Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 388 Going to the Almshouse

After waking up the next day, Li Er resisted turning his head up early, and went down to rest without saying a few words, leaving a group of ministers who didn't know what to say.

However, because Wei Zheng didn't remonstrate with death, the ministers who didn't know the reason were very curious, and one by one they came forward to ask him why the emperor casually went to the early court, and you didn't remonstrate with death.

Wei Zheng went berserk on the spot, and scolded those ministers on the spot, saying that they only know how to flatter horses, but they didn't know that Li Er paid more attention to his body.

On the contrary, those ministers were stunned by the scolding, and completely forgot to fight back, and this was the first time they saw Wei Zheng like this.

Wang Ping'an also went to court today. Seeing Wei Zheng getting angry, he smiled knowingly, and thought, "Wei Zheng is a human being, does he have a temper? He's not young! Hehe..."

He didn't stay long, but went to the harem to find Li Er and his eldest grandson, hoping that they could go to the almshouse to visit the wool workshop.

"My minister pays homage to Your Majesty and Empress." Wang Pingan saluted Li Er and his eldest grandson.

"Get up, I heard that the clothes made of wool have been successful, can you show it to the Queen?" Li Er asked for a while, his head was still hurting from the hangover, and his eldest grandson was rubbing his temples .

"No." Wang Pingan replied simply.

"Why didn't you bring it?" Li Er asked, frowning.

Wang Pingan said: "Because I want to invite your majesty and empress to go to the wool workshop to have a look. In the future, the wool workshop will be owned by the royal family. Before the flat-bottomed Turks and the grassland tribes, the wool workshop cannot enter the people."

"why is that?"

"Because His Majesty's national policy requires that wool is useful, and he can exchange it for salt, grain, silk and other items. If the herdsmen on the grasslands know about it, will they still think about robbing Datang? Are they thinking about opposing Datang? "e
Wang Pingan paused, looked up at the movement of Li Er and the eldest grandson, but was very disappointed. The two of them showed no expression at all. The eldest grandson still pressed Li Er's temples, and Li Er still seemed to be enjoying himself comfortably.

Only Li Er said lightly: "Continue."

"Yes, Wei Chen believes that if someone from the people masters this technology, and this technology is spread to the grasslands to let the herdsmen know, then Datang will not be able to control the grasslands, which is a big loss."

"Well, you're right. It's really inappropriate to spread the technology of making wool sweaters to the outside world. Let's leave this matter to the queen."

"Queen, thank you for your hard work. If you don't understand anything, you can go to this kid." Li Er pointed to Wang Ping'an and said

Wang Pingan quickly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already arranged everything, you can go and inspect the wool workshop now, because the workshop is short of manpower, you need your Majesty to decide."

"Since it is closely related to the interests of the Tang Dynasty, then I will not be pretentious. I will leave the wool workshop to me. I will arrange the manpower problem. I will make the clothes made of wool famous all over the world." The grandson said proudly Said.

Then he said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, since Wang Ping'an invited us to inspect the wool workshop, and the concubines are also very curious about how the wool is made into sweaters, we should comply with his request."

"Yeah!" Li Er groaned comfortably, opened his eyes and said, "That's fine, call a few old guys to go together, and by the way, we can listen to their views on Turks."

Wang Pingan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Li Er ordered the eunuch to inform Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other civil servants, and the military generals Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji, a total of six people went together.Of course, the three brothers of Prince Li Chengqian are indispensable.

Although Li Er traveled a lot, he was quite low-key, with only four guards, and the eldest grandson only brought two personal maids.trial marriage

When Wang Pingan heard that the wool was opened in the almshouse, he was severely scolded by Li Er, but when he talked about the reason, he greatly appreciated Wang Ping's move.

As the emperor learned that there were a group of victims in the relief home, how could he not express it? After listening to Wang Ping'an's words, he bought a lot of food and daily necessities and went to the relief home together.

A group of people walked very fast, and soon saw the door of the poorhouse, as well as Cao Ren and Zheng Liu'er who had been waiting at the door for a long time.

Seeing them seemed very exciting and exciting.

In particular, Zheng Liuer jumped up excitedly, holding her cruel hand and kept asking: "Lord Cao, are they, the emperor and the empress all here? Is it right?"

"My little ancestor, take it easy, Your Majesty and the ladies are coming soon, so hurry up and greet them." Cao Ren said, enduring his headache.

"Ah, it's really them, I... what should I do." Zheng Liuer was instantly nervous and didn't know what to do.

"Didn't the old man teach you? Forget it so quickly? Forget it, follow the old man, do what the old man does." Cao Ren saw that Li Er's team was getting closer, and immediately pulled Zheng Liu'er as he walked. Say.

When the team was approaching the gate of the almshouse, Cao Ren knelt down in front of all his subordinates and Zheng Liu'er, put his forehead on the ground, and shouted: "Cao Ren, the director of the almshouse, my humble minister, sees Your Majesty, and may my emperor live long and live long! "

Immediately afterwards, Zheng Liu'er and the men behind also shouted three long live.

"Excuse me." Li Er's thick voice sounded, with a royal air, which made people feel pressured.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The people headed by Cao Ren stood up after thanking them.

Li Er looked at the busy workers in the relief home and said with a smile: "It is very good to turn the relief home into a wool workshop, so that the disaster victims and the impoverished people can support themselves. As the director of the relief home, Cao Ren, you also have You have a credit."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise, but I dare not take credit for it. Everything is due to General Wang Ping'an." Cao Ren quickly pushed the credit to Wang Ping'an.

"Haha... I said you have what you have, so go in and have a look." Li Er strode into the almshouse.

A small figure blocked Li Er's way.This person is obviously Wang Ping'an, and he cupped his hands to Li Er and said: "Your Majesty's workshop is an important place, ordinary people are not allowed to enter, only workers or accompanied by management personnel can enter."

"Oh! What would happen if I went in like this?" Li Er asked.

"The light ones are kicked out, and the serious ones are beaten up first, and then reported to the officials to arrest them." Wang Ping'an replied.

Li Er looked at Wang Ping'an in disbelief, but he couldn't take the risk. If he was really driven out by his own people, he would be ashamed.

Seeing Li Er's hesitant expression, Wang Pingan knew that he didn't believe what he said, so he quickly shouted: "Liu Er, why are you standing still, why don't you take everyone in for a visit, and let your majesty and the empress and other adults go in to visit the wool workshop .”

After being called out by Wang Ping'an, Zheng Liuer came back to her senses and was not nervous anymore. She came out from behind Cao Ren and saluted Li Er and the others: "Little girl Zheng Liuer has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and some adults."

"You are Zheng Liu'er who is in charge of the wool workshop. Ping'an mentioned you to me, and it is as he said, full of courage. Come, quickly take your majesty and me to visit the wool workshop." The eldest grandson walked to Liu'er and said softly .

"My lady, your voice is so nice."

Zheng Liuer jumped up and said this sentence for no reason, which shocked everyone.

Wang Ping'an was almost knocked down by Zheng Liuer's words, and quickly answered the eldest grandson's words instead of her: "Madam, Zheng Liuer is currently the manager of the wool workshop, and she is very clear about the whole process of making wool into wool."

"Hehe...I love what Miss Liu'er says." The eldest grandson said with a smile.

Liu'er was very happy to hear the eldest grandson's praise, and the eldest grandson was so approachable, so she stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, empress, now Liu'er will take everyone to visit the workshop."

Zheng Liuer made a gesture of invitation, Li Erkai entered the poorhouse with his eldest grandson, Zheng Liuer quickly followed, so that he could explain at any time.

Wang Pingan then followed behind Zheng Liuer, so as to make up for Zheng Liuer's loopholes in time.

Finally, a group of civil and military ministers and guards around him followed.

As soon as Li Er and others entered the workshop, they saw many women, children, and old people taking out their wool to wash it. After five or six times of washing, they handed over the washed wool to another person, who directly washed the wool. The wool was taken to the yard.

Those who were busy with work, when they saw Zheng Liuer leading Li Er and other people into the workshop, they knew that they were the nobles that their benefactor Wang Pingan said, but they didn't know how expensive they were.

If you tell them that among these people are the emperor and queen, as well as the prince and princes and ministers, they will probably be excited to death, but more of them will be scared to death, so that there is no way for Li Er and others to see the real situation .

Now all the working men, women and children just glanced at them and went back to washing the wool.

Li Er looked at Zheng Liu'er suspiciously, as if asking why they didn't salute him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the little girl did not tell other people your identities, but just told everyone that you are noble people who came to buy sweaters." Zheng Liuer said.

Li Erwei nodded and said with a smile, "Such thoughtful consideration must have been thought up by Wang Ping'an."

"Your Majesty is wise, the young master said it, this is to let His Majesty and Empress see the real side."

"Well, then you can show us around."

"The little girl complies."

Zheng Liu'er walked up to the crowd and said loudly: "Gentlemen, now the little girl will explain to you the whole process of the wool workshop."

"As you can see, the staff is washing the wool. This is the first step in the whole process. Wash five to six times to remove the impurities of the wool. The next step is to take the cleaned wool to dry naturally. Please come with me."

Zheng Liuer led everyone to the back yard, and saw piles of clean wool on the white cloths.

Some wools have just been washed, others have been around for a while, and others are almost air-dried.

Zheng Liu'er picked up a handful of dry wool and said, "Everyone, the wool looks like this after it dries. It's very soft and comfortable. You can pick it up and feel it."

(End of this chapter)