In the fourth year of Yuanhe, the first day of the ninth month, the new day. Diaphragm

The daily value is on the new year, don't use it for big things!

It's just that not everyone is qualified to care about these things, and even those who are qualified may not really care about these things, at least in Chang'an.

Before the fourth watch arrived, people began to wait at the city gate of Chang'an.

When the sky was slightly glowing with white light, it was visible to the naked eye that many people waiting to enter the city had gathered in front of each gate of Chang'an City.

Judging from the clothes and dress, these people include all kinds of people, such as fishermen, woodcutters, herdsmen, readers, farmers, workers, craftsmen, and pawns, and there are even many people who seem to be either rich or noble.

In normal times, they may not have any intersection, but at this moment, they are also waiting to enter the city, but they do not seem to be in harmony.

As the imperial capital of the entire Li Tang Dynasty, the city gate will be opened during the fourth watch. Diaphragm

However, after the Anshi Rebellion and a series of rebellions and accidents, the opening time of the Chang'an City Gate has been postponed by the Emperor Taishang to the fifth watch.

There are many people waiting at the city gate who look very noble, however, even if the sky falls, they must wait until the city gate opens, otherwise it will be the sin of the nine clans.

As the wait grew, some even began to talk outside the gates.

After a few of the men in the prime of life with a handsome figure and a bad face muttered a few words to each other, one of the young men said to a person beside him.

"Brother Li, I heard that the situation in Chang'an City has suddenly become tense now, Jin Wuwei is constantly patrolling, I don't know if it will become stricter when entering the city today, it is better to ......"

With the tone of the speaker, the eyes of the group collectively turned to the position not far from them.

Through the negligible starlight, it was clear that it was an old man and a young man, driving an ox cart full of charcoal. Diaphragm

Seeing the ox cart, the cart of charcoal, and the old and the young, several people were thoughtful, and the young man who came up with the idea made a gesture of cutting down gently.

As a result, before the gesture was finished, the slap of the strong man in the lead slapped directly on the young man's head.

"You kid, we are all people who want to do big things, how much money can a car of carbon have, why ...... because of this, if it really ......"

After a few simple exchanges, under the leadership of the leader, several people walked straight to the old man.

"Dare to ask this old man, how much does this carbon sell?"

"This ......"

Looking at the darkness, several strong men who suddenly surrounded him, and the young man, who was only about eleven or twelve years old, hugged the old man directly. Diaphragm

The old man, who was in thin shape and had white hair, was also nervous all of a sudden, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

The old man's hesitant and hesitant state made a strong man at the head a lot easier, after all, this is the normal reaction of an ordinary charcoal seller when he sees his own people.

In the face of a few big men, if this old man is calm, then I am afraid that I need to seriously consider the identity of this charcoal seller, after all, his identity is not visible, in case it is discovered, it is not a joke.

In line with the principle of trying to make extraneous branches as much as possible, the strong man tried to soften his tone and explained slowly.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'm not a villain, but I saw that my husband's charcoal is really good, so I came over to ask about the price."

Hearing that these people were going to buy carbon, not grab carbon, or do something else, the old man was obviously relieved, although he was still a little trembling when he spoke, but after all, he gave an answer.

"This carbon, three pennies a pound." Diaphragm

"A pound of three pennies?" Hearing the price quoted by the old man, the strong man's brows furrowed.

It is not easy to burn charcoal these days, the procedure is relatively complicated, and the danger is not low, so the price of the finished product is not low.

In the consciousness of the strong man, the price of charcoal is five to two copper coins per catty, and the price will be even higher if it is a cold winter when carbon is urgently needed.

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The strong man is not from Guanzhong, although he has lived near Chang'an for nearly a year, but for the sake of safety, he and his brothers are just honestly served with good food and drink, and rarely go out, so they don't know the exact price of Guanzhong and even Chang'an, but he is still familiar with charcoal, and the gap in Datang is actually not big.

After all, you need to warm up through this thing in winter, and things are scarce and expensive.

And now it's September, and it's the crisp autumn season, and it's a bit too much to sell something that costs five to two cents at a market price of three cents.

Looking at the weight carried by the ox cart behind, there are almost about 1,000 catties, and this 1,000 catties of charcoal will directly go out at least 1,500 copper coins. Diaphragm

It is said that there is no business and no treachery, but the charcoal seller in front of him is really a bit excessive, this is to see that he is easy to speak, and he directly slaughters himself as a wronged leader, and he is not short of this bit of money, but if this matter is spread out in the future, how will he mix it in the rivers and lakes in the future?

The strong man's mood was obviously getting worse, but the old man thought that the strong man was dissatisfied because of the price, and the whole person became more relaxed, and without waiting for the strong man to make other reactions, the old man asked in advance.

"Listening to the accent, I'm afraid a few of you are not locals, right?"

"Yes, we are indeed not locals," Hearing the surging smile in the other party's voice, the strong man could not vaguely suppress his emotions.

"Uncle, I'm afraid this has nothing to do with a pound of carbon sandime."

Hearing the obvious change in tone, the old man's smile became even worse.

"A few people are not locals, and it is normal for them to feel expensive if they don't know, if they stay in Chang'an for a while, they will know that as long as the charcoal is transported to Chang'an City, it can be sold for at least five pounds, and the old car of carbon can be sold for at least five copper coins!" Diaphragm

"Penny?"

This time, not only the strong man who was the leader, but even the few people around the strong man were deeply shocked, a pound of charcoal and five cents, this profit is simply higher than when the horse goes to rob, if there is really this income, who is willing to do the business of licking blood with a knife head.

At this time, even laughter came from their side.

"Selling charcoal, you can be conservative, when you arrive at the eldest princess's mansion, your car of carbon can be sold for 10,000 yuan!"

Copper coins have always been thousands of dollars, ten thousand dollars, which is equivalent to a full ten.

A cart of charcoal is ten copper coins, according to this amount, if you are diligent enough, it is not difficult to accumulate thousands of family wealth.

The performance of the strong man and his party was obviously expected by the old man, and the whole person did not speak much, just quietly watched the strong man and his party smile and did not speak, judging from the performance just now, he could also see that the strong man and his party were indeed not bad people, otherwise he might not be able to stand here safely now. Diaphragm

"This can't be nonsense, if you really ask for ten yuan from the eldest princess's mansion, you will lose your conscience, the old man doesn't want to damage his yin virtue because of this money."

Not to mention anything else, a ten-run money really shocked the strong man, but after hearing the old man's words, the strong man led by him quickly returned to his normal state.

Because he was keenly aware of the word that had appeared for the second time, the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

"Uncle, you said the eldest princess's mansion?"

"Yes!"

"Which eldest princess's mansion?"

"Ahaha!" Diaphragm

"Aha!"

"Haha!"

The strong man didn't expect that one of his questions would cause a burst of laughter around him.

Hearing the question of the strong man, the old man who felt that the strong man was not a bad guy said quickly.

"Honorable, this kind of title is unacceptable, there is only one eldest princess in Chang'an City."

There is only one eldest princess in Chang'an City, which is obviously problematic, after all, there is more than one daughter of the emperor, and there is more than one who has been canonized.

However, there were no doubts or dissatisfaction around these words, but this kind of words that he couldn't understand and couldn't say anyway made countless question marks in the strong man's mind. Diaphragm

He wanted to ask who the eldest princess was, but the scene in front of him was obviously not suitable for this question.

At the same moment, the same doubts appeared in the open space of this city gate, and many strangers thought about it.

Fortunately, the old man who sold charcoal saw the doubts of the strong man.

"There is only one eldest princess in Chang'an City, and that is the eldest princess of Dunhuang who has countless living people!"

"Dunhuang!"

"An old ......, ...... four years ago"

The charcoal seller was not from Guanzhong, but came to Guanzhong with his son who entered the Shence Army in the past, but unfortunately in the battle of Xingqing Palace, his son was killed as a member of the Shence rebels, and the old man who lost his son was forced to start burning charcoal again in order to feed a family of old and weak women and children. Diaphragm

It's just that charcoal is not easy to burn, and the price of charcoal is not high in the season outside of winter, and the old man tried his best to barely keep the whole family from starving to death.

It's just that the old man's luck is very good, because Guo Rong wants to burn glass, and before Fugu found it, the fuel that can provide glass burning is essentially only charcoal.

You must know that when Yan Qing, that is, when Xiao Fourteen married Guo Rong, the Emperor Taishang married a large number of skilled craftsmen, and according to the information provided by Guo Rong, it is not too simple to study how to burn glass.

After mastering the relatively mature glass firing technology, and monopolizing the entire industry with the Emperor Li Yu, the glass or glass industry has become a cash cow in Guo Rong's hands.

Since then, Guo Rong has begun to purchase a series of upstream items in his own glass industry such as sand and charcoal on a large scale in the name of the Princess's Mansion in Dunhuang.

Although the glass industry is very profitable, Guo Rong and Li Yu have a clear agreement from the beginning, after deducting the cost, 228 shares, Guo Rong takes 20%, 20% into the emperor's private money, and 60% into the Taifu Temple as the military expenses of the forbidden army.

Since the procurement of raw materials also belongs to the cost, in line with the principle that the public is not wasteful, Guo Rong set the price of all raw materials at a ridiculously high price, and the purchase price of charcoal for one pound and five cents also came from this. Diaphragm

A grand wedding and countless dowries have made the world known to the world that the eldest princess of Dunhuang is the richest woman in the world.

However, through the development of glass, Guo Rong discovered that the greatest value that the Emperor gave to Yan Qing to marry was not those floating wealth, but this group of skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, in line with the principle of not wasting, Guo Rong continued to provide ideas and creativity according to the memories of later generations, and told these skilled craftsmen the basic principles of some items in later generations, so that they could play freely.

After all, the area of the Dunhuang Eldest Princess's Mansion is large enough, let them toss it, anyway, they will toss it out, and the benefits will be their own.

And the combination of Xiao Fourteen and the Prairie Princess has never been indifferent to Guo Rong, so when other people's backyards are either stuffed with beauties or treasures, the backyard of the Dunhuang Eldest Princess's Mansion has become the largest innovation base in the Tang Dynasty, with the largest number of people and the most advanced concept.

Then, those craftsmen who were used as dowries gave Guo Rong a huge surprise, and batch after batch of products were continuously produced from the backyard of the mansion of the eldest princess in Dunhuang.

These include wooden tables, chairs and benches built by carpenters according to Guo Rong's requirements, including monoculars made after polishing lenses. Diaphragm

Later, with the development of Fugu coal, the role of charcoal in heating was greatly reduced, but Guo Rong still needed to burn glass, and more importantly, charcoal was one of the three basic raw materials of black powder.

Gradually, the Princess's Mansion of Dunhuang became the only large-scale buyer of charcoal.

At the same time, the Dunhuang Princess's Mansion purchased not only charcoal, but also a large number of messy items such as sulfur, saltpeter, and cinnabar.

And it is these things that inadvertently feed too many people, including charcoal sellers.

It's just that all these things can only be carried out through the Dunhuang Eldest Princess's Mansion, so that Yan Qing, the legendary eldest princess, has become the only one in Chang'an City.

For other people's criticism or speculation, there is one of the most popular sayings on the market: Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has money, but pity these poor ghosts in Guanzhong!

It is naturally impossible for the charcoal seller to know the inside story of the eldest princess's mansion, but the charcoal of five cents and a pound is enough to make him grateful to Dade, and through the explanation of the charcoal seller's angle, the strong man felt a different kind of surprise. Diaphragm

Of course, more importantly, the Mansion of the Eldest Princess of Dunhuang also belongs to one of the targets he accepted, and it is the highest price, originally worried about how to get close to the target, but now looking at the cart of charcoal in front of him, a group of people led by strong men brought a thick smile.

At the same moment, inside Chang'an City, outside the palace walls, there were also people waiting for the palace gate to open.

It's just that, compared with outside Chang'an City, the crowd outside the palace walls is much simpler, and the quality is not comparable to outside the city.

On the day of the court meeting, in Chang'an City, the honorable ministers and civil and military officials who held more than nine grades entered the palace to participate in the court meeting, and they were not allowed to be absent without reason.

It is also close to the fourth watch, the same outside Chang'an City, outside the Xuanzhong Gate of Daming Palace in Chang'an City, and there are also people waiting quietly.

Compared with the ordinary people at other city gates, the civil and military officials at the gate of the palace wall in Chang'an City, the ministers and nobles, and the ones outside the Daming Palace are rows and columns, full of energy, well-trained, strong physique, and complete armor and stomach.

The city gate outside Chang'an City was closed, and the palace gate inside Chang'an City was also tightly closed, but in the same time period, the Xuanzhong Gate at the northernmost end of Daming Palace was quietly opened. Diaphragm

With the help of the cover of the night, a group of stubborn forbidden troops waiting outside the Daming Palace are quietly entering the Daming Palace.

At the beginning of the morning, the sun was still rising in the east, the gates of Chang'an City were still open normally, and a large number of people poured into Chang'an City from all over the city gates, and the civilians, warriors and nobles gathered in front of the palace gate also began to line up into the palace.

At this point, everything seemed to be normal in Chang'an City, until the sound of the Bell and Drum Tower rang.

In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Li Chun began the purge of courtiers, Beijing officials, and nobles, and was in Chang'an City......