Datang: Salted fish at the beginning, Gao Yang was given marriage by Li Er

Chapter 163 The Fake Merchant

The night faded to black in the green, and the morning sun beams pushed through the city wall and poured on the vermilion palace wall.

A figure jumped down from the gorgeous carriage, and the elongated shadow reflected the crowd gathered in front of the palace gate.

"Ouch! Good morning, my eldest grandson."

The old man in the official gown of gold thread and vermilion and wearing a fish bag with rain on his waist shouted and came up to him.

Changsun Wuji took a look at this elegant old man, shook his purple robe and wide sleeves and cupped his hands.

"Mr. Yongxing, I haven't seen you for a long time! Do you have a draft of the new book for me to take a look at?"

The man who was called Yongxing Gong was Yu Shinan, a writer of the current dynasty. His literary talents were outstanding in the court hall, and his calligraphy was even more outstanding. Even today's Taiji Palace has a calligraphy scroll written by Yu Shinan.

Yu Shinan raised his eyebrows and bowed respectfully.

"My lord Changsun is such an old man, I absolutely dare not use the word admiration."

"If the eldest grandson likes it, the old man will come to the door and deliver a pair in person after he retires."

While talking and laughing, they hugged the sleeves with the surrounding extremely facing Chinese and saluted. Several people made gestures of invitation, and followed Changsun Wuji to the Taiji Hall together.

Passing through the palace gate, Yu Shinan glanced at his fellow central defenders and said.

"In the past few days, the old man heard a rumor in the family kiln, and I am quite curious. I wonder if you have heard of it?"

Meeting the puzzled eyes of several people, Yu Shinan didn't take it too seriously, and told the story.

"I heard that in the southwestern suburbs of the imperial city, a workshop was opened a few months ago. The owner's surname is Cheng, and what it does is...a coal stove."

"It is said that it is to resist the severe cold and live a warm winter. I wonder if you can hear it?"

The Yu family is good at trading ceramics, the kiln has a lot of smoke and dust, and it is located in the suburbs, so it is not enough to get some news from the village.

But you are all people with family business and are extremely sensitive to business opportunities. Hearing this, Fang Xuanling slowed down his pace and frowned in doubt.

"Is this really the case? Cheng Mansion? Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin's property?"

"How about the price? If there is such a thing, it can suppress the price of charcoal that is growing in the imperial city."

After the words fell, everyone's hearts suddenly brightened!
Cheng Yaojin is in the business of tea, when will he start these industries that have nothing to do with tea!
It must be Li Xian's idea to have a good relationship with the Cheng family.

Wei Zheng, who thought of this first, muttered to himself with suspicion.

"Could it be Li Xian's new invention?"

"This kid is quite capable!"

A few words made the people present stop suddenly, and their faces were brightened!
Coal stove is a new thing. If it can be compared to charcoal in Datang, the subsequent profits can be imagined.

Yu Shinan had also heard about the miraculous things about Li Xian in the court, but now he frowned, waved his hands slowly, and suppressed everyone's discussion.

"not necessarily!"

"Although this coal stove has not been seen with my own eyes, according to the description of the workshop craftsmen, it is only waist-thick, knee-high, and shaped like a wooden barrel."

"The old man also thought about how such a thing can generate heat in the house? It's nothing more than burning firewood, but if you want to survive the cold winter, the money and silk for burning firewood are probably not much cheaper than charcoal."

Hearing this, the interest that could be raised fell to the bottom in an instant, Fang Xuanling thought about the beard under the chin, and laughed.

"Firewood? Isn't it just a smaller clay stove?"

"That's all, it's better to stay in the dining room with such appliances for heating, why waste this money?"

Changsun Wuji also shook his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to signal that everyone continued to walk forward.

"Sigh~ Li Xian is indeed capable, but in the final analysis, this merchant's skills are still too lacking."

"With a coal stove like this, the rich and powerful will definitely disdain such crude utensils. The poor and poor households can't even afford firewood. How can they afford such a thing?"

"In vain, everything is in vain."

Stepping on the flat white jade steps, several people climbed up the steps, and the laughter and laughter of the comments spread to the front.

Tang Jian, who heard the discussion behind him, turned around, looked down at the crowd, and became interested.

"My lords are so happy, what's the matter?"

After bowing his hands and saluting, Yu Shinan briefly mentioned a few words and asked.

"Master Tang, have you ever heard of this matter?"

Walking side by side with the courtiers, Tang Jian brushed his long beard under his jaw and laughed.

"I also just heard yesterday that the servants of the mansion are coming. There is a strange man in the outskirts of the imperial city. He made a strange thing called a coal stove and showed it to his relatives."

With gestures and gestures, Tang Jian roughly described the height and appearance of the coal furnace before continuing.

"There are even more rumors that this coal stove is firing something called briquette."

"Just listening to the names is already extremely weird. From my point of view, Li Xian is the only one in the Tang Dynasty who dares to do such a wild imagination."

Speaking of this, Tang Jian glanced at the crowd who were holding back their laughter, and asked.

"Tell me, is this Li Xian's masterpiece?"

Hahaha.

The crowd looked at Tang Jian, who was bewildered, and burst into laughter.

Changsun Wuji waved his arms, the wrinkles on his old face stretched out, but there was a pile on his forehead.

"Master Tang, who has always been a know-it-all in the court, is able to find out about this one step later, which is rare!"

"Just now I also heard that the coal stove that Mr. Yu said is exactly what you said. It seems that Li Xian made it."

"According to what the old man sees, giving such a weird name is also confusing and only adding to the mystery. Hehe, it's a little trick of merchants."

snort!
A cold snort came from his nasal cavity, Wei Zheng cast a stern face, took a look and made all the officials laugh.

"Are you still laughing at your thoughts? Li Xian has always been slick, and there are countless ghost ideas, but it's okay to use them in practice. As it is now, the things he created can be called fraud!"

"This kind of thing that harmed the people and harmed the village, you didn't take action to stop it, but laughed here. Is this what the courtiers did for the country and the people?"

Wei Zheng originally had an upright and upright temperament, and seeing the injustice on the road this time, he was determined to play the game again.

Seeing Wei Zheng's appearance, Fang Xuanling hurriedly suppressed Wei Zheng's sense of justice that was about to surrender to the sky again, and leaned forward.

"Master Wei Zheng, after all, we just heard and guessed, and it doesn't count."

"Besides, Li Xian hasn't seen the selling price of this coal stove yet, so why would he lie about it?"

"As a young junior, if you want to make up for your family, even if you make some useless things, you will know the pros and cons of it after two trips to the business, and you will back down, won't you?"

This remark was Fang Xuanling's attempt to preserve the face of the Li family, Wei Zheng could understand it, but his expression was still displeased.

Changsun Wuji shook his large sleeved robe, greeted Wei Zheng with a smile, and leaned forward slightly to get close to him.

"Master Wei, don't be impulsive!"

"Last time, the old man considered something wrong, which caused an embarrassing situation just now."

"Even if it's a crime this time, it's just a small matter that Li Xian made improperly. If we want to remonstrate, we have to wait for this useless thing to be harmful, so we can catch it!"

Pressing Wei Zheng's shoulder with his palm, Changsun Wuji slowly stepped over the jade steps and said loudly.

"It's getting late, hurry up and go to court."

(End of this chapter)