Yongle Lane, Li Manor's main hall.
After agreeing to Li Chengqian and Li Tai's request to install a heater, Li Zexuan thought for a while and said,
"Maybe we can do this! Chengqian, send a craftsman to the workshop to find Faubert. Faubert will teach him the specific production and installation methods of the heater. Then, the craftsman will take the lead to install the heater in the palace! "
Because Li Zexuan did not plan to do a heater business, he did not mind teaching the crudest and most primitive heating method to Li Er's people.
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up. He was very touched and said, "Thank you! But don't worry, Xiaoxuan. Even if the craftsman knows the method to make the heater, he won't leak it! "
This child was quite loyal. He knew that he could not ruin Li Zexuan's business because of his own selfish desires.
Li Zexuan smiled carelessly. Then, he looked at Li Tai and said, "Qingque, did you come to find me at noon?"
Li Tai was stunned. It took him a while to remember the purpose of his visit. He quickly sat up and said to Li Zexuan, "Yes, yes, yes! There is indeed something! Yamachō, after so many days of running around, the students of our academy have almost run to all the families on the list given by the local government! But when everyone was delivering the coal stoves, they found that many people who were not on the list were having a hard time! And I heard from the people of the third brigade that the foundation still has a lot of money left. Yamachō, can you expand the range of the coal stoves? "
Li Zexuan could not help but think that it was a coincidence. He had just talked to Han Yuxi about this in the morning, and this little fatty had come at noon for the same thing. However, the little fatty had really profited from this trip. He had gotten a hot pot and a heater. Thinking of this, he said, "I already know about this.
"I already know about this matter. I think that the officials of the various prefectures and counties didn't want to be meddlesome, so they only put the names of those whose families were especially poor on the list! I plan to ask you to bring some students to the county yamen and order them to do a thorough check. If there are any missing students, I will report it to His Majesty and ask the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs to lower their exam this year! "
Li Tai waved his fist and said with an indignant look, "Hey! I was wondering what was going on! It turned out that some officials were not doing their jobs! Yamachō, wait for me. I'll go look for them! "
Li Zexuan hurriedly said, "Hey! Stand! Wait! "
Li Tai halted in his tracks upon hearing this.
Li Zexuan continued, "It was originally a good deed to accumulate virtue and do good deeds. Qingque, don't use your status to ruin it!"
"Uh! That won't happen! "
"Apart from this, there is one more thing! Qingque, you said earlier that the foundation has a lot of money left in its account, so I plan to send some clothes and food to the poor people in the future in addition to coal stoves and honeycomb briquettes to help them through the winter! "
Li Tai immediately laughed when he heard this. "Haha! That's good! Yamachō, you don't know, but there were many students who saw how pitiful those poor people were, so they gave some money to those people! These few days, not only did the students put in effort, but they also gave money! Haha! "
Li Zexuan couldn't help but praise the first batch of students from Yanhuang College. Their character was really not bad!
"Mm! Tell the students to report all the money they gave to the people these few days. Let the third brigade do the tabulation. When this matter is over, I will return all the money to them! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said generously.
"Haha! That's good! Yamachō, I'll go back to the foundation first! "
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, Li Tai said his goodbyes and left. Li Zexuan looked at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian looked embarrassed and said, "Ahem! If it wasn't for Qingque, I would've forgotten that I came here today to talk to you about something! "
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "What is it ~?"
Li Chengqian said slowly, "Recently, when I was in the palace, I often heard news of Yanhuang College's students running around to help the needy. Father is usually very busy and may not have the time to pay attention to these things, but as the heir to the throne, he also wants to do something for this matter. Xiaoxuan, do you still need manpower? The East Palace has a hundred guards, thirty eunuchs, and more than fifty carriages at your disposal! "
He didn't come here to freeload today. This was his main purpose for coming to the Li family. However, he was attracted by the hot pot and the heater and forgot his purpose!
Li Chengqian had already put it this way. How could Li Zexuan still have any reason to disagree? He smiled and said, "Sure! It just so happens that the tasks on the shoulders of the students will become heavier. Chengqian, the people in your East Palace will be assigned to Qingque later! "
One more person meant one more force. Moreover, the guards in the East Palace could be considered martial arts experts. One guard was almost equivalent to three students! After the "warm" people expanded, the foundation just happened to be lacking manpower. With the help of the East Palace, they would be able to complete the "warm winter operation" before the end of the year!
"Good! Then I'll take my leave first! "
Li Chengqian stood up and cupped his hands.
He originally came here to send people off, but in the end, it could be said that he gained a lot. Not only did he get the recipe for the hot pot, but he also got the heater! This trip was really worth it!
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After Li Chengqian left, Mo Zhong came to inform him that Sun Simiao was looking for him. Li Zexuan could only sit in the carriage and go to Yunshan!
"Selling sesame cakes! Fragrant and crispy sesame cakes! Three copper coins for one! Three copper coins for one! "
Just as the carriage left Yongle Lane, Li Zexuan heard the voice of an old woman hawking outside the carriage window. He couldn't help but be startled. Logically speaking, this kind of wandering peddler rarely came out in winter!
Moreover, it was selling sesame cakes. That was even more impossible! Sesame cakes cooled quickly in winter. In this era, there was no cheap way to keep them warm. Who would buy them?
(This sesame cake was baked with sesame and flour. Among them, the Tang Dynasty's Chang 'an Fuhe Square's production was more outstanding. The poet Bai Juyi once wrote, "Sesame cakes imitate the capital in every aspect, crispy and fragrant from the oven." Later on, it gradually evolved into sesame cakes.)
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan quickly asked San Bao to stop the carriage. He jumped down from the carriage and curiously looked in the direction of the old woman hawking sesame cakes.
The scene in front of him immediately stunned Li Zexuan!
He saw that the old woman was pushing a wooden cart. On the cart was a coal stove. On the stove was an iron pot that emitted waves of steam and fragrance. In front of her was a line of people who came to buy sesame cakes!
Damn! Wasn't this similar to those peddlers in the future who pushed a cart on the street and sold roasted sweet potatoes from the stove on the cart to passersby?
In the end, it was because honeycomb coal had replaced charcoal and became a more economical fuel. If it wasn't for this, this old woman wouldn't be pushing a cart out to sell sesame cakes! Otherwise, she would have to spend a day burning charcoal to pay for it!
"Hey! This young master has inadvertently opened up a new business for the people! "
Li Zexuan thought proudly in his heart.
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