It was another early morning, and the two princes were sweeping the streets on Suzaku Street.

There are two different types of street sweepers on Suzaku Street, the first of which is the person who is responsible for keeping the area clean. They not only sweep the streets, but also water the trees when the weather is dry, keep the waterways clear on rainy days, and keep the streets clean on weekdays.

This first group of people wore bright red vests with the words "Clean Street" printed on the front and back.

There is also a category, all of whom wear a sky blue vest with a penalty printed on the front and back.

Usually, there will be 60 people wearing red vests on Suzaku Street at most, you must know that the total length of Suzaku Street is almost ten miles, according to the calculation of later generations, Suzaku Street is 5020 meters long and 150 meters wide. It was also hard work for sixty people to take care of the street, but fortunately, under strict orders, no one poured dirty water or threw debris.

Today, there are more than 200 people wearing blue vests, and only eight people wearing red vests, and the task of these eight people is not to clean, but to supervise these people wearing blue vests.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, drinking too much, or going crazy when visiting the garden, especially on Chinese New Year's Eve, as many as 2,000 people were punished for sweeping the streets in Chang'an City, including more than 60 women.

One reason is that I was too excited, so I made something out of the ordinary, but it was not a small mistake that touched the criminal law.

Even if some people were injured because of drinking, the lord did not pursue the punishment lightly.

Among the blue vests that sweep the streets, there are not only Li Chengqian and Li Ke, who are two noble people, among them, there are dozens of sons of Chang'an Xungui's family alone, and the most eye-catching is not Li Chengqian. Rather, it is the Yaozhou Lingcen text. He was charged with drunk driving, and after getting drunk, he actually let the horse run in Lemin Garden while riding a horse.

Therefore, he was fined three times and swept the streets for five days.

The first street sweeper in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

Cen Wenwen is not embarrassed, he is not the first nobleman to be punished for sweeping the streets, and he is definitely not the last. It's just that his official position is the highest at the moment, but he believes that it is likely that there will be higher-level officials in the New Year, and they will also be fined for sweeping the streets.

I finished sweeping this paragraph of myself. Cen Wen wiped his sweat. He handed the sweat towel to his retinue. "Everyone is equal before the law, I'm afraid that the Legalists will be very happy."

The attendant said softly: "You don't know, after your matter was on the headlines of Chang'an Daily, it was the theory at the end of last year. They all believe that this is a manifestation of the great prosperity of Confucianism. The aristocracy is expensive. It's important to know the courtesy. It's in the pillars. Therefore, the aristocracy sweeps the streets, which is an example for the people, and it is also a manifestation of courtesy! ”

"!" Cen Wenwen scolded with a smile.

However, Confucianism is also advancing. This is not opposed by the Cen text of the Confucian disciples.

At this time, in the Tiance General's Mansion, the door of the mansion had not yet opened, and it was smashed by Lao Cheng. The porter said in his heart, who is so bold as to dare to smash the door of the Tiance General's Mansion.

But as soon as the door was opened, the porter was pushed to the ground by Lao Cheng, and several guards saw that it was Cheng Motou and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"Your Highness can get up?" Cheng Motou shouted.

"General Cheng is early, His Royal Highness is exercising in the middle garden, I'm afraid I should go back for breakfast in another quarter of an hour." The captain of a squad of the Guards hurriedly replied.

Cheng Motou strode inside, and shouted from a distance: "I heard that His Royal Highness let those two boys bet against each other, and if he loses, he will give up the land by the dock." Lao Cheng also has to gamble, and he has to gamble well! ”

Li Yuanxing's scalp was numb for a while, Cheng Motou's voice was too full, and it was still early in the morning.

"What does Lao Cheng want to bet on?" Li Yuanxing took a towel and wiped his face.

"Gambling with Lao Hei on the store at Dandong Wharf, a small Dandong doesn't need too many shoe stores, Lao Hei's shop and Lao Cheng and I are only three stores, so Lao Hei decided to gamble with him, and if he loses, he will let the store out, and Lao Cheng just expands his business. Also, Nanyang Lao Cheng also has a piece of land, let's gamble with Zuo Lingwei. Also, in that small and broken place in Kuching, Nanyang, only one paper mill is needed, Lao Cheng and I want to gamble with Lao Niu, on behalf of our right Wuwei, and if we lose, we will be responsible for selling bagasse. And ......"

Lao Cheng was endless, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to remember, so he took out a scroll from his arms, opened it and prepared to read it.

"Lao Cheng, let's have breakfast!" Li Yuanxing made a difference.

"Ah, I'm hungry." Old Cheng Ha smiled and stuffed the scroll into his arms: "Let's talk about business after eating." ”

Something unexpected happened to Li Yuanxing.

Breakfast has just been served, and Brother Hei Tan is also here, and he has to gamble with Lao Cheng for the shoe store in Dandong.

Li Yuanxing ordered: "This, go and order the kitchen and set up a banquet!" ”

Eat breakfast, what kind of breakfast to eat, when he heard Wei Chigong say that he knew that there were at least twenty people who came to Li Yuanxing this morning, including civil servants, military generals, and some second- and third-rate families.

"How much is a shoe store worth?" Li Yuanxing ate some snacks by himself and held tea.

"It's worth more than 1,000 yuan, and in a year, there are 13,400 yuan in income. That shop supports a hundred and ten people from my old Cheng family. "The truth of what Cheng Motou said, Wei Chigong's shop is similar, and it also supports some side branches of Wei Chi's family, or more than a dozen households such as servants' families.

The two stores are too close to each other, and some of them fight under the vicious competition in order to compete for customers.

They are all military generals, and fights are common.

Li Yuanxing really wants to say, business competition. You people really don't know the way, in the modern era of later generations, in some large shopping malls, dozens of brands of shoes are put together, and the business war is also a vicious war.

But it doesn't matter, the Tang people are the Tang people, and they saw that Li Yuanxing asked the two princes to gamble, so they also had to gamble.

"This, with such a small amount of money, it is too much trouble to play a ball game." Li Yuanxing didn't want to take this matter.

Lao Cheng smiled: "There must always be a rule, this thousand things." According to His Royal Highness's gambling rules, if Lao Hei loses, he will give the store to a certain person for 800 yuan. So, change the way you bet smaller. ”

Li Yuanxing thought about it and asked someone to make two dice.

One of the dice reads running, long jump, high jump, gun throwing, hurdles, and pole standing, and the other dice says one, three, and five. Three numbers, one number on both sides, and a total of three numbers on six sides.

"Bet on this for trivial matters below 3,000 guan, and you throw it yourself."

"What about the big gamble?" Brother Hei Tan grabbed the two dice in his hands and asked Li Yuanxing eagerly, because he also had a few big bets. The bet is also on the land of the port, and there is also a workshop. You have to know how much money Lu Dao can earn in a canning factory in Nanyang, and it is not a problem to have a million yuan a year.

Bigger, there are also mining areas.

Especially in the two adjacent mining areas, it is inevitable that there will be fights.

Li Yuanxing pressed his forehead and complained bitterly in his heart.

It's a mess, it's all a mess.

But if you think about it, business competition is also very cruel.

Service awareness, industrial quality awareness, channel awareness, etc. The Tang people don't have these yet, everything is because of the rapid development, so a lot of knowledge is not popularized.

That's it, if you like to gamble, just gamble, and it's just a national fitness.

"Well, five balls, two small balls. Let's just make this comparison. In fact, some people in Chang'an are not strangers, but they have never had regular competitions. ”

The five balls are football, basketball, rugby, baseball, and volleyball.

Volleyball can be said to be the worst popular in Datang, not because of the venue, but because the intensity is not enough. After the protests of the guests who came later, the volleyball was canceled. But football, a game that only plays with the feet, is extremely skillful, and Keju has been around since the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is a familiar sport for both nobles and folks.

It's just that Li Yuanxing has improved the ball and the rules, making it more interesting to play.

Blue ball, small court. That ball can only be made by Datang, and it is made of rubber. The unusualness of this ball alone has become the favorite confrontational sport in the military.

The two small balls are tennis and badminton.

Originally, it was a women's sports competition in Qinwangzhuang, but especially tennis, it became the guard's favorite sport.

Soon, many places outside Chang'an also learned.

Cheng Motou took out a copper coin: "Lao Hei, tennis on the front, badminton on the back, two wins in three games." If you lose, there will only be Lao Cheng in the milk powder business in Malacca. ”

"Bet on the shoe store first!" Brother Black Tan holds the dice.

"I also have to bet on that natural abaca forest on Luzon. The three armies are your old subordinates, but the other half are also my old subordinates. It just so happens that the baseball of the two armies is evenly matched, so it is better to bet once. ”

Even Qin Qiong participated.

Li Yuanxing knew that the distance between the two armies was too close, although it was said that they could take care of each other, and they could each earn their own money.

That large natural abaca forest represents tens of thousands of tons of high-quality fiber, and regular felling ensures that 15,000 tons of sun-dried fiber bundles are guaranteed every year without the slightest problem, which is a lot of money. It is important to know that the current demand for abaca in Datang is increasing at 2,000 tons per month.

"This, the silk business of Wajima, there is no need for four, I think it is appropriate to keep two." The Li family, the representative of the Li family in Longxi also came out to speak, the four crossed competitions, and the two with the most scores were left, and the people of the Tang Dynasty knew the rules of the game system.

"That's it!" Li Yuanxing really couldn't persuade these people.

"Arrange it, and the government will summarize everyone's opinions and ideas. Then start arranging the games in turn, first say yes, and only when both parties agree can they compete. The method of competition selection must also be approved by both parties, and there must be no forced participation. ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Everyone said in unison.

Wise, wise. Li Yuanxing said in his heart, it's not you people who forced this king to this. It was also at this time that Li Yuanxing had a faint feeling that this was also an interesting thing. Now they are fighting for these commercial interests, but one day, will they fight for the interests of the fiefdom, and when the time comes, will they gamble? Or is it a war? (To be continued......)