Emperor Jing's expression relaxed, and he said, "Tell me, what can we do?"
"I want to do business with Your Majesty."
"Business?" Emperor Jing glanced at him, and said calmly: "This is the first time in this world that someone has approached me for business."
Li Yi thought to himself, what is the old emperor bragging about, this is the first time he is doing business with someone
Then who did the last time he used the cute Yongning to tempt him to play against the people of Qi
If it wasn't for the fear of exposing him and making his face dull, the guards under the pavilion might do something unexpected, so he really wouldn't give him this face today.
"You're covered in copper stink, and you still want to pull me in..." Emperor Jing picked up his teacup again and said, "Say it first, and I'll think about it when you say it."
"I suddenly remembered that your majesty is the king of a country, and you should not be contaminated by such scandals. I was in a hurry to give gifts to the princess, and I resigned..."
Li Yi retreated to the pavilion, and Emperor Jing's angry voice came over.
"return!"
"What else does His Majesty call for?"
"Tell me, what kind of business is it!" Emperor Jing patted the table.
"What business?" Li Yi looked puzzled.
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Li Yi sat opposite Emperor Jing, put the brocade box on the table, and took a sip of tea without haste.
Demo, play this with me, the one who lacks money is he and not me, let's see who is in a hurry first...
"Where did you get so many glazed wares?" Emperor Jing looked at him and asked.
"I accidentally dug a colored glaze mine in my backyard. There are countless glazed vessels in it, and they are inexhaustible. I just want to take them out and make some contributions to the country, but if I donate them directly to As for the national treasury, people in the world will inevitably say that your majesty has plundered and seized the property of your subjects, so naturally I cannot let your majesty's reputation be damaged, so I plan to make a deal with your majesty."
"Are you sure?" Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, and the ministers of the king... Since it was dug out from your backyard, let it all be handed over to the country. "
"Of course... not sure."
The old emperor must often hang out with some dubious people these days, and his words are becoming more and more shameless, Li Yi said quickly: "Actually, these glazed wares are only made from the backyard of the family. It is made, although nature is superbly crafted, how can such a lifelike princess portrait be produced by the axe, this is the servant who invited the craftsmen in Beijing, and it took half a year to carve it out bit by bit. The material cost, labor cost, etc. Equipment maintenance costs, mental damage costs... are all paid in advance by the minister himself."
"Can you make colored glaze?" Emperor Jing looked at him with a slightly shocked expression.
"If Your Majesty wants to learn, I can teach you..." Li Yi cupped his hands and said, "In a year or two, Your Majesty can use colored glaze to make tiles on the roof..."
"I'm not that extravagant yet, glazed tiles..." Emperor Jing glanced at him, and said, "If I really do that, I'm afraid I'll be the most stupid emperor in history..."
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "Since it's a business, what do you need me to do?"
"I need Your Majesty to hold a glass appreciation meeting in the palace and invite officials and dignitaries from Kyoto to enter the palace to watch. Of course, it doesn't matter if the dignitaries come or not. The main thing is that their wives want to come. Try not to miss any of them..."
Emperor Jing glanced at him with a half-smile, and said, "Are you trying to involve the queen?"
Then, as if he had figured something out, he looked at Li Yi and said in astonishment: "You mean, after a year or two, colored glaze will be sold as cheaply as tiles. Sell it to the rich and powerful in Kyoto before it comes down?"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "In this way, at that time, how will you face the rich and powerful in the capital, and how will you gain a foothold in the capital? Don't you worry about these things?"
"Why should I be worried?" Li Yi asked suspiciously: "I don't intend to sell colored glaze to take advantage of the powerful, why should I face them?"
Emperor Jing was stunned for a moment, looked at him and asked, "Who did you drag into the water again?"
"The royal family."
"—"
"It is indeed not easy for the Wang family to refuse such a thing, but in this way, you want me to plot against my subjects?" Emperor Jing squinted his eyes at Li Yi, and said, "Li Yi, Li Yi, through This matter has caught me in injustice, what are your intentions!"
Li Yi was stunned, with a look of guilt on his face, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. It was because I was fascinated by ghosts for a while that I accidentally put Your Majesty into an unrighteous situation. I know I was wrong. I will return immediately." The family repented, the glazed wares were not sold by the minister, and they were melted to make tiles at home..., the minister resigned!"
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After a while, Emperor Jing pointed to the brocade box on the table, looked directly at Li Yi, and asked, "Similar to this, how much money do you plan to sell?"
Li Yi thought for a while and said: "This category is exquisitely crafted, the most top-notch works, and they will not be sold for less than 20,000 taels."
Emperor Jing shook his head and said, "Who would spend 20,000 taels to buy a glazed ware?"
"I sold a Guanyin statue half smaller than this one for only 8,000 taels two days ago." Li Yi looked at him and said.
"Have you paid taxes to the imperial court?" Emperor Jing asked.
"..."
"It's not important." Li Yi pointed to the brocade box on the table, and said, "Your Majesty thinks, if this box contains the glazed statue of the old man of the Cui family with a price tag of 20,000 taels, will the Cui family buy it? The skills are very high, I plan to make more... "
"Isn't that bad?" Emperor Jing was stunned for a while, with a look of hesitation on his face.
"Forget it, anyway, there are too many colored glazes to take up space at home, and I plan to spend five cents a catty to deal with them."
"How much do you intend to donate to the treasury?"
Just as Li Yi was about to speak, Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "Thirty percent, at least thirty percent, you know better than me how much impact this matter will have. A Wang family may not be able to withstand it."
Li Yi was stunned for a moment, with a pained expression on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, 30%..., just 30%."
Seeing that he agreed so readily, Emperor Jing was stunned, rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Even if it's just pretending to be distressed, can you pretend to be more serious?"
"I've changed my mind, I want 50%!"
Li Yi decided to read all the acting books in the library after he went back, but this time there is no need to pretend, 50% of the Li family can't eat it, greed is not a good thing, and the Wang family takes 20% to take risks and bear the anger of the powerful. The old emperor took 40% because of this tiger skin..., dragon skin, plus the cost of royal publicity and operation, it's not too much.
Taking 40% by myself seems to be a loss, but it is actually a huge profit.
As for the three achievements, I really feel distressed, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, forty percent, forty percent can't be more..."
It took another quarter of an hour to finally reach an agreement with the old emperor on the distribution of dirty things. The royal family 40%, the Li family 40%, and the Wang family 20%. In a few days, the Wang family held a charity sale in the capital, and the Cui family gave up the big deal, no thanks...
There are more and more common topics with the old emperor, and the negotiation of this deal took a lot less talk than Li Yi expected.
"By the way, who did you sell the glazed Avalokitesvara statue to for eight thousand taels?" Emperor Jing asked with narrowed eyes as if thinking of something.