Chapter 218: The princess is also short of money
"Delicious in the world!"
Princess Changle raised the spoon and took a bite with an elegant demeanor, and suddenly she was out of control and deeply liked this delicacy.
Ice cream is one of the favorite foods of children and women in later generations, and it is no exception in the era of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chengqian also tasted it, and couldn't help but sigh deeply, cold and delicious is indeed the best weapon to relieve the heat in summer, no wonder Morton looked at himself with that kind of eyes, the history of using ice in winter in the palace has a long history, and he has always eaten ice directly, compared with the ice cream in front of him, it is simply a turtle.
"Ice cream!"
The food that the two tasted, thinking of Merton's name for the food, couldn't help but nod their heads, the name was as delicious as delicious.
Merton, of course, did not forget to bring himself one, and when he took a sip, a familiar feeling suddenly came to his heart. Although it is slightly inferior to the ice cream of later generations, it is already an unexpected joy to be able to eat such a delicacy.
"I'm going to eat it again!"
Li Zhi was the most greedy, and he had already finished eating the cone in his hand, and looked at Li Chengqian with a blank eye.
Li Chengqian thought of Merton's warning, and couldn't help but look at Merton, who thought about it and nodded: "At most, one more, I'm afraid my stomach won't be able to bear it." ”
Li Chengqian nodded slightly: "Give the ninth brother a small portion!" ”
Zhou Yuchu immediately gave Li Zhi another ice cream according to Merton's method, but the amount was halved, and Rao was like this, which still made Li Zhi's eyes smile.
Princess Changle reluctantly finished her ice cream, and couldn't help but sigh: "Lord Mo is worthy of being the god of wealth in Chang'an City, just with this ability to turn stones into gold, how can the Mo family not be rich." ”
The news that Mojia Village directly paid tens of thousands of dollars in taxes naturally spread throughout the palace, and Princess Changle naturally heard about it, and it was not until today that she saw with her own eyes that Moton's ability to turn stones into gold was convincing.
Ice cubes, honey, and fruits are all common things in the palace, who would have thought that in the hands of the Mo family, it could be turned into such a delicacy.
"Wechen has to take care of the food and clothing of 5,000 people, and we can't only be covered with copper smell, and Wechen also envy your Highnesses for not worrying about money and money, and living without worrying about food and clothing." Merton said with a look of envy.
"Do you think the prince and princess don't worry about money? Usually, the amount of money in one's palace is given to the rewards that you want to give to your subordinates, and there are so many monthly salaries in each palace, how can you spend enough? Princess Changle smiled bitterly.
In fact, Princess Changle is still a little unspeakable, usually fine, especially when she meets the elders in the palace for her birthday, which one does not need to prepare a birthday gift, the Emperor Li Yuan, the father, the queen mother, and many concubines, every time you need to be frugal in the palace, in order to prepare a decent birthday gift, who doesn't want to prepare a generous gift, filial piety to parents and elders.
Li Chengqian's face was also full of embarrassment, as the crown prince, he usually needed more money, but there was no other income, coupled with his prominent status, there were people staring at him all the time, and no one would believe it if he said that he was not tight.
Of course, Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang do not have such worries at present, as long as they offer a piece of writing and copy a book of filial piety, it is enough, they don't pay much, and the rewards they get are not expensive.
"Uh-uh!"
Merton couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that as a prince and princess, there would be times when he was embarrassed, of course, this was only relatively.
Suddenly, Merton had an idea, pointed to the ice cream in his hand and said, "What do your highnesses think of ice cream is delicious?" ”
Princess Changle was surprised: "That's nature, not only delicious, this is the best thing to relieve the heat in summer." ”
Li Chengqian also nodded in agreement, I am afraid that from now on, ice cream will be called the most popular food in the palace in summer, and as for the indifferent and tasteless ice cubes, no one will eat them anymore.
"If this kind of ice cream is sold in Chang'an City, is it popular?" Merton continued.
Princess Changle nodded and said, "That's nature, this kind of delicacy will definitely be like a cake, popular in Chang'an City." ”
Merton said meaningfully: "Ice cream is a delicacy that Wei Chen dedicated to the four highnesses, and this recipe is naturally owned by the four highnesses. ”
"You mean to let me wait to use this thing to open a store in Chang'an City to make money?" Princess Changle is exquisite, and she is thorough at one point.
"Not bad! The princess can imagine that once this ice cream appears in Chang'an City, it will naturally be all the rage, and the palace consumption of several highnesses will naturally not have to worry about it anymore.
Princess Changle's eyes lit up when she heard this, she was no longer a little girl who had been in the deep palace for a long time, after a few months of medical school experience, she had already seen the outside world, and naturally knew the importance of money.
"No, as a royal family, how can we compete with the people!" Li Chengqian suddenly shook his head and said.
Princess Changle's face suddenly darkened, the royal family enjoys the worship of all the people, and naturally has to abide by the rules, and competing with the people for profit may attract the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty, and then she, the princess, will not be able to get out of it.
"Competing with the people?" Merton asked rhetorically, "Is there ice cream among the people?" Compete with whom! ”
Li Chengqian suddenly concluded, saltpeter ice is the first to be created by Merton, and the same is true of ice cream, which has never been done by the people, and no one has profited from it, so how can it be said that it is necessary to compete with the people for profit.
Princess Changle suddenly brightened, and suddenly jumped with joy, in this way, the biggest obstacle is gone, as for the question of whether the princess can do business, it is naturally not an obstacle, it is enough to find someone to take care of things, as far as Changle knows, many of her aunts have their own industries, and they all do this.
"Li Zhi and I won't be involved in this matter, leave it to you and Jinyang!" Li Chengqian said to Princess Changle that the system of the Tang Dynasty is more tolerant of princesses, but it is very strict with the prince, so Li Chengqian knows that he can't get involved, and his position as a prince is more sensitive, so it's better to avoid suspicion.
"Thank you, big brother!" Changle was moved.
For this sister Li Chengqian, he really loves him, otherwise he would not risk offending Li Shimin for the happiness of Princess Changle to expose the harm of close relatives marrying.
Among the two princesses, Princess Jinyang is relatively young, and she is still ignorant at an age, so she is naturally dominated by Princess Changle, and Li Shimin owes something to Changle because of the matter of his previous close relatives, and it will not be a big deal if this matter is exposed in the future.
This kind of thing can only be cut first and then played, if it is exposed in advance, it will definitely not work, Li Zhi and Jinyang are too young to stand secrets, Changle also rolled his eyes, and thought of a way to take the two away.
"This thing is extremely delicious and relieves the heat, why don't we try it after we offer them to our father and queen mother!"
"Okay!" Li Zhi and Jin Yang immediately responded.
Children can't wait to give treasures to their parents when they have any good things, and the two of them are no exception.
Soon the imperial chefs had already prepared two ice creams, Li Zhi was responsible for giving it to Empress Changsun, and Jinyang was responsible for giving it to Li Shimin.
After Li Zhi and Jin Yang left, the three of them continued to discuss various matters of ice cream, and his sister's first career, of course, Li Chengqian wanted to fully support it, and Merton put forward all kinds of ice products in later generations one by one, and their eyes became brighter and brighter, and they shouted that there was a lot to do.