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

But now that they sell perfume, they have directly switched fields. These elders don't know much about this thing, otherwise there won't be only one or two people who understand fragrance.

And if you want to do this business, you need many things, such as spices, perfume sellers, perfume shops and so on.

It is obviously too time-consuming to start from scratch, it is better to find a ready-made family to cooperate with.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help guessing.

"Buying and selling shares and encouraging cooperation, does this mean that you are asked to cooperate with a family that makes spices?"

"It should mean that!"

"Do you know the family that makes and sells spices?"

"I don't know, even if I do, I won't tell you. Think about other goods!"

"That's right, I don't know if there will be any good things that will be developed."

"Take your time...tooth powder is enough, this good thing should be purchased more by then."

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Wu Meiniang nodded in satisfaction when she saw the hot discussion among the people, and waved her hand: "Come here, serve wine and food, entertain the distinguished guests!!"

In fact, she also has her own thoughts. Although she has Li Tai's guarantee, she is not at ease. After all, no one wants to be a dispensable role.

At the same time, the profit of a single colored glaze transaction has reached its limit, and the caravans of various countries can no longer absorb more colored glaze, and forced sales will only depreciate.

Switching to selling perfume and toothpowder, which would bring new markets and profits, would require more families to join.

The sale of items will make the chamber of commerce expand more powerfully and have more influence.

In this way, his influence and role will become greater, and Li Shimin will not easily replace himself in order to stabilize Li Shimin.

Chapter 134 Am I Wrong?

Soon, perfume and tooth powder shops appeared in the eastern and western cities.

There are glass bottles, ceramic bottles, and various perfumes are immediately sought after and loved by everyone as soon as they are released.

In winter, people shower less frequently because of the cold, which means body odor gets heavier.

The strong smell of perfume is excellent whether it is used for bathing or flirting.

Perfume is highly sought after by young women, and although men say it is too expensive, they are secretly delighted. After all, who doesn't like soft fragrance.

In addition to the love of Tang people, foreign Hu merchants love it even more.

Due to the influence of the environment and eating habits, some foreigners have developed sweat glands, which leads to heavier body odor, which cannot be concealed without spices.

Many reasons have led to the popularity of perfume all the way, the price is high, and there is a tendency to gradually replace sachet spices.

The supply of tooth powder is directly in short supply. The reason for this is that ancient people valued oral teeth.

For example, when buying a horse, those with experience will check the mouth, hooves, eyes and other parts. This is called equestrianism.

Experienced horses can tell the age of a horse by the wear of the teeth.

The teeth are sound, complete and clean, which means that the horse is in its prime of health. On the contrary, if the teeth start to fall out, it means that this is an old horse. If the teeth are black and rotten, it means that the horse may have something wrong.

With the sales of the two products, the power of the chamber of commerce has become even greater, and what moved everyone was the news that the Li family had joined the chamber of commerce.

Businessmen, big and small, were all moved by the news. On the one hand, they were greedy for the profits from the best-selling products, and on the other hand, they were worried that they would be eaten up by Li Shimin.

Countless businessmen are tangled.And the most tangled one was Lu Chengqing.

The housekeeper at the side watched Lu Chengqing brush his teeth enviously, and handed over the towel respectfully.

"Hmm!" Lu Chengqing lowered his head and spit out the foam in his mouth. After wiping off, an unprecedented refreshment filled his mouth.

After experiencing it himself, he understood why so many people love tooth powder.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pick up the cup-sized bamboo tube and looked it up. The method of use and name were simply printed on it.

"A box of three Wen coins? Buying a box is enough for a month or two!"

"Master, this product just came out... I don't know how long it will last."

"Hmm." Hearing the butler's answer, Lu Chengqing's face was indifferent, and he asked instead: "I don't know how much this cost?"

"This... I heard that the cost is quite low, less than one cent, and it's not even as valuable as this box."

"So low?" Lu Chengqing's eyes widened, he looked at the butler in disbelief and said, "Why is the price so low?!"

"I found out that the Wu family transported a lot of goods, the most of which is the limestone mine (limestone mine)."

"That said, it's pretty similar."

Lu Chengqing dipped some with two fingers, frustrating back and forth, this delicate touch is finer than flour.

Even if you know that it is white gray flour ore, what method can you use to achieve such a delicate level, and it is so cheap?

He didn't understand.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Chengqing could only give up temporarily, and asked instead: "Then the news that the Li family joined the chamber of commerce is true or false?"

The butler paused, and said in a low voice with a cautious face.

"Patriarch, this is absolutely true."

"Really?" Lu Chengqing put his hands behind his back, thought for a while and asked with some doubts: "Where did this news come from!?"

"Going home, the news came from our own restaurant.

It is said that many glass jewelry businessmen had never been in the perfume business before, so they partnered with the perfume-making family to do business.

This business deal will naturally be celebrated with a banquet, so there are many people celebrating in restaurants recently.

The news was inquired from their drunken words, it was absolutely true! "

The butler replied with a determined expression.

"Hmm." After hearing this, Lu Chengqing frowned and began to think.

Under Wu Meiniang's management, the chamber of commerce has very high credibility because no one dared to spread such rumors.

"Then they didn't say anything specifically?"

The butler said with a look of recollection.

"When they were drunk, they said that Li Daozong joined the chamber of commerce, and that [-]% of the profits were given to the Li family by the royal residence... They also said that their father and son were left and right, and that one day His Majesty will take over the chamber of commerce."

Lu Chengqing frowned, profit and right-handedness were not very important.

The important thing is that this sentence will be taken over by His Majesty one day.

What day is it?Is this His Majesty the current Majesty, or the current crown prince?

Is the purpose of the takeover to control suppression, or to support development?

There are too many questions that I can't figure out.

But out of insurance considerations, Lu Chengqing planned to do something, turned his head and said to the butler, "Go, buy some shares from the small family at a high price."

"Yes!" The butler looked surprised, turned around and hurried away.

Only Lu Chengqing was left muttering to himself: "Maybe I'm really wrong!?"

After finishing speaking, he looked down at the broken lines on the Go board, and the naked eye could see that the strengths of the other companies were gradually rising, while the strength of his own was constantly declining under pressure.

My family's strength is distanced from other families, and according to this calculation, one day my family's strength line will disappear on the chessboard.

Disappearing on the chessboard means that the strength cannot be compared, and the ending may be reduced to a second-rate family or simply dropped out of the ranking of the five surnames.

As soon as he thought of this, an unprecedented sense of crisis appeared in his heart, regret, uneasiness, fear, all mixed feelings in an instant.

And there are many families and even many officials who do the same thing as Lu Chengqing.

After all, if you spend money to buy shares, you can not only earn profits but also invest in the prince in a disguised form. Where can you find such a good thing.

Some people are happy, others are sad.

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others felt the crisis.

In the past, colored glaze was a luxury item and had little impact on agriculture. It was something that rich people could afford.

But this tooth powder is not the same. The price of three liters of rice is only three catties of rice. People with a little surplus food can afford it, so the impact will be great.

This is something that has never happened in the imperial court before, and no one knows whether it is good or bad.

With this apprehension and unknown, the court meeting day has come.

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Before dawn, all civil and military officials are rushing to go to court, and the end of January is almost the coldest time in Chang'an.

At this time, the cold wind was blowing, the water droplets turned into ice, and the breath turned into frost. All the officials in front of the palace gate looked at each other, trembling with cold.

Soon, the palace door was opened, and the eunuch said, "Your Majesty has arrived."

All civil and military officials walked into the main hall in unison, and it was much warmer here.

"I have seen Your Majesty!!" All the officials bowed their heads and saluted at this moment.

"Excuse me." Li Shimin looked around, and said straight to the point: "Can all my lovers see you?"

There was silence below.

What most civil and military officials want to ask most is how to deal with the chamber of commerce.

But no one dared to ask, they only took the safest action, that is, buying a part of the shares to join it, even Kong Yingda was no exception.

For a while, the hall was silent.

Finally Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask Your Majesty."

"Yes!" Li Shimin replied calmly.

With Li Shimin's permission, Fang Xuanling raised her head and slowly asked the question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.

"Not long ago, several members of the Wu family jointly formed a chamber of commerce to sell glazed jewelry, and the power of the chamber of commerce is growing day by day.

And a few days ago, tooth powder and perfume appeared in Chang'an City Square, and there were countless people begging to buy them.

Among them, what I am most concerned about is the rumor that His Majesty sent King Jiang Xia to join the Chamber of Commerce. I dare to ask His Majesty what is the purpose of this move? "

Li Shimin asked calmly: "I don't know what Zhong Aiqing thinks about businessmen?"

As soon as the words finished, Fang Xuanling stood up impatiently and spoke.

Chapter 135

"Your Majesty, I don't think so. As the saying goes, businessmen value profits over righteousness. If everyone values ​​profits, then wouldn't the code of ethics be messed up?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly when he heard this, he valued profits over righteousness and could easily distort his moral concepts, such as the common practice of laughing at the poor but not at the prostitutes, but these are minor problems.

Everyone understood what Fang Xuanling meant, a lot of wealth flowed into the hands of businessmen, and businessmen usually bought land.

This will bring about the circulation of wealth, the annexation of land, and the damage to agriculture.

Chu Suiliang couldn't wait to stand up and said: "The master said: 'A gentleman loves money, and he gets it in a proper way.' The sage Confucius also said: 'Seek profit with righteousness'.

The minister thinks that a businessman should understand the righteousness and reason, and then he can make a profit and do that righteous business.

If you understand these principles, you will not be a villain who sees profit and forgets righteousness, but will become a person who seeks profit with righteousness. "

Many people nodded when they heard this. This refers to Zi Gong, a disciple of Confucius. He is also a businessman and is even regarded as the originator of businessmen in modern times. He is considered the No. 1 Chinese Confucian businessman.

This sentence is that Confucius taught Zi Gong and other disciples that they can pursue profits but not violate morality and laws, but to be philanthropists.

But everyone knows that is easier said than done.

People make money by their own abilities. Doing charity business is morally noble, but not doing it is also very common. It is very difficult to restrain others with morality.

At this moment, Wei Zheng stood up and said to the two of them.

"The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the chaos of the world is for profit. If you use righteousness to restrain others, I am afraid it is just empty talk.

Dogs that have eaten human flesh are wild wolves, and they have the slightest fear of people in their hearts. These wild wolves cannot be tamed and can only be killed. "

It is not crude to say that capitalism is the pursuit of profit, and a businessman who has seen profit is like a dog who has eaten meat, and it will not work to use Confucianism.

Fang Xuanling believes that business can be done, but it can't be so open and aboveboard, and can be done secretly like before.

Chu Suiliang, on the other hand, after many suggestions from business families, felt that anyway, he could gain some status or something, and he could be a charity business himself.