After the drama performance ended, Fang Keying took Zhang San's place to see off those who came to watch the drama. Everyone spoke highly of the drama performance and asked Fang Keying when the next performance would be.
Because Li Shimin was here, Fang Yiai and Qin Huaiyu slipped away early for fear of being seen by Li Shimin.
Zhang San came to the private room and was going to take Li Shimin to his home to look at the glazed products.
"You kid doesn't do your job all day long. How come you don't know how to serve the court and clean up these girls' things when you have this free time?"
When Zhang San entered the private room, he was not praised by Li Shimin, but was taught a lesson by Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, I am not neglecting my duties. Don't underestimate this small performance. After a while, this reputation will become popular. We will hold two charity performances and help Your Majesty raise food for disaster relief. This is better than asking everyone directly.
Donations are well received.”
Li Shimin heard what Zhang San said, and after thinking about it for a moment, he felt that this method seemed very good. Although he didn't like to see the tricks of these poor scholars and wealthy families, the officials' female relatives seemed to be very interested in this.
"Thank you for having some conscience." Li Shimin's tone softened slightly.
Li Tai sat aside and kept silent, like a good baby.
Since Li Tai went to Pingkangfang last time, although he didn't do much, it still made Li Shimin wary. So Queen Changsun felt that her son might be lonely, so she found another wife for Li Tai.
Zhang San saw that Li Tai's steps were frivolous, and he guessed that this new wife was quite popular with Li Tai.
"Your Majesty, do you have time later? If you have time, you might as well go to the minister's house and have a look. We made a lot of colored glaze last time. Take a look and see if you like any of them. Take a few pieces back as decorations." Zhang San returned to the subject and invited
Li Shimin went to his home to have a look.
"You are really interested, so I will go and see how you make colored glaze." Li Shimin was also very curious about this matter.
At this time in the Tang Dynasty, most of the colored glaze was tinkered with by foreign merchants. A large colored glaze bead could sometimes be sold for dozens or even hundreds of dollars.
Now Zhang San said that he could actually make colored glaze, which greatly amazed Li Shimin.
Li Tai deliberately lagged a few steps behind Li Shimin and asked in a low voice: "Did you really burn this glass?"
"Of course, I don't dare to lie to others." Zhang San replied.
"How did you make it?" Li Tai asked again.
"Business secrets, I want to know how to buy them with money." After Zhang San finished speaking, he quickly caught up with Li Shimin and stopped talking to Li Tai.
Li Shimin took Xu Huang and several guards and rode a carriage to the Marquis's residence in Zhang County.
Su Xin prepared the colored glaze early and went home early to instruct her subordinates to move the colored glaze out of the warehouse and put it in the yard.
When Li Shimin and Li Tai walked in and took a look, they were immediately shocked by the sight in front of them.
The colored glaze emits colorful light under the sun, making people dare not look directly at it.
"Did you bake these?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then asked.
Li Tai walked up to the glass, touched this one, and looked at that one.
Fang Keying brought her little sister to pay tribute to Li Shimin, and then asked the servants to leave. Only Zhang San, Li Tai, Li Shimin and Xu Huang were left in the yard.
"Yes, some of them were not burned well and were thrown away. But these ones seemed to be in good condition, so I kept them." Zhang San answered casually.
When Li Shimin heard that he had lost some, he cursed Zhang San in his heart for being a prodigal. If he had these colored glazes, would he still have to worry about providing food for Shandong's disaster relief?
Seeing these exquisitely crafted glazed products of various shapes, Li Shimin really wanted to move them back to the palace.
Resisting the urge to "rob" Zhang San again, Li Shimin asked: "Tell me, what do you want me to come over and see these Liuli?"
After hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, Zhang San organized some words and said: "I heard that the emperor is worried about the hail disaster in Shandong. The emperor's behavior of caring for the people is deeply touched..."
Zhang San wanted to flatter him first, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Shimin with a wave of his hand: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, if you have something to say, let it go quickly, and don't do these nonsense."
Li Tai almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
Zhang San was also embarrassed. He had never flattered me in his previous life. Now he finally wanted to do it, but was rejected outright.
"It's like this. I also want to make some contributions to the people in the disaster area, so I want to do a business with the emperor. If this business is completed, the emperor will not only be able to raise the food money in one fell swoop, but also enrich the national treasury. I can also
Make a small amount of money so that you can pay those workers and let them..."
"There is no need to say the rest of the story. I am too lazy to listen, but I am very happy to raise enough funds for the disaster area."
Hearing what Li Shimin said, Zhang San thought something was coming. Li Tai also listened carefully to how Zhang San planned to do this business with the emperor.
"It's like this. I am responsible for firing the colored glaze products for the Emperor. Your Majesty, you can just reveal some information and say that for the sake of the people of Shandong, Your Majesty is going to donate all the colored glaze collected in the palace and hold a charity auction at that time. In this way,
First of all, there will be many people who want to participate in this charity auction. When the time comes, the emperor will sell these colored glazes, so that you can get both money and praise, so why not?"
After listening to what Zhang San said, Li Shimin's eyes instantly brightened. Thanks to the charity fund, Li Shimin is now very interested in these "charitable" money-making methods, no, the methods of raising money for charity.
"That's a good point, but how will you make money in this way?" Li Shimin asked suspiciously.
The money from this charity auction will definitely be used for disaster relief. It is impossible for Zhang San to get any money from it.
"It doesn't matter if I lose a little, as long as I can relieve the emperor's worries." Zhang San said righteously, as if he didn't care about money at all.
"Haha! Do you think I am so easy to deceive?" Li Shimin sneered and asked angrily.
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. How dare you deceive your Majesty?" Zhang San suddenly cried out bitterly.
"I don't believe you are so kind, I'd better tell you, otherwise I won't feel at ease." Li Shimin said again.
"Actually, this is nothing. The emperor can sell a batch of colored glaze at the market price or a little lower than the market price to raise money for the disaster area. But in the future, I plan to make these colored glazes in batches. At that time, the price may be
It's very low. I'm afraid that this will disrupt the market and cause unnecessary trouble, so I want to cooperate with the emperor to build a glaze kiln factory. In this way..."
"In this case, I will take the blame for you, so you have a good plan." Li Shimin said with a cold face.
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Zhang San thought that Li Shimin would not agree. Before Zhang San could speak, Li Shimin picked up a tiger-down-mountain glass from the ground, looked at it carefully, and said: "I will not agree to this cooperation.
, but you can cooperate with Queer."
When Li Tai heard this, he was very puzzled. This matter was obviously Zhang San's attempt to deceive a group of people and support him. Why did the emperor want to get involved himself? Then he might be scolded a lot in the future.