After hearing these words, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression immediately became a little strange, and he asked with a half-smile: "Eleven, do you want to talk to my second brother and me about the glass used in Daxing Palace?
"
"Well……"
Seeing the emperor's weird expression, Li Yuanjia's eyelids twitched, but he quickly smiled and said: "In fact, it's not true, but there is indeed some connection... Oh, of course, the most important thing is that these glasses are too expensive.
!”
In order to accentuate the tone of his words, Li Yuanjia sighed heavily at the end.
However, the emperor obviously did not accept his tactics. He raised his eyebrows and said leisurely: "Oh? Then you can tell me, how many copper coins will it cost to make this piece of glass?"
"this……"
His eyelids twitched several times this time, and Li Yuanjia didn't know what to say for a while.
When he hesitated like this, Li Shimin suddenly felt happy. He took a sip of water and said calmly: "Why, is there anything hard to say? Eleven, if you don't tell me the cost of a piece of glass, how can I tell you?
Where are you paying?"
"..."
With a heavy breath in his chest, Li Yuanjia was suddenly speechless.
How to say?
To say the least is to say it's all exposed, but to say the high... Haha, in the previous life, no one would care about any nonsense. In this era, there is no pressure even if you lie to Changsun Wuji or Fang Xuanling, but you have to talk nonsense in front of the emperor.
…
Then he is a bully!
No matter how confident he was in the people in his family, Li Yuanjia would not dare to do this, so he could only sigh for a while. After a while, he coughed twice and said: "Ahem, actually... mainly the front.
I asked my family’s craftsmen to trial it for several years, and then built a special glass workshop. I spent a lot of money on it, and it’s quite a lot if it’s spread over the glass!”
Hearing what he said, Li Shimin was happy again: "Haha, tell me, my Daxing Palace uses so many pieces of glass, how much should I give you?"
Seeing the smile on the emperor's face, Li Yuanjia rolled his eyelids and said helplessly: "Second brother, how can I ask for your money? Although those hundreds of pieces of glass are precious, selling them to others will cost at least tens of thousands, but
... This is what I willingly dedicate to you, my second brother! And it is also my blessing to be able to use it in the Daxing Palace!"
"oh?"
This time Li Shimin was really surprised. He raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't want to ask me for money? Then why are you talking to me about glass?"
Blinking his eyes, Li Yuanjia said honestly: "Second brother, you have misunderstood. Brother Chen has no intention of asking you for money. In fact... I want to give you money!"
"Ah? Send me money? What do you mean?"
After hearing what he said, Li Shimin was completely stunned.
"Haha, of course it's still these glasses!"
After taking a deep breath, Li Yuanjia's expression became serious: "Second brother, to tell you the truth, although the cost of glass is indeed not very high, what I just said is indeed true - just
To build a glass workshop in a small valley, at least more than 10,000 yuan were thrown in! If you add in the previous expenses, and the money to buy coal and various materials later..."
"Wait, wait first!"
Hearing his brother's rambling words, Li Shimin suddenly had a headache. He waved his hand and said, "Eleven, what you just talked about was about giving me money. Why did you suddenly get involved in this again?"
Of course Li Shimin knew about the glass workshop in the valley.
In fact, Li Shimin probably knew about how much the glass workshop had spent, but he couldn't figure out why Li Yuanjia was telling him this now?
Smiling, Li Yuanjia continued: "Second brother, I just want to tell you that after spending so much money, Brother Chen will definitely earn it back through glass... In other words, Brother Chen plans to let
People take out the glass and sell it, and maybe they will open a glass shop in Dongshi in the future.”
"..."
Seeing his serious look, Li Shimin's eyes narrowed and he was speechless.
Okay, he has already been mentally prepared for this.
Although Li Yuanjia is the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it sounds uncomfortable to be a businessman, but... as he just said, he spent tens of thousands of dollars on this glass house. How can he collect the capital if he doesn't sell it?
return?
You can't pay a net loss of more than 10,000 yuan, right?
As for whether we should spend the money and let the craftsmen make glass...
Haha, now Daxing Palace has been replaced with hundreds of glass windows. Even if he feels unhappy and feels that this young businessman has disgraced the royal family, Li Shimin would be embarrassed to say this, right?
and……
"Anyway, glass is different from ordinary goods, right?"
Thinking of the Xinhua Bookstore opened by Li Yuanjia in Dongshi, Li Shimin thought helplessly: "At least speaking of it, this thing is best placed in the study room, so it can be regarded as... well, it can also be regarded as an elegant thing, right?"
At this moment, the emperor felt a little uncomfortable.
As an elder brother, Li Shimin certainly didn't want to see his younger brother become a businessman, even if it was something as elegant as Han Wangzhi! After all, the concept of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if the Tang Dynasty was relatively enlightened, the businessmen's
The status is still not high.
A dignified prince has opened a shop, and it would be embarrassing to tell him!
Especially when his younger brother was not only engaged in business, but more importantly, he loved craftsmanship the most, Li Shimin's mentality became even stronger.
But rationally, Li Shimin couldn't stop it.
Even glass that seems to be purely a decoration can brighten a house in winter and keep it warm at the same time. It can be said to be of great use, not to mention the Hanwang paper that the dignitaries in the audience are fighting for.
...By the way, there are also the Quyuan plow and the new type of rollover made by Li Yuanjia. Those are really good things, good things that can benefit the world!
Knowing his brother's abilities, how could Li Shimin stop him?
If he objects because of his own words, the good things in this kid's mind will not come out, and... the reason why King Han's palace is in Shengyefang, and the reason why King Han can stay in Chang'an City, is not because of this
What...
"Huh? That's not right!"
As he was thinking about it, Li Shimin was suddenly startled: "Just now... what did he say just now? He seemed to want to give me money? Why did he go to other places while he was talking?"
His face darkened, and the emperor immediately looked at his younger brother: "Eleven, stop gossiping. What did you mean when you just said you wanted to send me money?"
"Haha, that's what it means literally!"
Li Yuanjia blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "These are the glasses. Brother Chen wants to do this business with his second brother..."