Is His Majesty going to cultivate the power of the King of Wei?
Prepare to let the King of Wei compete with the Crown Prince?
For a moment, the people in the imperial court were shaken.
Many people went to the Prince Wei's residence to fawn over him.
However, the green sparrow was not in the Wei Manor tonight. Instead, she went to Zhangsun Wuji's residence.
The last time Zhangsun Wuji expressed his goodwill to her, it made the green sparrow realize that Zhangsun Wuji might be able to rope her in.
Zhangsun Wuji was an important force. If he could use him, then…
The green sparrow thought happily and went to Zhangsun Manor overnight.
"Your Highness the King of Wei has graced us with your presence. This old minister did not welcome you from afar, please forgive me, Your Highness.”Zhangsun Wuji was clearly a little surprised by the green sparrow's arrival.
However, the green sparrow was now in power, and there might be a possibility of replacing it.
Since the eggs had already been placed in two separate baskets, Zhangsun Wuji did not want to go back on his word at this time.
"Uncle, you must be joking. Green Sparrow is only here to visit Uncle. There's no King of Wei today.”The green sparrow said with a smile.
Zhangsun Wuji nodded and ordered the servants to prepare the banquet before taking their seats. After three rounds of wine, Zhangsun Wuji asked curiously,""Although His Majesty had discussed with us before and said that he wanted to promote Green Sparrow as the King of Wei, there has been no movement for a long time.”
"I don't know why there's news today, but what happened?”
Zhangsun Wuji was curious.
He had always thought that the Emperor had given up on the idea of deposing the Crown Prince.
This also made him, Zhangsun Wuji, feel much more relaxed. After all, he still hoped that Gao Ming would sit firmly on the position of Crown Prince.
However, this letter from the King of Wei sent out a bad signal.
Zhangsun Wuji wanted to know what went wrong.
"Hehe, uncle, you don't know, but today I washed my father's feet and gave him a massage.”
"Imperial Father was in a good mood, so he made me the King of Wei.”The green sparrow said with a smile.
He was not wary of Zhangsun Wuji.
After all, he didn't expect Zhangsun Wuji to curry favor with both sides.
"Green Sparrow, you're so filial. It's only natural for you to be promoted to King of Wei.”
"Here, Uncle toasts you." Zhangsun Wuji raised his cup and said.
In his heart, he was thinking, if Gao Ming also washed the Emperor's feet, would he be able to turn the tables? "The Great Tang is doing quite well under Li Shiming's rule.”
Yan Lin left the tavern today and came to the East Market next to Pingkang Lane.
Looking at the bustling scene in front of him, he could not help but sigh.
He had been looking for business opportunities in the East City for the past two days.
Although opening a tavern was leisurely, it didn't cost much. Moreover, his body was already weak and Xian Shu was old.
Ultimately, it was not a long-term solution.
As he walked into the East City, he saw all the young ladies and young wives on the street looking at him with amazement.
Yan Lin had long been used to this kind of gaze.
However, he did not take it to heart and continued walking forward.
Not far away, he saw a table placed at the entrance of a rather luxurious shop.
There was a wooden sign on the table. Pepper powder was on special sale today, selling for only 100 wen per tael.
Seeing this wooden plaque, Yan Lin realized that the Great Tang didn't have anything like chili.
All he had now was pepper.
The price of pepper was higher than gold.
Nowadays, the meat that the commoners ate the most was mutton, which had a strong fishy smell.
Pepper could greatly improve the taste of food, especially meat.
Therefore, pepper became the king of spices.
How could rich people show off their wealth at this time?
He grabbed a handful of pepper when cooking meat and soaked two peppers in tea!
A small patch of chili had been planted in Wannian County, and the villagers had given him a basket of chili.
Foreman Li and Li Niannian had already eaten.
Yan Lin thought to himself that he had almost missed the opportunity to make a fortune.
He could not help but feel a little vexed.
"Shopkeeper, why did your pepper drop in price today?”Yan Lin was looking at the stall in front of him when he heard someone ask.
"Sigh, my family had some money and needed some money. I had no choice but to lower the price to deal with these peppers.”"Sir, these things are top-grade pepper. They were transported from the south. Other spice shops sell them for more than a hundred wen.”The shopkeeper shook his head and revealed a troubled expression.
"Alright, wrap this pepper up for me. I'll go back to the residence to get the money now…"
"Wait, shopkeeper, I want all of these peppers. Here's the money. Count it and wrap it up for me.”Before the person from before could finish speaking, Yan Lin heard another person ask to buy these peppers.
He even took out money. Don't you know first come, first served?”The person from before frowned.
"If I pay first, I'm the first to arrive.”The person who paid said disdainfully.
"Sir, although he arrived later, he paid first. I'll give him the pepper. You can go elsewhere and take a look.”The shopkeeper took the money bag and said with a smile.
" Humph!" The person from before snorted coldly. His face was filled with anger as he turned around and left.
Yan Lin looked at the scene in front of him and felt that his plan was feasible.
Just as she was about to walk back the way she came, she saw a small stall in the corner.
The stall owner was a young man with a pointy mouth and ape-like cheeks.
There were some small white crystals on the stall.
Yan Lin recognized this white crystal. It was the saltpeter he used to make ice.
It was summer in Chang 'an. If they could produce a large number of ice cubes for sale, then...
Yan Lin's heart was filled with joy as he walked to the small stall.
"Young Master, you have taken a fancy to that stone. You have come to the right place. The stones here are all of the highest quality and the price is extremely low.”Before Yan Lin could speak, the young man took the initiative to speak to Yan Lin.
Seeing that Yan Lin was so young, he wanted to slaughter him.
"Aren't these saltpeter used for medicine?”Yan Lin looked at the young man and said indifferently.
The young stall owner did not expect that the young man in front of him was actually someone who knew his stuff.
Many people from the Western Regions came to trade in the eastern market of the Tang Empire. He came here to set up a stall to deceive these ignorant foreigners.
He also thought that Yan Lin was just a youth and wouldn't know so much.
Who would have thought…
"Young master is right. This is saltpeter. If you want it, young master can buy some.”When the stall owner saw that Yan Lin had seen through his deception, he was not as enthusiastic as before.
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