Li Shimin

"How? The prince is back?"

"Back to gentlemen, His Royal Highness has not returned yet!"

The servant always replied with a helpless face every time.

"Ugh……"

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Lijiazhuang.

As the New Year's Eve drew closer, the entire Li Family Manor's workshops, under Li Xuan's arrangement, began to shut down one after another, and Li Family Manor entered into a wave of rest.

All the farmers in Lijiazhuang also dressed their families neatly and went to Chang'an City to start shopping and relaxing time.

As for the farmers in the glass sheds, they also took turns with each other, and took their families to Chang'an City to go shopping and buy things.

Especially the cloth from which clothes can be sewn.

Now, at the turn of the year, what everyone looks forward to is wearing new clothes.

As for other items, the householders in Li Family Manor don't lack any of them. You can buy them directly from the workshops in the manor.

Only for new clothes, each family needs to go to Chang'an City, find those cloth shops, buy the cloth, and sew it by themselves when they come back.

Therefore, when Li Shimin brought Fang Xuanling, Kong Yingda and other ministers to Lijiazhuang, he just got off the carriage and saw groups of children, all in twos and threes, gathered together, or showing off each other new clothes.

Or, it was showing off to each other the toys that Aye bought for them from Chang'an City.

Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and other ministers were all stunned and shocked.

"His Royal Highness, are these children from rich families nearby?"

"No, they are just the sons of farmers in the Li Family Village!"

Li Chengqian chuckled, and then said: "However, that pile is the cubs of the Prince Jin's personal guards, and the dozen or so are children who are servants of the Prince Jin's mansion, and that pile is the children of the artisans who ruled ink. , that pile is..."

Li Chengqian introduced them one by one.

On the side, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and other ministers were full of disbelief.

"These are ordinary children? How can they be dressed so cleanly? What's more, all these children are wearing quilted jackets, cotton gloves, and even things in their hands...

The descendants of many aristocratic families are not as well dressed as these children, and they have more toys in their hands! "

"My dear friends, you may not know that these children are not only dressed well, but also spend more than half of the year in school.

Even, some children are more proficient in arithmetic than you! "

Li Shimin looked at those children and couldn't help but chuckled subconsciously.

"how can that be?"

Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and other ministers who don't come to Lijiazhuang often are all suspicious.

At this time, before Li Shimin could speak, a child ran over from one side and shouted at a young man beside the square: "Brother Li Kun, Uncle Dazhu calls you to go back and count the tent books for this month!"

"Isn't there still a few days before the end of the month?" Li Kun, who was called out, was a little reluctant.

In the past few days, I have finally been able to stop reading and writing, go out to play for a while, and have to count those boring books.

"Uncle Dazhu said, after you finish counting your family's account books, you still need to help our family to look at them, and then if you are not busy, go to help the king to collect all the account books in the village!" The child who ran over continued to say.

Hearing this, the group of children surrounding Li Kun couldn't help but feel moved, pushing Li Kun back with all their might.

At the same time, he persuaded: "That's right, Brother Kun, you should finish counting your family's account book earlier, and you still need to do it for me!"

"You don't know, last year I made a wrong count by one day, but because a number was wrong, I checked the three account books from beginning to end for five days!"

"That's right, that's right, I was directly inspected for ten days last year!"

"Brother Kun, let's help each other this time..."

Seeing the group of teenagers leaving each other, the group of teenagers around seemed to think of something frightening, and hurriedly dispersed.

"The young man named Li Kun manages three glass greenhouses at home, and sells an average of more than 200 catties of vegetables every day for more than 60 yuan. How many catties of vegetables they sell every day and how much they sell are recorded in the ledger superior.

Then, these ledgers are counted every month.In the end, after the glass shed was dismantled, all these books had to be counted, and there could be no mistake of a penny! "

Li Chengqian explained in a slow voice: "Most of the children around have three glass sheds in their homes, and they register their daily ledgers on weekdays, and they, Aye, come to register.

However, the monthly statistical books are counted by these children!In addition, many farm households also raise chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. in the farm, and they also need statistical books..."

Following Li Chengqian's words, the faces of Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and others all changed drastically, and then fell silent.

It's okay to let them look at the ledger, but how is it possible to count the ledger?

After a long while, Yu Zhining said dryly, "I never thought that the Li Family Village of His Royal Highness Prince Jin would be so rich!"

"If Datang can have all the villages and be half as wealthy as Lijiazhuang, then our Datang will be truly powerful!"

Li Shimin said with emotion.

Now, even Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were silent.

Catch up with Lijiazhuang?

Those Zhuangzi in their house can catch up to half of Li's family village. As for all the villages in the world, if they can have [-]% of Li's family's wealth, their ministers are enough to be passed down through the ages!

Seeing this, Li Shimin could also understand the thoughts of these ministers, he couldn't help sighing, and went to Jinwang's other courtyard.

"Why is Your Majesty here?"

After coming down from the second floor, Li Xuan couldn't help being taken aback when he saw so many ministers brought by Li Shimin.

Moreover, why did these ministers look at him so eagerly?

Could it be that it's almost the Chinese New Year, come to him to play the autumn wind?

But Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and others who were glanced at by Li Xuan couldn't help laughing.

His Royal Highness King Jin did not welcome them very much!

"Xuanba, I came here this time because Su Guogong and others heard that you can make a pen that is tens of thousands of times more exquisite than a bamboo tube pen, so I have always asked you for one or two!"

Li Shimin said with a smile.

Behind him, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others also immediately smiled apologetically, "This pen is simply a treasure tailored for literati like me.

Therefore, if His Royal Highness King Jin has any requests, please feel free to ask them! "

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Chapter 566 Pens for Classics, Confucianism!

"Are you all here to ask for pens?"

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel happy, but his face was still full of indifference.

Originally, he just wanted to use those pens to arouse the conflict between those bastards and their Aye, and let them experience the sinister human heart.

Unexpectedly, before letting those bastards go away by Aye, in this short period of time, they have seduced these civil servants!

It can be regarded as a surprise!

"Exactly!"

Kong Yingda looked nervous.

Li Xuan nodded slightly, and continued to speak softly.

"The pens can be given to you, but as the New Year is approaching, all the ink masters in the entire forge have taken a rest, and it takes a lot of time to make a pen, so it may take a month or two before you get the pen. !"

"His Royal Highness, please rest assured, I will be able to wait for such a short time!"

Hearing that Li Xuan agreed so easily, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others couldn't help being surprised.

As for waiting for a month or two, they didn't think it was too long, but they were still full of joy.

They came here so early.

Otherwise, this time, like the glasses last time, let those aristocratic families take the lead, then if they want to get the pen, they will have to wait until the year of the monkey!

Afterwards, Kong Yingda quickly asked: "It's just that this kind of pen is so precious, I don't know what I need to pay for it?"

Li Xuan smiled directly.

This can't help but make Li Shimin, Li Chengqian and others subconsciously feel a chill in their backs!

But the parties, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others felt relieved, thinking that His Royal Highness Prince Jin had suddenly become kinder.

"You are all great Confucianists in the world, and pens are such a treasure for literati. It is an insult to you to beg for yellow and white things from you!"

After thinking for a while, Li Xuan said directly: "Therefore, this king will exchange some classics with you, or masters!"

"Books and Master?"

Hearing this, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others couldn't help being stunned.

Immediately, his face was filled with relief.

Although His Royal Highness King Jin is cruel, he doesn't want to see people from such aristocratic families like them.

However, I still have a lot of respect for these literati and Confucians!

"May I ask His Royal Highness King Jin, how do you exchange classics for pens? And Master, how do you exchange them?" Kong Yingda asked.

"You may have heard that this king built a school for all the kids in the village, and there are currently more than 200 children studying in the school.

However, the masters in the school are all ordinary masters.These masters have been teaching diligently for a year, but they can only teach those cubs to read and write. As for the higher knowledge, there is no way to teach it! "

"There are two reasons for this, one is that there are not enough classics; the other is that there are no learned Confucians!"

"Therefore, I would like to ask you all to help the youngsters in the village to find some classics, and then find two learned scholars!

Don't worry, everyone, although there are only more than 200 children in Shonai studying now.However, as the life in the village gets better and better, those farmers will definitely have more cubs again.

In the future, there is a great possibility that the school in Zhuang Nei will expand to thousands of cubs studying together.

As for the reading talent of these cubs, you don't have to worry, children are born like a piece of blank paper, what is lacking is a painter who is good at painting.

You great Confucian scholars are highly skilled painters! "

"In addition, I don't know if you know, there are three grades of fountain pens. The fountain pens made entirely of gold are of the highest grade, just like this one;

The body of the pen is made of brass, and the nib is made of gold, which is medium;

The body and nib of the pen are all made of brass, which is of the lower middle class;

The pen body is made of fine steel, the nib is made of brass, inferior;

The body and nib of the pen are made of fine steel, wait a minute..."

As Li Xuan said, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others were shocked, their mouths slightly opened.

Among other things, such a small village.There are more than 200 young children in the school, which is far beyond their imagination.

In addition, there may be thousands of young children in the future who need those great Confucianists to teach them personally and draw in their minds. This scene directly moved Kong Yingda a little bit!

As for the division of upper, middle and lower pens mentioned by Li Xuan, they were automatically ignored by Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining and the others.

In any case, they are definitely going for the medium-plus pens.

And the pen in the hands of His Royal Highness King Jin, which is all made of gold, is even more popular with them, but they are still a little worried that they will not be able to meet the requirements of His Royal Highness Jin.

"May I ask His Highness King Jin, what are the requirements for a medium pen?"

Kong Yingda asked cautiously.

"A medium fountain pen needs fifty classics, at least five of which are orphans, not originals; or, a great Confucian is needed.

Of course, every great Confucian who comes to Lijiazhuang to teach will be automatically assigned a small courtyard with a land size of three mu, a piece of fertile land of two mu, and a medium-sized pen for free! "

Li Xuan said again: "As for the fine fountain pen, there are one hundred classics, among which at least ten are required alone, and they don't need to be originals. Or, just find two great scholars!"

"hiss……"

After listening, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin on the side couldn't help but subconsciously took a breath of air.

This time, Xuan Ba ​​(Uncle Jin Wang) is really a lion.

Even Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and the others on the side were full of astonishment.

In this era, the Great Confucianism is truly a learned and profound Confucianism, the kind who doesn't have a little water.

And because Kong Yingda is the 32nd generation grandson of the sage Kong, he has been familiar with all kinds of classics since he was a child, and was taught by the great Confucians of the Confucian family, so now he dares to call himself a great Confucian.