"Brother Yi, it's done. The officials of Honglu Temple sent a message saying that the Tubo people have prepared a large amount of alcohol to buy a lighter."
Li Chengqi came over at noon and told Li Yi the good news.
Li Yi was frying beef. The two dead cows were sent here last night. The two cows fought until they were covered in blood. In the end, both of them died.
The owners of both sides gave the cows a quick death and sent them to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The money given by the Li Family Zhuangzi was enough to buy another cow. He was very generous.
Li Yi also had the same idea. As long as it was not a sick cow or a dead cow, he would try his best to give the other party a good price.
It was equivalent to buying a cow and killing it himself. He was reluctant to kill the cow that was sent by the Zhuangzi.
He planned to continue to buy the land in the east that was not good. He would ask the cows to plow the land and plant beans. At the same time, he would use fertilizer to nourish the land for two years.
Empress Wang saw the cows and said that she wanted to eat fried meat.
Li Yi fried two big pieces of meat for her. He tested them first and prepared to make medium-well meat.
Seeing his brother coming over, he chose another piece of meat and fried it.
"They are really willing to spend money to find a way to deal with us." Li Yi said while poking the meat with chopsticks.
"They said that the newspaper will be stopped after half a month." Li Chengqi was still distressed about the loss of 4,200 yuan a day.
"No. I want them to tremble when they hear the word 'newspaper', see the newspaper, and smell the ink in the future."
Li Yi refused. He had already spent the money, so he accepted it.
He wanted to leave an impression on the other party. Don't provoke me. Otherwise, I will fight with you until the end.
Oh, you decide when the war will start, but we decide when it will end!
"The money lost, sigh!" Li Chengqi knew that he could not persuade him.
"There is no loss. They are willing to rent a house. Find a way to rent a house for them. I want to sell them a lot of newspapers."
Li Yi thought for the other party. The people of the Tang dynasty were stubborn. They would not rent a house no matter how much money you give them.
"Brother Yi, tell me the truth. How are you going to make up for it?" Li Chengqi asked straightforwardly.
"There's no way they'll bargain with me for the amount of alcohol that can be bought for one or two thousand dollars.
Brewing wine requires grain, but I can only use a little grain. I'm prepared to pour enough alcohol to fill a lighter and sell it to them for 50 coins.
I will not sell anything less than that, or I will raise the price by ten times and force them to raise the money. "
Li Yi explained his plan. The lighter could only be filled with 30 milliliters of alcohol at a time.
It was sold for fifty coins, five hundred coins for three hundred milliliters and five thousand for three thousand milliliters.
Five thousand dollars for food could buy a lot of things. Five thousand dollars for food could be used to make alcohol. After distilling the alcohol and selling it to the Tubo people, it could be sold for ninety thousand dollars.
If Tubo had the money, he would buy it. A ship's worth of alcohol made from grain would make Tubo cry.
Distillers grains could also be used to feed pigs, horses, and cows. They could be fermented first and then mixed with other ingredients. It was even more nutritious.
No matter how short of grain the Tang dynasty was, would they care about 5,000 dan of grain?
Of course, Tubo could not afford to buy alcohol made from 5,000 dan of grain.
Li Chengqi was also calculating. He also knew that alcohol and grain were not of the same price.
After calculating, he felt that it was worth it: "What should we do next?"
"If you don't have money, you can return the high-priced house and sell the newspaper. I'll buy it." Li Yi gave the answer.
"You don't want to bring back Tubo to them? I know that after writing on the paper, it can be used to make paper. Are you going to buy it to make newspapers? "
Li Chengqi thought of a way to operate the newspaper.
"No, no, no. When I bought it, I didn't pay three coins for a piece. I paid three coins for a bundle and then took it to other prefectures to sell.
I used the return ship to sell it along the Yellow River. It's still three coins for a copy. There are stories and general knowledge in it.
You can write on the back of the paper. It's so cheap. Three coins for a copy. It's like I'm publishing newspapers again. The cost is so low that I can't even imagine it.
Li Yi explained how to operate the newspaper. He would continue to sell the newspaper. Buying a piece of paper to practice writing was not expensive.
If he sold it now and let other prefectures accept it, he would be able to advertise it in the future.
Li Chengqi thought about it and felt that it made sense. Why would he want to make it into paper again?
The people of the Tang dynasty did not care when the newspaper was published. As long as they could read it, it was valuable.
He took a deep breath: "Brother Yi, when you're serious, your moves are so complicated. No wonder you're willing to lose 4,200 coins a day.
As the ship travels, people in various prefectures will buy it and advertise it in the future. Oh my god! How much do you want to earn from advertising? "
"I don't expect to earn much by cooperating with His Majesty. I just want to support the system and do it for the Tang dynasty." Li Yi said in a high-sounding voice.
Money was a new luxury for him. Only by promoting social development could he earn more life.
Li Chengqi believed him again. Brother Yi was indeed doing it for the Tang dynasty. He himself … was also living a good life.
Li Chengqi finally reacted. Brother Yi's life is pretty good.
"Brother, do you know how to use a knife and fork?" Li Yi's steak was done and could not be fried anymore. If he fried it again, it would become small and hard to chew.
"Who doesn't know how to use a knife and fork? But people don't use knives and forks when they don't eat whole roasted animals. Only uncivilized people use knives and forks."
Li Chengqi smiled. How could he ask such a question?
"That's good. This is cut with a knife and fork." Li Yi agreed with his brother.
Yes, only uncivilized people use knives and forks. In ancient China, people used knives and forks. Later on, they evolved and used chopsticks.
He took the knife and fork and put it on the table. Empress Wang and Li Chengqi skillfully cut the meat. They even knew that this kind of meat was not fully cooked and was hot inside.
Empress Wang took a bite of the meat, chewed it and swallowed it with the soup: "Uncle, you collected so many wormwood. Other than wormwood, what are the others used for?"
In Empress Wang's impression, wormwood was only useful. It could be boiled and washed. It could also be made into moxa sticks and used for acupuncture.
"It's used to make medicine. It's a very powerful medicine. I can't purify it too much, but it still has obvious effects.
I originally planned to use this medicine to achieve my previous plan, but they rushed over to steal the technique.
This medicine can still earn a lot of money from them in the future. Then, the people of the Tang dynasty can also solve a disease.
Among so many wormwood, only one type of wormwood can be used. If I only collect wormwood and that type of wormwood, the people from the Fan Nation will guess it. "
Li Yi talked about his plan. He wanted all the wormwood, and the last two types of wormwood will be used as medicine.
"Are the other wormwood wasted? They are bought with money. "Empress Wang was worried about the money again.
"It's made into mosquito repellent incense. The people use wormwood to exchange for mosquito repellent incense from Zhuangzi. Those who have money can buy it. It's not expensive.
I'm going to find some people to make it. It's very simple. Crush it, turn it into mud, press it into shape, and dry it. "
Li Yi knew that there were incense pans in the Tang dynasty, but they were all good spices. Moreover, they competed with each other in incense.
No one thought of making wormwood into incense pans for the people to use in summer.
The incense used by the rich could also drive away mosquitoes and flies, but the effect was not as good as wormwood.
Wormwood belonged to the Compositae family, and the pyrethrin was very effective against mosquitoes and flies.
Even if the pyrethrin was not purified, it still existed in the smoke.
This thing was very useful. It could not sleep well with mosquitoes around.
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