"Peng~" A cluster of fireworks exploded in the sky, countless children marveled at the hustle and bustle, Li Jie stood in the crowd with the flute, admiring the beautiful scenery in the night sky, but he also secretly said that it was a pity that the use of gunpowder in this era of the Ming Dynasty was already very common, and even muskets were applied to the army, and he also lost a chance to pretend to be forced.

Today is the Shangyuan Festival, compared with the New Year, the Shangyuan Festival is more lively, the whole capital is full of lanterns, some large households have specially customized large lanterns in front of the door, some can still turn the marquee, Ambilight is wonderful.

Li Zhu had already taken Mrs. Li and Aunt Zhao out, so Di'er was thrown to Li Jie, and it just so happened that Li Jie was also very curious about the ancient Shangyuan Festival, so he also took Di'er out of the door, looking at the crowded streets, Li Jie also had a feeling of unreality in a trance, even if he had traveled for so long, he sometimes couldn't accept the fact that he was in ancient times.

"Cousin, get in the carriage quickly, let's go to the Imperial City, it's lively there!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Liu Yi coming in a carriage, he and Li Jie had already made an appointment to meet here, and then went to the inner city to enjoy the lanterns together.

Li Jie took Di'er to the carriage, but Di'er couldn't sit still, opened the window directly, climbed the window and looked at the scenery on the street, Li Jie saw someone selling sugar gourds, so he bought her two, this girl has a string in one hand, licking left and right, like a kitten.

"Cousin, your flintlock pistol has been offered for so long, and the reward from the court has not come down yet?" Liu Yi chatted with Li Jie for a few words, and suddenly asked about the flintlock pistol, he often came to Li Jie during this time, so he was naturally very clear about the flintlock pistol.

"Maybe it's because of the New Year, the government office is on holiday, and many things have been delayed, but I'm not in a hurry, anyway, my father and I have also come down, and it's enough to cope with the family's expenses." Li Jie smiled slightly.

The Ming officials' salaries are generally issued before the Chinese New Year, and most of them are cloth, grain and other physical objects, the real cash is very little, and Zhu Yuanzhang is very close to the door, the Ming officials' salaries are almost the least in all dynasties, but he is the most ruthless in corruption, peeling the skin and grass is for corrupt officials, so many officials' lives are actually very poor.

"Cousin, someone recently approached me and wanted to talk to you about something." Liu Yi suddenly leaned over to Li Jie and whispered.

"You're here for the glass mirror, right?" Li Jie smiled slightly.

"You really guessed right, the world's first mirror you dedicated to Han Gong has long been spread all over the capital, but because of the events at the birthday banquet before, many people were afraid of offending Han Gong, so they didn't dare to look for you, but now that you have been awarded an official, many people have become bolder, but they don't know where you live, so they can only look for me, and want me to build a bridge and find you to buy a mirror production method." Liu Yi said truthfully.

"What are they willing to pay?" Li Jie asked curiously, whether to sell or not, but he was curious about the vision of the ancients, after all, glass mirrors are priceless treasures in this era.

"I also asked for you, but these people bid different levels, some people are willing to bid tens of thousands, and some people are only willing to bid a few hundred, this kind of is not eyesight, I just blasted people away." Although Liu Yi doesn't know how to do business, he still has basic eyesight, and he wants to buy the manufacturing method of glass mirrors for hundreds of times, which is simply a flower child.

"There aren't many tens of thousands, these people are simply too deductible!" Li Jie also shook his head again and again after hearing this, hundreds of years later, when Europe made glass mirrors, the king of France was even willing to take out a few cities to replace a mirror, in comparison, these people were too stingy to shoot.

"Cousin, can you find a stable supply of glass for mirrors?" Li Jie thought for a moment and asked, the court's income is meager, he can only make ends meet but cannot be rich, and he doesn't want his family to live in that small courtyard all the time, so he must find other ways to make money.

"Cousin, you ask this, do you want to ......" Liu Yi's eyes lit up.

"Yes, such a good technique for making money, instead of cheapening others, it is better for us to do it ourselves."

"Great, I think so too, I bought the glass from a businessman, I'll contact him again in the next two days, if there is a stable supply, let's do it ourselves!" Liu Yi immediately said excitedly.

No one will think that there is too much money, although the law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that officials and nobles are not allowed to do business, but it is not without a way to deal with it, such as finding someone from the family or the servants around them to name it, and many nobles in the capital do this.

When speaking, the carriage also came to the vicinity of the imperial city, the two got off the carriage with the flute, only to see that the street in front of the main gate of the imperial city was full of lights, pedestrians coming and going, and there were traders doing business on both sides, shouting one after another, from time to time there were fireworks blooming in the night sky, attracting pedestrians to cheer for a while, a good scene of prosperity.

The three of them walked and played, and soon came to the main gate of the imperial city, which is a small square, but unfortunately there are guards guarding it, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to approach, and tourists are also avoiding this side.

"I heard that there are headlights at the gate of the imperial city every year, and people will be allowed to play close to the city gate, why not this year?" Li Jie looked at the square in front of the imperial city and asked curiously, these are still what he said when he listened to his parents chatting when he was celebrating the New Year's Day this year.

"Cousin, what you said is the old yellow calendar, in the past, when we first established the Ming Dynasty, there will indeed be a big lamp in front of the imperial city gate every year, and it is very spectacular, the largest lamp is even three stories high, Your Majesty will also lead the prince and princess to the city gate, and the people have fun, but ......"

Liu Yi said this, looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "But since the death of Empress Xiaoci, there has never been a headlamp in front of the gate of this imperial city, and Your Majesty has never come to the city gate to have fun with the people." ”

Li Jie also showed a look of surprise when he heard this, Empress Xiaoci was the title of Queen Ma after her death, and the history books said that Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma had a deep relationship, which seemed to be true.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then a horse galloped over, shouting as he ran: "Jinyi Wei urgently, the royal gold medal, those who resist die, and those who oppose die!" ”

As soon as they heard that it was Jinyiwei, the pedestrians on the street immediately dodged to both sides, for fear of being hit by horses, because they knew that in the event of such an emergency, even if they were hit and killed, they would die in vain.

"Oops, something is wrong!" Liu Yi's face also changed when he heard Jinyiwei's urgent report, because he knew that this kind of emergency report must not be used, and it was Shangyuan Festival, which was probably a big thing to make Jinyiwei gallop on the street!