Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"Furthermore, even the Luo family's marksmanship, which was passed down from the princess' ancestors and never passed on to the outside world, has all been brought out."

"Sun Simiao should also do his part."

Later, Li Qiu ordered people to hang Sun Simiao's portrait on the patriarch's seat.

This frightened Sun Simiao to death, so he hastily stopped him.

"My lord!"

"You can kill me too!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

Chapter 174 Spending a lot of money to make a greenhouse

Although Sun Simiao declined, Li Qiu still hung up his portrait.

And tell him, from today onwards, my Huaxia medical skills have been flourishing since you started.

Even in hundreds or thousands of years later, your portrait will still be worshiped by Chinese doctors.

After settling in the Furong Academy, Li Qiu opened the system panel in his mind again when the night was quiet.

Right now, Li Qiu's assets include two energy crystals.

And one hundred system points.

Next, he began to look for high-yield and very valuable seeds suitable for planting in Youzhou.

【Ding!Congratulations, you have exchanged some potato seeds, consuming 16 system points, and the remaining...]

【Ding!Congratulations, you have exchanged some corn seeds, consuming 16 system points, and the remaining...]

【Ding!Congratulations, you have exchanged some sweet potato seeds, consuming 16 system points, leaving 52 system points. 】

When the seeds were exchanged, Li Qiu was delighted that with these crops, the people in Youzhou could live and work in peace and contentment without worrying about food and clothing.

But the only annoying thing is that the seeds in this system are all unique.

The amount is relatively small.

Just so few seeds are not enough to plant!

So in desperation, his next step was to find a way to build a greenhouse.

Then it is best to let these seeds split once in your own greenhouse.

According to later generations of archaeologists searching for ancient books and extracting strata cores to verify, in the period of more than 600 AD, the climate of Datang was relatively humid and warm.

It will never be as windy and sandy and cold as later generations.

The next day, taking advantage of his free time, Li Qiu quietly pulled Luo Kexin aside.

Ask her how much money is left in the house.

Luo Kexin is not interested in these cumbersome money accounts.

So he has been handed over to Wu Jue to take care of it.

Then, she called Wu Jue again.

Wu Jue told them that, excluding those who guaranteed the daily expenses of the mansion, there were about a dozen taels of gold left (probably equivalent to more than 100 copper coins).

As I said before, in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, it was 5 coins for a bucket of rice, 3 coins for a tael of bamboo shoots, and 6 coins for a liter of jujube. The purchasing power of these more than 100 copper coins is still very strong.

But for Li Qiu, it was far from enough.

He planned to go to the most prosperous West Market in Chang'an today, to find the bosses of the jewelry store and the Persian merchants, to buy some crystals and glass.

In this day and age, glass and everything are purely imported, so don't even think about it, it will be very expensive.

Seeing his distressed expression, Luo Kexin and Wu Sui asked him very intimately if he needed a lot of money.

Or is there something important to do.

So Li Qiu told them of his plan to purchase a large amount of crystal and transparent glass.

Before noon, Luo Kexin went back and brought back 200 taels of gold.

Then he said with a shy smile, "Grandpa said, this is someone's dowry, please pay it to you in advance."

"After all this, there should be only various house deeds and land deeds left at Grandpa's place."

Looking at the gold, Li Qiu felt a little annoyed.

How did I get to this point?

It seems that the first thing to do is to earn a lot of money!

As for Wu Jue, he also took 100 taels of gold from his family.

Then he blinked his eyes and told Li Qiu with a smile, "My father said that the 100 taels of gold is for loan from you."

Having said that, she paused again, "My dowry should be much more than this."

Looking at Luo Kexin and Wu Jue, Li Qiu felt warm in his heart, but it felt a little uncomfortable.

Then he took the people and the gold and went directly to the West Market in a carriage.

At noon, with 200 people beating drums, the gate of the West Market officially opened, and the crowds were still very lively.

As for Li Qiu, he first went to the gold and silver utensils store in the middle and eastern part of the West City.

The shopkeepers and bosses here are all Han Chinese, so it is easier to communicate.

Li Qiu can also go to them first to find out the approximate price of the crystal and glassware.

Sure enough, upon seeing Li Qiu in person, the shopkeepers and bosses invited Li Qiu in with great enthusiasm.

At the same time, good tea is served.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the tea in Chang'an City still followed the Hu people's style.

The milk and meat oil added to it are all messy and boiled.

Very fishy and not tasty at all.

So Li Qiu just thought about it and didn't move much.

After further understanding, the glassware sold by these Persians is really extremely expensive.

Afterwards, Li Qiu spent nearly 30 taels of gold to reserve the large area of ​​crystal utensils and crystal ore here.

The jewelry stores in the East Market and the West Market are almost the same.

Li Qiu also spent more than 20 taels of gold to buy all the crystal ore in Dongshi.

However, if you calculate it, it will cost 50 yuan, and the cross-sectional area is not large. It is still far from Li Qiu's expectation of building a winter greenhouse.

Afterwards, Li Qiu went to the Persian firm with the best location, directly opposite the gate of the West Market, and the Treasure Collector.

This large area was allotted to them by the Tang Dynasty, these Persian merchants, Hu merchants for business.

Well, the Silk Road, the West City of Chang’an, is the end and the beginning of this road.

And among these Persian commercial firms and Hu commercial firms, the largest store belongs to the Abbas family.

When Li Qiu was brought here by the treasurer of the local gold bank in West Market, he heard that a prince from Datang had arrived in person.

These Persian businessmen are still very enthusiastic.

They invited Li Qiu in respectfully, kept saying good things, and even brought out their best fruits for Li Qiu to taste.

"My most respected lord, if you are looking for glassware, then the goods I have here are definitely the best in Chang'an City, with the most styles."

"In your honorable status, I will also give you the cheapest price in order to obtain your friendship."

While he was nagging, Li Qiu looked around at the glassware in his shop.

Compared with crystal, these glasses are more suitable for making your own greenhouse.

In the gold banks of the Han people, there are actually glassware made by themselves.

But the colors are too heavy, more like glass.

As for the imported glassware from the Persian trading company, although there are many colored ones.

But there are still a lot of almost transparent glassware.

The cross-sectional area is large and the light transmittance is also good.

Chapter 175 Offending Prince Li Qiu is Your Biggest Mistake

Lord, what you are looking at now is a glass relic bottle, you can buy one for five taels of gold. "

"My lord, this one is a gold-plated glass bottle, eight taels of gold."

"And this glass plate only needs three taels of gold from you."

"Oh, my lord, don't frown. The price I Abbas gave you is definitely the lowest price in Chang'an City."

"If you think it's expensive, you only need a tael of gold for this glass..."

Listening to Abbas's words, Li Qiu's face became darker and darker.

One tael of gold, 50g, is calculated on the basis of 300 yuan per gram in later generations, which is 15000 yuan.

This Abbas sold himself for the price of a broken glass!

And that unattractive broken glass bottle is 12!

If possible, Li Qiu really wanted to slap him to death.

But there is no way right now, he needs it urgently, knowing that this item is not worth the price, he has to bite the bullet and buy it, right?

(The Tang Dynasty did not use coal at this time, and almost none of the glass-making and sugar-making technologies had yet. There is a long way to go.)

"Um, that Abbas."

"These glassware are all transported by camels through the desert road from you all the way?"

"Presumably this process must be very difficult and costly?"

Hearing what Li Qiu said, Abbas, who was shrewd to the core, rolled his cunning eyes again and again.

Still didn't understand the true meaning behind Li Qiu's words.

"Oh, my lord, what you said is really true."

"You have also seen our exquisite glassware. They are as thin as a piece of paper, and they all shatter if they are slightly bumped."

"This broken glassware is of course no one wants it, and it is worthless at all. It can only be thrown into the warehouse as waste."

"So, don't look at the high price of this glassware. If you really count the huge costs, the profit is really pitiful."

Before he finished speaking, Li Qiu put on a look of disbelief.

"You Persian merchants are very dishonest, and you know how to cheat our gold."

"Why don't I believe that you have so many fragments?"

Seeing him like this, Abbas became anxious and excited, "My most respected prince, I, Abbas, am the most honest businessman in the world."

"If you don't mind the mess and smell of our warehouse, I'd like to take you to see how much glassware we waste and damage..."

Hearing his words, Li Qiu was overjoyed, "Oh? Really?"

"Hearing what you said, I'm really curious and want to take a look."

Afterwards, Li Qiu followed Abbas and the others to the warehouse in their backyard.

Sure enough, as Abbas said, the place is dirty and messy, and the smell is disgusting.

These Persians and barbarians feel very useless in their bones.

And in the innermost part of the warehouse, there are indeed a lot of broken glass and broken utensils that no one wants.

"My lord, look, am I, Abbas, not lying to you?"

"We really have too much broken glass, and once it breaks, it's worthless."

"So at the price we sell, there is really no profit..."

Listening to his words, Li Qiu suddenly pointed to the pile of glass shards and asked, "Then how much gold is this pile of broken glass vessels worth?"