Chapter 112: Perfume (1)
Li Yuan was a miserable online writer in his previous life. Most of the ten people who wrote online writers were otaku and had very little contact with the outside world. And the writers who wrote history were neither like the losers in the city nor the fear of the scoundrels in the female series.
But what is even more pitiful than other writers is that although writers who write history boast that they know astronomy and geography, they can set up stalls to do fortune-telling in the middle of the journey, they are all small-minded, but most of them are already bastard!
Fortunately, Li Yuan was about twenty years old before traveling through time, and his hair had not yet fallen too seriously. However, under the halo of the otaku attribute, the chance of having a girlfriend was so small that it was impossible to see clearly than sesame seeds.
So Li Yuan, who had no girlfriend in his previous life, saw such a delicate woman crying quietly against his shoulder, and his mind was a little stuck, even though they already had skin kinship.
"Don't worry, although I am a little older, my health is still strong... I promised you that I will live well." Li Yuan stroked Huaping's back and comforted softly.
Of course, he also took advantage of the situation. They have been together for half a year, and it is the time to be in love with each other.
After comforting for a while, Huaping twitched a few times, wiped the tears from her beautiful eyes, pursed her red lips, and said, "I owe 1,430 guan from the Ministry of Works. One thousand guan is owed to the construction of the Medical College, and the other 430 guan is the food and accommodation fee for poor students. According to the past, we allocate funds on the 23rd of each month. I still have some jewelry and some private collections from the former queen, which can be worth more than one hundred guan. If I sell some fat pigs from pig farms, I can also have two or three hundred guan. The rest... I went to the government offices of Lantian and other counties to urge me. Although the autumn harvest has not arrived, the treasury in the past can also have some accumulated grain in the past, which can be worth a while. But... Daojun should think carefully about how to explain to the Ministry of Works next month?"
Most of the inns, stations and restaurants in Chang'an are built by the Ministry of Works to allow officials from all over the country to have a place to rest when they come to Beijing. Of course, for officials, the services provided by the stations are free, but the stations are generally self-operated. Since they are free for officials, they naturally have to charge pedestrians who live there.
Although the medical school has an official nature, it is generally more private than the Emperor. And more importantly, the food and accommodation of the Imperial College students in Chang'an is not free, so why should I give free money to the medical school students?
Therefore, the food and accommodation in this aspect are naturally produced by the Supreme Emperor.
It sounds a bit incredible. The Ministry of Works dared to ask the Supreme Emperor for money? In fact, in ancient times, although the imperial power was great, it could not escape the word "reason"!
The Sui and Tang Dynasties implemented the three provinces and six ministries system. Generally speaking, when the emperor issued an imperial edict, it must first be handed over to the Menxia Province for review. After the Menxia Province agreed, it will be issued in the Secretariat. The Secretariat is the final department to be executed. If the emperor does not pass such a set of procedures, the imperial edicts issued directly are called the Central edict. When encountering serious officials, the Central edict is illegal and can be completely refused to be implemented.
It can be said that if the emperor wanted to build an imperial garden and used his own small treasury, the Ministry of Revenue would not interfere. If he wanted to allocate funds from the state treasury, the Ministry of Revenue would have the right to agree or deny it.
Similarly, every penny of the Ministry of Works is recorded in the account. Even if you are the Supreme Emperor, please let me not miss you, go through the process first!
"It's good to draw screens, don't cry." Li Yuan was a little moved and said immediately: "I already have a way to make money to solve these problems, so you don't have to worry."
After saying that, he emphasized again: "Education is the basis for strengthening a country and is also the prerequisite for the prosperity of the times. Moreover, those scholars will be of great use to someone in the future."
The screen nodded, then frowned and said, "Daojun, how should you make money? But don't end up with another expense... Although we won't starve to death, it's a bit unsightly for the King of Qin."
Since she deceived Li Shimin that time, Huaping's heart has become more and more tilted towards the Supreme Emperor. After all, the three officials' hearings were acquiesced by His Majesty, and the Supreme Emperor appeared in front of her like a god. In comparison, even though she was the maid of the Qin Palace before, she is now the Supreme Emperor.
When Li Yuan heard Huaping’s questioning words, his face looked a little embarrassed and said, “Have you ever heard of Huaping’s perfume?”
Fearing that the screen would not understand, he patiently explained: "Perfume, as the name suggests, is very fragrant water. Just spraying a drop on your body will smell all day long. It is much better than soaking petals in water when you bathe every day."
"This... Daojun, have you peeked at me for bathing?" Huaping's little face was blushing, like a ripe tea egg, and her blushed face made people want to take a bite.
Forehead!?
Are there completely different points of concern?
Although Li Yuan admitted that he had occasionally seen a few scattered spots through the cracks in the door, his intention was definitely not intentional, but a clever arrangement in the darkness of heaven.
This topic must not be discussed, and if you talk about his little habits, it will be exposed.
After a while, Li Yuan finally explained the appearance and function of the perfume to Huaping. However, the reaction of Huaping was a little different. She frowned and said, "A few days ago, Daojun asked me to send someone to search for whether the Western Region merchants had brought Western Region seeds. Although the seeds were not found, I have a bottle of the 'perfume' you mentioned."
After saying that, Hua Ping got up and walked to the warm pavilion of the side hall, groped in the dressing table for a while, and finally took out a small white porcelain bottle, and she poured it a little on her hand.
"According to Shan Lou Lai, the Western Regions merchant, this thing is produced in Persia, but it is not the perfume mentioned by Taoist lord, but the sesame oil, worth 500 cigarettes!
I am so distressed about this thing, and it is rare in the palace."
Li Yuan walked in and looked carefully for a while, and immediately realized that the sesame oil poured on his hand, the pale yellow liquid, smelled a faint fragrance. This sesame oil was made of spices combined with animal oil, not perfume. It was probably similar to the lip balm that was popular in the 1990s. It was made of animal oil, which helped prevent chapped lips.
"It's different. The perfume I mentioned is more precious than what you see." Li Yuan smiled confidently.
Paris in the 17th and 18th century was a time when shit and urine were rampant. When the French king traveled, the guards around him would carry umbrellas because they would fall shit at high altitudes on the streets at any time.
The French would pour out the shit and urine from the toilet bucket every morning when they opened the window.
But...... Since the invention of perfume, Paris has instantly become the capital of perfume!
The ethanol added to the perfume is destined to be countless times higher than that of sesame oil, which means it is more fragrant.
Chapter completed!