Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, there will be people." Li Tai waved his hand to signal the few people to quiet down: "By the way, I plan to name this place the State Council"

"National Court??"

"National Court??"

Everyone fell silent after listening, and they all saw the surprise in their eyes when they looked at each other.

If it is established as the National Council, will it be opened?Or is it simply to improve status?

Li Chunfeng got up, and asked with confusion and doubts: "Is it the same as the Confucian Academy and the Imperial Medical Office?"

Li Tai looked around, looked at the confused eyes of everyone, and explained simply: "The cannon is infinitely powerful, and its status will be higher than that of the Confucian Academy, but it will not be open to the outside world."

It is impossible to open up for the time being. This is mainly to improve the status of the Academy of Sciences. After all, it has produced such a powerful thing, and this is the treatment it deserves.

Everyone exchanged glances tacitly: "The disciple will definitely study science hard."

"Well, research is research, and many things have to be kept up, such as safety...what kind of hard hat, protective armor...all have to be done."

After such an exhortation, everyone was obviously a little impatient, and Li Tai could only end it early.

"Ahem, I will assign you a new task as the teacher below, Li Chunfeng!"

"The disciple is here." Li Chunfeng got up immediately when his name was called.

"Although gun cotton is powerful, it still has flaws. It's not powerful enough, and it's not safe enough...you have to make persistent efforts to develop better and safer explosives."

Gun cotton is very cheap and widely used. From the current point of view, it is enough, but it is not enough.

"Disciple respects the order of the master!!" Li Chunfeng nodded with embarrassment after listening.

"Yang Siqi."

"The disciple is here!" Yang Siqi hurriedly stood up.

"The mission given to you by the teacher is to develop a steam ship and use steam instead of manpower to drive the ship. The place is ready at Qinghua Mountain!"

The land on Qinghua Mountain happened to be empty and could be used to build ships.

"Zhang Yajiu, you need to work harder. You need to study all kinds of mining, smelting, and cannons. You can ask Master Yuan Ke to help.

There is also the potential of the model gun is very impressive, as the teacher feels that it can replace the bow and arrow, so do more research. "

Zhang Yajiu is proficient in blacksmithing, and he has a good grasp of the performance of materials. It is best to cooperate with Yuan Keshi in mining and smelting, and then entrust him with the task of guns.

"Disciple obeys," Zhang Yajiu got up and said.

"Master Yuan Ke, if you are proficient in mathematics, please help your brothers a lot, and I will leave the task of oil to you."

No way, they all have their own tasks.

Oil is something that will be exploited for a while and there is no condition to exploit it, and even the mines are not known.

We can only ask Yuan Keshi to follow Zhang Yajiu to look for ore, hoping to find something.

"Disciple respects the order of the master." Yuan Keshi hurriedly got up and said.

"Okay, since things have been arranged, I'll go back as a teacher if I have nothing to do." Li Tai glanced at everyone and said.

"Master, wait, I have a question... I have been calculating for a long time, but I can't accurately predict where the shell will fall. Please teach me, master..."

"Forehead····"

Chapter 130 Pepper Perfume

After a whole day, almost all of Li Tai's little knowledge was exhausted, but even so, most of the problems remained unsolved.

The few disciples were geniuses with profound knowledge. They taught themselves mathematics, physics and chemistry, and they studied in the laboratory all day long. Their knowledge reserves and specialization levels have long surpassed Li Tai.

So the problems they couldn't solve, Li Tai couldn't solve either.

This means the rapid development of science, but also means that Li Tai can no longer teach them.

At the end of the question, Li Tai only had a face full of embarrassment.

Fortunately, after they discovered Li Tai's embarrassment in a reasonable manner, they didn't ask any more questions.

Only then was Li Tai able to escape, and returned to the East Palace with a tired face.

As soon as he entered the palace, he saw Yan Wan and Wu Meiniang enjoying the long-lost sun while playing chess comfortably in the courtyard.

Seeing Li Tai's arrival, the two hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I have seen my husband before."

Li Tai waved his hand to signal for the two to invite him, and asked, "Nothing happened recently, right?"

Yan Wan lowered her head and thought for a while, her eyes lit up, and she replied.

"Reporting to my husband, nothing major has happened recently. It's just the matter of statistical charts and the matter of Qian Jian, which makes the civil and military officials in Chang'an very busy."

"There's no need to pay attention to these things." Li Tai couldn't help feeling gloating.

This year's year-end summary, coupled with Li Shimin's statistical tasks, this may be enough for them to be busy for a long time.

Suddenly, Li Tai remembered Li Shimin's joining the chamber of commerce, and he had to tell Wu Meiniang about it.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned to Wu Meiniang and said, "I don't have anything to do these days, but I have something to say to Meiniang."

Hearing that she was mentioned, Wu Meiniang looked at Li Tai and guessed. "Could it be related to the chamber of commerce?"

"That's right." Li Tai nodded and said to Wu Meiniang, "Father also wants to join the chamber of commerce, and I have agreed in advance."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Wu Meiniang's face from the corner of her eye, but she didn't move at all, as if she had expected it.

"Father wants [-]% of the shares, and [-]% of the profit. He will provide some convenience secretly, but it cannot be sold in the name of Father."

[-]% of shares, [-]% of profits, only providing convenience in secret, if someone else asks for it, Wu Meiniang has to refuse on the spot.

It's just that this is Li Shimin, she can't refuse, not only she can't refuse, even the people from the chamber of commerce can't refuse this request.

Li Shimin's joining was already in her expectation. After all, the chamber of commerce was really making too much money.

Although Li Shimin also produces colored glaze by himself, it is just that the combined advantages of so many families are far more profitable than fighting alone.

There is nothing wrong with giving up [-]% of the profit.

What she was worried about was whether Li Shimin's joining would replace herself and secretly control the chamber of commerce?

Thinking of this, Wu Meiniang was a little apprehensive, and asked with concern in her eyes: "Will the father send someone to take over this chamber of commerce?"

Li Taijian Wu Meiniang's face was cloudy and uncertain, and she smiled dumbly, so she was worried about this.

He quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, Father has no intention of seizing power, and I will let you manage the chamber of commerce in the future."

"Really?" Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up, and she asked happily.

"Of course, if the father seizes power, I'm afraid the Chamber of Commerce will exist in name only."

After all, this was formed by Wu Meiniang. If Li Shimin changed directly, it would be impossible.

Although due to Li Shimin's force and Liuli's interests, they won't be disbanded immediately, but I'm afraid it will exist in name only.

This is obviously not the result Li Shimin wanted.

After such a small change, Wu Meiniang suddenly felt her position and asked, nodding her head and asking: "Then who will buy this [-]% of the shares?"

"For [-]% of the stock, the palace will sell it!"

"Husband, why is this? Why don't all the members make it together?"

"This matter is easy to cause misunderstandings among the major families, so we must not let them get out."

Wu Meiniang nodded, and said with a worried expression on her face: "Even if the husband does this, there are probably many people who will still be worried, after all, the status of the father..."

"Concerns." Doesn't Li Tai know the concerns of the major families?

Even if Wu Meiniang is not exchanged, and they are not allowed to share the shares, the big family still has concerns, after all, this is the emperor!

After thinking about it, Li Tai couldn't find a good way to dispel their concerns.

"Then release the tooth powder and perfume to lure them.

If they insist on quitting the chamber of commerce, don't stop them. It won't be so easy to write down their names when they want to join. "

Perfume is a high-end luxury consumable, and tooth powder is a long-term low-end necessity. Both things can get huge profits.

Driven by these profits, there will always be those who are not afraid of death.

"My husband is very thoughtful." Wu Meiniang nodded with a smile on her face.

"But..." Yan Wan on the side kindly reminded: "But now it's winter, there are no flowers at all, so the perfume can't be made, and the method of making tooth powder requires a lot of tea and/or salt."

"..." Li Tai was a little speechless, but ignored these questions: "That's not a problem, isn't there a lot of spices in the mansion, which can also be used to make perfume."

"Meiniang understands." Wu Meiniang listened and nodded.

"Go, with these two things, I believe you should be able to handle the Chamber of Commerce well."

"My concubine understands, so I started to produce tooth powder and perfume."

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In just three to five days, Wu Meiniang used the energy of the chamber of commerce to establish a workshop for the production of tooth powder near her fief.

Carloads of limestone mines were transported to the fief, along with a lot of bamboo, pig bristles, and horsetails.

Tooth powder is processed by limestone through calcination and other procedures, while toothbrush is processed by craftsmen by hand.

As for the perfume, it was established in the East Palace, made of artificially blown glass, and then mixed with alcohol and spices.

Finally, Wu Meiniang came to Li Tai with the finished product.

"This box is tooth powder?" Li Tai looked at the tooth powder in a bamboo tube in front of him. It looked very cheap, more like a bamboo pen holder.

"That's right, the bamboo tube was used due to the rush of time."

Li Tai thought about it, yes~ it only took three days to achieve this point, which is pretty good.

"Then this is, perfume?" Li Tai narrowed his eyes, looking at this tiny green glass bottle, which looks very much like a blue bottle of calcium...

Wu Meiniang took the perfume and carefully removed the cork and explained.

"They are all processed from their own spices. After they are made with alcohol, they can emit a long-lasting fragrance. Even if you don't need to open it, the alcohol will emit by itself. You must use another layer of leather and then use software to block it. .”

With the volatilization of alcohol, a faint fragrance slowly appeared in the air.

Li Tai sniffed it lightly, feeling extra special, this smell, why does this smell like pepper? ? ?

It seems that because pepper is too scarce, and people in this age don't take baths very often, pepper is often not used as seasoning, but as medicine and spice...

There is always a feeling of pickling.

Wu Meiniang looked at Li Tai's face and thought there was something wrong: "Do you think this perfume and tooth powder can be sold?"

"Of course, it's just that the perfume must be marked with the method of use, so as not to be eaten by mistake."

Li Tai warned with a strange face, even though pepper and alcohol won't kill people, it's still not good.

Chapter 131 Selling Perfume

"Husband, please rest assured, these are all ancient prescriptions, and they have been tested with mice and will not cause harm to humans."

"Since Mei Niang understands, let's do it."

"Then... the concubine will resign." Wu Meiniang couldn't wait to produce and sell the products.

Tooth powder was actually used when she was the king of Wei. Wu Meiniang always wanted to produce and sell it, but Li Tai didn't agree.

Perhaps, he had expected such a day.

Wu Meiniang went out with a little thought in her heart, the maid had already been waiting for a long time.

She said with a calm face: "Go, write an invitation to invite all the families of the chamber of commerce, saying that a conference will be held for them to participate as much as possible."

"Yes!" The maid bowed her head and saluted.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the time invited by the invitation.

In the Wu family restaurant.

The door of the restaurant was ajar, and three round tables were placed in the center of the hall, and thirty scarlet chairs were arranged neatly.

Not long after, the members of the chamber of commerce who had received the invitations arrived one after another.

"Hey, head of the royal family, you're coming too!?" Master Cui Ren raised his head and saw Wang Tong, and hurriedly greeted him.