Don't be a prince

Lao Jin smiled and waited for the highest price to appear.

That's right, shout hard, I will wait for you to shout the highest price yourself!

The scene became more and more chaotic, with Hu merchants exchanging single rooms or seats with each other from time to time.

The countries they belonged to were different. Before, they could participate in the auction together with their enemies, but now they had to form groups to try to bring the Liuli Wolf to their own countries.

The price soared all the way, and even directly broke through the [-] Guan mark.

What is the fierce tiger, what is the glazed Buddha, when this wolf comes out, it is not as loud as the crazy Hu merchant.

There were a few Hu merchants who were overly excited, and their bodies were already steaming in the cold weather.

This is the result I want!

Li Chengqian looked at these Hu merchants with great interest. The goods of Datang are extremely precious in the far west, and these guys exist like dealers. They cut off the business roads and search for the cheapest goods in Datang. , and then bring it back to your own country, and then sell it to the Far West to earn a lot of money, which is really annoying.

If the business is successful, the money has nothing to do with them!Since the period of the Silk Road, merchants in the Central Plains were not afraid of the erosion of wind and sand, and dared to travel to barren land to earn righteous wealth.Now that they have cut off the business, how can they not spit back the profits?

Li Chengqian's utterance just now indicated that the Crown Prince was staying in the No. [-] private room.

An old Hu businessman opened his mouth wide, knelt down on the ground facing the No. [-] single room, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, we are not carrying enough goods and money, but our hometown still has more property. , can you allow us to go home first, bring enough money and then come back to buy?"

Li Gang smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to poke Li Chengqian who was still dreaming of "robbing the rich and helping the poor": "He wants to go home to get money. As today's host, you have to give a response."

Wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, Li Chengqian walked to the window, leaned half of his body out of the window, and said devil-like words with a smile: "I think it's beautiful! I want cash! Your goods are all purchased from Datang, what do you think? Orphan will be rare? Lao Jin! Lao Jin! They are not allowed to use the goods to bid prices. For them, tea and silk are good things, but for us, they are useless. Can’t find good tea and silk? "

Lao Jin nodded immediately when he heard the prince's order, and shouted at the red-eyed Hu merchants: "Just talk about money, don't bring your goods, your goods are worthless in Datang!"

The Datang people present couldn't help but sweat for the Hu merchants. It was the first time they saw the seller and they were extremely picky about the buyer.

In the end, a group of businessmen from Xue Yantuo bought the glazed wolf for 15 guan, [-] cows, and [-] camels.

Cows and camels are rare items in the Tang Dynasty, as for them, I am afraid they need to walk back to Xue Yantuo to graze grass.

After the deal was completed, Xue Yantuo's merchants left the auction house happily, thinking of handing over the goods quickly so that they could bring Liulilang to their motherland.

It's just that after they left, Hu Shang, who failed to bid, suddenly discovered that there was another wolf on the auction stage. It seemed...

It seems to be a little bigger than before?

The three glazed wolves squeezed the Hu merchants dry than pure sulfuric acid.

Hundreds of thousands of coins and goods made the merchants of Datang cold.

I thought that today's auction would be an event full of laughter, but whoever imagined it, saw Datang, and even the most ferocious transaction so far.

Just today, the prince has several times their wealth.

Seeing the last batch of Hu merchants leaving happily with the glazed wolf, Li Shimin smiled and said to Li Chengqian: "Your plan has succeeded, these drunk guys really have no sense at all."

Li Chengqian smiled, and made a new gesture to Lao Jin.

Today's goal has been accomplished. Those Hu merchants who have never experienced Gao Jiu or entered a brothel, under the urging of the beauty and the lure of the aroma of the wine, couldn't help but drink more.On the other hand, the people of Tang Dynasty, because they have seen the power of spirits for a long time, they all drank, but they didn't drink too much.

Chapter 188 Three Years of Zhenguan

Even the three giant wolves were sold at a terrifying price, and everyone couldn't help but slow down their breathing.

So targeted!Whether it is Liuli Buddha or Julang, they have hit the nail on the head of the people who want it, forcing them to compete with high prices.I just don't know, is I on the prince's slaughter list?

Seeing the vigilance of the people in the arena, Li Chengqian looked at the few Korean businessmen, smiled and gestured towards Lao Jin.

Thus, the three-legged Golden Crow with a round of thin round glass as the background was placed on the stage by Lao Jin.

The Koreans, who had sworn not to be brought into rhythm, forgot all their rationality when they saw this glazed vessel.Because, Lao Jin held a hammer in his hand, and he meant to smash it.

"The three-legged Golden Crow is priced at [-] guan! The crown prince has ordered that if the auction fails, it will be smashed."

Such a sentence immediately drove the merchants in Goryeo crazy. They didn't even count the property they owned, so they shouted loudly: "We buy! We buy!"

Looking at the crazy Korean merchants, the Tang people present couldn't help but feel sad for the death of the rabbit.

Again, that sentence is too targeted!The three-legged Golden Crow is a divine bird entrusted by the Queen Mother of China and the West in legend. One is said to be transformed from Pangu's left eye, and the other is said to be the son of Emperor Jun.In the Central Plains, it is just a kind of mythical beast, but for the Koreans, it is a totem of a nation, and its importance is self-evident.

After sending away the Korean merchants who were still in high spirits after hemorrhage, Lao Jin finally took out the glazed pot.

"Glass jug, the price is five hundred guan! His Royal Highness said that there is no need to ask for too much from our own people in Tang Dynasty. Everyone, you can start the auction."

Cui He and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Now that there are no foreign merchants in the venue, if the price is still that high, they can only pack up and go back.Although Liuli is good, if the price is so high, it is unnecessary.

It's all right now, Liuli's jug is only five hundred guan?

Lu Zian immediately stretched out his hand and shouted: "One thousand strings!"

Cui He was not to be outdone: "One thousand five hundred guan!"

After looking at the flagon and thinking about it again, Lu Zian had no choice but to give up.Although it is worthwhile to raise the price, there are so many good things, there is no need to hang yourself on a flagon.

Without Hu Shang, the auction would be much less interesting. Due to the restriction of status, those who can compete with each other are all people of the same level.As long as the owner in the front row asks the price, the petty officials and merchants in the back will not dare to open their mouths.And those who dared to open their mouths were not held accountable.Because, behind this bidding merchant, most of them have prince-level backers.

When the auction came here, it was boring.Li Shimin took a few collections he had photographed, waved his sleeves and left.As for the matter of paying, I didn't mention it.

Li Gang, who kept his eyes closed all the time, felt that someone was sitting next to him again, so he opened his eyes and said, "You can earn as much as one million yuan in this auction, even though you still need the emperor to wipe your ass afterward, how much is it?" An income of [-] yuan is amazing enough. Boy, the academy can’t spend so much, and this much money is probably enough for you to spend in your life.” Mobile terminal ../

Stretching for a while, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Mr. Li, you are still petty. It is only a few hundred thousand coins, which is probably barely enough for the college's expenses. Seeing so much money all of a sudden, you will feel that you can't spend it all." worry, but if you really start spending it, you will find that this little money is really not money!"

100元有100元的花法，1000元有1000元的花法，同样是一个月的伙食，贫民的100元和小康的1000元都是一样的。

An official walked into the single room and stood respectfully at the door waiting to be dispatched.

This is an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs. The amount of money involved in this auction is too huge, and the taxes that need to be paid are also huge.It seemed like a great job, and if something went wrong, his head really wasn't enough to cut off.

"After the auction is over, go to Lao Jin, calculate the correct tax, and just take the cash and ship it to the household department. You can pay the tax as you want."

After giving the order, Li Chengqian helped the old man stand up and walked outside.

Only when he, the prince, leaves, can those quiet single rooms become lively.

A group of military generals are always asking for prices, what's going on?

The guards surrounded the carriage of the East Palace and sent Li Chengqian back to the East Palace.

Although the heating facilities in the houses by the Weishui River are good, but in terms of winter, the East Palace is more comfortable.

The cold winter can freeze the river, but it cannot offset the anger in the emperor's heart.

The prince's auction ended, and those who personally participated in the auction were reprimanded.This time, the emperor was very ruthless, and ordered the people who bought the colored glaze to send the colored glaze to the palace, and the principal could be refunded to them.

The emperor asked his courtiers for treasures and was willing to pay back the principal, which is already kind. Even Wei Zheng didn't jump out to stop him.

The entire army donated the glazed wares they had obtained at auction, and the civil servants also handed over a lot.However, those who did not participate in the auction in person carefully hid their precious treasures. No matter how much you care for the exquisite colored glaze, it will be passed on to your descendants in the future.

Although the people who were forced to buy Liuli were dissatisfied, none of them dared to express it.

The state of Liang in Liang Shidu is gone, but the two brothers Chai Shao and Xue's family still stick to Shuofang, staring at East Turks covetously.

Ordinary people don't know what's going on with the frontier army, but Li Chengqian can always hear Li Jing or Niu Jinda talking about it.

Too often!These two guys seemed to be intentionally explaining to him the situation on the border and the gap in combat power between the two sides.Behind the two kind veterans, Li Chengqian could always see a fox's tail, or a dragon's tail shaking.

No matter how long the winter is, it will eventually pass.

In the spring of the third year of Zhenguan, the enthusiasm for farming was rekindled in the land of Guanzhong.

Many heavy rains in summer and heavy snow in winter wiped out the hidden danger of locust plague left over from the past two years.It's hard to imagine what kind of scene it will be if the locust plague continues this year, and the end of the Tang Dynasty is really nothing more than that!

After two years of locust plagues, the spring plowing ceremony has also changed its taste.The emperor's family is no longer a catwalk, but serious farming.

Compared with acting as a show and doing it for real, the biggest gap is the consumption of energy.Although the Ministry of Rites has tried its best to find experienced and healthy cattle, but after the morning, His Majesty the Emperor only cultivated one acre of land.

This year, I can't bring my own meals. From the emperor to the ministers, they are all millet rice. The only special treatment is that they can pour a spoonful of broth.

It took Li Chengqian a lot of perseverance to swallow a small bowl of broomcorn rice.

After tidying up the bowls and chopsticks with Li Tai, Li Chengqian couldn't help asking his father: "Father, do you want to send your son to the grassland?"

Li Shimin was dozing off with a bamboo hat on his face. Hearing Li Chengqian's question, he nodded his head: "I have this idea. You are very talented in the art of war. What Li Jing has learned all his life, but in a short period of time, he was taken You have absorbed and assimilated. Although the successful king does not need to go through battle, but ah, although you practice martial arts diligently, you have always lived a good life. You can’t do it without going through the training in the army.”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson, who never had any objection to the emperor's arrangements, suddenly became anxious: "Your Majesty, Chengqian is only ten years old this year, and you let him go to the battlefield? The cold on the grassland is unbearable, and ordinary soldiers would freeze to death. Are you so cruel that you let Chengqian go as a child?"

After speaking, he cried.

Li Shimin comforted his wife at a loss, and said helplessly: "Chengqian has this talent, so he needs to be tempered. If he doesn't know anything about the art of war, I won't bother. Besides, the prince went to the battlefield, and he was just recruiting on my behalf. Not to mention going to the battlefield, I don't even allow him to leave Shuofang. Surrounded by troops, can something happen?"

The emperor who comforted the queen looked like the husband who had just finished kneeling on the keyboard.

Suppressing a smile, Li Chengqian comforted: "Mother, since the emperor is interested, I will go there. Don't worry, my son is not stupid. The first time you encounter danger, you will definitely run away with oil on your feet. Besides Now Shuofang has also been merged into Guannei Road, and my son didn't even go out of Guannei, what are you worried about?"

A fat hand was pulling him, Li Chengqian turned his head, and saw that Li Tai was also hesitant to speak.

"Brother Huang, you are gone, what about the teaching of the pulley block? The college will start soon, and I really want to learn the knowledge of the pulley block from you. If you leave, who will teach?"

Li Chengqian didn't expect Li Tai to be interested in the pulley block. After thinking for a while, he said, "This is not urgent, it's actually very easy to teach. Don't go to Chongwen Museum for class tomorrow. Come to my brother's study. My brother will teach you first. Wouldn’t it be enough if you taught those craftsmen again? You think, in this way, your status in the academy will change from a student to a gentleman, you know, the salary in the academy is not low.”

Never thought that he could make money one day, Li Tai's saliva flowed out.He was very envious of Li Ke being able to work in the East Palace to earn money and buy birthday gifts for his mother, but he was tired and didn't want to do it.Now he can earn money just by teaching a few craftsmen, which makes him coveted.

The money you earn is completely different from the regular portion!Under the influence of Li Chengqian, both Li Tai and Li Ke have a very deep understanding of this sentence.

I don't know how the emperor coaxed the queen, anyway, the eldest grandson no longer obstructed Li Chengqian's expedition, but insisted on arranging guards for his son himself.

It wasn't long before the lunch break. After the magistrate rang the gongs and drums, the high-ranking nobles of the Tang Dynasty who were resting had to get up again to continue farming.This year is different from previous years. The dignitaries have to farm, and ordinary officials have to watch the ceremony.Looking at their appearance, they seem to be very envious of such hard work.

Steering the cows is nothing more than difficult work. The hardest part is actually holding the plow.You expect a guy from a noble family, who joined the army at a young age, to be able to hold the plow well, it's really embarrassing.But no matter how difficult it is, you have to do it.The locust plague last year almost dealt a fatal blow to the newborn Datang.If the news was not blocked in place at that time, presumably the wolves around Datang would not let this sick tiger go.

As the capital road of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong actually had a very embarrassing geographical location.Because it is so close to the border, so close that Xieli was able to push his troops all the way to the Wei River.Although this can be regarded as the emperor's worries before the world, but for Datang, the loss of Guan Nei Dao is almost a fatal blow.

It is imperative to attack the East Turks, and it is also imperative to attack Tuyuhun. Chang'an needs a vast land as a buffer zone for the war, and these lands are not in their own hands.Although it does not belong to him, the veteran of the Great Tang Dynasty believes that if he wants to grab what he wants, he can grab it.And the idea of ​​the owner is not within their scope of thinking. As long as they resist, they will be beaten badly at least, and killed directly at worst.

Throughout the afternoon, Li Chengqian walked and steered the ox until the sun went down. He just walked a lot today.

The emperor, who had abandoned his chariots and horses, returned to the palace from the field in the same way as an old farmer.Of course, the obvious troops on both sides of the official road and the countless people hidden in the bushes had to be eliminated.

Someone always wanted the emperor dead, whether it was a peaceful time or not.

Although some of the glazes carried by the Donggong caravan were snatched by foreigners, the rest were exchanged for large sums of money.

After the high-priced and low-volume colored glazes were sold, there was a large amount of low-priced colored glazes. The royal caravans did not hesitate to step ahead of those Hu merchants, and directly smashed the colored glaze markets outside of Datang.

Also shattered is the colored glaze market in Datang. The old peasants from poor families can also buy two glazed jugs. price.

The people who suffered the loss dared not speak out, but those who handed in the glaze realized that the emperor was protecting his subjects, and this auction was set up to cheat the beards.

The auction house is now a hit, with scary results on the opening day. In the days to come, there will be another one every few days. Those who send treasures to the auction are very satisfied with the final transaction price. The commission is also very satisfactory.Win-win.

Now that it is spring, the construction project that has been delayed by the college continues.With sufficient funds, this time there is no need to slowly build the history branch, medical school branch, etc., anyway, there is plenty of money.

Pushing the wheelchair to browse among the tall buildings of the college, Li Gang's mouth never closed.

In his wildest dreams such a temple of learning would appear.The three-storey classrooms are now equipped with transparent glass. Although it is only mostly translucent, some of them have messy colors, and they are even thick and irritating. However, everyone who sees these glass windows is amazed.Such a building is only used for teaching!

Although Mr. Yang Du is also in his 60s, his steps are steady, and he walks in the college with the master and apprentice, and he is also in high spirits.

When he first got Li Gang's letter, he thought it was a practice of the Tang emperor, and all he wanted was to gain a good reputation.With the mood of just in case, I came to Chang'an.Seeing that the foundation of the college has been built now, it is naturally old-fashioned.

At the same time, he was also very curious about the crown prince Li Chengqian, how did this ten-year-old boy look like a sweetheart!

Hundreds of thousands of money, if you say you earn it, you can earn it!Moreover, the college has not yet been completed, and now there are glazed workshops and cement workshops under the jurisdiction of the two industries. It is not necessary to think about how much wealth these two will bring.This is great news for bookworms like them.Because they are good at teaching and educating people, but they have no means to make money.

Two elders and one younger were walking between the colleges, the two elders were happy like children looking at the construction site in full swing, when Li Chengqian saw this, he seemed to see that the money stuffed in the East Palace warehouse was decreasing little by little, feeling distressed like a child.

That's it, money is a thing, even if it is spent in the right place, it will still be distressed when it should be distressed.Anyone who puts hundreds of millions to a school will feel distressed.

The Great Confucian Chen Sidao is a relatively well-known person in Chang'an City, and he was also one of the first people to report to the Eastern Palace.

Unlike other Confucian scholars who waited for the college to be completed, the old guy, in his 70s, insisted on helping on the construction site all the time, no matter who persuaded him.

Today, he is leading a large group of people chipping wood and making wooden boxes.

Looking at the finished large wooden box, Li Chengqian asked suspiciously: "Mr. Chen, why are you making so many boxes?"

Chen Sidao put down the plane in his hand, saluted first and then said: "His Royal Highness, seeing that our college is about to start, the sand table for teaching has not been finished yet, it shouldn't be. I am idle and I am idle, so I called my own Nephew, let’s make a sand table together.”

Only then did Li Chengqian understand that paper is a precious thing. Since Cai Lun made paper, there are still only a few people who can use it.When teaching, even in the palace, the sand table is used first, and the paper is used later, for fear of wasting it.

However, the words written on the sand table are normal, but if it is complicated, you need good eyesight. How can there be a blackboard?

"What's a blackboard?"

The three old gentlemen looked at the prince with astonishment.

It just so happened that there was limestone and a large stove for boiling water at the construction site next to it.

There was no need to do it himself, after he understood it, Yu Tai went to find the wooden board and the bottom of the pot.