Eunuch Gao came back with a "luxury suit". Yes, he went with the gift on behalf of Li Shimin.
Ordinarily, as an emperor, no minister would have such great honor. But Li Mu was different in Li Shimin's eyes. Li Mu had done many things, and Li Shimin had always felt that he was indebted. This time, Li Mu's business started, and he had to show something.
It would be too tacky to give money as a gift. Li Shimin thought of the many calligraphy inscriptions he had made for Li Mu, such as Zhuluhou Mansion, Happy Valley, Jingdong Collection, etc. Suddenly, he was inspired and inscribed a plaque for the newly opened shop with three big white characters.
The phoenix seeks the phoenix'.
"Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" is a guqin music from the Han Dynasty, which interprets the love story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun. Phoenix is not one kind of bird, but two kinds. The male is called "Feng" and the female is called "Huang".
Phoenix. Later generations used "Phoenix seeking Phoenix" as a general metaphor, symbolizing the hero and heroine's extraordinary ideals, noble aspirations, and tacit understanding of close friends and other rich connotations.
The meaning of Li Shimin's gift of this plaque is to compare Li Mu to a phoenix and Bai Qiaoqiao to a phoenix, implying that the two of them sing in harmony, which is a very high compliment.
But Li Mu was not very grateful, because he had already thought that since this shop was opened for Bai Qiaoqiao, he should be simple and direct and just call it "Bai Luyuan". Now the emperor has sent a plaque, and the holy will is as big as the sky, but he has no choice.
I had no choice but to replace the original plaque and change it on the grand opening day, which made me feel a little uncomfortable.
However, in the eyes of the outside world, it is full of envy, jealousy and hatred. Before Li Mu came to Chang'an, he was recognized as the first person in the dynasty and the first person in the holy family, none other than the uncle of the state, Sun Wuji. Now the number one person in the dynasty
, it is still Changsun Wuji, but as the first person among the holy family, many people think that he must be changed to Li Mu. His Majesty is really too kind to him, and he is not so spoiled even to his own son.
On the plaque of Feng Qiuhuang, Li Shimin also specially used the seal, "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Longevity," with eight seal characters, which were the imperial seals that Li Mu had retrieved. This elevated the plaque to several levels. You must know that so far
So far, Li Shimin has only used this seal twice for others. The first time it was used on the plaque of "Zhuluhou Mansion" for Li Mu, and the second time was on the plaque of this shop.
With this plaque, all literate people should know how to behave. Anyone who dares to cause trouble is seeking death. If it had been hung up earlier, there would have been no trouble-making this morning.
Li Mu also gave Li Shimin enough face, and others gave him the same gift in return. He wanted to see if Li Shimin could take a bath with soap, and if he could put perfume on himself, which smelled good...
Eunuch Gao took the things out of the exquisite wooden box, put them on Li Shimin's desk, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Marquis Zhulu is very polite and has prepared return gifts for everyone. Most of them are the same, but the one given to Your Majesty is
The whole set is here. The Marquis specially asked that this is the latest product. Oh, and there is also a Fat Dhaka. The Marquis also specifically asked that this is the first one, and the first one must be dedicated to His Majesty."
Li Shimin picked them up and looked at them all. He had already used soap and soap, and now he used soap to wash his face every morning. But he had only seen perfume, but never used it. Empress Changsun only had one bottle, baby.
It was sitting there, not for him to use. Although Li Shimin was the emperor, he was always embarrassed to compete with his wife for perfume, so he had to endure it and became more and more curious.
Human nature is like this. The less you get it, the more you want it. Li Shimin finally got a bottle of perfume. In front of Eunuch Gao, he couldn't show his eagerness, so he talked as if he was doing it casually.
Unscrew the perfume bottle.
"Does this stuff really have a fragrance? I don't really believe it..." As he spoke, he poured out half the bottle and spilled it on his sleeves.
The rich orchid fragrance came out, and Li Shimin sneezed several times in succession!
"Why is this stuff so smelly! Cough cough cough... it chokes me to death!"
Eunuch Gao hurriedly asked someone to bring clothes and help Li Shimin put them on. Even so, the smell of the perfume remaining on his arms was still not small: "Your Majesty, I heard from Zhulu Hou that this perfume should be used drop by drop. It is precious.
Here, this small bottle only costs ten guan, how can anyone like you pour half a bottle at once? This is not how it is used."
"Forget it, this is not something for men." Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Just... send it to the queen."
Eunuch Gao took the perfume, rolled his eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, I heard from people around the queen that the one she uses is rose-scented. This orchid-scented perfume may not be to the queen's liking."
"Among the four concubines, whoever wants to use orchid incense can be given as a gift."
"Your Majesty, no, if a certain noble concubine has two bottles of perfume, and the Queen only has one bottle, then..."
"Ah!" Li Shimin suddenly realized, and said: "What I'm worried about is that something almost happened. Then you can deal with it as you like, and don't let the queen and the fourth concubine find out."
"Here." Eunuch Gao put the perfume in his sleeve, lowered his head and pursed his lips in joy. He didn't spend a penny and got half a bottle of perfume. This is a good thing. Eunuchs have unspeakable secrets because of such a cut.
, when it's cold or frozen, you can't help but squeeze out a little bit. Even if it's not cold and frozen, it still smells like urine when you hold it. Therefore, the sachet is a treasure for eunuchs, and every eunuch has a sachet with him.
But how can sachets be compared with perfumes? With this perfume, the problem of urination can be solved.
After all, Li Shimin was a rough guy. He was just curious about perfume and had no interest in it. But when he saw the letter that came with the gift in return, he became interested.
The letter lists the privileges that can be enjoyed by holding a Fat Dhaka card.
One: Holders of Fat Dhaka can enjoy door-to-door delivery service. Each card can be used once, and only one item can be purchased in the store. There is no need to queue up. Door-to-door delivery service is available in Chang'an City.
Second: Normally, you need to spend 100 guan to apply for a Fat Dhaka, but you do not need to spend this 100 kuan for a title of Marquis or above. You can directly own a Fat Dhaka and register it. And you can enjoy different discounts according to your title. Marquis,
There is no discount. Dukes get a 10% discount, and princes get a 20% discount. The palace enjoys a 50% discount, and the information is confidential and not open to the public.
Third: Holders of Fat Dhaka are entitled to a free trial of new products. From now on, as long as there are new products in the store, holders of Fat Dhaka can apply for a trial pack for free.
After three privileges, they still need to be extended. When another privilege is launched in the future, it will be delivered to the homes of Fat Dhaka holders in the same letter.
Li Shimin sighed repeatedly after seeing this. This sales method that Li Mu used in his previous life was absolutely unprecedented in the Zhenguan era. No one had ever done this before. At least Li Shimin himself looked very novel. He showed the letter to Eunuch Gao and said: "
Look, it says on it that the palace enjoys a 50% discount, does it mean that if you sell someone else ten guan, you will sell it to the palace 5 guan?"
"Look at the literal meaning, that's what it means."
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Gao Gan, do you think this guy Li Mu can do money-losing business?"
Eunuch Gao was stunned for a moment and shook his head. He really didn't believe that Li Mu would do money-losing business.
"So, he also made a profit from selling it to the palace at a 50% discount. In this way, he made at least half of the net profit from the sale, which is really amazing. A bottle of perfume made a net profit of 5 guan, how much did he sell it today?"
"There are only one hundred sets in total."
"One hundred sets is one thousand six hundred guan. The net profit is 800 guan. Alas! Why is this kind of business not mine?" Li Shimin sighed repeatedly, his envy beyond words.
Eunuch Gao tried to figure out the holy will. He didn't want to say such things, but at this time, someone had to say such things. He hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, why not..."
"No!" Li Shimin waved his hands repeatedly and said, "How can I do this? Li Mu is different from ordinary people, no, no!"
Eunuch Gao let out a long breath and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
Li Shimin sighed again for a while, and asked Eunuch Gao to take the things away and pick up the memorial on the desk. A pile of memorials were reviewed every day, and there would be another pile the next day. There was no end in sight. Li Shimin
After being an emperor for several years, you can understand that your father became arrogant and extravagant after he became emperor.
Being the emperor is really tiring if you want to be good at it. But on the other hand, it is very relaxing. If you leave things to others, you will naturally have more time to have fun. But this is also equivalent to handing over power. Li Yuan was handing over the power back then.
He gave his son, the civil official to Li Jiancheng, and the military general to Li Shimin. In the end, if something happened, it was his son who got the throne. Li Shimin did not dare to do this, his prince was only twelve years old. If he handed over the power, he might not be able to survive for a few years.
Years ago, the world changed their surnames.
So whether he likes it or not, he still has to 'do homework' every day. If he doesn't read these memorials, he won't be able to do anything.
"This Wei Zheng..." Li Shimin picked up a memorial, frowned, and said, "Why is he everywhere? He also wants to get involved in road construction. It's really annoying!"
Eunuch Gao glanced at the side and had the same idea as Li Shimin. The memorial said that Shandong is far away from Chang'an and the road is rugged and inconvenient. Taiyuan just needs to build a road to Chang'an, so it is better to take this opportunity to build a road from Yangzhou to Chang'an.
The Taiyuan road connects the two roads, so that Shandong and Chang'an will be close.
There is nothing wrong with what he said, but how could Li Shimin fail to understand Wei Zheng's intention? He must have seen that road construction was profitable, and the Shandong nobles could not sit still and wanted a piece of the pie.
Eunuch Gao has always been very measured about this kind of national affairs and never talks much. Li Shimin didn't count on him either, and said to himself: "Each and every one of them looks at their interests like a wild wolf smelling blood on the grassland.
They are all green. The auxiliary machines are like this, and so is Wei Zheng. I have seen how there is no such thing as a virtuous minister!"
Li Shimin gritted his teeth bitterly, picked up the brush, covered with cinnabar, and directly made a cross on Wei Zheng's memorial.
"Go, send someone to the Yushitai, tell Wei Zheng, and let him give up this idea! The Shandong nobles are estranged from me, and I will never allow it!"