The public sale of shampoo immediately set off a wave of bidding in Chang 'an. The three merchants who had taken the goods from Li Yin sold out all the goods in their hands and kept urging Li Yin to deliver them. After a while, the sales of shampoo gradually ushered in a stable period. Now, the noble ladies in Chang' an basically used shampoo. A bottle of shampoo was enough for them to use for a month, and ordinary people could not afford such expensive luxury goods. Therefore, After the crazy sales, this situation was also within Li Yin's expectations. Of course, he was also happy to be idle. He was exhausted from going back and forth between the two worlds.
"Left! No, right! No, to the left…"
Su Mo 'er's small face was flushed red with embarrassment. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Prince Six was getting worse and worse. He was always finding ways to take advantage of her. For example, right now, Su Mo' er's small hand was reaching into Li Yin's clothes to scratch his back. Su Mo 'er was scratching his right side. He said that his left side was itchy. He scratched his left side. He said that his right side was itchy. A few minutes had passed, but he still could not scratch the right place.
With the money in the palace, Jin Daqian replaced three of the four maids in the palace. Except for the fourteen-year-old Yun 'er, the other three maids who were over twenty years old received their dismissal pay and went home. Speaking of which, Jin Daqian was also considering their marriage. In the Tang Dynasty, they were really old leftover women.
Su Mo 'er was one of Jin Daqian's three new female servants. According to him, this girl was a young lady from a noble family who had been defeated in the previous dynasty. Jin Daqian saw her selling her body to bury her mother in the East Market. At that time, Li Chun Court also took a fancy to her and offered ten strings of money to buy her. Jin Daqian thought that the female servants in the palace were actually some peasant children who did not know poetry and books, and were not worthy of Li Yin's status at all. This Su Mo' er was not only handsome, but she was also literate, so she put on Li Yin's name. He brought Su Mo 'er back to the Imperial Residence.
The little girl looked like she was about to cry. Li Yin felt that he had gone too far. Although he understood that it was very easy for a prince to possess a maid in this era, he still could not accept it. "Your Highness, let me do it!" Compared to Su Mo 'er, Yun' er was much more relaxed. Her fiery eyes did not avoid Li Yin's gaze at all. She had a kind of mental hint that she would come if she had the guts.
"Cough cough! This King suddenly felt that his back was no longer itchy!”Li got up and left the study, fleeing.
"Sister Yun 'Er, thank you!" After Li Yin left, Su Mo 'er bowed to Yun' er and said gratefully.
Yun 'er sighed." It's your fortune that His Highness treats you differently. There are countless young girls outside the manor who wish to be taken a fancy to by His Highness one day and enjoy a lifetime of glory. You're good, though. You look like you're avoiding him."”
"It's not that Mo 'Er doesn't know what's good for her. It's just that before Mother died, I swore to her that I would never give myself to anyone before I found my sister!”Su Mo 'er's tears fell when she thought of the sad incident.
Yun 'er handed over the silk cloth and comforted him." You're thinking too much. His Highness is just playing with you. If he wants to take your body, can you stop him?" If he was a pervert, how could I still be a virgin?”
" I know that Your Highness is a good person. Everyone in the Prince's mansion says so, but men and women should not be close..." Su Mo 'er could not continue.
Yun 'er pouted and said,"Although you came to the Prince's mansion to be a servant, you still have the temper of that Eldest Miss!"”After saying that, he pulled Su Mo 'er out of the study.
Li Yin left the study and went straight to the back hall. Now, the back half of the palace had become Li Yin's factory. Those houses were empty, so it was better to use them reasonably.
The matter of the shampoo had come to an end, but the Prince's mansion did not become comfortable. Instead, it became busier. The newly recruited servants were arranged by Li Yin to do another brand new job-retorting.
After the six modern retorts that Li Yin had purchased arrived, Li Yin transported them to the palace. The modern equipment stunned Jin Daqian. When Li Yin told Jin Daqian the use of these equipment, his eyes turned into copper coins again, and he instantly became passionate.
Before he even got close to the back hall, a strong aroma of wine wafted over. Now, the wine that was being distilled in the palace was all ordinary rice wine that Jin Daqian bought from the market. After all, brewing wine was a very time-consuming process. It was faster and simpler to buy it directly. Moreover, these ordinary rice wines were very cheap. A few coins could buy a large jar. The cost was very low.
In the wine steaming room named Apricot Blossom Square by Li Yin, six retorts were running at the same time, and more than a dozen servants were constantly adding fire. These retorts were about three meters high, in the shape of gourds, and were golden in color. Through heating, drops of wine continuously dripped from the condensing tubes of the retorts. Below the condensing tubes was a one-meter-high wine jar. In the past few days, the wine jars had been changed twice, and this was the third batch.
"The production is still not high!" Li Yin looked around and read. He knew that the heating method of the boiler was a factor that affected the output. However, the Tang Dynasty did not have the habit of using coal. He asked around and found that Chang 'an did not use it, so he could only use the original heating method now.
Of course, the new activity in the Prince's Residence did not escape the attention of those who were interested. The news of the steward of the Prince's Residence, Jin Daqian, buying rice wine in large quantities had already spread like wildfire. There were many versions of the rumors, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the Prince's Residence. They did not know what tricks this little prince who had jumped into the well to commit suicide would play.
"Your Highness, Wang Anzhi is here!" When Li Yin picked up the white wine and was about to taste it, Jin Daqian came over to report.
This Wang Anzhi was called over by Jin Daqian under Li Yin's command. Alcohol had a wide range of uses, not just in the preparation of white wine. It had a wide range of uses, and Li Yin was most familiar with the preparation of perfume.
The preparation of perfume required not only alcohol, but also spices. Wang Anzhi was a famous spice merchant in Chang 'an City. This was also one of the reasons why Li Yin had handed the shampoo to him to sell. It was for today's cooperation.
The shampoo that he took from Li was sold for 300 coins on the market. The huge profit excited Wang Anzhi so much that he couldn't sleep well for a few nights. When Jin Daqian told him that the King of Liang wanted to see him today, he rushed over without eating breakfast. No matter who he offended, he couldn't offend this God of Fortune.
"This commoner, Wang Anzhi pays his respects to the King of Liang!”When Li Yin came in, Wang Anzhi quickly bowed." I wonder why Your Highness summoned me here!"”
"It's not a big deal. Sit down!" Li Yin sat down casually. Now, he gradually understood why the world liked to fight for power. The feeling of being respected was indeed as addictive as drugs." How's Elder Wang's spice business now?”
When the King of Liang suddenly mentioned spices, Wang Anzhi could not help but be stunned for a moment, but he still said honestly," Sigh, the spice business is getting more and more difficult now. Persian merchants have flooded into Chang 'an in large numbers. The spices brought from the Western Regions are of good quality and variety, and we local spice merchants are almost squeezed out.”
Li Yin knew that the Persian merchants at that time mainly imported spices, corals, gems and other commodities to the Tang Dynasty. It was normal for Wang Anzhi to encounter such a situation. Naturally, spices were needed to make perfumes. It would be expensive to buy them from Persian merchants. Wang Anzhi had cooperated with him, and the spice business was not well managed, which was exactly what Li Yin wanted. In this way, Wang Anzhi would not raise the price of his spices.
"I'm sure you've heard about the Liang Mansion's recent purchase of rice wine. To be honest, this king is currently developing a special spice, I call it perfume. This perfume requires a large amount of spices, and this king wants to work with you. You provide the spices, and the palace will be in charge of making this perfume. After this is done, you can enjoy the exclusive sales rights.”
"Perfume!" This was a new term. Wang Anzhi hesitated. The price of spices was not cheap. It was very risky to provide spices for free to develop new things that did not know the market prospects. Moreover, he only got the exclusive sales rights. There was no way to get the profits. What Li Yin gave him was undoubtedly an overbearing clause. It was equivalent to paying for the Liang Mansion to earn his own money.
"Your Highness, this Wang is doing a small business. This is really difficult for this Wang…"
Li Yin understood what he meant and was a little disappointed. He did not force him. After all, Wang Anzhi did not understand perfume.
'My plan failed. Li Yin sent Wang Anzhi away. The people of this era really don't have any adventurous spirit,' Li Yin thought to himself.
Wang Anzhi heaved a sigh of relief as he left the Imperial Residence nervously. However, he still felt a little strange in his heart. He kept feeling that he had made the wrong decision. Just as he was about to leave, a fat man wearing a silk round neck robe walked over with a smile on his face. You came to the Imperial Residence so early."
"So it's Elder Tong. His Highness also invited you?”Wang Anzhi was a little surprised.
After getting along with Li Yin, Tong Nian would run to the Liang residence every few days. When Li Yin was around, he would run over to flatter him. When Li Yin was not around, he would find Jin Daqian and Gao Zhangfang to drink tea and chat. Now, there was no one in the residence who did not know him. Today, he came to the residence as usual, but he did not expect to meet Wang Anzhi. His eyes turned and he came up with a plan." That's right. Butler Jin informed me last night. What did His Highness say to Brother Wang to make Brother Wang so worried?" Can you help me prepare?"
Wang Anzhi did not know that Tong Nian had set him up. He thought that the King of Liang would eventually tell him about the perfume, so he said," His Highness the Prince of Liang said that he had developed a new perfume and asked me to provide the spices…"
After a while, Tong Nian finally understood what had happened. He was overjoyed." I'll go in then. I'll treat Brother Wang to tea another day."”
Just as Li Yin was hesitating whether he should make the perfume independently, Jin Daqian came to report that Tong Nian had come to pay his respects. He was quite familiar with this guy who had not seen him today and understood the heavens. Li Yin let him in.
"Your Highness, this lowly one is willing to provide all the spices that Your Highness needs for free!”Tong Nian went straight to the point when he saw Li Yin.
Li Yin was a little surprised." How did you know?!"”
Tong Nian then told Li about meeting Wang Anzhi.
Hesitating for a moment, Li Yin nodded. After getting along with him, Li Yin felt that Tong Nian was a good person. Other than being greedy for money, Li Ke's judgment of people was still very accurate. Otherwise, he would not have let Tong Nian become a guest of the Shu King's Mansion.
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