The children entered the lounge on the first floor of Heaven on Earth. The waitress quickly brought down hot juice and helped wipe their sweat.
The little guys were very excited. So many other children were learning from them.
It was lively outside.
"It's said that the villagers of Li Family Zhuangzi live a good life. I've never seen it before. Today, I believe it."
"Children grow up quickly. You can tell at a glance that the clothes the children wear are not modified from old clothes, but they are not new clothes either. They wear them on a daily basis."
"Their little faces are red and tender. It makes people want to take a bite."
"Zhuangzi is rich and willing to spend money. Enjoy life as a villager of Li Yi. "
"When Song De recruited people, there were already many who wanted to go. Those who were not chosen thought that it was just so-so. Now …"
"Girls are also studying. Daughters of rich families!"
"Good boy, this group of children will be amazing when they grow up."
"My children are disobedient. They won't listen to me no matter how I beat them."
"The people who came from the manor will clean up the place. The people who sweep the streets will go over and do the work. Song De will even pay."
"This is called benevolence and righteousness. Li Dongzhu has saved countless people."
"Isn't it just some stinky money? If I had that money, I could do it too. "
"Yes, why don't you have that money?"
"I don't have a Zhuangzi. If you give me a Zhuangzi, I can do it."
"Others have a Zhuangzi, but they can't do as well as Li Yi."
"That's because others are stupid."
"If others are stupid, can others save up a big Zhuangzi? If you're not stupid, why don't you have a Zhuangzi? "
"I'm not talking to you. You … you only know how to flatter others. Your family must be incapable."
"Who did I flatter?" The old man was unhappy.
A coachman next to him came over and said to the old man, "Yao Xiang, are you still going up?"
"No, let's go back to the palace." The old man glared at the person who just spoke, flicked his sleeves and left.
The surroundings were quiet until Yao Chong walked far away. Everyone looked at the person who had just spoken and automatically spread out to form a perimeter.
"Prime Minister Yao is again … again … stewing meat at home. I have to go back." The man covered his face with his sleeve and ran away.
Yao Chong complained, "What a big entourage. The Li Family's Zhuangzi child is going out, right? Who are you putting on an act for? Isn't it just some stinky money? If this old man had that Zhuangzi, I think this old man could do it too. "
The lackeys pretended not to hear him. You're a high-ranking official, so you're right.
The children rested for a while and recovered quickly. They were alive and kicking again. Once again, they lined up to advertise.
The promotion of nursery rhymes and firecrackers attracted a lot of attention along the way. Some people even heard about it and came from afar to take a look.
Song De started to throw the firecrackers at the takeout. One copper coin for one. No one would spend 100 copper coins to buy 50 of them.
They felt that Song De was slow-witted. Who wouldn't directly buy a hundred of them at the same price?
"Steward Song, are you selling firecrackers? I'll buy one for my grandson for two coins. "A man in his fifties held a child's hand and asked.
"I'm not selling. At least 50. Moreover, I won't sell it even if the child comes to buy it himself." Song De decisively refused.
The child cried. The old man begged Song De, but Song De still shook his head. He didn't even look at the child.
There was an ordinary four-wheeled carriage beside them. They slightly lifted the curtain to take a look.
Seeing that there were people from Xingqing Palace who wanted to send the firecrackers, the people in the carriage said, "No. Remember this child. Give it to anyone but him."
The people in the palace immediately stopped and went to throw the firecrackers for the other children.
"Brother Yi is benevolent. He's afraid that the poor will spoil the child, so he set the price of 100 copper coins. He's also worried that the child will steal the money to buy it. Therefore, the child comes alone and won't sell it."
Li Longji, who ran out of the carriage to watch the fun, saw the situation of the man and his grandson. He was angry.
He lamented his misfortune and hated his incompetence.
"Uncle is really good at teaching children. Although he gave a lot of good things to the child, he never spoiled him." Empress Wang shook her head gently. She didn't pity the child.
The grandfather over there began to coax his grandson to buy the firecrackers from other children.
Li Longji gritted his teeth, "Arrange it. That child can't play with the firecrackers today."
"San Lang, Pei Yaoqing arranged some people to perform during the New Year's Festival to promote the promotion."
Empress Wang felt that the nursery rhyme was good. She was included in it, and she was credited for managing the harem.
On the other side of the Political Affairs Hall, Yao Chong came in angrily.
"Yuanzhi's soy sauce didn't come back?" Lu Huaishen asked. Yao Chong said that he wanted to go to the Heavenly Earth to buy some soy sauce to eat dumplings at home.
"Li Yi, you don't have the backbone of a scholar. You brought out the child in Zhuangzi. There were 15 four-wheeled carriages.
The five carriages the children rode in were long and beautiful. The horses were of the same color.
When you came down from Xingqing Palace, you called me the Tang dynasty. In accordance with the heavens, His Majesty told me to wear clothes. In the Kaiyuan period, the golden age was passed down. Following His Majesty to eat to his heart's content … "
Yao Chong tried hard to imitate the child's movements and sang in a childish voice.
After he finished, he said angrily, "Shameless, too shameless."
"Hahahaha …" Zhang Shuo laughed, "Prime Minister Yao's voice does sound a little naive."
Lu Huaishen also laughed, "Yuanzhi, why are you angry? Li Yi is afraid that he has too many good things and will be coveted. Naturally, he wants to live. He doesn't know that his third brother is His Majesty."
"But this is too straightforward. I don't believe that Li Yi can't write better." Yao Chong sat down to drink water.
"More than a hundred children, right? Is the lineup beautiful? "Zhang Shuo imagined in his mind.
He saw a group of children in neat school uniforms when he was eating in the cafeteria. The visual impact was too great.
"Before tomorrow, the whole Chang 'an will know. He even took the opportunity to sell broken firecrackers. One copper coin for one. Listen, not one copper coin. Is this how you make money from gunpowder?"
Yao Chong said another thing that made him feel uncomfortable.
He knew about the firecrackers and asked the gunpowder workshop to make them. The children would not be hurt, but the workshop could not make them.
It was just a piece of paper with a bit of medicine. Two pieces of clay would make a sound when smashed, but the workshop said that they could not do anything.
Zhang Shuo poured himself some hot water and held the cup with both hands, "Prime Minister Yao wants to make money from the firecrackers and then buy things for the workshop?"
"If Li Yi can sell it, why can't others? I can think of a way. The cost of the firecrackers is not high, but at least ten times the profit. "
Yao Chong said the actual situation. The profit was that high.
The more firecrackers they made, the better the technology, the more paper and paste they saved, and the lower the cost.
Half an hour later, someone ran in.
He entered Yao Chong's' office 'alone and reported in a low voice, "The Li Family Zhuangzi's firecrackers are sold out. They are taking them out from the workshops and continuing to sell them."
"There are more in the other workshops?" Yao Chong put down his pen.
"They give the firecrackers to the ladies who have nothing to do. They make clay and wrap them up. They give one copper coin for fifty firecrackers.
They can get more than forty copper coins a day, and the least is thirty copper coins a day. Those people have more ways to make money. They all say that Li Yi is benevolent and righteous. "
The informant replied.
"What benevolent and righteous? They only give one copper coin for fifty firecrackers. He earns the rest. How is that benevolent and righteous?" Yao Chong calculated the cost.
"Thirty copper coins a day. Some of them can't even compare to that." The informant spoke from another perspective.
"Got it." Yao Chong picked up the pen again and the informant left.
Yao Chong threw the pen aside again, "Paper firecrackers, paper firecrackers."
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