Li Shimin

Chapter 241 Old Butler, You Are Flying Away!

"The money in the king's side room, but you brought someone to carry it away?"

Li Xuan asked slowly.

"Back to the king, it is the villain!"

Li Chang quickly replied.

"Where did the money go?"

Looking at Li Chang's extremely serious face, the anger in Li Xuan's heart suddenly became lighter.

"My lord, don't you remember?"

Li Chang looked puzzled.

"This king knows?"

Li Xuan was taken aback.

"My lord, the villain told you before that the villain put all the money from the king into Lu Jiansi!"

Li Chang said seriously.

"You voted for Lu Jiansi?"

Li Xuan looked strange, "But the road from Chang'an to Qingzhou!"

"Back to the king, it is that road!"

Li Chang had a guilty expression on his face, "I'm ashamed of you, I've invested a total of [-] guan in the Prince Jin's mansion, and didn't even take half of it!"

Li Xuan: "..."

He didn't expect that his housekeeper would do such a big thing without making a sound!
"You know, even the Taiyuan Wang family only invested [-] guan!"

"Your Majesty, the Wang Family is just a noble family in a county, and they are still the people under your rule, Your Majesty. How dare he surpass Jin Wangfu!"

Li Xuan was speechless for a moment, he actually saw a hint of arrogance from Li Chang's wrinkled and aged face.

Old housekeeper, you are floating!

Then, thinking of something, he stared.

"Housekeeper, how much money is left in the Palace?"

"Back to the king, the villain still keeps [-] guan, just in case!" Li Chang replied.

"There are still [-] guan, that's good!"

After listening, Li Xuan could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I can continue to wave!
"But don't worry, Your Majesty, it will be the end of the month soon. According to the past practice, the palace will probably still get [-] coins!"

Li Chang added again.

"Very good!"

Li Xuan was finally relieved now.

There is countless money in the family, so you can spend it as much as you want.

"I don't know what else the king has to do?"

Li Chang asked again.

"It's fine for now!"

Li Xuan waved his hand.

"Since the king has nothing to do, the villain will leave first. Those little brats outside will build another courtyard for the king, and the villain will have to keep an eye on it from time to time!"

Li Chang said quickly.

"what ever!"

Li Xuan nodded, "But as the steward of the palace, you can leave these matters to the servants, why bother so much!"

"Leave it to others, the villain is not at ease!"

Li Chang replied firmly.

Li Xuan waved his hands helplessly, the old man was too stubborn, and he couldn't persuade him.

……

Today, while old man Li was returning to Chang'an, Li Xuanzheng rubbed Li Xiong with a relaxed expression.

Li Chang approached Li Xuan with sweat dripping down his face.

"Your Majesty, Zheng Balang and Cui Wulang ask to see you!"

"Why did the two of them come to see this king?"

Li Xuan asked.

"Go back to the king, the villain doesn't know!"

Li Chang replied honestly.

"Forget it, let the two of them come in!" Li Xuan said helplessly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Chang responded respectfully, and hurried out.

A moment later, beside the two familiar faces of Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde, they appeared in front of Li Xuan.

"The villain has seen the king!" "The villain has seen the king!"

"You two don't need to be polite!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly.

"I don't know what the two of you are looking for this king?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I'm here to report the situation of the Cotton Clothes Workshop to Your Majesty in the past few months!"

With that said, Cui Hongmo took out an account book and handed it to Li Xuan with a respectful expression.

"Cotton clothes workshop?"

Li Xuan was full of doubts, but subconsciously took the ledger in his hand.

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde felt pain in their hearts.

"Your Majesty may have forgotten that the Cotton Clothes Workshop is a small workshop co-founded by Your Majesty and I. We use white folds to sew cotton padded clothes..."

"Don't worry, both of you, this king will remember this matter!"

Li Xuan sneered, and quickly asked: "Why is this account book so thick? Besides sewing cotton clothes, what other clothes are you sewing?"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde were helpless, but they still explained.

"Your Majesty, the Cotton Clothes Workshop cooperates with His Majesty to obtain wool without the smell of sheep from the Shaofu Supervisor, and then weave the wool thread with a reeling machine, and then sell the wool thread to the Shaofu Supervisor!"

"Processing woolen thread for His Majesty, this king knows!"

Li Xuan nodded slightly, recalling it thoroughly.

Open the ledger in your hand and open it.

"How much money has the cotton-padded clothes workshop made in the past few months?"

Hearing this, Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde couldn't help but burst into tears. The king finally knew how to care about the situation of the cotton-padded clothes workshop!
"Back to the king, the cotton-padded garment workshop sold cotton-padded garments before and earned more than 200 yuan. Not long ago, during the spring plowing, because of the need to sow white stacks, we hired ten old farmers and planted more than 20 mu of land, because we needed to buy land. It took a total of twenty guan.

During this period of time, I made a total of [-] pennies by spinning wool thread for Shaofu Supervisor! "

"It means that apart from the money earned from selling cotton-padded clothes, the cotton-padded clothes workshop basically hasn't made any money in the past few months?" Li Xuan was taken aback.

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde said quickly.

"You are the sons of five surnames and seven families. The two run a small workshop together, but they can't make any money?"

Li Xuan was speechless.

"Great Wang Mingjian, the cotton clothes workshop was only built out of white dippers, and made a living by making clothes. However, there were not many white dippers in the Tang Dynasty. Instead, they spun woolen thread for the Shaofu supervisor, and a catty of woolen thread cost five cents. And a catty of wool really needs three Wen!"

Cui Hongmo looked bitter.

"You are also the worst two among the children of the aristocratic family!"

Li Xuan sighed a little depressed.

"In a few days, when His Majesty has enough wool thread, you can directly sell the wool to you!"

"Your Majesty, I've thought of a good deal for the cotton-padded clothes workshop, so I'm here to ask your Majesty for permission!"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde said expectantly.

"Oh, what's the deal?"

Li Xuan was full of curiosity.

"Back to the king, it's tea!"

Cui Hongmo glanced at Li Xuan cautiously, and continued: "The tea leaves roasted by the king are easy to brew, with a delicate fragrance and elegant taste. If they are sold, many literati will love them. And those rich businessmen and dignitaries will buy them like crazy!"

"I don't know the king's intention?"

"Sell!"

Li Xuan waved his hand, his face full of surprise.

Tea!
He never thought that the tea in his previous life was not only liked by literati, but also by 80 years old men and ten-year-old children, even men and women, regardless of national boundaries.

Anyone likes it!

Moreover, it is written that the top-grade tea leaves cost tens of thousands, or even more than [-] a catty.

Now, how can a catty of roasted tea not be ten consistent?

"Thank you king!"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde were overjoyed.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, with your tea, the two of us will definitely be able to sell these teas to all parts of the Tang Dynasty within a year!"

"Why is it all over the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Xuan couldn't help frowning slightly.

"I'm so stupid that I don't understand what the king means!" Zheng Mingde asked cautiously.

Li Xuan chuckled, and said slowly: "Since selling tea is to make money, why not sell it to Tubo, Goguryeo, and Turks? Even the Japanese can sell it!"

"My lord, those barbarians, how can they be worthy of drinking tea?"

Cui Hongmo and Zheng Mingde looked arrogant, full of disdain for those barbarian hozens.

Drinking tea, since ancient times, only the real nobles, literati and scholars can drink it.Those barbarian hozens outside of Tang Dynasty are not even qualified to stand aside and take a look!
This is the family's attitude towards those barbarians.

Some objects can be sold to those barbarians, but those belonging to literati, especially the pride of aristocratic families, barbarian hozen don't even have to think about it.

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(End of this chapter)