"Li Dongzhu, thank you for your invitation." On May 16th, the Li Family Zhuangzi and the people from the Japanese Empire arrived.
There were only four people from the Japanese Empire. When they crossed the bridge, they searched their bodies. Before they saw Li Yi, they went to take a shower and changed into the clothes provided by Zhuangzi.
At noon, they saw Li Yi at the dining table.
The honey worth 25,000 yuan was delivered. There were three people accompanying him.
Minister Tian Qingyuan of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, Minister Liu Tong of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, and Secretary Sun Wanyun.
The three of them were very happy. They helped Li Yi make money, and they also made money at the same time.
The people from the Japanese Empire gave 500 yuan to Changsun Wanyun, 1,000 yuan to Liu Tong, and 1,500 yuan to Tian Qingyuan.
The three of them each got one-tenth of the honey, which was not a small income.
When they arrived at Zhuangzi, there would be a gift. It must be very valuable.
"The main thing is to thank you for giving me the honey that is needed for the medicine. You are reluctant to eat it, but you know that the people need it, so you donated it to show the friendship of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yi did not say "Wo" at this time. The Japanese Empire did not know about it in the past. Later, they found that the word "Wo" was not a good name, so they changed it to Japan.
It meant that the sun shone on the place before the Tang Dynasty.
"Let's eat. There are many people in the manor, and life is not easy. Therefore, the dishes for you are a bit shabby." Li Yi asked everyone to sit down.
He made a big rotating round table. The table was piled with plates, and each plate was filled with many dishes.
There were chicken, duck, fish, sheep, cattle, rabbits, and turtles. In the middle of the table was a stewed goose.
The four people from the Japanese Empire were very happy. Look, Li Yi valued them. Otherwise, he would not have taken out so many dishes. Some of the dishes could not be seen in the Earthly Paradise.
"I am honored to meet you all. Please!" Li Yi first held a small wine cup. It was white wine.
Drinking wine was popular nowadays, but Li Yi always felt that it was not right to drink wine without eating steak.
The taste of the wine would suppress the taste of the dishes. Drinking rice wine was better than drinking wine.
Li Yi said as he downed a cup of wine. It was a cup worth three coins. After drinking, he frowned and pursed his lips. He waited for the wine to go down before opening his mouth and exhaling the smell of alcohol.
"Please!" The other seven followed suit.
The people from the Chamberlain of Dependencies knew the situation and did the same thing as Li Yi.
The four people from the Japanese Empire had never tasted such strong alcohol before. The moment they took a sip, they sucked in a deep breath.
"Cough, cough, cough." They quickly turned their heads and coughed. Their faces instantly turned red, and they felt as if their throats were stuffed with cotton.
"This wine is too strong. Try not to breathe in when you drink it." Li Yi reminded him. He had forgotten to mention it before.
"Good wine!" Takagi Junichiro praised first. Fortunately, he didn't know where it was.
Next, the table turned. Everyone chatted and flattered each other.
After chatting for a while, Shinbei Shimodo suddenly said to Li Yi, "Li Dongzhu, the honey you sent to Zhuangzi is beneficial to the people of the Tang dynasty. It's really great.
I wonder … Li Dongzhu, do you have a way to make the lives of the people of Japan better? "
"Ah? Oh, okay. But I'm not familiar with your country. The Tang dynasty has new rice. Why don't I give you a few thousand kilograms of rice seeds? You can take them back and plant them. "
Li Yi showed a troubled expression. He thought of something good, rice seeds.
"Thank you, Li Dongzhu. I heard that the rice seeds can be harvested in two months. The people of Japan will thank Li Dongzhu." Fujiwara Ma Yang added.
After thanking him, he hesitated and said, "But the people of Japan lack houses to live in. That …"
"Easy. I'll teach you how to make a kiln. You can send the method back. Use the bricks to build houses and use the tiles to block the rain."
Li Yi readily agreed and raised his wine cup.
Everyone drank a cup. Abeda Nakamaro couldn't help but say, "Li Dongzhu, we've seen cement blocks with iron chains in Pujin. That's not bad."
They had always been thinking about the price. After thinking about it, they felt that it was expensive and difficult to transport. Buying cement from the Tang dynasty and building their own castles required too much manpower.
The boats were small and couldn't transport much at a time.
The recipe for making cement was the most important. They could send it back and make it in their own place.
"You're talking about concrete with cobblestones? This … "Li Yi dragged out the word.
"Sigh!" He sighed again, "To tell you the truth, concrete is controlled and used for military purposes. The Tang dynasty doesn't allow it to be spread outside."
"Yes." Changsun Wanyun testified. Yes, how could cement be leaked?
"But you can buy the finished product. For the sake of the friendship between the two countries, I'll sell it to you at the cost." Li Yi compromised and sold the cement at the cost.
"Japan is not an enemy of the Tang dynasty. It's on the other side of the sea, and transportation is inconvenient. Is there any other way? "Abeda Nakamaro asked with a bitter face.
"Way, way, way." Li Yi repeated and glanced at the three people from Honglu Temple.
"Li Dongzhu, I drank too much water this morning. I want to go take care of it." Tian Qingyuan smiled embarrassedly.
"I know where it is. I'll take you there." Changsun Wanyun went to pull Tian Qingyuan.
"My face doesn't feel well. I'll go wash it." Liu Tong found an excuse and followed.
Without the palace maids and eunuchs, there were only five people left in the room.
Li Yi put his hand in his pocket and touched the gun, "Everyone, I can't give you the recipe. But I can take you to see the process of making cement."
"How about 50,000 coins?" Shinichi Shimodo directly offered.
"I'll give you 100,000 coins of ready-made cement. Take it back and don't mention it again." Li Yi retorted.
Takagi Junichiro next to him knew how rich the Li Family Zhuangzi was. He smiled and tried to smooth things over: "It's 50,000 coins in Japan. 50,000 coins is equivalent to 500,000 silver coins."
"Yes, 500,000 silver coins in Japan." Abeda Nakamaro gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Did you bring it?" Li Yi estimated that it was possible.
Japanese Empire's current silver coins were five or six grams per coin. It was about 500,000 and 2.5 tons.
So much silver coins, did you bring it?
It could be exchanged for 130,000 or 140,000 coins in Tang dynasty's money. In Tang dynasty, 1 tael of silver was not exchanged for 1 tael of silver.
If 1 tael of silver was exchanged for 1 tael of silver, then 2.5 tons of silver could only be exchanged for 60,600 taels of silver.
1 jin of silver was 660 grams. 1 jin of silver was 16 taels of silver.
1 tael of silver could be exchanged for more than 2 taels of Tang dynasty's money. This was the price of selling silver to make jewelry.
Since Zhuangzi collected gold, silver and copper to issue exchange certificates, the value of silver was actually higher.
"We don't have that kind of money. Replace it with something else. We have it." Fujiwara Ma Yang shook his head. They did come with a lot of silver coins and silver ingots.
If they couldn't take out 500,000 coins, other precious things would be enough.
Li Yi hesitated for a moment. When the four people were worried, he nodded: "Give it to me. I'll take you to see it. At most, ten people will change into our clothes.
Remember, if you have cement in the future, you can say that you figured it out yourself. "
"Okay, now, now. Li Dongzhu is waiting for us. "
Abeda Nakamaro was not in the mood to eat. Even if the food was good, there were many things he had never seen before.
The four people ran out and asked people to carry things to Li Family Zhuangzi. At the same time, they asked six craftsmen to look at it together.
The three people from Honglu Temple turned around and came in. They sat down again and held their wine glasses.
"We didn't earn much. Alas! After all, the Tang Empire and the Wo Nation are friendly neighbors, separated by only a strip of water. "Li Yi shook his head and drank a cup of wine.
"Cheers." The three people drank with a smile on their faces.
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