The Mandarin spoken by several Linyi merchants was good, unlike those from the Western Regions who always spoke with a strong camel odor.
"His Majesty the King has an order. If the prince is in need, he will use all the strength of the country without complaint."
Before coming to Yangzhou, several Linyi businessmen had been curious about what this young man who was able to confuse the little king of his family was like.
Hearing that he was a Jinshi at a young age and was a well-known talent, several businessmen always thought that he should be a handsome young man wearing a purple gold crown and walking shoes.
It's better to meet than to be famous. Looking at the young man sitting in front of them with a sheep stick bone in his hand, several Linyi businessmen felt that their little king was indeed very good at doing business and governing the country.
It's the way you look at people that makes you a bit blind.
"Your Majesty has one more thing, and I must hand it over to the prince personally."
The leading businessman took out a small box carved with agarwood from his arms. As soon as the small box saw the light of day, the house was filled with fragrance. It was thought that it was not ordinary.
"Yu Bi is so polite. He sent someone to deliver something so far away." Li Chongrun said politely, but it didn't seem like he was greedy for the agarwood box. Instead, he was more curious about the contents of the box.
But the most basic etiquette is still required. Li Chongrun called these people to sit down: "You're welcome, sit down and come, and serve some good wine to these guests."
The wine was good wine. I put it in a small pot with a Yue kiln celadon bottle and soaked it in warm water. The ethereal smell of the wine actually covered the whole house with its fragrance.
Not only is this prince not good-looking, he is also a bit stingy. He actually uses such a small cup to serve guests, even though it is indeed very delicious.
Several Linyi merchants slandered Li Chongrun. Seeing the noble young prince raising a glass to them from a distance, several Linyi merchants were a little flattered and opened their mouths to pour the wine into their mouths.
Seeing those merchants' faces quickly covered with a layer of red gauze, Li Chongrun snickered in his heart, thinking that the wine made by Xie's wife was really good. He tried steaming it several times, and the aroma and taste of the wine were the same.
Good wine waiting for you.
It's just that the speed up here is really faster.
No matter those businessmen were still praising the good wine, Li Chongrun was too lazy to go out and advertise his own wine.
The workshop has been seriously short of manpower recently. The newly arrived orphans have not yet finished their enlightenment classes. There are only a few craftsmen who followed me to Yangzhou in the workshop. The production capacity of this wine is really limited. The wine shops in Yangzhou alone are not enough.
Sales, don’t rush to open overseas channels.
Li Chongrun carefully studied the agarwood box and found that it was a Luban lock.
Fortunately, this lock is not complicated. Wang Rong likes to play with these things. Li Chongrun has seen him assemble it before, and he can open it in a few clicks after knowing the trick.
Inside the box was a bracelet made of red beans and a thin letter written on silk.
The red beans were polished very smooth, and a few red silk threads were wrapped around a strand of hair to make a heart-through rope, and a very delicate concentric knot was also braided.
Red beans are born in the southern country, and they are the most loved ones.
Putting the bracelet on his wrist, Li Chongrun carefully looked at the letter written on the silk.
The letter didn't express a lot of longing, but used a very light tone to recall the time in the Imperial College.
He also talked about some of what Li Chongrun had said when he was bragging about the mountains. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Yubi wrote them all down, and they were very useful for use in government affairs.
It's just that the resistance to the implementation of the DPRK's political decrees has been a bit strong recently. Some veterans, relying on their seniority, have been somewhat disobedient to the instructions rather than the announcement.
At the end of the letter, Fan Yubi revealed a little bit of her feelings.
"I will remember you for three days, yesterday, today and tomorrow."
There are still a few spots of tear stains, but they have dried long ago, leaving only some faint tooth yellow.
Several businessmen saw that Li Chongrun was speechless. They didn't know what the young prince meant, so they waited without daring to move.
"Ah, I'm afraid you'll forget it when you're drunk. Let's make some arrangements first. I've sent someone to send you some things back to your ship. I've already sent someone to take this box back to your ship. You'd better take this box back like this. The contents inside are not allowed.
peep."
Li Chongrun's smile was still bright, but the businessmen felt that the young prince's smiling eyes seemed not to be looking at him, but to the far south.
"Come on, come on, we won't come back until we get drunk!"
Several businessmen did not dare to neglect and raised their glasses frequently. The wine table was filled with an atmosphere of joy.
While changing glasses, several businessmen were overwhelmed with alcohol and fell down with flushed faces.
Fortunately, we didn't use the Eight Immortals table today. There were thick rush mats spread under the desks for several people, so they could fall asleep.
Li Chongrun's face was just a little red. When he saw those people falling down, he shouted out the door: "Bring me a pen!"
Hearing the noise in the private room, Gongsun Lan walked in with a pen and paper in his hand. He only smelled a strong smell of alcohol. However, his prince, who usually had a poor drinking capacity, actually drank four people, and he was still just smiling.
A drunken look.
"The prince is a scoundrel, cheating and cheating."
Gongsun Lan and Li Chongrun have gotten to know each other a lot recently, and they have gradually figured out the temperament of their young prince, so they can talk much more casually.
When he found out that Li Chongrun drank several people with Erguotou, but he drank grape wine, Gongsun Lan mocked him out loud.
"I'm not lying. I said I won't come back unless I'm drunk. Is that wrong? If I'm not drunk, they won't come back."
Li Chongrun smiled and joked with Gongsun Lan: "Besides, I wrote a love letter to Yubi. Wouldn't it be very embarrassing if these people read it?"
Gongsun Lan cleared away the desk in front of Li Chongrun. Knowing that he didn't like to use a brush, he took out a pencil from his arms.
A few days ago, Li Chongrun took a few little girls to a rouge shop in Yangzhou and discovered that graphite was being sold.
My aunt Shangguan usually used Luozi Dai for her eyebrows, and other little girls naturally couldn't afford it. However, the palace was not short of money, so they used Tongdai.
However, these two things are not cheap. Folk thrush mainly uses graphite.
With graphite, Li Chongrun didn't even bother to use a quill, so he found a few craftsmen who were good at making bamboo and wood, and a master who made ink. In just half a day, the first pencil of the Tang Dynasty came out.
Although it is true that sharpening pencils is a bit annoying, there are many good knife users in the house now, so Li Chongrun naturally does not need to sharpen pencils.
But Wu Qi and the others discovered that this pencil was really good for writing, and it was also very convenient for drawing eyebrows. As time went by, the little girls they brought with them didn't even use the copper daisy they cherished before, and they all used pencils to draw their eyebrows.
Already.
Seeing how many little girls liked his little invention so much, Li Chongrun had some new ideas in his mind. However, he was really short of manpower recently, so he could only discuss it in a few days.
Laying out the paper, Li Chongrun began to write a reply to Yubi Loli.