Opera in Chang 'an, a few new musical instruments. Wind and smoke rise in the southwest, who plays the border song?
It was daybreak. Chang 'an City was full of discussions about Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai's play last night.
"Zhu Yingtai's family is stubborn. Look at what happened, their daughter is gone."
"Liang Shanbo also took things too hard. Sigh, if only he arrived earlier. Unfortunately, his family is poor. "
"It's useless to arrive earlier. Zhu Yingtai's family is powerful. Why would they like Liang Shanbo?"
"If I were Liang Shanbo, I would elope with Zhu Yingtai and never come back."
"Yes, running away is the right thing to do. If you can have a private rendezvous, you can take the opportunity to slip away."
"I heard there are many musical instruments that have never been seen before. Boom boom boom boom."
"They say there are many bugle horns. Which bugle horn doesn't sound like that?"
The people who saw it last night described it vividly. The people who didn't see it wiped their tears and felt indignant.
Yao Chong's thoughts were on the large denomination of the exchange coupons.
In the morning, after waiting for the others to finish talking and leave, he went to play.
"Your Majesty, last night I was watching a play in Nanqu and was worried about money. Xiaoyun gave me 4000 coins in exchange coupons.
The number on the coupons was actually 1 coin. One piece of paper is worth 1000 coins. Your Majesty panicked.
If there is no limit, how can the Li Family Zhuangzi stabilize the place with 10,000 coins? "
Yao Chong tried to calm himself down. He couldn't scold Li Yi.
Li Longji listened quietly. After listening, he said, "There are 20 coins, 50 coins, 100 coins, 200 coins, 500 coins, 1 coin, 2 coin, 5 coin, and 10 coin.
The coins above 100 coins are used by the merchants. Yao Qing, you don't have to worry.
The 1 coin just happened to be printed. Li Yi was anxious to provide the merchants with the coupons, so he printed a batch.
The Li Family Zhuangzi has a lot of tea. Li Yi wants to release a batch of tea to offset the issued coupons. "
Li Longji talked about how Li Yi got enough money. It turned out that he only sold level four tea to ordinary people.
The four types of level three tea, as long as they were sold, people would buy them.
Then, they would ship them to other places to make money.
Large amounts of copper coins, gold, and silk entered Zhuangzi's account, and Zhuangzi used higher value exchange coupons to buy other things.
Gold, copper, and silk did not move, one for the other.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about the instability of the coupons being sent out. If someone really caused trouble, Zhuangzi could use the copper coins to exchange for the coupons.
Yao Chong lowered his head and thought about it. Everything was fine now. Li Yi indeed had a backup plan.
"Report ~ ~ ~ Urgent report ~ ~ ~ Southwest barbarians invade the border on the second day of the seventh month. The local House of Subjugation is resisting with all its might."
Li Longji was just about to persuade Yao Chong to go back to work when a shout came from outside.
Then, five people were placed on a flatbed cart and pushed to the entrance of Xing Qing Hall. Four of the five people were lying there, gasping for breath. One of them shouted with a hoarse voice.
They had rushed here from the southwest. The five of them each rode three horses from one official post to another.
As long as the road was slightly better, the horse would run at a sprinting speed.
The five of them took turns to lead the team. When the others were tired, they tied themselves to the horses.
If they encountered any situation and felt that the other party would obstruct them, they could directly shoot to kill.
"Imperial physician, bring oxygen bags, salt, sugar, and water over. Give them some shade and water them."
Li Longji was now a professional and called for people to come over.
Someone at the side found the letter from the other side. Yao Chong was also the Minister of War. He went over to take a look at the lacquer seal.
There was no problem. He borrowed a small knife from Li Longji and cut it open to read the contents.
"Your Majesty, the southwest barbarians have sent out 50,000 soldiers. The local House of Subjugation doesn't have enough manpower to win." Yao Chong handed the urgent report to Li Longji.
"Who can lead the troops?" Li Longji glanced at Yao Chong.
"Li Xuandao can mobilize the troops of Rong, Lu, Kui, Ba, Liang, Feng, and other provinces."
Yao Chong gave a name and where the troops would be sent from.
Li Xuandao, General of the Right Valiant Guard, and those provinces were all part of Shu.
"Okay!" Li Longji agreed and sent him.
The five people were taken care of. Yao Chong went to write official documents to the various provinces.
When he had finished with this matter, he sat there sullenly.
"The southwest barbarians are at the border. Just resist. Why worry?" Lu Huaishen came over to persuade him.
"Chang 'an was peaceful last night. The Tang dynasty's border was uneasy. The audience of the play gave so much food. Has anyone thought about what the soldiers were eating? "
Yao Chong said with a sad expression. His eyes were full of helplessness.
Lu Huaishen opened his mouth and left with a sigh.
At night, Li Longji returned to the Li Family Zhuangzi. He was in a bad mood.
During dinner, Empress Wang asked with concern, "San Lang, did something happen?"
"Today, I heard that the southwest barbarians are invading the border. The soldiers there are going to fight a bloody battle." Li Longji said in a low voice.
When Li Yi heard this, he shouted, "Steward Song, bring the things I prepared."
"Understood, Dongzhu." Song De's voice came in.
Not long after, four villagers came in carrying a box and put it down. Song De stood there.
Li Yi nodded, and Song De opened the box. Inside were bundles of coupons with the word "One" written on them.
"Third Brother, it's not easy to defend the border. There are 100,000 coupons.
You can send many fast horses to carry them to Shu and give them to Yang Huanjin and Huang Xianrong. The two of them are the leaders of Shu's salt merchants.
I've already written a letter and brought it with them. Let them use the coupons to buy things and give the soldiers at the border a full meal.
Oh, there are also a few small mirrors that come with the box. Send it to them to play with. "
Li Yi pointed to the coupons in the box and an envelope on top of it.
"Brother Yi, you … you're in a hurry to print coupons and sell the tea leaves. Is …" Li Longji looked at Li Yi.
Li Longji knew. Li Yi knew in advance again. At the same time, in order to help, he sent out large quantities of the tea leaves that needed to be sold slowly.
He was eagerly waiting for the high value coupons to be printed, just to buy things for the soldiers at the border.
100,000 coupons. According to the soldiers sent out this time, each person could get two coupons. These two coupons would be of great use.
"Sometimes I suddenly know, sometimes I don't. It's easy to count, but it's ever-changing." Li Yi explained.
He could actually wait for the news to come and then rush to print the coupons. However, he had to pretend to be able to calculate at times.
There were so many Buddhists and Taoists who could calculate, so why couldn't he? He was from the Imperial Astronomer and could see the signs of the sky.
"Good, these 100,000 coupons will be able to put the soldiers at ease. I'll think of a way to send the letter into the palace. "
Li Longji stopped eating. He got up and pulled his brother along. When the money was outside, someone else carried it.
The group entered the Forbidden Garden from the north and found someone to pick up Yao Chong and Lu Huaishen. Zhang Shuo didn't need to as he was on duty tonight.
In fact, someone was on duty. Zhang Shuo stayed behind because something big had happened.
While waiting, Li Longji didn't say a word. He sat and looked at the money in the box, the envelopes on the money, and the mirrors in the ten small boxes.
Yao Chong arrived first. His house was close. He asked Zhang Shuo in the political affairs hall, "What made His Majesty come back from Li Yi's place? He was in a hurry to summon us. "
Zhang Shuo shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
After waiting for a while, Lu Huaishen arrived. He looked at the two of them, waiting for an answer.
Yao Chong and Zhang Shuo gave him a 'I don't know either' expression.
"Let's go. We'll know when we get there." Everyone was present. The three of them entered Xingqing Palace together.
Under the illumination of the light, the first thing they saw was the box on the ground, as well as the high value coupons that they had seen once before.
"100,000 coupons. Li Yi took it out to buy food for the soldiers at the border," Li Longji said.
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