Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 330 Putting Kongming Lantern
The sky was getting dark, and after Wang Pingan took Li Er and his party to have dinner in the food city, the night show just started.

The entire commercial square has been hung with red lanterns, and there are several huge braziers, illuminating the entire commercial square as if it were daytime.

The people of Tang Dynasty who lacked nightlife did not lose their yearning for nightlife.There were more people at night than during the day, and almost all the people who could come out of Chang'an came out, including those officials' wives and second-generation officials.

They can often see a minister's wife and children on the way shopping.

Originally there were more than [-] people in the team, but as the night fell, the number gradually increased. The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin and other ministers and other wives and children all joined the ranks. If Wang Ping'an If he is willing to count, he will definitely be shocked, the number has already exceeded a hundred.

According to Wang Ping'an's request, Dongxue had asked someone to put a Kongming lantern on an open space in the square at this time to attract everyone.

"Look, Kongming Lantern."

"Wow, it's a Kongming lantern."

"Look, look, there are Kongming lanterns everywhere."

The cheers of the people can be heard everywhere in the square.

Feng Rou's eldest grandson also saw it, and they watched with great interest as the sky lantern slowly disappeared into the sky, or turned into a ball of flame, or floated into the distance.

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "Everyone, the place I'm taking everyone to visit now is the place where the Kongming lanterns are placed."

At this time, the place where the Kongming lanterns were placed was already crowded with people. Some of them came here to put up the Kongming lanterns, some for the sake of looking good, and some came here to do some sneaky business.

Dongxue sits here, because it takes a donation of [-] guan to set off a Kongming lantern.The entire commercial plaza is just one family. If you want to let it go, you can only come here.

At this time, she admired Wang Ping'an even more in her heart. In the less than half an hour since it was dark, she only set up a hundred Kongming lanterns, which attracted so many people. Thirty wealthy businessmen.

After Wang Pingan brought the crowd to the scene, he staggered and almost lost his footing. There were too many people, and it was estimated that they would not be able to squeeze in even if they were squeezed, not to mention that these people were not willing to squeeze or know how to squeeze.

He could only smile embarrassingly, and said: "I really didn't expect that our commercial plaza is so attractive, and our merchants in Datang are so kind, and they are willing to donate a hundred sticks to put Kongming lanterns."

Li Er frowned and said, "What do you mean? Do you need to donate money to put an empty lamp?"

"That's it? A Kongming lantern for a hundred strings." Wang Pingan said as a matter of course.

"hiss……"

Everyone gasped, they were shocked by Wang Pingan's bold idea, even Li Er, who is the lord of a country, couldn't bear it.

In the past year, the tax was only more than 200 million taels, but in the first half of the year when Wang Pingan came to Chang'an, the extra income of the treasury had already amounted to the sum of taxes for several years.

Before the opening of the commercial plaza, the rent reached more than 100 million yuan in three years. If the tax of the commercial plaza is added, almost one commercial plaza can cover the tax of the whole country for one year.

During the moment when everyone was amazed, Wang Ping asked Zhao Hao to go to Dongxue to bring 150 Kongming lanterns. He smiled again and said, "Everyone, the Kongming lanterns are here. Those who need to put them up can raise their hands."

Immediately, all the officials' wives and their daughters raised their hands, including the eldest grandson and Feng Rou.

Wang Pingan took out two Kongming lanterns, gave them to his eldest grandson and Feng Rou respectively, and said, "Madam, Miss Feng, this Kongming lantern is a safe gift for you."

"How embarrassing is this? Why don't you distribute all the Kongming lanterns to those wives and young ladies, and Qian Bengong will give them to you when he returns to the palace." The eldest grandson said.

As the mother of a country, how could she enjoy herself alone? She lost her dignity, so she asked Wang Pingan to distribute Kongming lanterns to everyone. Afterwards, the eldest grandson Wuji secretly told him about it, which solved the doubts in his heart.

But at this time Wang Pingan heard the words of the eldest grandson, and instantly petrified, and Shi Hua's heart was still bleeding.

Zhao Hao walked up to him and asked, "Master, what should we do?" He thought Wang Ping'an was omnipotent, and he could deal with such trivial situations.

Wang Pingan came back to his senses and said, "Didn't you hear what your mother said? Send me a Kongming lantern." After speaking, he covered his heart to make it less painful.

"Ha ha……"

His funny behavior made Changsun and Feng Rou both laugh happily.

Li Er smiled and said: "You are a money fanatic, why do you want so much money?"

"Returning to the master, the money is for the construction of a school for the children of the poor near the commercial square." Wang Pingan replied.

"Is this the academy you've been talking about?" Li Er asked, doubts arose in his mind. The academy Wang Pingan talked about should not be that simple.

"No, the academy Weichen mentioned is different from this academy that only provides education for poor children. Chen's academy will be more upscale, and the things you learn will be more extensive and profound." Wang Pingan replied.

"Well, for the sake of your good deeds, I will give you a piece of land for the purpose of building an academy." Li Er went to express his approval of Wang Pingan's good deeds to the best of his doubts.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Ping'an was full of energy this time.

After everyone got the Kongming lanterns, including Li Er and other ministers, Wang Pingan said again: "If you have any wishes, you can write them on the Kongming lanterns, and then fly them into the sky. If you are lucky, there may be gods I can see it, and then help you realize your wishes."

Everyone started to discuss, even though they knew what Wang Pingan said was nonsense, they all borrowed a pen and began to write.

Wang Pingan wrote it quickly by himself, and then released the first Kongming lantern.Watching Kongming lanterns slowly rise into the sky.

Li Er and the others also began to write, and then one by one Kongming lanterns began to fly.Soon dense Kongming lanterns appeared again in the sky.

"Oh, dad, look, it's flying, flying, flying." Feng Rou jumped up and down happily.

"Hehe..." Feng An smiled without saying a word.

At this time, those ministers were hugging their daughters or sons, or hugging their wives, watching the Kongming lanterns flying into the sky, chatting and laughing, so warm.

Li Er held his eldest grandson's hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled, as if they could see everything about each other through each other's eyes.

Changsun Wuji was indeed squinting, with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, nodding his head from time to time. He was very pleased that Li Er and his eldest grandson loved each other wholeheartedly, and they did not neglect their eldest grandson because of their relationship with the emperor's family.

The behavior of Wang Ping'an's people also attracted the attention of many people, and they were all curious about why there were so many people lighting up Kongming lanterns at the same time.

About a quarter of an hour later, some Kongming lanterns had been blown to unknown places by the wind, some of them floated down slowly because the lamp oil was completely burned, and some of them burned directly in the air.

"Haha... It's rare for us old brothers to get together. Tonight is the opening day of the Datang Commercial Plaza, and the Kongming lanterns were released just now. Why don't you write a poem with the theme of Kongming lanterns?" Li Er came at this time I became interested and wanted to write poetry.

"What, master, if you ask old Cheng to compose poems, then it's better to let you chop me twice." Cheng Yaojin was the first to stand up to displease Li Er.

Li Er smiled and scolded: "You old man, I told you to read more and read more, so you won't make a fool of yourself."

Cheng Yaojin suddenly looked aggrieved, and said: "Master, you have misunderstood my old Cheng. I also know that reading and literacy are very important, but I don't know why, as long as I pick up a book, I feel sleepy. Just read it." Ten words, you will definitely fall asleep."

"Haha...Master, he always makes this excuse. It's useless for you to force him. If he does the same thing again, I'm afraid he, the general, will become a laughing stock." Changsun Wuji stood up. Said.

"Haha..." Hearing this, everyone remembered Cheng Yaojin's poems before, and couldn't help laughing loudly.

Cheng Yaojin's heart burst into tears, and he kept saying in his heart: "Changsun Wuji, are you helping me or belittling me?"

He stared straight at Changsun Wuji, and Changsun Wuji looked at him, and said with a smile: "Zhijie, you don't have to thank me. I should do it."

Cheng Yaojin was speechless for a while, he could not wait to ask him now: "Thank you, thank you for buying a watch, and I have to thank you for exposing people's scars, you are easy to bully when you are an old man."

But the environment of the scene made him dare not say this out loud, so he could only say: "Thank you Wuji for your kindness, I will always remember it in my heart!!!"

Keep in mind the four words Cheng Yaojin, but he bites extremely hard.

Changsun Wuji was like a mirror in his heart, knowing that Cheng Yaojinji hated him, so he whispered to him: "Zhijie, everyone who knows you knows that you are a person with a thicker skin than a city wall, and it is rare to see him." You make an embarrassment, do you know who the happiest person is?"

"Who? Could it be His Majesty?" Cheng Yaojin said with some uncertainty.

"You said this, not the old man." Changsun Wuji immediately separated the relationship.

Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Er in disbelief, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Could it be that His Majesty really wants to see my old Cheng's jokes? It must be. It's not a day or two that Your Majesty wants to see my jokes. Did you get him a chance?"

"Hahaha..." Li Erlang laughed loudly, and said, "Since Zhijie has withdrawn, I won't force others. It's just a pity that this rare and beautiful day is beautiful."

(End of this chapter)