Although information transmission is very inconvenient in this era, there are not many people moving around the country.

However, as the emperor, if you want to master the major affairs of the world, you still have a quick channel.

What happened in Mingzhou City was something that Li Shimin paid great attention to.

Li Junxian naturally had to give his spare effort to find out what happened in Mingzhou in a timely manner.

So whether Qin Xiedao used fishing to solve the famine problem in Mingzhou or whether the Zhu family in Mingzhou first discovered sea monsters, and then Qin Xiedao personally led the fleet to sea to catch sea monsters, the news that Chang'an City would soon find out.

"Your Majesty, is this whale oil candle made by the whale oil on the whale that was mistakenly thought to be the sea monster?"

Everyone is not stupid, and the information they have is quite complete, so after Li Shimin said the four words "whale oil candle", he immediately thought of whales.

"That's right! It's made of whale oil on the whale. It is said that one whale only has tens of thousands of kilograms, and even larger ones. It produces a large amount of whale oil on its body and can make a large number of whale oil candles.

Although the price of this whale oil candle is still relatively expensive, ordinary people cannot afford it for the time being.

However, according to Qin Xiedao, once the whale industry develops to a certain extent, the price of this whale oil candle is expected to drop to less than five cents, or even one or two cents per piece.

At that time, even ordinary people can afford candles occasionally."

At this time, Li Shimin was still very concerned about the lives of the people.

If Qin Xiedao wanted to tell him, "The country is the people, and the people are the country", he would definitely agree deeply.

"If this is the case, it can indeed be cut down on the butter candle and beeswax."

Changsun Wuji, who had figured out the situation, did not oppose it blindly.

But he had a new plan in his mind.

When I look back, I also want the housekeeper to arrange for people to go out to sea to catch whales. Whether it is whale meat or whale oil, they are profitable things.

Among other ministers, there are probably many who have this idea.

Although in this era, the status of merchants was not high.

But which noble family has no commercial support?

Do you really think that relying on the little salary paid by the court can support a family?

"I heard that Qin Xiedao not only encouraged everyone to go out to sea to catch fish and whaling, but also built various workshops such as shipbuilding workshops and salt drying workshops.

During this period, many craftsmen who were going to serve in prison were arranged by the Qin family to go to Mingzhou to help.

Your Majesty, since the Qin family needs manpower and the palace needs to cut off a group of palace maids and eunuchs, if Qin Xiedao is unwilling to accept it at that time, it means that he is unwilling to share his worries for His Majesty.”

After turning around, Gao Shilian brought the topic back to the issue of the placement of palace maids and eunuchs.

But this time no one took on his topic again.

After all, we have already reached a basic conclusion just now.

Isn’t it a waste of time to discuss it over and over again now?

In the end, Changsun Wuji raised a new issue again, solving the embarrassing situation of Gao Shilian.

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When they went to Jiangnan, because they were in a hurry to travel, Qin Xiedao and his group traveled day and night, and they didn't stop to play anywhere.

But when I go back, I'm not in a hurry.

I finally got out, so there was no need to go back day and night.

So Qin Xiedao asked the two ships that transported things to leave first, and he stayed slowly in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Luoyang for a while.

Of course, Li Shimin issued an imperial edict to summon him back to Beijing, and he did not dare to waste his time too much.

I just stayed there for a day or two.

Even so, his ship had a seven or eight-day difference from the ship that left first.

At this moment, Xie Linmao had already begun to arrange some things.

"Selling salted fish, selling salted fish! Don't miss it when you pass by it."

A new salted fish shop has been opened in Xishi City, which attracted a lot of attention as soon as it opened.

Whether it is fresh or salted fish, the prices before were not cheap.

However, since Qin Xiedao caught a large amount of fresh fish in Qujiangchi, the price of fresh fish in Chang'an City has dropped a lot.

Today's prices are less than half of what they were in previous years.

Therefore, the price of salted fish that costs two cents per pound does not actually have any advantage, and it is even a little expensive.

"Shopkeeper Zheng, I heard that the newly opened salted fish shop nearby is the Qin family's property. I just passed by and heard their friend shouting that a pound of salted fish costs two cents. They are crazy about money."

In Zheng Ji’s powder shop, the business has long lost its glory as it used to be.

Although they have improved the formula and used a large amount of rice noodles as the main raw material for the powder, it is not that easy to regain everyone's trust?

"Haha, Qin Xiedao went to Mingzhou and heard that he had taken people to sea to catch a lot of big yellow croaker, so he took it for granted to sell salted fish. How could it be that simple?

In this western city, those salted fish merchants have long formed a series of industries, which cannot be defeated by an outsider."

Obviously, Manager Zheng is not optimistic about the Qin family’s salted fish shop.

"That Qin Dalang has created new things several times and has earned a lot of money for the Qin family.

I guess he thought he could succeed no matter what he did. It would be good to let other salted fish shops teach him how to be a human being."

Song Shan looked at the powder shop behind him, and the business was deserted.

Although the Zheng family in Xingyang has more than just one powder industry, whether it is Zheng Jishu Shop, Zheng Ji Salt Shop or other shops, it can bring a lot of income to the family every year.

But how much money a woman earns.

In the past, Zheng Ji powder shop was one of the most profitable industries, but now it has been abandoned, and the hatred between the two sides has been completely formed.

"The people have a sharp vision. They naturally know who the salted fish is better. We don't have to worry about that much."

At this time, Manager Zheng just wanted to improve his own cosmetic shop business, and his interest in other things that would not affect his business was not that high.

However, Song Shan was a little different. He wanted to witness the unlucky moment of the Qin family in person.

So after reporting the situation to Manager Zheng in the shop, he was going back to see the fun again.

As an important assistant to Manager Zheng, such a small matter will naturally be allowed.

"If you want to join in the fun, just go there. Go back and report to me about the sales of Qin's Xianyu Shop today. Maybe when will the Lang Jun be interested?"
Chapter completed!