thefictionvixens Chapter 259
Chapter 259
Afterwards, Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and asked, "Xuanling, how is the population statistics going?"
The Minister of Revenue Dai Zhou was not there, so Li Shimin could only ask the head of the officials.
"Your Majesty, the population statistics may seem simple, but it is extremely complicated to actually operate.
It may be due to population mobility, or it may be difficult to find people due to the vast land and sparse population.
I am afraid it will take at least several months."
Fang Xuanling reported the truth.
Li Shimin nodded gently, thinking about how to deal with it.
"Do you have any good ideas to make a detailed population statistics?"
Changsun Wuji and others tried hard to think, but they could not find a way.
Seeing that no one answered, Li Shimin suddenly thought of someone.
Whoever raises the problem should solve it!
"Xuanling, how long has that kid not been in the palace?"
Li Shimin asked with a smile, implying something.
Fang Xuanling understood immediately, stroking his beard and recalling carefully.
"I haven't seen Su for some time, maybe more than half a month!"
Changsun Wuji nodded, feeling that it had been more than half a month since Su Chen last sent watermelons to the palace.
As for who gave them the watermelons yesterday, they didn't remember.
"Well, after the queen embroiders the national flag, I will go out of the palace with you to see the boy."
"It's getting late today, everyone go back home and rest early!"
Li Shimin nodded proudly.
The ministers stood up and thanked him.
"I'll take my leave..."
Several ministers walked out of the imperial study.
"Xuanling, it seems that we are getting older and our amnesia is getting worse!"
"Hahaha..."
"I agree!"
Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling talked as they walked.
The figure gradually went away...
...
The next day, it was still cloudy.
The autumn is even stronger!
06:15.
All shops in Chang'an City removed their doors and prepared to welcome the first customer of the day.
Pedestrians and carriages shuttled back and forth on the streets, moving forward in an orderly manner.
"You beast, you defecate as soon as you enter the city!"
"Please forgive me, my dear brother. People have three urgent needs, and this beast must be the same."
The man was originally leading the horse in front, but he did not ride it because there were many pedestrians at this time.
Suddenly he found that the horse could not pull.
The horse actually stopped to defecate.
A thin middle-aged man leading the horse bowed to the man carrying a bag behind him.
"Don't mind, horses have three urgent needs."
The man was also very open-minded and joked.
"Hahaha, brother, please!" The thin middle-aged man asked him to go first.
"Please!"
The episode passed quickly.
But I don't know how long the horse manure will stay on this busy street.
"Newspapers for sale! Newspapers for sale! Stay at home and know everything about the world!"
"One copper coin for a newspaper, you won't be cheated!"
"Big or small, court affairs, take a look!"
"Why did Fang Xuanling stay overnight in Kangpingfang?"
"Cheng Yaojin's cow screams every night, the truth is hard to tell!"
"Newspapers for sale! Newspapers for sale!"
"One copper coin for a newspaper..."
A strange hawking sound suddenly came from the streets of Xishi.
It caused passers-by to stop in their tracks.
Many people came forward to watch.
I saw a man in his forties or fifties, with a cloth bag slung across his body.
A large stack of paper was half in the bag, and the other half was outside the bag.
He held dozens of large papers in his hand, and held a folded large paper in the other hand, waving it high.
He kept shouting.
There were quite a few people watching, but no one came forward to ask, let alone pay to buy.
Although it only costs one penny.
"Newspaper?"
"Brother, this is my first time in Chang'an. May I ask what a newspaper is?" A man in the crowd bowed to the person next to him.
"My dear brother, you asked the right person. I have never heard of this thing!"
"Uh..."
"The Minister of the Left stayed overnight in Kangpingfang? That's impossible!"
"A cow screamed in the middle of the night at the home of Duke Lu? Could it be..."
"Be careful, be careful!"
"It seems that there are words on it. Why don't you borrow it to have a look?"
"Brother, what you said makes sense. Please go and borrow it to have a look!"
...
There were all kinds of discussions around.
Still no one came forward to ask to buy it.
"Humph, you are unworthy of being scholars. It's just one penny.
I will be extravagant today."
A middle-aged man dressed simply, not like a businessman, and even less like a scholar, took out a copper coin.
"Boss, give me a newspaper!"
He generously handed the newspaper seller a piece of paper.
"Okay, take it!"
Liu Laosan was very excited, and finally made a deal.
He didn't expect to be a shopkeeper before he got old.
This was something he had never dared to dream of before.The man took the newspaper, without even looking at it, and pointed at one of the men who looked like a scholar.
It was this scholar who reminded the people around him to be careful with their words.
"You! Come and read it to me, I can't read."
Although the man who paid for the newspaper could not read,
his idea was very simple, such a large piece of paper cost only one penny.
He would never suffer a loss by buying it, and would not be cheated.
The scholar was not arrogant, and walked over as he was told.
The middle-aged man handed the newspaper to the scholar and bowed: "Thank you for reading it to me." The illiterate middle-aged man still had some manners.
The scholar smiled and bowed back, "It's just a small thing, no need to thank me.
Please wait for a moment."
After the scholar finished speaking, he took out a copper coin and walked towards Liu Laosan. "Excuse me, give me a newspaper!"
Liu Laosan skillfully collected the money and gave the newspaper.
The second order was done!
After the scholar bought the newspaper, he came to the middle-aged man again.
"I'll read the newspaper for you, but this is not the right place to do so, so as not to interfere with other people's livelihoods."
Although the scholar didn't know the specific details of the newspaper, he roughly understood it.
The key to the newspaper is the content. If he reads it out in public, others will not buy it.
The scholar and the middle-aged man walked to a corner where there was no one.
He spread out the newspaper and began to read it to the illiterate middle-aged man.
"Chang'an Daily, Li Shi..."
"Disrespectful, disrespectful!" The scholar put down the newspaper in his hand and bowed in the direction of the palace.
Then he picked up the newspaper again.
"This... this..."
"This is written by the current saint himself!"
The middle-aged man was more certain that he had bought the right one.
Written by the saint, just keep this newspaper at home and worship it, it will definitely appreciate in the future.
Your Majesty's calligraphy is worth a fortune!
The scholar didn't have time to think about it, and promised to read the newspaper to people.
After the matter is done, go back home and study it carefully.
About a quarter of an hour later, the scholar finished reading the newspaper and returned it to him.
The middle-aged man did not understand some parts, so he carefully explained them to him.
After a few breaths, the middle-aged man bowed to the scholar!
"Thank you!"
Then, without looking back, he carefully put away the newspaper.
Leave quickly!
The other news in the newspaper did not matter to the middle-aged man.
But he learned a great news one day.
Six-year-old children can go to school for free.
And he is very familiar with the Hope Primary School, and he participated in the construction of the first cement road.
It is really a coincidence that the middle-aged man has been outside with the construction team to build roads.
Today is the end of the month, and the foreman arranged for him and some other people to return to Chang'an to transport grain from the family to the construction site.
If it were in the past, even if the newspaper cost ten copies for one penny, he would not buy it.
Who made him have wages now?
One penny, can afford it!
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