Late Tang

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In mid-October, the grand auction in Dengzhou came to an end. This auction was even bigger than the first one, and it was held for three consecutive days.Invited and heard the news that there are countless wealthy and famous people, and during this period, more than 10,000 people flocked to Dengzhou.

The entire auction was unprecedentedly grand, with rich people from all over the world gathered in the Central Plains.

In the three-day auction, not only many glassware were auctioned, but also countless newly fired glass glazed wares were sold.Now the town [***] has built a new Liulichang on Tuoji Island in the north of Dazhushan Island.The glass factory produces all kinds of glassware, mainly producing various utensils, accessories, glasses, mirrors, lamps, etc.However, Liulichang does not produce practical objects, but more artistic utensils for appreciation.The scale of the glass factory and Liuli Factory is huge, and there are 10 craftsmen, family members and defenders.

But even so, the two factories are rushing to work day and night, and the current production scale is still unable to meet the needs of many businessmen.

At the auction, within three days, Zhen [***] sold 1000 million pieces of auction items. Although it was a one-shot sale, everyone was shocked by the result.Glass and colored glaze are so popular.It has completely exceeded the popularity of porcelain and silk. Not only merchants from all over the Tang Dynasty are rushing to buy them, but overseas vassal states are even more fond of these commodities.Especially practical products such as binoculars, reading glasses, and magnifying glasses are extremely popular.

The lampshade made of glass is the core, and the newly produced kerosene lamp is also very popular because it can not only be carried by hand, but can even be hung on a horse to walk at night.

At the dealer conference that followed, many wealthy families with net worth of millions competed to snatch the regional distribution rights of these glass and colored glaze.Finally, after three days of bidding, Li Jing divided all dealers into three categories, one was overseas dealers, and each feudal state recruited an overseas dealer.The second category is the first-level dealers in the Tang Dynasty, divided according to the various towns of the current imperial court, and each town recruits a first-level dealer.Then, set up secondary distributors and recruit state-level distributors in more than 300 states of Datang.

All glass and colored glaze products are distributed according to the well-divided distribution areas, and each dealer must not cross the border. There are more than 300 dealers, and each of the final winners has a net worth of over one million.

All of Li Jing's products are positioned as high-end and luxury goods, so the prices are extremely high.But for the current market, Dengzhou's glass and colored glaze have already gained a reputation through these two auctions, and they have excellent prospects, far surpassing porcelain.

However, although a whole set of dealer system has been established, and those giant merchants have been used to directly open up markets in various places, Li Jing has no goods to sell for the time being.The rushed products were firstly sold at the auction, and secondly, Li Jing finally reached an agreement with those sea merchants, and Li Jing exchanged glass for their food.Twenty-five million shi of grain were all converted into glass and glass orders.Because there is no stock, although the merchants agreed to Li Jing's delivery in batches, the price gave them a lot of discounts.

At the current scale, it will take almost a year to fulfill these food exchange orders.

For this reason, Li Jing had to continue to expand the scale of the workshop, implement assembly line operations, and start working continuously in two shifts day and night.

In order to get the goods earlier, all the dealers stayed in Dengzhou and refused to leave.In the end, they even wanted to pay the deposit in advance, and finally Li Jing simply turned the deposit into a security deposit.Each overseas dealer must pay a deposit of 100 million guan, the dealer in the feudal town pays a deposit of 50 guan, and the dealer in the state pays a deposit of [-] guan.If the distributors do not abide by the distribution agreement set by Li Jing, the deposit will be confiscated, and the qualification may also be cancelled.

Although these regulations are full of overlord clauses, those merchants are rushing to send money, for fear that such a hugely profitable product will be lost.

The profits of monopoly are indeed very high. In the whole world, only Zhen [***] has this kind of product. It can be said that the prospect is bright, and no one wants to lose such an opportunity to make money.

Telescope Factory, Glasses Factory, Lantern Factory...

Dozens of branch factories have been established, with more workers and faster production.

Li Jing is robbing money, and the dealer's deposit alone has collected 5000 million guan. The Four Seas Bank has now become the most powerful bank. With such a strong deposit, it is building a world of exchange in more than [-] towns and more than [-] prefectures in the Tang Dynasty The Feiqian ticketing service has even begun to operate in some affluent counties.

With the money, Li Jing signed more glass-for-grain plans with many sea merchants.

With such a large amount of production, the price of glass can only be maintained for a year at most, and it will turn from a luxury product to a mass consumer product.But Li Jing doesn't care anymore, as long as he can make a huge profit from this hammer trade, when the scale increases later, even if the profit is lower, it can be scaled up, and it will still make money.After all, no matter how popular it is, this will also be a monopoly industry.

There are already 200 million shi of grain stored in the warehouse of [***], and this year’s autumn harvest has just ended, corn, soybeans, sorghum, and rice have just been harvested. These grains have not yet been harvested, and it is estimated that there will be at least 300 million shi Stone grain, and winter wheat has also been planted, and it will be harvested next summer.

There is food in the warehouse, so don't panic.

With money and food, the teeth of Wang Jingwu and others in Ziqing Town were pulled out by Li Jing again. Li Jing can already go northward to Liaodong with peace of mind.The Xiaoqi Division in the town of [***] has already sent countless people to Liaodong, Liaoxi, Khitan, Bohai, Silla, Xiguo, and Tatar tribes to spy on intelligence, scout the terrain, develop insiders, and bribe informants.The staff department is working day and night to formulate various combat plans, marching plans, logistics scheduling, etc.Military generals were also stationed in various armies and divisions for intense training.The civil servants in the feudal towns and counties were also not idle, busy with autumn harvest, food collection, resettlement of refugees, land reclamation, school running, household registration statistics and so on.

The whole town[***] was in full swing, busy on its heels.

On the contrary, Li Jing, after arranging all the affairs, finally relaxed, and had time to go home and have a reunion dinner with his family.

Li's Mansion is no longer the small and down-to-earth family of Wang Lizhuang, the high-end mansion, the archway gate tower bestowed by the emperor, and the four-character plaque of Qi Guogong's mansion written by the emperor.There are halberds in front of the gate, and the high walls of Zhumen.

When Li Jing returned to the mansion, the family had already received the report. The old lady, all the wives and concubines, and several elder sisters came to welcome them with their family members, servants and maids.Mrs. Han was very happy, and announced that there were hundreds of servants in the mansion and three hundred guards in the mansion, and each of them would reward one thousand, which was even more joyful for the mansion.

That night, there was a feast in the mansion, and the whole family had a reunion dinner.Li Jing and five married sisters, as well as Li Jing's wives and concubines, five brothers-in-law and nephews and nieces all sat together, and even the two remarried sister-in-laws also brought their husbands and sons back for dinner today.

At the banquet, Li Jing was holding her half-year-old eldest daughter in her arms for a while, and her chubby and tender son for a while.One wife and five concubines, three daughters and three sons.At such a young age, Li Jing has six children, the old lady is very happy.Back then, only one of the three sons was left, and Li Jing had to join the army. The old lady was really worried.But now, with three sons and three daughters around their knees, the Han family would burn a few pillars of high incense to the Bodhisattva all over the sky, and offer an ever-burning lamp in front of the Buddha.

In addition to the six grandchildren in the mansion, the old lady also knew that there was a Silla woman outside the mansion who gave birth to a daughter early, and the ranking was considered the longest.In addition, two months ago, there was a concubine who was said to be the princess of the Bohai Kingdom, who also gave birth to a grandson of the Li family.The Li family has eight grandchildren, and now they have just welcomed the governor of Songzhou, so they will be more prosperous in the future.

Li Jing can lead tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the battlefield in an orderly manner.But at this banquet, they took turns holding the six children, but they were in a hurry.The eldest daughter Baochai recognized her birth, she cried as soon as she hugged her, and she kept dropping golden beans.The eldest son, Baoyu, was even more mischievous and pissed directly on him.The other little guys were also worried, which made Li Jing sweat a lot.

In the end Li Jing had to admit that he was really not good at dealing with children.In the end, the little ones could only be left to find their own mothers.

At today's banquet, the six wives and concubines were also well-dressed, competing for beauty and charm.

After going out for a year, and coming back, there are less intrigues, careful calculations, and exhaustion on the road, and there are only laughter and warmth in the house.Li Jing couldn't help but let go of drinking, only felt that the wine was extremely mellow, and unknowingly drank a lot, and finally didn't even know how to get back to the room.

She woke up thirsty in the middle of the night, and just opened her eyes when Gui Niang handed her a glass of warm water.

Judging by her appearance, she hadn't slept all night, her makeup and jewelry hadn't been removed, and her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had cried.After nearly two years of marriage, Guiniang has also changed a lot. The wife who is already a mother and still breastfeeding no longer looks like a country girl.Looking at her, she felt a little strange.

He probably knew something about Guiniang's worries. Except for the newcomer Zhang Hui, all four concubines gave birth to sons, especially the Pei sisters, who even gave birth to extremely cute twins.But she only gave birth to a daughter, and Zhang Hui who came back this time made her feel more and more in danger.The husband's status is getting higher and higher, and apart from Wan'er, the other concubines in the family have much higher status than her big wife.The Wang family, the Pei family, and Zhang Hui's Zhang family, who are newcomers, are not ordinary families.

Also, she heard from the old lady that Li Jing had two outer chambers outside. In fact, one was far away in Silla, but the other was on Shamen Island, and she also gave birth to a son.Hearing that the woman is still the princess of Bohai Kingdom, the old lady is planning to bring their mother and son into the mansion.She couldn't refuse this matter, she agreed with a smile on the surface, but she was really wronged in her heart, and Li Jing was not around, so she felt even more uncomfortable.

Although Li Jing knew about this, he didn't want to get too involved in the affairs of the rear house.Gui Niang is an old woman, although I can spoil her more, but she still has to face these things.All I can give is to love her more.

He stretched out his hand, grabbed Gui Niang, and said softly, "Come to bed and sleep with me."

Gui Niang smiled shyly, "You drank a lot last night, you should take a good rest."

"The wine is already sober, come here, I have been away for a year, and I have too many things to do when I come back, so I have no time to stay at home with you."

Gui Niang turned to take off her clothes to dress up, Li Jing was watching there, when she took off her coat, leaving only her little clothes under the quilt, and lying in Li Jing's arms, Li Jing caressed her black hair and said softly: "Give me another baby!" (To be continued.)