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Chapter 41

The Tang Daily has now become a must-read publication in Chang'an City, from princes and nobles to peddlers to peddlers and pawns. Because many people are illiterate, a new business was born in Chang'an City, called "journalist". Most scholars who write letters on behalf of others on the streets and alleys work part-time. The Tang Daily published any interesting things and useful news. People who are illiterate will listen to their questions and get the information they want.

Today, the Datang Daily has formed a very complete chain from printing to selling. Every day, the manuscripts are collected at sunset, and after one hour, the manuscript is finalized and printed overnight. When the printing is completed at the Yin hour, the gate of Mao hour is open. The "news sellers" from each yard in Chang'an will come to the side door of Zhulu Hou Mansion to collect newspapers. The average price of newspapers sold by the Hou Mansion to the outside is one penny per piece of paper. It is uncertain how much they cost when they sell it. Some have two papers, some have three papers, but they are generally between two and three papers.

These newspaper sellers will take newspapers and sell them alleys. Due to the limited newspapers, some people who want to read newspapers every day will pay the money in advance. These newspaper sellers will first deliver the newspapers to the booked house, and then the rest will be sold in scattered pieces.

The Palace of King Yue is adjacent to the imperial city. In the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin appointed the second son Li Tai as the King of Yue and was appointed as the Grand Governor of Yangzhou. He granted this residence on the edge of the imperial city. The residence was so large that it was far beyond the prince's system. The censors repeatedly reported the memorials, but Li Shimin turned a deaf ear and remained favored.

There is a reason why Li Shimin loves this son. Although Li Tai is only ten years old, he is talented and intelligent. He has the ability to remember everything from his eyes, such as calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose. In the words of later generations, Li Tai is a "child from other people's family". He is really too outstanding, which makes Li Shimin unable to dislike.

In contrast, Prince Li Chengqian is a "child of his own family". He doesn't like to study and is also very naughty. He always thinks about riding horses and shooting arrows all day, which makes Li Shimin a headache. In terms of selfishness, he prefers his second son Li Tai, otherwise he would not love him so much. But Li Chengqian is the eldest son, and Li Shimin's own throne is not right, so he can no longer let his son repeat the same mistakes. Moreover, the word "Chengqian" in Li Chengqian's name was given by Li Yuan, which means "to inherit the imperial career and to lead the Qiankun". After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to make Li Chengqian the crown prince, mostly to appease his father and stabilize the court.

Moreover, although Li Chengqian was naughty, he had the temperament of Li Shimin when he was young. Li Shimin liked Li Tai because Li Tai did what he wanted to do but failed. However, Li Chengqian was a child, so although the prince had some minor problems, Li Shimin was not really disappointed. Li Chengqian was also very smart. Although he liked martial arts and not literary skills, he always passed the exam every time he took the school, and Li Shimin rarely scolded him.

People's ideas change with their growth. At this time, Li Chengqian and Li Tai were still just children. Li Shimin was in his prime, and the situation of the two kings fighting for the throne in later TV dramas was not even a thought in their hearts.

Li Chengqian is devoted to martial arts, while Li Tai is dedicated to literature. The two brothers are dedicated to one, and there is no disagreement.

The same was true on this day. Li Tai woke up from a dormitory worth hundreds of square meters and yawned. Four maids came to dress him, and all he needed to do was to stretch his arms out.

After putting on his clothes, a maid combed Li Tai's hair. The other maids retreated and soon served him with toiletries. Li Tai opened his mouth, and a maid held a "toothbrush" made of ivory boar bristles, dipped in fine salt, and penetrated into Li Tai's mouth to brush his teeth. He was very careful, for fear that it would touch his throat and cause Li Tai to retching. After brushing his teeth, he was afraid that the fine salt would be too salty, so he quickly brought mouthwash and fed Li Tai's mouth. After rinsing, another maid took a hand towel soaked in warm water to help him dry his face. The part of his double chin was wiped carefully.

After wiping his face, his hair was almost combed. The maids took down the toiletries and brought four sets of outer robes for Li Tai to choose. Li Tai pointed one and the maids helped him wear it. From beginning to end, he didn't have to use any effort.

"Your Highness, today's report from the Tang Dynasty is here."

"Take it to me."

Only at this time did Li Tai do it himself. All the maids who served him retreated. Before Li Tai finished reading the Tang Daily, he would not remember to eat.

Li Tai likes the Tang Dynasty Daily very much. He is a otakus. He rarely has other activities except studying, so he is so fat that he is now ten years old, one hundred pounds, and one fat man. The Tang Dynasty Daily allows him to understand the outside world, especially the novel "The Moon of Dingxiang that Year is Full" written by Li Mu a few days ago. Although he does not like martial arts, he still feels excited when he sees the scene of soldiers sharing the same hatred of the enemy when he is defending the city.

When reading the Tang Dynasty Daily every day, Li Tai always looks for novels first. If not, he will only read major events in the court, and finally read gossip news and advertisements.

"Hey?" Li Tai frowned when he got the newspaper today. In the past, there was only one piece of paper. But today there was one more piece. Li Tai couldn't help but be curious. He put the first piece aside and picked up the second piece to read.

"Hundred chickens ask?"

Li Tai has read a lot of books, and he naturally read "Qiu Jiansuan Jing". He also tried to answer this question, but after trying for several months, he specially summoned Li Chunfeng to study it, but he did not find the solution. When he was really helpless, he even raised 300 chickens in the mansion and wanted to test out one, but failed in the end. Therefore, when he saw this question, his first reaction was not someone solved it, but was thinking, why did the Tang Daily publish this question? Is it to brainstorm?

Li Tai continued to look down, and suddenly froze.

Three answers! Are there three answers?!

Li Tai couldn't believe that someone had solved Baiji Question. He looked down, looking forward to seeing the solution. But he was disappointed. There was no solution, but he just gave the answer. Below the answer, there was a line of small words.

[The Hundred Chicken Question is from "Qiu Jian Jing", which was unsolved in ancient times. Now, Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, invented the four-character algorithm and successfully solved this problem. In order to promote the progress of the Tang Dynasty's math, the foundation of the four-character algorithm is now disclosed, and we hope that the people of the world will learn it together.].

"It's Zhulu Hou again!"

Li Tai reads the Tang Dynasty Daily every day, and is so familiar with Li Mu's deeds that he is no longer familiar with. He had admired Li Mu's poems and essays before, but now he has seen him solve the question of the hundred chickens again, and Li Mu's image suddenly became taller in his heart.

He quickly looked down. This was amazing, and he felt like he had a treasure. He called someone to bring paper and pen and calculate it.

...

Li Mu also got up early today, but it wasn't him who remembered it early. Cheng Yaojin came to the door early in the morning and had no choice but to get up.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't wait, and he easily earned 7,000 guan last time. In Cheng Yaojin's heart, the horse farm was like a mountain of gold. Li Mu was reluctant to hold the next game, but instead kept arranging people to do things he couldn't understand, which made Cheng Yaojin very upset every day. He just couldn't figure it out. The money was obviously on the ground, and he could pick it up by bent over, so why not pick it up?

But he didn't dare to tell Li Mu about these words. He was afraid that if Li Mu would anger him, he would leave him alone. He threw away all the big stalls and finally ended up at the end of the month. According to the agreement, three days later the next horse race was the next time. Cheng Yaojin finally waited for the opportunity and was ready early in the morning. He wanted Li Mu to go over and check it, so he came to the mansion to disturb people's dreams.

Li Mu did not forget this. According to his plan, he wanted to wait for Masai to take a look the day before, so that he would not delay things. However, Cheng Yaojin was already in the mansion. If he didn't follow him, it seemed that he would not plan to leave. He had no choice but to follow him.

As soon as he left the house, Li Mu was frightened by the situation in front of him. There were two teams of imperial guards standing in front of the Marquis's mansion. Those who didn't know thought it was Cheng Yaojin who led his troops to search the house.

"Uncle, is this situation... necessary?"

"Of course it's necessary." Cheng Yaojin said seriously: "I have forgotten the assassination in just a few days. What if someone assassinates you again? These are my personal soldiers, one to be ten warriors, and with their protection, even in front of the two armies, you can get seven in and out of seven."

Li Mu thought to himself, why did I go to the front of the two armies to enter and exit seven times? You old guy are afraid that no one will help you make money if I die, right? He shook his head, didn't say it, and climbed onto the horse's back.

At this time, Cheng Yaojin saw the axe behind Li Chongyi, and his eyes immediately lit up.

"Hey? Where did the axe come from? Why haven't I seen it before? Little kid, come and show it to me." As he said that, Cheng Yaojin wanted to reach out to get it. Li Chongyi didn't care who he was. Seeing that he was about to grab the axe, he swung Cheng Yaojin's hand away with his arm. Cheng Yaojin couldn't bear Li Chongyi's strength, and his body tilted for a moment, almost falling off his horse.

Seeing this, the imperial guards drew their swords one after another, surrounded Li Chongyi.

Li Chongyi took a look and said nothing. He held the axe in his hand. The iron chain around his waist clasped the mechanism of the axe handle. As long as Li Mu nodded his head and the axe wheel went out, it would be eight and a half pieces of corpses.

"Big! Don't be presumptuous!"

Cheng Yaojin also said: "What are you doing? Who asked you to draw your sword? Let's spread it out!"

The imperial guards dispersed, and Cheng Yaojin said: "Little kid, I just want to see your weapons. I don't want to steal them. I'll borrow them to see."

"You just want to grab it."
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