su Mo'er's little hand was reaching out in Li Su's clothes to tickle his back, and Su Mo'er scratched the right, he said that the left was itchy, scratched the left, he said that the right was itchy, and after a few minutes, he just couldn't scratch the right place.
The palace has silver, Jin Daqian replaced three of the previous four maids in the palace, except for the fourteen-year-old Yun'er, the other three maids who were over twenty years old received severance pay and went home separately.
Su Mo'er is one of Jin Daqian's three new maids, according to him, this girl is a young lady from a defeated aristocratic family in the previous dynasty, and was seen by Jin Daqian when she sold herself to bury her mother in the East Market, at that time, Lichun Yuan also took a fancy to her, and bought her for ten dollars, Jin Daqian thought that the maids in the palace were actually some peasant children who did not understand poetry and books, and Li Su's identity was not worthy at all, and this Su Mo'er was not only handsome, but also able to read and write, so he put on the name of Li Su and brought Su Moer back to the palace.
The little girl looked like she was crying, Li Su felt that she had made a bit of a fuss, although he understood that it was a very simple thing for a prince to occupy a maid in this era, but he still couldn't get over it psychologically. "Your Highness, I'll come!" Compared with Su Mo'er, Yun'er is much more open, and her hot eyes do not shy away from Li Su's eyes, and there is a kind of spiritual hint that you will come if you have the courage.
"Ahem! This king suddenly felt that his back was no longer itchy! Li Su got up and walked out of the study and fled.
"Sister Yun'er, thank you!" Li Su left, and Su Mo'er gave Yun'er a blessing and said gratefully.
Yun'er sighed, "Your Highness treats you differently, that's your blessing, there are many girls outside the palace compound who want to be able to be favored by His Highness one day and enjoy a lifetime of glory, you are good, you look like you can't avoid it." ”
"It's not that Mo'er doesn't know what to do, it's just that before my mother died, I swore to her that I would never commit myself to anyone until I found my sister!" Thinking of the sad thing, Su Mo'er's tears fell.
Yun'er handed over the silk cloth and comforted: "You think too much, Your Highness is just playing with you, if he wants to occupy your body, can you stop it?" If he was a perverted embryo, how could I still be perfect now! ”
"I know that His Royal Highness is a good person, everyone in the palace said so, but men ......and women don't kiss each other," Su Mo'er couldn't go on.
With a puffed mouth, Yun'er said: "You, although you came to the palace to be a maid, you still have the temper of that eldest lady!" After speaking, he pulled Su Mo'er out of the study.
Li Su left the study and went directly to the apse, and now the second half of the palace has become Li Su's factory, and those houses are empty and empty, so it is better to use them reasonably.
The washing of water came to an end, and the palace did not settle down because of this, but became more and more busy, and the newly recruited subordinates were arranged by Li Su to do another brand new job - distillation.
After the arrival of the six modern stills purchased by Li Su, Li Su transported them to the palace, and the modern equipment made Jin Daqian stunned, and when Li Su told Jin Daqian about the usefulness of these equipment, this guy's eyes turned into copper coins, and he instantly rejuvenated with passion.
Before approaching the apse, a strong aroma of wine wafted over, now the liquor distilled in the palace is all ordinary rice wine that Jin Daqian bought from the market, after all, winemaking is a very time-consuming process, and it is faster and easier to buy directly, and the price of these ordinary rice wine is very cheap, you can buy a large jar for a few pennies, and the cost is very low.
In the steaming room named Xinghuafang by Li Su, six stills are running at the same time, more than a dozen people continue to add fire, these stills are about three meters high, gourd-shaped, golden yellow throughout, through guò heating, a drop of liquor continues to drip out of the condenser tube of the still, below the condenser tube is a one-meter-high wine vat, a few days down, the wine vat has been changed two batches, this is the third batch.
"The output is still not high!" Li Su inspected it and read it in his mouth, he understood that the heating method of the distiller was a factor affecting the output, but there was no habit of using coal during the Tang Dynasty, and he inquired around, and it was not used in Chang'an City, so he could only use the original heating method now.
Of course, the new movements of the palace have not escaped the attention of well-intentioned people, and the matter of Jin Daqian, the housekeeper of Liang Wangfu's wanton purchase of rice wine, has been rumored, and there are many versions of various rumors, all of them are staring at Liang Wangfu, I don't know what tricks this little prince who committed suicide by jumping into a well and did not die can play.
"Your Highness, Wang Anzhi is here!" When Li Su scooped up the liquor and was about to taste it, Jin Daqian came over to report.
This Wang Anzhi was called by Jin Daqian by Li Su, and alcohol has a wide range of uses, not just the preparation of liquor, it is very versatile, and the point that Li Su is most familiar with is the preparation of perfume.
Preparing perfume requires not only alcohol, but also spices, and this Wang Anzhi is a well-known spice merchant in Chang'an City, which is also one of the reasons why Li Su handed over the washing water to him for sale, in order to cooperate today.
Two hundred and fifty wen from Li Yu's hand to wash water, sold in the market for three hundred wen, huge profits excited Wang Anzhi did not sleep well for a few nights, today Jin Daqian told him that when King Liang wanted to see him, he rushed over without breakfast, offending anyone, and not offending this God of Wealth.
"Caomin, Wang Anzhi has asked King Liang for peace!" Li Su came in, and Wang Anzhi hurriedly saluted, "I don't know why His Highness invited the villain to come!" ”
"It's not a big deal, sit down!" Li Yu sat down with a big grin, and now he gradually understood why people in the world like to fight for power and profit, and the feeling of being respected is indeed as addictive as drugs, "How is Wang Lao's spice business now?" ”
King Liang suddenly mentioned spices, Wang Anzhi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he still said honestly, "Hey, now the spice business is getting more and more difficult to do, Persian merchants are pouring into Chang'an, and the spices brought from the Western Regions are good and varied, and we local spice merchants are about to be crushed." ”
Li Su knew that the main export of Persian merchants to the Tang Dynasty at that time was spices, coral, gems and other goods, and it was normal for Wang Anzhi to encounter such a situation, and it was natural to need spices to make zuò perfume, and it must be expensive to buy from Persian merchants.
"You must have heard about the most extensive purchase of rice wine in the Liang Wangfu, I won't tell you, this king is recently developing a special spice, I call it perfume, and the configuration of this perfume requires a lot of spices, this king wants to cooperate with you, you provide spices, the palace is responsible for the configuration of this perfume, after the matter is completed, you can enjoy the exclusive right to sell, what does Wang Lao think?"
"Perfume!" This is a new term, Wang Anzhi hesitated, the price of spices is expensive, it is very risky to provide spices for free to develop this new thing that does not know what the market prospect is, and what he gets is only the exclusive right to sell, how the profit is impossible to get, Li Su gave him is undoubtedly an overlord clause, which is equivalent to paying for Liang Wangfu to make his own money.
"Your Royal Highness, Wang is doing a small business, which is really difficult for Wang......"
Li Su understood what he meant, and was a little disappointed, but he was not reluctant, after all, Wang Anzhi didn't know about perfume.
His abacus fell short, Li Su beat Wang Anzhi and left, people in this era really don't have any adventurous spirit at all, Li Su said secretly.
Leaving the palace nervously, Wang Anzhi breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little weird in his heart, he always felt like he had made a wrong decision, and was about to leave, when a fat man wearing a satin round-necked robe walked over, with a smile on his face, "Isn't this the king's shopkeeper?" Came to the palace so early. ”
"It turned out to be Elder Tong, and His Royal Highness also invited you?" Wang Anzhi was a little surprised.
After catching up with Li Su, Tong Nian ran to Liang Wangfu for three days, Li Su ran over and slapped the sycophants, Li Su was not there, he looked for Jin Daqian and the high account room to drink tea and chat, now the palace is up and down, there is no one who doesn't know him, today he came to the palace as usual, I didn't expect to meet Wang Anzhi, his eyes turned to his heart, "That's right, Steward Jin informed me last night, what did His Royal Highness and Brother Wang say, so that Brother Wang is so worried?" Can you make my brother ready? ”
How did Wang Anzhi know that Tong Nian had set him up, thinking that he King Liang would always talk to him about perfume, and said: "His Royal Highness King Liang said that he has developed a new perfume and asked me to provide spice ......"
After chattering for a while, Tong Nian understood the cause and effect, and he was overjoyed, "Then I'll go in, and I'll invite Brother Wang to tea another day." ”
When Li Su was hesitating whether to make zuò perfume independently, Jin Daqian came to report Tong Nian to see him, and he was familiar with this guy who didn't see him today and understood the sky, so Li Su let him in.
"Your Highness, the little one is willing to provide His Highness with the spices he needs for free!" Tong Nian saw Li Su and went straight to the point.
Li Su was a little surprised, "How do you know!" ”
Tong Nian then told Li Su about meeting Wang Anzhi.
After hesitating, Li Ke nodded, and after getting along, Li Su felt that Tong Nian was still a good person, in addition to being greedy for money, Li Ke's vision of people was still very accurate, otherwise, he would not let Tong Nian be a guest of the Shu Palace.