Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 56 Investment Banking Volume
Li Yuechen came to Wu Zetian with a cup of Sanlejiang, and said obediently: "I offer a toast to you, mother."
Wu Zetian turned her head away, picked up her cup and clinked it with hers gently: "Chen'er, why don't you go and dance with us?"
"It's good that Brother Ji is with Grandpa. It would be too lonely if Mom was alone here." After saying that, Li Yuechen sat next to her.
Wu Zetian smiled, put her arm around her shoulders and patted her twice: "Chen'er is thoughtful."
Then he looked around, leaned over and asked quietly in a low voice, "So for Chen'er, which one do you like more, Grandpa or Mom?"
Li Yuechen also imitated her and looked around furtively, and replied in a low voice: "Of course I like my mother more!"
"You little clever girl!" Wu Zetian smiled and reached out to gently tap her forehead.
Such a scene also made Li Yuechen feel relieved. It seemed that what she thought was right. She only acted sternly towards herself in front of .
Even when it's just the mother and daughter together, he will still be very fond of her.
I don’t know if it’s because of her older sister who died young, but Li Yuechen can feel that the future empress still likes her very much.
So she immediately threw herself into her mother's arms and asked for a hug. Wu Zetian hugged her with a smile on her face and rocked her gently twice, just like when she was coaxing her to sleep when she was a child.
Li Zhi, dancing surrounded by his ministers, seemed to have become the dancing king of the night. With a bold smile on his face, which was red from alcohol, he shared the joy of the prosperous times with his ministers.
But even at this time, he still took the time to glance at his wife and daughter over there.
Seeing the mother and daughter hugging each other and whispering, the smile on the face of the Tang Emperor seemed to be even brighter.
…
As time goes by, the weather gets colder and the clothes we wear become thicker.
The wind has been blowing quite hard recently, so Fulai reminded Xiaohe to cover His Highness with more blankets when he goes to bed at night to prevent him from catching a cold.
Li Yuechen was in the room reading and writing with her two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er, appreciating each other's works.
Princess Yiyang was somewhat curious: "Why does Chen'er recite this Nine-Nine Song so well?"
Li Yuechen thought to himself, a thousand years from now, any elementary school student will be able to beat you with this thing.
"Sister, you don't know, mathematics is actually very interesting." Li Yuechen smiled.
Shangguan Wan'er nodded at the side: "Your Highness once said that mathematics is the art of solving the ultimate truth of heaven and earth."
Princess Xuancheng standing nearby obviously looked unconvinced, but she didn't say anything, thinking it was just a child's joke.
Princess Yiyang shook her head and said, "I still don't understand, what is the use of mathematics? Even for common people, it can't be used when buying vegetables, right?"
Li Yuechen nodded: "Maybe it won't be used when buying vegetables, but it will be useful when cutting vegetables!"
Several people looked confused, wondering why mathematics could be used while cutting vegetables.
Of course, they didn't know that what Li Yuechen meant by cutting vegetables was not what they understood as cutting vegetables.
The next day, Li Yuechen felt a little bored and planned to go to her own shop.
According to Fu, all kinds of canned food are now being produced intensively, and fresh fruit peels are delivered every day. I think things are on the right track.
He got on the carriage, with plainclothes guards protecting him on both sides, and arrived at the shop in South City.
After getting off the carriage, a gatekeeper went over, opened the door and went in first.
Wang Xiang, who was sitting at the counter in the store, waved his hand and said, "It's not open yet, go somewhere else."
The guard at the gate acted as if he didn't hear anything. He looked around before turning around and making a "please" gesture.
Li Yuechen and Fulai then walked in.
Seeing that the man refused to listen, Wang Xiang was about to stand up and argue with him, but then he saw his uncle walk in with a little girl in bright red silk.
The little girl was very pretty, with a pair of big black eyes that looked around, and a little baby fat on both sides of her porcelain doll-like face.
Her jet-black hair was casually tied into a simple high ponytail with a red hairband. Although she was only a little taller than Fulai's waist, the luxurious aura she exuded was not something that ordinary people could possess.
Wang Xiang immediately guessed Li Yuechen's identity, quickly stood up from behind the bar, and walked over to greet her.
However, before he could get close, he was blocked by the plainclothes gate guard, who also grabbed the hilt of the sword.
Startled, Wang Xiang quickly stood still and saluted respectfully: "Greetings, Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"No need to be polite." Li Yuechen raised his hand. "Where are the cans made?"
"Your Highness, it's upstairs!" Wang Xiang answered respectfully.
Li Yuchen nodded, and walked to the second floor, accompanied by a group of security guards.
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, I saw a bunch of workers methodically peeling and washing the purchased fruits, then soaking them in sugar water, canning them, and heating them in a pot...
The workers were stunned for a moment when they saw a group of big men with swords surrounding a little girl.
Fulai immediately asked Wang Xiang to tell them what to do. Wang Xiang agreed and took a few steps forward.
"What are you looking at? You don't have to work anymore?" Wang Xiang shouted, "Did I tell you to stop?"
The workers all took a step back and then continued to work.
Li Yuechen was stunned when he saw this scene, raising one eyebrow, feeling like he had eaten a fly.
Fulai had taken care of her since she was a child and was very familiar with her personality. He immediately lowered his head and asked, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong?"
Li Yuechen glanced at him and said, " Don't you think it's messy?"
Fulai seemed to have no idea what it meant, and was thinking about Li Yuechen's meaning with a puzzled look on his face.
"Ah..." After sighing slightly, Li Yuechen said, "Well, let them divide the work. Those who peel the fruits only peel them, and those who wash them only wash them..."
Under Li Yuechen's command, everyone started to move and switched to an assembly line mode.
After arranging the division of labor and starting again, Fulai and Wang Xiang's eyes both lit up.
Compared to the messy look just now, it is obvious that it not only looks much more comfortable now, but the efficiency of canning seems to be much higher as well.
Li Yuechen found a chair, sat on it and nodded. It looked much more comfortable this way.
After watching for a while, Li Yuechen decided to go back.
Wang Xiang wanted to come out and see him off, but Li Yuechen waved his hand and said, "You don't have to see him off. Just do your job."
"Yes," Wang Xiang agreed, but did not follow him out.
After getting on the carriage, Li Yuechen suddenly asked, "Where do these workers come from?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness. They are all purchased and can be kept completely confidential!" Fu Lai replied.
Li Yuechen was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Feed them well, so they will have the strength to work."
"Yes!" Fu Lai agreed, then grinned: "Your Highness is merciful!"
Li Yuechen shook her head slightly. In fact, what she cared about was not whether she could keep it secret.
After all, strictly speaking, this is not a secret. If you really want to, you can figure out how to make it by trying it yourself.
But as someone who comes from a civilized society, it is really hard for her to accept this kind of human trafficking.
But for now, this cannot be abolished with just one word from her.
The feudal system has its own reasons. Even if she is a princess of a country, it cannot be changed just like that.
All we can do is to treat them better.
Although it is impossible to pay them wages, it is at least possible to ensure that they have enough to eat.
The carriage wobbled as it moved toward the palace, but suddenly it slowly stopped.
"Did you encounter a fight again?" Li Yuechen turned his head and asked.
As a result, the guard in charge of driving the car approached the curtain and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, someone has submitted a bank transfer."
"The investment banking documents are sent here?" Li Yuechen suddenly laughed.
Because the imperial examinations of this era were not covered with names, that is, the examiners in charge of marking the papers could see the names on every paper.
Therefore, many scholars of this era would take their poetry collections or articles to submit to some possible examiners when they had nothing to do. This behavior was called an investment banking paper.
To put it simply, the meaning is to leave an impression of your name, so that when you remember it, you may be able to give yourself a high score or something.
It is probably because he saw that although the carriage looks low-key, the materials used are undoubtedly of high quality.
In addition, he was surrounded by plainclothes bodyguards with knives, so he was thought to be a high-ranking official.
Li Yuechen laughed secretly in his heart, what a pity, I am not the examiner, it is useless to submit it for me.
But he still nodded and said, "Bring it in!"
"No!" Fu Lai replied, "This gentleman should take it first and give it to His Highness after returning to the palace!"
Li Yuechen nodded, and it was obvious that he was worried that it might be poisonous or something.
The bodyguard in charge of driving outside agreed, and then the carriage continued to move forward shakily.
After a while, the carriage returned to the palace.
Li Yuechen jumped out of the car, Fulai took the travel document handed over by the gate guard, and followed Li Yuechen back to Anfu Hall.
After returning to the hall, Li Yuechen took the small scroll from Fulai.
It just so happened that the two elder sisters and Shangguan Wan'er were all here today. Li Yuechen sat in front of the desk and waved to them: "Someone gave me an investment bank file today. Come and take a look."
"Hmm?" Princess Xuancheng was a little confused, "Why would someone give Chen'er an investment bank roll?"
"I guess you think I'm some high-ranking official?" Li Yuechen smiled and spread out the scroll on the table.
Several little heads gathered together and looked at the scroll spread out on the table.
The scroll is not long, with only seven or eight poems in total and an article.
To be honest, Li Yuechen couldn't understand it. She was actually not compatible with poetry.
Then I looked at the name again and thought about it carefully. It seemed that I had never seen it in the Chinese textbook and I didn’t have any impression of it.
After seeing this, I was too lazy to continue reading. Instead, my two sisters and Shangguan Wan'er read one article after another.
"I feel that this person has good talent!" said Princess Xuancheng.
Princess Yiyang maintained the same attitude: "Well, the words are gorgeous but not complicated. It is indeed a good poem."
Only Shangguan Wan'er said nothing and continued watching.
Li Yuechen was curious: "Wan'er, what do you think?"
"This..." Shangguan Wan'er looked up at her two sisters.
"It's okay, just tell me." Princess Xuancheng smiled.
Shangguan Wan'er nodded and replied somewhat embarrassedly: "I think... this person's literary talent is very average!"
Li Yuechen has been with her for a long time and is quite familiar with her.
Although what he said was very ordinary, I guess the underlying meaning was that it was not up to standard.
No wonder I couldn’t understand anything he wrote… Li Yuechen thought to himself.
Such comments surprised Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang, but they just smiled and said nothing more.
Deep down, I very much agree with this evaluation.
Although Shangguan Wan'er is young, she has good literary talent, and the articles she writes on a daily basis can make the other two of them envious.
Li Yuechen didn't find it surprising. After all, she was the future female prime minister and had been a top student since childhood, so it made sense.
"Speaking of which, the tributes from all over the country are about to arrive in Beijing." Shangguan Wan'er said.
The local tribute students were those who had passed the examinations in the prefectures and counties. They would come to the Shangshu Province and take part in the "provincial examination" together with students from national educational institutions such as the Imperial College.
Those who passed the examinations in local prefectures and counties were called "local tribute scholars", while those who passed the examinations in royal academies such as the Imperial College were called "students".
Come to think of it, the Chinese character for “student” in Japanese is also written as “生徒” (shengtu). Could it be copied from here...or borrowed from it?
Li Yuechen saw her eyes light up and asked with a smile, "Why? Wan'er wants to try it too?"
Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "How can I take part in the imperial examination? But...if there is a chance, I would like to compete with them."
As she spoke, a special light emanated from her dark eyes.
Li Yuechen knew what it was, because every time she challenged her limits, she had the same light in her eyes.
It is a kind of light that wants to challenge the sky, mountains, earth or the strong.
Thinking of this, Li Yuchen stood up and touched her head condescendingly: "Maybe, there will really be such a day?"
Li Yuechen's words did not attract the attention of Shangguan Wan'er and her two sisters, who just thought she was teasing her.
Shangguan Wan'er didn't seem to take it seriously. She just raised her head and smiled at Li Yuechen, indicating that she knew she was comforting her.
Of course, Li Yuechen was too lazy to explain, so he just waved his hand and said, "How about hot pot tonight?"
"Okay! " Princess Xuancheng happily put her hands together, "It will be fun to eat together."
Princess Yi Yang also expressed that she had no objection, and Shangguan Wan'er of course agreed with both hands, so she could eat next to Li Yuechen again.
Shangguan Wan'er's status has now changed from a slave to a study companion. Li Yuechen asked her to sit with him to eat, and no one could say anything.
Li Yuechen asked Fulai and Xiaohe to prepare copper pots and the like. At the same time, he was wondering whether he should get an iron pot to cook some stir-fried dishes.
After all, in this era, although this concept has existed, it has not yet taken shape, and the dishes are still mainly fried, steamed, boiled and baked.
With the ability to stir-fry, dishes should be able to become more diverse, right?
