louisehourcade Chapter 151 Can I show some face
Chapter 151 Can I show some face
Chapter 151 Can I show some face
Lin Xuan failed to go, but was called to the palace by someone sent by Li Shimin.
"Sir, see Your Majesty!"
Lin Xuan felt a little strange to Li Shimin looking for him suddenly.
"You said you made that punctuation mark, can't you tell me first? You have to tell Kong Yingda." Li Shimin said angrily.
"Your Majesty, punctuation marks are not a big deal, why can't you tell Mr. Kong?"
Lin Xuan was a little confused, he didn't know what he did wrong.
Li Shimin glared at Lin Xuan, and said, "Do you know that because of your few punctuation marks, all the engravings in the entire bookstore have to be remade?"
Lin Xuan was a little wronged, adding punctuation marks, the previous engraving could not be used, and must be redone.
Li Shimin sighed and said: "When engraving a block, if you make a mistake, you will have to re-carve it. For a book, do you know how many engravings you need to make? How much does it cost?"
"I'm not saying that punctuation is bad, the problem is that the court doesn't have that much money now."
"Your Majesty, with the commercial tax plus the money for selling salt, how can the court be short of money?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin said: "The commercial tax is only collected in Chang'an, and it has not started in other places. Salt is sold very cheaply, and we haven't made much money yet!"
"The imperial examinations cost money, your military training costs money, and other places also cost money. Where did I get so much money?"
"Your Majesty, if you don't have money, you don't need to engrave the plate first. After the autumn harvest, the national treasury is full, and you can say no." Lin Xuan said.
He didn't believe that the imperial court was really so poor.
Haven't you been here for so long?Just put off some things that are not urgent.
Li Shimin came to him because he wanted him to find a way to help him make money.Lin Xuan can't be fooled by him!
"You still have the nerve to say that it is still possible if you don't tell Kong Yingda. You told him, and with his stubborn temper, he also said that this matter concerns scholars all over the world. Can I do it if I don't agree?" Speaking of this, Li Shimin became angry.
If you had told me in advance, would I be so passive?
The old man Kong Yingda was stubborn and didn't say anything, and he still admitted his death. If he didn't agree, he would probably come every day.
"Then Your Majesty asked the minister to come?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Shimin said: "You provoked this matter, you have to find a way to solve it!"
Lin Xuan was speechless, didn't he just want him to find a way to make money?
"Your Majesty, I have a way to solve the money matter!" Lin Xuan said.
Isn't it just money? It happened that the glass was burned out, and Li Shimin took [-]% of it. If you sell the glass, you will have money.
Li Shimin was overjoyed, but asked calmly, "Oh? Tell me, what can you do?"
"Your Majesty, the colored glaze has been burnt out, and some can be made and sold in the next few days, so that there will be money for engraving." Lin Xuan said.
"What? You said the glass was burned out?" Li Shimin said in surprise.
He had heard from Lin Xuan that he would have to wait for a while. He thought it would be a few months, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Yes, I just got the news and was about to go and have a look, when I was called to the palace by His Majesty!" Lin Xuan said.
"You have no other choice?" Li Shimin asked.
From his point of view, the money Liuli made was originally his.
It is equivalent to taking his money to solve this problem.
This is not in line with his purpose of finding Lin Xuan. His original intention was to let Lin Xuan find a way to solve this problem without spending his money.
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Xuan knew what Li Shimin was thinking.Secretly slandering: Lao Li, can you show some face.
"Your Majesty, I have nothing to do for the time being!" Lin Xuan shook his head and said.
It's not that he really has no choice, there are many ways to make money for him.
If it doesn't work, the invention of movable type printing can also solve this problem.
But he doesn't plan to use movable type printing now.
Now that the movable type printing technique has been developed, the five surnames and Qiwang will definitely be with him forever.
Although the Cui family had sent someone to assassinate him before, it was only the Cui family. If he could use movable type printing, it would not be the Cui family who assassinated him.
He was going to wait for the power and influence of the family to decrease before taking it out.
Li Shimin said with some disappointment: "In this case, you should get some colored glaze and sell them as soon as possible."
"Your Majesty, I wonder if the assassin who assassinated the minister last time has been investigated?" Lin Xuan asked.
He wanted to make sure if it was the assassin sent by the Cui family last time.
Li Shimin shook his head and said: "It should be Cui Xu from the Cui family who sent them privately, but those assassins are all black households, and everyone else who knew about it is dead, and there is no evidence!"
If there is evidence, he can directly trouble the Cui family. In order not to quarrel with the royal family, the Cui family will definitely hand over Cui Xu to settle the matter.
But now there is no evidence, even if he went to the Cui family, the Cui family would not admit it.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I understand, I will take my leave first!" Lin Xuan bowed and said.
Although Li Shimin didn't say it clearly, he was sure that the assassin last time was sent by Cui Xu.
It is also easy to explain some things that I couldn't figure out before.
This should have been done by Cui Xu privately, and the rest of the Cui family didn't know about it.Otherwise, it is impossible to send only those people.
But whether you know it afterwards or not, you don’t know.
……
After leaving the palace, Lin Xuan took Xu Guangfu to the fire kiln outside Chang'an City.
Looking at the glass that was fired before, although it is not as good as the glass of the later generations, it is better than the colored glaze brought by the merchants from the Western Regions.
Of course, it doesn't rule out that the ones sold to Datang from the Western Regions are all of poor quality.
Lin Xuan nodded, and said, "That's right, that's it, how long will it take to produce a kiln now?"
"Back to Lord Hou, counting the preparations in the early stage and the cooling of the firing, one kiln can be produced in about two days, but there are many failed firings, and some impurities, and the fineness as seen by Lord Hou is probably only Less than [-]%." Xu Guangfu said.
"How much can one kiln burn?" Lin Xuan asked.
"The kiln that is firing now has a total of more than 200 pieces." Although Xu Guangfu doesn't know how to fire, he has learned about these in advance.
There are more than 200 pieces, even if it is 20%, there are more than [-] high-quality goods.
"You are buying a few more kilns and burning them together." Lin Xuan said.
"Master Hou, it's not a problem to buy a kiln. The problem is that the glaze firing technique is too easy to learn. Now these people are small and carefully selected. There are too many kilns, and there are no reliable people. The method is easy to use. It was leaked." Xu Guangfu said worriedly.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "It's okay, you buy the kiln first, and I will find a way to staff it."
After all, his family is not as good as those big families, and there are many loyal servants available.
He can only go to Li Shimin to ask for someone. You have so many shares, you can't do nothing.
Xu Guangfu said: "Okay, I'll go buy it in a while."
"When the colored glaze from this kiln is fired, all the high-quality goods will be sent to my house, and all the defective products will be smashed into pieces. Be careful not to let anyone keep it private!" Lin Xuan confessed.
Xu Guangfu said with some distress: "Master Hou, although those defective products are not as good as those high-quality products, they are still worth a lot of money. Isn't it a pity to smash them?"
Although he knew that colored glaze was made from sand, he still couldn't change his mind at the moment.The defective product is also glass, how could it be smashed.
"Just do as I say, that's all." Lin Xuan said.
He planned to use this glass to deceive the rich. Those defective products were taken out, but those rich people looked down on them, and eventually they were bought by some ordinary people.
He is not short of that little money, so there is no need to cheat some people.
And there are too many inferior colored glazes, which will affect the price of high-quality goods.
"Yes!" Seeing that Lin Xuan insisted, Xu Guangfu didn't say anything more.
"To all those involved in the firing of colored glaze, no one will give you a consistent reward, and you will receive five rewards! You should pay the money yourself, and it must be distributed to all the workers," Lin Xuan said.
Fortunately, they worked hard to burn glass for him, and Lin Xuan certainly would not be stingy.
"Thank you Lord Hou on their behalf!" Xu Guangfu thanked.
(End of this chapter)