Even though it is only the sixth century AD, the jigsaw puzzle produced by Prince Han's Palace is absolutely unambiguous.
Knowing that this was what the king wanted to give to the children of Liang Guogong, Chen Mu personally took action and spent a lot of effort to make ten wooden boards that were both light and strong. After that, Sun Peng personally painted and carefully divided them into different numbers.
puzzle.
The simplest ones cost only a dozen yuan.
But the most complicated one, a wooden board was divided into seventy-two pieces!
You know, there are no precise cutting machines in the future to help. It is segmented purely by hand, and the edges must be polished very smooth to avoid hurting the delicate hands of children. This is not an ordinary effort.
So when Chen Mu proudly took out the finished product and told how difficult it was to make it, Li Yuanjia immediately gave up the idea of investing in a puzzle workshop. This thing requires manual painting, and then manual cutting, polishing, and making.
A pair costs several dollars, how many people can afford it?
Even though there were many powerful people in Chang'an City, it was too much trouble to earn hundreds or even thousands of coins.
So just like the home-distilled liquor, Li Yuanjia could only "seal" this idea... No, in comparison, liquor is not the same. Although the cost of liquor is also very high, so high that even in Chang'an City
Among the powerful, I am afraid that only a very small number can afford to drink it, but after all, it still has value.
It’s okay to brew a small amount and give some away.
Moreover, the current cost is high and the technology is not up to it. After the blacksmiths of the palace further improve the still and control the temperature more accurately, the value of liquor will definitely be highlighted. After all, history has proved one thing, that is
The Chinese nation is a staunch supporter of liquor, and the market capacity will be as big as the stars and the sea...
That's too far.
The two children played with the puzzles enthusiastically. There were ten full puzzles in the box, which was enough for them to play for a whole day. Of course, Li Yuanjia would not let them idle for a few other people. For example, he and Fang Fengzhu,
What Fang Yiai and the three of them are playing, a game made of pieces of cardboard...
Standard fifty-four playing cards!
The absolute fine product made by Hanwangfu Paper Factory is hard and tough. It is cut into pieces of paper of exactly the same size, and then designed by Li Yuanjia himself, printed with four patterns of plum blossoms, squares, triangles and hearts. Although considering the
The color red these days is not stable enough. Li Yuanjia finally gave up using color to distinguish hearts and spades, and instead used the triangle symbol. However, sitting down with such a deck of playing cards still costs as much as two dollars!
Because on the back of the card, he printed a picture of a tiger descending from a mountain that he drew.
These days, as long as printing is involved, the price will definitely not be cheap. And for some ulterior purposes of his own, Li Yuanjia asked the craftsmen to make the playing cards as expensive as possible, making them as gorgeous as they want.
It's so gorgeous and cost is not considered at all.
Once you get it, you will have a face!
Li Yuanjia directly brought ten pairs of the same playing cards and started playing with Fang Yiai and others on the spot.
The rules of fighting landlords, tractors, and even catching bamboo poles are quite simple, and a smart person can learn them in one go. Moreover, this game that will be popular all over the world in the future immediately captured everyone's heart. It cannot be said that the Tang Dynasty did not have entertainment projects. After all, the literati
We played very elegantly, but poker is so new after all.
And it’s classic enough that you won’t get tired of playing it.
So after Li Yuanjia briefly explained how to play, everyone started fighting against the landlord... against the Shanyu.
Li Yuanjia didn't dare to directly make fun of the current foreign leaders, let alone use the word "landlord". After thinking about it, he had to invite the Xiongnu Chanyu who had long perished in the long history.
Just a name is enough.
After a few rounds, the Fang family siblings were all very excited.
Fang Fengzhu had just been married a few days ago, and she didn't know about the game "invented" by her husband. In addition, she had already read the book "Tianzhu Numbers", so it was not difficult to play. But Fang Yiai was a little uncomfortable.
After getting used to it, it was easy to write Chinese characters, but Li Yuanjia insisted on using Tianzhu numbers. It took him a long time to figure out their sizes.
As for Lu, he always looked confused.
Unlike her son, she was in her teens when her receptive ability was at its strongest, and she could remember the meaning of each number with a little effort. Especially when she put a combination like a straight flush together, she almost immediately became confused.
of confusion.
"It's actually very simple. You can just write text on it."
Seeing that his mother-in-law's face turned a little dark, Li Yuanjia smiled inwardly, but calmly asked the servants in the house to prepare pen and ink, and then wrote the numbers from one to thirteen in traditional Chinese on the playing cards.
But when she saw him writing on the card, even Mrs. Lu had a look of pity on her face.
A good deck of playing cards, as exquisite as a set of works of art... No, they are a set of works of art, so gorgeous that people are reluctant to pinch them hard. As a result, after Li Yuanjia wrote a few words on them, that feeling
The child was completely destroyed.
The youngest Fang Yi could not hide his love and immediately smacked his lips and sighed: "Oh, what a pity!"
"It's okay, it's just a deck of cards."
After glancing at his brother-in-law, Li Yuanjia revealed an inexplicable smile: "I brought ten pairs this time. When you get used to these Tianzhu numbers, you can change to another pair."
"Ten pairs? Great!"
Hearing what Li Yuanjia said, Fang Yiai was immediately overjoyed, and his eyes started to spin wildly.
After just playing a few games, he had completely fallen in love with this Dou Shanyu, and then immediately thought of his friends who usually played with him. Although the eldest brother-in-law seemed quite kind, but the identity of the other party
There, Fang Yiai still felt a sense of restraint. It would definitely be more interesting if she could play with the brothers with playing cards, right?
Looking at his expression and eyes, Li Yuanjia immediately guessed what Fang Yiai was thinking.
But he wasn't angry either, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
Everyone had probably finished a dozen or so games, and when even Mrs. Lu gradually figured out a little bit of the secret, she saw Fang Zhong trotting in from the outside: "Your Majesty, madam, the husband and the elder are back."
"oh?"
Li Yuanjia was so happy that he quickly put down the playing cards in his hand and stood up from his chair.
Playing Landlords with a bunch of super rookies is simply too painful.
Fang Yi was so obsessed with playing that he didn't even hear Fang Zhong's words. When he saw Li Yuanjia throwing the cards in his hand on the table, he immediately became anxious: "Brother-in-law, why did you throw all the cards away? I'll be here right away.