Before he became rich, Yang Guozhong often visited Yang Yurou's home. After all, there were free women for him to enjoy. Why not? However, after he became a high-ranking official, he rarely came. After all, after he became an official, there was no shortage of women around him. He could get any young and beautiful woman he wanted. So, why would he need to serve a relatively old woman? Moreover, this relatively old woman was restless. There was no lack of young and handsome scholars around her, so there was no need for him to go.
Of course, he would occasionally come over and use his body to communicate with her. He wanted to use his actions to prove that he had never forgotten his former lover and that he was a good person with affection and righteousness.
Because he was just dealing with her, his performance was really not satisfactory. He was not even as good as the young and handsome scholars. Compared with Ang Lee, he was even worse. As a result, every time Yang Guozhong wanted to use his body to prove his heart, Yang Yurou always ruthlessly refused. After a few times, he did not ask for bad luck. Anyway, there were many young and delicate women at home.
Yang Yurou naturally would not say what she had just thought. She calmed down, squinted at Yang Guozhong, and asked lightly, "Didn't I tell you that we are not going to take care of the battery project? Why are you here again?"
For the battery project, Yang Guozhong had come to her door several times, so she naturally thought about the battery project. Unexpectedly, the purpose of Yang Guozhong's visit this time was not about the battery project, but to question her.
"Ah, yes! You now have a better project, and you don't need the battery project anymore. "
Yang Guozhong's mouth was full of jealousy, and there was a slight hint of blame in his words.
Yang Yurou was stunned for a moment and said, "It seems that you know everything! It's not that we want to hide it from you deliberately. It's just that this project is too important. Before it is completely taken care of, we can't let too many people know. The fewer people know, the less accidents there will be. "
"Eighth sister, you don't even trust your brother? If I knew, would I tell others? "
Yang Guozhong said very discontentedly.
"What, brother, are you here to question me?"
Yang Yurou was also unhappy.
When Yang Guozhong saw this, he quickly smiled apologetically and said, "Aiyo! How would I dare! I'm telling the truth. Don't you know what my heart is like? You don't trust me. This makes me bitterly disappointed! "
Yang Yurou rolled her eyes and said, "It's not that we don't trust Big Brother, it's just that there's no need for one more person to know. Once the ship has sailed, it won't be too late to tell Big Brother! Don't you think so, Big Brother? "
"If I had known earlier, I would have helped too! Setting up a workshop costs a lot of money, and I can also contribute. After all, we are a family! "
Yang Guozhong said.
Yang Yu Rou smiled and waved her hand, "I know Big Brother is sincere and wants to help us, but us three sisters have already calculated that the cost isn't very high, so we don't need Big Brother's help. When we make some products in the future, we will give some to Big Brother, so Big Brother won't lose out."
These words were very gentle and very friendly, but it was also clear that the three sisters didn't intend to take him along to maintain the perfume project, ruthlessly excluding him.
After listening to Yang Yurou's words, Yang Guozhong's mood was naturally not very good. His face was a little gloomy, but he was helpless. Who let him and the imperial concubine's blood relationship be so distant? As a result, the most direct result was that when he had good things, he had to share them with the Yang sisters, but when the Yang sisters had a good way, they didn't have to share it with him. Regarding this, even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't do anything about it.
"Big Brother, you must be hungry! Do you want to have lunch together? "
Yang Yurou saw that it was already noon and asked.
Yang Guozhong didn't have any appetite. If he had an appetite, he would have eaten in Ang Lee's house. There was no need to wait until now.
"I suddenly remembered that there are still some things to deal with, so I won't eat."
After Yang Guozhong finished speaking, he lifted his leg and walked away. The reason he refused to eat was the same as when he was in Ang Lee's house.
Yang Yurou also didn't try to persuade him to stay. Eating with a middle-aged old man wasn't very interesting at all. She had the little fresh meat to accompany her.
"Old woman, heartless old woman."
After Yang Guozhong left Yang Yurou's house, he cursed fiercely to vent his dissatisfaction.
However, the moment he walked out of the door, he suddenly understood a truth. Relying on the imperial concubine, he would always be inferior to others. Although he was now a high-ranking official in the imperial court, there were still many shadows of him relying on the imperial concubine. In other words, his position was not stable. Once the imperial concubine fell out of favor, it was very likely that it would cause him to fall out of favor. At that time, his position as a high-ranking official would be lost.
Thinking of this, he felt that it was time to cultivate his own power. If he didn't cultivate his own power, he would be controlled by others for the rest of his life.
Ang Lee could provide the manufacturing technology of the perfume, but the location of the perfume workshop was also very important. If it was in the capital, the land was more expensive and the workshop occupied a larger area, so it was naturally not very suitable. It was more appropriate to build the workshop in the suburbs. In addition, if the flowers were picked and left for too long, the quality of the perfume produced would be affected. Therefore, the location of the workshop had to be close to the source of the flowers, or on the side of the main traffic artery. In this way, the raw materials of the flowers could be transported to the workshop in time and processed in time.
There were mountains around Chang 'an City, and there were many fruit trees and flowering trees in the mountains. The source of the flowers was not a problem. However, compared with the demand in the future, these wildflowers were certainly not enough. The source of the flowers had to be expanded.
Fortunately, there were thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Tang dynasty, and there were countless flowers in every county. It was not difficult to transport these flowers to Chang 'an City by railway. Even a large group of businessmen could be created for this reason, and a large number of people would become rich.
Mrs. Han and Mrs. Qin, with many servants, made a detailed inspection of the surrounding areas of the capital. Finally, they chose the location in the suburbs, which was close to the railway but far away from Chang 'an City. The transportation there was more convenient, and the land was relatively lower than that in the capital. It was very suitable for a workshop with a large area.
After choosing the location, they first obtained Yang Yurou's approval, and then consulted Ang Lee's opinion. Naturally, Ang Lee did not express any objection and fully supported them.
Next was the purchase of machinery and the construction of the factory. Ang Lee would help them with these, but they had to do more work by themselves.
The perfume industry was given to them, but it was not enough. They could only produce perfume. As for the glass bottles containing perfume, only Ang Lee's workshop could produce them. That was to say, without the glass bottles provided by Ang Lee, the perfume produced by the Yang family could not be sold. Although they could also put perfume in gold or porcelain bottles, the quality was far inferior to that in glass bottles.
After all, porcelain could be made by anyone, and it was very cheap. Although gold was expensive, it was impossible to see how much perfume was left in it. Only glass perfume bottles were easily made, and they were most popular.
In the future, even the most expensive perfume was still stored in glass bottles. Although glass was not valuable in the future, in order to show the nobility of the perfume, it was completely possible to use gold bottles to store perfume. However, because glass was transparent and beautiful, one could directly see how much perfume was left in the bottle. Therefore, the noblest perfume in the future was also stored in glass bottles. It was just that in terms of appearance and workmanship, there was a higher requirement.
Therefore, Ang Lee seemed to have given the Yang sisters a profitable industry, but in fact, this also led to the high-end development of Ang Lee's glass industry.
The cost of exquisite glass bottles was slightly higher, but the products sold to the Yang family had to be at least ten times the standard. In this way, Ang Lee could also make a lot of money, although Ang Lee did not care about how much money he earned.
When he was making the perfume, Ang Lee had already asked the glass workshop's master to try to make the glass bottles that Ang Lee needed. After such a long time, when Ang Lee went to the workshop to inspect, he finally saw a product that he was quite satisfied with.
"Good, very good, these bottles are made very well, and they are what I expected. You all did a great job, haha!"
Ang Lee personally went to the glass workshop to inspect. After seeing the glass products made by the craftsmen, he gave a very positive praise. These products were made very well, much better than Ang Lee imagined.
"Alang, what are these products used for? Are they used to store wine? But this is too small! It's only enough for one sip. "
A craftsman had already spoken. He had completely sold himself to Ang Lee. He could get very good treatment, but he did not have enough freedom. He could not leave his workplace at will, and he had to serve Ang Lee for the rest of his life.
"Wine bottle? Haha! You really dare to dream. This is a perfume bottle for women. A few drops at a time is enough. You can't use a bottle that's too big. It's too heavy to carry around. "
Ang Lee replied. Ang Lee generally did not hide anything from these servants who could not leave their residence freely. Moreover, in order to let them work in peace, Ang Lee provided them with very good treatment.
In addition to not having to worry about food and drink, they also received a lot of extra wages. The place where they lived was more comfortable than the place where many small nobles lived. As long as they were skilled craftsmen, they would basically have a single room. This way, they could rest better without worrying about noise pollution.
In addition, in order to let them experience or have fun, Ang Lee even often invited the beauties of the brothel over to play songs for them. If they were interested, having sex with them was not a problem.
Of course, if the craftsmen did not work properly or were too bad, then these benefits would be gone and they would even be punished.
Ang Lee had always done things fairly and would never treat anyone unfairly. He would also never deliberately treat someone well. In this world, there was no love for no reason, and there was no hatred for no reason. Everything had a reason.
After carefully inspecting the perfume bottles, Ang Lee took away a few of each bottle. He kept one for himself to admire, and the rest were to be filled with perfume. After putting a label on it, he would send it to the palace to let the imperial concubines experience what it felt like to have a noble perfume bottle.
This label was casually made by Ang Lee. It only had the function of experiencing it. In the future, when the Yang family made perfume, they could name it as a label. Ang Lee was just putting on a show to let them see what the product looked like with a label.
After picking flowers for a few days, Yan Ruyu and the others were no longer willing to go to the mountains because they were too tired. The maids were also complaining that it was too bitter. Their initial passion had long been obliterated by reality.
"What's wrong? You don't want to continue picking flowers?"
When Ang Lee returned home, he looked at each and every one of them bending over and pounding their backs. The corner of his mouth slightly smiled.
"No more, no more. It's too tiring."
Yan Ruyu waved her hand and said.
"Han Lu, do you feel tired too?"
"It's okay! However, it's not easy to climb the mountain every day. It's better to rest for a few days! "
Ang Lee knew that they were only three minutes old. He smiled and said, "I knew you guys didn't have the perseverance. Who was the one who said that they had to pick flowers for a month? It's only been a few days and you're already unwilling to go, hmph hmph."
"We also didn't expect that climbing the mountain continuously would be so tiring. If we knew that it would be so tiring, we definitely wouldn't dare to say such big words."
"That's right. We've only been there for one morning and several female workers fainted from exhaustion. When we saw that it wasn't going to work, we came back directly."
Yan Ruyu and Man Man said.
What they said was true and not a lie to Ang Lee. In the process of picking flowers, there were indeed a few female workers who fainted. However, the reason for fainting was not entirely because they were too tired from picking flowers, but because they themselves were not feeling well. They dragged their sick bodies to work, so after being tired, they naturally fainted.
The reason for their illness was also related to collecting flowers. Because the weather in autumn was very cold, especially on the mountain, they had been collecting flowers on the mountain for many days. After being blown by the cold wind on the mountain for many days, it was inevitable that they would get sick.
Ang Lee didn't need them to continue picking flowers on the mountain. After all, the technology of making perfume had been handed over to the Yang sisters. In the future, they would be responsible for making perfume. As for the raw materials of the flowers, they could think of their own ideas. Whether it was hiring people to pick them or putting up a notice to buy them, it was completely feasible.
The flowers purchased by Yan Ruyu and the others were enough for Ang Lee to make a small amount of perfume. Moreover, almost all the flowers were made into perfume by Ang Lee. The extraction technology of the essence of various flower varieties was clearly understood by Ang Lee.
"Well, there's no need to pick flowers in the future. These flowers are enough. If there's a need in the future, I'll let the guards pick them and give them extra rewards."
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