Li Yi was only feeling regretful, but Yu Jiang felt his heart ache.
Money, so much money. It was just sitting there and no one wanted it.
"Bohai Sea" doesn't understand either. They occupy the largest area.
"Li Dongzhu, do we dry these things in the Khitans?" Yu Jiang wanted to send a message back.
"Dried bellflower and carrots will do. Old sprouts and this … mountain pepper seedling won't do. It's also called clematis."
Li Yi shook his head and pointed at the two pictures.
"We can't transport the green ones." Yu Jiang frowned.
"There's a way. Canned food, canned food in porcelain bottles. We don't need porcelain bottles. Porcelain bottles are expensive.
First, blanch them with boiling water. After blanching them, soak them in cold water and marinate them with salt.
Although it's not as good as fresh ones, the taste can still be preserved after soaking them in water. "
Li Yi casually gave a storage method. It sounded simple.
However, the key was that they needed clay pots. The Khitans didn't lack salt. They had salt lakes, but they lacked iron, ceramics, and tea leaves.
"Is there any other way?" Yu Jiang was disappointed when he heard about clay pots.
"Of course there is. The salted vegetables in my Zhuangzi can be woven into rattan baskets and lined with oil paper. They won't leak." Li Yi gave another method.
"Oil paper?" Yu Jiang realized that they needed something. The Khitans didn't even have oil paper.
"Actually, I know that the Khitans don't have good conditions. That's why I'm thinking of bringing what they have to me.
We'll send what they don't have to them.
This is called mutual exchange. If we have something that the Khitans don't have, we'll give the Khitans something that isn't valuable.
No one will lose out, and everyone will develop harmoniously. Don't you think this makes sense? "
As Li Yi spoke, he drew a picture of a Zhuangzi container containing shrimp oil side dishes.
After thinking for a while, he wrote down the sentence 'Famous nine hundred miles beyond the Great Wall, the taste suppresses the thirteenth floor of Jiangnan' and labeled the container as' assorted side dishes. '
Yu Jiang sat there and took a deep breath. He then got up to serve the soup.
After returning, he smiled and said, "If Li Dongzhu can really get in touch with the Khitans, when the things are shipped back, I'll also try them."
"Let's hope so. I'm just afraid that the Khitans won't be able to figure it out. With the two regions sealed off, it's not easy to even drink tea. The Bohai Sea does occasionally transport some tea back."
After Li Yi finished speaking, he drank the soup, cupped his fists, and turned back to Zhuangzi.
Qing Song came over, put the things into the box, and dragged it away.
Yu Jiang sat there and looked at the four pictures, especially the picture of a small vegetable jar.
"I can use this to pack the goods and sell them at a high price in the Tang dynasty. No, I have to send a message back. I have to agree to some economic and cultural exchange."
He mumbled and kept the four pieces of paper. He crossed the bridge and returned to his' home '.
Guo Ziyi found a place to write a letter and sent it to the palace.
He knew that Yu Jiang was an 'elite' spy of the Khitans. However, when he met Li Yi, his identity was exposed at their first meeting.
Li Yi actually knew where coal essence and amber were produced. The southwest didn't have them at all.
In the palace, Li Longji accompanied Li Dan to eat spicy hotpot.
Li Yi gave extra light to the small peppers in the greenhouse. When the peppers ripened, he would harvest them.
He kept the peppers and made them into chili paste and chili powder. He didn't sell them and only gave some to Li Longji and the others.
Knowing that Li Yi didn't need to use his life to exchange for food, Li Longji ate happily.
During the New Year, all the sacrificial ceremonies had been held and there was no court assembly.
The family ate and drank. The other concubines, Zhaoyi, and talented people didn't come.
Empress Wang was there. She carried her son and ate by herself.
The little boy saw that others were eating happily and reached out his little hand. "Ah, ah!"
Empress Wang picked up a carrot stick and dipped it in the clear soup. She pretended that it was ready to eat and fed it to her son.
The little boy grabbed the carrot stick and slowly bit it. He felt that it was ready.
"If I let you eat this spicy food, you'll cry endlessly."
Empress Wang said with a smile. She gave the baby some spicy sauce a few days ago and he cried.
"San Lang, I heard that the prices of kerosene lamps and thermos bottles have increased again. Li Yi is helping the Ministry of Revenue make money."
Li Dan had been a little uncomfortable recently. The weather was cold, mainly because of the low atmospheric pressure.
He wanted to go to the Drunken Immortal Residence to soak in the hot spring, but he wanted to bring Li Yi with him.
Li Longji put five bunches of mushrooms in it. "He wants to establish the Li Family Zhuangzi brand in Baishui. If things are cheap, how can it reflect the good of Zhuangzi's products?"
"For this year's imperial examination, we should ask Xiao Yi more about the current affairs." Noble Consort Lu helped to speak up.
Usually, she didn't have the power to interfere. Today, she specifically spoke up for Li Yi.
"Yes, we should ask." Li Longji understood that there were 220 students in Zhuangzi who had to pass the imperial examination.
There wouldn't be a problem if the current affairs were revealed. If the questions were written from memory, it wouldn't be a pity to eliminate them if they didn't pass.
A young eunuch slipped in and found Gao Lishi. He handed over a letter and quietly slipped away.
Gao Lishi glanced at the letter and handed it to Li Longji.
Li Longji glanced at it and read it carefully. After reading it, he handed it to Li Dan. "Brother Yi has made a move. The Khitan spies he kept finally came in handy."
Li Dan read it and handed it to Noble Consort Lu. At the same time, he said, "Zhuangzi wants to sell oil paper. He can make a lot of money."
Noble Consort Lu read it and handed it to Empress Wang. She said, "It's hard for that child. What kind of people does he have to deal with all day? I heard that Yao Chong and Bi Goo are very rude to him. "
Li Longji smiled and nodded. He knew what was going on with Yao Chong and Bi Goo.
Yao Chong was naturally unhappy that his power was taken away.
Bi Goo wanted to make more money for the Tang dynasty by being the Minister of Revenue. In the past, the Minister of Revenue could only rob the East wall to pay the West wall.
Now that there was a way to make extra money, he had to keep an eye on it.
If he didn't become the Minister of Revenue, he would treat Li Yi differently.
"Uncle wants to give the Khitans some benefits first. As long as the Khitans can benefit from the business, they will inevitably change their strategy towards the Tang dynasty.
When they have money, they can't buy iron and food. Instead, they will buy luxury goods for the tribal leaders.
The money will come back again. It looks like both sides are benefiting, but in fact, the production of luxury goods will take less time, and the digging and processing of wild vegetables will take more time. "
Empress Wang analyzed from another perspective. Once the situation was opened, the relationship between the Tang dynasty, the Khitans, and the Turks would change.
The Li Family Zhuangzi didn't lose out. The luxury goods he sold were not available to others, so the price was high, but he didn't have the money to make the materials.
The luxury goods that the Li Family Zhuangzi made in two hours were sold to the Khitans. It would take a hundred Khitans a day to make them.
If they exchanged like this for a long time, it would affect the Khitans' work in other areas.
It might seem like a small amount, but they might not be able to exchange for anything in the future. For example, let the Khitans pick pine nuts, hazelnuts, or wild walnuts …
Oh, and let them grow soybeans.
Li Longji nodded. "When they are short of food, Brother Yi will exchange for them."
"Why would you give them food if they are short of food?" Noble Consort Lu couldn't understand. She thought that if the Khitans were short of food, they could starve to death.
"That way, the Khitans will be completely relieved and know what they are short of. The Li Family Zhuangzi will give them everything. Once they get used to it, they will be controlled."
Empress Wang had a strategic mindset.
The first time the Khitans were short of food, they didn't exchange for food, and some people starved to death. The Khitans understood that they wouldn't be able to use the same trick against them in the future.
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