"It was Li Zhenlangjun, the eldest son of Jin Ziguanglu's doctor Li Shiji, who applied for the first gold membership of Youjian Mall for his father." Tian Meng said seriously.
"Li Shiji?" Li Ke was a little confused. Li Shiji was Li Ji. Li Ji changed his name to Li Ji after Li Ke's father, Li Shimin, died of illness in order to avoid Li Shimin's name taboo.
He had little interaction with Li Shiji. Li Shiji had not yet been granted the title of Duke of England, and the intersection between the two was nothing more than a nod of acquaintance. And Li Shiji did not come from a wealthy family. Li Jing was born in the Danyangfang of the Li family in Longxi, and he and Li Ke were the same Li family in Longxi.
However, although Li Shiji was of ordinary origin, he experienced the three dynasties of Emperor Gaozu, Taizong, and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in his life, and also escaped Wu Zetian's attacks on various courtiers of the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that although Li Shiji, who came from an ordinary background, was a military general, he had no experience in his life. His political wisdom is not low.
This... the problem is that Li Ke is a little confused. Is he optimistic about himself? The current requirement for gold members is to maintain the amount in the account at least 50%.
Forget it, since he has recharged this gold membership, he cannot let these gold members down. Hey, when his father came last time, he said that Li Jing went to attack Tuyuhun? Li Ke's thoughts were a little confused. He remembered that Tuyuhun was not destroyed until the late Tang Dynasty, but since he was fighting now, it was impossible to return without results.
In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, there were almost no failed wars with troops. Li Shimin's Tian Khan was not just a boast, but a real one.
So... it is possible that the leader of Tuyuhun surrendered. It is like that although the Eastern Turks were destroyed, the Turks are still there. It is just that the Turks have now surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and professed their vassalage to the Tang Dynasty. In fact, these nomadic peoples are communicating with each other. The inconvenience now is to raise an unfamiliar wolf.
As long as you are weak, they will immediately bite you. However, one thing that must not be said is that the deterrence of the Tang Dynasty towards the nomads can be said to be very strong. At least when these ethnic minorities who submitted to the Tang Dynasty became weak in the later period of the Tang Dynasty, There are actually many loyal ministers, which is also amazing.
Hey, this is the difference between historical records and reality. History only records the results and the approximate process, but no one knows what happened in the middle.
But if he remembered correctly, Tuyuhun's royal city seemed to be on the coast of Qinghai Lake, because it was a grassland, and it was a land of abundant water and grass for Tuyuhun, who were also nomadic people.
Since the Royal City is near Qinghai Lake, it is not far from Chaka Salt Lake. Getting Chaka Salt Lake means a large amount of salt, and a drying method similar to that of later sea salt can be used.
The drying method of sea salt first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, due to insufficient technology, the decoction method was still used. Therefore, the production of salt in this era was difficult and costly.
The real success of the drying technique came in the late Qing Dynasty, but it was not difficult for Li Ke. He had a complete set of books on the techniques for drying sea salt, lake salt, and making refined salt.
In this way, it seems that he can kill multiple birds with one stone. Li Ke touched his chin and asked his trading company to cooperate with Li Jing, Li Ji, or Hou Junji, and then cooperated with some local soldiers to produce a large amount of salt. Cost-effective salt will inevitably bring terrifying profits.
In this way, the Tang Dynasty had the reason and financial resources to station troops in Tuyuhun, and part of the profits, whether it was cooperation with Li Ji, Li Jing, or Hou Junji, actually ended up benefiting the lower-level soldiers, which means Then he attracted a group of lower-level soldiers.
There were many dynasties in ancient China who defeated the nomads, but the reason why they were often unable to control them was not because these dynasties did not want to station troops, but because in this era, the cost of stationing troops was too high and each dynasty could not afford it.
But one Chaka Salt Lake is enough for the Tang Dynasty to eat for hundreds of years, and the salt from Chaka Salt Lake is a rare high-purity sodium chloride salt lake. Unlike other salt lakes and sea salt, after drying, other salt components in it are also Quite a few, and it is difficult to eliminate these in this era.
There is a difference between salt lakes and salt lakes. Although many salt lakes are salty, they are not even sodium chloride. For example, Lop Nur, which has not yet dried up in this era, is also called Peacock Sea. It is a potassium salt lake.
Although potassium salt can also be eaten, turning it into potassium salt that humans can eat requires a lot of processes, which are not available in this era.
Hey, no, I helped Lao Li solve the trouble myself, and I have to ask him for some benefits when the time comes.
Two days later, Yang Anning and the four of them were going back to Chang'an City, and they couldn't leave today's party without them.
"You are very important today. I will ask Tian Meng to find a few people to act as caretakers and reward you. Others will definitely follow. You can just accept it when the time comes. The money is your own income." Li Ke said.
"Your Highness, we..." Yang Li originally wanted to say that Your Highness has given us enough, and we don't need this income.
But halfway through her words, Yang Anning tugged at her clothes, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness."
There is a Shanhefang store in a shopping mall. A lot of people received invitations today. Without exception, all the members came. After all, His Highness the King of Shu said that today was a performance for members like them.
And since all the money has been spent, it is natural to come and see the difference of this membership.
Similarly, there are more non-members coming today. In fact, since the establishment of a mall, although the products have attracted a lot of people, the mall’s food and performances every night have attracted even more people!
There are not many entertainment activities in this era, otherwise Pingkangfang would not be so popular.
After being adjusted by Li Ke, the songs performed by Yang Anning and the others attracted too many people, because these compositions were very novel and completely different from the repertoire of this era, especially the music played by the whole band, which stood out. What an atmosphere!
Other brothels want to imitate, but this era is different from later generations. If you want to imitate here, first you have to look at who you are imitating. Second... if there is no one to teach, the threshold for this thing is not that low.
So this resulted in Youjian Mall’s daily evening performances, which were even more popular than the original Huiyue Tower.
At this moment, Ashlu tidied up his makeup and arrived at the entrance of the mall. He was now a Hu businessman from Dashi and came to Datang to do business. No one knew that he had actually been one of His Highness's people for a long time. When their tribe was massacred by another tribe and his mother was snatched away, he managed to escape and was taken in by His Highness's people.
From then on, Ashlu seemed to have entered a whole new world. He had never felt that life was so bright. Before that, he believed in Changshengtian, but after that, he only believed in His Highness!
There are several important tasks today. For example, he personally invited many Hu merchants from the Western Regions, and some nobles and others from the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions came here, naturally for the money in their hands, so that they "willingly" It is for their own good to offer the money in their hands to His Highness and contribute to His Highness's career.
Otherwise, would they have the honor to see His Highness' business methods?
Amid the respectful greetings of several maids, Ashlu entered the hall and arrived at the performance venue. When he came here, he saw that many Hu businessmen whom he invited and some who were not invited by him had already arrived.
As soon as he came in, several maids in the hall immediately bowed respectfully and saluted. The leading maid said in a loud voice: "Hello, dear Mr. Ashirulang. Are you sitting in the hall or in the private room today?"
All the Hu merchants and the envoys from various countries in the West Lake looked surprised. Why do these maids respect this Hu merchant so much? You must know that the Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven. When they, the nobles of the Western Region Kingdom, came here, the maids here never looked at them highly, but it was different for this person.
"Lobby." Ashru said calmly.
"Please." The leading maid immediately led him to the front row, the best seat in the hall to watch the performance.
There were already many dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty sitting around that seat, but when they wanted to sit there, the maid persuaded them to leave because someone had reserved them.
And now, he is actually a Hu businessman? ! All the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty were immediately angry! In the Tang Dynasty, it was different from that in later generations. In the Tang Dynasty, even the common people on the street looked down on these barbarians. This was still during the Zhenguan period. During the Gaozong period, and after that, it would be the real dynasty of all nations!
"Why should he sit in the best seat here?!" A noble disciple said loudly, dissatisfied.
"In reply to Sir, he is a distinguished silver member of Youjian Shopping Mall. His Highness the King of Shu said that here, in Youjian Shopping Mall, he and other members are the most distinguished guests because they believe in His Highness the King of Shu. His Highness said, if If you have any questions, you can come to him for explanation." The maid said softly.
Looking for a theory from King Shu? Uh... forget it, this noble disciple decisively sat down. Although he was unhappy, he told King Shu... to forget it.
But he didn't notice that the eyes of Hu Shang, who could only sit in the corners next to him, were getting brighter and brighter!
