Great Tang princess

Chapter 59 Folk Entertainment Activities
Li Yuechen was walking back, and when he was about to return to Anfu Hall, he suddenly remembered something.

At the beginning, my own sponsor, Red Bull, had two versions.

The sponsored ones are the kind of slender blue jars, but the ones sold in China are short and thick yellow jars.

I can also consider this way, the scented soap is not as expensive as selling it directly, and it is specially sold to those rich and powerful families.

Then use soybean oil to see if you can make soap. If you can, try to lower the price so that most people can afford it.

But the biggest problem is... Soybean oil in this era is stinky, will the soap made have the same stinky smell?

But think about it carefully, for ordinary people, as long as they can be washed clean, who cares about the smell?
Thinking of this, Li Yuechen nodded, and decided to do an experiment right away.

Seeing that Fulai just came out to greet him, Li Yuechen immediately asked him to prepare things, planning to do an experiment in two days and try it out.

Now that the experiment has been successful, we should find a way to change the scale of the egg beater, otherwise it would be too troublesome to use people to stir.

There are only a dozen or so soaps in this batch, and five people are responsible for stirring them. The efficiency is frighteningly low!
It seems that it is time to upgrade the equipment!

Then they called Xiaohe and others, and asked them about their experience of using soap during this period, and they all said that it was very easy to use, and now they are completely inseparable.

After receiving the reply, Li Yuechen nodded. It seems that this thing can indeed be sold at a higher price.

After all, for people in rich and powerful families, body cleaning is very important, and a little more expensive is acceptable.

The next day was the first day of November. After Li Yuechen finished yoga in the morning, he went to the court to listen to the news.

The recent news is basically the same, and it is inseparable from the word drought. Although it is not as serious as in previous years, the Guanzhong area is still seriously short of food.

While listening here, suddenly, the sky gradually dimmed.

Li Zhi on the dragon chair raised his eyebrows, and was about to ask what was going on, when Qianniuwei, who was guarding outside, had already entered.

Bowing down and saluting, he said, "Sage, the heavenly dog ​​eats the sun!"

Li Yuechen behind the screen also looked puzzled, another solar eclipse?
Although she knows that there is a chance of a solar eclipse around the first day of each month, but didn't it just happen last year?

Is it a bit frequent?

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the voice of Le Yanwei, the official censor: "Your Majesty, the heavenly dog ​​eats the sun, and the heavens warn you. Please hurry up and punish yourself..."

Some ministers also stood up and said in unison: "Ministers and others!"

Li Zhi who was sitting on the dragon chair suddenly felt an unknown anger. From his point of view, he also thought that he should not be responsible for this matter.

But now so many ministers have made themselves guilty, as if they have already determined that this matter has something to do with him.

Inadvertently glanced behind the screen, and saw his favorite little daughter shaking his head frantically at him.

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Zhi's mouth, then he turned his head to look at the ministers below, took a deep breath, the health ball in his hand was spinning rapidly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing that Li Zhi didn't speak or urge him, Le Yanwei just stood still, showing a tendency of not moving if you don't agree.

Li Yuechen, who was in the side passage, quietly poked his head out to take a look, and saw that many ministers had the same attitude.

Now Li Yuechen really hates this group of people more and more, and he will punish himself for anything. If this thing is really useful, the world will do.

Li Zhi who was sitting on the dragon chair suddenly said: "All the ministers think that I should make an edict to sin against myself. Could it be that the drought will end if I make an edict to sin against myself?"

The other ministers didn't speak, only Le Yanwei continued to insist: "As long as your majesty sends an edict to sin against yourself, drought will inevitably..."

"Le Aiqing!" Li Zhi interrupted directly, "Since that's the case, how about I make a bet with you?"

Le Yanwei was taken aback: "How can you bet on such things that are related to the country?"

"Hmph! Is it about Sheji?" Li Zhi snorted coldly, and asked sharply, "Since you know it's about Sheji, why do you think that the Tiangou Eclipse has something to do with me? My fault, then make a bet!"

Having said that, Li Zhi stood up directly, waved his hands at the ministers, and said in a clear voice: "I can issue an order to punish myself immediately, but if the drought next year is not resolved, then I will chop off your heads, how about it? Bet? ?!"

"This..." Le Yanwei was also speechless for a moment.

Although it is said that as a censor doctor, criticizing the emperor and confronting the emperor is also one of the tasks.

But how dare you take this kind of bet lightly?If you agree, if the drought is not resolved next year, your head will be gone!

Today's solar eclipse doesn't seem to be too positive, it doesn't completely block the sun, it's just a little bit darker, and it passes quickly.

Until the sky lit up again, the officials below still remained silent.

Seeing that they stopped talking, Li Zhi didn't continue talking, and directly waved his hand to announce his next court.

This court quarrel is over.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian got up and left the court side by side, leaving only Le Yanwei and others silent.

When he came to the passage, Li Zhi picked up his daughter and returned to the Hall of Renshou together.

After asking Zhang Chengxin to add water to the tea pot and set the fire on fire, he began to complain: "It's really unreasonable! How can the drought be blamed on me? I can't wait to kill these farm slaves now!"

Sitting next to him, Wu Zetian advised: "Your Majesty, don't get angry about this, your body is more important."

"Yes." Li Yuechen, who was wrapped by him, also patted his chest, "It wouldn't be worth it if Grandpa got sick because of their anger."

"Okay, I'm not angry!"

Li Zhi grabbed her wrist and shook it twice: "It's just that I'm a little upset, why is the heaven so warning..."

Li Yuechen thought about whether to give him a popular science on the changes in the positional relationship between the sun and the moon, but the problem was that he didn't know much about astronomy, and it was too troublesome to popularize science.

So he asked back: "Why must the solar eclipse be the emperor's fault? Couldn't it be someone who caused trouble for the court?"

Hearing her words, Li Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian didn't expect such an angle. After thinking about it carefully, she nodded slightly to Li Zhi.

"Hahaha... what Chen'er said is true!" Li Zhi laughed suddenly, and shook her wrists gently.

……

A few days later, Li Yuechen went to the court to listen to the news.

When it was about to end, I heard Li Zhi announce: "Last night, I dreamed of playing chess with the old gentleman. When I talked about the dog's eclipse of the sun, the old gentleman said that this is a warning from the sky. Investigate those who are corrupt and pervert the law, so as to strengthen the court!"

At the same time as the voice fell, the officials below immediately started discussing like a frying pan.

They felt a little puzzled. Since ancient times, solar eclipses have been warning the kings to make mistakes. How can they become the mistakes of the courtiers now?
Of course, Le Yanwei and others all knew what the emperor meant by these words, he didn't really want to thoroughly investigate who was corrupt.

It is nothing more than a warning, meaning that in the future, don't take this kind of thing and say it is the emperor's fault.

In this way, not only did the saying that the solar eclipse was the fault of the emperor be discarded, but it also further consolidated the imperial power!

High!

Not only Le Yanwei, but many officials including Liu Rengui sighed secretly, this trick is absolutely perfect!
The expression on Li Zhi's face also looked better, with a slightly smug smile on his mouth, he turned his eyes and looked behind the screen.

It happened that Li Yuechen first raised his hands and gave him a thumbs up, and then put his hands on his head to show his heart.

Seeing this scene, Li Zhi felt much more comfortable, and his back, which was a little tired from sitting, also straightened a lot.

Li Yuechen behind the screen saw that Li Zhi was happy, and he felt much better.

After the next court, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang walked into the aisle side by side, the smiles on their faces could not be hidden at last, and they let go completely.

Li Yuechen walked between the two, holding one in each hand, bouncing back.

At noon, Li Zhi wanted to take his daughter to have dinner with him.

Perhaps it is because a good mood can also change the amount of food, Li Zhi ate a lot more than usual at noon today.

After lunch, Li Yuechen didn't want to disturb his mother's review of the memorial, so he got up and announced his resignation.

Back in Anfu Hall, I sat at the desk and prepared to draw the design of the foot-operated stirring rod.

A stir bar itself doesn't weigh much, so a belt drive should be fine.

But just as she was about to start painting, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly trotted over, knelt down and put her little head on the table: "Your Highness, how about we go to the tower to watch the Pohan Hu Opera?"

"..."

Li Yuechen's pen stopped in mid-air, and he hesitated for a moment.

To tell the truth, she has little interest in this kind of activity.What's there to see when a group of old men throw cold water on each other with their shirts off?
If it was changed, if it was a group of beauties in bikinis splashing water on each other, you would definitely not miss it.

But a group of old men suddenly lost interest in doing this.

But after thinking about it, Li Yuechen still put down the brush in his hand: "Let's go!"

Shangguan Wan'er grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, and she couldn't walk out of the harem without permission.

For a child of her age, it is true that she should go outside more often, and it is not good to hold back in the harem all the time.

Now that he decided to go, there was no point in just two people, so Li Yuechen asked Fulai to inform the two sisters.

Princess Yiyang doesn't care, but recently Princess Xuancheng has completely entered the palace of mathematics, and she is doing math problems given to her by Li Yuechen every day.

According to Li Yuechen's own estimate, after a while, she will be able to show her the calculation scriptures left by the master.

As long as she is taught the concepts of decimals and fractions, she should be able to understand most of the content in the arithmetic.

Not long after, the two elder sisters also came out, and when they heard that Li Yuechen was going to watch the Po Han Hu Opera, they became a little interested.

Li Yuechen can actually understand. After all, he is different from them. After all, they are real women regardless of appearance or inside. It is normal to want to see men splashing water on each other.

After the four of them met, they walked towards the towers outside the imperial city together.

Pohan Huxi, the focus is on the last two words, Huxi, the game of Hu people.

After entering November, they will always take to the street shirtless every now and then, throwing cold water on each other.

One is to express one's strong physical fitness, which is a proof of a warrior; second, it seems to have some meanings of blessing, as if there is a saying that pouring cold water in winter will not get sick.

After walking out of the confines of the harem, a large group of prison guards surrounded them and surrounded them.

The soldier in charge of duty today asked: "Dare to ask, but His Highness is going out of the palace? Your subordinates are ready to prepare chariots and horses..."

"No need." Li Yuechen smiled, "It's just looking at Pohanhu on the tower."

"Here!"

The soldier agreed, then waved his hands to the other soldiers beside him, immediately changed his formation, and escorted several people to the tower.

After going up to the tower, they found that they were not the only ones who came to see, Li Xian and Li Lun were already here.

"Huh? Yuechen?" Li Xian was obviously a little curious, and saluted the two sisters at the same time.

Li Yuechen waved his hands to them: "The two elder brothers also came to see the Pohanhu Opera?"

"Yeah, it's very interesting!" Li Xian replied, "Every time I know there is nothing to do, I will come to watch it."

Li Lun next to him shook his head with a regretful face: "I really want to go down and play together, but it's a pity..."

Hearing his words, Li Yuechen's expression became a little complicated. It's against you to stand with those old men, do you know that?

Moreover, a prince actually wanted to go down to play with him. If Wu Zetian found out, he would probably be arrested and beaten to death.

Turning his head to look, the parade was still a little far away from the imperial city at this moment, so he couldn't see clearly.

Moreover, most of this kind of parade activities will not cross the Tianjin Bridge, at most they will turn around when they reach the shore opposite the imperial city.

A few people stood on the tower and looked over, and saw that the team in the distance had gradually started to move.

In the front, a leading man wore an exaggerated mask on his head, and his clothes were also torn into pieces.

The bell in his hand was at the forefront, bouncing and shaking.

Behind them, there were more than thirty shirtless barbarians, and many people beside them were carrying buckets, and scooped out cold water from gourd-made ladles and poured them on them.

While jumping and jumping in the street, these shirtless barbarians would occasionally take a ladle full of water and throw it at the crowd of onlookers.

Next to him was a masked person, walking in front of the crowd, holding a nearly one-foot-long whip in his hand, constantly waving it in the air, making a "cracking" sound.

Many people in Luoyang City gathered around the two sides of the team, cheering for something.

Such activities are rare in this era of lack of entertainment.

As the team gradually approached the imperial city, Li Yuechen also saw the reddened skin of those people after being splashed with cold water in the late autumn weather.

But of course her attention was not on these elders, but on the person at the front of the line, who was waving the whip.

Hearing the crackling sound of the whip whipping through the air, Li Yuechen seemed to have thought of something.

Then he turned his head and waved to Fulai.

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

Li Yuechen pointed to the person below and said, "Find me a whip like this these few days, I'll be useful!"

"Here!" Fu Lai respectfully agreed.

At the same time, he was thinking in his heart, guessing what novelty His Highness was going to study again.

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