Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 387
Xun Xueer covered her mouth with a smile and said, "To tell you the truth, the soap is very simple to make, and the most expensive ingredients are just the dried flowers sent by the palace."

"What?" Concubine Wan Gui smacked her tongue when she heard this, she thought for a while and said: "The material is so simple, it must be very difficult to make it?"

At this time, Huang Shimei secretly gave Xun Xueer a wink, Xun Xueer did not show any signs of expression, and replied: "No, only my husband knows how to make this thing, we just need to use it. If my sister likes it , just take it, anyway, we are going to play in Chang'an City in a few days."

Concubine Wan Gui was overjoyed, and also said bluntly: "Then, this palace, just a few yuan, sisters, have you ever been willing?"

The girls didn't immediately say that you are willing to take it, but they showed a look of embarrassment, and finally said: "Since my sister likes it so much, let me use it for my sister first..."

The pitiful looks of the girls made Concubine Wan Gui embarrassed to take it, but she didn't want to return the things she had already got, so she took off four ornaments from her body and handed them to the four girls, saying: "Sister, I only bring I bought these, but they are all good things, sister, don’t dislike them, just take them first, and I will give you a big cart of gold and silver jewelry when you arrive at the palace someday!"

I didn't expect Concubine Wan Gui to be so obsessed with this soap, and the girls were amazed.At this time, Huang Shimei winked at Xun Xueer again, and Xun Xueer smiled slightly: "Sister, in fact, we can make this soap by ourselves, without my husband. As long as my sister wants it, I can make hundreds of dollars a day Come……"

Huang Shimei breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xun Xueer in admiration, and thought that a man's woman is connected with each other.

Concubine Wan Gui immediately feigned anger and started to fight quietly: "You Xue'er, you still dare to tease me, you should be hit!"

"Sister, please forgive me, please forgive me," Xun Xueer pretended to hide for a while, and explained, "Sister, please forgive me for playing a little joke. Actually, there is still one thing I need to discuss with my sister."

"Oh? What's the matter, sister?" Concubine Wan Gui sat down again. Now that she knew that this soap was easy to make and very cheap, it was because the skills were difficult to obtain.Xun Xue'er brought it up at this time, probably because she wanted to use it as a call.

Unexpectedly, Xun Xue'er smiled at this time and said: "Sister, Shimei is all worried about our family affairs. There is one thing, can I ask her to tell you?"

Concubine Wan Gui shook her head and scolded with a smile: "I don't know what Xu Qing is capable of, but he managed the four of you so submissively. A dignified housewife doesn't care about family affairs, but a concubine's room is in charge of things. It's really incomprehensible that he still doesn't rebel. you."

Huang Shimei laughed when she heard the words, and saluted: "Sister, you see, this soap is cheap to make and easy to make, but the effect is very remarkable. There are countless noble ladies in Chang'an City. I am afraid that when they see this soap, they will definitely fight for it." Would you like to buy it? Moreover, the price offered will be like my sister’s, willing to exchange gold and silver jewelry.”

Concubine Wan Gui understood what Huang Shimei meant, didn't she just want to use soap to make money, but Concubine Wan Gui asked, "Sister, I think the Xu family has a lot of business. Just those facades in Pingkangfang, that fairy Niang, I'm afraid there will be no less than [-] taels of net income a year, right? After all, the Xu family is also a wealthy family, so how can they make money in different ways?"

Huang Shimei chuckled lightly and said: "Sister, we use this soap to make money, not counted in the man's family, but our own personal money."

At this moment, Concubine Wan Gui didn't understand, and only heard Huang Shimei slowly say: "Oh, this man makes money, and women spend it. It sounds like we women enjoy the blessings, but everyone knows that the money is not spent well."

"Why is this?"

"If we spend too much, others will say that we are prodigal, right? The rouge, powder, clothes and jewelry all cost money. If we spend less money, we will feel uncomfortable." Huang Shimei explained: "How about we A few people each took out a little money from their own houses, chose a better place, and set up a small factory. This soap is a lucrative item, and it’s just such a small piece that there are people rushing to sell a gold ingot in Chang’an City.”

Concubine Wan Gui was moved. The lord of her harem seemed to have a lot of beauty, but in reality, she was short of money everywhere.Except for the annual regular money, there is actually no income at all. If there is any shortage, you have to go to the emperor's inner treasury or ask for it from the outer court, but neither place will give money.why?Harem spending is a bottomless pit, royal specifications, daily sales of thousands of dollars, money will be given, not half a year, the Minister of the Ministry of Households will make you lose weight.

But Huang Shimei proposed this plan, and she also saw the huge profits in it.Even if you don't make money, if you just use this soap to give away, it can be given away as a valuable item, and you can save a huge amount of money in one go.Moreover, Xun Xueer said that the four of them can make hundreds of dollars a day, so the soap factory can be smaller and more secretive.But Concubine Wan Gui is a feudal woman after all, she is still a little timid, she asked: "Is this appropriate?"

"Why isn't it appropriate? It's wrong to run a family properly?" Huang Shimei said frankly: "Sister, think about it, we don't go to the street to sell, but find a few ladies, let's sit together and chat and drink tea, and then we will take this Things are sold. We don’t expand or misuse the money we earn, but we can save some of it.”

All the girls nodded, and Huang Shimei continued: "Sister, you are a noble concubine. Although the concubine does not interfere in the political affairs of foreign courts, if my sister does well, maybe the emperor will rely on her more..."

"How to say?" Concubine Wan Gui's eyes showed a trace of ambition that had been hidden for many years. He was Li Yuan's concubine before he became emperor, and the concubine with the highest status after he became emperor, but even a noble concubine could not escape the status of a concubine.No matter how deeply she hides, she can't fool herself, that is, she was a wife during her lifetime—that is, a queen!

It's a pity that she came from a bad background, and her natal family was not from an aristocratic family, so she couldn't be the mother of the country, but could only be the head of the harem.However, if he can help Li Yuan in government affairs, then maybe he can really go a step further.It's just that it's really taboo for this harem to meddle in politics, and if it doesn't work out, the abyss is waiting for me.

Huang Shimei lowered her voice and said: "The current imperial court uses troops everywhere and stops using money all the time. There is always a time of shortage of money every year, so the emperor takes the lead in reducing expenses every time, and the censors of the foreign court are also clamoring to cut the use of the harem." If, at that time of this year, the imperial concubine can come up with a sum of money, she will instead say that it is saved for the court, and it will solve the urgent need of the court... Sister!"

"At that time, what will the emperor think of my sister? How will the civil and military officials of the court think of my sister? How will the people of the world praise my sister's virtues?"

Concubine Wan Gui was surprised. If this was the case, she couldn't imagine it.Although she doesn't have the body of the mother of the country, she still cares about the affairs of the people in the world. In this way, she is worthy of a queen, right?

(End of this chapter)