Chapter 104: Is This a Dragon Boat?
After instructing Fang Sheng to settle her, Li Chengqian first asked for the roster of the ladies of the East Palace.
Really....
There are no names on the roster, only numbers. Whether it is the statistics of eunuchs to save trouble, or the palace just needs a code name and does not need their names, Li Chengqian feels very sad.
People can't be like pigs on the farm, they can only have one number, which is really inhumane.
Throwing the roll call list aside, Li Chengqian gasped and asked Fang Sheng: "Fang Sheng, I ask you, why are the palace maids all code names, but you have your own name?" ”
Fang Sheng didn't expect the prince to ask this question after reading the roster, but he still replied honestly: "Back to Your Highness, in fact, the old slave used a code name before, although the name Fang Sheng is the common name of the old slave, but since you arrived at the palace, only you asked." In fact, there are already a few people like the old slave who can remember their original name. ”
I don't know why, Fang Sheng actually felt that his eyes were very sour at this time. After a lifetime in the palace, he felt that this life was worth it when he could be asked by a noble person like the crown prince.
Looking at Fang Sheng's blindly moved look, Li Chengqian could only sigh helplessly.
It is said that the superior cannot have unwarranted compassion, otherwise he will live as a poor saint, and he will be respected by others, but he will achieve nothing. However, it still feels very uncomfortable to see that these palace maids and eunuchs don't even have names.
Pick up the roster and throw it to Fang Sheng, Li Chengqian said: "Fang Sheng, Lone will give you a task, the roster of our East Palace, don't remember the number and nickname, just remember your own name, if not, then take one yourself, Xiaocao or plum blossoms, as long as you have your own name." ”
Fang Sheng took the roster, surprised and didn't know what to say.
Ziyan, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, there are no such rules in the palace, you do this..."
"There is no one in the palace, but there is one in the East Palace. This is the lonely East Palace, everything is naturally Lonely, the difference between the East Palace and the harem, there is no need for Lone to tell you! ”
Seeing that the prince insisted, Ziyan had no choice but to shut up.
This is the case, although the East Palace is not as big as a quarter of the harem, but the owner of the East Palace is the crown prince. Even if the prince is not an adult, the emperor and queen are still in charge of some things in the East Palace, but the prince still has this power.
Seeing that there was no longer resistance, Fang Sheng gratefully hugged the roster and rushed out of the study.
As an old man of the two dynasties, he knew that although the desire for a name was insignificant, it was precious to both the palace maid and the eunuch.
As Fang Sheng walked away, cheers came from an area in the originally quiet East Palace from time to time, and then immediately calmed down.
Looking at Ziyan, who was still confused, Li Chengqian sighed and said, "Ziyan, you are the personal maid of the queen mother, a female official, that's why you have your own name." Come to think of it, you should have lost your name and only had a code name left. You should be able to understand what Lone does. ”
Ziyan nodded, bowed to the prince, and stepped aside.
It was not far from the prison, and the time to build the parts, at noon, Yan Lide came to the East Palace with a few craftsmen.
When Yan Lide arrived, Li Chengqian was eating with a sad face. There's no way, the eunuch with a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the past became a drug test, and as a result, this time this bastard even started with rice. A good bowl of white rice was tried by him layer by layer. Looking at the same rice bowl full of holes, you can know that this guy doesn't have to eat at noon, and he doesn't have to eat at night.
"Your Highness, what is written in your letter, Wei Chen has already made several sets. Do you want this, do you have any business ideas? ”
Glancing at the energetic Yan Lide, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Money, money, money, I think about making money all day long." It's not about making money, and I can't find you anymore? ”
Yan Lide smiled awkwardly, and then took a few steps back.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but obviously the prince just showed a little impatience, and the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the house cast a fierce light on him. What's going on?
However, he couldn't help but be excited, in the past, the shops that would be subordinate to the superintendent were the same as those sold in other stores, at most the workmanship was more elaborate.
Although Chang'an City is large, it is inhabited by many civilians, and a large number of low-level officials are very poor. They prefer to use the tools made by ordinary carpenters compared to the fine wood objects that will be used as prisoners. Only high-ranking officials and people from large families would deliberately buy the utensils that would be used as prisoners.
After adopting the prince's suggestion of "small profits but quick turnover", the general supervisor changed the situation of poverty in the first half of the year, and the craftsmen earned more money than the money of the errands. The craftsmen who have tasted the sweetness of the prison will be looking forward day and night to the prince to come up with another idea so that they can live a better life.
As for the forty elements that originally belonged to the prince, some craftsmen already felt that there were few, how could the prince also be the prince, whether it would be the future ninety-five honor, or fifty percent would be more appropriate.
Enduring the discomfort and eating all the food in the bowl and letting people take the food down, Li Chengqian walked to the desk and sat down, and asked Yan Lide to sprinkle all the prepared parts on the table.
I have to say that the craftsmen who will be the supervisors still have a few brushes, and they have not been difficult to build ship models.
The assembly of wood piece by piece made it a majestic building ship in a short time. Because the letter explained the reason why the ship was to be given to the emperor, the craftsmen also carved a lifelike five-clawed dragon on the hull, but it was not painted, otherwise it would have been more gorgeous.
Nodding with satisfaction, Li Chengqian said to Yan Lide: "After I go back, I will continue to manufacture according to this standard, the more the better, and in addition, there will be more interfaces, so that people can decide more freely how big the hull is and how to insert the mast." Except for sending some to Gu, the rest will be sent to the Taiji Palace. During the festival two days later, Lone wanted to race a dragon boat with the Emperor Taishang in the pond in the imperial garden. ”
"Dragon boat racing?"
Yan Lide suddenly had a word in his mouth, not spitting out unpleasantly.
This is a dragon boat? Although the dragon is carved, the appearance of this boat is far from that of a dragon boat.
took out a piece of paper to write a letter to Li Yuan, and after putting down the pen, Li Chengqian flicked his left hand at Yan Lide irritably: "Hurry up and make it, don't ask so many whys." ”
After driving away Yan Lide, Li Chengqian looked at the ship model on the table and smiled.
Later in life, he was particularly interested in models. However, because of the "shyness in the pocket", I just bought a few domestic bargains online and played with them.
He had such an idea as early as after seeing the exquisite craftsmanship of the general as a prisoner. The model of solid wood, compared to plastic products, is even higher!
Who said that the Dragon Boat Race is the greatest fun? Isn't the group of ship models also very hilarious?