At the gate of Yan Lai Building, Luo Zhang stood outside and watched Lu Dongzan leave with a smile on his lips.
After a confrontation between Li Yifu and Lu Dongzan, the two finally reached an agreement. The business of highland barley wine will be split 50-50. Lu Dongzan will provide the highland barley for brewing highland barley wine, while Li Yifu will be responsible for the production and sales. .
Lu Dongzan was completely satisfied with this. The reason why he wanted to suppress the split of accounts before was because he wanted to earn more money.
As mentioned before, highland barley could not be sold at all in the Tang Dynasty. If it could be put to good use and made into highland barley wine, the value would not be doubled or tripled, but a hundred times or a thousand times. This was very important to Tubo. It's definitely a good thing and a big business.
For this reason, Lu Dongzan wanted to fight for the marriage proposal but gave up. After leaving Yanlailou, he took his people back to Tubo in order to get more highland barley and deliver it to Li Yifu as soon as possible. So that he can brew highland barley wine earlier, so that he can make money earlier, and Tubo can become rich.
And Luo Zhang is indeed a white wolf as Lu Dongzan said before. What he asked Li Yifu to say about hiring money, shop money, and workshop space money was simply to deceive Lu Dongzan.
He has many shops. There were many shops when he took over the property of the Dou family. Those shops were not suitable for opening barbecue shops, so they were all rented out. If they want to sell highland barley wine, they can be used after they are recovered, and the workshops The same is true for venues. The Dou family has a lot of properties, so there is no shortage of such venues, so hiring people will cost some money. In this regard, Du Jin is a local snake, so the price is not expensive.
In other words, Luo Zhangding paid 10% more profit to brew highland barley wine and earned 40% profit. It is not an exaggeration to say that he made a lot of money.
However, Luo Zhang is not doing it to make money. Making money is just incidental. There is a deeper meaning in it, but the time is not yet ripe, so I can't say it for the time being.
Luo Zhang could easily solve the things outside, but things at home gave him a headache. Yesterday Gao Yang asked Luo Zhang about Changle, but the matter couldn't be solved for a while. For this reason, Gao Yang was sulking with him, saying that he Luo Zhang was depressed at first and finally gave up.
For this reason, Luo Zhang went to see His Majesty the next day after breakfast.
In the imperial study room, Li Shimin was tasting the highland barley wine brought by Luo Zhang. Li Shimin was also surprised by the unique taste.
"Is this really the wine brewed from highland barley?" Li Shimin asked. ,
"Your Majesty, this is indeed the wine brewed from highland barley. If you sell this wine, you can make a lot of money! Tubo can make a lot of money from this!" Luo Zhang said with a smile.
"You're not just here today to show off to me how much you make money from this wine, right? Tell me, what's going on? I don't believe you are so kind to help Tubo make money!" Li Shimin put down his wine glass and looked at Luo Zhangdao.
"Your Majesty still understands his ministers. Your Majesty, if the minister can destroy Tubo without any blood, can your majesty marry Changle to the minister?" Luo Zhang took a deep breath and said, he has done so many things, but they are all for the sake of Changle, otherwise he would not be too lazy. With so many designs, even if Tubo threatens the Tang Dynasty in a few decades, it doesn't matter.
"What do you mean? Negotiate terms with me? Tell you, if you want to marry Changle, don't even think about it! If you marry one of my daughters, and you want to marry two more, do you think that my daughter must be married to you? People must be content. Don't be greedy!" Li Shimin said, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Your Majesty, compared with Xiongtu Hegemony, can't you really be accommodating?" Luo Zhang said unwillingly.
"Don't tell me that one barley wine can dismantle Tubo. You have the nerve to say such nonsense!" Li Shimin sneered. He simply didn't believe that such a thing would happen.
"Your Majesty, how about we make a bet? If Tubo is really destroyed by Wei Chen, how about marrying Changle to me?" After going around in circles, Luo Zhang still brought the topic to Changle.
Luo Zhang's words made Li Shimin a little confused. Looking at the highland barley wine in front of him, he couldn't understand that this wine could disintegrate Tubo? But thinking about Luo Zhang's past, most of what he said were true. This guy is a master who doesn't let go of rabbits before he sees them. He won't do anything he's not sure about.
"Then tell me, how can you use this wine to dismantle Tubo? If what you say makes sense, why not make this bet with you!" Li Shimin looked deeply at Luo Zhang and said, Luo Zhang was right about what he said. , compared with Xiongtu Hegemony, not to mention a daughter, even if he marries all his daughters to Luo Zhang, he will not frown at all. This is the heart of an emperor. When he becomes cold, he can even fight with his brothers!
Li Shimin's words shocked Luo Zhang's heart, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as His Majesty said this, it meant that there was hope. He didn't believe that an emperor would refuse the conditions he said in the face of Xiongtu Hegemony. Fortunately, he made the right bet. .
"Your Majesty, I wonder how much you know about highland barley?" Luo Zhang asked without saying anything.
"Highland barley? Isn't this a kind of food from Tubo? No one eats it in the Tang Dynasty. It's just enough to feed horses!" Li Shimin replied.
"Yes, no one eats this food in the Tang Dynasty, but what you don't know is that this food is the main food for the Tibetan people!" Luo Zhang said with a smile.
"The main food of the Tubo people?" Li Shimin frowned and thought.
"You want to harvest all the main grains of the Tubo people, so that the people will have no food? But what's the use? They can rely on the money you earn from selling highland barley wine to buy other grains. This won't disintegrate Tubo, right? !" Li Shimin was intrigued by Luo Zhang's words and asked.
"Your Majesty only knows one thing, but not the other. Yes, the Tubo people can indeed use the money earned from highland barley wine to buy other grains, but you have forgotten one thing, that is, the money earned can fall into the hands of the Tubo people. Pockets? Impossible. The money will eventually be taken away by the high priests and big landowners of Tubo. The people will only get the extremely low sales money, and those high priests and big landowners are using the money earned from highland barley wine to buy Datang. After the grain is transported back, do you think they will sell it to the people at a fair price? It is impossible. Besides, even if it is a fair price, can the people afford it with their poor highland barley money? They can’t afford it, not even at a fair price. The people can't afford the food, let alone the food after the price increase. What do you think the people will do if they have no food?" Luo Zhang said with a glint in his eyes.
"This... Okay, okay, you kid is really vicious. You can come up with such a vicious plan. If you do this, Tubo will be in trouble!" Li Shimin said with a hearty smile.
"And this is just the first step!" Luo Zhang laughed.
"Well, is this just the first step? Is there a second step?" Li Shimin said with a smile on his face.
"Of course, the people are only one aspect. Although they can play a certain role in dismantling Tubo, they are not the decisive factor. The decisive factor is the big landowners and high priests. In the second step, I will let you get through it. Your Majesty will know about it!" Luo Zhang said with a smile.
"Huh? Are you still trying to get along with me? Okay, I'll just wait and see!" Li Shimin said with a smile.
"Did your Majesty agree to this bet?" Luo Zhang asked immediately.
"Hmph, how can it be so easy to marry my Changle? Let's wait until you disintegrate Tubo first!" Li Shimin began to practice Tai Chi.
Luo Zhang secretly scolded Li Shimin for being cunning. Is this just another look? What does he want? Do I have to defeat all your enemies before marrying Changle to me? How old will you be then? What kind of joke is it that a seventh-year-old married Changle?
Seemingly seeing that Luo Zhang was angry, Li Shimin spoke again: "You can't just say this. I have promised Changle that she will make her own decision about her marriage. I will not force her again, so I want Changle to marry me." I’ll give it to you, and Changle must agree to it. Of course, the premise is that you disintegrate Tubo!”
"Uh, what do you mean? His Majesty promised to make the final decision on Changle's marriage? Doesn't that mean that everything he did was in vain? Even if he doesn't do these things, it's okay? Let me choke, these father and daughter teamed up to deceive me? I won't take you with me. Let's play like this!" Don't mention the pain in Luo Zhang's heart!
Seeing Luo Zhang deflated, Li Shimin couldn't be happier. It was rare for him to see Luo Zhang deflated. This guy was a tricky guy. It was not easy to trick him. What happened today was an unexpected surprise!
