Li Yi knew without looking that these leathers were the best and were reserved exclusively for himself.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Yu. Come in and have some hot soup." Li Yi invited.

Song De was naturally in charge of the other people who came with Yu Huaide.

We say we are drinking soup, but actually we are eating together.

Li Yi and Gao Lishi, Yang Sixu said, carrying their dinner plates to another place.

Yu Huaide was not suitable for contact with the eunuchs in the palace.

The two sat down, Yu Huaide looked at the vegetables he had just filled in a daze, and then looked up at Li Yi.

"Dr. Li, have you really grown something? Is it the shed made of silk?" What Yu Huaide saw was not vegetables, but business opportunities.

"Do you, Dongzhu Yu, want to plant it next year? It's actually possible this year too. Some vegetables that grow quickly can come out before the end of spring. The prices are pretty good in January and February."

Li Yi looked at Yu Huaide expectantly, hoping that the other party would agree.

Greenhouse planting is successful, the experience can be promoted, and more people grow it, it can promote social development and benefit the people.

Yu Huaide was excited: "Me, you, Boss Li, you, you said you are willing to teach me how to use a shed to grow vegetables in winter?"

"Discuss with each other." Li Yi was modest.

"But, the vegetables in your shed make money."

Yu Huaide couldn't figure it out. If he had such a method, he would definitely keep it secret and tell no one.

"Who is going to get a bottle of toilet water?" Li Yi asked, looking at the villagers sitting there eating a few meters away.

"I'll go." As soon as Li Yi finished speaking, a man stood up, turned around and ran away.

Toilet water is available everywhere, in homes, workshops, and farmers use toilet water as an air freshener, Li Yirang's.

The others were a step late and sat down in frustration.

Yu Huaide looked at the vegetables in front of him, especially the cucumbers, and hesitated to touch them, waiting.

While Li Yi was getting things, he said to Yu Huaide: "Shopkeeper Yu has used the soap for hand washing many times, and I didn't sell it."

"Yes, it's a good thing. Whether it's oily or dusty, you can clean it with soap, and you can also brush off the chapped hands."

Yu Huaide always used it when he was in hospital. He also used soap, but he didn't dare to covet it.

"Shopkeeper Yu thinks that if the soap is sold to Tibet, will anyone be willing to buy it?" Li Yi asked.

"Yes, people in Tubo are more reluctant to take a bath than we are here. It takes a long time to wash the hair cleanly. Especially the hair is rubbed with firewood ash."

Yu Huaide sat up straight. He vaguely knew what Li Yi was going to do.

Li Yi pondered for a moment and said: "I originally wanted to ask Shopkeeper Yu to go to Tubo to sell soap alone, but I'm worried that Shopkeeper Yu won't be able to hold on during transportation."

Yu Huaide's expression changed and he trembled: "No, I have to find more people to form a large team, including soap."

He recalled the past of taking the Tubo route, how difficult it was!

There are road bandits, mountain bandits, and government officials.

The government is the easiest to deal with, giving money and long-term bribery.

Bandits also provide benefits, but sometimes bandits suddenly turn against others, or the bandits change their leaders, which is troublesome.

What I fear the most is the road bandits, who don’t fix their location, will rob or kill you when they come up, and won’t give you a chance to talk at all.

If you take the soap with you and sell it, you don't need to sell it a second time. On the way back after selling it the first time, you will probably be betrayed by someone who took the same route.

By luck, I managed to escape someone, but when I came back and went there for the second time, I would definitely not be able to get there alive.

"I will only hand over to you, shopkeeper Yu. I won't recognize anyone else who comes. I would rather end this road than change people." Li Yi promised Yu Huaide.

"Thank you. I'll find someone to join forces. How to calculate the price?" Yu Huaide asked a practical question.

"Fifty-fifty, you take the soap over and replace it with local products, sell it back and give me half the money, or give me half the goods.

I will send a few people to accompany the team. They can die, provided that you are all dead.

If they die, you live...

I don’t listen to explanations, I only look at the results. Don’t tell me why I suddenly encountered a situation or why I didn’t have time to wait.”

Li Yi made it clear, the people sent are to supervise you, and if you die, it will be your business.

As for what the consequences will be if one of your own dies, you think about it yourself.

Yu Huaide nodded vigorously: "I recruit guards and more good guys who live in Chang'an. Every time before I go out, I tell Dongzhu Li about the situation at the good guys' homes.

If I die and they live, I believe Dongzhu Li will know what to do."

Yu Huaide is more ruthless, one after another, supervise each other.

While we were talking, the person who went to get toilet water came back.

Li Yi took it and asked Yu Huaide to hear it.

"This toilet water has a strong smell on Tibetan people. After taking a bath with soap, apply a little toilet water on it, and it will be very fragrant.

This toilet water can also be used when taking a bath in a wooden barrel, and it will be fragrant after soaking.

After the Yu Dong family has organized the people, we will sell them to the Tibetan people together. There is no other family in the world except me."

Li Yi said that he was going to smuggle.

That is to say, we are prepared to play a trade war. The cost of soap and toilet water is low, export it to the outside world, and the price is high, so as to maintain a trade surplus.

Whoever masters technology and controls demand will have the initiative in trade.

Yu Huaide sniffed hard, feeling happy and comfortable.

"What does Li Dong want to exchange for?" Yu Huaide decided that the deal was done and joined others to form a huge team.

"Livestock, dried meat, sheepskin, wool, no jewelry, there should be white piles there, just cotton, you can exchange the cotton. If you can bring the good horse back alive, I will give you an extra 10% profit."

Li Yi talked about the specific exchange materials. Jewelry was of no use to him. It was minerals, so he had to be able to eat, wear and use them.

Only basic people's livelihood resources can shake the opponent's foundation.

As for cotton, he is willing to pay a higher price. If he grows cotton, he cannot grow anything else.

Yu Huaide couldn't think of Li Yi's plan. He wrote down Li Yi's words before eating.

After eating, Li Yi sent Yu Huaide to the outside of Zhuangzi and said: "When I was looking for people to join the alliance, I told them that I would teach them how to grow in greenhouses."

"I'll do it when I get back." Yu Huaide nodded vigorously, and then left with two large baskets of more than 100 kilograms of various vegetables.

He wanted to treat some people to dinner at night, so he used these vegetables, especially cucumbers.

Li Yi turned around and sent Yang Sixu and Gao Lishi away, bringing lighters and toilet water, and gave Wang Xing ten of them while he decided what to do with them.

"Come on, one person at a time. Just have fun and don't burn things."

After everyone was sent away, including the people from the Imperial Medical Office, Li Yi threw an alcohol lighter to each of Taohong and the others.

Taohong and the others were really willing to listen to the sound of Dingding, and then watch the flames pop up before putting them out.

Li Yi thought for a while and found Song De: "Where is Liuli Village? Send some lighters to my elder brother, and we will sell alcohol in the future."

"In the west of Chang'an City, there used to be a wasteland. Later, someone built Zhuangzi. It was not called Liuli Village at that time, and few people know it now."

Song De knew part of the situation from the people who bought soy sauce.

"Send two hundred. I'll write a letter and ask my eldest brother to help give them away. Once the alcohol is gone, I'll drink it here."

Li Yi said as he went back to the yard to write a letter.
Chapter completed!