Chapter 827 People's Heart

When nearly a thousand hot air balloons floated quietly over Mihara, the entire prefecture of Mihara was boiling, to be precise, frightened.

Hundreds of black dots, black UFOs to be precise, floated overhead in groups, although they did not cover the sky and the sun, but they also brought huge shadows to the space below, and the scene was quite spectacular.

What is that?

After a period of panic, people began to run around, fear, curiosity, fear and panic, but when some people with better eyes saw that there were faint figures shaking on those UFOs that were high above, and there were some huge banners hanging under those strange objects, all panic and fear disappeared.

"Snow Disaster Rescue Team, Mihara Yanagi Clan's Strong Funding"

"Love the disaster area, Datang is with you"

"Don't abandon, don't give up, save every Tang people"

When the words were read aloud by the literate, the hearts of all were quiet, and then there was a great boil and cheers.

The snow disaster rescue team, although the name is a little strange, but the literal meaning is easy to understand, it is easy to understand, these strange things flying in the sky are the treasures of their Tang Dynasty, and they are the treasures used to save the people of the Tang Dynasty who suffered in the snow disaster, the court did not give up on them, the emperor did not forget them, these things, these people, are to save their lives.

Experiencing this spectacular scene in person, many people in Sanyuan have been moved to tears, especially those whose houses have collapsed in the heavy snow, and they have cried bitterly.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty"

I don't know who shouted such a sentence at the top of his throat, and after that, this sentence was like a spark falling into dry firewood, and with a bang, the enthusiasm that had been nesting in the hearts of the people was ignited, and many people began to chant along with it.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty"

The sound was loud, straight up to the clouds, and I could hear the soldiers who were driving the hot air balloon in the sky and the Lang Zhong who went to the disaster relief were all enthusiastic, and they were still worried about whether they would encounter danger in the sky, and they were scattered without a trace.

Sitting at the base of the largest hot air balloon, Li Ke and Tao Yande couldn't help but smile at each other when they saw this situation, and at the same time sighed in their hearts, Liu Yiyi's trick was too beautiful.

is not responsible for the Tang Dynasty, for them Liu Shi fame, won the hearts of the people, and also made the soldiers and Lang Zhong sitting on the hot air balloon forget the fear and resentment in their hearts, and many have even made up their minds to die because of this.

"At the beginning, looking at the banners below, the old man still felt a little awkward," the probe was facing down, looking at the group on the ground that had shrunk into a small point, Tao Yande said loudly in Li Ke's ear: "I think that Liu Yiyi kid is completely messing around, how can he use and joke like this when he is so serious about disaster relief and rescue?" ”

"I'm not afraid of His Highness's jokes when I say it," retracting his head, the old man laughed self-deprecatingly and said to Li Ke: "At that time, if it weren't for the fact that he donated the 200,000 yuan of silver to the disaster area, the old man would not agree to let him mess around like this." ”

Thinking about the scene when the balloon was about to ascend to the sky, the housekeeper named Liu Wuchen in Liufu hurriedly came to look for him, Tao Yande couldn't help but be a little lucky, glad that he had left some thought at that time and chose to meet him in person, otherwise, wouldn't they have missed such an exciting event?

Thinking about the shocking scene when he said that he refused to hang the banner from them, Liu Wuchen unhurriedly let people carry out 200,000 pieces of silver, Tao Yande couldn't help but shake his head and chuckled, secretly saying that he was still not good enough, and only 200,000 yuan was moved by Liu Wuchen's words, and against his own will, he directly accepted the matter, adding a long tail to most of the hot air balloons.

Now that I think about it, compared to the two million guan donated by the Liu family before, what was the 200,000 guan at that time?

Tao Yande knew that the reason why he was shocked at that time was completely suppressed by Liu's willingness to donate 200,000 yuan with just a few banners. Just for a few feet of cloth and a few inconsequential and straightforward words, Liu Yiyi took out 200,000 pieces at once, which is really incredible.

You must know that for this disaster relief, even the imperial court only took out a total of two million yuan. Now, seeing that Liu Yiyi himself took out one-tenth of his share, how could Tao Yande, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, not be surprised?

"Not only Tao Shangshu, but also this king feels very weird." Taking over Old Man Tao's words, Li Ke sighed and said: "Who would have thought that just these few simple pieces of cloth could cause such a big sensation? Can you arouse such enthusiastic support for my Datang in the hearts of the people? ”

"Did Tao Shangshu hear those voices below?" Listening to the neat and loud shouts below, Li Ke clenched his fists and said firmly: "This is the heart of the people."

What Li Ke desperately longed for was also the main purpose of his adventure to the disaster area, but he didn't expect that just a few banners and a few simple words written by Liu Yiyi would be caught by him so simply and easily.

Li Ke thinks that he has never looked down on Liu Yiyi, and he also knows that Liu Yiyi must have a deep meaning every time he does something, so from the beginning, he has remained silent about the banner, and has been watching quietly from the sidelines, he wants to know what kind of plan Liu Yiyi has at the expense of 200,000 yuan? Also, what exactly do those strips of cloth do?

Just now, just when the people below shouted "Long live the Tang Dynasty", Li Ke suddenly realized that those strips of cloth were really so useful, and it turned out that what Liu Yiyi was trying to do was the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty and their Liu family's status in the hearts of the people.

Compared with these available popular hearts and the high reputation of the Liu's Business Association in the Tang Dynasty, 200,000 yuan, Liu Yiyi does not lose. If possible, Li Ke is willing to donate two million or even more, as long as it can be exchanged for what Liu Yiyi has now.

For the current Li Ke, the only thing that feels a little relieved and fortunate is that he Wu King Li Ke is the leader of this rescue team, although the people below are still unknown, but Li Ke believes that as these hot air balloons drift farther and farther away, his Li Ke's reputation will spread farther and farther. When the time comes, among these available people's hearts, o}}o will also have a share of his king Wu.

Therefore, to a certain extent, Li Ke also wants to thank Liu Yiyi, thank him for making the disaster relief such a sensation, almost the whole country knows, and is no longer limited to the severely affected areas, otherwise, he, the king of Wu, will not receive such a great benefit from it.

"The people's will is available, and the people's momentum can be followed," understanding the meaning of Li Ke's words, Tao Yande arched his hand to Li Ke and said: "His Royal Highness King Wu's trip can be described as fruitful. Wechen is here to say hello to His Royal Highness. ”

"What is the joy of the snow disaster victims?" Removing the joy on his face, Li Ke Zhengse said: "Besides, the road is vast, and whether it can be safely reached is still between the two, and this king now only hopes that these hot air balloons can reach the disaster site safely and rescue the people trapped in the snow as soon as possible." ”

"His Royal Highness King Wu is righteous, dedicated to the country and the people, and Weichen admires" Although his heart was full of disdain, Tao Yande still said to Li Ke with a smile on his face: "As for the safety of these hot air balloons, Your Highness can rest assured, although Weichen cannot guarantee that all hot air balloons will not have problems, but Weichen can guarantee that the one His Highness is riding is definitely the safest and most comfortable one of all hot air balloons." ”

Sure enough, Cen Wenwen's judgment is good, and there is an inside story in this.

Li Ke pursed his lips lightly, obviously disdainful of Tao Yande's behavior, but in his heart, he was completely at ease, and finally stopped worrying about his safety.

Mihara, Yanagi House.

When the hot air balloons floated to the sky above Gutian Village, Liu Yiyi was hiding in the study with rare free time, roasting the stove, tasting incense, and speaking for Liu Xiaohui word by word, during which he also told some small stories from his past life from time to time to attract Xiaohui's interest in learning.

"How many times have I told you, writing is like being a man, behave rightly, stand upright, and don't engage in those crooked ways," Seeing that the words written by the little girl made the same mistakes as before, and the writing was a little messy and skewed, Liu Yiyi couldn't help frowning, and reprimanded very gentlemanly: "Look at you, this willow character...... Well? ”

In the middle of his words, Liu Yiyi stopped his voice, frowned slightly, why did a noisy sound suddenly sound outside the study?

"Big brother, listen to you, something interesting seems to be happening outside?" didn't take their boss's reprimand to heart at all, Liu Xiaohui listened to the shouts of the family outside quite excitedly, and looked eager to run out to find out.

"Young master," just as Liu Yiyi wanted to ask what was going on, Liu Cheng broke into the house from outside in a rage, and said to Liu Yiyi in a loud voice: "Hot air balloon, hot air balloon has flown up, and now there is a strip of cloth you ordered to make yesterday in the sky above our manor."

Although he had long known that his young master had made something called a 'hot air balloon' that could fly in the sky, he also knew that there would be some things to be transported from the sky in Chang'an in the past two days, and even the large long banners to be hung on the hot air balloon were personally supervised by him, and someone sent them to Liu Wuchen in Chang'an overnight.

Therefore, for the hot air balloon flying into the sky, Liu Cheng already had a lot of preparations in his heart.

But even so, when he saw with his own eyes a group of strange things flying overhead, carrying the banner sent by their Liu clan, Liu Cheng was still too excited.

Fly? Can anyone really fly in the sky?

Incredible, unbelievable, incomprehensible. The only thing Liu Cheng could do was to shout a few words of "Long live the Tang Dynasty" with the crowd full of excitement, and then ran to report to their host.

"Really, Brother Liu Cheng? Something flying in the sky? Without waiting for Liu Yiyi to react, Liu Xiaohui swished, and rushed out excitedly, looking at the excitement in the sky.

"This girl is really getting naughty and naughty." Seeing that the little sister disappeared in a flash, Liu Yiyi couldn't help but shake his head and chuckled, gently cleaned up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, and then took Liu Cheng out of the study together.

Thousands of hot air balloons flew in the sky together, this kind of big scene in later generations can only be seen when there are competitions or performances, Liu Yiyi looked up at the sky, somewhat nostalgic.

Because the balloons are mostly sewn from durable materials such as cowhide, and the color is mostly brown and yellow, as if they are floating in the sky now, they look very conspicuous, and it is no wonder that these hot air balloons can be seen from a distance before they are even close to the front.

Liu Yijing watched these hot air balloons slowly flutter to the north one after another, and sighed a little in his heart, he had to admire the wisdom of these ancient craftsmen, at the beginning he just made a simple sample, according to the way of Kong Ming lantern lift-off, roughly explained the principle of hot air balloons, I didn't expect that this is just less than a year of effort, they have been able to apply hot air balloons to such a point.

In groups, flying smoothly, and from Chang'an to Sanyuan, dozens of kilometers away, none of them accidentally fell to the ground or deviated from the course, I have to say, this is a big miracle.

"Young master, look" Liu Cheng raised his finger and pointed to the bright red long cloth flying in the air, and said loudly: "That is the long cloth woven in our house and the handwriting on it, you can still see it clearly from such a distance."

"That's nature," Liu Yiyi shook his head and chuckled, looked at the giant banners lined up in the sky, and said lightly: "Two meters wide, twenty meters long, if you can't see clearly, wouldn't the 200,000 pieces of silver we sent to Chang'an be spent in vain?" ”

"Huh?" At the mention of these 200,000 yuan, Liu Cheng couldn't help but have a lot of resentment in his heart, and he really couldn't understand why the young master of their family would spend such a large sum of money ruthlessly on such a boring little thing when he knew that the family's financial resources were insufficient.

Even the loser doesn't have this kind of defeat, right? Liu Cheng muttered, although it seems that those strips of cloth have a good effect now, and they do have a certain propaganda effect on their Liu family, but Liu Cheng still feels that for these things, 200,000 yuan is not worth it.

Seeing that Liu Cheng didn't say anything, knowing what this kid was thinking in his heart, Liu Yiyi chuckled and ignored it, just stood quietly in the courtyard, watching the hot air balloon in the sky gradually move away, and listening to the nearby shouts of "Long live the Tang Dynasty".

The thousands of hot air balloons in the sky all turned into black dots and disappeared, and people's agitated mood began to gradually calm down, lasting about a pillar of incense, and Liufu began to return to its former calm.

Liu Xiaohui didn't know where she went, and she hadn't come back until now, it seemed that she didn't want to stay in the study anymore to practice calligraphy today. In this regard, Liu Yiyi did not delve into it, after all, it is a holiday now, and the New Year is approaching, so there is no need for him to be too strict, if he wants to play, let that girl have a good time.

Called Liu Cheng into the study again, and surrounded the stove to bake his hands and feet that were frozen a little stiff outside, and Liu Yi motioned for Liu Cheng to sit next to him and talk.

"More than 30,000 sets of cotton suits ordered by the young master have been completed," Liu Cheng sat next to the stove and carefully answered their young master's question: "Because of the large number of raw materials purchased by Liu Bing's steward from Gaochang, the supply of cotton cloth and cotton is sufficient, so the production of various parts has been accelerated a lot, and it is expected that more than 100,000 sets will be produced before the end of the year." ”

"Young master," after answering, Liu Cheng had the courage to ask Liu Yiyi: "You said that we have consumed so many raw materials and made so many sets of clothes, but you don't let them go on the market for sale, so they have been in the warehouse, how long will it take to recover the cost?" ”

"I knew that you couldn't help but ask," glanced up at Liu Cheng, and Liu Yiyi said disappreciatively: "In fact, even if you don't ask, I will make it clear to you in a while, and let you prepare a car of samples to send to Chang'an." ”

"The young master is going to put those clothes on the market?" Liu Cheng looked up happily and looked at their young master, 30,000 sets of clothes should be able to sell for a lot of silver.

"It's not a listing, it's a free gift." Liu Yiyi said calmly: "Tomorrow, you will bring 500 sets of samples to Chang'an, and after you arrive, you will directly send all these clothes to General Li Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War. ”

"Those suits are custom-made for the Tang Mansion Army?" Liu Cheng's eyes lit up and he thought of the possibilities. If they can really take over the army's clothing and utensils, it will also be a lot of money.

"Whether you can become a Tang military uniform depends on your trip to Chang'an and General Li Ji's attitude." Without the intention of concealing it, Liu Yiyi nodded lightly and said: "If this business can be successful, the business of my Liu Business Association will definitely rise in the future, and our life will be better in the future." ”

"Young master, don't worry, this thing will definitely be done" Liu Cheng said excitedly: "The villain in Datang's military uniform has seen it, it is all some linen clothing, the cost is not low, not to mention, cold and frost protection is far from our cotton clothes and cotton pants, as long as Li Ji is not a fool, he will definitely choose our cotton suit as a military uniform."

"And now the Tang expedition to Gaochang is imminent," Liu Cheng continued to analyze: "The weather over there in Gaochang is much colder than here in our Sanyuan, Li Ji, as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses on this expedition, will definitely not watch his soldiers suffer from the cold, and these suits we sent him are not an exaggeration to say that they are sending charcoal in the snow." ”

Listening to Liu Cheng's confident analysis and narration, Liu Yiyi kept nodding his head with satisfaction, being able to think of so many intuitive and objective reasons and opinions in such a short period of time, Liu Cheng, this kid, has indeed grown a lot compared to before. Now he, like Liu Wuchen, can completely take charge of himself and share the worries of the Liu family