"Mother, how about this green dragon tree that the child bought?" The eldest grandson Chong grinned, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and said, "The material is pretty good, right?" ”

This green dragon wood, compared to the green dragon wood he got back before, the material is almost the same.

What's more, this green dragon tree was snatched from Li Yi!

Seeing the eldest grandson so seriously distinguishing, and recalling the angry face when Li Yi left, the eldest grandson Chong was very proud in his heart.

Finally, the eldest grandson finished discerning and stood up from the ground.

"Mother, the child's vision is very good, right?" The eldest grandson said with a smile, his eyebrows widened.

"Da Lang, this green dragon wood is not the best material, and it is not worth fifty taels of silver." The eldest grandson took a deep breath, and then frowned solemnly and said, "According to Wei Niang's estimate, this green dragon tree ...... At most, it's only worth thirty taels. ”

"Mother, what did you say? This green dragon tree ...... It's only worth thirty taels? Changsun Chong, who was still grinning, was suddenly dumbfounded.

The smug face on his face became stiff in an instant, like a twisted twist.

This green dragon tree, but he spent a full fifty taels of silver to snatch it from Li Bo'an, and it was only worth thirty taels of silver?

Then his other twenty taels of silver were not wasted?

That's twenty taels!

It's not twenty ingots!

For a while, Changsun Chong was a little difficult to accept Changsun Shi's words.

"Mother, are you ...... Misidentified? The eldest grandson stared at the eldest grandson in disbelief, and explained seriously, "This green dragon tree is the best green dragon wood in Liu Ji Timber Shop!" ”

"Hey......" Seeing that Changsun Chong looked so unbelieving, Changsun shook his head, sat back in his seat, and suddenly asked, "Da Lang, what is the difference between the Qinglong Wood that Li Bo'an bought and yours?" ”

"What's wrong, mother?" Eldest Sun Chong asked with a stupid expression.

"Hurry up and tell your mother!" The eldest grandson asked anxiously.

"Yes..."Seeing that the eldest grandson asked in such a hurry, the eldest grandson nodded in a temperless manner, and hurriedly replied, "The green dragon wood that Li Bo'an bought is extremely purple and black in color, and it is not as straight and smooth as the trunk of the child's tree, but it is like a useless waste wood. ”

At this moment, Eldest Sun Chong's confidence in speaking has inexplicably decreased a lot, and he no longer has the calmness and calmness he used to have.

He felt that something was not going well, and that something was wrong...... I'm afraid he will be cheated by Li Yi.

After saying this, Changsun Chong almost subconsciously shrank his head.

After listening to Changsun Chong's words, the eldest grandson was speechless.

"Da Lang, for my mother, you are a waste material!" glared at Changsun Chong fiercely, and Changsun said angrily, "The material of Li Bo'an's green dragon wood is countless times better than the material of your green dragon wood!" ”

"Ah!!h Changsun Chong was immediately stunned, his face full of disbelief.

Li Yi's green dragon wood is obviously just a useless waste wood, how can it be much better than his green dragon wood?

It's impossible......

"Mother, this is simply impossible!" The eldest grandson shook his head seriously, and then said with a firm face, "If the child won't recognize it, it's fine, but the shopkeeper Liu, who sells timber, also said that the green dragon tree has been in his store for a long time, and it can't be sold, how can it be compared to the child's ...... How much better? ”

"Mother, did you admit that you were mistaken?" The eldest grandson stared at the eldest grandson with a smug look, and then said, "You might as well take a closer look?" ”

Seeing Changsun Chong's appearance like this, Changsun suddenly hated that iron could not become steel.

"Da Lang, for my mother, I would like to ask you, Qinglongmu, Qinglongmu, what is Qinglongmu?" The eldest grandson glared at the eldest grandson chong angrily, and asked bluntly, "Do you still remember all the skills that your mother gave you?" ”

"Yes, of course the boy does!" The eldest grandson nodded solemnly.

"Then you can tell me about it." Changsun said.

"Yes, mother." Changsun Chong didn't dare to delay, thought about it seriously in his mind, and said, "Qinglong wood is five or six zhang high, the leaves are compound leaf flowers and butterfly-shaped, the fruit has wings, the wood is very strong, the color is red, it is a kind of hardwood with a dark purple and black color. ”

"The trunk of the green dragon wood is twisted, rarely straight, and there are many cavities, the sapwood bark is white, the heartwood is purple-red, there are few black patterns, there are very fine cloth checks, the green dragon wood is scraped with a knife, the heartwood is reddish-brown, and it turns purple-brown over time."

Seeing that Changsun Chong recited the identification method, looking like he was not dead in the heart of the Yellow River, Changsun sighed angrily, and immediately ordered loudly: "Come on, give Da Lang a knife, let him see for himself!" ”

"Yes, big lady." The entourage on the side was immediately frightened, and quickly turned around to find a knife and handed it to Changsun Chong.

Changsun Chong didn't dare to hesitate, and slashed it with a knife in disbelief.

Suddenly, Changsun Chong found that although the heartwood of this green dragon wood showed a reddish-brown, its color was not heavy, and after a long time, the heartwood was still the same color, and it did not become the purple-brown he imagined!

"This ...... That's impossible! ”

The dumbfounded eldest grandson Chong suddenly staggered back with two steps under his feet, and the knife in his hand also fell to the ground with a 'clatter', and the sound was extremely crisp in the entire hall.

"Mother, that shopkeeper Liu, obviously told the child that this green dragon wood is the best material in the store!" The eldest grandson Chong said in despair, "Li Bo'an's green dragon tree will definitely not be better than this child's tree!" ”

Eldest Sun Chong couldn't believe it, he spent a full fifty taels of silver, and the green dragon wood he bought with his own hands was not as good as the green dragon wood that Li Bo'an gave him.

He couldn't believe that he was cheated by Li Bo'an...

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Weiguo Mansion, in Li Yi's study.

After painting for a long time, Li Yi, who finally finished painting Yue'er's portrait, nodded with satisfaction, and then stretched his waist again, he went straight out of the door and began to peel off the bark of the green dragon wood and cut it into several knots with a knife.

Seeing Li Yi going out quietly, and the sound of chopping wood came from outside, Yue'er cautiously came to the desk, and muttered softly in her heart: "Childe shouldn't have painted Yue'er as an ugly monster, right?" ”

It's not that Yue'er doesn't believe Li Yi, it's that she has never seen Li Yi paint.

For Li Yi's calligraphy, Yue'er agrees very much.

With the curiosity in her heart, Yue'er looked at the paper on the desk with a slight refusal in her eyes, but after just one glance, she was suddenly stunned in place.

"This ...... Childe's painting skills are so powerful?! Yue'er was so shocked that she cried out.

I saw the portrait on the book and paper, not only was it vividly drawn and expressive, but the portrait, compared with her own demeanor and behavior, was almost as godlike as carved out of a mold.

The more she looked at it, Yue'er couldn't help but laugh out loud, and praised it sincerely: "Childe's painting is so beautiful!" ”

After a short period of effort, Yue'er came back to her senses, walked out of the door happily, and saw that Li Yi had finished chopping and was carefully polishing the wood, Yue'er suddenly said happily: "Childe, Yue'er is here to help you?" ”

"Okay!" Li Yile smiled happily, swept the wood on the side with the corner of his eye, and ordered, "You can use a knife to polish them smooth, like me." ”

"En, Yue'er knows, Childe." Yue'er nodded, then squatted beside Li Yi and polished it seriously.

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Imperial Palace, Secretarial Province, Central Hall.

"Li Bo'an, a stinky boy, is still hiding from the old man?" Seeing that Li Yi didn't come today, knowing that he must be deliberately avoiding himself, for fear that he would scold, Wei Zheng scolded speechlessly, shook his head and smiled, and the anger in his heart had long disappeared.

After the new bamboo slip engraving and printing, all the officials in the secretary province were busy non-stop until it was dark, and finally completed the compilation task ahead of schedule.

"Okay, everyone, let's go back first, and the old man will go and present the good news to the saint." Wei Zheng said with a smile, and at the same time waved his hand to signal everyone to go home.

"Yes, Xianggong Wei." Yan Shigu and the others replied with a smile, and Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

They originally thought that they would need to be busy until at least the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve before they could complete the task of "printing 100,000 copies", but they did not expect that they would complete it ahead of schedule today.

Looking at the back of Wei Zheng's rapid departure, the hearts of all the officials were relaxed, greeted with a smile, and went back to each other's homes.

At this time, Wei Zheng, who quickly left the secretary province, finally came to the gate of the imperial study.

"The old slave has seen Wei Xianggong."

As soon as he saw Wei Zheng's figure coming, Gao Gonggong bowed respectfully and said happily, "Wei Xianggong, everyone has instructed the old slave, if Wei Xianggong comes, just go in, everyone is waiting for you now." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law." Wei Zheng smiled and nodded.

"Wei Xianggong is polite, please come in." Gao Gonggong hurriedly returned a salute, smiled and stretched out his hand to signal Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng was not polite to Gonggong Gao, took a deep breath, and he walked directly into the imperial study.

In the imperial study, on the dragon chair.

Li Shimin, who was practicing calligraphy absentmindedly, suddenly heard footsteps outside the study, and when he looked up, he found that the person who came was none other than Wei Zheng, and Li Shimin immediately put down the brush with a smile.

"Xuancheng, you're finally here! Don't be polite, get up quickly. Before Wei Zheng saluted, Li Shimin smiled heartily at Wei Zheng, straightened up and said, "Xuancheng, you hurry up and tell me, but those two fables ...... Finally finished? ”

The joy on Li Shimin's cheeks was like a red apricot that wanted to get out of the wall, and he couldn't stop it.

"Thank you." Seeing this, Wei Zheng first bowed back, and then straightened up, nodded with a smile and said: "Don't hide it from the saint, those two fables have been compiled, Weichen has a sample here, and please take a look at the saint." ”

"Okay, let me see!" Not allowing others to pick it up, Li Shimin hurriedly got up from the dragon chair, walked quickly to Wei Zheng, and took the sample from his hand.

After carefully looking at these two fables, Li Shimin found that this book, whether it was compiled or typeset, was completely in line with his mind, and the stone that had been hanging in his heart was finally on the ground.

"Whew...... All right! Good! Li Shimin couldn't help but applaud loudly, and the sample he was holding in his hand couldn't help but tremble excitedly.

After coming back to his senses a little, Li Shimin quickly looked at Wei Zheng and asked with a serious face: "Xuancheng, in your opinion, should these two fables be issued in advance, or on Chinese New Year's Eve?" ”

For Li Shimin's question, it seemed that he had already expected it in his heart, Wei Zheng thought about it, and then said with a smile: "Shengshang, Weichen thinks that these two fables should be issued in advance. ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with a smile and said, "How can you see it?" ”

"Holy Lord, if you just want this story to be conveyed in Chang'an City, it should naturally be delivered on Chinese New Year's Eve." Wei Zheng bowed slightly, and then said solemnly:

"But Weichen knows in his heart that the saint has always been concerned about the people of the world, in addition to Chang'an, the mountains and rivers in the rest of the Tang country are far away, if it is issued overnight tonight, it will be sent to it quickly, presumably on the day of the new year, all the people of the Tang country will be able to see the grand ambition of the saint!"

Hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin suddenly smiled heartily.

"Good! Xuancheng's proposal is approved! Between his sleeves, Li Shimin immediately waved his hand and shouted at the father-in-law outside the door, "Come here, draft the will, and order someone to send the fable to all parts of the country tonight!" ”

"Yes, Holy." The father-in-law Gao, who was waiting outside the door, immediately took the order and left.

Tonight, for Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and others, as well as the scouts who sent them quickly, and officials from all over the country, it was destined to be a sleepless night......