Li Zhi looked at Li Sujie, it's wrong to say what are you doing here?

"Emperor, tell me!"

"Father, the emperor heard that the Tang Workshop has produced several new products, especially the soap that is a specialty of the West Qin Dynasty. The emperor thought that Chang'an is far away from the West Qin Dynasty. But it will take several months.”

After hearing this, Li Zhi became more interested. Li Zhi attached great importance to the trade with Western Qin and Northern Han.

As Xu Wang said, the caravan departed from Chang'an, and it really took a long time to travel.

"Father, the emperor has been thinking in Chang'an for the past few days. If Tang Gongfang can set up a branch in Yongzhou, when the time comes from Yongzhou, the goods can go directly out of Yumen Pass and enter Anxi, which is close to the border of the Western Qin Dynasty. In this way , the round-trip distance will be much shorter.”

Chapter 448 Everyone's Thoughts

"Oh, set up a branch in Yongzhou?"

Li Zhi is obviously interested in this proposal. In this era, the most difficult part of commodity trade is transportation. General commodity transportation, such as mules, horses and camels used in this era, have limited transportation speed and weight of goods.

The most efficient way to trade goods is to shorten the distance between the place of origin and the place of trade.

"Where is the fourth prince going to set up the branch office?"

At this time, Wu Meiniang asked directly.

"Returning to Niangniang, the Su Festival is planned to be located in Dunhuang, which is the closest to Yumen Pass. First, it can minimize the travel distance of caravans. Second, Dunhuang is located in Yumen Pass. If there is any change in Anxi, the branch will not be lost!"

At this time Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang both thought about it carefully, Wu Meiniang looked at Li Zhi at this moment, and then at Li Sujie.

"The fourth prince postponed his return to Yongzhou. Tomorrow morning, the fourth prince will discuss this matter with all civil and military officials in the court."

"Yes, Su Jie respects the will of the empress."

"Come on!"

"What's your order?"

"Chun Xiao, you go to the Tang Workshop and let the son-in-law go to the Han Yuan Hall tomorrow morning."

"The slaves obey the orders!"

At this time, it was almost evening, the sun was setting to the west, Chen Fang was resting in the courtyard, lying on a recliner, Bai Ya covered the son-in-law with a blanket, and held the bare feet of the son-in-law in his arms, gently pinching.

Seeing Chun Xiao coming, Chen Fang waved.

"Miss Chunxiao is here, is there something?"

"Go back to the son-in-law, the empress asks the son-in-law to go to the Hanyuan Hall tomorrow morning."

"For what?"

"servant"

Chen Fang waved his hand, Bai Ya backed away, and Chun Xiao naturally sat where Bai Ya was sitting just now, with his hands on the feet of the son-in-law.

Chen Fang touched her lower abdomen with his toe, and it was obvious that there was no change in the lower abdomen.

Chunxiao saw her, but hugged that bare foot, making Chen Fang's entire foot touch her lower abdomen.

Chen Fang pressed the button there, but also retracted his foot. Chunxiao didn't understand what the son-in-law was thinking, so he put the son-in-law's foot in place at this time, and didn't dare to move it.

"Speak!"

"It was for the establishment of a branch office in Yongzhou. The slave girl heard from King Xu that he wanted to set up a branch office in Dunhuang, so that the goods could go directly from Dunhuang, and then go directly to Anxi Duhu Mansion."

"Oh, King Xu wants Tang Gongfang to set up a branch in Dunhuang?"

"Yes!"

"Well, it seems that keeping you in the palace is somewhat useful."

"Ah! Prince Consort, you"

Chen Fang got up at this time, stood up, and walked out of the courtyard. This courtyard has many ears and is also a thief.

Chun Xiao hurriedly followed, the only one she could rely on at this time was the son-in-law.

"My son-in-law, you don't intend to rescue Chunxiao from the palace?"

"I'll save you, but you won't leave the palace for the time being."

"Ah, but here, my son-in-law, Chunxiao's belly will show up in a month."

"You are my child in your womb, that's fine!"

"My son-in-law! In this way, the empress will not spare Chunxiao lightly."

"Okay, then tell me how I can take you out of the palace and ask the empress directly? The empress is not willing to give up a pink, and if I want you again, how will the empress think?"

Chunxiao's complexion also changed at this time, indeed, the concubine's son-in-law asked for two in a row, which was not appropriate at all.

"Perform a few plays in the past few days to see the reaction of the empress. Besides, your fate depends on the destiny."

"Yes, Chunxiao knows!"

"Okay, if there is something going on in the palace, just tell me!"

Chun Xiao left, but Chen Fang wanted to stay with Xu Wang, Xu Wang was easy to plan, that's all, after all, he was Yi Yang's younger brother.

Just as Chen Fang was thinking, King Xu came. It seemed that he was looking for him specially.

"It's time for your Highness to come down."

"My son-in-law! Is there something convenient for me to say to my son-in-law?"

"You didn't specifically talk to me!"

At this moment, King Xu looked around, but there was no one around, so King Xu dared to approach Chen Fang.

"The Wu Clan's exclusive power, the country may change!"

Chen Fang looked at him, but he understood that he was the only one, that is, whoever came from the royal family didn't have a clear mind.

It has been the eighth year that Wu Meiniang has ruled the government. At this time, Wu Meiniang is no longer the original her.At this moment, Li Zhi was holding her back, but without Li Zhi, no one would be able to hold her down.

Chen Fang knew that even the 30 troops of the later governor of Yangzhou could not suppress Wu Meiniang.

And Chen Fang knew that most of what Xu Wang said would change the facts.

"King Xu is on guard now!"

"To tell you the truth, after going to Yongzhou, we will start preparing for the Su Festival."

"I heard this today, and I let it out of my ears. If you want to set up a branch, I will support you. However, there are some things that King Xu also follows the trend. It is too difficult to sail against the current."

King Xu gritted his teeth and looked at Chen Fang.They are all sensible people, so King Xu didn't want to pretend to be confused.

"Is the son-in-law not thinking of anything else?"

"Yes! I have no objection to the establishment of a branch workshop in Yongzhou, but it must be controlled in my hands. King Xu is not allowed to interfere."

"You pinched Tang Gongfang so tightly!"

"Don't hold tight, what should I do? I only have Tang Gongfang."

"Okay, over there in Dunhuang, if you have any needs, you can tell me bluntly. After all, between you and me, there are sisters and sisters. We are close relatives."

"Then tomorrow morning, I will see King Xu again."

Xu Wang Li Sujie left, but he didn't even go to the courtyard, and he didn't even see his imperial sister.

At this time when Chen Fang went back, Ding Yu was playing with the Tang knife in the room.

Sure enough, the knife has a sharp edge, and it shows its sharpness.

At this time, the other princes probably also felt the different wind and rain in Chang'an.In the eighth year of Wu's regency, Chang'an was windy and windy, but it was very hazy.

It's a pity that they don't know that the crown prince is very likely to die early, and the cornerstone of their hearts is Li Hong's succession to the throne.Li Hong's disposition must be very good to his clan brothers.

Unfortunately, this wish mostly came to nothing.Wu Meiniang's hands have never been soft, Wu Meiniang will kill all the brothers and uncles that Taizu left for Taizong Gaozong.

In Zhou Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, did he have to make preparations earlier?

At night, he didn't have the mind to spend elsewhere, even when Dingyu looked for him late at night, he just dealt with it.

Early on the second day, Tang Gongfang's carriage arrived at Daming Palace early, and drove straight all the way to the vicinity of Hanyuan Hall.

At this time, the Hanyuan Hall was still in the darkness before dawn, surrounded by palace people holding on to the lanterns, the carriage arrived, Chen Fang got off the carriage, and several officials who came to the early court had seen the son-in-law and came to greet him one after another.

The son-in-law of this dynasty is great, so it is natural to flatter him if he can curry favor at this time.

But seeing an acquaintance there, Chen Fang walked over.

"My lord, why are you here today?"

"Your Majesty has a call, how dare you not come."

"Please, Prince Consort!"

"Master servant, please!"

Inside, Wen and Wu had already stood on both sides, but today Xu Wang also came early, was pulled by Li Hong, and stood behind him, seeing Chen Fang, Li Hong also waved.

This prince, really.

Anyway, Chen Fang didn't come to Hanyuan Hall very often, and didn't have a fixed position, so he stood with the two princes.

Chapter 449

When the empress comes, it is natural to call a thousand years old.

But Chen Fang was thinking that in this life, he didn't know when Wu Meiniang's thousand years would be changed to long years, and those who didn't want to call long live would lose their heads.

Looking up, it is naturally the demeanor of Wu Meiniang's generation of empresses. Seeing Chen Fang, Wu Meiniang nodded to this side.

In fact, today, King Xu and his son-in-law came to the court, and many ministers felt strange, thinking that there was something to discuss today, but it was related to Tang Gongfang.

Otherwise, the son-in-law would not come here easily, but he did come here a few days ago, but afterward, all civil and military officials also knew that the son-in-law stayed in the palace for a night drunk, and came to the court in the morning, but he was just accompanying the empress.

Today, the son-in-law is coming to the court in a serious manner, so there is something to do.

When the empress asked who had a book to play, even if there was one, she secretly suppressed it for a while.What I want to play is not as big as the son-in-law!Tang Gongfang, everyone understands that at this time, regardless of your majesty or your empress, Tang Gongfang's affairs are ranked first.

Which of these courtiers in the court could be out of their wits and want to compete with the son-in-law for court performances?

At this time, King Xu had already appeared, and the courtiers thought that the son-in-law should be the first one to play, but who knew it was King Xu.

King Xu came out and repeated what he said to the Second Saint yesterday.At this time, the courtiers realized that what King Xu wanted to play was the work of Tang Gongfang.

"What do you think of King Xu's proposal?"

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty looked at Chen Fang at this time.Everyone understands that the son-in-law has the greatest say in the establishment of a branch workshop. If he doesn't speak, no one here will discuss it.

Some ministers have already thought that most of the discussions about this matter in the court today are just going through the motions.

Seeing the matter clearly, there are first-rank officials like the Taiwei in the court, and they only look at Chen Fang and don't talk nonsense.

"I think Xu Wang's proposal is very good. This will greatly shorten the distance between our Tang Dynasty and the Western Qin Dynasty, and facilitate the transportation of goods. Especially some fragile items, such as ceramics and glass, are easier to transport to the West. Qin."

Seeing that no one spoke, Chen Fang came out, and everyone was waiting for him to speak!

"Glass, son-in-law, have you researched how to make glass?"

At this time, Wu Meiniang heard Chen Fang's words, but she couldn't help mentioning that if she was not in the court, Wu Meiniang would have stood up at this time.

"Returning to your mother, I haven't researched it yet. I just said that these things are fragile. The closer the transportation distance, the safer it is."

"Oh!"

Wu Meiniang was so happy for nothing, she thought Chen Fang could make glass!If so, the two most profitable trade goods in Xiqin would have been made by the son-in-law.

"Well, son-in-law, so you support the establishment of a branch office in Dunhuang?"

"Dunhuang is going to be established. I wonder if we should also set up a branch workshop in Youzhou. The trade distance with the Northern Han Dynasty will also be shortened, and I feel that the trade with the Northern Han Dynasty may be more beneficial to our Tang Dynasty."

Chen Fang said that trade with the Northern Han Dynasty would be more beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, but the people here knew it too.

In trade with Xiqin, Xiqin can also manufacture glass soap. Naturally, the goods from Datang are shipped there, and the price cannot be too high.But the Northern Han Dynasty is different. The Northern Han Dynasty can't make it. Apart from buying, the Northern Han Dynasty has no other way to get soap glass.

As far as the profits obtained from it, it is obvious that the Northern Han Dynasty is more considerable. This is the difference between competition and monopoly.

Of course, Western Qin will also trade these goods to Northern Han. At that time, Western Qin's goods will be excluded from the Northern Han market, and Western Qin will also be suppressed by price and other means at the beginning.

Of course, for Chen Fang, he felt that the Northern Han market was better. In fact, there was a reason why the Northern Han Dynasty had already developed the Americas. Of course, the civil and military officials in the court did not know about this reason, nor did the empress.

"Oh, Youzhou! But it's also suitable! What do you love ladies think?"

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