Chapter 89 What Entertainment Options Are There in Winter?

Several people chatted, and Li Longji liked the atmosphere.

He couldn't find this feeling when facing the ministers.

When facing the women in the harem, I still don't feel this way.

Not to mention Empress Wang, she finally got pregnant with a child, but she was afraid that something would go wrong, so she stayed in Zhuangzi with her uncle as a miraculous doctor.

At this time, Chang'an's Shaofujian and Sinong Temple were busy. Sinong Temple sent out fast horses and rushed to the 22nd County with the magic weapon for scraping and peeling sesame that the Shaofujian had made.

It is the time when the hemp is retting, and every step in advance will help the farmers more.

Some people in the area near Chang'an City have already seen the real thing, and after giving it a try, they started thinking about it themselves.

The people discussed it one after another.

What happened this year? The imperial court will definitely release good things every few days.

Each of these things is easy to use and easy to make. It saves manpower and adds more things.

This year I will learn to compost and select seeds, and plant winter wheat.

Not only will I be able to save some money in the coming year, but I won’t have to work so hard.

It is impossible for the three prime ministers Yao and Chong not to know the situation.

"Your Majesty finished the military parade yesterday and went to Li Yizhuangzi again today." Zhang Shuo said helplessly.

He didn't know that without Li Yi, he would be taken care of after a while. At this moment, he was standing with Yao Chong.

Yao Chong didn't need to say more, he had gradually regarded Li Yi as a threat.

He didn't know that he would be destitute in a few years. He cheated Wei Zhigu's two sons and caused trouble for him.

In fact, it was not his son's problem, but that Li Longji felt that his role had been exhausted, and used him to get rid of many people.

It was time to appease some other people, so naturally he had to be taken down.

Wei Zhigu didn't see it through, so he was demoted.

Zhang said he saw something and tried to stop him several times without success, but he was still demoted.

Lu Huaishen was the smartest, but suddenly suffered from health problems.

Therefore, Li Yi will get nothing from his dividends in heaven and earth. If we can't offend him, we can't afford to hide from him.

Yao Chong regarded Li Yi as a threat. If Li Yi knew about it, he would definitely laugh.

"You are offering a reward for all your work, but you haven't made anything new yet?" Yao Chong had big bags under his eyes, probably because he didn't sleep well yesterday.

Zhang said: "Well~~ some craftsmen came, but the things they made were for beauty, a folding table passed down from Li Yi. In the hands of the craftsmen, all kinds of mortises and rivets were changed, but still, it was the same. table."

Yao Chong looked at Lu Huaishen. Lu Huaishen didn't want to care about anything and just expected to get by.

However, he still knew something about it and said: "There is a threshing tool, which uses a finely forged steel toothed steel shaft. It is better than Li Yi's."

After hearing this, Yao Chong wanted to rush out, find the craftsman, and bite him to death one by one.

It's also fine steel, why don't you use gold?

Li Yi only uses wood, mud, bamboo, and straw sticks. When lubricating, getting some oil seems like a waste of money.

The ones that come out now are nothing more than multiple blades and a bit of skin.

The others are still wood, wooden stools, wooden forks, oh, and there is a rope less than a foot long on them.

Could it be that Li Yi is stupid? stupid? Don’t know how to use fine steel?

Look at the biogas lamps on Zhuangzi, the copper pipes, iron pipes, and even that tool called tapping.

Oh, the pressure well, which even children can play in, is also made of iron.

Why should he avoid the appearance of copper and iron on his farming tools? Isn’t it just that the cost is high and people can’t afford it?

Thinking about it, Yao Chong has a headache, who can find a skilled craftsman? Come over to me, I promise not to beat you to death.

***

Li Yi Zhuangzi.

"Third brother, look, this bamboo one is an ice cart. Children can play on the ice. The bamboo must be old bamboo. Hsinchu is not hard enough."

Li Yi drew the drawings of the ice car. Normally, the ice car should be under a triangle, or at worst it should be Line 8.

But considering that the people couldn't take it out, he changed it to old bamboo.

The ice drill for a skateboard is just a round wooden stick or bamboo stick with an inch of iron nail underneath.

If iron nails are not used, bone nails or stone nails will work, but they are easy to break and do not slide quickly.

"This is a snowboard. You don't need a snowboard for a single board, but you do for a double board. Let's look at the other one. The ice skates must be made of iron and must be sharpened all the time, otherwise they won't be able to bite the ice."

Li Yi said and changed a piece of paper.

He continued: "Curling is played with banging. Logically speaking, each size should be about the same weight, but let's play with it first. There is a difference if there is a difference in weight. It is made of stone, and its rules are..."

Li Yi explained to the three people that they should try to use low-cost materials, otherwise they would not be popular.

He is not doing it to make money, otherwise he would dare to use ivory materials to make some entertainment things.

Show up to be high-end, and then make a lot of money.

Li Longji watched and listened, and said: "I know that there are even colder places where people slide on the snow on bone boards and wooden boards."

"Yes, third brother, there is." Li Yi continued to draw a picture and said: "This is a sleigh pulled by an elk, which can transport troops in the ice and snow."

Li Longji was stunned for a moment, transporting troops? In the winter, I went to fight others, the ones in the north and the northwest.

Queen Wang, who came from a family of military generals, pushed Li Longji's head aside and opened her eyes wide to look at the new sled.

Li Longji moved helplessly, but there was nothing he could do, she was pregnant.

"Uncle, this sled can be threaded with ropes." Queen Wang looked at it and quickly gave out ways to extend its use.

Li Yi raised his thumb and said, "Sister-in-law is amazing."

Queen Wang shook her head: "It's a pity that I can't play."

"When the baby is born, take the baby to play with you." Li Yi comforted.

"Yes!" Queen Wang was satisfied.

***

The next morning, Li Longji and the others left in a hurry, saying that they would send the collected live crabs to Zhuangzi for processing and keep them for a while.

Li Yi sent everyone away, returned to the courtyard, and continued to draw drawings.

After finishing the painting, he took the drawing to Song De and said: "Ask the kiln to burn the small bottle of colored glaze, and prepare it to contain something."

Song De left with the drawings, and Li Yi smiled: "I'm counting on you, Lao Pei, to bring people over to play. Winter is coming, and Zhuangzi needs more money."

He believed that the people Pei Yaoqing found were definitely rich or had family backgrounds.

If you have a background, you will naturally have money. Looking at the top candidates in the imperial examinations in previous dynasties, most of them are the children of officials.

Li Yi would never believe an official who could make his son the number one scholar if he said that he was not flexible enough and had no means to make money.

I have spent a lot of money, helping to hold cocktail parties and making donations. I want to gain reputation and life, so can’t I get my money back?

***

A few days later, while Zhuangzi was busy, heavy snow fell.

Pei Yaoqing, whom Li Yi was waiting for, came with four to five hundred people.

You can tell by the clothes you wear that your quality of life is good.

As soon as the people arrived, they went straight to the place where the banquet was held.

The place where we sit here and the road have been cleared, and the snow in other places has been left unattended.

There was thin ice on the water, but the water flow continued.

Above is the canal. The canal is transported by water, and the ice must be broken.

Including the Grand Canal, ships clear the thin ice every day to make the waterway smooth.

Visitors sit on leather cushions, surrounded by charcoal stoves and hand stoves to warm their hands.

In order to save money, Li Yi let them drink rice wine.

Then to save face, he copied a poem and placed it in the most conspicuous position.

"Green ants have newly fermented wine, and there is a small red clay stove. It's snowing in the evening, can you drink a cup?" Pei Yaoqing read out the poem.

Those who came immediately felt that the taste of the rice wine was different, and their souls seemed to be sublimated.

"Get ready to deliver something." Li Yi said to Song De when he saw everyone had arrived.