Li Er spoke in person, so naturally no one dared to fight for it.
All the nobles could only watch helplessly as the guards stepped forward and carried away this precious treasure that could be passed down to the family.
If nothing else happens, this treasure will appear in the palace of Queen Changsun.
Seeing everyone's expressions of regret and beating their chests with sadness, Li Yunze burst out laughing.
Everything he can sell is chosen to be produced in Datang.
In theory, things that are not produced by Datang cannot be sold.
It is not impossible to forcefully develop technology by leaps and bounds, but we cannot jump too far.
Glass mirrors were indeed rare treasures in the Tang Dynasty, but in the face of modern technology, they were completely worth mentioning.
Seeing that the fitting mirror was properly kept and transported away, Li Er was satisfied and said to Li Yunze, "What is the price of such a treasure? Just tell me."
"It's not a treasure, it's not worth much money."
Li Yunze, who smiled kindly, said, "If Your Majesty really wants to make an offer, how about exempting our store from customs tax for one year? In addition, how about asking Your Majesty to inscribe the name of our store, Baibaozhai?"
Li Er, who likes calligraphy, nodded with a smile, "Yes."
Commercial taxes in the Tang Dynasty were not high, and merchants without shops collected commercial taxes, which were only one-thirtieth of their income.
However, if you have a shop, you must first collect the foreign business tax. That is, foreign businessmen who come through the Silk Road must pay this tax first.
Then there is the customs tax.
For example, in the East Market and West Market in Chang'an City, you have to pay city tax when doing business there.
When transporting goods through various city checkpoints, you have to pay tariffs, which are later called lijin.
What Li Yunze wants to be exempted from is customs tax.
Without hesitation, Li Er was ready to respond.
But Fang Xuanling over there hurriedly said, "One year, three months at most."
Others may know little about Li Yunze, but Fang Xuanling knows very well that this person has always taken advantage of him when he seems to be at a disadvantage. Now that he wants tax exemption, it must be a large sum of money.
Now there is a war, and the court is short of money. As the prime minister, Fang Xuanling cannot let go of the opportunity to take advantage of the big family.
In front of so many nobles, Li Er naturally couldn't lose face.
Under the hidden gaze, Fang Xuanling came out to bargain seriously with Li Yunze.
In the end, the two parties agreed that Li Yunze would donate a precious fitting mirror in exchange for being exempted from customs tax for half a year.
When the matter was settled and everyone was about to take a look at the other treasures, Li Yunze clapped his hands, and immediately the guys came out with another fitting mirror that was two meters high.
Still placing it in the previous position, Li Yunze motioned to everyone, "Fifty pieces per side, accepting reservations, each family is limited to purchase three sides."
"Only fifty strings..."
Someone in the crowd cooed, which made Li Er's face feel hot.
Just for the sake of fifty gold, I was exempted from business tax for half a year. This is really a big loss.
Qin Qiong, who did not participate in the battle against the Huns due to health reasons, asked, "Why are purchases limited to three sides?"
"Because I'm worried that you will take advantage of the information gap and resell it." Li Yunze said sincerely, "I will sell fifty guan to you, and then you will sell another 500 guan to foreign merchants who do not know that this item can be supplied in large quantities. This is extremely inappropriate."
After hearing this, the eyes of the nobles were all bright.
Fifty guan per side is definitely not expensive, or even very cheap.
If you change hands for five hundred guan and sell it outside, you can do this business.
When the nobles gathered around the clerk to register information and reserve the fitting mirror, Li Yunze walked up to Li Er with a stinking face and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please don't worry about the commercial tax. How about I give you a kerosene lamp from Zhuque Street as a gift."
"Um?"
Li Er looked at the kerosene lamp that Li Yunze brought over in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"On both sides of Zhuque Street, a kerosene lamp is placed every ten feet. When it gets dark, it will be lit, turning Zhuque Street into a bright and bright sky street. It is windproof and waterproof, and will not go out even if it rains or winds. Another year’s supply of kerosene will be given, free of charge.”
After hearing this, Li Er immediately nodded with satisfaction, "That's very good."
Fang Xuanling, who had suffered a loss before, decided to seize the opportunity to trick Li Yunze. After the two of them discussed this, Fang Xuanling quietly marked the intervals between kerosene lamps on Zhuque Street as small feet.
There were two types of weights and measures in the Tang Dynasty. One was the small ruler, with ten feet and one foot equal to three meters.
There is also a large ruler, with ten feet and one foot equal to three meters six.
If you use a small ruler, it means a lot more kerosene lamps and more kerosene to consume.
On the surface, Fang Xuanling did use this method to give Li Yunze more capital. But in fact, he doesn't understand what free is the most expensive.
It seems that Li Yunze spent money and effort to do a night beautification project on Zhuque Street, but in fact it is just a five-kilometer-long large-scale advertisement.
When people in Chang'an City see the brightness and benefits of kerosene lamps, the sales of kerosene lamps will naturally increase, and then they will be promoted to other places.
At that time, it will not just be a matter of making money back.
Product introductions will continue.
Li Yunze introduced the glasses one after another, looking at the glass that looked like a luminous glass of grape wine. Glass bottle, a transparent bottle that can hold wine. Glass bowl, a transparent bowl where you can clearly see the tea leaves floating in the water when drinking tea.
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In addition, the most important thing is the glass windows. Compared with the windows currently used in paper lakes, glass windows not only have better sealing performance, but the most important thing is that the light transmittance performance is better than that of paper windows.
This is the improvement in the quality of life brought about by technological breakthroughs.
Once the problem of glass production is solved, a large number of glass products will quickly fill the market and improve the previous living environment.
As for other glass handicrafts, they were mostly used for decoration. Li Yunze introduced them casually and paid no attention to them.
Under the leadership of Li Yunze, everyone stepped up to the second floor.
As soon as you arrive on the second floor, what you see is a beautifully crafted carriage placed in the middle.
Compared with traditional carriages, the most distinctive feature of this carriage is its four wheels.
However, the nobles who saw the carriage were not too excited.
After all, the technology related to four-wheeled carriages had been obtained by Datang long ago, and even the carts used to transport supplies in the army were quickly replaced by four-wheeled ones.
Li Yunze stepped forward, opened the car door, and motioned to the car, "Everyone, you can go up and take a seat."
With Li Er here, no one dares to jump out and eat crabs. They can only ask Li Er to start a meat first.
Li Er also did his part, stepped onto the carriage and sat on the leather cushion.
"Um?"
He immediately felt a different feeling in his buttocks. The feeling of being soft and soft yet being resisted and welcomed was something he had never experienced before.
I must have ridden in a carriage before, but the interior of the previous carriage was either made of wooden boards or wrapped in slightly softer silk, and the interior space was small and the light was dim.
The carriage at this time not only had spacious and extremely comfortable seats, but also had a lot of space inside, so it was no problem to just lie down.
More importantly, decaled glass is used on both sides of the carriage, which provides excellent lighting.
When Li Er came down, everyone rushed forward, wanting to feel the difference of the new gadget.
Li Yunze did not explain how outstanding the technical craftsmanship of this carriage was, and how important the technological breakthroughs in the shock-absorbing spring suspension system and steering bearing were.
He knew very well that it was useless to say this. The nobles did not care about these things. They only cared about whether it looked good and arranged, and whether it was comfortable to sit on.
Therefore, the sofa with shock-absorbing elastic is comfortable to sit on, and the carriage is made of gold foil and silver thread, which is specially made to be beautiful and beautiful. It is the kind that makes people stunned at the first sight.
It was obvious that the nobles were very satisfied with such a gorgeous carriage, especially after learning that they could customize their own family crests.
"Three hundred guan per car is definitely a friendly price. First come first served. If you order late, just wait in line at the back."
With the technology and production capabilities provided by Li Yunze, there is no problem in providing hundreds of finished products at one go.
But the problem is that the nobles only seek the noble and not the good.
If you take out too much at once, it will not appear unique and different, so using this kind of pre-sale hunger marketing will actually make the nobles flock to it.
Again, Li Er has to choose the good things first.
Li Er was very satisfied with such a comfortable and elegant carriage, and immediately ordered ten of them.
Amidst the lamentations of the crowd, there was an inappropriate scolding voice: "The country is currently engaged in a decisive battle with the Turks. A penny is extremely precious. Your Majesty actually spends it to purchase such luxurious and useless things. You are really unworthy of a wise king!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of inhalation all around.
There is only one person in the entire Tang Dynasty who dares to say this about Li Er.
That's right, Wei Zheng is here.
"I didn't send him an invitation." Li Yunze immediately drew a line, "I know Wei Zheng is a poor man, so I didn't invite him."
Everyone suppressed laughter when he said this. Li Er, who was originally angry because of being scolded, also laughed out of anger.
Wei Zheng stepped out from the crowd and walked up to Li Er to salute, "Your Majesty, when this country is at war, you don't make decisions in the palace, but you come to this gold-selling cave and spend huge sums of money to buy useless things. Is this what a wise king does?" ?”
Li Er looked ugly after being told that, and Fang Xuanling and others would not jump out to fight with Wei Zheng at this time. If Wei Zheng came to say "flattery villain", he would still be alive.
In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Li Yunze.
Meeting Wei Zheng's gaze, Li Yunze shrugged, "I'm a businessman. If everyone is willing to buy, what does it have to do with me?"
Wei Zheng naturally knew about Li Yunze. He knew that this man had provided a lot of materials and technology to the Tang Dynasty and was considered a meritorious person, so he didn't start complaining.
"Your Majesty is the emperor on horseback, so he will not need these carriages." Li Yunze said again, "The reason why I bought the carriages is probably for the use of the emperor and the concubines. This is your majesty's filial piety."
Li Er's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately, "Yes, that's exactly it."
The matter involved filial piety, and Wei Zheng couldn't criticize him in this regard. Filial piety is the right thing to do.
Everyone around them responded, saying that they were the same, and they all bought it for their parents and elders to use.
As for whose parents and elders are no longer here, who bought it because they wanted to burn it or something, no one would bring up such a topic at this time to make a grudge.
Wei Zheng, with a dark face, looked around and walked to a glass counter and gestured, "Could the red and green bottles in these bottles be wine? Don't you know that alcohol is banned in the Tang Dynasty?"
"Wei Gong misunderstood."
Li Yunze stepped forward with a smile, "This is not a drink, these things are called perfume."
