Li Shimin has been worrying about money recently.

However, Li Zhi ushered in a guest who was about to make him rich.

This guest was none other than the Tianzhu merchant he had contacted in Chang'an City before.

This person's name is Jide, and he is the first wave of Indians who began to come to the Tang Dynasty to do business.

After this buddy returned to Tianzhu by boat, he looked for the rubber tree that Li Zhi said everywhere like crazy.

But he searched for a long time but could not find the kind of rubber tree described by Li Zhi.

In the end, he finally relented and decided to bring some sap and seeds from the black diamond tree, which was a specialty of his hometown, to Li Zhi.

He felt that Rich's description might be a mistake.

Because in the entire Tianzhu Five Kingdoms, only the sap of this tree is similar to what Li Zhi said.

Originally, he wanted to go directly to Chang'an, but he didn't expect to hear that Li Zhi was here as soon as he arrived in Guangzhou City.

So after many inquiries, he finally found Li Zhi in the newly built farm.

When he handed over one of the jars of liquid rubber to Li Zhi with trepidation, he also deliberately explained the situation.

Li Zhi was also a little uncertain after listening to his words.

Because he had only heard that there were rubber trees in India in ancient times, but he did not know exactly what they looked like.

The rubber trees he describes were widely cultivated in the southern regions of the previous life.

As for whether the two are the same thing, I'm afraid we can only know after trying it.

So Li Zhi asked him to live in the city of Guangzhou for a few days and wait for his news.

And he himself hurriedly asked Li Su for some acetic acid to make rubber.

The production of rubber is very simple, as long as the rubber liquid is filtered and then poured with some acetic acid to speed up the solidification.

However, the rubber liquid that Gid had brought with him had already solidified.

Therefore, Li Zhi heated and melted one of the jars.

After it was melted, Li Zhi filtered the rubber liquid several times before adding acetic acid to it.

After more than an hour of solidification, I finally got a palm-sized piece of rubber.

Li Zhi also asked people to use a stone mill to squeeze out the excess water in the rubber.

At the same time, the area of rubber is increased several times.

He then casually threw the rubber into the hatchery room to dry.

It wasn't until the next morning that Li Zhi took out the prepared rubber.

Li Zhi tried to pull a few times with his hand, and felt that the elasticity was okay.

This made Li Zhi start to get excited.

Because so far everything seems to be going relatively well.

The rest of the work was complicated, and he didn't have the right ingredients on hand.

Therefore, he could only make all the rubber first, and then let Li Su take it back to Chang'an City to continue his research.

After doing this, he found the officials of Sinong Monastery and asked them to help him plant the Black King Kong seeds that Jide had brought.

And Li Zhi himself asked Chai Long and Duan Shizi to accompany him with ten glass mirrors to find Jide.

When Gid saw Li Zhi directing Chai Long to place the ten mirrors on the table.

He asked Li Zhi excitedly, "Your Highness, is the thing that the villain brought really what you need?" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Jide, what you brought is exactly what this king needs." ”

After saying this, he pointed to those mirrors and said, "These glass treasure mirrors should all be regarded as brothers' rewards." ”

Gide smiled happily: "Thank you so much Your Highness, I wonder if Your Highness is still willing to continue trading with the villain?" ”

Li Zhi said: "This is natural, but this king has a word first, and these things brought by Brother Tai this time are far less than ten glass treasure mirrors." ”

Li Zhi had to make this clear to Gide in advance.

Now Ruan Hongxi has fried the palm-sized glass mirror to a wholesale price of one hundred.

If you buy it separately, you can sell it for 120 yuan.

And the liquid rubber in Gid's hand is not bought by anyone except Li Zhi.

Therefore, Li Zhi will not be the culprit of this injustice when he is killed.

He was going to directly exchange the same number of mirrors for a full 10,000 catties of liquid rubber next time.

Gid also felt a little embarrassed after listening to Li Zhi's words.

Because the things he brought didn't cost anything at all.

It's everywhere in his hometown.

He can collect a lot with just a casual stroke of the knife.

So he immediately spoke: "Please also ask Your Highness to give a price, and the villain will consider it as appropriate." ”

It was Gide's instinct to haggle as a businessman.

Therefore, he was ready to negotiate with Li Zhi on the price.

Li Zhi said: "This king will never treat the other party badly in business, if you have the heart to continue trading, then calculate it according to the price of 20,000 catties in exchange for ten treasure mirrors." ”

Gide frowned a little when he heard the price.

The amount that Li Zhi needs is a little too large.

In this way, he had to hire workers in Tianzhu to help him collect.

This adds a lot of costs to him.

Although these costs are not even a drop in the bucket of revenue.

But as a businessman, how can you think that you make more money?

Gide pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your Highness, this price villain is really unacceptable!" The round-trip fare plus wages is quite a lot. ”

Li Zhi pouted and said, "Are you good at being the king?" The collection of this glue is extremely simple, don't you know when you are the king? ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, Gide said: "Your Highness, although it is easy to pick rubber, the daily output is limited, please understand the difficulties of the villain." ”

Li Zhi also felt that he wanted too much.

Still, he wanted to try again.

Isn't there a saying that a bicycle becomes a motorcycle?

If you stick to it yourself, you can double the benefits, then it's worth wasting a little saliva.

So he opened his mouth and said, "Brother Gide will not tell you that no one in the whole world will buy this gum except this king, if you don't believe it, you can try it at will." ”

When Gid heard this, he immediately panicked.

He thought that this kind of thing was very marketable in Datang.

Otherwise, Li Zhi would not have bought it at such a high price.

Unexpectedly, this is something that only Li Zhi needs.

So he hurriedly spoke: "Since this is the case, then according to His Highness's price, I hope His Highness will take care of it more in the future." ”

Li Zhi didn't expect Gide to agree so quickly.

So he happily agreed: "Brother Gide is so happy to do business, this king will definitely cooperate with you more in the future." ”

Gide is also pleased to be able to negotiate the deal.

The price of these glass treasure mirrors has at least tripled after arriving in Tianzhu.

With just a small investment, I can get back such a huge return, and I can wake up with a smile in my dreams.

Neither of them knew each other's profits, and they both thought that they had taken a big advantage.

So this deal can be considered a joy for all.

After leaving the inn where Gid lived, Li Zhi hummed a little tune all the way.

He also contacted several other Tianzhu merchants.

If these people can also trade with him, won't he be able to send it soon?