Great Tang princess

Chapter 56 Investment Banking Volume

Li Yuechen came to Wu Zetian's side with a cup of sanle syrup in his hand, and said with a cute face, "Boy, give me a toast."

Wu Zetian turned his head, picked up the cup and touched her lightly: "Why doesn't Chen'er go dance together?"

"It would be great if Grandpa was accompanied by Brother Ji. If only Grandma was here, she would be too lonely." After speaking, Li Yuechen sat next to her.

Wu Zetian smiled, put his arms around her shoulders and patted her lightly twice: "Chen'er has a heart."

Then he looked left and right, turned sideways and asked in a low voice: "Then, for Chen'er, which one do you like better, grandpa or grandma?"

Li Yuechen also imitated her and looked around furtively, and replied in a low voice: "Of course I like A Niang more!"

"You little clever ghost!" Wu Zetian smiled and reached out to tap her forehead lightly.

Such a scene also made Li Yuechen heave a sigh of relief, it seemed that she was right, she only acted harshly on herself in front of Li Zhi.

And when there are only mother and daughter, they will still love her very much.

I don't know if it's because of the older sister who died early, so Li Yuechen can feel that the future empress still likes her very much.

So he immediately threw himself into his mother's arms and begged for a hug. Wu Zetian also held her with a smile on his face and shook her gently, just like coaxing her to sleep when he was a child.

Li Zhi, who was dancing surrounded by the courtiers, seemed to have become the king of dancing tonight. With a bold smile on his face flushed from alcohol, he shared the joy of the prosperous age with the courtiers.

But even at this time, he still took the time to glance at his wife and daughter over there.

Seeing the mother and daughter hugging each other and whispering, the smile on the face of the Great Tang Emperor seemed even brighter.

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Time passed day by day, the weather turned colder day by day, and the clothes on my body became thicker.

The wind has been blowing a little bit recently, Fu Lai reminded Xiao He to put more cover when His Highness sleeps at night, so as not to catch a cold.

Li Yuechen read and wrote with his two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er in the room, appreciating each other.

Princess Yiyang was a little curious: "Why does Chen'er memorize these Jiujiu songs so familiarly?"

Li Yuechen thought to himself, after more than a thousand years with this thing, any elementary school student can hang and beat you.

"My sister doesn't know something, but arithmetic is actually very interesting." Li Yuechen smiled.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded at the side: "Your Highness once said that arithmetic is the art to explain the ultimate truth of heaven and earth."

Princess Xuancheng obviously had a look of disbelief beside her, but she didn't say anything, just treating it as a child's joke.

Princess Yiyang shook her head: "I still don't understand, what's the use of this math? Even commoners don't use it when shopping for vegetables, right?"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Maybe you won't need it when buying vegetables, but you can use it when cutting vegetables!"

Several people looked puzzled, wondering why they could still use math when cutting vegetables.

Of course they wouldn't know that what Li Yuechen said about cutting vegetables was not what they understood.

The next day, Li Yuechen felt a little bored and planned to go to his shop.

According to Fu, all kinds of canned food are currently being produced intensively, and fresh fruit peels are also delivered every day, so it should be on the right track.

He got into the carriage, guarded by plainclothes guards, and arrived at the Nanshi store.

After getting out of the carriage, a prison guard went over and opened the door and entered first.

Wang Xiang, who was sitting in front of the counter in the store, waved his hands: "It's not open yet, go to another place."

The prison guard acted as if he hadn't heard it. After looking around for a week, he turned around and made a "please" gesture.

Li Yuechen and Fulai then raised their legs and came in.

Seeing that this person refused to listen, Wang Xiang was about to get up and argue, when he saw his uncle walking in with a little girl in bright red silk.

The little girl looked juicy, with a pair of big black eyes looking around twice, and there was a little baby fat on both sides of her porcelain doll-like face.

A head of jet-black hair was casually tied into a simple high ponytail with a red headband. Although his stature was much higher than Fulai's waist, the luxurious aura on his body was not something ordinary people could possess.

Wang Xiang immediately guessed Li Yuechen's identity, quickly got up from behind the bar, and was about to salute when he came over.

However, before he got close, he was blocked by a prison guard in plain clothes, and at the same time his hand was on the handle of the horizontal knife.

Startled, Wang Xiang quickly stood still, and then saluted respectfully: "I have seen Her Royal Highness!"

"Exemption." Li Yuechen raised his hand, "Where are the cans made?"

"Go back to Your Highness, upstairs!" Wang Xiang replied respectfully.

Li Yuchen nodded, raised his legs and walked to the second floor, accompanied by a group of prison guards inseparable.

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, I saw a large group of workers peeling and cleaning the purchased fruits in an orderly manner, then soaking them in sugar water, then filling them in cans, and heating them in the pan...

Seeing a group of big men with horizontal knives coming up around a little girl, the workers were a little dazed for a moment.

Fulai immediately asked Wang Xiang to tell them what to do, Wang Xiang agreed and walked a few steps forward.

"What are you looking at? You don't need to work anymore?" Wang Xiang roared, "Have you been told to stop?"

The workers took a step back in unison, and then continued to work.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuechen was slightly stunned, raising an eyebrow, as if he had eaten a fly.

Fulai took care of her since childhood, and knew her character very well, so he immediately lowered his head and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Li Yuechen glanced at him: "Don't you feel confused when you look at it?"

Fulai didn't seem to know what it meant, thinking about what Li Yuechen meant with a puzzled expression.

"Oh..." After slightly sighing, Li Yuechen said: "In this way, you let them divide the work, those who peel the skin just peel the skin, and those who clean the skin just clean..."

Under Li Yuechen's command, everyone started to act and switched to the assembly line mode.

After the division of labor was arranged and started again, both Fulai and Wang Xiang's eyes lit up.

Compared with the messy appearance just now, it is obvious that not only does it look much more comfortable now, but it also seems that the efficiency of making cans is also much higher.

Li Yuechen found a chair to sit on and nodded, making it much more comfortable to watch.

After watching for a while, Li Yuechen planned to go back.

Wang Xiang planned to come out to give it away, but Li Yuechen waved his hand: "You don't need to give it away, just do your own thing."

"Here," Wang Xiang agreed, but did not follow out the door.

After getting into the carriage, Li Yuechen suddenly asked, "Where do these workers come from?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, they are all bought and can be kept secret!" Fulai replied.

Li Yuechen was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Give them a full meal, so that they will have the strength to work."

"Here!" Fulai agreed, and then grinned: "Your Highness is merciful!"

Li Yuechen shook her head slightly. In fact, what she cared about was not whether it could be kept secret.

After all, strictly speaking, this is not a secret. If you really have that thought, you can know how to do this thing by trying it yourself.

It's just that, being from a civilized society, it's really hard for her to accept this kind of human trafficking.

But for now, this is not something she can abolish with a single sentence.

There are reasons for the feudal system. Even if she is a princess of a country, she can't just change it.

All I can do is to make them treat them better.

Although it is impossible to pay them wages, at least it is no problem to feed them.

The carriage staggered towards the direction of the palace, but suddenly stopped slowly.

"Did you get into a fight again?" Li Yuechen turned his head and asked.

As a result, the guard in charge of driving approached the curtain of the car and said in a low voice, "Return to Your Highness, someone has invested in a bank certificate."

"Is the investment bank vote here?" Li Yuechen suddenly laughed.

Because the imperial examinations in this era are not anonymous, that is to say, the examiner in charge of marking the papers can see the name on each paper.

Therefore, many scholars in this era will take their poetry collections or articles to the gates of some potential examiners when they are free. This behavior is called investment bank papers.

To put it bluntly, the meaning of this is to let your name leave an impression, and when you think of it, you might be able to give yourself a high score or something.

It is estimated that although the appearance of this carriage is low-key, the materials are undoubtedly high-quality.

With the addition of a plainclothes knife-wielding bodyguard by his side, he could be regarded as a high-ranking official.

Li Yuechen secretly laughed in his heart, it's a pity, I'm not the examiner, so it's useless to vote for me.

But still nodded and said: "Take it in!"

"No!" Fulai replied, "This gentleman will take it first, and then give it to His Highness after returning to the palace!"

Li Yuechen nodded, obviously he was worried that there might be something poisonous on it.

The bodyguard in charge of driving outside agreed, and then the carriage continued to drive unsteadily.

After a while, the carriage returned to the palace.

Li Yuechen jumped out of the car, Fulai took the paperwork handed over by the prison guard, and followed Li Yuechen back to Anfu Hall.

After returning to the hall, Li Yuechen took the small scroll from Fulai.

It just so happened that the two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er were here today, and Li Yuechen sat in front of the table and waved to them: "Someone gave me an investment bank account today, come and take a look."

"Huh?" Princess Xuancheng was a little puzzled, "Why would someone give Chen'er an investment bank certificate?"

"Maybe he thinks I'm some high-ranking official?" Li Yuechen smiled and spread out the scroll on the table.

Several small heads gathered together and looked at the scrolls spread out on the table.

The scroll is not long, only seven or eight poems in total, plus an article.

To be honest, Li Yuechen couldn't understand it, she was actually a bit out of character with poetry.

Then I looked at the name and thought about it carefully. It seems that I haven't seen it in the language book, so I don't have much impression.

Seeing this, I didn't bother to read any more, but the two older sisters and Shangguan Wan'er read it one by one.

"I feel that this talent is quite good!" Princess Xuancheng said.

Princess Yiyang maintained the same attitude: "Well, the words are gorgeous but not complicated. It is indeed a good poem."

Only Shangguan Wan'er continued to watch without saying a word.

Li Yuechen was curious: "Wan'er, what do you think?"

"This..." Shangguan Wan'er looked up at the two sisters.

"No problem, just say it." Princess Xuancheng smiled.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, and replied with some embarrassment: "I think... this person's literary talent is very average!"

Li Yuechen has been with her for a long time, so he is quite familiar with her.

Although what he said was very general, it is estimated that the underlying meaning is not popular.

No wonder I can't understand what he wrote... Li Yuechen thought to himself.

Such an evaluation surprised Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang, but then they smiled and said nothing.

I still agree with this evaluation in my heart.

Although Shangguan Wan'er is young, she still has a good literary talent, and the articles she writes on weekdays can make the two of them feel envious.

In this regard, Li Yuechen did not find it unexpected. After all, this is the future female prime minister. She has been a top student since she was a child, so it is reasonable.

"Speaking of which, tributes from all over the country are about to come to Beijing." Shangguan Wan'er said.

Xianggong refers to those who have passed the examination in prefectures and counties first, and will come to Shangshu Province to take the "provincial examination" together with students from national educational institutions such as Guozijian.

Those who come out of local prefectures and counties are called "Xianggongshi", while those who come out of imperial academies like Guozijian are called "Shengtu".

Speaking of it, it seems that the Chinese characters for "student" in Japanese are also "shengtu" when written in Japanese, so it can't be copied from here... borrowed from the past, right?

Seeing her bright eyes, Li Yuechen asked with a smile, "Why? Wan'er wants to try too?"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "How can I take the imperial examination? But...if I have the chance, I would like to compete with them."

While speaking, there was a special light in her bright black eyes.

Li Yuechen knew what it was, because in the past, every time she went to challenge the limit, there was the same light in her eyes.

It is a light that wants to challenge the sky, the mountains, the earth or the strong.

Thinking of this, Li Yuchen stood up and patted her head condescendingly: "Maybe, there will be such a day?"

Li Yuechen's words did not attract the attention of Shangguan Wan'er and the two older sisters, they thought she was teasing her.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't seem to take it seriously, she just raised her head and smiled at Li Yuechen, expressing that she knew she was comforting herself.

Of course, Li Yuechen didn't bother to explain, so he just waved his hand and said, "How about having hot pot tonight?"

"Okay!" Princess Xuancheng put her hands together happily, "Eating together is very lively."

Princess Yiyang also expressed that she had no objection, and Shangguan Wan'er of course raised her hands in favor, and could have dinner next to Li Yuechen again.

The current status of Shangguan Wan'er has changed from a slave to a companion, and Li Yuechen asked her to sit with him to eat, but no one can say anything.

Li Yuechen asked Fulai and Xiaohe to prepare copper pots and the like, and at the same time, he was also thinking about whether he should get an iron pot and cook some stir-fried vegetables to eat?

After all, in this era, although this concept already exists, it has not yet taken shape, and the dishes are still mainly fried, steamed, boiled, and grilled.

With stir-frying, it should be possible to enrich the dishes, right?

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