All living things are bitter, and their desires disturb them. The sun shines brightly during the day, and the cold moon shines at night. Rich people rarely come from high families, and poor people often come from humble houses. But justice must be done, and the light must be kept.
At noon, the weather was clear, and a few white clouds could be seen floating in the sky.
Pei Yaoqing, who had eaten with Yao Chong, called two bailiffs and took a carriage to Zhuangzi, which was near the Ba River.
Li Yi, who had finished half a day of classes, left a group of students who were sighing in front of their homework and set up a shed outside the canteen.
In the shed, there was a pot made of thin copper, and in the pot was hot chicken soup.
There were yam slices skewers, dried tofu skewers, chicken slices skewers, autumn dried vegetables skewers, streaky pork skewers …
All kinds of skewers were cooked in the pot, and there was only one pot with chili.
The children in Zhuangzi lined up to choose their favorite food, and put it on a tray made of bamboo to eat.
The sun was full, and there was no wind, so it was still very cold outside.
Eating the hot skewers and drinking the chicken soup warmed them up.
When Pei Yaoqing arrived, he saw the scene of the children occasionally shivering and continuing to eat.
"Brother Yi, why don't you let the children in to eat?" Pei Yaoqing was puzzled.
"Only when it's cold can one feel happy eating hot skewers. When the ice rink opens the day after tomorrow, the ice carts will be free. I want to see what other people want to eat."
Li Yi gave a reason. The ice carts were naturally for children to play with. Would the adults feel embarrassed?
The adults would use the ice skates, and the ice skates would collect rent.
"Brother Yi, the village can make money, and there are many businesses. Why do you need to hire people to make a small profit?" Pei Yaoqing asked with a heart to learn.
"The most profitable business is the monopoly of technology, and the lowest cost is the service industry. People can't walk on one leg, and the village needs to adapt to the service model."
Li Yi said as he handed a mushroom skewer to the little boy holding the tray.
Pei Yaoqing saw the spicy pot and reached out to take a skewer of oil tofu. He ate one and smacked his lips, "Spicy is still the best."
"Brother Pei, have you arranged everything in your residence?" Li Yi asked. Why did Pei Yaoqing come?
"The Minister of Revenue, Zhong Shaojing, wants to record the county's wealth." Pei Yaoqing stuck out his tongue and complained.
"Zhong Shaojing with big words? Write a beautiful regular script? "Li Yi stood there in a daze for a dozen breaths before asking.
"It's him." Pei Yaoqing looked like a bullied child complaining to his parents.
Li Yi gave the two children another string of chicken skin and nodded. "He … Yao Chong didn't take him down?"
Pei Yaoqing glanced at Li Yi and thought, isn't it all because of you? But when the words reached the tip of his tongue, he said, "Brother Yi, you've offered a lot of good ideas, and now Prime Minister Yao …"
"Ah!" Li Yi suddenly realized that his behavior had affected Yao Chong's right to speak.
"Should I hand it in?" Pei Yaoqing was more concerned about his own little treasury.
"Brother Pei, ask the people of Chang 'an to write a petition and present it to Her Majesty."
Li Yi didn't say whether to hand it in or not. Instead, he said something that seemed unrelated.
Pei Yaoqing's eyes lit up. "Brother Yi, you're a genius. I'll write it when I get back."
As he spoke, he ate the remaining few tofu puffs and chewed vigorously. The spiciness made the tip of his nose sweat, but he was happy.
After taking a few breaths, he took a bunch of spicy cabbage. "Brother Yi, if you sell this kind of spicy cabbage in the future, I'll definitely come and support you."
"It's not for sale. It's for the children today. But you can add more pepper. Although it's not very spicy, it's numbing." Li Yi picked up a bunch of mushrooms.
When the children saw that Dongzhu was busy, they reached out and took the mushrooms themselves. The older children even took the mushrooms for the younger children.
Another child took the uncooked mushrooms from the side and put them on the side.
"If you're almost done, go in and eat. Don't expect to be full with this." Li Yi saw that a child wanted to take a bunch of mushrooms and reached out to stop him.
The child stuck out his tongue and only took a bunch of mushrooms.
"Brother Yi, you're better than Zhuangzi. There are fewer disputes. Unlike Chang 'an, I'm the county magistrate, but there are many things that I can't control. Do you know that there are people secretly controlling things that can't be exposed? "
Pei Yaoqing began to ask the next question. The first question was solved easily.
Li Yi paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.
"People are insatiable. When Zhong Shaojing was young, his family was poor. When he survived, he didn't care about the people's livelihood.
He wrote good regular script, but his actions were not righteous. The rich may be innocent, but the poor may not be kind.
Just like the alternation of night and day, where there is light, there is darkness. The rivers flow endlessly, and the waves of grievances are difficult to settle. "
Li Yi knew that there were underworld gangs in Chang 'an, especially the nightless Pyong Kang Square.
Including the helpers working at the docks, there may be no organization at first, but later on, when competing for benefits, someone will stand up and lead a group of people to fight.
When the struggle has achieved a certain level of success, these people will become the existence that oppresses others.
Pei Yaoqing listened and sighed, "Since Brother Yi knows, do you have a solution?"
"Brother Pei thinks too highly of me. There's nothing I can do. If you help the person being bullied, how can you know if the person being helped will stand up and turn around to bully others?
The maids in Pyong Kang Square begging for a living under the protection of other famous' big shots' look pitiful.
One day, when the maids become big shots, when they have maids, will they think about how they were bullied in the past and treat the maids well? "
Li Yi shook his head. He didn't have the ability, not in the current Tang dynasty, and not in the future.
"Is there no other way?" Pei Yaoqing still didn't give up.
"If you want to, you can still do something. It's nothing more than benefits. If you can get benefits through normal means, there's no need to use other methods to harm others. "
Li Yi thought for a moment and said.
Pei Yaoqing put down the skewer and cupped his fist, "Brother Yi, teach me."
"Call those people to a meeting. They can't control those 'big shots', but they can control a lot of people." Li Yi said.
"And then?" Pei Yaoqing asked.
"Then compete to see who's the most stable in the area. The imperial court will give out a token to whoever is good.
Then organize them to pick students from the common people and teach them various skills.
Turn the people secretly buying and selling people into the open. This way, they have more people to choose from.
Those who can't get a token can only continue to do things in the dark. Then let those who get a token perform outside at the imperial court's expense.
There will always be people in the audience who will give them money.
If those who don't have a token dare to take jobs privately, investigate. Not only investigate them, if any restaurant looks for them, investigate the restaurant as well.
Do the same for those working at the docks, construction sites, and other places. Let them know that if they manage well, there won't be many dirty and dirty things, and they'll earn more money. "
Li Yi came up with ideas, gave benefits, and then divided them and forced them to change internally.
Although it couldn't be completely wiped out, it could help some people.
Pei Yaoqing nodded as he listened. He felt like he saw a new window.
"Is there anything else?" Pei Yaoqing was anxious.
"Publicity, positive publicity. Tell them to be kind, or at least show kindness on the surface. If there's too much publicity, it will subtly influence them."
Li Yi continued to push and use publicity to pressure those people.
When more people defined their actions as kindness and excellence, they couldn't not do it even if they wanted to. Even if they had to pretend, they had to do it well.
"Okay, okay. What should we do about the publicity?" Pei Yaoqing listened to the general direction and wanted to ask for the specifics.
"Let's have a meeting first. In a few days, my newspaper will be out. I'll use the newspaper as support. I want to know who's in charge of who and I want data.
Also, I've told Big Brother and Third Brother that they should be looking for Her Majesty to discuss the publicity of the performance. It's just right to use it. Keep an eye on the Pear Garden. "
Li Yi connected the two matters.
"Is there anything else?" Pei Yaoqing was insatiable.
"I'll copy two drama scripts and teach them how to act in them." Li Yi satisfied Pei Yaoqing.
Pei Yaoqing was about to open his mouth when Li Yi passed him a skewer. "Brother Pei, eat. I don't have any more here. I can't take it out."
Pei Yaoqing immediately revealed a bitter expression. He didn't believe it. He felt that Brother Yi must have many other ideas in his mind.
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