"So... so... little?"

Qin Bo tightly grasped the round, smooth, white and beautiful thing in his hand. He originally wanted to say "so much", but when he reached his mouth, it turned into "so little".

As a school official, it is the basic requirement to be thick-faced and have a dark heart, and not to have a conscience.

If this thing is used as a tribute, it is indeed too much.

Two to three hundred is considered sincerity.

If you pay two or three thousand tributes, you will be your Majesty's most loyal minister.

But what we are talking about now is not tribute.

Naturally, the more things you bring to sell, the better.

Fortunately, Li Yi has been practicing in the Prime Minister's Mansion for so many years, otherwise, he might have been frightened by Qin Bo.

"Qin School has a lot of things going on. We are the only ones in the world who have this thing."

"Now you are allowed to sell exclusively in Jiangdong. As long as we don't interfere, don't you have the final say on how much it will sell for?"

"And we have only just made this thing. What kind of charter is it? In the end, we still have to ask Mei San..."

"Ahem, what I mean is that these 30,000 to 40,000 pieces are a guaranteed number. If School Secretary Qin can really open up sales in Jiangdong, there will naturally be more and more in the future."

"On the other hand, if Qin School Affairs cannot be sold at a good price, then don't blame us for taking back the exclusive right..."

Of course, exclusive sales are possible.

But sales channels also need to be developed.

You cannot let the other side do whatever you want.

It was only after Mei Sansao learned the advanced knowledge from her brother's master that she figured out how to make white wax.

I heard that all wax-making materials are sourced from Nanzhong.

That is to say, Xinghanhui has been penetrating into Nanzhong over the years and initially built the Nanzhong logistics channel.

Coupled with the help of Meng Huo's daughter Huawan, we will make full plans next year and estimate that we will be able to make more than 40,000 pieces.

The palace ordered a batch of them, saying that they wanted to use them at court gatherings and banquets during festivals, but in the end they only got 500 of them.

The Prime Minister has always practiced frugality and should not be too extravagant.

On the other hand, these candles were originally intended to be used in the Wei State.

Unexpectedly, Wu Guo was the first to gain advantage.

How could Qin Bo know the twists and turns in this?

After listening to Li Yi's words, he nodded repeatedly:

"That's right. Otherwise, how can we say that the Xinghan Society can make such a big foundation?"

"Whoever can do this business and does it well, then let him do it. If he can't do it and still occupies his position, he is not the son of man!"

Doing business with a big man is a pleasure, this is how things should be done!

It's not like those aristocratic families in Jiangdong, who shouted "A gentleman is concerned with righteousness, and a villain is concerned with profit" and cursed the school administration for setting up checkpoints to collect taxes.

On the other hand, they were desperately trying to form a caravan in private, looking for ways to make money, but no one thought of paying taxes to His Majesty.

What really fell in love with his mother was not a thing, she was simply a dog pig, bah!

Although he did not get the food he wanted during this trip, Qin Bo was still satisfied.

Thirty or forty thousand, even thirty thousand, as long as the school office can be guaranteed to get the exclusive rights, as long as there is a steady supply of goods in the future.

Qin Bo believed that the status of the school affairs office was temporarily stable.

After these two years, we will get food, wool, brown sugar and other supplies from the Han Dynasty. Who can still shake the position of the school office in His Majesty's heart?

This visit to Li Yi was full of hope. Although there were some twists and turns, we returned home satisfied.

Also satisfied was Lu Hao.

After his trip to Liangzhou, Lu Hao paid close attention to this meeting with the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and he mentioned it several times intentionally and unintentionally about the way of governing the country.

On such issues, the Han rulers either talked in general terms and said nothing.

If you can't say it, then there are many things to say.

This further strengthened Lu Hao's opinion:

The Lord of Han seems to be kind, but he is actually just a mediocre person.

It was easy to say when Zhuge Kongming was alive.

Once Zhuge Kongming passes away, who will be able to fully control such an unparalleled intellect as Feng Mingwen?

You can’t expect Feng Mingwen to be the second Zhuge Kongming, right?

Just seeing that Feng Mingwen puts profit first in doing things, Lu Hao doesn't believe that he can be the second Zhuge Kongming.

With this in mind, after meeting the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Lu Hao went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to bid farewell to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the last person to come out was the Prime Minister, Shi Yang Yi. He only said that the Prime Minister felt a little cold at the beginning of winter, was feeling unwell, and had not seen guests for a long time, so he came to see the envoy Wu on his behalf.

When Lu Hao first arrived in Hanzhong, it was a hot day and he met Zhuge Kongming.

At that time, I saw that the Han Dynasty Prime Minister had a sick face and his body looked very weak.

Unexpectedly, at this time, I got the news that the Prime Minister had not seen anyone for a long time.

He couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Zhuge Kongming was only two years older than his elder brother (Lu Xun).

But because he was overworked, he looked a generation older than his brother.

Now he is very sick and frail, and it looks like he doesn't even have a few years to live.

I recall that twelve years ago, the Han Dynasty was almost destroyed after its defeat at Yiling.

It is precisely because of Zhuge Kongming's painstaking efforts over the years that it has achieved its current prosperity.

Such great talents are about to perish.

What a pity, what a pity!

While feeling regretful, Lu Hao was also a little lucky.

After all, with the current strength of the Han Dynasty, how terrible would it be if Zhuge Kongming was given another twelve years of life?

With extremely complicated feelings, Lu Hao and Yang Yi said some words of friendship between Wu and Han, and then left.

What he didn't know was that the Han Prime Minister, whom he had not seen, was in a room in the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, receiving Li Yi who had come quietly.

Li Yi came here to report to Zhuge Liang the process and results of his meeting with Qin Bo.

The Han Prime Minister lay back in a large custom-made chair, covered with a fine velvet blanket, and coughed from time to time.

His extremely thin cheeks were deeply sunken.

His originally tall figure had become completely stooped.

Only those eyes were still shining, hinting that this old man who looked to be a frail old man was not as simple as he appeared.

After listening to Li Yi's report, the Han Prime Minister didn't have much expression on his face, he just nodded slightly.

After covering his mouth and coughing again, he said:

"I don't trust that boy for this kind of thing. Zhenlu uses Guan Zhong's skills to plot other countries. I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can compare with him."

"Whatever he wants to do, leave it to him. Remember to inform His Majesty when the time comes..."

This time Wu Guo asked for horses, which almost disrupted the Han Dynasty's progress in Guanzhong.

Fortunately, the boy knew what he meant and actually postponed the matter for two years.

Having said this, Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly:

"I'm really old and have low energy. I have forgotten about that kid..."

When Li Yi heard this, he quickly lowered his head.

Because the matter between Zhang Sisao and her brother is too complicated and the water is a bit deep, it is not something that I can comment on now.

The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty said this without thinking, and he sighed again, "It's a pity that Wei Guo..."

Li Yi understood what the Prime Minister said.

Because of this batch of candles, my brother originally planned to use them on the State of Wei.

What the Prime Minister is most obsessed with right now is how to send his troops northward to seize Guanzhong from Wei.

According to the Prime Minister's past habit of personally taking care of all matters, no matter how big or small, I'm afraid it's not necessary to ask them in detail about matters like this dealing with the Wei State.

But now, I just casually said "Leave it to my brother" and let it pass.

As the Prime Minister himself said, his energy was greatly exhausted.

Nowadays, in addition to military affairs and some major affairs in the DPRK, the Prime Minister still intervenes.
To be continued...