Yang Zhao had always been a thick-skinned person. As long as this business could bring him a steady stream of income, that was enough. As for those old pedants who mocked him whenever they met, he didn't take them to heart.
In Yang Zhao's view of the world, if he couldn't stand the unbearable mockery of others, how could he accomplish great things? Walking on his own path to riches, he didn't care what others said!
With the improvement of transportation, it was easy to sell the Eye Care Jewels all over the country. Furthermore, it was a consumable that needed to be used every month, so the demand was always high.
The previous ten sets of production lines could no longer satisfy the needs of the market, and during the period of sales, they had earned a lot of money. Thus, Yang Zhao decided to expand production to earn more money.
"Assistant Minister Li, are you busy?"
Yang Zhao smiled as he walked into Ang Lee's office. After looking around, he sat down.
"Adjunct Yang, you've been very busy recently! Why are you here? "
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Yang Zhao had to multitask every day. On one hand, he had to share Li Longji's burdens and do his job well. At the same time, he had to manage the Eye Care Jewels Workshop. Fortunately, Yang Yurou worked hard to help him manage it. Otherwise, he would really be exhausted to death.
"Assistant Minister Li, I'm here to discuss the purchase of ten sets of machines with you."
Yang Zhao didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his request.
"How is it? This Eye Care Jewels business is very profitable, right? Trust me, there's nothing wrong with it. "
Ang Lee teased.
"Hehe! Assistant Minister Li is right. In just a few months, not only have we recouped the cost of the machines, we've also earned a lot of money. It's just that managing such a large business is too tiring. Third Sister is so tired that she's lost a lot of weight. "
Yang Zhao said with a smile.
"Haha! How can starting a business not be tiring? Only when you're tired can you feel fulfilled! Ten sets of machines, a hundred and fifty gold. "
Ang Lee said.
"Assistant Minister Li, why did you raise the price? Wasn't it a hundred gold last time?"
Yang Zhao was stunned. He felt that Ang Lee was too greedy. It had only been a few months, and he had already raised the price of the machines by 50%. It was too unkind.
"The machine has been upgraded. The machine this time is not the same model as the one you are using. This is a brand new machine. The production efficiency is twice that of the previous machine. Moreover, it is less likely to be damaged. The price is higher, but it is more cost-effective."
Ang Lee hurriedly explained.
The reason why he worked so hard to update the machines was not to curry favor with Yang Zhao, but to promote the women's hygiene in the Tang dynasty. He wanted to spread the good stuff like the sanitary pads more quickly, starting with the noble women and gradually spreading it to the common people. The better way to spread the pads was undoubtedly through higher manufacturing efficiency and lower production costs. Therefore, it was imperative to update the machines.
"Double the efficiency. That's even more cost-effective than the early machines. Assistant Minister Li, here's a hundred gold. The remaining fifty gold will be delivered tomorrow morning for ten sets of the new machines."
Yang Zhao very straightforwardly paid the deposit and happily ran back.
After receiving the deposit, it was time to get to work. Ang Lee immediately gave the order to build a new production line of ten sets of pads and deliver them to Yang Zhao as soon as possible.
In the ninth month, something happened in the northeast that made Ang Lee very angry. For his own selfish reasons, An Lushan casually made up an excuse to launch a surprise attack on the Xi and Khitan tribes, plundering large amounts of people and wealth, and killing many common people.
And the one responsible for this surprise attack was actually the newly formed Fanyang Artillery Brigade. In other words, the reason why An Lushan's surprise attack was able to achieve such great results was entirely due to the existence of the Fanyang Artillery Brigade. Otherwise, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
"This bastard, he's actually so shameless. The artillery was given to him for defense, but he actually used such a low-level excuse to stir up trouble."
Ang Lee angrily cursed.
"Assistant Minister Li, it's already happened. It's useless for you to be angry. I also feel that there's something wrong with this. But anyway, the loss of the two Tibetans is not necessarily a bad thing for the Tang dynasty."
The commander of the 1st Armored Artillery Brigade, Guo Qiang, tried to persuade him.
After hearing about this matter, he immediately came to report to Ang Lee.
"How are the Princesses? How are Princess Jingle and Princess Yifang?"
Ang Lee asked with great concern. According to the trajectory of history, at this moment, Li Huaijie and Li Yanchong should have killed the two Princesses and rebelled together.
"An Lushan said in the battle report that the two Princesses were killed. He led the main army to attack and wiped out the two Tibetans, avenging the Princesses."
Guo Qiang said loudly.
"What, the Princesses were killed? This is all caused by An Lushan. How did His Majesty react when he heard about this? "
Ang Lee was furious and continued to ask.
"Of course, His Majesty was a little angry when he heard that the two Princesses were killed. But when he heard that An Lushan defeated the two Tibetans and avenged the Princesses, he was very happy and praised An Lushan. He even issued an edict to reward An Lushan greatly."
Guo Qiang said truthfully.
"She's not his biological daughter after all! His Majesty just got angry for a while. It's really a great tragedy for a woman to be born in a royal family. "
Ang Lee sighed and ordered loudly, "Commander Guo, get ready immediately. Tomorrow morning, you'll lead the 1st Armored Artillery Brigade to Luoyang by rail and take the nearest road to the two Tibetans."
"Assistant Minister Li, why? Why do you suddenly want us to travel to the two Tibetans? "
Guo Qiang was stunned. He didn't understand what Ang Lee wanted to do.
Ang Lee calmly analyzed, "Commander Guo, my sister is in the two Tibetans. If she's still alive, she'll probably take the nearest road to Chang 'an. If the people from the two Tibetans want to go to the capital to explain the truth, they'll also take this road. I want you to lead the Armored Artillery Brigade to meet them and prevent An Lushan's troops from killing them."
"Assistant Minister Li, you're right. But the Armored Artillery Brigade under my command is directly under His Majesty. Without His Majesty's order, we can't leave the capital. Otherwise, we'll be sentenced to death."
Guo Qiang hurriedly reminded him.
"Rest assured, Commander Guo. I'll go to the palace to meet His Majesty. The imperial edict will be issued soon. Go back and prepare first!"
Ang Lee said as he got into the carriage and went to Daming Palace.
Guo Qiang had always trusted Ang Lee. He immediately went back to prepare everything.
After Li An entered the palace, he did not immediately see the Emperor. This was because the Emperor was accompanying Yang Yuhuan and the three Yang sisters. They were in the middle of a lively conversation. The eunuch who passed on the message did not dare to disturb them and could only temporarily stand aside. If the Emperor noticed him, he would naturally ask. If he pretended not to see him, then he could only let Li An wait for a while longer.
"Haha! Saburo also thinks that cousin invented the Hushu Treasure. "
Yang Yuhuan covered her face and laughed.
For some reason, when they were conversing with the Emperor, they unknowingly talked about the Hushu Treasure. Not only did Li Longji hear about the Hushu Treasure, he also received many memorials to impeach Yang Zhao. They said that Yang Zhao was a person who took pride in inventing menstrual products and was unfit to be an official. He should immediately be demoted to a commoner.
Of course, Li Longji didn't follow the memorials to protect Yang Yuhuan's face. After all, he had a good impression of Yang Zhao. He couldn't remove Yang Zhao from his position because of such a small matter.
"What, the Hushu Treasure wasn't invented by Yang Zhao?"
Li Longji was stunned. He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said, "Could it be Assistant Minister Li?"
"Haha! Your Majesty guessed correctly. It was Assistant Minister Li. She was the one who gave the Hushu Treasure business to cousin. Even the name Hushu Treasure was given by Assistant Minister Li herself. She said that it was a treasure to protect women and make women feel comfortable. "
Yang Yurou hurriedly replied with a smile.
"Hahaha!" Li Longji threw his head back and laughed. "We should have guessed that it was Assistant Minister Li. He is the true inventor of the Tang dynasty. However, he didn't do it himself and instead gave it to Yang Zhao. Haha! Interesting. "
In truth, Li Longji meant that Yang Zhao had helped Ang Lee shoulder too much blame. Those memorials to impeach Ang Lee should have been for Ang Lee. However, not many people knew that the Hushu Treasure was invented by Yang Zhao.
"Your Majesty, this Assistant Minister Li is a considerate person. If not for the fact that I'm already married, this servant would really want to marry him."
Yang Yu Rou had always been bold. Even in front of the Emperor, she did not have the slightest fear. What she said was from the bottom of her heart. Such a handsome young man like Li An, which woman would not like him?
Li Longji didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said, "We are also very curious. How did Assistant Minister Li think of inventing this thing? We really want to ask him in person. "
"Everyone, Assistant Minister Li is outside the hall."
The young eunuch who had been waiting for a long time saw that the time was ripe and quickly spoke.
"You've been standing there for so long. Why didn't you say earlier that Assistant Minister Li was coming? You should be punished."
Yang Yurou impudently reprimanded the young eunuch and turned to give Li Longji a flirtatious look.
Li Longji had been in the palace for too long. All he saw were proper palace servants and had long since grown tired of them. Occasionally, he would see bold and impudent people. It was a different feeling, so he wasn't angry at all.
"This humble subject greets Your Majesty and Imperial Consort."
Ang Lee very politely bowed. When he raised his head, he saw Yang Yurou giving him a flirtatious look.
"Assistant Minister Li, His Majesty wants to ask you, how did you come up with the idea of inventing the amulet?"
Before the Emperor spoke, Yang Yurou asked first. It made people confused as to who was the real master here.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject came here today because I have something important to report to Your Majesty."
Ang Lee didn't answer Yang Yurou's question. Of course, the Emperor didn't really want to know. After all, this kind of thing was somewhat unpresentable. If he let Ang Lee answer, it would make Ang Lee very embarrassed.
"Assistant Minister Li, what is so important? Just say it. There are no outsiders here."
Li Longji opened his mouth and asked.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject heard that the two Tibetans rebelled and even killed the princess. I was very angry. The Tang dynasty is the most powerful country in the world. How could it allow barbarians to behave so atrociously?"
Ang Lee didn't answer directly. Instead, he followed Li Longji's intention and said something unimportant first.
"I kindly conferred titles to the two Tibetans and sent the two princesses to the two Tibetans for peace. Li Huaijie and Li Yanchong, these two evil thieves, dared to kill the princesses and rebel. Fortunately, Fan Yang had Assistant Minister Li's artillery unit, which has defeated the main forces of the two Tibetans and avenged the two princesses."
Li Longji replied.
"Your Majesty, this humble subject suggests that we send the Armored Artillery Brigade to the two Tibetans. On the one hand, we can test the long-range mobility of the Armored Artillery Brigade and find out how to improve it. On the other hand, we can deter the tribes in the north and make them not dare to be enemies with the Tang dynasty."
Li An stated his purpose for coming here.
"Well, Assistant Minister Li's words are reasonable. The Armored Artillery Brigade has been cooped up in the capital all day. It's time for them to go out. Send the Armored Artillery Brigade to the north."
Li Longji did not even think about it and directly issued the imperial edict.
Then, Ang Lee prepared to leave, but Yang Yurou didn't let him go. She asked a lot of questions and wasted a lot of Ang Lee's time.
After returning to the villa, Ang Lee took out the topographic map of the Tang dynasty and began to study it carefully. He was thinking about the route that Li Ya 'er must take once she went to the capital.
Since Guo Xiang didn't know Li Ya 'er, Ang Lee immediately found Li Feiyu and Zhang Erniu. Under the excuse of inspecting the Armored Artillery Brigade and learning from each other, he secretly transferred the two into the Armored Artillery Brigade and sent them to the north with Guo Xiang's team.
The next morning, Guo Xiang's team was already prepared at the Changan City Railway Station. All the armored artillery vehicles and armored command vehicles were in place. There were also more than a hundred transport trucks and maintenance vehicles that accompanied the operation. There were a total of four trains.
"Fei Yu, Erniu, take this map. The red dots marked on it are very likely to be the path that Ya 'er must take to return. You have to spread out at these red dots. As long as the Armored Artillery Brigade appears, Ya' er will likely look for you. When the time comes, you have to bring her back."
Ang Lee handed the map to the two of them and exhorted softly.
"Big Brother, don't worry. We will definitely bring Ya 'er back successfully."
Li Feiyu took the map and boarded the train with Erniu to join Guo Xiang's team.
Seeing the four trains leave one after another, Ang Lee frowned. During the imperial court meeting, four hundred cannons had been a powerful display. Was it not enough to intimidate Li Huaijie and Li Yanchong? These two thieves actually had the guts to kill the princesses. Were they crazy or tired of living? Or was this An Lushan's scheme?
Everything could only be figured out after Guo Xiang's team entered the north. Now, all the information he had obtained came from An Lushan's side of the story. It might not be true. Perhaps the two princesses were still alive.
Therefore, the most important task for Guo Xiang's team to head north was to figure out the situation in the north and figure out what had happened between the two Tibetans. He didn't want to only listen to An Lushan's side of the story.
The four trains took more than half a day to arrive at Luoyang City Railway Station. Guo Xiang led his troops and headed straight for Luokou overnight. He planned on resting there for the night. After dawn the next day, he took the Luokou transport ship to the north bank of the Yellow River and continued heading north to complete the important mission Ang Lee had given him.
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