The rise of the prince

Chapter 154
There are quite a lot of people coming to Xiangfu, several servants, and even two carriages.

After seeing the presents, Li Ye understood why there were so many people. The boxes, large and small, were going down at the moment, and many of them had been placed in the yard, piled up on a hill. It was not Yan Yan but Ah who was directing Jia Ding to move things. Jiao.

Li Ye couldn't help laughing, this little girl is really courageous, and the servants of the palace also listen to her orders, but the most unexpected thing is that De Gong came.

"Mr. De is really free." Li Ye clicked his tongue. He thought that the prime minister's mansion must be full of people and guests today. After all, outsiders in the palace cannot enter. After the ceremony, all the officials go home, and no one outside the palace can talk about their power and status. Compared with Xiangfu.

Degong stroked his long gray beard, and said with a chuckle: "The house is quiet, the old man is free and easy, he can go wherever he wants, and thinking that your palace is in decline, probably because no one comes back, he suddenly showed kindness. Just come and have a look, you kid is still not grateful to Dade."

Li Ye chuckled and didn't believe his nonsense. If there is no one in the prime minister's mansion on the first day of the new year, unless the officials in the capital are idiots, they usually can't even enter the door without a valid reason. Now it's hard to find an opportunity on the first day of the new year. Unclear people sharpened their heads and drilled into the prime minister's mansion.

Although many unexpected people came to Wangfu this year unexpectedly, it is incomparable with Xiangfuding.

Gillian ordered the people to move the gifts, and then came over and stood beside him with his head bowed: "My lord, grandpa is just joking, it is because there are so many people in the family, the troubles and noises are disturbing and restless, so grandpa thought of coming to the palace."

"Hehe, you girl, you sided with this kid before you even got through the door." De Gong shook his head, and A-Jiao blushed all of a sudden, nervous like a small animal eating food, flustered and speechless.

Li Ye asked with a smile: "Then you leave so many people at home?"

"The children in the family come back to pay New Year's greetings, and most of them are away all year round. This is the time to show filial piety to me, an old man. Of course, it is up to them to welcome guests and return gifts." De Gong said as a matter of course.

"You really spoil your children at all." Li Ye was speechless, did his own children take advantage of it like this: "Speaking of which, have Gillian's parents come back?" Li Ye suddenly remembered something, and asked.

Before Degong could speak, Gillian hurriedly said: "Father and mother couldn't come back due to busy schedules, son...do you want to see them?" After speaking, her eyes flickered and she looked at him expectantly.

Li Ye nodded her lovely nose: "I'll see you sooner or later anyway."

The little girl seemed relieved, took a deep breath, and lowered her head, not daring to look at him anymore.

Afterwards, Li Ye saw that set of fine porcelain from Ru Kiln. The surface was exquisite, with a bluish-gray luster, extremely smooth and without any blemishes. It was like a beautiful jade. : "How much is this set?"

"Huh, money?" De Gong took a sip of tea proudly: "Money is too vulgar, this thing is priceless, and the children of the family happen to be in Ruzhou. This is the fine porcelain of Ru kiln, which can be produced in hundreds of kilns." Such a good set, how much does your boy say?"

Li Ye nodded, it was indeed expensive, and there were several large boxes of other scattered things. I don’t know how many things add up, so I couldn’t help but shook his head: "Your old man is just embarrassing me, you gave me so much money How to return the gift?"

Degong smiled openly: "That's not necessary, just the altar of fine wine you gave me last time is enough. I have been to Tingyu Tower, and I know that half a catty of wine can be exchanged for a hundred taels of silver."

"Don't Mr. De think it's expensive?" Li Ye asked curiously, Mr. De shook his head: "It's not expensive, but the old man thinks it's worth the money."

"Huh?" Li Ye was a little unbelievable. Half a catty and a hundred taels are not expensive?You must know that the more prosperous the era, the lower the price of rice. Take the current Jing Dynasty as an example, a bucket of rice is only [-] yuan, a bucket of rice is about ten catties, and distilled wine with a temperature of about [-] degrees can produce about three catties of wine!
In other words, according to the cost of the market price of 600 taels, you can finally earn [-] taels, even if you remove the intermediate manpower and material resources, it is still an unimaginable huge profit!Such a deed is not expensive?

However, Li Ye suddenly thought of various historical records, and he also suddenly vaguely realized that he was too conservative before and made a mistake. He considered prices with the standard thinking of future generations of business models, without thinking about the specific situation at all.

For example, in the most prosperous Tang Dynasty in history, when the price of rice was the lowest at that time, it cost only four or five yuan per bucket. You must know that one tael of silver is equal to a consistent, and a consistent thousand is about [-] yuan. era.

But even so, the price of wine is still high. A bucket of "ten thousand yuan", that is, ten taels, and ordinary wine is almost one thousand yuan a catty, which shows that it is expensive. If you think about it carefully, apart from the restrictions on the brewing process, there is also the inheritance of technology. monopoly!

The brewing master's brewing method will only be passed on to his disciples or the eldest son and other close people, and will not be passed on to prevent the recipe from being exposed. If things go on like this, a monopoly will be formed, and ordinary people will not know how to brew.

Thinking of it this way, Li Ye somewhat understood why the price of wine remained high.

"What are you thinking, kid? The old man finally came to your house, and you are so far away." De Gong said dissatisfied.

Li Ye came back to his senses and smiled embarrassedly: "Mr. De, do you remember the method I mentioned to you to boycott the Liao people?"

"Naturally I remember, but the old man also remembers that you are mysterious, you refuse to mention it, and you deliberately conceal it." De Gong glared at him.

Li Ye smiled indifferently: "The time was not ripe at that time, and I didn't know if it would be possible."

"Oh?" Degong put down the teacup in his hand excitedly: "After hearing what you said, you mean that the matter is over!"

Li Ye waved his hand: "It's not that fast, but it can be counted as [-]%."

De Gong was immediately discouraged, and sat down dissatisfied: "Hmph, are you making fun of this old man, and even gave out [-]% to make this old man happy for nothing."

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, but it will gradually become easier after you have [-]%." Li Ye said with a smile: "Go, I will take you to see it."

Only then did De Gong get up, and Gillian did not move obediently. Although she was curious, she also knew that she, a daughter, should not be a bystander on such an important event.

Li Ye understood what the little girl was thinking, and seeing her aggrieved expression of trying to hold back her curiosity, he stretched out his hand amusedly and said, "A-Jiao can come too, it's okay."

Gillian was taken aback for a moment, then glanced at Degong again, and seeing that Degong nodded, she got up excitedly and grabbed Li Ye's hand, and then realized what she had done, and was led away as soon as she blushed.
In the wasteland of the back mountain, Qiu'er, Yue'er, and He Qian were still guarding the unique big firecrackers and waiting for Li Ye to come back. After a while, Li Ye pulled Gillian and the gray-haired Degong out. The back door of the palace is coming this way.

He Qian felt guilty all of a sudden, and for some reason, she couldn't help but panicked
(End of this chapter)