Chapter 47: Shock
Li Shimin had already walked into the Spiegel Hall with his legs raised, and Li Ke waved quickly, and Tian Meng, who was on the periphery, immediately walked quickly.
Li Ke gave Tian Meng some advice and asked him to replace the plaque as quickly as possible, and the small characters in the upper circle were replaced with imperial characters.
Tian Meng was ordered to leave, and Li Ke followed Li Shimin into the Spiegel Hall, and the others naturally followed.
When they entered the Spiegel Hall, everyone couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
Because what is placed here is the mercury mirror that many people have seen in the palace! However, the largest volume in this is the half-length mirror, which is about one meter two in height, and is supported by a wooden frame twenty or thirty centimeters from the ground.
But in this batch of mirrors, the wooden frames are all carved from mahogany, and the outer frames have beautiful patterns.
In addition, there are about one meter in size, half a meter in size, and the mirror also has different rectangular, round, and oval shapes.
A variety of mirrors fill the shop.
The eyes of the crown princess who followed Li Chengqian's side began to glow, which woman doesn't like this?
"What's the price?" Li Shimin looked at Li Ke and asked with squinted eyes.
"Back to my father, like this full-length mirror used by you, the queen mother, and the concubine, the price is 4,999 yuan, and the limited edition is only nineteen." Li Ke pointed to the largest mirror.
"The latter sub-size one costs one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan."
"The smaller one is nine hundred and ninety-nine." Li Ke quoted the approximate price to them, this price ...... In fact, it is very expensive, you must know that the price of a stone of rice in Datang is only about the same as the price of a silk silk, that is, about 300 Wen.
Converted, one stone of rice in Datang is equivalent to a little more than 79 kilograms in modern times, and if it is calculated, it is calculated according to 145 catties per stone, and the cheapest rice in modern times is about 1.5 yuan a catty.
That is about 217 yuan.
One penny is equivalent to about 0.9 yuan, which has always been 1,000 yuan, that is to say, this kind of mirror with the size of one meter and two is converted into 4.5 million ...... in modern times.
Cough...... Li Ke doesn't make much, he doesn't make much.
"Because the bigger the mirror, the more difficult it is to make, like the kind of mirror for you, the successful side of the production may have to be damaged dozens or even hundreds, and this mercury mirror is similar to ordinary glass, and it will be broken into a pile of pieces directly." Li Ke deliberately raised his own cost and said.
Hearing Li Ke say this, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, oh, it looks like he misunderstood him, indeed, this kind of thing is not easy to make, and the loss is very normal.
"Well, that's good." Li Shimin nodded, noncommittal.
"San Lang." The crown princess next to her boldly spoke.
"Sister-in-law, please speak." Li Ke said directly.
"If you buy this mirror, can you just place an order with them?" The crown princess pointed to some of the little ladies next to her, who were obviously acting as partners.
"Yes." Li Ke nodded.
"Okay, Li Ke, you accompany me to go shopping with your mother, you can stay here first." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, of course he could see that he was here, and these people were embarrassed to buy things.
"Yes!" Li Ke nodded, it doesn't matter if he is not here, all the personnel have been trained, and it must be no problem to be in charge of reception.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Everyone bent down and spoke.
Only Changle and the three of them said, "Let's follow Aya." ”
Li Shimin didn't care, a few people walked directly to the next store.
At the door of the store, Li Shimin still raised his head and took a look: Lanxiangfang.
"What's in this?" Li Shimin asked.
"Soap." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Soap?" Li Shimin was a little puzzled.
"It's similar to pancreas, but the difference is that it's easier to use than pancreas, and it's cleaner and smelly." Li Ke introduced it, and took Li Shimin and them into Lanxiangfang.
As soon as I entered the store, I smelled the strong fragrance of flowers.
In this era, there are no flavors, and all the fragrances are extracted from the flowers, so the smell in the store is not pungent.
The soaps here are packaged according to different specifications and flavors, and are divided into different counters.
"Demonstrate." Li Shimin said.
The maid standing next to her immediately said yes, and then directly put her hand into the basin next to her, which was the most common colored fruit, and soon her hands were stained with color, and then she showed Li Shimin and them the handwashing effect of soap.
"This is not only a way to wash your hands, take a bath, but also wash your clothes, not to mention that they are clean, and they also have a fragrance on their bodies." Li Ke introduced.
"How much does this cost a piece?" Li Shimin is very interested, this thing is used every day, not only for women, but also for men.
"The most common 500 wen piece, the most expensive 3 yuan." Li Ke said.
"You still sell something so cheap?" Li Shimin glanced at Li Ke in some surprise.
Is 3 pieces of soap cheap? It's a consumable.
"Ahem...... Let it benefit the people, let it benefit the people. Li Ke nodded quickly, he wouldn't say that the cost of soap is lower, the cost of this thing is about 20 yuan, and the most expensive of them is the wooden box outside, cough cough.
"Well, when the time comes, I'll ask Chang Lin to count it and see what flavor the palace likes to use, and I'll ask people to purchase it." Li Shimin nodded.
"Yes." Li Ke hurriedly saluted.
Leaving Lanxiangfang, the next one is Xiufang, which specializes in selling silk, and there are only two words on the plaque, but when Li Shimin and Concubine Yang came in, they were stunned, and they didn't care about the mercury mirror and soap before.
But in the show in front of me, there are silk horses that have already been spread out and displayed.
Looking at the intricate patterns on those silks, Li Shimin and Concubine Yang both took two quick steps, picked up the silk and put it in their hands, and Li Shimin stroked the patterns on it, which were completely spun on it.
Li Shimin was a little shocked, but he didn't show it on his face, and he couldn't lose face in front of Li Ke.
He immediately looked back at Li Ke and said, "This is also your industry?" ”
"Yes, this is the silk made by the craftsmen under the son who improved some of the weaving machines." Li Ke nodded very dryly.
"What is the yield?" Li Shimin attaches great importance to it, because silk is directly linked to currency in Datang, and Li Shimin has to pay attention to it.
If the production is large, it may have an impact on the cheapest silk silk, etc.
"The output is not high, and it is estimated that it can barely supply the high-end market." Li Ke shook his head and said, of course, this kind of high-end silk is used to make money, and it is impossible to produce it on a large scale.
Because there is only one consequence of mass production, that is, to impact low-end silk, and low-end silk is more profitable here than Li Ke, so it is impossible for him to do this. The production part is used to make money from the rich people of Datang.
As for the other part, it was to be exported to Sassanid Persia, that is, Dashi and other countries through the Silk Road, which was the real golden road.
In fact, the big food in the mouth of the Tang Dynasty does not only refer to the Sassanid Persia in the Middle East, including all the countries in the Middle East, and the Tang Dynasty is collectively called the Great Food.