Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 182 Take it for granted?
Although it is very inconvenient to transmit information in this era, there is not much movement of people around.

But as the son of heaven, there is still a set of fast channels to master the major events of the world.

Li Shimin was very concerned about what happened in Mingzhou City.

Li Junxian naturally had to spare no effort to find out what happened in Mingzhou in time.

So no matter whether Qin Xiedao solved the famine problem in Mingzhou by going out to sea to fish, or the Zhu family in Mingzhou first discovered the sea monster, and then Qin Xiedao personally led the fleet to the sea to catch the sea monster. We will know soon.

"Your Majesty, is this whale oil candle made from the whale oil that was mistaken for a sea monster?"

Everyone is not stupid, and the information they have is relatively complete, so after Li Shimin said the words whale oil candle, he immediately thought of whales.

"That's right! It's made from the whale oil from that whale. It is said that each whale weighs tens of thousands of catties, and there are even bigger ones. The amount of whale oil produced on its body is large, and it can make a lot of whale oil candles." .

Although the price of this whale oil candle is still relatively expensive, ordinary people cannot afford it for the time being.

But according to Qin Xiedao, once the whaling industry develops to a certain level, the price of this whale oil candle is expected to drop to less than five cents, or even to one or two cents apiece.

At that time, even ordinary people's homes will be able to afford candles occasionally. "

At this time, Li Shimin was still very concerned about the lives of the people.

If Qin Xiedao wanted to tell him that "the country is the people, and the people are the country", he would definitely think so.

"If this is the case, then the tallow candle and beeswax can indeed be cut down."

Changsun Wuji, who had figured out the situation, did not object blindly.

But he had a new plan in mind.

In the end, I have to let the housekeeper arrange people to go out to sea to hunt whales. Whether it is whale meat or whale oil, they are all profitable things.

Among the other ministers, there are probably not a few who hold this idea.

Although in this era, the status of businessmen is not high.

But which honorable family has no commercial support behind it?
Do you really think that you can support a large family with the little salary from the imperial court?
"I heard that Qin Xiedao not only encouraged everyone to go fishing and whaling in Mingzhou, but also built various workshops such as shipbuilding workshops and salt drying workshops.

During this period of time, the Qin family arranged for many craftsmen who would be in charge to go to Mingzhou to help.

Your Majesty, since the Qin family needs manpower, and the palace just needs to lay off a group of maids and eunuchs, if Qin Xiedao is unwilling to take over at that time, it means that he is unwilling to share His Majesty's worries in his heart. "

After turning around, Gao Shilian brought the topic back to the placement of maids and eunuchs.

But this time, no one answered his topic.

After all, the basic conclusion has already been reached just now.

Isn't it a waste of time to discuss over and over again now?
In the end, it was Changsun Wuji who brought up a new topic to solve Gao Shilian's embarrassing situation.

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When they went to Jiangnan, Qin Xiedao and his party traveled day and night because they were in a hurry, and they didn't stop anywhere to play.

But when you go back, don't be in a hurry.

After finally coming out, there is no need to rush back day and night.

So after Qin Xiedao let the two ships that transported things go first, he stayed in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Luoyang for a while.

Of course, Li Shimin even issued an imperial edict to call him back to Beijing, so he didn't dare to waste too much time.

It's just that I stayed here for a day or two.

Even so, there was a time difference of seven or eight days between his ship and the first ship.

At this juncture, Xie Linmao had already started to arrange some things.

"Selling salted fish, selling salted fish! Salted fish that costs two cents a catty, don't miss it when you pass by."

A new salted fish shop opened in West Market, and it attracted the attention of many people as soon as it opened.

Whether it is fresh fish or salted fish, the previous prices were not cheap.

However, since Qin Xiedao caught a large amount of fresh fish in Qujiang Pond, the price of fresh fish in Chang'an City has dropped continuously.

Today's prices are less than half of what they were in previous years.

Therefore, the price of salted fish that costs two cents a catty is actually not advantageous, and even a little expensive.

"Shopkeeper Zheng, I heard that the newly opened salted fish shop nearby is owned by the Qin family. I just passed by and heard their guys yelling that a catty of salted fish costs two pennies. They are crazy about money. .”

In Zheng Ji's makeup shop, the business has long since lost its former glory.

Although they re-improved the formula and used a large amount of rice flour as the main raw material of the powder, how can it be so easy to regain everyone's trust?

"Hehe, then Qin Xiedao went to Mingzhou and heard that he took people out to sea to catch a lot of large yellow croakers, so he took it for granted to sell salted fish, how could it be so simple?
In this west market, those salted fish merchants have long formed a series of industries, which cannot be easily defeated by an outsider. "

Obviously, shopkeeper Zheng is not optimistic about the Qin family's salted fish shop.

"That Qin Dalang came up with new things several times and earned a lot of money for the Qin family.

He probably thought he could succeed no matter what he did.It is also good to let other salted fish shops teach him how to be a man. "

Song Shan looked at the makeup shop behind him, the business was deserted.

Although the Zheng family in Xingyang not only has a powder industry, whether it is Zhengji Bookshop, Zhengji Salt Shop or other shops, they can bring a lot of income to the family every year.

But women's money is so easy to earn.

In the past, Zhengji makeup shop was one of the most profitable industries, but now it has been abolished, and the enmity between the two parties has been completely settled.

"The people's eyes are discerning. They naturally know which family's salted fish is better. We don't have to worry about it so much."

At this time, shopkeeper Zheng only wanted to improve the business of his cosmetics shop, and was not that interested in other things that would not affect his business.

But Song Shan was a little different, he wanted to personally witness the Qin family's unlucky moment.

So after reporting the situation to shopkeeper Zheng in the shop, he was going to go back to see the excitement again.

As an important assistant of Shopkeeper Zheng, such a small matter would naturally be allowed.

"If you want to join in the fun, go there, and report back to me about the sales of the Qin family's salted fish shop today. I don't know when your husband will be interested."

Shopkeeper Zheng waved his hand, indicating that Song Shan could skip work.

(End of this chapter)