Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"The second batch of furniture has been delivered to the major yamen yesterday, and all of them have been stamped with our 'IKEA' mark according to the prince's request." Wang Gui reported to Li Xinhui with a face full of pain.

Li Xin looked at Wang Gui's expression, and said with a smile: "You have earned so much money on the first floor, why are you so petty? How many times have I told you, you have to take a long-term view. Now you are losing money." All the money is for making money in the future."

Wang Gui pouted, as if he didn't quite believe Li Xin's words. He said: "Our furniture store hasn't been seen yet, and hundreds of pennies have already been poured into it."

"Don't worry, when the furniture store opens, you can earn more." Li Xin patted Wang Gui on the shoulder, and said confidently, "When did I say big things about your lord?"

Wang Gui thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there really wasn't one. Last time the prince said that he could make money casually, but in the end, he turned around and actually made such a wonderful thing as Erguotou. Now Changyilou is relying on it to run amok in Dongshi City. Even an old restaurant like Yixiaolou Dare to show off his sharpness, and he can earn countless copper coins for the palace every day.

In this way, it seems that there is really no need to feel distressed. But Wang Gui couldn't help but feel his heart twitch violently when he thought of the huge amount of copper coins he had spent through his own hands.

There is no way, this is probably the so-called knowing a lot of truths, but it is still difficult to live this life.

Looking at Wang Gui's eyes, Li Xin knew that he must still be very distressed, so he shrugged and gave up continuing to persuade.

As a later generation, it is common sense for Li Xin that a lot of investment is required in the early stage of starting a business. What's more, he didn't manage the accounts himself, but only vaguely knew that he had made a lot of money during this period. In this way, he didn't have a clear idea of ​​how much money he had spent, so he naturally didn't feel distressed.

The batch of furniture that Wang Gui mentioned was actually part of the agreement between Li Xin and Li Shimin. At that time, Li Xin asked His Majesty Li Er to allow him to engrave some words such as "Imperial Royal Tribute" on the furniture on the condition that he provided free furniture to the imperial palace and major yamen in Chang'an, and Li Shimin agreed.

In the era when there was no copyright protection law in Datang, the only way to ensure the uniqueness of the genuine version was to prevent everyone from pirating your version. Anyone who thinks about it with his butt knows that there is no other person who meets this condition except Li Shimin who is sitting on the dragon chair. That's why Li Xin would rather spare no expense to obtain the "Royal Designated Partner" status promised by Li Shimin himself.

Afterwards, Li Xin thought about it, and felt that it was not easy to start a furniture store in a hurry, but he promised that Li Shimin's furniture should be sent over early, so that he would not forget about things and forget about it. It's difficult. Therefore, he first recruited a group of carpenter apprentices, and asked the old carpenters in his house to take them to make furniture together.

In his vision, after so much furniture required by the imperial palace and major yamen is completed, most of these carpenter apprentices will also become qualified skilled hands. At that time, he only needs to contact a suitable wood supplier and delivery channel, and the furniture store will be established.

Therefore, less than a month after Li Shimin left the first floor of Changsun that day, the first batch of furniture was transported into the palace, including the office desk and chairs hand-picked by Li Shimin and the dresser for Empress Changsun. Li Xin dared not take these two things seriously, and drew the design drawings himself, striving for perfection in every detail, striving to achieve the unity of aesthetics and practicality.

In terms of materials, Li Xin also put in a lot of thought, mobilizing the relationship of the Cheng family to get the best rosewood. At that time, he wanted to pay Cheng Yaojin, but Cheng Yaojin raised his leg and kicked him, causing him to roll away like a big leather ball. Later, he heard Cheng Yaojin say in a thunderous voice: "Who is disgusting? Is this money missing? It's just two pears, take it away."

These words were really bold and generous. When Li Xin heard it, even Zi Zi’s ass that was kicked didn’t hurt instantly, and he almost wanted to say to Cheng Yaojin, “Thank you, boss, the boss is so generous”—nonsense, such a big two pears Mu, if you want to pay, you will have to pay at least hundreds or even thousands of pens. Now that Cheng Yaojin is willing to give it away with a big wave of his hand, why can't Li Xin hurry up?

However, seeing the calm expression on Cheng Yaojin's face, Li's confidence twitched, and a thought suddenly came to him: Damn, this wood was also snatched from somewhere by the bandit leader in front of him, right?

As soon as this thought came out, Li Xin suddenly felt enlightened.

The Cheng family doesn't deal in lumber, so where can they get such a good-looking and large piece of wood? If it was bought with money, even if Cheng Yaojin was willing to give it away for nothing, he wouldn't have such a smile on his face, would he? Most of them have to curse. But looking at his current state, he didn't show any distress at all.

This is a bit strange.

There is only one reasonable explanation for this - Cheng Yaojin also got these two pieces of material without spending a penny, just as a favor.

Then the question arises, who has such a good relationship with Cheng Yaojin, who can send such a luxurious gift?