This group of children is still worried about what to play today, this king runs such a big business, and he has to deal with the court and his father.

Li Daozong walked out of Zongzheng Mansion, "Qingque has already gone to the Zongmiao to worship?" ”

Hearing this, Li Tai returned to his senses and saluted Li Daozong respectfully, "Uncle Wang, I have already worshipped." ”

In the face of the clan general Li Daozong, Li Tai did not dare to slack off, among the clan generals who followed his father to fight in the south and the north, Li Daozong had a very high prestige in the army, and his age was similar to Li Xiaogong.

Li Daozong acts much more seriously on weekdays, which is different from Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong and others, who are also clan generals.

Moreover, Li Daozong's military achievements are great, and he used to listen to the elders.

And just two years ago, General Li Jing conquered the Turks in the north, it was the winter of November in the north, General Li Jing divided the army into six routes to attack Yinshan, Li Daozong led his troops to chase into Lingzhou, on the way Jieli to flee to Tuyuhun, Li Daozong led his troops to sweep through Monan, and went thousands of miles to force Jieli's uncle Ashina Suni to lose Jieli.

At this point, the Northern Expedition to the Turks came to an end.

In this battle, not only Li Jing, but Li Daozong also made great contributions, giving 600 households of food, and the official worship of the criminal department, which was deeply valued by his father and emperor, and had a lot of prestige in the clan.

"You are a prince, you shouldn't get too close to Zhang Yang."

Hearing Li Daozong's upright voice, Li Tai came back to his senses and said, "Uncle Wang has taught him a lesson. ”

Li Daozong frowned and said in a low voice: "After all, he is just a person in the market. ”

Although he said that, Zhang Yang was not useless, Li Tai wanted to explain again, but Li Daozong left.

Looking back at the Zongzheng Mansion, some people were talking in a low voice, and some people were flattering and smiling.

Hypocrisy is written on these people's faces.

This inexplicable repression is very uncomfortable.

Li Tai straightened his sleeves and left here, the cost of soap is not high, according to the dosage, the cost of a piece of soap is about ten wen, leaving aside labor and so on, the price of thirty wen is not much.

Only in this way will soap not become a luxury, something that everyone can afford.

It is also a good way to avoid the idea that the father wants to be frugal.

Ordering soap in large quantities to give away expensive soap, and in the end earning the income of long-term orders, will those powerful people really use ordinary soap?

Lowering the price of soap can make soap affordable for ordinary people, and what the powerful want is soap with fragrance, in fact, the cost of soap is also not high, compared to the soap without fragrance, the cost is just more dried petals.

This is the real profit, avoid the way of selling, and use the way of delivery.

Walking out of Zongzheng Mansion, Li Tai saw a group of noisy children again, shook his head and sighed.

Walking around Suzaku Street, I looked at my milk tea business, the business was still as good as ever, and then I looked at the soap shop, there were many people in front of the store, the profits were thin, but the sales were higher, and my brother-in-law was smart.

I have to visit my brother-in-law again and tell him the good news.

"Brother-in-law! Our business is getting better again! Li Tai shouted as soon as he entered the door.

"I hear you."

Zhang Yang replied while trying on the new clothes made by his daughter-in-law.

The bear didn't like Li Tai as a guest, so he stepped into the firewood room and sat against the wall, scratching his bulging belly.

A few birds kept chirping on the roof, the sun was very comfortable today, and the little bear was lying on the door of the firewood house enjoying the warmth.

"Brother-in-law, how did you come up with it?" Li Tai's face was adoring.

"It's just a means to throw bricks and lead jade, it will work for a while, but it won't work in the future, we still have to transform."

"I understand." Li Taihan smiled.

Li Yue measured the width of Zhang Yang's shoulders, "The shoulders of the clothes are narrow, I'll change them." ”

Zhang Yang straightened his shoulders, "It's already good, it's just a coat anyway." ”

"No, wear it out like this, make people laugh."

"It's me who is laughing at, not you."

"That's the clothes I made, too."

The husband and wife quarreled over a piece of clothing and were also very sweet, and directly ignored Li Tai on the side.

Li Yue held the ruler, "My husband's shoulders are much wider than mine, I'll measure my waist again, don't move." ”

"I don't know how Mr. Ouyang's body is? I prepared some duck eggs for his old man to deliver. ”

"It's okay, duck eggs are not valuable, and the old people will accept them." Li Yue said that he also measured it and recorded the size.

Li Tai talked about his future plans, including expanding his soap workshop and how many people he would add in the future.

Listening to these stories, Li Yue was not in a very good mood, and sat down with a calm face and said, "Qingque." ”

Li Tai stood outside the house, "Sister Huang." ”

Li Yue still held a ruler in his hand and said in a deep voice: "It's a good thing that my father advocates frugality, but if you let your husband think of a way to continue to buy soap in a different way, isn't this against your father?" ”

In the past, in order to make more money, I did some tricks in privately raising the price of buying and selling, and sold a lot of money at a high price.

My father wanted to be diligent and thrifty, and he didn't want to let this extravagant atmosphere grow, so he first had to start a soap business.

Think about it from another perspective, what exactly does the father want?

Li Tai pondered carefully, scratching the back of his head in annoyance, "Sister Huang means that this matter was done wrong?" ”

"That's right, soap is a long-term business, and it's also related to the family's income."

Li Yue sat on the chair and looked at him, "This matter is because the husband helped you, but you have to know the risks, do you think your father doesn't know anything?" This kind of clever father can see through it at a glance. ”

"The imperial sister means ......"

Li Tai's eyes were flustered, and he was really panicked, he was too angry in his heart at that time to think about it so much.

"Since it involves the business of the two of us, it is natural that the imperial sister cannot sit idly by."

Listening to Li Yue's words, Li Tai stood straight with his head down.

"Admit your mistake to my father."

"I'll go."

"There's no hurry." Li Yue called him again, took a sip of tea and continued: "You have been smart since you were a child, of course it is not good to fight against your father and the emperor, as a prince, you must have filial piety, and know how to advance and retreat, in order to keep this business, if your father really wants to ban the soap business, just one sentence can make the soap business disappear, do you understand?" ”

"Is it necessary to make my father understand that the soap business is also beneficial to my father, and that it will change from my father's feeling that soap promotes extravagance to being beneficial to my father?"

Li Tai was a smart child, and he immediately understood what Li Yue meant.

Li Yue took out a roll of paper, "This is the method I discussed with my husband, you can try it for the time being." ”

Zhang Yang packed a package, "We still have to visit Mr. Ouyang Xun, so we won't entertain you." ”

Li Tai looked at the contents of the scroll and nodded hurriedly.

The important thing is not how the business is done or how to make money, but the important thing is to keep the business.

Just like the imperial sister said, as long as the father and the emperor say a word, the soap business can disappear in Chang'an.

Li Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead and left in a hurry.

"Can he do it well?" Li Yue frowned.

"Our brother-in-law is very awake, although he is frizzy, but he can understand a little." Zhang Yang picked six eggs and six duck eggs and put them in the package, and then poured in some millet to cushion the eggs.

Movable type printing uses Ouyang Xun's font, of course, we must take good care of his old man, and the number of etiquette should not be less.

Ouyang Xun is the first person in the Tang Dynasty, even in later generations, it is one of the most used fonts, and is known as the regular script, the main book.

The characteristics of regular script are neat and tidy, the font is square, the strokes are straight, and it looks very comfortable.

Li Tai returned to his mansion, hurriedly prepared and went to the palace, and carefully recalled the words of the imperial sister before entering the palace, for fear of missing something.

At this moment, his father was reviewing the chapter in the Ganlu Palace, and Li Tai asked the eunuch in front of the palace to pass the ceremony.

The eunuch quickly walked out and replied, "Please invite His Royal Highness King Wei into the palace." ”

Li Tai took a deep breath, straightened his clothes and walked into the hall, and saw his father bow his head and salute.

"What are you going to do?" Li Shimin didn't look up, his eyes were still on the music.

"The retainers are here to admit their mistakes."

Li Shimin raised his eyes to look at him, put down the pen in his hand, "What do you mistake?" ”

Li Tai bowed again and then stood up straight, "Father Rende doesn't want the soap business to fuel the extravagance of Chang'an City. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said: "Didn't you lower the price of soap, now thirty yuan a piece, Suzaku Street is crowded with people who want to buy soap, I have also used soap is indeed a good thing." ”

"Erchen thinks that just reducing the price is not enough."

Li Shimin was happy, and then asked, "Then what do you think is enough?" ”

Li Tai took a deep breath, "Erchen has the courage to share his father's worries. ”

"If you can be sensible, you should share the worries of me and your mother." Li Shimin sat upright, "If you have nothing else, you can step back." ”

The words fell, and seeing that Li Tai was still standing here, Li Shimin said, "What else do you have to do?" ”

"Father." Li Tai stepped forward and lowered his voice, "Didn't my father order to rectify the construction of Chang'an City, especially to clean the streets?" ”

"I did say that."

"Erchen found that his father ordered at that time, Chang'an City did clean up, and some streets were much cleaner, but it only lasted for a while, and now in addition to Suzaku Street, other streets and alleys are still dirty, and some canals that can't discharge sewage are blocked again, not to mention that there are rarely set foot in streets and alleys, and weeds have grown in some places."

"I will ask the Zhongshu Province to send someone to supervise."

"Father, Erchen thinks that this kind of supervision is not effective, and wants to completely change the situation in Chang'an City, but also to change the style of life, Erchen's soap business now seems to be a thin profit, but he is also willing to take out fifty percent of the profits to help his father govern the situation in Chang'an City, you can put garbage cans in every street and alley in Chang'an City, and let the residents of Chang'an City dump all the garbage into the garbage cans."

"And then hand over part of the profits to the Ministry of Industry, so that the Ministry of Industry can dredge the canals in Chang'an City, which still has many places that need to be repaired." Li Taiyi gritted his teeth and continued: "In the future, where it needs to be repaired, the sons are also willing to pay money, and they will also use it for the people. ”

"Take it from the people, use it for the people?" Li Shimin's eyes looked at his son, "Qingque, you have good intentions. ”

I can hear my father's words, not appreciation, but questioning.

Li Tai replied in a low voice: "The son wants to share his father's worries. ”

Li Shimin said in an urn voice: "Tell the truth. ”

"Whoa!" Li Tai saluted again in a panic, "Actually, I want to keep this deal"

"The sons and daughters can't share the benefits to their father on the surface, they just want to keep the deal."

Li Shimin was silent, holding his forehead when he closed his eyes, "Qingque, my father and your mother just hope that you can be sensible, you have been smart since you were a child, but you are all smart." ”

"Erchen doesn't have great wisdom, this little cleverness makes my father smile."

"You want to keep this deal, and you want to do something for the DPRK, if I want to clean up your business in the future, I also have to think about whether it will bring losses to the DPRK."

"Father, my sons and daughters never meant that."

"You can try it and see how it works, I will let Yan Liben arrange it."

"Then the minister will retire first."

"We must also hurry up the matter of the geographical chronicles, don't delay."

"Erchen understands."

Walking out of the Manna Palace, the stone in Li Tai's heart finally fell to the ground, but fortunately, the scroll of paper given by the imperial sister was written in detail enough, and how the emperor would question him was written on it.

After Li Tai walked away, he took out this book again, and there were two main points written on it, the first was to be honest with his father and not to hide it, and the second was to state his intentions with an attitude of admitting his mistakes.

All the way from the Ganlu Hall to the front of the Taiji Palace, Li Tai sat down weakly, as long as he was honest with his father and admitted his mistakes, his father would not pursue it too much.

Secondly, we must keep the business, the business needs to be protected, and it is too clumsy to send benefits directly to the father, if the profits can be used for the construction of Chang'an City, this is the real security.

Family property needs hole cards to maintain, if one day when the residents of Chang'an City understand that the profits they make from buying soap are used for the construction of Chang'an City where they live, it will naturally make the business rise.

It's just a means of self-preservation, and it can make people with ulterior motives throw themselves into the trap.

It takes courage and decisiveness to take so much profit.

There is a give-and-take, and what is taken out is only temporary, but the protection obtained is long-lasting.

Everything is planned and planned for now and in the future.

Li Tai scratched his head vigorously, are the brothers-in-law and the imperial sister thinking about so many calculations? What a terrible couple, acting without leakage, and the tricks they come up with are heart-wrenching and impossible to refuse.

can sacrifice so many profits at once, the royal sister has the courage and the brother-in-law has the skill.

Besides, they are still so young, this couple will be very good in the future......

It's just that I don't understand what my brother-in-law said about how to transform the business, and he hasn't elaborated on it until now.

With a solid heart, Li Tai returned to the mansion and planned to sleep comfortably.

asked the people in the house to prepare the meal, Li Tai ate the meal first and then asked the people to pack up the bedding, "Do you know why the imperial sister and brother-in-law are so powerful?" ”

The attendant smiled and replied, "The villain doesn't know. ”

(End of chapter)