bookbashuk Chapter 2060 Educating Li Tai
Chapter 2060 Educating Li Tai
Donkey hide gelatin has a long history and was recorded in Shennong's Herbal Classic. It has a sweet and mild taste and is non-toxic. It is used to treat abdominal collapse, excessive fatigue and malaria-like sweating, waist and abdominal pain, sore limbs, bleeding in women, and to stabilize pregnancy. Long-term use will make the body lighter and benefit the qi.
As a modern person, Li Shen naturally knows Gillian because it is so expensive.
According to Sun Simiao's explanation to Li Shen, donkey hide gelatin existed thousands of years ago, but before the Tang Dynasty, cowhide and horsehide were the main raw materials.
After the Tang Dynasty, because cattle were used as production tools, doctors found that donkey skin boiled donkey gelatin had better effects, so some people started to boil it with donkey skin.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, donkey-hide gelatin was first named donkey-hide gelatin because it came from Dong'e.
Since the Tang Dynasty, donkey-hide gelatin has been listed as a royal tribute, but due to its low production and long cooking time, it is relatively scarce even for the royal family.
Li Shen is not exaggerating. The preparation of a piece of donkey-hide gelatin requires more than 50 steps, including soaking the skin, boiling the juice, and concentrating it. The whole process takes 40-60 days.
Li Shen only learned about the existence of donkey-hide gelatin by chance. He had never seen it in all his years living in the Tang Dynasty.
This made him quite curious. He was a prince, so why was there no donkey-hide gelatin as a tribute?
Later, I asked Sun Simiao and found out that donkey-hide gelatin was actually a top-grade product in the Tang Dynasty, but it was mainly used by women and rarely by men.
Even if he took it, it was mixed with a pile of medicinal herbs and Li Shen couldn't detect it at all.
It turned out that it was not that the Tang Dynasty was short of supplies, but that Li Shen himself was ignorant.
"Haha, Shen'er is thoughtful, but it will take a long time to finish so much. I will send it to your mother later."
The smile on Empress Chang Sun's face became even wider. She certainly knew how precious donkey-hide gelatin was.
When Empress Changsun heard Li Shen say that it would last for several months, she did him a favor and sent some to Concubine Wei.
In fact, she knew that even if she didn't say it, Li Shen would still send it to her, and the amount would be more than what he gave to her. This has been the case for the past ten years.
But she didn't care and wasn't jealous at all. He was someone else's biological son, and there was still a level of difference between him and herself.
Unfortunately, his son had no ability, and although the things he sent on weekdays were precious, they lacked the thoughtfulness compared to Li Shen's.
For example, as for donkey-hide gelatin, how could the two princes not get it? They were just careless and never cared about their mother.
"Thank you, mother. From now on, this Ejiao Medical College will be sent to the palace permanently so that mother can nourish her body more."
Li Shen stood up and bowed to express his gratitude.
"Old Ten, you can't forget about such a good thing, Fourth Brother. Your sister-in-law isn't in good health either?"
At this time, Li Tai on the side said to Li Shen with a smile.
"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. Since this is to nourish my sister-in-law, I won't make any money from you. I'll sell it to you at the original price. After all, we are brothers."
Li Shen turned around and looked at Li Tai and replied.
"Sell it to me? Old Ten, you have drained all of Fourth Brother's family assets, and now you want to sell the donkey-hide gelatin to Fourth Brother. Aren't you too stingy?
You just said you and I are brothers."
Li Tai originally wanted to take advantage of some small advantage, but he didn't expect that Li Shen would not give him any chance at all and would not let him take any advantage at all.
"Brother, what you said is wrong. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. This donkey-hide gelatin is expensive and very difficult to make. It takes more than two months to make one block.
The cost alone is worth a fortune.
What's more, I have the money to raise a donkey." Li Shen rolled his eyes and thought, you want to take advantage of me? Dream on.
"Raising a donkey? Why do you raise a donkey?" Li Tai was stunned.
"Of course it's for making donkey hide gelatin. Otherwise, why raise donkeys? The gelatin made from cow and horse skins is not as good as that made from donkey skins.
However, there are not many donkeys in our Tang Dynasty, and most of the people are engaged in labor.
If I kill them indiscriminately, I'm afraid it won't be long before I kill them all, just like cattle and horses.
So I can only raise and kill the animals myself at the farm."
Like cows, donkeys are also a kind of production tool. Because of their limited numbers, donkeys are listed as prohibited from slaughter just like cows and horses.
Donkeys have good patience and can be used as a means of carrying goods in addition to farming. Many merchants traveling to the Western Regions used donkeys as a means of transportation.
"You raise a donkey? You, a prince, actually raise a donkey?" Li Tai was a little unbelievable.
"So what? Aren't cows, horses, and donkeys all the same? Besides, this is a business opportunity. If there are more donkeys, the donkey-hide gelatin they make can be sold to the nobles.
Everything produced by Prince Ji’s Mansion is of fine quality. This is a great way to make a fortune.
Brother, don't you always say you want to make money? But there are many ways to make money, you just haven't discovered them. If you want to make money, you must first learn to be shameless.
This way you can make dirty money without feeling guilty.
You have to remember, if you want to make money you can’t have dignity, and if you want dignity you can’t have money.”
Li Shen sneered at the words of the nerd Li Tai. Since ancient times, businessmen have been pursuing profits. Which businessman does things in an orderly manner?
Those so-called philanthropists and conscientious businessmen are nothing but a beautiful coat that they wrap themselves in.
How could outsiders know the twists and turns? This is called influence.
However, Li Shen would definitely not tell Li Tai what happened next.
Li Shen's remarks not only made Li Tai and Li Zhi frown and show their disdain, but even Empress Changsun had a strange look on her face.
It turns out that Li Shen has never been to school and does not understand the Five Constant Virtues: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.
It is actually possible to say that face is so worthless.
"Old Ten, your remarks really opened my eyes. They say businessmen are profit-driven, treacherous and greedy. But after seeing you, Old Ten, I really believe it."
Li Tai smiled contemptuously.
"What Fourth Brother said is true. I am indeed not presentable, but I have no other choice. I dropped out of school at a young age and have no one to rely on after leaving the palace.
With no other options, he could only earn a little money to support his family like the merchants in the market.
Unlike his two brothers, who lived in a mansion of hundreds of acres and had countless maids at home.
I have had a hard life and had to rely on myself to work hard. After more than ten years, my life has finally gotten better. Although I am not rich, at least I can provide my wife and children with three meals a day.
So I don’t understand any big principles. I just know to go out early and come back late, earn some money, and put it in my wife’s hands when I get home so that she and children won’t go hungry the next day.
Alas~~~~Everything is inferior except reading. "
Li Shen sighed and shook his head, looking regretful, regretting that he had not read more books.
Li Shen believed from the beginning to the end that reading could improve one's destiny. As long as one read good books, one would find beautiful women and golden houses in books.
With a "click", Li Tai knocked over the tea bowl.
Li Tai was confused by what Li Shen said just now. He felt that the words Li Shen just said seemed to have been heard somewhere before, and the previous words felt a bit harsh to him.
"Old Ten, are you blaming Aye for not giving you a mansion?
And the last person you mentioned seemed to be last year's top scorer, right?"
(Donkey hide was originally made from cow and horse hides, and it was not called donkey hide gelatin. Donkey hide gelatin has a history of more than 3,000 years. Donkey hide was used in the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that donkey hide was officially used.)