Chapter 24: Buy more

A game like cards?

Until Fang Fengzhu left the study and went to explain Yu Niang's dinner today, Li Yuanjia was still immersed in his memory, seriously thinking about his princess's suggestion.

There are many games in mathematics in the future.

For example, more than a thousand years later, most people who can use computers know a small game, the legendary game Minesweeper that the four-way titan can't move, is a very classic math game.

Of course, it is difficult for computer games to be moved, and Li Yuanjia does not have the leisure time to think about it.

So at this moment, he is seriously considering one thing, that is, there will be a batch of "Han Wang" cards in Xinhua Bookstore every few days, and then they will be sold out as quickly as possible.

In today's Chang'an City, solitaire is one of the most popular games!

I have to say that games such as pot throwing and fighting flowers, which were originally very popular among the aristocracy, are simply weak compared to cards. Especially in order to make his wife happy, after Li Yuanjia took out the games such as fighting landlords, upgrading, catching bamboo poles, and smoking old turtles, these fifty-four cards spread in Chang'an City at an astonishing speed.

Ordinary people just get up early in the morning every day, and work hard to make a living, even if they are free, it is at night. For them, lighting candles or something to play cards is a joke. Not to mention that solitaire is made of paper, where can ordinary people afford to play?

The ministers in the court had little time, after all, they had to prepare for the court before dawn every morning, and they had to work in the imperial city after the morning court, and they didn't have much energy to play games when they got off work.

The ones who really have time to spend on cards are actually the women in the mansions in those compounds.

Therefore, the cards of Xinhua Bookstore soon became one of the most sought-after commodities in Chang'an City, like white paper, because after anyone who has used or even seen the cards produced by King Han's mansion, who of those noblewomen is willing to use those rough goods made by others?

Is someone else's card so hard and smooth? Is the pattern on it so beautifully printed?

How can it be?!

So even if the cards in Xinhua Bookstore are extremely expensive, they will be sold out on the same day every time they are on the market.

There are so many powerful and rich people in Chang'an, but there is no shortage of money to buy cards.

In fact, every time the finished cards have not been delivered to the store, they have basically been booked, and at most a few are left to be sent over for pretending.

It's just that the output of cards has always been deliberately controlled by Li Yuanjia.

He didn't care about the money he made from playing cards, he cared more about the blank paper that could be used to write and draw, so he didn't allow them to expand their production all the time, but now that he thought about it......

"Alas, what a headache!"

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia asked Han Lucheng to come over and asked, "If the paper workshop needs manpower, how much more can we spare in our house?" Is there twenty? ”

"This ......"

After listening to his words, Han Lucheng couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing his hesitant look, Li Yuanjia frowned suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "What? You seem to be in a difficult situation, don't you have enough manpower? ”

"Yes, King!"

Secretly gritting his teeth, Han Lucheng could only tell the truth: "King, there are already more than one hundred and forty people in several workshops outside our city, if we transfer more people, there will be a shortage of people in the house!" ”

When he said this, Han Lucheng was also very helpless.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, every prince is a "country", and there are a lot of officials and guards under him. But those people are essentially from the imperial court, and Li Yuanjia doesn't want to have too much to do with them, especially after returning to Chang'an, these people almost fade out of his sight.

In addition to those people, there are some of Li Yuanjia's "own people"!

These people include the real henchmen and guards, as well as the servants and maids who belong to the palace, and of course, the farmers who cultivate the land under the name of the Han Wangfu, in fact, they are also Li Yuanjia's people.

Combined, these people are not a little uncle.

Therefore, there was no shortage of manpower in the palace, and there were hundreds of people who were responsible for serving Li Yuanjia to eat, drink, and sleep on weekdays, after all, the rewards from the palace earlier, as well as the imperial concubine and Yu Wenshi in the early years, and those prepared for Li Yuanjia, add up to really not a small number!

However, as several workshops were built outside the city and gradually got on the right track, more and more people were sent outside the city.

There are at least forty or fifty people working in the papermaking workshop now, and every year when the papermaking materials are prepared, the palace will send more than 100 people to help; As for other workshops, such as glass, movable type, printing, etc., the number of people required is also increasing year by year - every time they train a skilled worker, the palace will send another teenager to continue his studies, so as to ensure a steady stream of talents......

However, as a result, the number of people in the palace continued to decrease.

So when Han Lucheng heard that the king said that he would send twenty more people to the outside of the city, he was naturally embarrassed. It wasn't for him to respond to Li Yuanjia, but for a while, Han Lucheng couldn't think of where he could send twenty people from!

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yuanjia also understood what Han Lucheng meant.

Although there are really a lot of people in the palace, most of them are also a radish and a pit, and it is really unrealistic to let Han Lucheng turn twenty people out of thin air.

So after pondering for a while, Li Yuanjia said simply: "In this way, you transfer twenty people from the mansion to the outside of the city!" Send ten to Wang Pu's side, and send ten to Li Zhong's side...... Well, pick a little smarter, or be smarter. ”

"But the king, if you send twenty people over, the lack of people in the house will be a bit terrible!"

"It's okay, just buy it again!"

Li Yuanjia suddenly remembered something, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Isn't there a special seller in Chang'an City for untouchables?" Find them to buy ...... By the way, this time you can choose for me, buy a ...... between the ages of twelve and fifteen who can read and write Male or female! ”

"Yes, King!"

Seeing that Li Yuanjia's expression was very serious, Han Lucheng had no idea of questioning it at all, and immediately nodded. One of the most important reasons why he was able to replace his father Han Shan and become the person next to Li Yuanjia was that he almost didn't question the king's decision, but only resolutely implemented it!

So after he said he understood, Han Lucheng asked again: "King, how much do you buy this time?" ”

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia said with a smile: "At least twenty, if there are more people who can read and write, then don't be stingy and buy more ......."

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