"Hey, the guard from the viscount's residence actually came to my house just now. He said that we should pay more attention to strangers around the manor, especially monks. I wonder what's going on? What happened to the monks? Did they offend Lord Jue? "In the manor where the viscount's residence was located, a few villagers squatted on the ground and chatted.
"He also came to my house, he also came to my house." Another person nodded vigorously and said, "The guard from the viscount's residence said that if anything goes wrong, we should report it to the viscount's residence in time. If we can provide useful information to Lord Jue, there will be a monetary reward!"
Someone immediately took over the conversation and said, "I came back from the city today. There are notices everywhere in the city for the arrest of a few monks. It might have something to do with this matter. But then again, if any monks really appear in the manor, we have to quickly report to Lord Jue. A monetary reward, how long will it take to earn! "
A monetary reward was undoubtedly a huge sum of money for these farmers who lived on the land with their backs to the sky. Under the stimulation of the monetary reward, the word "monk" had become a sensitive point for them. Any bald person would have nowhere to hide under the noses of these farmers.
For Li Yi, his home was undoubtedly the safest place in the entire capital. Even the palace could not compare to it.
With Ruyi and Ruyi personally guarding him, as long as it was not a group of 100 monks with high martial arts skills who came to hunt him down, there was no need to worry about his safety.
Moreover, the arrest warrant for those monks had been posted all over the capital. If that monk had a slightly normal IQ, he would have long hidden far away.
Li Yi soon stopped thinking about the crazy monk. For the past few days, he had been compiling textbooks at home. First-grade mathematics, volume one.
The princesses and princes still had some foundation in mathematics. After understanding and getting used to the usage of Arabic numerals, they could barely skip kindergarten and reach the level of first-grade.
There were many sets of textbooks that could be used, but none of them could be used directly. Therefore, Li Yi still needed to start from the beginning. He had to recompile the things in the original textbooks in a way that was acceptable to the current people.
This included understanding Arabic numerals, comparison of numbers, addition and subtraction within 100, addition and subtraction, and so on. These were all new concepts for the little prince and princess, and it would take them a while to digest.
This textbook, which he had added and deleted several times, could be used as an introductory mathematics book for young children. Perhaps in a few years, when the young children of the Jing Kingdom memorized the "Rules for Disciples" and saw a bunch of strange symbols in the book, they would curse Mr. Li Yi in their hearts.
Apart from editing books, he did not neglect his martial arts training.
The fact that he had run into a mad monk while he was going up the mountain to pray to Buddha once again proved how dangerous the world he was currently in was. If he did not have the ability to protect himself, he would have to bring Ruyi or Miss.Liu with him wherever he went in the future.
He practiced the new moves that Miss.Liu taught him a few more times. When he felt that he had understood most of them, he turned around and realized that Uncle Li had been standing at the door for a long time.
"Uncle Li, what's the matter?" Li Yi wet a towel and asked while wiping his sweat.
Uncle Li held a gilded invitation in his hand and said, "Young Master, the King of Shu just sent an invitation to invite you to a banquet at the King of Shu's mansion in three days."
"The King of Shu?" Li Yi's hands paused.
Uncle Li nodded and said with a smile, "Among the princes, the King of Shu is the one who is most likely to inherit the throne. He likes to make friends with young talents and often holds banquets at his mansion to invite many talents. Everyone in the capital knows about him.
Although Young Master has been conferred the title of the County Magistrate of Chang 'an by His Majesty, you have no foundation in the capital. You can take this opportunity to get to know the young talents of other families in the capital. If you can make friends with the King of Shu, it will be even more beneficial. "
Li Yi frowned slightly. He had only met the King of Shu once. They couldn't even be considered as acquaintances. Why did the King of Shu invite him?
Moreover, he didn't forget that the King of Shu had a deep grudge with Li Xuan. From the bottom of his heart, Li Yi didn't want to attend the banquet at the King of Shu's mansion.
However, the identity of the King of Shu was too embarrassing. If he directly rejected the invitation, he would offend the King too much. It was fine in the short term, but if he really became the Emperor in the future, he would have the final say in the huge Jing Kingdom. How could he continue to stay in the Jing Kingdom?
Nowadays, Li Yi had long gotten used to the rules of this world. He would no longer act foolishly without considering the consequences. It was obviously not a wise choice to offend the King of Shu. Even if it wasn't for himself, he had to think about the Li family and the Viscount's mansion.
Of course, it was also necessary to talk to Li Xuan.
"This invitation — — just leave it for now."
Even if he attended the banquet, it would be three days later. Li Yi had to go to the Imperial Palace now. This matter could be discussed after he came back.
The person accompanying him was Miss.Liu. Although it would be safer to have Ruyi accompany him, she was now a Viscount's wife. It was not appropriate for her to go out all day. Miss.Liu didn't have this concern. After Li Yi entered the Imperial Palace, she wandered around the city alone. After two hours, she would pick him up at the entrance of the Imperial Palace.
As usual, he first checked on the Princes and Princesses' homework. The results were very satisfactory.
He didn't know whether they were worried that they would be criticized by the entire Imperial Palace if they scored zero, or if they really woke up and wanted to study hard in the future. At the very least, all of them could write the numbers taught in the previous lesson.
What he needed to do now was to make them forget about counting and get used to this new, simpler and more convenient method.
After the two-hour lecture, Li Yi left the teaching materials behind and told Shouning to send someone to make a few copies. In the next lecture, he wanted everyone to have a copy.
MIngzhu was waiting for him outside the hall. The business cooperation between the two families had already been put on the agenda. Other than Ruyi dew and hard liquor, she also had ideas for perfume.
She was very satisfied with the samples that Li Yi made last time. That kind of thing that could replace the perfume bag, once it appeared, would definitely be sought after by the daughters of the rich and powerful in the capital.
Originally, it was just a business between the two families. After Li Xuan found out about it, he insisted on sticking his foot in.
Although he had never personally asked about the business of the Prince's Mansion, he knew that Ruyi dew and hard liquor had created a lot of profit for the Prince's Mansion. Now, compared to Qing 'an Prefecture, the operation of the Crown Prince's Mansion and the expenses for research were not small. This time, he was the first to propose the production of perfume.
Li Yi could be worried about the cooperation with the Prince's Mansion, but he had no such concerns with Li Xuan and MIngzhu.
"Oh yes, are you familiar with the King of Shu?" Li Yi suddenly thought of something and asked MIngzhu.
"Why are you suddenly asking this?" MIngzhu turned to look at him.
"It's nothing much. Today, the King of Shu sent someone to send me an invitation to attend the banquet at the King's Mansion in three days." Even if he really wanted to attend, he had to find out what kind of person the King of Shu was, his temper, personality, sexual orientation, and so on.
Although he had already told him some things about the King of Shu, beauty was in the eye of the beholder, and stupidity was in the eye of the enemy. In view of the grudge between the two of them, he could only believe half of what he said.
MIngzhu and he were brother and sister and grew up together. It was also a good breakthrough point.
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