"Your Highness, you were looking for me."
Li Jun was very busy. He was both the person in charge of the military factory and the butler of the royal residence.
But he knew that as long as Li Le found him, something big would happen.
"Little Jun, I have three new inventions. No, there should be two. Soon, we won't have to worry about money anymore.”
It would be a lie if Li Le wasn't excited after obtaining the production method of refined salt, cement, and soap.
The burden on his body was also huge.
The wages of the Overlord Guards, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and the personal guards added together were already very taxing on him.
As for the so-called military factory, it was actually just a few simple laboratories!
If it wasn't for Li Shiming and Li Chengqian giving him rewards from time to time, plus some of his secret businesses, he really wouldn't be able to support such a large family business.
Now, with Zhou Shuyi's arrival, all of this was resolved!
"Wangye, you have a new invention?”
Li Jun's entire body shook, and excitement rushed to his head. Instantly, his blood boiled. A few days ago, Li Le had just come up with two inventions, and now there were three?
His wangye was indeed blessed by the heavens!
"This is the method of making refined salt, cement, and soap! The information he obtained this time was extremely detailed. He did not need to study it himself. He just needed to follow the steps on it and experiment twice. He would definitely succeed!”
There were only three pieces of paper, but in Li Jun's hands, they were as heavy as Mount Tai!
Previously, the inventions that Li Le proposed were all conjectures. They had to be researched and experimented on. But now, it was the same as telling him to produce it directly?
Li Jun had no idea what cement and soap were.
However, refined salt was equivalent to white gold!
As long as they started selling salt, they would never lack money again!
"In addition, the situation this time is a little special. We need to make appropriate adjustments to the military factory. In a while, head to the military factory as fast as you can and set up a refined salt production company, a cement manufacturing company, a soap manufacturing company, and a gunpowder manufacturing company. In the future, these four companies would each have their own duties and focus on producing these four things. As for the candidates for the various divisions and secretaries, show them to me when the time comes. As for other research, they would temporarily stop and wait for further notice.”
With Zhou Shuyi as his mother, Li Le would naturally not continue to blindly research and waste manpower, resources, and money. From now on, he might only be responsible for production.
"This servant understands."
"However, Your Highness, the refined salt we produce is as white as snow. Once it appears, it will definitely shock the world. At that time, all the powerful people in the world, including the emperor, would be tempted. "Isn't it a little risky for us to take out refined salt at this time?”
In fact, Li Le had been secretly selling salt since a long time ago. After all, the salt mines next to Qinzhou were too large and tempting.
However, the salt that they sold before was the same for everyone. Moreover, they controlled the amount, so it was not a problem.
Now, Li Jun was worried that someone would find out about Li Le.
It was just selling salt. With Li Le's status, it was not a big deal.
However, once the refined salt appeared, wouldn't that mean that Li Le's rebellion was exposed?
"This problem, we will consider it when we have a large amount of refined salt. If you're worried about salt, then produce more soap. There's no problem with this.”
"Your Highness, I heard that Chang 'an has changed. At this juncture, no matter what we do, it is possible to attract attention.”
Li Jun's worry was the reason why Li Le had been keeping a low profile for the past two years.
Many things could only be done in secret. Once exposed, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
"Don't worry, no one will notice a blind man. Besides, these good things will appear in the prosperous Chang 'an and Jiangnan. They have nothing to do with Qinzhou. Alright, the military factory is only responsible for production and trading. You don't have to worry about it.”
Two years was enough for Li Le to set up a smuggling route.
Moreover, this kind of thing was handled by the absolutely loyal Overlord Guards and Jinyiwei. He would not be exposed.
"This servant is at ease now that your highness has said that. However, this servant is curious about what cement and soap are.”
Li Jun, who was at ease, prepared to take a look at the contents of the paper.
However, Li Jun was stunned when he saw it.
He was stunned.
"Your Highness, what kind of handwriting is this?"
Looking at the small and clear words on the paper, Li Jun was tongue-tied. He had never seen such words before!
Sweat.
Li Le was speechless. Zhou Shuyi was using a ballpoint pen.
No wonder he felt that something was wrong just now, but he didn't know what was wrong.
Fortunately, he had already made arrangements.
"Do you still remember that this king asked the military factory to research hard pens? This was a type of pen called a ballpoint pen.”
"So this is a hard pen! When those guys in the research lab saw this handwriting, they would definitely go crazy and study the pen.”
"Your idea is not bad. This can also be considered as motivation for them. As for cement and soap, cement is a necessity for building roads, houses, and bridges. It is harder than stone. However, I don't plan to sell cement in the early stages. Instead, I plan to use it to build our base.”
"As for soap, it won't be long before it becomes a necessity for the rich and powerful to bathe! I want everyone in the Great Tang to think of soap at the mention of bathing! Now, you probably know how profitable soap is, right?”
"This servant understands. This servant will now speed up and go to the military factory!”
In Li Jun's heart, the soap that he had never seen before could already be compared to refined salt.
For some personal reasons, Li Jun was especially looking forward to the birth of soap!
That was the weakness of eunuchs.
Eunuchs losing their family heirlooms was like a teapot without a spout. The water inside would easily leak and produce a strange smell.
Soap might be able to cover up the smell. This was one of the reasons why Li Jun was so eager.
"If you want to make money, you have to have soap. He also had to advertise and package it well.”
In this era where food and clothing were difficult to solve, Li Le naturally knew whose money he should earn. However, soap was different from refined salt. Salt had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, but soap was a new product.
Therefore, if he wanted the soap to sold well, he had to advertise it well!
Moreover, the packaging had to be good. After all, rich people were more particular. Unfortunately, the paper was too expensive. Otherwise, it would be like his previous life, where he had a small paper box to store soap. It would definitely be cool enough.
After all, in ancient times, paper represented not only wealth but also status.
"Now it seems that the soap box can only be replaced with a wooden box. How could he make the wooden box high-end? Engraving patterns on it? Or carved words?"
"If you want to sell it at a high price, you have to be willing to spend money. Do you want to carve the calligraphy and painting together?”
Li Le returned to the study room and started to paint non-stop. He started to plan ahead for the soap that was about to be born.
In addition, selling soap was also troublesome.
This kind of ostentatious and long-term business could not be done by his own people, the Overlord Guards, or the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Who should he look for to cooperate with?
Whenever a novel thing appeared, not only would there be resistance, but there would also be people who wanted to take it for themselves. If he could use his identity as King Zhao to sell it, he would be fine. However, the problem was that at this critical moment, he had to keep a low profile!
The person they were looking for was not only capable, but also intelligent and powerful!
Was there such a perfect and cooperative person in this world?
"Wangye, the Embroidered Uniform Guard has an urgent report! The commander had personally told him that it was extremely urgent!”
Li Le quickly took the report. Li Meng should have just left Qinzhou. Why did he receive the report so soon?
"Hmm?"
After reading the report, Li Le's eyes flashed with disbelief.
"Tell wangfei that this king has something on and cannot accompany her for a meal.”
After Li Le disguised himself, he couldn't wait to rush out. He hoped that Li Meng's information was wrong. Otherwise, this matter would be interesting!
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