"It's like this, it's like this." Yao Chong rubbed his hands with soap lather, and the more he rubbed, the more he became addicted.

Especially when I scratch the back of my hand with my nails, the exposed area looks much whiter.

After washing it with water and wiping it with a towel, he wanted to do it again.

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing. This soap locust is many times better than what I usually use. I don't know who it is... Your Majesty, it can't be Li Yi, right?"

The prime minister is the prime minister, smart.

Prime Minister Yao Chong was smart when he said this. His Majesty and the Queen did not come back yesterday and went to Li Yizhuangzi.

Today I have such a good soap locust, which is much stronger than the soap powder I used before.

"Of course!" Li Longji spit out one word.

I feel so good in my heart, this brother Yi is my own, no one is allowed to take it away from me.

"Your Majesty, do you have any more? I have already used this piece, and I would like to take a few more pieces home." Yao Chong asked directly.

"How much does Yuan Zhi think this piece of soap should cost?" Li Longji asked a question.

Yao Chong realized how big a person your majesty is, acting like a child.

The boiled round eggs can no longer be mentioned, and a lot of money has been brought into the palace. That Li Yi... a sycophant.

No, he is not an official, he is a sycophant.

Yao Chong cursed for a moment, then he felt better and said: "Jingzhong soap powder has different fragrances. The more expensive ones are one hundred coins for one coin, and one or two thousand coins for the more expensive ones."

"This thing... I think there are three taels of this piece, and it's worth five thousand."

Yao Chong talked about the most expensive soap powder in Beijing, which has many kinds of scents.

The most expensive one-tenth or two weights can be sold for one hundred yuan.

But that soap didn't make as many bubbles as the soap I use today.

"Yuan Zhi wants to know the capital?" Li Longji asked again.

"I don't want to, I'm angry." Yao Chong told the truth. He understood that the cost was not high.

"Yao Qing." Li Longji changed his name: "How can summer cucumbers be compared with winter cucumbers?"

"I already know." Yao Chong bowed.

"Gao Lishi, take another five yuan and give it to Yao Xiang." Li Longji ordered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yao Chong thanked him.

"Yao Qing still blames me and the queen for going to Li Yizhuangzi? I didn't dare to say that I was the emperor over there, for fear of alienating our friendship."

"Just say that we are brothers, six of us go together to three, and we call Li Yi our brother."

"Whenever something good happens, Brother Yi will always think of me as his brother. That Zhuangzi... alas... in heaven and on earth."

Li Longji said a few more words, meaning that the queen and I used to look for good things that would benefit the country and the people, not just for fun.

***

On May 18th, in the morning, the sky was filled with glow in the east, and it looked so beautiful.

Yao Chong held a court meeting and found an excuse to change his clothes and take two boys out of the city in a carriage.

Go east through Tonghua Gate to the Ba River and cross the river.

Then he saw a group of people running, some of them dressed as scholars.

"Quickly, go to Zhangjiacun and help harvest wheat. It's going to rain." Someone shouted.

Yao Chong looked at the sky and felt depressed. Is it going to rain today?

He grabbed someone and asked, "Where is Dongzhu Li?"

"We're going to Zhangjia Village. Let go, I'll go too." The other party said something, broke away and ran away.

"Go to Zhangjiacun." Yao Chong ordered as he got into the car.

When we arrived at the place, a large group of people were cutting wheat artifacts, and Li Yizhuangzi's children stopped going to class.

Come and help straighten out the straw.

Everyone harvested the wheat frantically and looked at the sky from time to time.

Breathing now feels more laborious than usual, and I'm afraid of heavy rain, when the wheat will sprout and all the harvest will be lost.

Li Yi was also working. He was wondering whether to make wine. Obviously, wheat germination cannot be eaten, but it can make wine.

The technology of brewing wine is not the problem, the problem is whether the court will allow it.

"Put on the tarpaulin, put on the already piled up tarpaulin first, tarpaulin, take the tarpaulin over. Don't pick up the small one yet, put it there, and use a rake to rake it later."

"Don't be afraid to prick your hands. I'll apply medicine to you later."

"Lift it out of the pit at a low place and water it first when it rains."

"You guys use shovels to dig a trench. There is a horizontal line on top, and vertical ditches are connected on both sides. Inside the more wheat piles, the rainy water will first flow along the ditch."

"Come here, ladies, and go back with Zhuangzi's men to get the soup. Don't forget to get the bowls."

"The scholars who are not working should go aside and be in the way."

"You older girls, I will give you the best job to take care of your younger brothers and sisters. If you take care of them, you will have sweets to eat."

"As for the craftsmen, stay together and don't move. Someone's harvesting tool is broken. Repair it immediately."

Li Yi, who was cutting the wheat, stopped cutting. Seeing that the scene was too chaotic, he ran around giving orders.

The people in Zhuangzi naturally listened, and the people in Zhangjia Village also listened. They were convinced by Li Yi.

With Li Yi running around giving orders, the messy field suddenly became orderly.

Yao Chong clasped his hands in front of him and kept his eyes on Li Yi.

Watching the figure who had just run to direct things straightened out, he stood there and drank soup slowly.

Then a smile appeared on Yao Chong's lips, and he admitted that the young proprietor was indeed capable.

The young man standing there was the backbone of everyone.

Many people only know how to be anxious, like headless flies.

After the young man finished shouting, everyone found what they wanted to do.

Yao Chong watched and strolled to a group of scholars who had been driven aside to watch the fun.

He put his hands behind his back and asked, "Why don't you go and help?"

The scholar closest to him looked at him and found that this old man was different from ordinary old men. He had a certain demeanor.

Then he whispered: "How can a scholar do something mean?"

"Why do other people do it?" Yao Chong was unhappy. Everyone was busy and you watched.

"They...they expect Li Yi to give them a free house and free food. I may not know that those people have to clean up the feces every day."

The scholar looked down upon him, showing his sense of superiority.

Yao Chong nodded slowly and walked towards the scholar who was taking a break to drink soup.

"Are you tired of waiting?" Yao Chong asked.

"When I go back to my husband, I'm not very tired. I also work a lot on weekdays. Brother Li Yixian once said that doing a little work can strengthen your body."

"I'll follow what I did, and as Brother Li Xian said, I haven't gotten sick in recent days."

"Besides, after working hard, eating tastes better and you can calm down while studying."

The scholar raised his sleeves to wipe his sweat and answered with a smile.

Yao Chong then smiled and said, "Don't you feel embarrassed to hear that you are a lowly worker who handles livestock excrement?"

"If the feces and urine accumulate and are not clear, they will become dirty. If you feel that the feces is not good, clean it up. If you feel that your moral conduct is deficient, you will correct it. If you don't sweep away the clouds that obscure the sun, how can the light shine?"

The scholar looked at the sky as he spoke. Clouds were gathering in the sky and the wind was rising.

He hurriedly ran to continue cutting the wheat.

Maybe the air pressure was low before the rain and it was too stuffy. Yao Chong took a deep breath and said: "What a young proprietor. If you raise one person, you will raise another."

By midday, it was dark, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

One-third of the wheat in the fields was still confiscated. Everyone was so anxious that they stopped eating, so they just drank a bowl of soup and continued to work hard.

Drainage ditches were dug, and the harvested wheat was placed in a relatively safe place and covered with tarpaulins.

The children were led by the older children to play in Li Yi Village, where there were many houses and sheds.

Li Yi encouraged everyone: "Don't be afraid of getting caught in the rain. I will treat your illness. Don't be afraid if the remaining wheat gets wet. I have a way to prevent the wheat from getting moldy and sprouting."

When everyone heard this, they showed relaxed expressions as expected.

It seemed that they believed whatever Li Yi said. He said that wheat that had been exposed to rain would not get moldy and sprout, so he must be right.

"Do you know how to do this?" Yao Chong asked the boy at home.
To be continued...