Chapter 16: Gifts
At the end of the banquet, it was already dark, and even though Li Siyuan had a good amount of wine, he was also a little drunk between everyone pushing the cups and changing the lamps, but fortunately, the Qin Wangfu served thoughtfully and sent a carriage and a few domestic servants to send Li Siyuan back to Li Jiaji!
When Li Siyuan returned home, Li was already waiting at home a little anxious, seeing Li Siyuan drunk and being helped off the carriage, he couldn't help but feel a little angry, and after sending the servants of the Qin Wangfu away, Li took care of the sleepy-eyed Li Siyuan, and began to nag about what happened today and his own worries.
Fortunately, although Li Siyuan didn't drink the piece, he also fell asleep upside down, and didn't hear his mother's chatter, and when he got up the next day, it was already three poles in the morning, Li Siyuan rubbed his slightly aching head and came to the yard.
After Li Siyuan's efforts, his mother no longer worked for a large family, and at this time he was talking and laughing with a woman in the yard, and when he saw Li Siyuan waking up, he beckoned Li Siyuan to come and say hello: "Yuan'er, come and see Aunt Liu, your Aunt Liu was busy with your marriage yesterday, we have to thank you Aunt Liu!" ”
Li Siyuan listened to his mother, and understood in his heart that this person was the matchmaker who was the matchmaker for himself, but he didn't know if he was the one who was scolded by the big bull!
After stepping forward to see the ceremony, Mrs. Liu looked at Li Siyuan with a smile and said: "Look at our dogs, they are really getting more and more energetic, I haven't seen them for a few days, as if they have grown a few heads taller, and they all say that the eighteenth change of the female university, I think our dogs are getting more and more handsome!" “
Listening to the matchmaker's lotus-like praise, Li Siyuan couldn't help but fall for it, this eloquence, if he was a salesman in his previous life, he couldn't earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, and he wouldn't believe it if he was killed!
Seeing that the matchmaker seemed to be praising herself, Li Siyuan hurriedly interrupted: "Aunt Liu, it's really hard for you, I don't know if the other party has agreed?" ”
"How can it be so fast, the other party said that it was considered and considered, I guess ah, they must also want to inquire about the situation of our family, but I think it's about the same, although the other party's family is good, but our family is not bad now, I heard that you and the two sons of Zhou Butcher have made a toothbrush factory, and don't forget your Aunt Liu when you make a lot of money!"
Li Siyuan carefully followed his mother's teachings, and didn't want to have anything to do with business, so he deliberately excused himself at will: "Aunt Liu is afraid that she made a mistake, although the toothbrush factory and the toothpaste factory were my suggestions, I didn't really participate in them, so I can't be considered a partnership@!" ”
"I understand, I understand, dog, you are a person with great ability and ambition, this little money will naturally not be put in your eyes, my aunt knows, and I won't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Li said while laughing!
Seeing that the matchmaker said this, although Li Siyuan didn't believe it, he had no choice but to change the topic and say: "Aunt Liu, since it's almost over, I'll bother you to go again tomorrow, let's settle down as soon as possible, it's also a matter of concern!" ”
Mrs. Liu nodded: "Okay, listen to you, look at your anxious appearance, my aunt is a hard worker, I will go to Chang'an again tomorrow, now I still have something to do and leave first, tomorrow you will listen to my good news at home!" After finishing speaking, she said goodbye to Li Siyuan's mother and son and left!
It was sent to the outside of the gate, Li Siyuan turned around and went back to the house, and had breakfast with his mother, at the dinner table, Li asked about the situation of yesterday's poetry competition, Li Siyuan naturally told his mother about 1510, Li heard that his son won the first place, naturally he was very proud, and later heard that King Qin wanted to accept his son as a righteous son, but was pushed off by his son, and couldn't help but complain and be a little relieved!
Talking and eating with his mother, he didn't finish the meal until noon, Li Siyuan stretched his waist and was ready to go out to eat, and by the way, he went to see how the Pig Mao brothers did what they had done, who knew that he saw the two brothers walking in from outside the gate before he went out, Li Siyuan couldn't help muttering in his heart, these two guys really couldn't help but chatter!
Seeing that both of them were sad faces, Li Siyuan knew that the two of them must have encountered a problem, so he asked: "Tell me, what happened, look at the two of you!" ”
Hearing Li Siyuan's inquiry, Erniu sighed: "Alas, Brother Yuan, you don't know, our site and materials have been allocated, but we just can't find enough manpower, it seems that our project has to be delayed, I am discussing with Da Niu, you have a lot of ghost ideas, come and ask you if you have any good ideas!" ”
"But your wages are too low, or do they dislike our bad treatment?" Li Siyuan asked suspiciously.
Erniu shook his head: "No, the wages and treatment we give, although they are not as good as in Chang'an City, but they are already the best in the left and near, but now it is spring, and every household is preparing for spring ploughing, and there is no extra manpower to come out to work!" ”
After listening to Erniu, Li Siyuan also frowned, he really didn't take into account the problem of manpower, and now listening to the pig hair brothers, he also felt that this matter was a little tricky, so he also sat there and frowned!
Seeing that Li Siyuan was thinking about countermeasures, Da Niu and Erniu sat there quietly, not daring to disturb Li Siyuan!
After a long time, Li Siyuan stretched his brows and said to the pig hair brothers: "In this way, you tell the big guy, our family will buy twenty cattle, and everyone who participates in the work can use it for free, and I will also invent a new plow, only one person and one ox can be cultivated, and everyone can earn wages at that time, and will not delay spring ploughing!" ”
The pig-haired brothers didn't expect Li Siyuan to make such a big move, and couldn't help but look at Li Siyuan with some surprise, Li Siyuan didn't explain much, and drove them away with a wave of his hand!
As soon as the Zhumao brothers left, the Li family came out uncomfortably and asked his son: "Yuan'er, twenty cows is not a small amount of money, if this is lost, our family will have no money to pay back to the Cheng family!" ”
Seeing that his mother was worried, Li Siyuan patiently explained: "Mother, don't worry, we won't lose, let's not say that we will make money in the future and need a lot of cattle to give our family heavy land, just rely on cattle to sell money, we will also make a steady profit, you don't have to worry!" ”
Seeing Li Siyuan's confident appearance, Li simply stopped asking and let Li Siyuan toss!
According to his memory, in the early Tang Dynasty, there was no plough that could be pulled by an ox, until the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there was a Quyuan plow, and it was used for thousands of years!
Thinking of these, he decided to invent the Quyuan plough in advance, which not only allowed him to save half of the ploughing cattle, but also allowed everyone in the world to save half of the ploughing cattle, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, the more Li Siyuan thought about it, the more he felt that he should dedicate this thing to the imperial court, which was a gift to Datang after he came to Datang!
Li Siyuan is a real man of action, after thinking of it, he began to act, he first drew the drawings, and then went to find the carpenter and blacksmith in the village, and asked them to start making the required parts, and it didn't take long for Li Siyuan to get a set of curved plows!
He was not in a hurry to find someone to try, he was full of confidence in this thing, after all, it was a good thing that had been passed down through the ages, and his strength was naturally not a problem, so he recruited one or two ox carts, pulled this new set of plows, and rushed to Chang'an to offer treasure!