Li Chengqi and Li Yi split the goods brought by Li Shihuo and Li Dahou into half and converted them into coupons.
In total, there were eighty-nine thousand and two hundred carvings, which rounded up to ninety thousand carvings for the two of them.
For the Tang dynasty, 90,000 cun was not a lot.
For the Khitans and Xis, it was a huge sum.
After the goods were taken away, the money and gifts were sent to the two people.
Li Shihuo had 66,000 cun and Li Dahou had 24,000 cun.
Li Longji distributed the gifts on behalf of the imperial court. Each person received a big mirror.
They had not been to Wentian Orchid Pavilion, so they did not know where the big mirror was.
They were very excited when they saw the mirror. It was so big. How did it be made?
The ordinary people who came with the team received a one-liter porcelain bottle of glycerin and two pieces of soap from Li Longji.
Those with higher status received a pressure cooker in addition to the glycerin and soap.
The pressure cooker was operated by a palace maid on the spot. She taught them how to cook rice and how to cook meat. A whole chicken was cooked in a short time.
In Hanyuan Palace, a large group of people knelt and kowtowed to express their gratitude. It was good stuff. It seemed that submitting to the Tang dynasty was the right choice.
The news spread that day. The other envoys of Honglu Temple were jealous, but they were not.
"The other envoys are complaining. They think His Majesty should give them the same treatment."
When Li Chengqi went to Li Family Zhuangzi to get the goods, he told Li Yi about Honglu Temple with a smile.
He bought pine nuts and hazelnuts and gave them to Zhuangzi to fry. Zhuangzi fried them well. He did not need to spend money.
"Zhuya Jinshan also has some. His Majesty always rewards him." Li Yi pinched the pine nuts with a pair of pliers and gave the reason.
The leaders of the Khitans, Xis, and Shatuo came to the Tang dynasty. Was it not normal for the Tang Emperors to reward them?
The leaders of the other clans also rewarded them when they came. For example, Su Lu came to the Tang dynasty in person and … arrested him.
However, Tubo and Zan Pu, who were negotiating now, could not be arrested. Of course, Zan Pu would not come either.
"Do you still have Chen Songzi and Hazelnut from last year?" Li Chengqi suddenly brought up a topic unrelated to what had just happened.
"There's no more. Pick out the edible ones and make them into dried fruit candy.
The jiedushi of Hexi liked to eat it, so they called it Ma Ren, referring to the walnut kernel.
It was very dense and contained a lot of sugar. A small piece weighed half a kilogram.
He didn't finish last year's dried fruits, and new ones came. He didn't want to eat last year's dried fruits.
Add in the walnuts and sorghum syrup from the capital and make them into cut cakes and send them to the front lines for the soldiers to eat. "
Li Yi knew what Li Chengqi was planning.
The dried fruits on his Zhuangzi were never broken. His method of preservation was good, and there were very few problems with them.
Seeing that he couldn't keep it any longer, he gave it to the farmers to eat.
New dried fruits appeared. Li Chengqi wanted to buy the dried fruits from last year at a low price from Zhuangzi.
When Li Yi received the news that Li Shihuo and Li Dahou were coming over, he began to make marley candies.
Marley candy was high in sugar and honey. It could be kept for a long time and tasted good. Both adults and children loved it.
At that time, something happened to him. The people of minority ethnic groups could sell it normally, but they insisted that it was cut cakes.
Most people didn't know the density of marley candy. One cut would weigh several kilograms. It was too expensive.
The people of some places didn't have enough fighting strength. The minority ethnic groups relied on their ethnic identity and martial strength. Coupled with the local law enforcement department's bias, the situation changed.
Later, the other minority ethnic groups still hoped to make money by selling mutton skewers. This group of people who sold cut cakes ruined the reputation of their ethnic group.
No, they organized and dealt with the people who sold cut cakes.
Li Yi always believed that the price of these cut cakes wasn't expensive. Good cut cakes had a lot of dried fruits.
The key point was that they couldn't cut as much as you wanted to buy. Instead, they had to buy as much as they could cut. This was like setting rules for others and even forcing them to change the price at the last minute.
But now, this thing was good. There were people in Anxi who made it, but the ingredients weren't enough. If the ingredients were too good, they wouldn't be able to afford it.
Li Yi wanted to send it to the soldiers at the front lines so that everyone could eat a little during the New Year.
This year, the imperial court collected a lot of honey from various places. It couldn't be used to make big honey balls. They also restricted the use of honey in making incense.
It was just right to mix it with sorghum and dried fruits to make cut cakes. It was extremely sweet.
People with bad teeth would probably have to pull out their teeth if they ate it.
Anyway, the children in Zhuangzi weren't allowed to eat it. If they wanted to eat it, there were normal caramel candies and crisp candies!
Crisp candies were malt candies. They were also quite sweet.
Li Chengqi showed a disappointed look. "What does a horse candy look like?"
"I made some. Let me show you. It's very beautiful." As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, Pine Tree moved quickly and ran to push the cart.
The density of marley candy was too high. It didn't look good cutting a piece.
Not long after, Pine Tree pushed the cart over. There was a big piece of marley candy on it. It looked like a cluster of flowers.
Red, green, pink, yellow, black, white, purple, and green. There were all kinds of colors. There were even patterns.
Li Chengqi saw a whole piece. There was a knife next to it. He couldn't bear to cut it.
"Why did you make it like this?" Li Chengqi was embarrassed and complained to Li Yi.
"Cut as much as you want. I'll cut it for you." Li Yi took the knife and cut it thinly. He stopped halfway and cut it horizontally again.
He put a small piece on the table and weighed it. It was half a catty. If it was 80 yuan per catty, this piece would be 40 yuan.
If he moved it half an inch, it would be at least 600 yuan. It was so heavy.
He cut the half catty cake into small pieces.
"Everyone, try one piece. It's sweet. It's sweeter than eating candy directly." Li Yi picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
Li Chengqi was the second to reach out and observe Li Yi's eating behavior. He copied him.
The palace maids and eunuchs also ate. There were eight of them.
The other 32 were serving the others. They were all in Zhuangzi and wouldn't go back.
"How is it?" Li Yi ate a small piece of cake in half a minute.
"It's sweet! But it tastes good. "Li Chengqi picked up another small piece. It had a lot of nuts. Of course, it was delicious.
"They are outside during the Spring Festival. I have to send some fireworks to them to celebrate."
Li Yi didn't eat it. It was too sweet.
"How much did this batch cost?" Li Chengqi motioned to the palace maids and eunuchs to cut it themselves.
"The cost is more than 100,000 yuan. Plus the fireworks, the imperial court paid about a quarter of the cost." Li Yi had already calculated the cost.
It cost about 130,000 yuan to give the soldiers in front some candy and fireworks.
It was not the selling price, but only the cost.
If it was replaced with provisions, it could solve a lot of problems. He just had to send 'useless' things.
"Not much." Li Chengqi didn't think it was useless. Sending provisions was a regular logistics.
Sending these things was powerful.
Sending candies and fireworks to the soldiers in front proved that the Tang dynasty had the ability to exchange the money for provisions at any time and continue the war.
Sugar was food, and fireworks were like fireworks and explosives.
"So I will continue to enjoy the tax-free treatment. I don't plan to pay taxes." Li Yi said with a smile.
"Bi Goo will probably be worried again!" Li Chengqi laughed.
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