What kind of bad intentions can the little prince have?

Most people would only think about eating when they encounter these things, but for people like Wu Zhaoyi and even Li Zhi, they definitely belong to the kind of people who can see through the phenomenon.Since the royal family had the source of income of red granulated sugar, it has really been a source of wealth. After all, who can't resist eating sugar?This kind of red granulated sugar is actually not much more expensive than the caramel made by the folks themselves, but the sweetness is much higher. Therefore, even ordinary people, as long as they can live on, are willing to weigh a little during the festivals. Go back and give sweet mouths to the children at home.

As for the sugar that Li Yue sent over, although fruit juice, flower juice and other things were added, the sugar cubes also had various colors and were slightly cloudy, but they did not have the unique brown brown color of brown sugar, so they immediately It was judged that Li Yue has the ability to decolorize red sugar, this is money!If Li Yue sells this kind of sugar in the market, the market for those brown sugar will shrink by at least half.

Therefore, Li Zhi couldn't wait until the next day, so he ordered Li Yue to go to the Furong Garden to face the saint that afternoon.

Li Zhi didn't mince words with Li Yue, so he asked about the sugar decolorization.

Li Yue blinked and said, "It's actually very simple. Dissolve brown sugar into sugar water, wrap broken charcoal in fine cloth and filter it several times, and the sugar water will lose its color! In fact, the same can be done with salt, coarse salt is dissolved in water , use fine sand charcoal to filter several times, and then it is refined salt!"

These days, even the aristocrats, the salt they eat is green salt from the west, just like the rose salt of later generations, with a relatively high purity.However, the natural mineral salt of later generations is simply an IQ tax. A small bottle sells for dozens of yuan, and it claims to contain various trace elements. In fact, if you supplement yourself with trace elements by eating this kind of mineral salt, probably You have to be prepared to die first.If it's for the sake of health, isn't the iodized refined salt or low-sodium salt on the market not fragrant?

Therefore, in Prince Ning's mansion, green salt is also used after purification. The benefits involved in salt are too great. Li Yue doesn't know much about the current salt system in the imperial court, so it's fine to eat it at home, and didn't tell other people.It's a pity that there is a high probability that his fiefdom will not be at the seaside, otherwise, Li Yue feels that selling salted fish by himself can make those aristocratic families who sell salt suffer.

In any case, Li Yue "honestly" explained the method of decolorizing sugar, and it sounds like the cost is not high. It is not impossible to continue burning the used charcoal after drying. At most, it is a problem of manpower. These days , manpower is the cheapest resource. Ordinary servants in the West Market can buy one for a few dollars. Professional craftsmen, if they get mixed up to the point of selling their bodies, it is only a matter of dozens of dollars. Of course, what Kunlun? Slave, maidservant of Silla, the price depends on the market.

Li Zhi didn't rely on Li Yue's understanding of the market to snatch this obvious cornucopia directly. Not to mention the decolorization of brown sugar, even the purification of coarse salt represents huge benefits. What a disadvantage.Looking at Li Yue's actions, you can tell that this man has a keen mind, and if nothing else, he can do things. There are many people in the court who can read books and lecture scriptures, but he can do things seriously and earn money. In fact, there are not many people with money. Li Yue has such potential, so you can't fool him just because he is young, so when he grows up, even if he has something good, he will only hide it. Take it out again.

However, in order to protect Li Yue, or to protect the secret recipe, Li Zhi could not tell the public that the secret recipe for brown sugar decolorization and coarse salt purification was presented by Li Yue. Be cautious, but if someone from the clan comes to coax you a few words, maybe they will tell the truth.Li Zhi will be the one who will lose at that time, so it is inconvenient to use this as an excuse to reward Li Yue in an open and honest manner. After thinking about it, Li Zhi simply asked: "Fifteen Lang, what do you want?" ?”

Li Yue brought up the old matter again, expressing that he had nothing to want, but wanted to leave early.The princes of the Tang Dynasty said that they had fiefdoms, but they were actually fictitious. You can get the taxes on the fiefdoms, and you don’t have to worry about other things.Even if there is a governor on his head, the title of the governor is the same. To put it bluntly, it is a mascot.This is also the reason why many princes are not willing to take up the feudal domain. After all, there is not much benefit in the fiefdom.

Li Zhi thought about what Wu Zhaoyi said before, and he could understand Li Yue's desire to become a feudal clan, but he still said, "Ningzhou is too remote after all, why don't we arrange a richer fiefdom for you?"

Li Yue shook his head and said: "Brother Huang is sympathetic, it is the blessing of my younger brother, but my younger brother doesn't have much talent, and the interpersonal relationship is inevitably complicated in a rich place, my younger brother can't do this, so it's better to be simple! Ningzhou said It’s remote, in fact, it’s only a few days’ journey from Chang’an!”

Li Zhi listened to what Li Yue said, he pondered for a while, and said: "Since you insist on this, then I will agree, but if you regret it in the future, I will give you another chance to choose! In addition, this time you It is also meritorious, and meritorious service must be rewarded. There are not many fields in Ningzhou, and the annual tax is also limited. The good thing is that it is close to the Western Regions, and you can also increase a few industries for yourself as income. In the future, you will not need your industry. How about paying taxes?"

Li Yue didn't know much about the tax system of the Tang Dynasty, and now she was a little worried that Li Zhi would regret it in the future, but no matter what happened in the future, this matter should be settled now, so it was time to salute and thank her.While Wu Zhaoyi looked at Li Zhi with meaningful eyes.As a prince, Li Yue owns [-] hectares of Yongye land, which is free of tax; as for commercial tax, at this time, commerce is actually not that developed, so the proportion of commercial tax in the tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty It is very small, or in other words, except for a few industries with fixed tax rates, the so-called commercial taxes these days are actually various indirect taxes.Without knowing how many things Li Yue could do in the future, Wu Zhaoyi naturally felt that Li Zhi's reward was actually mediocre, and it would be better to give Li Yue a share of the profits from the royal sugar sale!

Li Zhi himself did not expect that if he had known what Li Yue did later, he would rather give Li Yue a share of the proceeds from selling sugar.

"Winter is coming soon, and it's inconvenient to go to Ningzhou at this time of year. Wait until the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming!" Li Zhi pretended not to see Wu Zhaoyi's eyes, and said solemnly, "It's the same thing as a fan. , but don’t forget about studying, I’ll arrange two gentlemen for you later on, and I’ll be with you, if there’s anything you don’t understand, you can always ask the gentlemen!”