"Oh ~! This old man also agreed. How about it ~? Kid, don't you feel honored ~? You must know that over the years, many people have wanted to invite this old man to come out of retirement, but this old man rejected them all ~! "
Seeing Li Zexuan and Yan Silu chatting "passionately," Wang Ji felt that he was being "neglected," so he interrupted somewhat unwillingly.
Li Zexuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. Sure enough, some people couldn't be judged by their appearance. When he first saw Wang Ji, he thought that this old man was an otherworldly expert, but now … let's not talk about it anymore.
"Mr. Wang also agreed ~? That's really great ~! To be able to invite the two of you is this kid's honor, and it's also the honor of the thousands of students of Yanhuang College ~! "
Li Zexuan was still a very polite and good young man. He didn't slap Wang Ji's face, but instead put on a happy expression and cooperated with him.
"En ~!"
Sure enough, Wang Ji stroked his beard with a comforted look on his face. Li Zexuan's hands were itching when he saw this.
"Oh ~! That's right ~! This old man isn't that easy to invite. If you want this old man to help you teach students, you have to agree to one condition ~! "
Wang Ji stroked his beard for a while and suddenly said seriously.
Li Zexuan's cheeks twitched imperceptibly. He restrained his emotions and said, "What condition ~? Sir, just say it ~! "
But in his heart, he secretly thought, When did a free gift become so troublesome ~? This old man doesn't have any self-awareness ~!
Li Gang and Yan Silu immediately cast a contemptuous look over. Wang Ji's old face turned red, and he hurriedly coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, but he still insisted and said, "Cough, cough ~! Kid, if this old man goes to your college to teach, will there be good wine for me ~? En ~! Just this kind of gentle village will do ~! How about five buckets a month ~? "
Five buckets a month ~?
Li Zexuan almost fell to the ground when he heard this. What kind of concept was Five Dou ~? One bucket of wine in the Tang Dynasty was about six thousand milliliters in modern times, which was about twelve catties. Five buckets was sixty catties. Drinking sixty catties of wine in one month, Li Zexuan only wanted to say one sentence at this moment.
Furthermore, according to the current market price of two strings of coins per liter, these five buckets of Gentle Village would be one hundred strings of coins. One hundred strings of coins! Even though Li Zexuan wasn't lacking in money, the salary of a Yanhuang College teacher was still there. (Previously, Yanhuang College's salary was ten strings of cash per month for teaching assistants, twenty strings of cash per month for lecturers, fifty strings of cash per month for associate professors, and one hundred strings of cash per month for professors, and one hundred strings of cash per month for professors, and one hundred strings of cash per month for Yanhuang College.)
"Wang Wugong, Wang Wugong, you old man, do you really think you're Mister Wu Dou? You want five buckets of wine as soon as you open your mouth ~? "
Yan Silu was a native of Chang 'an. He was very clear about the current market price of Gentle Village. At this time, after hearing Wang Ji's request, he spoke out with some dissatisfaction.
Speaking of Wang Ji's title of Mister Wu Dou, it could be said that there was a lot of history behind it.
First of all, Wang Ji himself wasn't as bad as Li Zexuan thought. Someone who treated him as a gift was a bit "ignorant". Actually, Wang Ji was a very talented person.
In the twentieth year of Sui Kaihuang, Wang Ji, who was only fifteen years old, traveled to the capital and Chang 'an to visit the powerful minister Yang Su. He was called the "Child Prodigy Fairy" by the ministers present. In the first year of the Daye Dynasty, Wang Ji was a filial and honest official.
But this guy was smart, but he was a bit lazy. Moreover, he was addicted to alcohol! At first, because of his arrogant nature, he didn't want to serve in the Imperial Court, so he was appointed as the Deputy County Magistrate of Yangzhou. But because he was addicted to alcohol, he was impeached and dismissed. Actually, he didn't care about the official position. He sighed and said, "The net is in the sky, I'll settle down." At this time, the Sui Dynasty was in chaos. He and the hermit Zhong Zongguang were drinking wine, composing poems and raising birds for fun!
In the eighth year of Tang Wude, the Imperial Court recruited the officials of the previous dynasty. Wang Ji was appointed as an official under the Imperial Court. According to the rules of the Imperial Court, he was given three liters of good wine every day. His brother Wang Jing asked, "Are you happy waiting for the Imperial Court?" He replied, "Waiting for the Imperial Court's salary is low and lonely. Only the three liters of good wine makes people reluctant to part with it." When Chen Shuda heard about it, he increased the wine from three liters to one dou.
At the end of the ninth year of Wude, Li Er killed his brother and imprisoned his father. Wang Ji was once again recruited by the Imperial Court and appointed as a Minister. At that time, Shi Jiaoge of the Tai Le Department was good at brewing wine. After Wang Ji heard about it, he was a bit restless. He hesitated for a long time and finally made up his mind. He told the big boss of the Ministry of Personnel that he requested to be transferred to the Tai Le Department to be the Tai Le Minister.
At that time, the Minister of Personnel should have been Zhangsun Wuji. When the old fox heard Wang Ji's strange request, his old face turned black. He then refuted it with the reason that it did not match the rank.
(Minister of Personnel is a Concubine of the fourth rank, while the Tai Le Minister is a Concubine of the eighth rank … I have to say, for the sake of drinking wine, this guy is really capable of doing anything.)
After Wang Ji received Zhangsun Wuji's reply, he did not give up. He sent Zhangsun Wuji a request again and again, stating that he had to go to the Tai Le Department. At first, Zhangsun Wuji did not take it to heart. However, he could not stand this guy's daily harassment and finally appointed him according to his request.
When Wang Ji received the appointment, he was naturally overjoyed. He felt that he could finally drink good wine every day. However, the good times did not last long. At the beginning of the Zhenguan period, Jiao Ge passed away. However, Jiao Ge's wife continued to send wine to Wang Ji. However, not long after, Jiao Ge's wife also passed away.
Wang Ji could not help but look up to the sky and sigh, "The Heavens do not want me to indulge in good wine?" (Is it because the Heavens do not want me to indulge in good wine?)
After a few days, this guy felt that there was no point in continuing to stay in Chang 'an. Thus, he gave up his position and left.
After that, he wrote the "Biography of Mister Wu Dou" in the Donghao Village where he lived in seclusion. It was unintentionally spread by others and he instantly became famous. That was how the title of Mister Wu Dou came to be!
At this moment, when Wang Ji heard Yan Silu's dissatisfied words, he glared at him and said,
"Heh! I, Wang Wugong, dare to ask for five dou of wine because I am worth the price! Can you, Yan Silu, do you think you can do it? "
Yan Silu said angrily, "What do you mean? You, Wang Wugong, other than drinking wine and writing a few lines of poetry, what else can you do? Why are you worthy of five dou of gentle wine? Do you know that these five dou of gentle wine are worth a hundred strings of coins?! "
Worth a hundred strings of coins?
When Wang Ji heard this, he immediately panicked. If Yan Silu did not mention it, he really would not know that the wine he was drinking now was actually so expensive.
"Oh my god! The price of one dou of wine is enough for this old man to drink for half a year! Oh no, oh no! Am I going to let Yan Silu see this old man as a joke? "
Wang Ji's heart was a little bitter at this moment, but he could not say it out loud …
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