Great Tang princess

Early the next morning, Li Yuechen entered the palace with Shangguan Wan'er's carriage.

Today, Li Yuechen changed back to his usual bright red round-neck gown. Compared with skirts, trousers are more comfortable to wear.

When they came to Jixian Temple, Wu Zetian looked curious: "Chen'er entered the palace today, but do you have something to say?"

Li Yuechen was taken aback: "How did Aunt know?"

"Don't forget whose belly you crawled out of!" Wu Zetian gave her a white look, "You have nothing to do, how can mother not see it?"

"Well, it really is Mo Ruomu, the confidant!" Li Yuechen leaned over with a smile, and reached out to rub her shoulders.

"Go, go, go...just say what you have to say!" Wu Zetian pushed her away pretending to be disgusted.

This made Li Yuechen look helpless: "Mother, the baby has only been back for a few days, what about the filial piety of mother and daughter at the beginning?"

Really, I miss you every day when we don't see each other.Once they get together for more than three days, they will be disgusted by all kinds of people.

The interaction between the mother and daughter made Shangguan Wan'er cover her mouth and chuckle, and the maids behind her also shrugged their shoulders, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

These palace maids were all trained by Li Yuechen, so he was familiar with them, so he immediately said: "You guys, laugh as much as you want, don't hold back."

The captain of the maid quickly shook her head: "Your Highness, don't make fun of us, we have all been trained strictly, and we will not laugh at will..."

"Unless you can't help it, right?" Li Yuechen said, and he laughed again, "Bodyguards are also human, and occasionally smiling can relax the mind, and it is also good for protecting His Majesty, it doesn't matter!"

Wu Zetian on the side didn't say anything. These court ladies can't be compared with the previous ones, so there are not so many rules.

Now these court ladies are all subordinate to the inner guards, responsible for protecting the emperor's safety, which is completely different from the nature of those court ladies before.

One of the maids was also responsible for holding the emperor's sword and following the emperor inseparably.

Then Li Yuechen took out the lighter, opened the lid and lit the flame, then closed the lid again and threw it to the palace lady opposite.

"In the future, when lighting the lamp at night, you don't need to use the fire stick, just use this thing. If there is no oil or the flint is used up, you can replace it yourself. I will explain it to you later."

Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er looked curious when they saw the moment the lighter was lit in their hands.

After listening to her, Wu Zetian said, "What have you researched?"

Li Yuechen took out the copper lighter and handed it over: "Mother, please look, this is it."

Wu Zetian took it over and looked at it carefully, then opened the lid like she did just now, and turned the ignition wheel again.

At the same time as the tiny sparks splashed, an orange flame also jumped out and burned on the cotton thread.

Although it was just a cluster of small flames, both Wu Zetian and Shangguan Waner's eyes widened in surprise.

"How...how did you do it?" Wu Zetian asked in confusion.

"The crystallization of technology." Li Yuechen smiled mysteriously, "What do you think, Aunt? This thing is much more convenient than Huozhangzi, right?"

Wu Zetian nodded in a daze, and then tried it a few times by herself, feeling that it was indeed convenient and interesting.

The fire wheel can be ignited with a slight turn, and it is indeed extremely convenient to take it out to blow it from time to time.

"But Your Highness, is this item expensive?" Shangguan Wan'er asked.

"If it can be mass-produced, it won't be too expensive." Li Yuechen sat on the side with a smile, and took a sip from his teacup.

Wu Zetian played with the lighter in his hand for a while, and then put it aside: "This thing is interesting, and it would be a good display."

"Aniang doesn't need to hold the lamp in person, it's really not necessary." Li Yuechen said with a smile.

This is the truth, the current use of this thing is that when they gather together to hold lamps and hot wine, they may be able to pretend to be aggressive.

But the emperor doesn't need it. To her, it can only be regarded as a novel gadget.

Then Li Yuechen said: "Aniang, I heard that next month's eclipse will have envoys coming, how about signing a Weishui contract with them?"

"Weishui? Can it be sold?"

"It's not selling, it's buying!" Li Yuechen replied, "There are several places in Dashi that produce this product, and I want to buy it from them first..."

Wu Zetian was puzzled: "Weishui, isn't there a lot in Dazhou?"

"Not much, our country doesn't produce much of this product." Li Yuechen shook his head, "The point is, this product will be extremely important to the whole world in the future, but they don't understand it yet. I plan to take this opportunity to buy it from them first." , it won’t cost too much anyway…”

For the current Dashi, the role of oil is only as fuel.

And the output is enough, it is a worthless thing.

If you can sign an agreement with Da Zhou and sell it here, not only will you have no cost, but you can also gain Da Zhou's favor, why not do it?

For Li Yuechen, it is also cheap to buy oil now, and it is almost a free gift, as long as he pays the transportation fee on his side.

In this way, Dashi can earn money, and Li Yuechen can also pave the way for the future. It's a win-win situation!
Fucking over there can only be used as a cover, allowing those merchants to transport some oil over the Silk Road.

As for the contract between countries, Li Yuechen's idea is to trade by ship.

Now the Queen's ship made by Dazhou has the ability to sail long distances, and the third ship is also under construction.

After the third ship is completed in the future, it will be possible to use ships to transport oil.

Going down from Hainan, you can quickly reach your destination through the Strait of Malacca.

And along the way, you can mainly go close to the sea, and the safety is greatly increased.

If it is possible at that time, a naval base and a shipyard will be established directly in Hainan to make an advance layout.

The more Li Yuechen thought about it, the more open-minded he became, and even felt that maybe 100 years later, world trade would be settled in Datang coins.

Of course, this is just a thought for now.

In this day and age, the world has not really begun to communicate.

Although Dazhou opened the era of great navigation, it took the first step in world communication.

But because many regions have not yet formed a high degree of civilization, so the trade between each other is more of a barter.

If it is necessary to find an alternative currency, it can only be the hard currency of gold and silver.

If you want to use the future Datang currency as a settlement method, you must first establish an extremely complicated currency system.

……

After explaining the use of oil to my mother and Shangguan Wan'er, they also understood what she was thinking.

Nowadays, although Weishui is available all over the world, this thing is like a mine, and it basically requires manpower and material resources to mine it.

As for the place that Li Yuechen said, no one needs to dig it, it will rise from the ground by itself, so a lot of labor costs can be saved.

At the same time, I also learned that this stuff will be very useful in the future, so Li Yuechen didn't mine it in his own country, but bought it from other people first.

Of course, there is no need to worry about losing money. In the future, equipment such as oil lamps and lighters will definitely be exported as commodities, and the same is true for kerosene.

During the cycle, the economy flows.

After listening to her explanation, Wu Zetian felt a little unbelievable: "This thing, really has such a great effect?"

"Actually, what the boy said is quite conservative." Li Yuechen said with a smile, "Anyway, listen to me on this matter, you must be right!"

Before nuclear energy was really applied to human life, petroleum was the most important energy source, and its importance is self-evident.

But here, Li Yuechen can't tell them too much exaggeration, he can only tell them that this will have a great effect on the development of various technologies in the future.

Wu Zetian finally did not object, but nodded and said: "Forget it, anyway, you are the real emperor, this matter, I will do it for you!"

She trusts her daughter because she has invented too many incredible things over the years, so even if what she says is unreliable, it is worth serious consideration.

Li Yuechen laughed and said, "Then thank you, Aunt!"

Wu Zetian smiled, did not continue this topic, and talked about other things.

After eating at noon, Li Yuechen got up and left.

After she went back, she informed the children that school would start tomorrow, so don't forget to attend the opening ceremony.

The winter vacation is over, they should also calm down and study hard.

……

In the following time, Li Yuechen sent part of the oil lamps he made to the palace, and the other part was put on the shelves in the shop.

Today's Taiping Group, I don't know how many people are staring at it. As soon as a new product appears, some people come to inquire.

After learning the function of the oil lamp, the first batch of goods were sold on the spot, and there were a lot of orders.

Including many foreign businessmen, they paid the money first, and then went to purchase other items.

After so many years, everyone knows that Taiping Group has a good reputation, so they are willing to pay first before getting the goods.

This effect can be produced when the reputation reaches a certain level.

In February, someone from the engineering institute suggested whether to open a separate oil lamp factory to make this stuff.

Oh, yes, and a lighter.

With the help of the steam engine, lighters were quickly mass-produced and could be put on the shelves as commodities.

Li Yuechen thought it was okay, so he immediately called Laicao to open a factory outside the city, preparing to produce oil lamps and lighters.

As for none, a batch of iron boxes were also made to be sold separately.

However, this iron box will be recycled, and the box can be sold back to the factory after use.

By the end of February, in addition to the imperial palace, many dignitaries' homes also used oil lamps.

Even Le Lou under the name of Li Yuechen has already started to adopt this thing, which can be regarded as reaching the forefront of fashion.

There are also a large number of goods bought by foreign merchants and sold back to the royal family and wealthy people in Europe.

In addition, many foreign envoys also asked for connections everywhere, so they bought a few and took them back to have a look.

All this happened so fast that even the emperor Wu Zetian felt a little caught off guard.

In the palace, Li Yuechen explained to his mother: "Aniang, this is the power of industry. In the future, it will be faster than this!"

"Nearly twenty of these oil lamps can be produced in one day, faster than this?" Wu Zetian obviously didn't believe it.

"This is already slow to death!" Li Yuechen replied with a smile.

Seeing her daughter's relaxed expression, Wu Zetian couldn't help shaking her head, thinking of the looms in the Shangyi Bureau. A machine can weave more than three feet a day, which is really amazing.

And she also clearly knew that in the past month, with the oil lamp and lighter, her daughter made a lot of money again, which was faster than stealing money.

Even many foreign merchants paid the full amount directly before receiving the goods, without haggling at all.

……

A few days later, at the end of February, the envoy of the Dashi Empire that Li Yuechen had been thinking about finally arrived in Dongdu.

They arrived in the afternoon, and went to the palace to meet the emperor as soon as they arrived.

When receiving the news, Li Yuechen had just finished class, so he immediately entered the palace, intending to get acquainted with those envoys and discuss business plans in a few days.

After arriving at the palace, just outside the Zhenguan Hall, I saw a team of envoys who were having an audience.

At this time, Wu Zetian was also on the square outside Zhenguan Hall, looking at the gift sent by the envoy.

When Li Yuechen came over, he also saw various gifts, large and small, placed on the square.

There is also an iron cage covered with a red cloth, judging from the occasional low roar, it may be some kind of beast.

Seeing Li Yuechen approaching, all the officials present saluted.

When the envoy heard that it was the princess, he also saluted.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly, and after saluting respectfully to his mother, he stood beside her and listened obediently.

In formal occasions, Li Yuechen is also very serious, never playing tricks on his mother.

The messenger smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look, this is a gift from our country!"

As the red cloth on the iron cage was lifted, the things in the cage also revealed their true colors.

Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows, it turned out to be two male lions.

There are iron chains around the necks of the two lions. Perhaps to let the emperor see clearly, two people pulled the chains and pulled the two lions out of the cage.

And these two lions did not attack the person holding the iron chain, presumably they should have been raised since childhood.

The envoy introduced: "This item is a symbol of authority in our country, and it is specially presented to His Majesty today. I hope..."

Li Yuechen didn't listen to the emissary's nonsense, but took two steps forward to observe the two lions carefully.

There are no lions in our country. The earliest record about lions was brought back by Zhang Qian during his envoy to the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the lion left a good impression on the people of the country, and with the introduction of Buddhism, it forced a species that did not exist in itself to become a patron saint.

Li Yuechen could also imagine the reason. Lions were rare and they were strictly guarded, so naturally there was no record of hurting anyone.

But the tiger is a native species. In this era, it is regarded as a fierce beast and a feared existence. This is why Chinese people like to put a pair of stone lions instead of stone tigers at the door of their homes.

This is the so-called foreign monk who is good at chanting scriptures... Li Yuechen couldn't help but think in his heart, and at the same time stretched out his hand to masturbate twice.

"Princess, no, this thing is a ferocious beast with infinite power..." the envoy at the side stopped him in half-baked Chinese.

To this, Li Yuechen did not answer, but smiled slightly.

Infinite strength?Are you afraid you don't know who the old lady is?