The New Year's celebration belongs to the people, and the happiest people are naturally children. Of course, adults as common people are also happy. Who is the unhappiest person during the New Year?
I'm afraid no one will ever know that it was actually Li Yuanxing, King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.
During the New Year's Eve palace banquet, in the middle of the night, before 12 o'clock in the morning, until around 11:30, Li Yuanxing was still studying the map in Li Er's study.
At twelve o'clock, the New Year's bell rang, and the sound of firecrackers shot up in Chang'an City.
Li Er wants to kowtow to the Supreme Emperor to pay New Year greetings. This is a great courtesy. I am afraid that this is the only number of times Li Er kowtows to a living person in a year.
After Li Er finished, it was Li Yuanxing's turn. Because of their special status, it was impossible for them to kowtow together with others, so they came alone.
After kowtowing, Li Yuanxing, the seven princesses and Wu Zhao all received red envelopes from Li Yuan.
Ten portraits of Li Yuan and one or two gold coins for each person.
But what was in Li Yuanxing's hand was light. It was obviously not a gold coin. Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Li Yuanxing opened the red envelope. Inside was a piece of paper, which read: IOU, one hundred coins! Then there was Li Yuanxing's signature.
, and the date.
Okay, just think of it as paying off the debt.
Li Yuanxing completely ignored the laughing royal relatives and sat back to his seat.
Li Yuan was still handing out his Supreme Emperor's gold coins. It seemed that the eunuchs around him had already made arrangements and made detailed calculations on how many coins they had. On this night alone, Li Yuan's actual expenditure was close to fifteen thousand coins. There was nothing he could do.
He has many children, and the wives of his sons and grandsons also need gifts.
Li Yuanxing was considered to be of a high level. Li Yuan gave 800 gold coins to Li Yuanxing and his family alone, but he gave Wu Zhao a separate reward, which was the largest among all the people, a total of 20 gold coins.
According to the current gold price in Chang'an, one Taishanghuang gold coin is worth fifteen guan.
Li Yuan sent out almost 900 coins, close to a thousand.
"Happy New Year to the Five Emperors Uncle, I wish the Five Emperors Uncles..." Li Chengqian led a large group of young and middle-aged men, densely packed with hundreds of people. They rushed in front of Li Yuanxing, knelt down and kowtowed, as if he had been drilled, and his voice was extremely loud.
Neatly. He muttered a new congratulatory message of 200 words.
A trap! This is a trap!
Li Yuan laughed loudly: "Wu Lang, you didn't prepare a red envelope."
Red envelopes. There are red envelopes there. Li Yuanxing has been busy fighting wars, occupying territory, grabbing people, and grabbing mountains. So he has time to prepare red envelopes, not to mention that he didn't seem to have this link last year.
Li Yuanxing stood up: "Nonsense, if you don't pay New Year's greetings to the Holy One first, how can you give it to me first?"
"Goro, you weren't there during the dinner. They had already paid their respects. I also gave out red envelopes to my brother. My father was in a hurry to go to the arena, so he postponed the dinner. They were not rude. Don't worry, Goro!"
Peace of mind, damn it.
Obviously I want to see myself make a fool of myself...
But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem right. During the New Year, we are all a family, so naturally we have to reward and give out red envelopes. This has become a custom in later generations. Even when the people of Chang'an were poor before, they would
There is a copper coin for the children. This is lucky money and is very auspicious.
I didn't prepare in advance, but I forgot about it.
And the seven Qin princesses are all children, the eldest is only sixteen years old, they know nothing.
Li Yuanxing silently took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, squinting his eyes and thinking, this is family affection, a very rare family affection. Children in the royal family dare to laugh loudly, and in front of Li Er, Li Tang's royal family has already
Not as cold-blooded as the royal family of later generations.
But I really didn't prepare for this New Year's money. No one in the world has such a thing as New Year's money.
Even if you don’t have any new year’s money, you still need to give your child something to take with you.
At the moment, there were so many children kneeling in front of Li Yuanxing that it was not enough to dismantle everything on Li Yuanxing's body into parts. Li Yuanxing remembered that Li Yuan gave one gold coin to each child, about two to three hundred.
The two little eunuchs were carrying a basket of red envelopes.
Li Yuanxing thought: "Come here, go to the arsenal of the Forbidden Army and get five hundred fine feather arrows, and then recruit two chamberlains who know wood carving."
The people who listened to the order didn't understand what it meant, but His Highness King Qin had given the order, so they naturally went to prepare it.
Li Yuanxing then said to the children kneeling in front of him: "Continue to pay New Year greetings, and come to the Fifth Emperor's uncle later to collect the New Year's money. I guarantee that you will be very happy with the New Year's money!"
His Highness the King of Qin's reputation is still very good.
Just hearing Li Yuanxing say that the lucky money he gave out was very special, the two little girls walked up to Li Yuanxing and followed: "Brother Five Emperors, will you give Anding a share of the lucky money?" Princess Anding, who is about the same age as Mingyue, stood timidly.
Li Yuanxing asked in front of him. Li Yuanxing laughed: "Yes, only those who are no more than twelve years old, as long as they are members of my Li family's royal family, they are all there!"
Many children cheered.
Li Yuanxing looked around and said loudly: "Continue to be generous, and you will be generous to the end. It's just that the surname is Li. Those who are here tonight are younger than me. Everyone has a share, no matter you are married or
There are all those waiting to be married off, and everyone has a share."
Li Yuan looked at Wu Zhao, he was a little confused.
Wu Zhao made a move to despise Li Yuanxing. Li Yuan understood. Princess Mingyue was despising Li Yuanxing, which proved that Li Yuanxing was a trap. This trap was definitely not as good as letting Li Daozong go to surround the salt field and use the Shenli shop for himself.
The debt of three thousand guan is so small.
What a big trap it is to trap so many people at once.
Li Yuan looked at Li Er, and Li Er told Li Yuan with his eyes that he believed in Wu Lang and that Wu Lang was sensible.
At this moment, it was Qilang Li Yuanchang's turn. This guy just picked up the basket and scattered a basket of silver coins, and then shouted: "You have the fifth brother's lucky money, but you guys are still thinking about me. You are too greedy."
Already."
Qilang, Balang, and Jiulang have all been granted royal titles and established mansions. They have income, so they need to pay money. If they are younger than Li Chengqian, there is no need.
Eight Lang and Jiulang also followed Li Yuanchang's example and scattered the silver coins directly. Anyway, let's keep it busy to the end. Next, although Li Xiaogong and others are older and belong to the royal family, their status is naturally not as good as that of Li Yuan's sons.
, when it was their turn, Li Xiaogong motioned to his men to scatter silver coins as well.
After a while, silver coins piled up on the grass in the back garden. Hundreds of children did not even put the silver coins in their pockets, but piled them all in the garden. As for who they recognized, they were not ordinary people after all.
They are all arranged by others, and they still don't realize the importance of coins.
A few of the older ones, such as Li Chengqian, saw their younger brothers and sisters happy and started to misbehave along with them.
The arrows were brought, and the little guys rushed to Li Yuanxing again in excitement.
The little ones are excited because they are looking forward to a very novel new year's money. The parents behind them don't think so, what does Li Yuanxing's arrow represent?
"No matter what is dug within three hundred steps of the place where an arrow falls, 30% will be handed over to the treasury, 30% will be handed over to the king, 10% will be given to the local garrison, and the last 30% will be yours. Of course, if the arrows from several companies
The place where it fell is very close, so just count the two arrows and we can work together to excavate!"
"Brother Five Emperors, what can be dug there?" Princess Anding asked again.
Li Yuanxing held Princess Anding on his lap and signaled the eunuch to carve Anding's name on an arrow, and then said: "You can dig many things, such as lead, tin, and zinc." Li Yuanxing said with a smile, and Princess Anding pursed her lips.
With a small mouth: "An Ding doesn't know what this is? Can I get some snacks instead?"
Just because children don't understand doesn't mean adults don't understand.
Some knowledgeable people even know.
Generally speaking, I have never heard of common ores of these three metals, but these three metals usually appear as associated ores in another metal mining area.
"Of course, you can also dig up silver and gold!" Li Yuanxing's tone was full of mischief.
"How much silver is there?" Princess Anding asked again.
"Yes!" Li Yuanxing looked like he was thinking, and after thinking for a while he replied: "We can use silver to build a palace for Anding, and then use gold to make a bed for Anding. And we won't even use stones for the rockery in the garden.
, all piled up with silver, so shiny and beautiful!"
Li Er understood.
Li Yuanxing is looking for free labor. Even if Li Yuanxing is exhausted, he can't dig out the huge silver building with all the power of the Qin Palace, and he can't dig out much silver. The reason is too simple, because there are too many.
Li Yuan didn't know this and asked Li Er sideways: "Is there such a place? Just throw an arrow and you will get tens of thousands of taels of silver back. Is Wulang trying to make the kids happy?"
After hearing Li Yuan speak, Li Yuanxing said no more.
Li Er said with a smile: "I don't know how many there are. Wulang only said a number. The walls of the new Chang'an city are made of silver bricks, and the silver mountain cannot be dug out. Father, you really think Wulang is poor. Wulang is two hundred a piece."
The ship was loaded with gold and was loaded with gold. The ship almost sank under the weight of the gold. In the end, a lot of coal was thrown away before it managed to enter the Grand Canal. Calculating the time, we can arrive at the Jinghe Wharf on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year."
"Actually, I'm very poor!" As soon as Li Yuanxing opened his mouth, Li Yuan picked up the teacup and was about to smash it at him.
You, Li Yuanxing, are so shameless. You think I am just stable and don't know how to count.
Li Yuanxing chuckled: "I am going to order the construction of a double-rail railway from Chang'an to Luoyang. This ship of gold is barely enough for 70%, so I have to get another ship. But I really don't like that silver mountain. Wait a minute.
After the big industry in Zhengzhou is built, it will be nothing more than a mountain of silver! Think of it as a gift for the royal children to get married or get married in the future!"
Wu Zhao secretly gave Li Yuanxing a smart gesture.
Li Er also quietly gave a thumbs up.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty sang a double act, and the result was that it was impossible for people to believe it. But the two brothers just talked about it, and 70% of the silver went to them, and it was pure profit. (To be continued.)