Chapter 139: Emergencies (Part 1)
The Emperor of Sui made a golden word and a jade word to finalize the alliance between the two countries. Yang Shuang's efforts were not in vain, and her face was filled with joy.
After leaving the palace, Chai Shao bowed and said, "This time, we can complete the alliance, thanks to your highness's strong help, please accept Chai's worship!"
Yang Shuang hurriedly held his wrist and smiled, "Mr. Chai is so polite. Alliance is a win-win situation. No one helps anyone. This is what I should do."
"Although that's the case, Chai is responsible for forming alliances and meetings after all. Now he can complete the task and he can explain it when he returns." Chai Shao was overjoyed.
Yang Shuang nodded, looking forward to the good show between Qin King Li Shimin and Prince Li Jiancheng. Li Shimin's power and reputation became increasingly large, and Li Jiancheng must be very anxious.
What was the fuse of the Xuanwu Gate Incident in the previous life?
The three of them said goodbye and went back.
Yang Shuang returned to the palace in a carriage. As soon as she entered, she saw Li Bo running over.
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
Seeing him flirtingly, I think he has already dealt with his father Li Dongxu.
Li Dongxu is not an unreasonable person. He and his daughter are just simply communicating, only language, and absolutely no action crossover.
It depends on emotions and stops in etiquette.
"What are you doing? Even I dare to plot against you. I am so brave!" Yang Shuang looked majestic.
Li Bo scratched his cheek, frightened and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, I...I just want to convince my father as soon as possible... and my sister and Youth Highness are in love, they are in love with each other, and they are fucking fire..."
"Stop and stop!" Yang Shuang quickly interrupted his words, and the majesty that was not easy to show just now disappeared.
Seeing Yang Shuang's helpless expression, Li Bo asked carefully: "Are you angry?"
Yang Shuang glared at him and asked, "Am I such a petty person?"
Li Bo breathed a sigh of relief this time, patted his chest and said, "I'm scared to death. I thought your highness was angry. I almost did something bad."
Yang Shuang took him into the room, sat down, and asked, "Tell me, what happened after you and your sister came home?"
Li Bo said happily: "Your Highness, you don't know. On the way home, my father's face was gloomy, but he couldn't bear to scold my sister, so he could only keep silent. I was worried that my sister would explain the reason, so I would die. Unexpectedly, my sister remained silent. After returning home, my father and my mother would interrogate my sister, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to participate, and I didn't know what they had talked about. Anyway, after the chat, everything seemed to have not happened, and my father was not angry anymore."
"I thought it was the calmness before anger, so I secretly observed it these days and asked my sister indirectly, but my sister refused to say it. Then I asked my mother again, and my mother stammered and said nothing, but just asked me to pay homage to Your Highness, and not to act rashly."
"Tell me, what the hell are these three people doing?"
Yang Shuang smiled bitterly. Li Bo's mother's meaning is very clear. How much do you need to think about it?
So what to do next?
Forget it, I don’t need to do it if the enemy doesn’t move. I move together when I get to bed, so I can wait and see what’s going on for the time being.
"Since your mother said that, it means your father is not stopping you from coming to me. How is the deal with the liquor business?" Yang Shuang asked.
Li Bo did not slacken in business and immediately knew it: "Your Highness, I gave our liquor a name, Xinhuo Shao! It means that when you drink it in your stomach, your whole body is hot, like your heart and lungs burning. Although our heart and fire wine has not been officially sold, it is already well-known in Kyoto. Many people who love wine ask for it from many sources and even buy it at a high price. I just released a small amount, which makes them greedy and unable to drink it."
Yang Shuang nodded. This is hunger marketing. Last time, he just briefly talked to Li Bo, and he grasped the key point.
"With fame, word of mouth, the merchants I negotiated before took the bait, and they had a huge demand, so I can raise our prices and wait for the price."
"But I also found that some villains have already started to play tricks, sending people to win over the craftsmen in our winery, and even letting bullies make trouble."
...
Li Bo explained the recent situation one by one.
Yang Shuang said comfortably: "You did a good job and continue to do it according to your ideas. As for those who have bad intentions, it is really not good to beat them hard, so let the Duke of Ming come forward. I have told Duke of Ming in advance that it would be possible to declare that the winery is the Duke of Ming, which can deter most of the stingies. In addition, the workers of the winery should take good care of them, increase their wages, and at the same time purify the key positions of white wine and replace them with trustworthy people. Purification of liquor is not difficult, so we must quickly occupy the market while the other party has not yet figured out a method."
After hearing this, Li Bo nodded repeatedly and replied: "Then I understand. I will go to negotiate with the business tomorrow and throw some of the liquor out."
"Where is the white paper?" Yang Shuang continued to ask.
Li Bo said: "Report to Your Highness, our paper price is only slightly lower than other stores in Kyoto, so the sales volume has not met our expectations. Our cost is only one-third of theirs. Once we keep the price, all the white paper business in Kyoto will belong to us. At that time, the supply may be in short supply. But I dare not do this!"
After a pause, Li Bo took a sip of water and continued: "Behind the white paper business are all major Confucian families. The white paper seems to be thin and there are too many tricks in it, so I dare not do anything randomly. So I contacted a business called Xiangji Business. This business deals with Wei and Shu, and has already negotiated with them the basic cooperation content. We sent the white paper to Wei and Shu to disrupt their white paper market. What does Your Highness think?"
Yang Shuang praised: "It's done well! I'm also worried that you are not afraid of tigers when you are born. I don't know the relationship behind the blank paper. It seems that I'm over-concerned. You've done very well and do it according to your ideas. This is just the beginning of our business empire and the beginning of our dreams!"
"I understand!" Li Bo nodded like pounding garlic.
Then, Li Bo said again: "Your Highness, I have a request."
"Say! What request?" Yang Shuang asked.
Li Bo replied: "That's right. I'm afraid that if you miss it, you will make mistakes. My sister is idle anyway. I want to ask her to help. Does Your Highness think it's OK?"
Yang Shuang was stunned and smiled and said, "Of course, your sister is so smart. I feel more at ease with her to check you. But is your sister willing?"
"Of course I do it! She read books at home all day and read them several times, and memorized them all the time. She was bored all day long. If she was asked to do business, she wouldn't be happy. But... she couldn't avoid showing up in public. Isn't your highness annoyed?" Li Bo asked, and hurriedly looked at Yang Shuang.
Only then did Yang Shuang realize that the last sentence was the point.
The daughter of a family must abide by the female rituals, and it is indeed a loss of identity if she shows up in public. Even if the woman disguises herself as a man, she is worried that she will not like Yang Shuang.
"I don't hate it! Rest your sister." Yang Shuang shook her head and gave him a reassurance.
Li Bo immediately felt at ease.
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Five days later, good news came from Honglu Temple, and the alliance between the two countries was basically negotiated.
According to the alliance agreement, the two sides truce in a comprehensive manner to ensure that there is no military service on the border, and encourage business, and select a site to build a large town area to encourage trade between the two sides. If the Turks have abnormal movements, they will launch an attack, no matter which country they attack, the other country will help unconditionally.
In addition, there are other communications.
This equal alliance is of great significance. Neither side will tear up the alliance in a short period of time, so the troops stationed in the garrison can be reduced and hands can be freed to deal with foreign tribes in the north.
I believe that when Dulan Khan of the Western Turks received the news, he would be furious and change his strategy.
Of course, the Wei and Shu countries in the south will also be eyeing each other.
Compared with the transformation of war into jade between the Sui and Tang dynasties, the grudges between Wei and Shu were relatively large, and there was no good enough opportunity, so it was difficult to reach an alliance.
So when the two countries heard that the Sui and Tang dynasties formed an alliance, they would definitely react.
But these are not what Yang Shuang should consider now.
Li Jing and others have been in special training and have slowly entered the state. Yang Shuang has practiced diligently and dared not slacken.
As a famous teacher trained, Yang Shuang's archery and gun skills were much more sophisticated. Although she was far from the opponent of Li Jing and others, she was far superior to ordinary people and was more powerful than bandits and bandits!
Nowadays, the twelve earthly branches are coded as Chen Long, Li Jing is coded as Yin Hu, Zhang Xutuo is coded as Chou Niu, Hongfu girl is coded as Mao Tu, and Qin Xianzhi is coded as Shen Hou. Now I am looking forward to the arrival of Luo Cheng.
According to the letter Qin Xianzhi received, Luo Cheng should have come to Kyoto, but he didn't see him and didn't know where he went.
After practicing martial arts, Yang Shuang walked to the bathroom.
As the prince, there are many maids in the mansion, and each of them has their own work. For example, the two maids who are taking off their clothes for Yang Shuang are mainly responsible for serving Yang Shuang's bathing.
I sweat all over every day, so I naturally have to take a shower.
At this time, Yang Shuang still remembered the surprised expression when she was served by two maids for the first time. She was even more surprising than the first time she was in the health care industry.
At that moment, Yang Shuang realized the joy of traveling through time.
However, Yang Shuang is an upright person. Taking a bath is just a simple bath. She lets two beautiful girls use their tender little hands to wipe them on her body. Yang Shuang always just takes a bath.
Until now, I have been trained to the point of calmness, and the roaring golden rod is as quiet as if it has been settled into the sea by Xia Yu.
After taking a shower, Yang Shuang was served and changed her clothes before she arrived at the study.
Zhao Zongtang reported on the news he found out today and introduced the recent situation of the Great Sui Daily.
Just when Yang Shuang was listening seriously, outside the book door, he suddenly remembered a knock on the door: "Dongdong..."
"Enter!" Yang Shuang replied.
Han Qinhu entered the room and reported, "Your Highness, Eunuch Wei from the palace sent a secret letter, saying that if there is an urgent matter, you should report to Your Highness in person."
"Oh?" Yang Shuang was surprised this time.
Because in order to protect Wei Zhongxian, Yang Shuang rarely contacted him, and he was an important chess piece hidden in the palace by Yang Shuang.
This time Wei Zhongxian took the initiative to look for him, and something big will be happening.
"Catch the tiger and prepare the carriage. I want to enter the palace." Yang Shuang immediately ordered without delay.
Han Qinhu nodded and asked, "Do you still need to reply?"
"No, as long as I enter the palace, Wei Zhongxian will find a way to see me." Yang Shuang replied.
Chapter completed!