After Li Shen returned to the palace, he went to the priest's room. And let the craftsmen of the manufacturing room help to research out two kinds of gift boxes. A simple engraving with a name is sufficient. The other is to carve finely. The materials are also exquisite. This box alone is worth six or seven hundred dollars. The inside is wrapped in red silk. Originally, yellow should be high-end. But Li Shen didn't dare. This period was only available to the emperor and the crown prince. The jar should be fixed in the box and not broken.

After two days of research, the design was studied. Li Shen finally chose two models. Two jars can be placed in each box. The low-end version is made of ordinary wood. The inside is wrapped in ordinary linen. The bright oil on the outside is engraved with the name Chang'an Laojiao. Underneath is engraved a pattern of people drinking. The cost of this box is about 20 yuan.

Li Shen bought it from the Si Shi house for 30 yuan. The other is the high-end model. Mahogany box box, red silk. The liquor made by oneself is distilled twice, and it is between 50 and 60 degrees. Li Shen's name is full of wealth and wealth, which means good. The pattern on the box is depicted with the image of the immortal drinking. Lifelike.

The cost is 700 Wen, and Li Shen buys it according to the usual money. Li Shen asked them to make a few more rosewood ones. Prepare for him to give it away for himself. After choosing, let the door step up production, and within ten days, ordinary Li Shen asked for five hundred. Li Shen of Mahogany asked for a hundred. Rosewood's, let them make ten first.

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In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin sat on it, and there were two guards standing below. They were all guards who followed Li Shen out of the palace.

"Did King Ji really say that?" Li Shimin asked. Just now, these two guards reported all the experiences of Li Shen leaving the palace today. It's conventional. The whole of Chang'an has Li Shimin's eyeliner. Not to mention the prince.

"Back to Your Majesty. King Ji did say so, and brought back eleven people. The monthly salary is four hundred and five dollars. Includes three meals. And at least one meal with meat. This is what King Ji specially explained to that Wang Hongfu. The guard replied

"Hmm. Very good. If King Ji leaves the palace, you will continue to follow. Let's go down," Li Shimin said

After the guards went down. Li Shimin fell into deep thought. He was wondering if Li Shen was really doing it to show him. "Wang De, do you think Li Shen will do it to me?"

Wang De replied in a low voice. "Everyone, according to the old slave, it doesn't seem like His Royal Highness King Ji did it on purpose. King Ji is young. But the old slave could see that he had a pure character. You probably don't know. King Ji is in the harem and is very kind to us subordinates. There is no prince's shelf. ”

"Oh, you old slave. The evaluation of Li Shen is quite high. Did you accept Li Shen's benefits," Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Everyone. Don't you know the benefits of the old slave's harvest? Every time King Ji bribed the old slave, it was in public. I don't know how to do it for the old slaves. Wang De is not afraid

"Yes, this Li Shen. Even bribery is blatant. He also bribed me. By the way, there is no dividend this month," Li Shimin said helplessly

"Everyone, it's already down, more than 1,600 habits. In the past few months, I have been almost 5,000 years old. Everyone, you say that His Royal Highness King Ji is too good at making money. Wang De replied

"It won't always be like this, there should be imitations among the people now." Li Shimin analyzed

"Everyone, King Ji and the head of the division room have already said the solution. King Ji told him that the division room only makes high-end products. Don't compete with private workshops for profit. All the furniture made by the division room is engraved with the words "produced by the division room" on it. Moreover, in order to make the folk workshop profitable, King Ji also raised the price by five layers. It is said that those who can afford it are aristocratic and wealthy merchants. A person who can afford a hundred habits is no worse than a fifty habit. Many princes said that King Ji was a black-hearted businessman. Profit-seeking," Wang De reported what he knew to Li Shimin

"Hahaha, my tenth son is greedy for money, and they are not wrong. But Li Shen was right. Don't compete with the people below, and he did a good job of that. As for the princes, nobles and wealthy merchants. Black hearts are nothing at all. Li Shimin laughed

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Out of August, the division room has completed Li Shen's order. Li Shen went to pull the box and gave money by the way. Tell the production room to continue making. The ordinary ones are enough for fifteen hundred. The high-level ones can be made with another 500, after all, there are only so many that Chang'an can afford to buy. Li Shen has already told Zhang Wang to adopt the assembly line working mode. A few people are responsible for only one process. So the production of familiarization is very fast. Hundreds of boxes a day,

Li Shen pulled the box and went straight to the East Market after another strict inspection. Li Shen named this façade the Boutique Pavilion. It means that here are all boutiques. When he arrived at the backyard of the boutique pavilion, Wang Hongfu stepped forward to greet him.

"Lord, the wine has been filled with mud and sealed with mud. Ordinary seven hundred altars. We brew 200 jars of our own distilled two-distilled one. And it's all still in the making. Wang Hongfu reported

"Well, the sake lees acquisition has not been mixed up as I requested. And how is the grain purchase?" replied Li Shen.

"Back to the prince, the lees have been stored separately according to your requirements. The distilled liquor does taste better. I also got in touch with a few runners, and they would go to a farther place to help us bring back the grain. Because of the recent large purchase of grain, the price of food has risen by three levels. Will this have an impact on the prince," Wang Hongfu asked worriedly after replying

"What impact can it be. The grain is cheap and hurts the peasants. The current price of grain is five cents a bucket of chestnut rice. The people are still willing to farm. I want the price of rice to be doubled. Then the people will be willing to plurality. With more food, there will be more people. When the population increases, it costs money to eat and drink. We can make money, you know. So don't be afraid to spend money" Li Shen has long felt that there is a problem with the current system, and Li Shimin always wants to let the people be fed. So the price of food is deliberately fixed at a very low price. He didn't think about the people, and the people couldn't just eat enough. And how useful it is.

Li Shen asked Wang Hongfu to pack all the boxes. Then he asked Wang Hongfu to fetch the specially made rice wine. The price of rice is higher than that of chestnut rice. Because there are so few of them here. Gangnam Province shipped over. A bucket of rice is about 10 wen

Li Shen doesn't have so much rice at the moment, so he can only make a little preparation to give it away. Waiting for people to be transported from Jiangnan or Henan Province to make fine wine. Li Shen knows that scarcity is expensive. Hunger marketing was a common tool in later generations.

With Wang Hongfu, I went to the boutique pavilion to see the layout and pointed out some modifications. Make sure you open tomorrow. Wang Hongfu patted his chest to ensure that there was no omission.

"Well, how is the training of the servant girl I asked you to recruit. Be sure to keep the price in mind. Don't have a different population. This is a big taboo, you know? I'm not coming tomorrow. Although many people know that this is my sale. But on the surface, it is inconvenient for me to come forward. Li Shen admonished again. He is a prince. In this class society of peasants and businessmen. The way of the merchant was disgraced by the scholars. Especially since he is also a prince.

"Don't worry. Everything was arranged. Wang Hongfu replied

"Well, although I won't be here tomorrow, I'll let the stone sneak over. Tell him something. Li Shen said again

After chatting for a while, Li Shen pulled ten boxes of mahogany hardcover wine and returned to the palace. It's not yet noon. Generally, they do not go down to court. Li Shen decided to take advantage of this time to go to the court to offer gifts and do publicity. He even bought a wine glass. Fine porcelain belets. Actually, it's a sake cup. A set of forty.

There was a little episode when I entered the palace gate. The guards are to open and inspect the jar. Li Shen directly said that he told him that this was a fine wine for His Majesty. You're sure you want to open it. In the end, the guards had to go and ask the commander. The Commander couldn't take care of it. Finally, please ask Ang Lee. Li An knew that Li Shen opened a wine shop. It must have been the first batch of wine to come out and give it to His Majesty, so he nodded in agreement.

Li Shen pulled the car and went straight to the Taiji Palace. It's the same as Li Shen thought. The Tai Chi Hall at this time. There really is no going down. And Wang De is standing on the steps waiting for him at the moment.

"Lao Wang, is the discussion inside?" Li Shen Li Shen stepped forward to greet Wang De. He also had a jar of wine in his hand.

"The prince should be fast inside." Wang De replied

"Oh, I'll go in later, for you. Wine. It's the same as in the car. There's nowhere to buy it now. You hurry up and find someone to send it back. Don't let anyone see it. Li Shen lowered his voice and said to Wang De.

Wang De's expression was very helpless. There are guards in front of and behind this place. There were more than a dozen eunuchs. In public. You also said don't let anyone see it. However, Wang De still took over the wine jar. It's not the first time anyway. He knew that Li Shen would not lie to him. Good wine for sure. Otherwise, it can't be given to the emperor. He ordered a little eunuch to come and ask him to return the jar to his lodgings. And told to be careful not to break it.

After that, I chatted with Li Shen here