Chapter 33: The long way to go, Xu Luan Zhenfeng

"I've seen it too..." Hu Ying was about to bow down and salute, but Li Wei immediately stepped forward to support him, and "shhh" to stop him from speaking.

Hu Ying reacted. The prince came in casual clothes, and immediately stood up carefully, looked at him, and his mouth widened.

He has a big business and is very wise. He has a good memory. He met him in a restaurant last time. Although he did not talk to each other, the temperament of this group still left a deep impression on him.

"The last time I talk nonsense..."

"Reveal, don't mention it, sit down."

He sat down carefully again, and Hu Ying felt even more uneasy. The rumor that the prince knew the most etiquette and law was the most rumored. Last time he talked nonsense with Yu Langjun, Lu Ma and others, and said a lot of dirty words, so he said again: "That last time..."

"If you don't mention it, I'm here to discuss important matters with you."

The sound was very light. In order to avoid discovery, Li Wei found a remote seat in the corner to sit down. There was a window at the corner. The window opened, and a tall peach tree happened to send a touch of peach blossoms to the window. The peaches were charming and strong.

He sniffed the pink fragrance of peach blossoms and said, "I heard you have two sea boats?"

I'm really curious about this matter.

"Report to the prince," he said in a low voice, and replied: "The two ships were bought from the Great Cannibal. The Great Cannibal was good at doing business and learned from the Persians about the Tang Dynasty. So, in addition to trading with our Tang Dynasty from the Silk Road, in recent years, when autumn arrived, he followed the wind to the South China Sea countries, and then sailed to Guangzhou by borrowing the southern monsoon. After the transaction was completed, when the northeast wind was prevalent in the late summer, it took a year and a half to return to the Great Cannibal. The ships carried a lot of cargo, and some ships could carry more than a thousand stones, which made a lot of money. However, the risks at sea were very high. One of the nephews did not come back because of an accident."

Nearly two thousand stones, that is, several hundred tons, or even nearly one thousand tons, actually, I also saw some information from the Ministry of Revenue. The largest ship is ship, and some river boats with hundreds of tons have been released in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Later generations have also read some records, saying that the 20,000 stone ship was, and the tonnage of the ship when Zheng He voyages to the West. He doesn't seem to believe it. After checking the information, he found that the safe tonnage of wooden ships, and the maximum pure load capacity can only reach 2,000 tons. It should be said that Hu Yingshu's data is more prepared.

"So can we tell the orphans, Dashi, Persia, and some of the situations in the country of Fuji?"

"Dare not to obey the order. Persia was very powerful. It once destroyed the Yanda Kingdom with the Turks. But soon after, the Turks attacked Persia, killed the old emperor Kusahe, and supported his son Shili to become a puppet emperor. A year later, he died of illness and made Kusa and his daughter the main. The Persians were dissatisfied and welcomed the son Shanjie, who fled to Shili in Fuqi, and became the king. After reigning for less than two years, he helped his brother Yi Sihou. Yi Sihou was incompetent and was destroyed by the Great Food. His son Beilus sent envoys to ask for help from our Tang Dynasty, but the journey was long and he was rejected by the Lord. Later, Tocharo sent troops to send Beilus to Jiling City. Ten years ago, under the threat of the Great Food, the remaining Persian tribes and other countries defected to our Tang Dynasty, and the court assigned eight governor's offices. The Persian governor's office was set up in this Jiling City."

Li Wei knew this statement. It turned out that what the Tang Dynasty had obtained was the remnants of Persia, not the entire Persia.

"The Persians like to fight with elephants, but Dashi like to use horses and camels. The elephants are huge, but clumsy and inflexible. When fighting, they are not as good as Dashi's camel army and cavalry. There is also a sea in the west, and there are countries on both sides of the sea. Dashi people use their shipbuilding technology to set up troops on the ship and are expanding westward. But the farthest of the time, the ships have only been to Jiling City, and the ships also sent relatives to Guangzhou. Some Dashi people like the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty, settled in Guangzhou, and bought them from them. Therefore, the Dushi country is not very familiar with the situation of Dashi. The Fushi country is even farther away. I have met some Fushi people in Jiling City. They are wearing long robes and have no open necks. They are not only dressed, but also their behavior and language, which is very different from our Tang people. I heard that they like to build castles with stones and settled as cities."

Li Wei wanted to ask if this Chinese man is really covered with hair like a monkey, but he endured it when he said something.

After Hu Ying finished speaking, he looked at Li Wei carefully.

Li Wei said: "Have you heard of Zhang Qian?"

"Bo Wanghou, what I have heard of."

"Yes, grapes, alfalfa, pomegranate, walnut, quash, etc. were brought by Bo Wanghou from all over the Western Regions. Although foreign countries do not understand education, they cannot deny everything about foreign countries. They still have some strengths. Only by attracting their strengths and making up for our shortcomings can our Tang Dynasty be more prosperous."

"Yes, yes," Hu replied. Of course, he knew that the prince asked him to come today, but he did not teach him political lessons.

"Besides, Emperor Taizong issued an order to bring sugar technology from India. The barbarians had some crops that could also make us need in the Tang Dynasty. Some technologies, such as the medicine and jade of Dashi and Dashi Steel of Dashi, were all superior to our Tang Dynasty."

"But in general, our Tang Dynasty civilization is still advanced."

"Of course," Li Wei replied proudly. Even in the late Ming Dynasty, Chinese civilization was still ahead of the world. Then he said, "But fullness brings harm and humility benefit. Our Tang Dynasty cannot stand firm because of this achievement. Therefore, if you want to ask you to do something, it will be very troublesome to do it. But if you do it well, the achievements of Bo Wanghou may not be able to do it."

"Crown Prince," Hu Ying stammered and didn't know what to say. No matter how rich he was at this time, no fame was important. He held it in for a long time before he said, "I dare not obey my orders."

"I want to ask you, you may ask someone to go to Dashi, or even the more western countries to inspect, see where they have crops and introduce them to our Tang Dynasty. Or have any excellent technical craftsmen or books, and you can also introduce them to our Tang Dynasty. Are you willing?"

After saying that, he looked at Hu Ying.

This trip was running tens of thousands of miles, and Li Wei did not have any financial support for the economy. He was afraid of opposition and did not even give him a single official position or a good thing. He had to be responsible for Hu Ying himself. Of course, if he did it well, the reward would be very generous.

I don’t know anything else, but I know what palace examinations, martial arts top scholars, and these magical horses were all created by my mother. As for the revolution, my mother will definitely like it.

"Prince..."

"Gou is just the prince, and you can't reward you anything immediately. But if you complete this, Gou can promise you a great fortune."

Hu Ying's eyes lit up. As for the prince, and it is Prince Ren, it is natural to hand over the power smoothly. Now he is the prince, so he must have concerns, but he will become the emperor in the future. I just said that I have been waiting for you, so I won't mention it anymore. Let's be a uncle. We will also be glorious to our ancestors.

Seeing his brows relaxing, Li Wei laughed and said, "Serve the food!"

After leaving the Li Ji Restaurant, the first official advertisement of the Tang Dynasty was born.

According to Li Wei's instructions, before opening, some people were sent to distribute milk candy at various intersections in the East City. When they saw an adult leading the child, they spread one or two pieces, and then they said the address of the store.

After turning a corner, I happened to see a young man who looked smart and capable, distributing milk candy, which attracted many passers-by to watch. Two yamen runners who were working in the office stood in the distance, and this thing never happened once. I don’t know if it should be taken care of, and I was worried.

Li Wei said to Bier: "Let's go, let's take a look."

"Okay," Bier jumped up excitedly. After all, she was her parents, and two new sisters-in-law, and she had never seen it once.

Shaking the small fan, in fact, the fan at this time is still very different from the fans in later generations. Most of them are made of feathers and cannot be folded. It was not for the sake of elegance that I showed my face in the capital several times. Although there were still not many people who really knew him. But it was not that no one could recognize him. Use the fan to cover it up to avoid onlookers.

When I arrived in the northwest corner, the advertising effect was good. I saw a long queue from afar. Of course, this soft, fragrant milk candy has a great impact. Even the noble Li Lingyue has not been tired of eating it for so many days, and the ordinary people.

But the price is a bit high, and it is cut into small pieces, wrapped in paper, for a small piece of two cents. It is a luxury item. This is also a long time ago. The poor people can't even eat food, so why do they have money to buy milk candy? But the child is ignorant and just ate the milk candy advertised just now, so he insisted on holding the adult's hand to buy it. After asking about the price, many poor people were discouraged. One child was still making trouble, so the parents slapped him a few times. The child suddenly burst into tears.

Li Wei frowned.

Bier took his hand and whispered: "Prince, don't be sad, your ability can't save so many people. Besides, it's better to give them food than to give them candy."

But Bi'er's father had already seen it. The prince was Prince Ren, so he ran over with more than a dozen yuan. The family left with great gratitude. He turned his head, stared at Bi'er, and walked over hesitantly. He hadn't seen it for several years. The girl changed her age and didn't dare to confirm it for a while.

Bier had already rushed over and shouted loudly: "Yeah." Then she sobbed.

Li Wei shook his head again. There are always some helpless things in the world. For example, disaster victims, such as eunuchs and maids in the inner palace. Some palace maids stayed in the deep palace for decades and could not go out once. In the inner palace, there were some palace maids and eunuchs who were fake couples. Li Wei pretended not to know when he knew about it. Once he accidentally broke into the dormitory of a palace maid and saw one, which was more than 20 cm long, nearly half longer than the normal size of an ordinary person, and twice as thick. Seeing the thick jade pillar, Li Wei was sweating all over his face and was so scared that he hurriedly withdrew.

The two of them whispered for a while, and Old Man Jiang came over. Bier had given orders, and did not say anything to the courtesy, but he didn't know what to do. Nah, "I've seen... I've seen..."

"Mr. Jiang, don't be too late to thank you for your work for me. Oh, by the way, I was neglected to hear that the two men were married last time and brought two jade pendants to serve as a re-suming ceremony for the celebration of the cherry."

Take out two jade pendants from your arms.

"I dare not accept it."

"Bi'er is there to serve me and accompany me through countless ups and downs. Don't be too humble. If that happens, it will appear to be out of sight."

"Yes, yes." Jiang Bier's father was frightened and could not hear the meaning of this sentence.

"You keep busy, I'll take a look."

Today I’m just a bystander, and finding Hu Ying is the main thing.

"Yes, yes," Old Man Jiang responded twice and went back to work hard.

Standing by the side, most people only bought a few or more dollars. After all, it was a bit expensive. Now the rice price has risen. In the past, the harvest was not counted. A normal year could buy a dou of rice for more than ten cents. But I also saw some wealthy people, such as a servant of a wealthy family just now, who raised a scoop of money and put it on the desk and put it on the table, and said loudly: "Give me a scoop of sugar."

A scoop is 500 yuan of milk candy. Although it is a bit expensive, it is still much larger than the size of later generations. Putting 500 yuan together is a big bag. Others who are queuing up look at it sideways.

Looking at the speed and purchase volume, Li Wei estimated that if this continues, he can sell about a hundred yuan a day. If the cost is left, he can make about 40 or 50 yuan. Of course, this is also a considerable income, but it cost more than 3,000 yuan to buy a house in the early stage. The money was allocated from the inner palace and the deficit must be filled. Although it is considerable, it is not fast. Besides, if it is fresh in the future, it may not be such a good business.

Unless wholesale is wholesale, this is not impossible, but the weather is hot and transportation is inconvenient, but this path is restricted. Even if it is wholesale, it is only a nearby city, and it is good to reach Luoyang. Or it is open for a point, but the Jiang family is thin and hiring outsiders will inevitably be circulated. Once the Jiang family has no advantage.

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard a crisp sound in his ear: "Yan'er, look at this outfit, does it look like a feather fan and a scarf, and is a talented young man?"

The feather fan and luster were only published by my own poem. What does it have to do with being talented?

Li Wei couldn't help but turn his head and see a pretty girl wearing a Confucian shirt, holding a goose feather fan in her hand, a slapped head, a pink face that is shattered, and her big black eyes are bright and vivid. She is obviously a stunning girl who looks no less than Yang Min, but she dresses up as a man.

Speaking to a maid who was excluded from the crowd.

The maid covered her mouth and had fun. After finishing her fun, she said, "Little Lady... the little man is very similar, more handsome than that Duke of Zhou, Pan An and Song Yu."

"That's natural. Do you think any lady will be attracted to someone?"

Li Weilei was defeated in just one sentence.

When he heard the two of them being shameless, a big man in front turned around and said, "Don't be so pretty, I'll smell the powder on your body from afar."
Chapter completed!