Chapter 267: Putting Lanterns on the Holidays This Year
Jia Yi was wrapped into a rice dumpling son in his arms, with a large family on the street, just out of the door to hear a burst of exclamations from the street, along everyone's line of sight to look at the sky, only to find that there is a huge lantern in the sky is fluttering in the wind, obviously under this lamp is also tied to a rope, otherwise the lamp would have flown away.
The family members also all exclaimed, after all, in this era when everything that can fly into the sky is regarded as a miracle, to be able to see the Kong Ming lantern in Chang'an City, which can float in the air, will naturally cause people to exclaim, although this lantern legend was studied by Kong Ming at the end of the Han Dynasty, but in the next few hundred years, it is rare to see this kind of lantern appear in the world, which is equivalent to being lost for hundreds of years.
"Husband, look, that lantern is flying in the air, it's really amazing." Lin Meiyu seemed to see a new continent, reached out and pulled Jia Yi's arm, and cheered, as if she was not a wife now, but more like a girl who had just become an adult.
"It's called Kong Ming Lantern, of course you can call it a sky lantern, do you know who made it?"
Looking at the mysterious smile on Jia Yi's face, Lin Meiyu's first thought was that this lantern was invented and created by Jia Yi, and without any hesitation, her finger pointed at Jia Yi's body.
Jia Yi smiled and shook his head, and told the big guy the outline of the matter, which once again attracted everyone's exclamations, after all, there is another well-informed person in the Jia family, which can be said to be the blessing of the Jia family.
For Xun Qianmu to be able to raise the Kong Ming lantern high when the night has just fallen, Jia Yi also nodded with satisfaction, this Shangyuan Festival has just begun, as long as the people who see this Kong Ming lantern will naturally find the person who makes this lantern and ask if there is any inventory, just before the start of the most lively Shangyuan Festival lantern, all the Kong Ming lanterns in his hands will be sold out, with the sensation caused by the Kong Ming lantern now, I think this lamp should be able to make Xun Qianmu make a lot of money.
When the family walked to Dongshi, the most open place in the entire Chang'an City, the number of Kong Ming lanterns had begun to increase, and the lower end of each Kong Ming lantern was tied up with a thin wire, which made Jia Yi think of hydrogen balloons in the future, and it seems that this fashion will become popular from this year.
Jia Yi also found someone to buy a few Kong Ming lanterns to come over, with the help of his family put the Kong Ming lantern in the air, as people walk, the Kong Ming lantern in the sky can follow behind the person to walk together, if you want to see how high and far the Kong Ming lantern can fly, you only need to cut off the thin wire under the lamp before it is fired.
The East Market has become a sea of lanterns, if it weren't for the Kong Ming lantern to fly in the air, think of this simple lantern, absolutely can't steal the limelight of these many lanterns in the East Market, looking at those colorful, different forms of lanterns, Jia Yi is also deeply attracted by this traditional culture from the folk all the mind, look a little fascinated.
Guessing the lantern fan is also a huge project of the Shangyuan Festival lantern, under the Kong Ming lantern flying high in the air, there is also a lantern riddle, as long as anyone can guess it, that Kong Ming lantern will become someone's bag.
When Jia Yi came to Kong Ming's lamp, he immediately saw Xun Qianmu wearing a new suit and standing on the edge of a thin line, today's Xun Qianmu looked very energetic, full of red light, it seems that he should have made a lot of money tonight.
Walking to the front, Shun Qianmu also found out about Jia Yi's arrival, came to Jia Yi for the first time, and said hello with a smile.
"How's business?"
"Big profit, just ten days of busyness, let me make a full five times of money, this is still in the case of me deliberately low the price, otherwise, I can definitely earn more than ten times."
Xun Qianmu's words made Jia Yi couldn't help but look at him with admiration, he clearly knew that if Xun Qianmu really raised the price again and again, then it is very likely that all these Kong Ming lanterns he made would be smashed in his hands, and it was even possible to make less than five times the money, this is a problem of market regulation, anything, no matter how attractive he is, will also have a ceiling price, and there will definitely be no one who will buy high-priced goods without restrictions.
Of course, this also shows from the other side that Shun Chigi does have a lot of self-control, and he is not greedy when he encounters problems, which is commendable.
Kong Ming lantern production is simple, as long as a person with a little hands-on ability, you can understand his production method at a glance, therefore, this money can only make a handful, next year even if he makes more Kong Ming lanterns, I believe it will not be possible to make so much money this year.
Just when the two of them were chatting and the family was laughing and watching the surrounding lanterns, a soft cough sounded behind Jia Yi.
As soon as you take a look, Jia is about to kneel on the ground as soon as he thinks about it, thanks to the fast hand of the hand, otherwise everyone around him will know Li Er, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
"There are no kings and ministers here, so there is no need to be polite."
Li Er can say this, but Jia Yi can't do this, it is still necessary to bow down.
The eunuch who followed Li Er's side made Xun Qianmu's eyes red as soon as he saw it, his big watery eyes looked at each other directly, the corners of his mouth trembled for a long time, and he couldn't say a finished word.
"Big Brother ......"
It's just that this one is so simple that it can't be called simply, so that the estrangement between the two brothers disappeared without a trace, and it was originally a happy festival, but the two big men hugged each other tightly and cried.
Jia Yi felt that the eyes around him were a little weird, and without saying a word, he quickly distanced himself from the two brothers of the Xun family, looking like he didn't know them.
As soon as he stood still, he was slapped heavily on the back of his head, rubbed his head and turned around, what he saw was Li Er's angry face, he didn't dare to wait for him to ask, and hurriedly explained the matter of the two brothers of the Xun family to Li Er, the gossip king, clearly, which made Li Er sigh for a while.
"Thank you Lord for taking in my little brother, I'm here to greet the Lord."
Jia Yi hurriedly helped up the Xun Qian Cicada who bowed down, if it weren't for the Shi Qian Cicada, even if Jia Yi hadn't been beaten to death under Li Eryi's inkstone, it would definitely have become a concussion, and even if he didn't have amnesia, he would have to stay in bed for a few days.
"You're welcome, since he has turned back as a prodigal son, your previous grievances are not in vain."
"What the lord said is very true, but I still have something to ask for."
"But it doesn't hurt to say it."
"I know that the lord is the little god of wealth in Chang'an City, so I implore the lord to take the little brother under his command and give him a chance to become famous."
Even if you don't say this, Jia Yi is ready to take Xun Qianmu with him to help, after all, there are not many people who don't have greed in their hearts these years, and when they meet one, they naturally can't let it go easily, so they nodded and agreed without any hesitation, and naturally attracted the gratitude of Xun Qiancia and Xun Qianmu.
Li Er took everyone away, and more than a dozen guards around him pushed all the people around him three meters away, seeing this posture, Jia Yi knew that Li Er had something to say to him.
"Jia Yi, do you know what the origin of the World Chamber of Commerce is."
"The minister doesn't know, the minister only knows that the world chamber of commerce has a lot of asset reserves, and according to the minister's estimate, even if it is the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, it should not have as much money as theirs."
The inner mansion has collected all the treasures in the world, and the money in the treasury has always been the same in the world, Li Er has always thought so, but today he learned from Jia Yi's mouth that there is a chamber of commerce in the world whose total assets are much more abundant than the national treasury, and his brows immediately wrinkled.
Li Er is not a stingy person, he can tolerate the existence of people who are richer than him in the world, but he can't tolerate this rich existence beyond his control, so after pondering for a while, his eyes fell on Jia Yi.
"Help me check the reality of the world's chamber of commerce, if you can use everything for me, if you dare to go against me, don't leave your hands behind, just uproot it."
"Obey."
Jia Yi also had the idea of wanting to explore the reality of the World Chamber of Commerce, but there have been a lot of things, and he has not had the opportunity to investigate, and now that he has received the emperor's order, it can be regarded as justifiable.
"Go to court tomorrow, don't get up late." After Li Er finished speaking, he slowly walked towards the direction of the palace with a group of guards and ten thousand cicadas, the time is not early, the curfew is about to start, and the short-term joy is about to end.
Jia Yi has always been an idle position, unless there is something, otherwise there is no need to go to the court to face the saint, and now that the emperor has appointed it, it seems that something should be wrong.
Scratching his head, he didn't expect anything to happen, anyway, he didn't think about it anymore, he just turned his head and walked in the direction of Jiafu with a large family, when he came, everyone's hands were empty, and everyone was carrying a lantern in their hands, even if it was the Shangyuan Festival, it seemed that as long as they were shopping, people would not have the habit of returning empty-handed.
When I returned home, it was already very late, Jia Lu had already slept dead in swaddling clothes, and he had led his hands several times in the middle, but he couldn't wake up the stinky boy, and everyone who had been tired for a day also returned to their respective rooms, and fell into a deep sleep not long after lying on the bed.
Before dawn, Jia Yi got up from the bed, last night Li Er personally notified him to go to the court this morning, but he didn't dare to be late, so he hurriedly cleaned up, ate some breakfast, put on the newly issued crimson official uniform, and stepped on the carriage to the palace, of course, this carriage is his own.