Great Tang princess

Chapter 144 Lollipop and Bicycle

At the end of April, the weather starts to get hotter day by day.

In the laboratory of the craftsman, Li Yuechen fanned himself with a folding fan while talking to the craftsmen about the brake system of the bicycle.

"This clip can be tried with leather, and pulled with wire. I squeeze the handle, and this clip will clamp the tire..."

The craftsmen nodded after listening to her explanation, "Good idea! In this way..."

"Okay, let's try it first," Li Yuechen waved his hand, "If you have any problems, come to me."

"Yes……"

After answering a lot of questions for them, he turned and left after confirming that there was no problem for the time being.

Back at Anfu Palace, I was a little surprised to see Princess Yiyang and Shangguan Waner here. It seems that today is not a rest day, right?

As if seeing her doubts, Shangguan Wan'er explained: "Your Highness, news from other places will not be delivered until tomorrow, and there is nothing to do today."

"I see……"

Li Yuechen nodded, and lay down on the mat directly, intending to rest for a while.

However, just as she closed her eyes, Shangguan Wan'er moved over, knelt down obediently and looked at her with her head tilted.

Li Yuechen opened his eyes, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, it will be the fifth day of the lunar new year in a few days. How about I make some rice dumplings with Your Highness?"

"Go with the two sisters, I don't like eating that very much." Li Yuechen waved his hand.

At the same time, I was thinking in my heart that it was the Dragon Boat Festival again in a blink of an eye, and the time passed really fast.

Thinking about it carefully, when I met Shangguan Wan'er for the first time, she was slightly taller than me.

But now, he was already a head taller than her.

In addition... some places have grown up more or less, and recently there will be some swelling and pain from time to time.

Both Xiao He and her mother said that this is normal, but Shangguan Wan'er seems to have not started to develop yet, she is obviously one year older than herself...

To be honest, Li Yuechen hoped that it wouldn't be too big, because it might affect the movement.

"Your Highness doesn't like it? Why?" Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head and asked, "Speaking of which, His Highness seemed to eat very little in the past few years..."

"Chen'er must not like sweets very much, right?" Princess Yiyang next to her turned her head and asked.

Li Yuechen gave a thumbs up: "Sister is right."

In fact, it's not that she doesn't like sweets, it's just that she is more used to eating salty things.

For example, zongzi or tofu nao.

"Really?" Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head with a puzzled look on her face, "Why doesn't Your Highness like sweets? Wan'er likes it very much!"

"Forget about the sweet rice dumpling. If you want something sweet, I'll get you something else in a few days." Li Yuechen waved his hand.

"Other? What?"

Li Yuechen turned over and lay on his side, propping his head with his collection: "You will know when the time comes."

Although it is only the end of April and there is no hawthorn, candied haws cannot be made, but other things are also possible.

Seeing her trickery, Shangguan Wan'er curled her lips, but in the end she didn't ask anything, and turned around to play chess with Princess Yiyang.

……

Two days passed in a blink of an eye, Fulai entered the hall and saw that Li Yuechen was not there, so he grabbed Zheng who was passing by and asked, "Where is Your Highness?"

"Huh? Didn't you go to class?" Zheng asked back.

"No class today!" Fulai waved his hand, went into the hall and searched around but didn't find it.

Xiao He was not there either, probably followed His Highness to nowhere.

Unable to find anyone, Fulai couldn't help but muttered to himself: "What should I do? The saint asked His Highness to come over..."

Shangguan Wan'er just came in, before she could speak, Fulai grabbed her: "Wan'er, where is Your Highness?"

"Hmm..." Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while, "I seem to have gone to Shangshi Bureau..."

"Shangshi Bureau?"

Fulai murmured, then immediately turned around and ran out, leaving only Shangguan Wan'er with a puzzled expression on her face.

Hearing that His Highness was in the Shangshi Bureau, Fulai knew that he was probably studying some kind of food again, so he went straight to the imperial kitchen without saying a word.

After trotting all the way over, seeing the big red figure, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he was indeed here.

So he ran over immediately: "Your Highness..."

"Don't talk, now is an important stage!" Li Yuechen interrupted him by raising his hand.

Fulai looked down and saw that Li Yuechen was instructing the imperial chef next to him to pour the boiled syrup from the pot into the semicircular mold little by little.

Dozens of semicircles are lined up on these molds, and it looks like they are going to make a small hemisphere.

"You can't wait, Your Highness!" Fu Lai said suddenly, "The saint told you to come over."

Hearing Fulai's urging, Li Yuechen nodded helplessly: "Okay, let's go!"

Then he told the imperial chef next to him: "This time, do the same as last time. By the way, bring some of the ones that have been finalized."

"Yes!"

The imperial chef next to him agreed, and immediately turned around to get something.

Fulai turned his head and took a look. In the mold over there, the candies had already solidified into a hemispherical shape, and there was a small wooden stick stuck in them.

The imperial chef brought over five or six: "Your Highness, is it enough?"

"enough!"

Li Yuechen took it over, picked up one first and stuffed it into his mouth, and then handed another one to Fulai: "Hey!"

"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness..." After Fulai took it, he looked puzzled, "Your Highness, what is this?"

"Lollipop!" Li Yuechen explained, "Let's go to Renshou Hall!"

As he said that, with a lollipop in his mouth and four in his hand, he went all the way to Renshou Hall, and Fulai hurriedly followed.

Although I was puzzled, I still didn't put it in my mouth on the spot, but held it in my hand.

When they arrived at the Hall of Renshou, Li Yuechen first gave a lollipop to Zhang Chengxin who was standing outside, and then followed him in.

Zhang Chengxin looked at the lollipop in his hand, and looked at Fulai next to him with a puzzled expression: "What is this?"

"Looking at His Highness's actions, it must be some kind of food." Fulai replied, after thinking about it, he still put the lollipop in his hand into his mouth.

And looking at Li Yuechen's movements, he thinks this thing is meant to be eaten with his mouth in his mouth, so he doesn't need to chew it.

Zhang Chengxin next to him was a little puzzled and put it in his mouth too.

It didn't take long after I took it in, and I felt a sweet taste slowly smearing in my mouth, slowly sweeping the whole mouth.

The two looked at each other with childlike smiles on their faces.

……

Li Yuechen, who entered the hall, came to Li Zhi with a lollipop in his mouth and sat down: "Is there something for you, Grandpa, looking for a baby?"

"Hmm..." Li Zhi turned the health ball in his hand and was about to speak, but he looked at the little wooden stick she was shouting with doubts on his face, and then looked at the three lollipops between his fingers , "What is this?"

Li Yuechen handed over directly: "Grandfather, try it! It's sweet!"

Without any hesitation, Li Zhi took one and stuffed it into his mouth, and then Li Yuechen ran to his mother and gave another one.

The two imitated her and put the lollipop into their mouths. After a while, Wu Zetian nodded first: "Well, the taste is sweet, not bad!"

"Well, the taste of this thing is really novel." Li Zhi also nodded and praised.

"It's good that mother and father like it." Li Yuechen smiled, "I don't know what orders Grandpa has for finding a baby?"

Only then did Li Zhi think about the business: "Well, the newspaper is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court now. Recently, I received a secret report saying that someone is going to learn from you to run this newspaper. What do you think?"

"Don't worry, they can't do it!" Li Yuechen waved his hand with a relaxed face, nonchalantly said.

The husband and wife were silent for a few seconds, Wu Zetian suddenly raised his head: "Why did you say it quickly, and wait for me to ask you?"

"Eh..." Li Yuechen, who wanted to make a fool of himself, smiled coyly, and quickly explained, "Even if they can make bamboo paper, this newspaper still doesn't make money. Nowadays, every time my child sells a newspaper, they will lose money." Twenty cents, fifty cents is consistent money! After all, the aristocratic family still thinks of a businessman, even if they can afford to lose, they are not willing to continue to lose like this."

"Furthermore, if they want to do it, then the imperial court can take advantage of the situation and control it. They will definitely not want to collect taxes at that time." Li Yuechen said, licking the lollipop.

Li Zhi turned the health ball and shook his head lightly: "Chen'er, if you want to collect business tax, it's not something I can solve with a single word, it involves..."

"Oh, it's just a title." Li Yuechen took out the lollipop in his hand, took a sip of the tea in front of Li Zhi, "It can also be called the court secret tax instead of commercial tax! Yes, the newspaper The releases are all court secrets, and it is only natural to collect taxes!"

"I think you girl is getting more and more courageous!" Wu Zetian next to her taught her a lesson.

"Hey, don't worry, the baby will pour it again!" Li Yuechen smiled and picked up the tea pot to fill the cup in front of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi didn't care much about this. After turning his head and looking at his wife, he grinned slightly: "This method is good. Whether they do it or not, it doesn't matter much to us."

Seeing his reaction, Li Yuechen nodded appreciatively: "Grandpa is so smart!"

In fact, it was the stupidest thing for them to fight Li Yuechen, because their goals were different.

It is inevitable for an aristocratic family to maintain the family and open a shop. The ultimate goal is to make money for themselves, so no matter what they do, they need to consider a cost issue.

Li Yuechen was different, she was not doing it to make money for herself, but to make the country develop.

Although it is said that selling soap and glass makes a lot of money, except that most of it is used to invest in new development, the net profit is basically distributed to parents, and she really doesn't get much.

The starting point is different, so if the two sides collide head-on, it will be an unfair confrontation in itself.

After all, she is a princess, so there are not many places to really spend money.

She doesn't need expensive cosmetics. Clothes and jewellery, although considered expensive and luxuries, are taxed from various places, and she doesn't buy them with money.

……

After talking about things, Li Yuechen went to Shangshi Bureau again. At this time, the lollipops in the second mold were almost solidified.

But to be on the safe side, Li Yuechen still asked them to put more food, anyway, if they couldn't finish it in one day, they could eat it tomorrow.

Then he returned to Anfu Palace with a plate of lollipops by himself: "You two sisters, and Wan'er, come over and taste it."

"Huh? Chen'er made a new food again?" Princess Xuancheng probed over, and then reached out to take one, "How to eat this thing? Do you just bite it off?"

"Just keep it in your mouth." Li Yuechen smiled.

The three of them each took one and tried it, and then couldn't help laughing.

Shangguan Wan'er smiled the happiest, her eyes became a little crooked, she looked very cute.

Then Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Come, take one each."

The surrounding maids, Mrs. Zheng and others were also not polite, and after saluting and thanking them, they all came over and took one to taste.

Then Li Yuechen beckoned to Fulai: "Give these to my elder brothers to taste."

"Here!" Fulai agreed.

"Your Highness, this lollipop is so delicious!" Shangguan Wan'er smiled all over her face, "How did Your Highness think of it?"

Li Yuechen touched her head: "You will understand in the future!"

……

This year's Dragon Boat Festival is not much different from previous years. It is still the emperor who takes the whole family up the city wall to watch the dragon boat race.

The only difference may be that this time the children basically have a lollipop in their mouths.

Li Zhi rewarded the first team with some things as usual, and then took the children back to the palace to play.

The next day, on the sixth day of May, the craftsman supervisor sent someone over to tell her about the brake system of the bicycle and let her go over to see if it worked.

Li Yuechen ran over excitedly, and found that the car was roughly completed.

From the frame, to the handlebars, to the tires, everything was built exactly as she had in mind.

The only troublesome part is the chain. In this era when the industry has not yet started, this thing can only be made by hand, which is very troublesome.

However, the main purpose of coming here today is to look at the frame and brake system. Li Yuechen squatted next to the unfinished frame and began to examine it carefully.

I squeezed the handlebar and took a closer look, the clip can completely clamp the tire.

After that, the craftsmen were asked to lift the car up, and then one person was asked to turn the tires quickly. Li Yuechen squeezed the brakes suddenly, and the tires stopped instantly.

At present, everything is good, but the specific situation depends on the specific effect of riding on the chain after it is made.

But so far, Li Yuechen is very satisfied, and nodded to the craftsmen: "Okay, everything is doing well. Keep working hard!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness, I will definitely do my best to complete it!"

Li Yuechen is still very satisfied with the progress of the experiment, and the next step is to wait for the effect after the production is completed.

……

The next day happened to be the day of going to court, after Li Yuechen had breakfast, he took Shangguan Wan'er to the passage of Zhenguan Hall.

At the same time, a table and chairs have been set up here, and there are prepared pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table.

Li Yuechen leaned against the wall and began to listen to today's news.

Shangguan Wan'er next to her also took a deep breath and began to take notes.

Seeing her earnestly recording the report in the court, and her immature face full of seriousness, Li Yuechen couldn't help thinking that she didn't know what Shangguan Wan'er would be like in the future, and couldn't help but look forward to it Woolen cloth!

(End of this chapter)