"...Two blacksmiths, plus nine, make eleven."

After secretly calculating, if the two plans that Chen Zhi will send in the future are included, Prince Xu's Mansion has now established a team of more than ten people. In addition to making iron pots and researching ink alloys in the past two years, Li Yuanjia certainly has not

It will make those blacksmiths keep working stupidly, but give each of them at least three apprentices!

The king personally ordered that all skills must be handed over to these young people without reservation.

And this is not enough. He even asked Li Zhong and others to spend one day every day after studying to teach these young blacksmiths literacy and mathematics. The minimum standard is to master a thousand of the most commonly used Chinese characters, and

Four arithmetic operations within ten thousand!

Eleven blacksmiths are quite impressive in this era...

Yes, that's eleven.

From the moment he asked Chen Zhi to borrow these two blacksmiths, Li Yuanjia never thought about returning them. And not only did he refuse to return the loan, he also asked these two skilled blacksmiths to bring a few more apprentices, and strive to control the palace within two years.

The blacksmith team expanded to twenty people!

"There are also ink makers, carpenters, and paper makers..."

After secretly calculating the number of craftsmen he would support in the future, Li Yuanjia couldn't help but feel worried secretly.

The business of Shisanxiang has been stopped. How will you make money in the future?

In a short period of time, Prince Xu's palace went all out to produce thousands of pounds of thirteen incense and shipped it to Chang'an... and later shipped it to big cities like Luoyang. Before others could react, they completely dominated the entire market.

In this era when spices can be used as currency, artifacts such as Thirteen Incense are naturally very popular. They are almost sold out as soon as they are shipped to the place. There is no need to worry about making too many.

So in just four or five months, he brought Li Yuanjia tens of thousands of dollars in income!

However, after earning this sum of money, the good times are gone forever. On the one hand, it is not easy to make thirteen incense, and the materials are even more precious. It is quite difficult to make a thousand kilograms of incense in just four or five months;

Secondly, Li Yuanjia's identity and status are really special. It is okay to "give" some of these gadgets to the princes and ministers and charge some cost, but if he really treats it as a business, he will cause trouble for himself.

and……

Four months after Thirteen Incense was launched, a counterfeit product finally appeared on the market in Chang’an!

Li Yuanjia didn't bother to find out who was behind the spice shop. He dared to compete with the prince for business. After making enough money, he immediately ordered the last batch of goods to be emptied, and he could no longer do this.

It’s a toy.

Therefore, within a short period of time, the palace had no other income.

Li Yuanjia felt a little uncomfortable. Although his family now has a big business, with tens of thousands of acres of land alone, and a prince's salary from the court every year, he is considered a rich man... but the problem is that he is also very good at spending money.

Ah! Just for these craftsmen in the palace, the monthly expenses for purchasing various materials, regular money and various rewards add up to a large number. How can they do it if they don’t know how to open source?

"If it doesn't work, I can only sell paper!"

After thinking for a long time but unable to come up with any good ideas, Li Yuanjia finally decided on his own papermaking workshop.

When it comes to profitable business, as a time traveler, he naturally has a lot of opportunities, but this damn prince's identity is too restrictive. Li Yuanjia really doesn't want to be invited to tea by Li Shimin or the big bosses of Zongzheng Mansion. So either

The spice business like Shisanxiang, which is popularized by cooking, can only be done by Prince Xu's Mansion in a short period of time, or it can be "elegant things" like white paper.

After all, people see that Wang’s homemade white paper is of high quality, so they want some that are flawless, right?

And the cost of making paper is high, who dares to give it away for free?

"Okay, it's settled!"

After thinking clearly, Li Yuanjia called Han Shan over: "Old Han, last time I asked you to inquire about the backstage of Chang'an Lijia Paper Mill, did you get any results?"

"Back to your Majesty, not yet."

After blinking, Han Shan said helplessly: "The time is too short, the people sent to Chang'an haven't had time to come back yet... Your Majesty, do you really plan to start a paper selling business?"

"Well, what's wrong? Isn't it okay?"

After giving Old Han a sidelong glance, Li Yuanjia asked angrily.

This old Han always stood up and muttered every time he had any "out of line" ideas. Although he couldn't stop Li Yuanjia every time, he always felt a little impatient. If Han Shan was not the emperor of Chang'an,

The concubine specially selected the housekeeper for him, and if Li Yuanjia knew that he was doing it for her own good, she would have sent him to a farm for retirement!

Sure enough, this time Han Shan still tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, you are the prince of the Tang Dynasty. You are out of bounds in business..."

"Okay, who said I want to do business?"

Waving his hand, Li Yuanjia said casually: "I just plan to give the princes and brothers some white papers from their own property... Well, by the way, I will also send some to the house of my father-in-law! He is the favorite on weekdays.

How can you practice calligraphy without some useful white paper?"

"..."

After listening to Li Yuanjia's words, Han Shan was speechless, but his eyelids jumped up hard.

This, this is so royally styled!

Just like the last thirteen incense, it was apparently spread to Chang'an City along with the cooking technique, and was only given to a few people including the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor and Fang Xuanling. But in just a few days,

The news that the dishes stir-fried with thirteen spices are more delicious has spread throughout Chang'an City, and all the princes and nobles also know the fact that only kings have thirteen spices.

What happened next was naturally an indescribable transaction.

These days, the formulas for Thirteen Incenses such as avatars are kept top secret by each family. Naturally, no one dares to ask Wang directly to ask for them, so they can only figure out the finished product. And the spices are expensive, and you are not from the emperor's family, or Fang Xuanling

Why would that family let someone give it to you?

After going back and forth, it became justifiable.

So when he heard what the king said just now, Han Shan knew what he was planning. He just asked the emperor and Fang Gong to do it for him... What is that word called? Is it the one the king often says? It seems to be

advertise?

Yes, just let people advertise!

By then, as long as we know that Prince Xu's Mansion produces high-quality white paper, and it is comparable to the top quality products from Lijia Paper Factory, will there still be a shortage of buyers?

You know, the top quality products of Lijia Paper Factory have always been produced in very small quantities and are basically only supplied to the royal family!

Seeing Han Shan's helpless look, Li Yuanjia was also happy: "Old Han, don't be so sad. Don't you always complain that the paper mill invests too much but gets no return? As long as our white paper sells well this time, in the future
Chapter completed!