"Report, Zhou Wang requests an audience!"
"Summon him in."
Li Shiming was slightly distracted when the guard's voice sounded outside the royal study.
Li Xiaogong narrowed his eyes. He noticed a surprising fact from Li Shiming's expression.
His younger cousin, Li Yuanfang, who had yet to reach his peak, was also one of the main characters today!
Then the question was, what exactly was the matter that involved the emperor's cousin, himself, and his little cousin?
'Recently, Shimin has been getting a headache from all kinds of rumors and rumors. Moreover, he heard that Yuan Fang was sick not long ago…Wait! Li Shimin can't be asking me to bring Yuan Fang here, right?'
Li Xiaogong's so-called " take care " was Li Shimin asking him to train Li Yuanfang. Because in his knowledge, people with good bodies were not easy to fall sick.
'No, I don't have the ability to take care of a child. If my dream comes true later, I'll definitely pretend to be stupid and reject it.'Obviously, Li Shiming didn't know that Li Xiaogong had successfully fooled him with his imagination.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. Greetings, Cousin!"
A clear young voice suddenly sounded.
Li Xiaogong looked up. It was a young man with a pair of bright eyes who was still at the age of innocence.
"Come and sit down."
Li Shi Min's face was full of smiles, and he was even more satisfied with Li Yuan Fang's respectful greeting.
Li Yuanfang nodded and walked over.
"Feng Le, bring your men and leave.”
"Remember, without this one's order, no one is allowed to enter the royal study.”
Li Shi Min waved his hand, and the palace maids and servants in the royal study left in an orderly manner, leaving only himself, Li Xiao Gong, and Li Yuan Fang in the room.
The three of them sat down around the table. Feng Le personally served them tea. Then, he left and closed the door of the royal study.
"Not long ago, I heard that Yuan Fang was seriously ill.”
"Thank you for your concern, cousin.”
Li Yuanfang smiled and cupped his hands towards Li Xiaogong.
The two of them were not familiar with each other, so some polite words were naturally inevitable.
"Dong! Dong!"
Li Shimin habitually tapped his fingers on the table to show his silence.
"Salt, tea leaves, and raw silk are almost monopolized by the aristocratic families. The imperial court's advantage is food, and the only thing that can be compared to these two is sugar.”
"Who doesn't know about this? It's a pity that all the sugar refiners aren't good enough.”
Li Xiaogong resisted the urge to roll his eyes, but he couldn't help but complain.
Candy was something that everyone liked, but he was willing to spend a lot of money to buy frosting sugar to enjoy at home.
Otherwise, when the sugar cane in the territory ripened, he could cut it down and clean it to eat.
Li Shimin coughed twice and looked at Li Yuanfang and Li Xiaogong with a smile.
" Cough cough, the frost candy that the Hu merchants brought from India is slightly yellow. The selling price is between 100 to 300 copper coins. However, the people of the world can't afford the more expensive honey, so they choose to buy the frost candy.”
"With the explosive sales of Frost Candies, all the Hu merchants have returned with full profits. The money that belongs to the Great Tang has flowed into other countries, but I have no solution.”
Li Xiaogong nodded repeatedly. He understood this difficulty, but why did he mention it for no reason?
Immediately after, Li Shimin patted Li Yuanfang's shoulder.
"Who would have thought that the improvement in the sugar brewing process would come from a prince who hated medicine? The initiative regarding sugar has finally returned to the hands of our own people.”
The two of them were stunned. Of course, Li Xiaogong was really shocked. Li Yuanfang was just acting.
"Cousin, do you mean that we have something better than Frost Candy?”Li Xiaogong was so shocked that his voice changed.
"The candies made by my little brother…are very valuable?”Li Yuanfang pretended to be confused.
As soon as these words came out, not only Li Shimin, but even Li Xiaogong looked at Li Yuanfang with disappointment.
"Food, sugar, salt, tea, and so on are indispensable to the people. They are important strategic resources for the country.”
"Important means very expensive.”
Li Yuan Fang's eyes were getting brighter and brighter. He calmly acted like a young man who was tempted by the huge profits. He stared at Li Shi Min without blinking.
"Yes, it's very valuable. The processing of gray sugar into sugar without bitterness is waste recycling. You can directly use the raw material sugar cane to boil white sugar. The profit is unimaginable.”
Li Shi Min looked at Li Yuan Fang with a smile. After all, it was normal for young men to be unable to resist the temptation of money.
" How high?!" Li Yuan Fang naively asked Li Shi Min, but in his heart, he had already decided that he could not give up his own profits.
"10% of the profit is enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life.”Li Shi Min raised a finger and added in his heart,"As long as you don't do anything out of line."
"Hiss." Li Yuanfang gasped.
When Li Xiaogong heard this, he couldn't help but rub his hands.
"Hehe, I have the raw materials, little cousin will provide the technology, and His Majesty is the representative of power.”
"You asked me to stay today because you want the three of us to open a sugar factory together.”
Li Xiaogong wanted a piece of the pie, but he was worried that he would anger Li Shimin, so he took Li Yuanfang down.
"That's right." Li Shi Min nodded decisively.
"Then can I see the finished white sugar with my own eyes and taste it?”Li Xiaogong said shamelessly.
"Oh, you." Li Shiming shook his head and took out a mahogany tray covered with silk from under the table.
The mahogany tray was placed firmly on the table. The silk covering the top was lifted, revealing the white sugar inside.
"Hehe, I won't stand on ceremony."
After saying that, Li Xiaogong directly picked up the small spoon on the tray and tasted a mouthful of white sugar.
Li Xiaogong's eyes lit up.
"Good, good, good. The taste is smooth and the sweetness is very pure. It's definitely a top-grade candy!!!”
"Little cousin, your fear of hardship is quite good, really!”
Staring at the happy eyes of his two brothers, Li Yuanfang cursed softly.
"I'm afraid of suffering. I can't get over it in this lifetime, right?”
However, Li Shimin and Li Xiaogong looked at each other and pretended not to hear him.
"The sugar factory has to be built. I will put in the effort, and the two of you will each take 20% of the profits.”
Li Shiming had a lot of plans. He had a lot of manpower and he wanted to build the largest sugar factory in one step.
"20% is too little." Li Xiaogong expressed his dissatisfaction." Give me more profits so that I can go back and encourage the local people to plant sugar cane on a large scale."”
"Hmph, cousin needs to invest 30,000 strings of coins to build a workshop, only then will zhen give you 20% of the profits.”Li Shi Min snorted coldly.
"There's no such thing as doing business in this world. You're making me lose money!”Li Xiaogong lowered his head gloomily.
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