Chapter 681 Of course it wasn't Daddy who caused Xiao Sizi to owe money, it was Cheng San
Chapter 681 Of course it wasn’t dad who caused Xiao Sizi to owe money, it was that boy Cheng Sanlang (please subscribe and vote)
Seeing that the new clothes were still lying aside and the old clothes were still wet, General Xin Mao could only thank him and put them on.
After he finished washing up and left the guest room, he happened to see Wu Jiangshou and two other people, Shangguan Yi and Ren Yaxiang, who had just met yesterday but fell in love with each other at first sight.
The four of them all put on new clothes, and each held a package full of wet stains in their hands. Needless to say, it must have been clothes that the Cheng family had washed.
"I was really rude yesterday..." Xin Maojiang smiled shyly and cupped his hands towards the other three.
"I didn't expect to be so drunk..."
"Brother Xin, there's no need to be like this. The four of us are no better..." Ren Yaxiang, the last one to fall, touched his nose and said with emotion.
The four of them came to Cheng Chubi's study together again, and saw Cheng Chubi enthusiastically greeting the four of them to come in.
After some pleasantries, Cheng Chubi bowed his hands to the four of them and said, "Cheng read the masterpieces of the four of them and felt that they are all pillars of the country."
"So, I plan to walk around in person in the past two days. Of course, Cheng can't guarantee whether it will succeed..."
After hearing this, the four people quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to Cheng Chubi to express their thanks.
"The other thing is that we at Duke Lu's Mansion would like to give the four young masters a little kindness and don't let anyone know about it.
Cheng hopes that the four of you will not worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation before the imperial examination day comes, which will affect your performance in the scientific examination."
Shangguan Yi was the first to stand up and saluted Cheng Chubi respectfully. "Thank you very much, Cheng Taichang. Cheng Taichang treated us so kindly and I will definitely repay you generously in the future."
The other three people also bowed respectfully and thanked them one after another. Cheng Chubi personally sent the four of them out of the house before turning around.
The four people standing outside Lu Guogong's mansion not only held a package containing wet clothes in each hand, but also held ten gold worth of silver ingots in their arms.
In addition, everyone also carried a souvenir from the old Cheng family: packaged bacon sausages, and a toiletry set of soap and moisturizing cream.
"To be honest, I'm a little suspicious of the rumors I've heard about Duke Lu's mansion these days."
Shangguan Yi shook his head in disbelief.
"I feel that there are some people with ulterior motives in slandering the Cheng family."
"We are just people with little reputation, but Cheng Taichang did not read our volume yesterday.
He treated me like a friend and even hosted a banquet for me. This kind of magnanimity is something I have seen in my life."
Ren Yaxiang said with a sigh and emotion on his face.
"Brother Shangguan has something to say. A few days ago, he went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Pei Shilang, to submit papers, but he couldn't even get in.
Not to mention Minister Pei, not even his stewards were seen, just the servant at the door..."
Several people sighed and sighed as they walked towards the entrance of the square, unaware that they were being pointed out by the neighbors from the nearby grass market.
"Well, I am right, right? No matter what kind of person you are, well, as long as you are a man, if you enter the Cheng Mansion, you will not be able to come out straight the same day."
"Sure enough, Jiang is still very old. By the way, have you heard that the Three Character Classic has been designated by the court as a must-read article for enlightenment."
"Who doesn't know this? Wasn't it the third son of ours who instigated it?"
"Not to mention, among all the children in the old Cheng family, their third child is the most promising..."
"Oh, my third son, if he could have one-tenth of the achievements of Mr. Cheng, I would be able to rest in peace."
A group of ordinary people in the market continued their daily bragging and making complaints, and the topic of course was still the old Cheng family, which had a lot of hot news.
Cheng Chubi, on the other hand, looked at the four re-rolled papers in front of him and fell into deep thought.
Especially after hearing what his mother, Cui, said that three of them were very talented people, Cheng Chubi couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.
The four papers in my hand, in fact, can almost be regarded as the local tribute talents who are sure to win.
But the problem is that the number of people admitted to the Imperial Examination in the Tang Dynasty was not very large, and the old Cheng family suddenly occupied four quotas, haha...
If that really happened, the civil servant who was in charge of presiding over the exam would definitely be drowned in the spit of a bunch of civil servants who were incompatible with the old Cheng family.
In such a situation, what should we do? After Cheng Chubi rolled his eyes a few times, he quickly came up with the answer.
Well, the excellent royal toolman, King Wu Li Ke, appeared in Cheng Chubi's mind with a lewd and lewd smile on his face.
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"...That's true. I really didn't expect that the cost of 1.4 million books would be so small..."
"Yes, it's enough to show how powerful the movable type printing technology developed by Cheng Sanlang is."
"Fortunately, we are suppressing it for the time being. If it really spreads, haha...it would be strange if those wealthy and aristocratic families have to blow up their nests."
"My husband is right, so this money and silk..."
"My husband has paid off Xiao Sizi's share of the debt. As for Cheng Qian and Ke'er, it is up to Cheng Sanlang to deal with them himself."
"Dad, when did I owe someone else money?" Little Sizi, who was practicing writing seriously not far away, had already arrived before he knew it.
He was staring at those bright, watery eyes, pouting his little mouth high, and looking at his biological father, Li Shimin, with a very unhappy expression.
Li Shimin smiled fawningly at the apple of his eye.
"That's not what dad meant. What he meant was that your daughter has shares in Jinyang Bookstore.
So, since this is a loss, the cost must be shared by everyone."
"So, what dad means is that I still owe money, right..." Li Mingda said with a somewhat frustrated expression.
Empress Changsun on the side immediately became happy. She took Li Mingda into her arms with a smile and carefully explained the ins and outs to this girl in a soft voice.
After a long while, Li Mingda nodded with deep understanding. "Because the eldest brother wants to dedicate these books to dad, so dad doesn't have to pay for them."
"Dad doesn't pay, so we owe other people money, right mom?"
"...I can't say it's wrong." Empress Changsun looked at this girl with a dark look on her face, really convinced by her ability to directly grasp the essence of the problem.
"I'm so angry...Dad, who came up with this idea and made me owe money."
Li Mingda clasped his hands on his chest, his happy little face full of displeasure.
Empress Changsun shook her head feebly, and just as she was about to speak, she saw the husband beside her roll his eyes and speak into her daughter's ear.
"Of course it wasn't daddy who made little Si Zi owe money, it was that boy Cheng Sanlang."
"???" Empress Changsun looked at her husband with a dull look on her face. After seeing her husband's happy look and her eyes, she kept winking.