Li Jun explained, "The Western Regions are far away from the Great Zhou Road, at least two months, and I must be afraid that the incense will be sent too late." ”

"It's also ......" Mu Wanqiu nodded, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked up at Li Jun, "I can transform those Buddha incense from Li Ji into the form of Buddha nodding, Yihe can't compete with us anymore!" ”

"This time, the Li family will not participate, Ah Qiu has just redeemed Baiji Daxiangfang, so let's participate in the name of the Baiye Fang branch."

"How's that going to work?" Mu Wanqiu shook his head, "The Western Regions Chronicles record that as a big Buddhist country, the Western Regions like saffron, sandalwood, borneol and other Tibetan herbal medicines to treat incense, and it should be Li Ji's Buddha incense, the Buddha of Baiye Fang nodded that Guanyin incense was always passed from Dali, which is not suitable for the Western Regions. "Now the production of Buddha incense is to rob the Li family's business, and nearly two million debts have not been paid yet, she doesn't want to violate her oath to compete with the Li family, so she looks at Li Jun with a smile...... This time, Li Ji completely turned over. ”

Since the suspension of production in August, the Li family has not resumed production of other incense products except for reincarnation and huā incense extract, and she has proposed several times to launch several new fragrance products for the Li family to overwhelm Yihe, but Li Jun has refused on the grounds that she can prepare for the top perfumer exam with peace of mind.

Now that she's done with the exam, she can finally show off her skills.

Unexpectedly, Li Jun shook his head without thinking about it...... Li Ji will have to turn over sooner or later, and at this time, let Ah Qiu fight for this order in the name of Heimu, I don't want to be so cheap Yihe. "Again." Ah Qiu's idea is good, if he can really make different styles of Buddha incense in the form of Buddha nodding, this time the Baiyefang branch can grab at least seven million orders. ”

"No, no...... Mu Wanqiu's head shook like a wave drum, "Long live the will of the family, the Li family will not fight for such a big matter, and if the lot is not good, it will lose the qualification of the imperial businessman, besides, if it really grabs the order of seven million grains. The total number and semicolon of Kashiwa Yefang together do not have such a large production capacity! She looked at Li Jun with a straight face, "Could it be that Brother Li doesn't even ...... these," and her voice suddenly paused...... Don't let me come out, Brother Li is afraid that I will become the eye nail of the British king? ”

For a moment, a blush rose up his cheeks.

"King Ning has just come to the secret letter, and Banzai has secretly transferred the Turkic border army in the area of Wuji Mountain and sent heavy troops, thinking that he has become vigilant to King Chang Min of England, and it is only a matter of time before the prince returns." Li Jun looked at Mu Wanqiu seriously, "When the success is dying, I am worried that the king of England will count the root cause of the failure on your head." ”

The Li family was on the verge of despair several times. It was Mu Wanqiu who came to the rescue, she just casually launched a fragrance and turned the clouds and rain in an instant, how could the king not hate her? The dog jumped over the wall when he was in a hurry, not to mention the ruthless King Ying, at that time, he was poisonous and hateful, even if he died, he would pull Mu Wanqiu to be a funeral.

The more low-key Mu Wanqiu is now, the better.

"Brother Li is wrong." Hearing this, Mu Wanqiu shook her head, "...... I have long been in the eyes of the king. Even if I don't come out this time, if I really hold a grudge, he won't let me go on the day he loses power. Brother Li looks forward and shrinks back like this, it will only fulfill Yihe, once the Liu family has a firm foothold in the incense world, I am afraid that even if the king loses power in the future, we will have nothing to do with them! ”

At that time, the Liu family's wind will change, and it will not be so easy to find a backer again, and it will not be so easy to defeat them.

To take revenge, she has to deal not only with the King of England. She also has to deal with the Liu family and Ruan Yu.

Li Jun sighed secretly in his heart. No words.

Who said no, knowing that things have come to this day. Mu Wanqiu stretched out his head and shrunk his head with a knife, but he always had a little luck. I hope that the king of England will not hate Mu Wanqiu too much when he sees that the Li family has been in a slump since the order was returned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"I have incense on me at all times, and I have Wang Qiyu's protection, it's not so easy for the King of England to kill me." Seeing that Li Jun was hesitant, Mu Wanqiu straightened her chest and promised.

"Ah Qiu......" Li Jun called out earnestly, "Bai Yefang came out to fight for this order, and it is the same." ”

"It's different!" Mu Wanqiu shook his head, "The Li family will lose the qualification of the imperial merchant because of this, and because of Heimu's status as the king of Chen Guojun, no matter how amazing the incense is, Banzai will not choose Bai Ye as the imperial merchant, once we lose the royal market, we will not have the capital to fight with Yihe." Seeing that Li Jun was about to say, Mu Wanqiu simply said, "If you don't worry, Brother Li will be inseparable and protect me!" ”

The tone was three points willful, Mu Wanqiu's face was red, she looked at Li Jun quietly, her ethereal and clear eyes flashed with an incomparably firm and trusting light, which made Li Jun's heart tremble.

At this moment, he felt that Mu Wanqiu had given her entire body and mind to him.

“…... Okay, just follow what Ah Qiu said. He nodded decisively, "Ah Qiu will make a material list first, and I will immediately ask Shuoyang's third brother to prepare the spices first." He said with a smile: "It's too late, I'm afraid the price will rise." "The Yao family will never let go of such a good opportunity to make money.

The corners of her mouth curved, and Mu Wanqiu showed a happy smile.

The ready-made secret recipe of Buddha incense is transformed into a continuous roll of ash after burning, and it is not difficult to nod the incense stick like the gods and Buddhas, as long as talcum powder, viscose and saltpeter are used instead of wood powder and elm powder.

In just three days, Mu Wanqiu made more than a dozen samples, five of which were made into Buddha nods, dried in the incense room, and checked one by one.

The long and quiet fragrance of the room, with her eyes slightly closed, savored carefully, Mu Wanqiu seemed to have entered a Zen realm. She is very confident in this batch of incense, even if Gu Qin will improve the Li family's Buddha incense for Yihe, it will never be as delicate and smooth as her incense.

The secret technique of scalding elm powder with boiling water is no longer known except for her Bai Ye Fang.

was holding a silver hairpin to pluck the incense ash rolled up like money on the incense head, and picking up the delicacy of the incense ash, Mo Xue pushed the door in, "Miss, there is a letter from the Baiye Fang in Shuoyang." ”

“…... What's the matter? Mu Wanqiu continued to play with the incense ash with the silver hairpin.

"As soon as the holy decree of screening Buddha incense came, the price of sandalwood in Shuoyang doubled." Mo Xue handed the letter in her hand to Mu Wanqiu..... The shopkeeper asked you if you want to hoard more? ”

"Of course you have to stock up!" Mu Wanqiu didn't raise her head.

No matter how the recipe changes, the only spice that is inseparable from the treatment of Buddha incense in the Western Regions is sandalwood. Buddhism calls sandalwood "sandalwood" in the Western Regions Chronicles: "Sandalwood, this cloud and music, said that white sandalwood can cure fever, red sandalwood can go to wind swelling, all are in addition to the joy of illness and health, hence the name and music."

Buddhists have always believed that the faint smell of sandalwood can soothe the soul and help people meditate on ginseng, not the most taboo sandalwood in Taoism, I believe that the Buddha incense samples sent to the lack of sandalwood, even if the taste is good, the envoys of the Western Regions will not choose.

"According to your instructions, Shopkeeper Sun has just placed a large number of incense fields in the suburbs of Shuoyang, and the current cash in Baiye Fang adds up to less than 100,000 taels, if you want to stock up, Miss has to find a way to raise silver."

Raising money?

After a pause with her fingers playing with the incense ash, Mu Wanqiu raised her head, she had just borrowed a million taels of silver, where could she go to raise silver at this time?

However, if there is no sandalwood, once she grabs the order from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, what will she deliver?

“…... The decree only arrived yesterday, why is the price increasing today? Muttering in her mouth, Mu Wanqiu suddenly remembered that Shuoyang's spice market was controlled by Yao Ji, and then the past cloth hoarding incident flashed in front of her...... What time is it today? ”

"The twenty-first day of the lunar month."

"If you hurry up, can you get to Ankang in half a month?"

"Ordinary people can't get there, if the Li family should be able to do it." Mo Xue thought for a while, "I heard Qin Jian say that the Li family has set up more than a dozen semicolons on the way from Daye to Ankang, and if there is an emergency item to be delivered, it will be passed down from station to station, day and night, and it will be possible to reach Ankang in ten days." She looked at Mu Wanqiu suspiciously, "Why is this asked?" ”

"That's good......" Mu Wanqiu wiped the sweat from her forehead, lowered her head and put away the incense she was tasting, and instructed Mo Xuedao, "...... The payments just received by the Baiyefang branch were transferred to Shuoyang. "After thinking about it", he took the title deed of Bai Guangsheng's original piece of fragrant field in the western suburbs to Hongtai as a mortgage, borrowed 200,000 taels of silver, and asked Uncle Sun to take advantage of the low price of sandalwood to step up stockpiling. He commanded in an accentuated tone, "...... Let Uncle Sun keep an eye on the sandalwood market, and the situation on that side will be reported to me every day. ”

In response, Mo Xue turned around and left, and when she was about to reach the door, she suddenly turned her head, "...... If you want to mortgage, why doesn't Miss go to Deshengchang? ”

As the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and De Shengchang has the participation of her young lady, and of course the interest money is earned by her family.

Mu Wanqiu frowned, "Brother Li must also be raising money everywhere, and the money at this time will naturally be used outside." ”

In the sandalwood courtyard, Li Qing respectfully reported to Li Jun.

“…... The third prince has already sent more than a dozen urgent letters urging the silver, and the lord asked you to allocate the silver today. Li Qing handed Master Li's note to Li Jun "Listening to Mrs. Ruyu's eldest maid, Aunt Cui complained to the master early in the morning, complaining that you suppressed the third son, and when she saw that he had just made some eyebrows in Shuoyang, she began to drag (the fastest update) backwards, and refused to allocate money for him to develop. Seeing that Li Jun was silent, Li Qing said again, "The order of 10 million pieces of the Internal Affairs Office, no matter how the price of sandalwood rises, the workshop that took the order must take over, otherwise, it is a crime to deceive the monarch if it cannot be delivered on time, and the lord also said that this is a business that only makes money and does not lose money." "Aunt Cui is Li He's biological mother, and she is the most favored among Master Li's four wives and concubines.

Reaching out to take Master Li's note, Li Jun frowned.

Regardless of losing money and making money, just saying that the Li family itself also wants to use sandalwood, this goods must be hoarded, Li Jun did not expect that the 500,000 taels of silver that had just been allocated were all embezzled by Li He to buy the incense field thrown by the Yao family at a low price, and now that the price of sandalwood has risen, he began to be anxious to prepare silver.

Obviously, this is a deliberate act by the Yao family, first, to consume the Li family's funds, and secondly, to make the Li family lose the opportunity to purchase sandalwood.