"Your Majesty, are you sure that such a large piece of glass only costs twenty coins?"
You know, according to what those Hu merchants said, firing a piece of colored glaze not only takes a lot of time, but also uses extremely expensive materials.
So much so that a palm-sized glass vessel in the hands of the Hu Shang was sold for more than ten pieces.
However, looking at Li Shimin's calm eyes, Cheng Zhijie and others could not help but darken their faces.
"Your Majesty, it means those Hu businessmen are deceiving me, Lao Cheng?"
"Tomorrow, Lao Cheng will send someone to destroy their shop!"
Afterwards, Cheng Zhijie's face was filled with anger.
"Your Majesty, I wonder how long it would take to bake such a piece of glass?"
Li Xiaogong, Changsun Chong and others, although they were also filled with anger, they still retained their sense.
"Gao Ming, tell me!"
Li Shimin looked startled, then glanced at Li Chengqian beside him and said slowly.
"It only takes half an hour to get back to Aye."
Regarding Li Shimin's look, Li Chengqian knew what it meant, so he quickly stood up and replied.
"Half an hour?"
Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong were shocked again by this.
"So fast, wouldn't it be possible to bake twenty-four pieces of glass in that day?"
"Forehead!"
Li Chengqian was stunned, he didn't expect that Old Devil Cheng would be so calculating.
"Why, does your Highness have any different opinions?"
Seeing Li Chengqian's expression, Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but stare at Li Chengqian with his eyes wide open.
"Uncle Li misunderstood, Gao Ming just wanted to add something."
Li Chengqian secretly thought that he was unlucky. Cheng Laomo was not far away from even Aye, so he quickly explained: "Under normal circumstances, two craftsmen work in two shifts, and one forging furnace can indeed produce twenty-four pieces in a day.
piece of glass."
"However, Gao Ming seems to have heard Master talk about an assembly line process that can greatly increase the forging speed."
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others quickly looked at Li Chengqian.
If such a craft really existed, it would be of great help to the weapons supervisor.
"Gao Ming, please tell me how to operate this process?"
Li Chengqian couldn't help but be startled, with a wry smile on his face.
"Back to Aye, dear uncles, Master just said it casually and did not elaborate on it."
"What a waste of a good thing!"
Cheng Zhijie had a look of pity on his face and kept smacking his lips, his eyes flickering, not knowing what he was paying attention to.
Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel speechless. They had been brothers for many years, and neither of them knew each other well.
"Gao Ming, you have three days to learn this method!"
"Yes, Aye!"
Li Chengqian quickly replied.
However, he had a bitter look on his face.
Master's knowledge is so easy to learn?
Later, Li Chengqian couldn't help but think deeply when he thought about starting to sell glass.
After following Li Xuan and hanging out in Lijiazhuang for these days, he used to be a gentle and elegant prince at all times. Unknowingly, his temperament began to change.
At this moment, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others were immersed in the joy of the huge benefits that the glass would bring, and did not notice the change in Li Chengqian's expression.
After Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others discussed some details again, they reluctantly left the palace before the palace door was locked.
But, back to the house.
Cheng Zhijie's expression changed.
Directly, he rushed to the small courtyard where Cheng Chusi was.
He picked up Cheng Chusi who was about to go to sleep, and then landed a pair of furry palms as big as a palm leaf on Cheng Chusi's buttocks.
"Nizi, how much does a piece of glass cost?"
"Ouch~"
Cheng Chusi just howled out when he heard Cheng Zhijie's question and quickly regained his smile.
"Aye, don't fight, don't fight, I know! A piece of glass three feet square costs about twenty coins."
After saying this, Cheng Chusi looked proud and said, "This is what Master told Your Majesty."
But he didn't want to. Before he could make any further move, he heard a roar.
"Son, since you know the cost of glass and you haven't told me yet, do you know how much money I will lose a year just because of this?"
"Huh? You want me and others to be laughed at in front of His Majesty!"
"If you dare to do this again, be careful I will deduct your pocket money..."
The more he beat, the angrier Cheng Zhijie became.
Cheng Chusi, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment before letting out another rhythmic howl.
Similarly, at the mansions of Wei Guogong, Cai Guogong and other Dukes, there were also screams of pain one after another.
However, the voice was not as thick and loud as the one in the Su Guogong Mansion.
…
Early the next morning.
When Li Chengqian came out of the palace and saw Cheng Chusi and others, he had a look of astonishment on his face.
"Cheng Chusi, cousin, why did you get into trouble again?"
Cheng Chusi, Changsun Chong and others stood up in the corner with pained faces, taking every step carefully, with traces of pain showing on their faces from time to time.
"Your Highness, we are about to die unjustly. We don't know what happened. Yesterday Aye came back, asked about the cost of glass, and then beat me up!"
"Hey, Your Highness, do you know what happened in the palace yesterday?"
As he said this, Cheng Chusi and others looked at Li Chengqian with curious faces.
They knew that they, Aye, must not have made any noise to His Majesty when they were in the palace yesterday, otherwise they would never be so angry after returning.
"My father and my uncles have agreed that all the princes and the royal family will sell sofas together, but each of your families will take half of the glass, and my wife will also take half of it, and the rest will belong to the royal family!"
Li Chengqian chuckled and replied slowly.
At this moment, he also remembered why the princes were so angry.
"well!"
After hearing this, Cheng Chusi and others couldn't help but look depressed and stared at Li Chengqian for a while.
"Your Highness, I am expecting this to be an unforeseen disaster!"
"Yesterday, Your Highness must lend us the homework that Master left for us to copy!"
"That's right, Your Highness, yesterday's homework was so difficult, Your Highness must help me."
"That will have to wait until I write it out!"
Li Chengqian's face was startled, but he did not refuse.
Anyway, Master also left me with the homework of copying.
…
Along the way, even on the carriage, everyone was crawling.
But their faces were all full of joy.
After arriving at Lijiazhuang, several people first greeted Li Xuan.
Immediately, they all hurried to the school, opened their books, and urged Li Chengqian to write.
Seeing this, Li Kun and other children in the village gathered around, looking at the thick pile of paper on the table of Cheng Chusi and others with envy on their faces.
Now, paper is still very expensive.
Although the villagers in Lijiazhuang are considered one of the wealthiest villages among the villages around Chang'an City, it is still very difficult to buy paper for Li Kun and other children to write on. They only buy five pieces of paper a month.
.
The rest was bought by Li Xuan for these children. Each month, each person was given only ten pieces of paper.