Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Your Majesty, are you not busy with government affairs today? Why do you have time to come to my concubine?"

Concubine Yang bowed and asked when she saw Li Shimin.

Li Shimin coughed: "Well, Concubine Yang, I have missed you and Ke'er very much these days, so I came here to have a look today."

"Oh, is that so? Then I would like to thank you for your concern."

Concubine Yang secretly rolled her eyes. She would not believe Li Shimin's words to her death.

"That Concubine Yang, when you saw Miss Yang yesterday, did she have any other explanations?"

When Concubine Yang saw that Li Shimin only exchanged brief greetings, she began to inquire about Yang Hongyu, and alarm bells rang in her heart.

"Your Majesty, my concubine and Hongyu have not seen each other for many years. Yesterday they only talked about some daily matters, but nothing else."

"Oh, so she didn't tell you about doing business or anything?"

Li Shimin asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, I am a noble concubine of a country. How can I do what a merchant does? Your Majesty did not come here specifically to insult me ​​today."

When Concubine Yang heard Li Shimin's words, she felt slightly angry and pretended to be about to cry.

When Li Shimin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he thought that he was really being sarcastic when he said that Concubine Yang was talking about merchants with the other party.

Not to mention that the other party was a princess of the Sui Dynasty before, but that she is now one of the four concubines in her harem, so she is not someone who can practice the humble business of a merchant.

After thinking about it, Li Shimin stepped forward, gently hugged Concubine Yang's shoulders and said, "My dear concubine, I have misunderstood. I have no intention of humiliating you."

"You also know that since Jili entered the customs last year and established the Weishui alliance with me, my treasury has been empty."

"Now there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, the people are displaced, and people are dying of hunger everywhere outside the city. I feel uneasy."

"Just now I heard Cheng Yaojin say that Shiweitian has another refined salt business, which can make the national treasury abundant. That's why I came here to ask my beloved concubine. I definitely didn't mean to humiliate you."

"Really, it was my concubine who misunderstood Your Majesty."

Concubine Yang figured out the purpose of Li Shimin's visit and borrowed Po Xia's donkey.

"It's absolutely true, dear concubine, I have no choice but to come here to find you."

"As you saw yesterday, Yang Hongyu's fiancé Chu Mo is a street gangster. I can't see anyone like him."

"And Yang Hongyu is a female of the first generation. If I talk to her about the merchant business, wouldn't I lose my reputation as the king of my country?"

"So, I want you, Concubine Yang, to come and help me negotiate with Yang Hongyu. It is best to persuade Yang Hongyu to donate the salt-making method to me. Even if they don't get the salt-making method, their I also want to take a share of the business."

Concubine Yang was furious in her heart, "You Li Er, you don't dare to go to others if you want to save your face, so let me come forward."

You yourself know that Chu Mo is not easy to mess with, so you just push me out?The method of making refined salt, I don’t think you want to eat it.

The entire method of making salt in the Tang Dynasty is in the hands of aristocratic families. Why don't you ask aristocratic families to donate it to them? Do you think Yang Hongyu and I are familiar with each other, or do you think you have a big face and Yang Hongyu is easy to bully?

You still have to get a share of the pie, you are so awesome, you can do it, you can do it yourself.

Suppressing the anger in her heart, Concubine Yang took two deep breaths and said: "Your Majesty, I am not far away from you. I really can't do it."

"Not to mention that I have only met Chu Mo once, but I have not seen that girl Hong Yu for so many years, and not much of the old friendship is left."

"Now that she has a slightly better attitude towards me, it's just because of the face of my fathers in the past. Now that you have entrusted such an important matter to me, I am worried about the blessings of the Holy Grace."

Li Shimin was not angry when he heard Concubine Yang's refusal. In fact, he understood that even if Concubine Yang went there, he would probably be kicked out, not to mention that Concubine Yang would not be able to gain face by going.

But when he thought of the huge profits that could be made from the refined salt, Li Shimin still gritted his teeth and said, "Concubine Yang, I didn't say that you must do half of this."

"I promise you, no matter whether it succeeds or not, as long as you go through it and try your best, I will not blame you no matter what the result is."

"If things don't work out, forget it. If they work out, I promise you that I will let Ke'er leave the palace, open a palace, and build teeth."

After hearing this, Concubine Yang was shocked and looked at Li Shimin in surprise.

You know, the general pretense is that you can only be qualified to open a dental clinic after the age of 10, and Li Ke is only 9 years old this year.

And because he was his own son, the ministers in the court believed that he had the blood of the Sui Dynasty. They were worried that the old members of the Sui Dynasty would defect to him and his power would overwhelm the prince, so they have been trying their best to suppress him.

Before today, not to mention opening a mansion and building teeth, even on weekdays, I could only live in seclusion, and it was extremely difficult to show up in front of the world.

As a mother, Concubine Yang couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she saw her son being treated like this, and how could she not worry about what would happen to her two children when she was gone.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yang gritted her teeth and said, "Can your Majesty's words be taken seriously?"

Seeing that Concubine Yang was interested in being persuaded by him, Li Shimin immediately patted his chest and said, "How can golden words be trivial?"

"Okay, since Your Majesty has treated Ke'er like this, I am willing to go through this, but I can't say whether it will succeed or not."

Li Shimin laughed, took Concubine Yang's hand and said, "Don't worry, my dear, as long as you try your best, I have already said that I will not blame you for success or failure."

Concubine Yang nodded and said, "In that case, I will make some arrangements tomorrow and then leave the palace for a walk."

When Li Shimin heard that he would not leave the palace until tomorrow, he became anxious.

If we don't settle things quickly now, who knows what trouble Chu Mo will have with that thief.

Immediately, his face darkened: "My dear concubine, I think it is better to choose the day than to hit it. It is still early now. If you leave the palace, you may be able to make a meal. I have personally tasted the delicacies where food is the heaven, and it is better than in the palace." The royal meal is no less generous."

Concubine Yang was a little stunned. She didn't expect Li Shimin to be so eager.

But then he felt relieved. Since he had already agreed to this matter, what difference did it make one day earlier and one day later?

So he responded: "I, my concubine, will leave the palace right now to taste the delicacies that are so delicious."

Li Shimin then smiled and said: "Then there is Concubine Lao Ai. I am here to wait for the good news about Concubine Lao."

With a soft sigh, Concubine Yang changed into her regular clothes, took several palace ladies arranged by Li Shimin, and went straight to Shiweitian.