Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were suspicious, and he asked after a while, "You mean that I can buy as much of this thing as I want when I go to the Li's Chamber of Commerce with the money?"

The housekeeper thought about what the doorman said just now, and felt that he understood it correctly, so he nodded and said, "That's what I mean by returning to the master."

"Then have you ever asked how much is this thing?"

Cheng Yaojin looked down at the two exquisite kerosene lamps in the box, and felt that this thing might not be cheap.

"The customer said that a lamp like this one for our house costs [-] taels of silver!"

"what?!"

Cheng Yaojin stood up all of a sudden, pointed at the kerosene lamp and said, "You can only buy [-] taels of silver for such a treasure? You go to the Li's Chamber of Commerce tomorrow and buy me a house according to the standard of six!"

"Master, is this a little too much?"

The housekeeper recalled just now that a kerosene lamp almost illuminated the entire room, and felt that it was unnecessary to buy so many.

And despite the fact that it was full of jade, the vicious-eyed butler could tell that these jades were actually designed to look good, and they were not worth a lot in total, not worth [-] taels of silver at all.

"Buy it if you tell me to buy it!"

Cheng Yaojin lit the two kerosene lamps like a housekeeper, and said angrily, "I just like the room to be brighter! I will take these two kerosene lamps into Laozi's bedroom, and I will rest. A lamp is also on for me...it's really bright."

It was the first time that Cheng Yaojin felt rich!

……

The Palace of the King of Shu.

Li Ke was sitting in the study room of the palace, flipping through the "Datang Daily" that the maid had just presented.

Although he didn't like Li You very much, and even hated him extremely, there was one thing even he had to admit, that Li You was indeed a genius.

For example, the "Datang Daily" in his hand, for a prince who has political demands, it is very important to know what happened in the entire Tang Dynasty every day.

After all, even if there are many pigeons and scouts in the palace of the King of Shu, they cannot accurately know everything that is happening in the world at the first time.

However, "Datang Daily" helped him fill this gap. As long as Li Ke read it once every morning, he would be able to clearly know all the noteworthy things that happened in Datang, which gave him a very strong control. sense!

"Li You can't stay in the future, but this "Datang Daily" can stay!" Li Ke sipped his tea and said to himself.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes suddenly straightened, staring at the headline article on the front page and froze—I saw a portrait of a crowd of people printed on it, and Li Ke hurriedly lowered his head to read the text below.

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"The Li's Chamber of Commerce in the south of Chang'an City has been smashed by the common people! All this is because of a product called kerosene lamp recently launched by the Li's Chamber of Commerce. You guys are using it. It has great lighting capabilities and a beautiful look…”

Li Ke's eyebrows wrinkled, and he naturally didn't know what the Li's Chamber of Commerce represented.

However, what puzzled Li Ke was that, at the critical moment of his bet with Li You, Li You was not trying to plot against Xue Yantuo, but was fiddling with these strange things?

There must be unknown insiders and tricks in this!

"Go and invite Lord Yin Hongzhiyin!"

……

Li Ke put down the "Datang Daily" and ordered the maid in a cold voice. After hesitating for a while, he shouted: "Go buy another kerosene lamp and send it to this king's study!"

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A moment later, the maid lit the kerosene lamp in front of Li Ke and Yin Hongzhi, and the orange light illuminated the two faces with their eyebrows twisted.

"You go down first."

Li Ke waved his hand and drove the maid out of the room.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu is so anxious to see me because of this thing?" Yin Hongzhi asked.

"Yeah, I saw the newspaper early in the morning that a product recently launched by the Li's Chamber of Commerce was popular among the people. This is a critical moment for me to gamble with him. How could he have the leisure to come up with such a thing?"

Li Ke stared at the kerosene lamp, frowned and said: "So this matter is very strange, this king thinks there is a fraud!"

Yin Hongzhi shook his head and said, "Your Highness, your suspicions are too heavy. Do you know that these kerosene lamps are not only used by ordinary people, but even by nobles in the imperial court?"

"This thing is brighter and more stable than the candlestick, and it has many fewer shortcomings. In addition, its price is not high, it is actually normal for it to catch fire. Even I sent a housekeeper to Li The Chamber of Commerce bought some, but the kerosene lamps I bought are more exquisite and luxurious, Li You has grasped how the rich and powerful are willing to be in the company of ordinary people!"

Chapter 908

But Li Ke didn't agree, frowned and said, "Don't you think it's strange? Li You should focus on gambling at this time, right? After all, this is a gambling contract in front of the father and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty. , so it is almost impossible to go back!"

"According to common sense, this gambling fight is extremely unfair to Li You, but as far as I know, Li You never fights uncertain battles, and during the critical period of the gambling fight, a person like this appeared. I think there must be a bigger conspiracy behind this!"

"A bigger conspiracy?" Yin Hongzhi smiled and shook his head, "Could it be that Your Highness thinks that with such a small lighting tool, Li You can subdue Xue Yantuo?"

"How can there be such a cheap thing in this world! Although candlesticks are not as easy to use as kerosene lamps, the "nine forty" has always existed. If you want to use light to subdue Xue Yantuo, then I have already subdued it in the Tang Dynasty, where is the need for it? Wait for Li You to shoot?!"

"That's reasonable, but what's the point of Li You launching this thing?" Li Ke's eyes were suspicious.

"Don't forget Li You's other identity," Yin Hongzhi pointed to the newspaper and said with a sneer, "He is the richest man in the Tang Dynasty."

"How do you say this?" Li Ke asked.

"Li You is a businessman in essence. I think the purpose of launching this product is to make a profit... Have you heard that many managers of powerful families carried a lot of money and swept the warehouse of the Li's Chamber of Commerce yesterday, I think After this incident, Li You made a lot of money!"

"As the saying goes, although the status of a businessman is quite low, it is also true that money can make a ghost run the mill. Li You is still inseparable from the lowest level of businessman nature in his bones, and he always wants to make money. A sum of money!" Yin Hongzhi's tone was full of disdain.

Li Ke laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Li You is really an arrogant man. At such a critical juncture, what he thought was not to take advantage of the fact that he still has saints on his body and hurry up to ask the emperor to deal with this matter, but to take advantage of the opportunity to make money?"