Happy Little Scholar

Emperor Jing's expression relaxed and he said, "Tell me, what can we do?"

"I would like to do a business deal with His Majesty."

"Business?" Emperor Jing glanced at him and said calmly: "This is the first time in the world that someone has approached me for business."

Li Yixin asked what the old emperor was bragging about. It was his first time doing business with someone?

Then who did it last time when he used the cute Yongning to seduce him into playing a game with the Qi people?

If it weren't for the fear of exposing him, making his face disgraceful, and possibly causing the guards under the pavilion to do something unpredictable, I really wouldn't give him that face today.

"My whole body smells like copper, and you actually want to drag me in..." Emperor Jing picked up the tea cup again and said, "You go ahead and tell me. I will think about it after you speak."

"I suddenly remembered that your majesty is the king of a country and should not be involved in such stinky things. I was still rushing to give gifts to the princess, so I resigned..."

Li Yi retreated to the pavilion, and Emperor Jing's angry voice came over.

"return!"

"What else does your Majesty summon your ministers to do?"

"Tell me, what kind of business is this?" Emperor Jing patted the table.

"What business?" Li Yi looked confused.

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Li Yi sat opposite Emperor Jing, placed the brocade box on the table, and took a leisurely sip of tea.

Demo, let's play this with myself. It's him who is short of money, not me. Let's see who gets anxious first...

"Where did you get so many glazed wares?" Emperor Jing looked at him and asked.

"I accidentally dug a colored glaze mine in my backyard. There are countless colored glazes in it, which are inexhaustible and can be left alone. I thought about using them to make some contributions to the country, but if I donate them directly to The people of the world will inevitably say that your Majesty has taken advantage of your Majesty's property by taking advantage of it. Naturally, I cannot let your Majesty's reputation be damaged, so I plan to do a business with you. "

"Are you sure?" Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "In the whole world, could it be the land of the king? On the shore of the land, could it be the ministers of the king... Since it was dug out from your backyard, then give it all to the state. ”

"Of course...not sure."

The old emperor must have been hanging out with some unscrupulous people these days, and he was becoming more and more shameless in his speech. Li Yi quickly said: "Actually, these glazed wares are just made from the materials in the backyard of my home, and they were made with great difficulty." Although nature is so miraculous in its craftsmanship, how can such a lifelike princess statue be made? I hired skilled craftsmen from Beijing to carve it out bit by bit, and it took half a year to carve it out bit by bit. The material cost, labor cost, Equipment maintenance fees, mental damage fees... are all paid by Chen himself. "

"Can you make colored glaze?" Emperor Jing looked at him with a slightly shocked expression.

"If Your Majesty wants to learn, I can teach you..." Li Yi raised his hand and said, "In a year or two, Your Majesty can even use colored glaze to make tiles on the roof..."

"I'm not that extravagant yet, making glazed tiles..." Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "If I really do that, I'm afraid I will be the most foolish king recorded in the history books..."

Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "Since we are doing business, what do you need me to do?"

"I need your Majesty to hold a glass appreciation meeting in the palace and invite Kyoto officials and dignitaries to come to the palace to view it. Of course, it doesn't matter whether the dignitaries come or not. The main thing is that their wives are coming. Try not to miss any one..."

Emperor Jing glanced at him with a half-smile and said, "Do you want to involve the queen?"

Then, as if he had figured something out, he looked at Li Yi and said in astonishment: "You mean that in one or two years, colored glaze will be sold as cheaply as tiles. Do you want the price of colored glaze to be as high as that of tiles?" Before it comes down, sell it to the powerful people in Kyoto?”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Jing waved his hand and said: "In this way, how will you face the powerful people in Kyoto and how will you gain a foothold in Kyoto? Aren't you worried about these things?"

"Why should I be worried?" Li Yi asked doubtfully: "I don't intend to sell glass to take advantage of the powerful, so why should I face them?"

Emperor Jing was stunned for a moment, looked at him and asked, "Who did you drag into the water again?"

"Wang family."

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"The Wang family is indeed not easy to refuse such a thing, but in this case, you are asking me to plot against my ministers?" Emperor Jing squinted at Li Yi and said, "Li Yi, Li Yi, through This matter has trapped me in injustice, what is your intention!”

Li Yi was startled, a look of guilt appeared on his face, and he bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I was obsessed with it for a moment and unintentionally put Your Majesty into an unjust situation. I know I was wrong, and I will reply now." I reflect, I don’t want to sell the glazed utensils anymore, I went home and melted them to make tiles… I resigned!”

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After a while, Emperor Jing pointed to the brocade box on the table, looked directly at Li Yi, and asked: "Similar to this, how much silver do you plan to sell it for?"

Li Yi thought for a while and said: "This category is a carefully crafted, top-notch work. It will not be sold for less than 20,000 taels."

Emperor Jing shook his head and said, "Who would spend twenty thousand taels to buy a piece of glassware?"

"I sold a Guanyin statue half the size of this one for only 8,000 taels two days ago." Li Yi looked at him and said.

"Have you paid taxes to the court?" Emperor Jing asked.

"..."

"This is not important." Li Yi pointed to the brocade box on the table and said: "Your Majesty, if this box contains the glazed statue of the Cui family's old man and the price is 20,000 taels, will the Cui family buy it? The craftsmen of the Chen family The skills are very high, I plan to make more..."

"Isn't this bad?" Emperor Jing was stunned for a moment, then showed hesitation on his face.

"Forget it, there are too many colored glazes at home and they take up space. I plan to take them out and sell them at five cents per pound."

"How much do you plan to donate to the treasury?"

Just as Li Yi was about to speak, Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "30%, at least 30%. You know better than me how much impact this matter will have. I'm afraid the Wang family can't stand it."

Li Yi was stunned, with a painful expression on his face, and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, 30%..., let's do it."

Seeing that he agreed so readily, Emperor Jing was stunned for a while, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Even if you are pretending to be distressed, can you pretend more seriously?"

"I have changed my mind, I want 50%!"

Li Yi decided to read all the books in the acting department in the library after returning, but he didn't have to pretend this time. The Li family couldn't take 50%. Greed is not a good thing. The Wang family took 20% and had to take the risk of bearing the anger of the powerful. The old emperor took 40% to borrow this tiger skin..., dragon skin, plus the cost of royal publicity and operation, it was not much.

The family took 40%, which seemed to be a loss, but it was actually a huge profit.

As for the 30%, he was really distressed and immediately said: "Your Majesty, 40%, 40% can't be more..."

It took another quarter of an hour to finally reach an agreement with the old emperor on the distribution of the dirty things. The royal family took 40%, the Li family took 40%, and the Wang family took 20%. The statue of Old Master Cui was made into a dozen and sold in various places. On the same day, the Wang family held a charity sale in Kyoto. This big bargain was given to the Cui family. No need to thank me...

There were more and more common topics with the old emperor, and the deal was concluded with less words than Li Yi expected.

"By the way, who did you sell the glass Guanyin statue to for 8,000 taels?" As if thinking of something, Emperor Jing asked with narrowed eyes.

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