"Dongzhu, pigeons, Dongzhu, pigeons from Guangzhou."
Li Yi watched Princess Yongmu eat.
When Princess Yongmu finished the last mouthful of rice and soup, she put down her chopsticks. Song De ran over.
Princess Yongmu put down her chopsticks as well. She now followed the rules of eating. When Li Yi put down his chopsticks, she put down her chopsticks.
Li Yi said a few times. She agreed, but still put down her chopsticks.
So Li Yi could only wait for her to eat. When he finished eating, he picked up his chopsticks and drank his soup.
"Zhang Jiuling's letter? Let me see. "Li Yi got up and went to rest.
Song De handed over two small bamboo tubes. The tubes were sealed with lacquer and oil paper.
The lacquer and oil paper of one of the tubes had fallen off. The pigeons had probably ground it when they landed to find food.
Li Yi opened the bamboo tube and took out an envelope. There was a small lacquer seal on the envelope.
There were more than twenty words written on it: A large number of merchants need toilet water. Five times the amount in the capital. Deliver within a month. The deposit has been paid.
"It's not about the imperial court. It's about business." Li Yi showed the letter to Princess Yongmu.
"Did Li Lang deliver it?" Princess Yongmu already knew what the toilet water was made of. It was difficult. It was just that little.
If it was easy, no one else could make it.
The price of toilet water was always high. It was stored in porcelain bottles. When it was wholesale, it was a small bottle of 100 milliliters. It was cheaper than the beginning.
In summer, a bottle was gone with a wipe. However, it was usually placed in water. It was more economical to use that water to bathe and wipe the body.
There were also people who dripped a drop on a wet handkerchief and wrapped it around their wrists to go out.
She had her own, but it was not toilet water. She used perfume. She had a small glass bottle with a tube. When she used it, she sprayed it.
She liked the smell of orchids, so she used orchid perfume. It was very light and was made of natural orchid essential oil.
"Send someone to deliver 100,000 bottles. I got 500,000. Also, send two pigeons back. Tell Zhang Jiuling to collect the taxes from the merchants.
If you sell things, the merchants pay taxes; if you buy things, the merchants pay taxes. But they only collected tax from the Tang dynasty, which was an export tax.
Also, send a few more cages of pigeons to them. I guess they will frequently communicate with Chang 'an in the future. I hope Zhang Jiuling will also send some pigeons over. "
Li Yi decided to sell it. Zhuangzi had produced a lot of it, so it was overstocked and stored in large glass bottles.
There was a large pile of small porcelain bottles, which could be filled at any time, sealed and sold.
He also knew that barbarian merchants would be able to earn at least double the profit if they bought the goods at five times the original price, or even more.
Some natives had their own gold, silver, and other things. Barbarian merchants would buy them and exchange them with novel things.
The leaders or chiefs of the natives would change things for their own enjoyment.
Song De accepted the order and left. Li Yi had Princess Yongmu deliver the two bamboo tubes to Li Longji.
Princess Yongmu went to Wu Jieyu's place. Wu Jieyu was breastfeeding her baby.
The baby was hungry, so he opened his mouth and cried. Before he could cry a second time, he was picked up and fed instinctively.
Li Longji watched from the side. Looking at his son's wrinkled face, he estimated that he would look very good in a few days.
Princess Yongmu greeted him first and handed over the things, "The City Shipping Department sent a letter by messenger pigeons. Li Lang has already agreed to send a hundred thousand bottles. There are also pigeons.
He also requested to collect import and export taxes from barbarian merchants and Tang dynasty merchants. It's all here. "
After she finished speaking, she looked at her new brother. The baby was eating very seriously, unlike some older children who needed others to coax them to eat.
At this time, the baby didn't need to be coaxed. He was very hardworking and probably knew that he would starve to death if he didn't eat.
"Concubine, is there enough milk?" Princess Yongmu asked Wu Jieyu.
"Yes, there's enough on one side. We've followed Li Lang's method of eating and massaging.
Sure enough, after the baby was born, it didn't take long for milk to start, and there was enough milk.
Li Lang also taught people how to knead in the newspaper. Many women who gave birth but didn't breastfeed were kneaded out. "
Wu Jieyu's voice was very soft, for fear of startling the baby.
The baby didn't care at all. As long as he ate, everything else could stand aside.
Princess Yongmu said, "I heard that there were some who kneaded too much and started breastfeeding in advance. If the intestines are cleared tomorrow, we'll have to check. "
"It's ready. If it's not cleared, we'll have to trouble your Li Lang." Wu Jieyu looked very easy to talk to.
In fact, she was very conflicted. At first, she hoped that Li Yi would suddenly die and that Li Yi would protect Empress Wang.
Empress Wang, who clearly didn't have a child, took the medicine prescribed by Li Yi and became pregnant. She even gave birth to a boy.
A few years had passed, and she didn't want Li Yi to die.
She knew how much Li Longji valued Li Yi. If Li Yi died, the first thing Li Longji would do was to make Li Jianyao the Crown Prince.
If Li Jianyao died, Empress Wang's child would still be the Crown Prince.
The position of Crown Prince didn't seem to have anything to do with her son. The people of the capital office also knew that Li Dongzhu supported Empress Wang.
If Li Dongzhu was no longer around, Empress Wang's child must be the Crown Prince. That was Li Dongzhu's will.
Li Yi's death didn't seem to be beneficial to him. His expansion was affected.
With a bigger territory, wouldn't his child have more money to enjoy? He could even go to a faraway place and call himself king.
Li Longji opened the other bamboo tube. The contents of the two letters were the same.
"Sigh! It's still my fault for not dealing with the Prime Minister directly and not writing to me. "
Li Longji was resentful. He thought that Zhang Jiuling would at least ask about him, but he only wrote to Li Yi about the business deal.
Zhang Jiuling resigned because the Ministry of Personnel had created a group of county magistrates who couldn't write during the assessment.
It was just a letter to persuade the people. Many county magistrates couldn't write it. What kind of joke was that?
Li Longji thought that Zhang Jiuling was angry and didn't want to talk to the Emperor.
"Father, Ambassador Zhang probably thinks that the business deal doesn't involve the imperial court and has nothing to do with you." Princess Yongmu spoke up for Zhang Jiuling.
Why did he have to mention His Majesty when he was just asking for toilet water? What did it have to do with the imperial court if he just wanted something?
"That makes sense." Li Longji was in a good mood again. There was nothing wrong with following his eldest daughter's words.
The baby leaned back and pushed with his little hands. He didn't want to drink anymore. He was full.
Wu Jieyu began to check if her son choked or vomited milk. When everything was fine, she held her son and looked at the contents of the letter.
The newspaper said that one shouldn't put the baby on the mattress right after feeding him. After holding him for a while, the baby would fall asleep quickly.
"This large sum of money was probably exchanged with something. How much does Li Yi want to give?" Wu Jieyu looked at Princess Yongmu.
"A hundred thousand bottles, five hundred thousand taels." Princess Yongmu didn't hide anything.
"One entry and one exit, a hundred thousand taels of customs duty? Money is too easy to earn. "Wu Jieyu didn't have as much money as Empress Wang.
Her palace spent less than five hundred taels of money a month. Most of it went to the eunuchs and palace maids.
She didn't need money. Her food and clothing were provided by Li Longji and the Li Family Zhuangzi.
This included fermented bean curd, shrimp oil side dishes, soy sauce, chili sauce, garlic sauce, perfume, toilet water, and so on!
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