"Top-grade embroidery of flying birds among flowers, six feet two inches long, four feet wide, market price 11 jin for 300 coins, Li Dongzhu, 35 jin."
"Top-grade embroidery of fish playing with lotus leaves, eight feet two inches long, five feet five inches wide, market price 20 jin for 350 coins, Li Dongzhu, 62 jin."
"Top-grade embroidery of clouds and mist surrounding the green peak …"
The local well-known buyer of Suzhou embroidery was evaluating the price for the people.
Li Yi didn't understand, but it didn't matter. He could find someone who understood.
Generally, when foreign businessmen bought Suzhou embroidery locally, they would pay a commission, usually 5%.
If they bought more, it could be reduced to 1%.
Li Yi gave the buyer ten pieces of soap and asked him not to deliberately raise or lower the price.
The people wanted to give it to the gods, and Li Dongzhu was a god.
Li Yi said he would sell it and not keep it. It was useless to give it away. He was willing to buy it at three times the price, and it could be sold at a higher price outside. He wanted to try it first.
The people agreed to take the money and take out more embroidery from their homes.
Several people there set the price. If the people agreed, they would sell it. If they didn't, they could say why.
So far, the people all agreed.
The people who set the price looked at it again and again, afraid of making a mistake.
"No wonder they like it so much, spending a few hundred taels of silver to buy a set of clothes."
Li Yi had an embroidery in his hand. It was a picture of the setting sun in the blue sea. The sea water gradually turned from blue to black, then to red. Finally, the sky was filled with the sunset, and the setting sun was yellow.
This embroidery was two feet square, and it was a big handkerchief.
The people in the industry gave a price of 55 jin, and Li Yi added 200 jin.
This embroidery took five years. There was no picture to refer to, and the embroiderer was looking at the sunset by himself.
If the picture was beautiful, then the embroidery was not only beautiful, but the surface of the handkerchief was changing, and the luster was also changing.
He spread out the four corners and shook them slightly. It was as if he was watching the setting sun reflect on the rosy clouds on the sea.
"Li Lang, who uses silver to buy clothes?" Princess Yongmu looked at the embroidery. She didn't think much of it, as she was used to it.
The things used in the palace were the best. She was just curious about how silver was used as currency.
"In other places, there are people in Guangzhou who use silver to buy and sell things.
You'll understand once you set sail. Silver is worthless. The Japanese Empire has a lot of silver, and it's also close by. Lan Bao must be put to good use.
It's best if it's gold. It doesn't matter if it's a gemstone. People from different places might not necessarily approve of gemstones from other places. "
When Li Yi mentioned Lan Bao, he thought of Lan Bao's sister-in-law and Noble Consort Lu.
Both of them had the same problem, which was also the disease that Li Yi hoped for the most. The fallopian tubes were blocked due to inflammation.
Now, the two of them were taking medicine. When he came back, the inflammation would be resolved and they would be able to unblock it. By then, they would have a child.
He heaved a sigh of relief. If it was some other problem, it would be difficult!
Silver was worthless. Because of paper money, silver no longer had the right to be used as a currency.
There were also copper coins and silk. Gold was actually useless.
However, there was very little gold. A large amount of gold existed in the depths of the earth in liquid form.
"Where are the best gems? I think glass is good! "Princess Yongmu liked glass.
She had the kaleidoscope that Li Yi made for her. It was very dazzling.
Of course, it couldn't be compared to the water curtain and the wall in the yacht now. The wall didn't need water to change things and scenery back and forth.
"The rarer something is, the more valuable it is. Glass will eventually become an ordinary thing with high production. Stones from other mountains are called diamonds. They are very hard. We can use them when we cold cut glass. "
Li Yi still didn't think that diamonds were valuable. They were useful for cutting and measuring. Oh, and making some axes.
When it came to color, glass could also be done.
Moreover, the process of making glass was hot cutting. When the glass was hot, it would be cut.
"Listen to Li Lang." Princess Yongmu thought for a while and gave up thinking about it. Listening to her 'husband' was definitely the right thing to do.
After the local people received the money, they ran to a place to press their handprints.
The Ten Thousand Jade Book required handprints.
A large piece of bright white satin was pressed with handprints one after another. This was the best thing they could give to Li Yi.
The people knew that Li Dongzhu didn't lack money, let alone guards.
Then they gave him support so that Li Dongzhu's words would be more effective in the imperial court.
Shi Guanyou watched silently and didn't say anything. He told himself over and over again not to be jealous and to hold on.
He thought of a sentence: The way of heaven is to take away the surplus and make up for the deficiency; the way of man is to take away the deficiency and make up for the surplus.
Li Yi obviously didn't lack money, but they still wanted to give him handprints.
I lack money. You can give me one! I'll pay for it, okay?
In the Tang dynasty, it was simply unthinkable to get a Ten Thousand Jade Book.
If he bribed the people in exchange, it was guaranteed that someone would impeach him.
Using political achievements to gain the people's sincere support, propaganda must be done well. At the same time, the people really did get benefits. Otherwise, the people wouldn't do it.
The people showed their political achievements to their superiors and gave them things at the same time. The superiors just needed to evaluate them.
With the superiors' recommendation, they could be promoted.
If they couldn't get the Ten Thousand Jade Book, not only would the people's eyes be bright, but their hearts would be even brighter.
All year round, they would work themselves to death to earn a living. Give you a handprint? Are you stupid, or do you think others are stupid?
As for the account book of the Zhang family's village that Li Yi got, the other officials could dream about it. It was absolutely impossible.
..
It wasn't until noon that everything was packed up.
The embroidery in the people's homes was all exchanged for money. The people were beaming with joy. At the beginning of the new year, they had a good harvest.
"In the future, we will need more embroidery. If you want to embroider at night, light a bright lamp and earn back the money for the lamp oil.
Don't tire yourself out and go blind. There are still many days to sell for money in the future.
With coal, everyone can make more dried seafood. Keep it for yourselves and sell it elsewhere.
We'll leave and come back with seeds to grow better food. "
Li Yi used the yacht's loudspeaker to shout. He didn't eat with the local people because he was afraid of wasting time.
The yacht slowly left the dock and set off for Jeju.
The current Jeju didn't belong to South Korea, nor did it belong to Silla. There were local people.
According to records, the local people raised pigs and wore pigskin clothes.
Then, there was a special characteristic. They wore clothes on their upper bodies and didn't wear anything on their lower bodies. It was the same for men, women, old, and young.
Li Yi had never seen it before. He felt that the clothes they wore were a little bigger, and the bottom was like a skirt. It was a vacuum.
Of course, even if they didn't wear clothes, he didn't have any inappropriate thoughts. He didn't like them.
As the people bid farewell, the yacht left. There were waves behind it, and it was getting faster and faster.
There were twenty Winged Knights. The one who spat earlier was there. He hid in a corner like a quail, afraid that Li Yi would see him.
He hadn't been played by Li Yi personally, but he had been played by other people who had played with Li Yi.
Every time he thought about it, his body trembled, and he often woke up from his dreams.
There was a saying in the team, "I'm not afraid of fighting to the death, I'm only afraid of Dongzhu playing games."
He saw the older generation of Winged Knights' pale faces when they proudly talked about what they had experienced.
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