Chapter 5

"Losing money? Why?" Li Youwei didn't react for a while.

"It's very simple. It's called an advertisement, and it's widely advertised. I want to send these items to the palace and to the homes of ministers. Mirrors are given to queens, concubines, princesses, wives and daughters of ministers; night lights are given to Military and more.

But I have to ask my father about this matter. "

Finally, Li Xian knew how much he weighed, so he had to ask his "capable minister" father about matters related to the government.

Master Li Yulong accepted Li Xian's invitation with great satisfaction. Li Yulong has seen Li Xian's changes in the past sixty days. But in the face of these items, the well-informed Li Yulong's evaluation is very average:

"It's very good, but it can only be regarded as a strange and obscene skill, which is not beneficial to practice. If you just play for fun, don't get too involved, practice is the root."

Faced with such comments, Li Xian grinned secretly: Dad, at most one year you will understand that strange and obscene skills are also of great use. Cultivating immortals? Thousands of years is too long.

Moreover, cultivating immortals is a matter for one person; scientific research is a matter for a group of people! Is a person doing things faster, or a group of people doing things faster? hum!

Seeing the persistence in Li Xian's eyes, Li Yulong no longer criticized, but began to appreciate, "These things are indeed beautiful and colorful. The operation of this small switch is indeed much easier. Since you want to advertise, you Just send it to the palace in an open and aboveboard way. For the quantity, just take an auspicious number, 365, the number of the week.

As for giving it to the ministers and the military, that is something His Majesty is qualified to do. You just need to give it to His Majesty.

In this way, I will report to His Majesty today. Tomorrow evening, light up all the lanterns and send them into the palace. "

"Father, do you want to kneel down when you see His Majesty?"

"Practitioners all kneel to the sky and kneel to their parents and masters. I have never heard of kneeling to His Majesty. Where did you hear about this?"

"Eh..." Li Xian blinked and smiled; I'm sorry, I showed my big tail again.

But Li Xian is not worried about this; what really makes Li Xian happy is: It is indeed correct to ask Li Yulong for advice, and it is directly given to His Majesty, and then His Majesty rewards it. This advertisement is better! Not to offend people, at least not to offend the emperor.

Here, Li Xian has already started to pack all the items and send them to the inner city of Wuyang City first; there is no need to worry about the transportation of the huge Seven Fairies Lantern, two young masters in the foundation period hold the talisman seals and send it to the destination easily; Li Xian looked dumbfounded—there is a long way to go. To develop technology in such a world, the challenge is not ordinary!

On the other side, Li Yulong has already reported "auspiciousness" to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, the dog came back from a wandering soul, and unexpectedly learned of an interesting technology. After two months of rush work, a total of more than 500 exquisite items were made, and 365 of them were specially selected as the most perfect ones, and will be presented to His Majesty tomorrow evening. .”

"Oh?" On the throne, the middle-aged emperor was a little puzzled, "Aiqing, why is it at night?"

"I'd like to ask Rong Chen to make a pass. His Majesty will naturally understand tomorrow evening. Now the dog is preparing. It's just that the things are more precious. Please send some guards to check."

"Haha, Li Aiqing always makes me happy."

The emperor was very happy. Li Yulong said that he asked the guards to check, but it was actually monitoring. So the emperor was very happy. This loyal and capable minister is really my minister!

What happened here quickly spread to the prime minister and all civil and military officials. The prime minister just snorted coldly when he learned about it, but all the officials were a little curious; the things that dare to make the emperor wait for him must be extraordinary.

When everyone was looking forward to it, Li Xian had already started "packaging". Good things need good packaging.

The small lamps are placed in glass crystal trays, hung with red silk, etc., which are helped by the textile workshop; especially the mirrors, etc., are made by the wood workshop to make a lot of exquisite frames; The rewards are generous, and the carpenters and weavers work hard.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the evening of the next day. Under the "protection" of several palace guards, Li Xian took the lead and walked in front. More than 600 people in the back were holding or carrying 365 colored lanterns to the palace. The line stretched for a mile. . At dusk, more than 300 colorful lights instantly attracted countless attention.

"What a nice view!"

"so beautiful!"

"That little mouse is so cute, but the tail is so big." "Stupid, that's a tree mouse, not a mouse."

"Is that a mirror? It looks like a fairy mirror."

"Those fairies are so beautiful, they feel like real fairies."

"Should be very valuable?"

"where did you buy it?"

...

There were more and more people on the street, and Li Xian was overjoyed when he heard the discussions around him; this advertisement is really worth it!

Soon the palace gate was in sight, and the emperor was sitting on a dragon chair suspended in the air, surrounded by several guards flying in mid-air, watching the unprecedented grand scene together. There are also a few concubines and other concubines coming to watch. This practice world is relatively enlightened, and there are not so many rules and regulations.

When the brightly lit procession came to the palace, many women were amazed.

"Good!" The emperor was overjoyed.

Li Xian stepped forward and bowed slightly, "Your Majesty, Xiaomin accidentally learned of a skill, and now he has created the most perfect 365 treasures for His Majesty to appreciate."

"Come on, come forward and explain to me."

Li Xian stepped forward tremblingly, and found that there was an invisible force under his feet to lift him up and come to the emperor. The middle-aged face of the emperor possessed a sense of majesty and majesty. Next to him was a concubine who was both dignified and enchanting—this was the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Hua.

Under the arrangement of the palace guards, the items were presented to the emperor one by one, and the emperor was full of praise every time he saw one.

"This little squirrel is so cute." Concubine Hua Guifei spoke for the first time.

"Aifei just take it." His Majesty the Emperor said generously.

"Wow, a seven-foot mirror is so clear." Concubine Hua sighed.

"Aifei take it."

"No, Your Majesty, only Your Majesty can have this mirror."

Li Xian immediately said, "As long as His Majesty likes it, Xiaomin will prepare ten pieces and send them immediately when he returns."

"Okay, okay." The emperor laughed happily. With Li Xian's words, the emperor will be even more generous next time, this rewarding concubine, that rewarding official, and occasionally giving rewards to a few guards around him.

Seeing such a happy emperor, Li Xian was happy on the surface, but he had to sigh in his heart: It really is the performance of a subjugated king.

Finally, the strange item of night running light was brought up. It was one of the few items whose lights were not turned on. There were six of them in the tray.

"What is this?" His Majesty the Emperor was curious, so he picked it up to check. Preventing the guards from inspecting, coupled with the confidence in his own cultivation, His Majesty the Emperor is not worried about any accidents at all.

"Your Majesty, in this case, just push this button."

"Oh? Let me try." The next moment, His Majesty the Emperor was having a great time playing, constantly using this alternative strong flashlight to shine here and there. But the emperor is the emperor after all. After playing for a while, he finally issued the first order, "Li Xian, from now on, this kind of night running light can only be sold to me."

"Yes." Li Xian understood in his heart that the emperor was not completely stupid after all, but he could see the military value of this thing.

"How much is the price?"

"8 taels of silver and 660 copper plates."

"One ten taels of silver, first prepare ten thousand for me!"

Then continue to display other items, but the emperor's favorite is still the six strong night running lights. These six night running lights can illuminate three miles away. With the keen eyesight of a practitioner, it is simply an eagle with a telescope, a rabbit Coupled with a rocket launcher, it will be against the sky.

But Li Quan was even happier. Let’s not talk about the effect of the advertisement, just say that the 10,000 night running lights that the emperor asked for by name required a transaction volume of 10,000 taels of gold, and the net profit was a full 6,000 taels of gold! The price reported by Li Xian was 8 taels of silver and 660 copper plates, which was the originally planned selling price, not the cost price.

In addition, the emperor's reward is an unprecedented advertisement. Many ministers didn't come, that's okay, His Majesty the Emperor sent guards to send them over with great care. Seeing it, Li Xian really wanted to jump up and shout——cool! Earn a fortune!

One night passed, and when Li Xian returned to the workshop, Sun Ming and other craftsmen of the Jasper Lantern Workshop were all screaming with excitement. The 10,000 taels of gold given by the emperor were delivered overnight, and everyone divided up the 10,000 taels of gold overnight.

The power of money is infinite; in the past, everyone worked overtime for a few copper coins; now, the least apprentice gets a full 1.5 taels of gold! Gold! It's only been two months.

"Woooo..." One of the apprentices actually cried.

"What's your name? Why are you crying?" Li Xian looked at this apprentice who was similar to his own age and was very curious; everyone else was cheering, why are you crying?

"Master, my name is Wang Dashi, my mother is sick, and she finally has the money to treat her." Wang Dashi burst into tears.

"Is that so?" Li Xian suddenly looked at Sun Ming, "Teacher, now that you have money, if someone is in trouble, you can pay the wages on credit first and deduct them from the future wages. If the future wages are not enough, you can ask them to sign another contract." Ten years, or thirty years of working time would be fine."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ming even bent down to Li Xian for the first time, "Master, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the 58 craftsmen."

"I accept!" Li Xian helped Sun Ming up.

From this day on, Li Xian finally laid the first foundation!