hsntnovel Chapter 2673 Kong Yingda is dead
Chapter 2673 Kong Yingda is dead
After hearing what Li Shen said, Li Boyi and Li Fengci were moved to tears and wanted to go to the palace to thank the emperor in person.
But Li Shen was just fooling them; how could he possibly let them attack?
If they were to tell him this after entering the palace, his father would immediately know that he had ulterior motives and would come to Prince Ji's mansion with a knife to kill him.
Deceiving him was already outrageous, but now it's spreading to other royal families. If this gets out among the royal family, they'll be laughed at to death.
He definitely shouldn't be let off easily.
After hearing Li Shen's explanation, the two agreed that he was right. It was useless to express their gratitude now; they should wait until they achieved something and proved it to His Majesty.
"Thank you, Prince Ji. We will do our utmost to handle this matter and will never fail His Majesty's expectations of us."
The two men patted their chests and made their statements.
“My two uncles, I will also lend you a hand.”
At that time, my Prince Ji's Mansion will purchase spices at low prices, thus lowering the price of spices. This way, your prices will be higher, and more people will sell to you.
This can also mislead some unscrupulous people.
Li Shen explained his plan, and the two men were immediately impressed. Prince Ji was indeed a genius in the business world, even planning his acquisitions.
This way, the price of spices won't rise so high, and the price they pay for them will naturally be lower.
"By the way, we still don't know what to name our shop?" Li Boyi asked.
Since it's a shop, it naturally needs a good name.
However, judging from the names of Prince Ji's mansions in the past, they must have the word "first" in them, such as the First Chamber of Commerce in the World, the First Medical College, and the former First Counter Shop, which is now renamed the Central Bank of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shen is indeed not very educated; he doesn't even recognize seal script characters and hasn't had much formal education.
Being able to recognize the basic characters is already quite good; for the dignified Prince Ji to be illiterate is simply unacceptable. Who can one reason with that?
After hearing this, Li Shen stroked the Persian cat in his arms, stroked it gently, and then lowered his head to think.
He originally wanted to come up with a simple name, such as a general store or a recycling station.
However, firstly, it's too tacky, and secondly, it makes the two people on the other side feel that they don't take it seriously enough.
After thinking it over, Li Shen suddenly raised his head:
“My two uncles, these spices come from the Western Regions, so how about we name it Xixiangji?”
"Xiangji?" The two savored the taste and quickly nodded.
"A good name, concise and clear, and very elegant. Prince Ji is talented and has outstanding literary skills. He is indeed a person who is praised by Kong Yingda."
“It is indeed a good name, let’s call it Xixiangji.”
The two men began to flatter them.
"Kong Yingda? Is he still alive?" Li Shen asked curiously when Kong Yingda was mentioned. He had heard last year that Kong Yingda was old and nearing the end of his life.
He received treatment at the medical school, but it wasn't very effective. After all, Kong Yingda was already over seventy years old, and medication alone couldn't sustain his condition.
"Sigh..." Li Boyi sighed.
"Prince Ji is unaware that the Grand Master of Ceremonies, Kong, passed away several months ago. His Majesty was deeply saddened and made a special trip to the Grand Master of Ceremonies' residence to visit him. After the Grand Master of Ceremonies' passing, His Majesty decreed that he be buried in the Zhaoling Mausoleum, posthumously granted him the title of Grand Master of Ceremonies, and the posthumous name Xian."
"Gone?" Li Shen was taken aback at first, then somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but feel a little sad. This old man was really just stubborn and inflexible.
But overall, he's not a bad person.
Although I was prepared, I never expected to die so quickly.
I haven't received any news, probably because Wang Hongfu knew I was coming back and didn't report it. It must have happened in the last two months or so.
"Prince Ji, please don't be sad. Grand Master Kong is getting old, and there's nothing we can do about it. I believe he will be remembered in history."
Seeing that Li Shen's expression was not good, Li Fengci comforted him, knowing that Prince Ji had done something big with Kong Yingda in the end.
Kong Yingda used his own method to assign a pronunciation to existing characters, which seems to be called pinyin, and compiled it into a book called a dictionary.
The copies that His Majesty originally sent to the Chongwen Hall for collection, and those dated, were all printed by the Prince Ji's residence.
This incident suggests that Prince Ji and Kong Yingda had a good relationship, and may even have been friends.
Kong Yingda praised Prince Ji's literary talent in public on more than one occasion.
"Thank you, Uncle Wang. This is fate. If the King of Hell wants you to die at midnight, who can keep you alive until dawn? Everything is ordained by Heaven."
I hope that if Master Kong is watching from heaven, he can feel my sincere heart and my wish that I can make a lot of money and become very wealthy.
As Li Shen spoke, he made a Buddhist gesture with one hand and uttered the words "Amitabha Buddha" solemnly and earnestly.
Kong Yingda's death was indeed unavoidable. He was so old. If he had been ill, there might have been ways to treat him, but it was clear that Kong Yingda was simply past his prime.
The two almost vomited blood upon hearing this. That's it? They must not be old friends, otherwise who would be thinking about making money when they are feeling sad?
“Prince Ji, now that the matter has been decided, we will take our leave. Just send someone to let us know when the acquisition can begin.”
Li Boyi and Li Fengci stood up and prepared to leave.
"Why don't you two stay here and enjoy yourselves a bit longer before you leave?" Li Shen invited politely.
Actually, he was thinking about whether there was anything else that might have gone wrong.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Prince Ji, but we have important matters to attend to, so we won't disturb you any longer." Li Boyi shook his head.
They weren't unaware of their own limitations; it was obvious that the other party was just being polite.
"In that case... Stone, go and ask the Princess to take a few bolts of healed silk from the storeroom, and also take another thousand strings of cash."
After giving his instructions, Li Shen looked at Li Boyi and Li Fengci:
“My two uncles, you’ve come all this way, how can I let you leave empty-handed? Take back a few bolts of silk to make some clothes for my aunt.”
And here's another thousand strings of cash; give each of you five hundred strings as a token of my respect and filial piety.
"Oh dear, this is unacceptable, this is unacceptable! How can we two possibly accept anything from you, Prince Ji?"
"King Ji, we are already extremely grateful that you would take us along to do business, and we have no other requests."
Seeing that Shi Tou had run out, Li Fengci immediately stood up and refused.
"Oh? Uncle Wang, what are you saying? It's nothing valuable. Just consider it a token of my filial piety."
"My two uncles, please don't refuse." Li Shen feigned displeasure.
"This..." Seeing Li Shen like this, the two were really afraid of displeasing him.
If Prince Ji becomes unhappy and refuses to cooperate with the two of them again, he will truly regret it.
"Well then, thank you very much, Prince Ji." Li Boyi stood up and cupped his hands in thanks to Li Shen.
Li Fengci also bowed and thanked him.
"Haha~~ That's more like it. We're all family, let's not be so formal."
Li Shen then smiled happily.
(It's a little, a little, a little late)