The reason why the cold drink shop is opened in Dongshi is that it is close to the imperial city, and the surrounding yards are mostly homes of royal nobles and dignitaries. For example, the royal palaces of Li Yan and Li Ke are not far from Dongshi. It is precisely because of this reason that Dongshi mainly sells luxury goods. Although the price of cold drinks is not high, it is relatively not something that ordinary people can afford, so there is a larger market in Dongshi.

Perhaps influenced by Li Yan, Wang Xijun is well aware of the importance of advertising. Before the cold drink store opened, she had someone set up a stall at the store and distributed cold drinks to passers-by regularly for free every day. In this hot weather, even ice cubes are rare valuables, let alone those very delicious cold drinks? So in just a few days, almost everyone knew that there was a cold drink store in the East City to open, and the price was very cheap. Although it was not affordable for everyone, at least families with more wealthy families could come and eat it once occasionally.

It is precisely because of its fame that when it opened today, the entire cold drink shop was almost overwhelmed. Fortunately, ice cream did not have to be eaten in the store. Li Yan had taught Wang Xijun how to make egg rolls. As long as the ice cream is placed on the egg rolls, you can hold it in your hand and eat it. There are many windows on the walls around the cold drink shop, which specializes in this egg roll ice cream. There are a lot of people in front of each window, and the store is full of people, but the order is pretty good. After all, everyone knows that the backers behind this store are extremely tough, so who would not be able to make trouble here without eyeing the opportunity?

When Li Shimin and the others came, they saw this. Looking at the cold drink shop that was almost flooded by the crowd, Li Yan was also worried secretly. They had not greeted Wang Xijun before they came, so they did not book a seat. Judging from the situation in front of them, it would be difficult to find a seat until the night.

"Wow~! The business is so hot, it's worthy of being the idea that Brother Six came up with!" Contrary to Li Yan's anxiousness, Qinghe and Li Zhi and others seemed very excited. After all, this is their store. The more popular the business, the higher their income, how could they be unhappy?

"Father, I'll find someone and ask him to arrange a seat for us." Li Yan suddenly saw that the servant who greeted the guests outside looked familiar, as if they were from his house. Although most of the people in the cold drink shop were recruited from outside, Wang Xijun still transferred a group of staff from his house. After all, it was really uneasy to place outsiders in some places.

Li Shimin was holding Li Zi and watching the fun, but he had no time to pay attention to Li Yan. He waved his hand and asked him to arrange these things. He didn't have to worry about them at all. Just arrange them with Li Yan and the people around him.

Li Yan got out of the car and walked towards the cold drink shop with two guards. The servant was sharp-eyed and suddenly saw Li Yan. He was immediately startled and didn't care about greeting the guests. He ran up and saluted, "Small man... Uh~ Sixth Young Master!" The servant was very clever. He knew that Li Yan didn't like to expose his identity outside, so he immediately changed his words.

"Well, where is Xijun?" Li Yan had a good impression of this servant. He looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was smart enough. If he could train him well, he should be a good talent.

"Young Master Qi Bi, because there are too many people today, Miss Wang personally sat in the yard behind the store to dispatch the system." The servant replied respectfully.

Li Yan also knew about the situation today, and Wang Xijun must be so busy that she couldn't get rid of her body, but there was no need to alarm her if she was arranging a seat. Li Yan smiled and ordered to the servant: "Since that's the case, don't disturb her. Please arrange a seat for me!"

"Yes, the little guy will do it right away!" The servant agreed and turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Li Yan suddenly called him, "What's your name?"

Hearing Li Yan asks his name, the servant immediately smiled ecstatically, lowered his head and bowed and replied, "Young Master Qi, the villain's surname is Yang, and he travels ten at home, so everyone calls him the villain Yang Shi."

"Yang Shi?" Li Yan was slightly surprised. The name immediately reminded him of another person, so he asked, "Who is that Yang Jiu who knows how to brew wine?" Yang Jiu was the manager of the winemaking workshop in the royal palace before. However, after the winery was built, Li Yan sent him to be responsible for the most critical distillation process. Now he is one of the very important managers in the royal palace.

"Young Master Qi Bi, that's the brother of the villain. There are ten brothers in the villain's family, and I'll be at the end." Yang Shi replied.

"Oh? I didn't expect that both of you brothers were working in my house?" Li Yan smiled, "You go and do business, I'll wait in the carriage over there."

"Yes!" Yang Shi agreed and then stepped back.

After watching Yang Shi leave, Li Yan returned to the carriage, but saw Li Zhi and the others sticking their heads out. Looking at what was being discussed in a lively manner not far ahead, Qinghe immediately shouted loudly when he saw Li Yan, "Sixth Brother, come and see, what are you doing over there?"

Li Yan looked along her finger and found that there were two extra cars at the door of the cold drink shop. The style was very strange, and it looked like a big box with two wheels. There was a long queue in front of the car, most of which were children. A guy from a cold drink shop stood behind the car, distributing popsicles to these people.

"Oh, those are popsicles given away for free in cold drink shops. Most of the people in line are poor children who can't afford ice cream." Li Yan turned his head and said to Qinghe and the others. Most of the children in line are dressed in ordinary clothes or even worn, which is a strong contrast with the wealthy people who are crazy about buying ice cream.

"What is a popsicle?" Weizi was still young and only noticed the popsicle in Li Yan's mouth, so he asked.

"Popsicles are ice made of water and goat milk, plus a little honey. The ice is frozen with exposed wooden sticks to facilitate holding with your hands." Li Yan sat beside the carriage and hugged the wick on his legs and said. The Tang Dynasty consumed dairy products very widely, but it was still mainly goat milk, and the milk production was not high. In addition, Li Yan also noticed that Li Shimin in the car showed a thoughtful expression, and he didn't know what he was thinking?

"Is it delicious?" Yizi asked.

"Well, although it is not as good as ice cream, it tastes pretty good." Well, Li Yan lied. Although the free popsicle was added with milk and honey, for cost considerations, the proportion of water was much higher, so it tasted light and tasteless, far less than that of popsicle that was added with flavors and saccharin in later generations. Of course, compared with this kind of popsicle is much safer.

"Brother Six, what do those children do?" At this moment, Gao Yang suddenly pointed to a corner next to the cold drink shop and asked. Li Yan looked up and found that the child who had just lined up to receive the popsicles immediately ran to that corner after pouring it to the popsicles, and handed the popsicles in his hand to a person who looked like a small businessman. The little businessman passed on some copper coins to each child. The child who got the copper coins immediately ran away happily.

Li Yan felt a deep heart when he saw this. It was said that children from poor families had already become their homes. This is how the children in front of him were. Although these popsicles are free, these children still couldn't bear to eat them and would rather take them out for some copper coins. They might stay for them to buy something they like more, or they might give them to their parents and families. However, no matter what they use this money, in the eyes of those children, it is better than eating popsicles for a while.

Li Yan didn't know how to explain to Gao Yang and the others that Qinghe and Li Zhi were spoiled since childhood, and it was impossible to understand the hardships of poor families. No wonder they didn't understand the actions of the children? However, Li Yan thought about it and told the truth. After all, it was not a bad thing to let them get in touch with the sufferings of the people earlier. Especially Li Zhi, who still has great hope of becoming an emperor in the future. I don't know how to be a good emperor?

After listening to Li Yan's explanation, Li Zhi and Qinghe and Gao Yang nodded thoughtfully. Even Yizi seemed to understand something, and asked in a slight voice: "Brother Six, are they the same as us, and they are selling popsicles because they are short of money?"

Uh~ Li Yan was stunned. Wei Zi's words sounded like nothing wrong, but Li Yan felt something was wrong. However, after thinking about it, he couldn't find any problem. Although they made a difference from those poor children, their motivation was exactly the same, and they did it because they lacked money.

At this moment, Li Shimin also came out of the car and looked at the children in the distance very heavily. Then he looked at his children again and sighed slightly. Although the Tang Dynasty was rich and powerful, the gap between the rich and the poor could not be eliminated. Some people were rich and some were poor. He knew this truth better than anyone else. However, seeing those children were reluctant to eat popsicles, he could not help but feel a little emotional.

At this moment, Yang Shi from the cold drink shop quickly ran to the side of the car, bowed and bowed to Li Yan and said, "Sixth Master, you have prepared a seat for you, but Prince Jiangxia heard that you are here, so he insisted that the villain asks you to come and sit with you."

"Oh, Brother Jingheng is here too?" Li Yan was a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet Li Jingheng here. "Who are there people there?" Li Yan asked again. If he had a relationship with Qinghe and the others, there was still an emperor's father. What if there was someone Li Jingheng shouldn't have, wouldn't it make you feel uncomfortable?

"The prince only brought a little girl, who seemed to be the princess." Yang Shiti replied respectfully.

"Well, okay, you can lead the way!" When Li Yan heard that it was Li Jingheng's sister, he immediately remembered the little girl named Li Xueyan whom he had met at the Five Kings Banquet. Although she was only ten years old, she was beautiful and cute, and she was very well-behaved and smart, which made Li Yan deeply impressed this little cousin.

Li Shimin also heard the conversation between Li Yan and Yang Shi. He knew that Li Daozong had a chubby son and had met several times, but the impression was not deep. When he heard the other party invite them to sit together, Li Shimin did not object. After all, they are all family members, and he was very dependent on Li Daozong. Since the other party is his son, what's the harm in meeting him?

So under the leadership of Yang Shi, the surrounding guards squeezed out a road, and their group finally entered the cold drink shop.
Chapter completed!