Great Tang princess

Chapter 53 Pulling Investments

Although Li Yuechen told Fulai to take a vacation for two days.

It's just that he seemed a little restless, and he was busy in Anfu Hall during the two days of rest, as if he was afraid that he would be forgotten.

It's just that seeing that Li Yuechen's attitude towards him is no different from before, it's really relieved.

After resting for two days, Li Yuechen handed him a piece of paper: "Find a place outside the city and help me collect these things for use as fertilizer."

"May I ask Your Highness, what is this 'thing'?"

"Forehead……"

Only then did Li Yuechen remember that there is no such word in this era, so he explained: "It is an object!"

Fu Lai nodded, but seemed to be a little confused: "Why does Your Highness refer to things as objects?"

"This... isn't there two cities in Chang'an? That's why I think things can refer to objects..."

I was explaining, but suddenly thought of a question, my mother is a princess, is it necessary to explain it to you so clearly?

So he waved his hand directly: "Don't ask so many questions, do it quickly!"

Fulai also knew Li Yuechen's temper, so he was not afraid, but smiled and saluted and agreed: "Here!"

After walking out of Anfu Hall, Fulai opened the paper given by Li Yuechen, and saw plaster of paris, fresh cow dung and other things written on it.

So he sighed slightly, these things are not things that can be done in a day or two, they need to go out of the palace to take care of them.

……

Recently, it has come to the season when all kinds of fruits are on the market, and Li Zhi also gave Li Yuechen a lot of fruits.

After all, she is her favorite daughter, every time a new tribute arrives, the first thing she thinks of is to share some with Li Yuechen.

Recently, a new batch of grapes was tributed, and Li Zhi sent a lot of them immediately.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty did not produce grapes originally, but grapes were successfully planted near Chang'an during the Taizong Dynasty, which also led to the development of wine.

Speaking of it, Taizong himself seemed to like making wine very much, and he made it by himself.

Xiao He brought over the washed grapes on a blue plate like the deep sea, and put them on the table.

"Your Highness, the grapes bestowed by the saints."

Li Yuechen nodded: "Well, let's put it down first."

She wasn't worried about being poisonous. The food that was sent to the palace was tested by someone specially assigned for it. It's just that she was thinking about something and didn't plan to eat it for the time being.

Looking at Shangguan Wan'er who was secretly swallowing her saliva with her eyes wide open, Li Yuechen waved: "Wan'er come and eat some too."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Shangguan Wan'er beamed when she heard this, and trotted over to grab two grapes and put them in her mouth.

Then he raised his head and said, "I want to give some to my mother."

"Eat." Li Yuechen nodded while writing and drawing on the paper, and agreed, "Xiao He, you can eat some if you want."

Xiao He also smiled: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Then he picked out the smallest ones: "It's good for our servants to eat these, this is a gift from the sage, Your Highness should eat more."

"En." Li Yuechen agreed casually.

She was about to continue writing, but when she caught sight of the plate suddenly, Weiwei was taken aback.

Then he put down the writing brush in his hand, reached out his hand, poured all the grapes on the table, and took a closer look at the plate.

Xiao He and the others thought she was angry and was about to make amends when they saw it, but they saw Li Yuechen lightly tapped the plate in his hand, raised his head in surprise and asked, "Where did this plate come from?"

Hearing her question, Xiao He was taken aback for a moment, and then thought for a while: "It seems to be... a glazed plate that foreign envoys paid tribute to..."

At first, Li Yuechen thought it was porcelain and didn't think much about it, but just now when he accidentally looked at it, he realized that it was actually made of glass!
Although it is not transparent glass, there are many bubbles in it, which means that glass technology has appeared in this era.

In the past, she always thought that colored glaze in this era referred to things like crystal gems, but she didn't expect that even glass appeared.

"Can my Tang make this thing?" Li Yuechen raised his head and asked.

Xiao He nodded: "Yes, but the glaze made by Tang Dynasty is almost green, and occasionally there are colorless and transparent ones, all of which are rare treasures."

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, thinking secretly.

For the green glass, it should be because there is more copper or iron in it when it is fired, what should be added?Like manganese?
"That is to say, my Tang Dynasty has a method of making this glass... glazed glass, right?" Li Yuechen asked.

"Yes." Xiao He nodded and replied, "The Liuli Workshop under the Shaofu Supervisor is in charge of this thing."

Li Yuechen nodded, that's all right now, it seems that there is no need for my old lady to try it herself, this matter can be handed over to the craftsmen.

Thinking of this, Li Yuechen, who was in a good mood, put down the plate in his hand, and waved his hand with a smile: "Come on, eat grapes! Xiaohe, go and call my two elder sisters over!"

"Here!"

Originally, Li Yuechen was still worried about how this thing should be done. After all, although she knew the method, she didn't know anything about technology.

Well now, the Tang Dynasty actually had glass technology, so making transparent glass may save a lot of time.

It's just that people in this era don't know about manganese, so they can only find natural manganese ore.

In the past, Li Yuechen ran around the world, as if he heard that he was coming.

It seems that there are manganese mines in Hunan and Sichuan?But these two places are so big, how to find them is also troublesome.

It is impossible for her to be a dignified princess of a country to run in the mountains every day, so she can only send someone to find her by offering a reward.

This matter should indeed be put on the agenda, but it is not easy to ask Li Zhi for this reward.

After all, there is no such thing as a horoscope. When you really make a magnifying glass, you can tell Li Zhi to expand the scale and look for it.

Not to mention that it's time to collect fruits and make cans, and the start-up capital still depends on Li Zhixian to pay in advance.

……

Two days later, Fulai returned to the palace and told Li Yuechen that all the things had been settled in the village outside Luoyang City.

Li Yuechen nodded, planning to go and see for himself in two days.

After practicing in the morning, I ran to Renshou Hall to find Li Zhi and his wife.

"Yo, Chen'er came early today." Li Zhi laughed.

Li Yuechen chuckled: "How about having lunch with the two adults today?"

"Okay." Li Zhi agreed without hesitation, of course he was very happy to have dinner with his daughter.

Wu Zetian glanced over here: "Why do you want to have lunch together today?"

"I think it's been a long time since I had a meal with my parents, so I'm here today." Speaking of this, Li Yuechen looked a little embarrassed, "By the way... discuss a small matter with my parents..."

"Humph!"

Wu Zetian sneered with an expression that he had seen through a long time ago, and continued to bow his head to review the memorial.

Li Yuechen also smiled awkwardly, there was no other way, as expected, even his own mother was like this.

After eating at noon, Li Yuechen personally poured a cup of tea for the couple, and then revealed his purpose.

"Now it's the season for fruits to be on the market, and my boy wants to start making canned food. This... I want grandpa to invest and give shares afterwards..."

"Wait." Li Zhi interrupted her, and asked with the health ball in his hand: "What do you mean by investment and shares?"

Li Yuechen explained patiently: "Grandfather is now paying a sum of money for the boy to make canned food. When the shop opens and sells it, he will pay grandpa a dividend every year, and the annual profit will be divided between the baby and grandpa. !"

"Why only get [-]%?" Li Zhi asked puzzled.

"Seventy percent belong to children!"

Li Yuechen reminded me, and almost couldn't help but continue, if you can get [-]%, you still have to look at my face!But in the end it didn't come out...

"Grandpa, don't underestimate the [-]% of the money. This means that as long as the shop is still there, Grandpa will have [-]% of it every year. In this way, if Grandpa has anything to do in the future, he will have money for it, such as disaster relief and the like... ..."

After listening to her explanation, Li Zhi finally understood what was going on.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Doesn't that mean that if this shop grows bigger in the future, no matter how much profit it makes, you can get [-]% of it every year?"

"Yes!" Li Yuechen nodded, "That's exactly what I mean."

Li Zhi smiled: "Okay, I will pay you the money!"

"Grandfather is mighty!" Li Yuechen raised his hands and shouted, and then gave him a big hug.

Before Wu Zetian could speak, Li Yuechen who was rushed over also gave him a hug.

"Go aside!"

She pretended to push Li Yuechen away with a look of disgust, "I know how to think about these irresponsible things all day long, let's see how you look like a princess!"

Li Yuechen came over and hugged her with a smile again: "Hey, the baby is a princess, why should I care about the opinions of outsiders? As long as my parents are happy, I will be happy!"

"I know flattery all day long!" As he said, Wu Zetian pushed her away again.

However, judging from the almost unbearable smile on his face, it is obvious that he does not reject the intimacy between his daughter and her.

After fighting for a while, Li Yuechen announced his resignation.

After watching his daughter go out, Li Zhi suddenly laughed, and the health ball in his hand spun quickly: "At first, I thought Chen'er was suitable to be a general, but now it seems that even if he is put in the household department, he can achieve success." What a big deal...the all-rounder!"

"Your Majesty, don't joke." Wu Zetian reminded, "If she is a daughter of the first rank, if she can enter the court as an official?"

Li Zhi replied with a smile: "My Tang Dynasty, since women can lead troops and fight, why can't they be officials in the court?"

"This……"

Wu Zetian was at a loss for words for a while, "But after all, the ancestral system is like this..."

"Yes... the ancestral system is like this, and it has been like this for thousands of years!" Li Zhi nodded, as if he was asking his wife, and he seemed to be asking himself, "But the ancestral system has been like this for thousands of years, which proves that Is this right?"

Wu Zetian put down the brush in his hand, looked at Li Zhi next to him, and was a little dazed for a moment.

She knew her husband very well, and she knew very well that he was an emperor who was very good at breaking the rules.

And what he said at this moment is probably not just talking, he really has this idea!Really thinking about the feasibility of this matter!
……

Li Yuechen, who had already left, didn't know how advanced the thinking mode of an emperor who dared to propose "Zen is located in the queen" in history was compared to this era, and how daring to think and do.

She is now humming a song and riding her small tricycle to Anfu Hall because she has settled the start-up capital.

A small drift stopped at the gate of Anfu Hall, Li Yuechen jumped off the three wheels, ran all the way back to the hall, and sat down in front of his desk.

When she is free to practice calligraphy, she will think about some things that may be useful in this era and record them.

She is not worried about being seen by others. For one thing, if the things she writes are not explained, it is basically difficult for people in this era to understand, especially some chemical symbols that are still remembered today.

Secondly, no one would dare to touch her things without consent.

That night, all the funds promised by Li Zhi had already arrived in the account, and Fulai was preparing to report, Li Yuechen waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow, let's go outside the city to see how the composting effect is. In addition, you can help me collect some fruit peels."

"Fruit peel?" Fulai was a little puzzled.

"Hmm." Li Yuechen nodded, "It's the season when fruits are on the market, and now most people will cut them off when they eat them. Go and get them back at a price of five catties, even the rotten ones!"

A Kaiyuan Tongbao five-jin fruit peel is actually a bit expensive.But considering the quick gathering, we can only spend money on it.

Li Yuechen remembered that he had seen fruit peels used as fertilizer when he was living in the countryside, so he planned to try them all to maximize the success rate.

Although Fulai didn't know the meaning of doing this, but since the princess gave the order, he had to do it.

Anyway, all of Li Zhi's funds have already arrived in the account, so just release the news and pay in cash.

The Li's Spice Store in Chengnan City, Luoyang has reopened, but the plaque has been removed and it no longer sells spices.

A notice was pasted at the door, and the price of the fruit skin was five catties, and if it was rotten, the price was seven catties.

Fulai did not think about corruption, but wanted to save some money for the princess.

This kind of news spread quickly in the downtown area, and it spread to almost every corner of Nanshi in a short while, and it is still spreading forward gradually.

Families who can live in the capital these days are almost not too bad, especially the servants of some wealthy families, who immediately became concerned after seeing this notice.

After all, rich families also eat a lot of fruit. If they can collect some fruit skins to sell, it will be pocket money, right?

No one would have trouble with money, so as soon as the news came out, many servants in charge of purchasing from big families decided to go back and quietly collect the fruit peels.

Inside the shop, Fulai was exhorting his nephew.

"Listen well, every account in this shop must be clear, if we let our family know that you are greedy, you will definitely not be spared!"

"Uncle, don't worry, nephew understands!" Wang Xiang replied respectfully, but then asked curiously, "I heard that uncle is working for Her Royal Highness, why does Your Highness want to open a shop?"

Fulai stared: "Stinky boy! Don't ask if you shouldn't ask! Be careful that you will lose your life!"

"Yes, yes, my nephew is talking too much!" Wang Xiang quickly apologized.

Fulai looked outside the door, and said in a low voice: "You do your job well, Your Highness is rich in congregation now, if you can make His Highness happy, it is not impossible to reward you with an official position in the future!"

"Oh, it's all up to uncle!" Wang Xiang smiled.

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