Datang Daily has now become a daily must-read publication in Chang'an City, ranging from princes and nobles to traders and footmen. Because many people are illiterate, a new profession was born in Chang'an City, called "newspaper readers".
Most of them are part-time scholars who write letters for people on the streets. Illiterate people will listen to them and get the information they want if there are interesting things or useful news published in Datang Daily.
Today's Datang Daily has formed a complete chain from publication to sales. Manuscripts are collected at sunset every day, finalized and typeset an hour later, and printed overnight. The printing is completed at Yinshi, and the gates of Maoshi are opened.
Newspaper sellers would come to the side door of Zhulu Hou Mansion to collect newspapers. The average price of newspapers sold by Hou Mansion was one penny per piece of paper. How much they would sell them for is not sure. Some were for two cents, and some were for two cents.
Three texts, but generally between two and three texts.
These newspaper sellers will carry newspapers and sell them on the streets. Because newspapers are limited, some people who want to read newspapers every day pay in advance, and these newspaper sellers will first deliver the newspapers to the people who have reserved them.
At home, the rest will be sold in pieces.
The Palace of the Prince of Yue is adjacent to the Imperial City. In the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin appointed his second son Li Tai as the King of Yue and the Governor of Yangzhou. He was granted the title of "Unworthy Official" and was given this mansion on the edge of the Imperial City. The mansion is much larger than that of the prince.
System, the imperial censor spoke to the officials many times, but Li Shimin turned a deaf ear and his favor remained the same.
It is not without reason that Li Shimin loves this son. Although Li Tai is only ten years old, he is talented and intelligent. He has a photographic memory and is proficient in calligraphy, painting, poetry, and everything. In the words of later generations, Li Tai is
A 'other person's child' was so outstanding that Li Shimin couldn't help but like him.
In contrast, the prince Li Chengqian is a 'child of his own family'. He doesn't like to study and is very naughty. He spends all day planning on horseback riding and archery, which gives Li Shimin a headache. Selfishly, he prefers his second son.
Li Tai is a little bit better, otherwise he wouldn't love him so much. But Li Chengqian is the eldest son, and Li Shimin's own throne came from a wrong path, and he can't let his son make the same mistake again. Moreover, the word "Chengqian" in Li Chengqian's name is Li Yuanqin's
"Gift" has the meaning of "inheriting the imperial legacy and taking charge of the world". After Li Shimin ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to appoint Li Chengqian as the crown prince. This was probably to appease his father and stabilize the court.
Moreover, although Li Chengqian is naughty, he still has the temperament of Li Shimin when he was young. Li Shimin likes Li Tai because Li Tai did what he wanted to do but failed to do, but Li Chengqian is the young him, so although the prince
Although he had some minor problems, Li Shimin was never really disappointed. Li Chengqian was also very smart. Although he liked martial arts more than literature, he always passed the exams every time, and Li Shimin rarely scolded him.
People's thoughts change as they grow up. At this time, Li Chengqian and Li Tai were still just children. Li Shimin was in his prime, and the situation in which the two kings competed for the heir in later TV dramas, at this time, in their hearts, there was no one.
I haven’t even thought about it yet.
Li Chengqian devoted himself to martial arts, and Li Tai devoted himself to literature. Each of the two brothers specialized in one thing, so there was nothing discordant about them.
It was the same day. Li Tai woke up from his dormitory of over a hundred square meters and yawned. Four maids came over to help him get dressed, and all he needed to do was to stretch out his arms.
After finishing dressing, a maid combed Li Tai's hair. The other maids retreated and soon came to serve him with toiletries. Li Tai opened his mouth, and a maid held a 'toothbrush' made of ivory bristle and dipped it in fine
Put the salt into Li Tai's mouth and brush his teeth, being very careful, for fear of touching his throat and causing Li Tai to retching. After brushing his teeth, he was afraid that the fine salt would be too salty, so he quickly brought some mouthwash and gave it to Li Tai after gargling.
, another maid took a hand towel soaked in warm water and helped him dry his face, and even wiped his double chin carefully.
After wiping his face and combing his hair, the maids took away the toiletries and brought four sets of robes for Li Tai to choose from. Li Tai pointed to one and the maids helped him put it on. From beginning to end, he didn't have to use it himself.
Use half your strength.
"Your Highness, today's Datang Daily has been delivered."
"Bring it to me and see."
Only at this time would Li Tai take action himself. The maids who were serving him had all withdrawn. Li Tai would not think of getting up to eat until he finished reading Datang Daily.
Li Tai likes Datang Daily very much. He is a homebody. Apart from reading, he rarely does other activities all day long, so he has become so fat. He is ten years old, 100 pounds, and a little chubby. Datang Daily can
It made him understand the outside world, especially the novel "That Year in Dingxiang, the Full Moon", which was serialized by Li Mu a few days ago. Although he didn't like martial arts, he still couldn't help but get excited when he saw the scene of the soldiers defending the city with the same hatred.
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When reading Datang Daily every day, Li Tai always looks for novels to read first. If there are no novels, he then reads about major events in the DPRK, and finally reads gossip news and advertisements.
"?" Li Tai frowned when he received today's newspaper. In the past, there was only one piece of paper. But today there was an extra piece of paper. Li Tai couldn't help but feel curious. He put the first piece aside and picked up the second piece first.
Take a look at the two pictures.
"Are you asking Baiji?"
Li Tai is well-read, and he has naturally read "Qiu Jian Suan Jing". He has also tried to answer this question, but after trying for several months, he even specially summoned Li Chunfeng to study together, but he could not find a solution. There is really no way.
At that time, he even raised 300 chickens in his house, trying to find a solution, but failed in the end. Therefore, when he saw this problem, his first reaction was not that someone had solved it, but that someone had solved it.
I wonder why Datang Daily published this question. Is it to brainstorm ideas?
Li Tai continued to look down and suddenly froze.
Three answers! Actually, there are three answers?!
Li Tai couldn't believe that someone had solved Baijiwen. He looked down further, expecting to see the solution. But he was disappointed. There was no solution, only the answer. Under the answer, there was a line of small words.
[The question of a hundred chickens comes from "Qiu Jian's Suan Jing". There was no solution to the problem in ancient times. Today, Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, invented four algorithms and successfully solved this problem. In order to promote the progress of arithmetic in the Tang Dynasty, the basis of the four algorithms is now disclosed.
I hope people all over the world can learn from it.】
"It's Zhulu Hou again!"
Li Tai reads Datang Daily every day and is extremely familiar with Li Mu's deeds. He had admired Li Mu's poems before, and now that he saw him solving the Hundred Chicken Questions, Li Mu's image suddenly stood out in his heart.
A little taller.
He quickly looked down. What he saw was incredible, and he felt like he had found a treasure. He called someone to bring paper and pen, and started doing calculations.
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Li Mu also got up early today, but it wasn't because he wanted to be early. It was because Cheng Yaojin came to the door early in the morning and had no choice but to get up.
Cheng Yaojin really couldn't wait. He easily made 7,000 guan in the last Marseille. In Cheng Yaojin's heart, the racecourse was like a golden mountain. However, Li Mu refused to hold the next one and instead kept arranging people.
Cheng Yaojin was troubled every day by doing things he couldn't understand at all. He just couldn't figure it out. The money was clearly on the ground and he could pick it up by bending down, so why not pick it up?
But he didn't dare to say these words to Li Mu, because he was afraid that Li Mu would be annoyed and give up. He threw away all this big stall, and finally made it to the end of the month. According to the agreement, it will be in three days.
It was time for the next horse race, and Cheng Yaojin finally got his chance. He came to his house early in the morning to disturb people's dreams, under the pretext that the racecourse was ready and he wanted Li Mu to come over to inspect it.
It's not that Li Mu forgot about this matter. According to his plan, he wanted to wait until the day before Marseille to go and have a look, which would not delay things. But Cheng Yaojin was already at his house. If he didn't follow him, it seemed that he didn't plan to go with him.
I had no choice but to leave, so I had no choice but to follow.
As soon as he went out, Li Mu was frightened by the battle in front of him. There were actually two groups of forbidden troops standing in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion. Those who didn't know it thought it was Cheng Yaojin who led the troops to ransack the house.
"Uncle, is this battle... necessary?"
"Of course it's necessary." Cheng Yaojin said sternly: "It's only been a few days and you have forgotten about the assassination? What if someone tries to assassinate you again? These are my personal soldiers. One is as strong as ten warriors. They have their
For protection, even if you are in front of the two armies, you will be able to go in and out seven times."
Li Mu thought to himself, why should I go in and out seven times in front of the two armies? You old guy, are you afraid that no one will help you make money after I die? He shook his head, did not say anything, and climbed on the horse.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin saw the ax behind Li Chongyi, and his eyes immediately lit up.
"Hey? Where did you get the ax? How come I haven't seen it before? Little boy, show it to me." As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin reached for it, but Li Chongyi didn't care who he was, he wanted to grab the ax when he saw him.
, swung Cheng Yaojin's hand away with a swing of his arm. Cheng Yaojin couldn't bear Li Chongyi's strength, his body tilted, and he almost fell off the horse.
Upon seeing this, the Imperial Guards drew their swords one after another and surrounded Li Chongyi with eight horses.
Li Chongyi glanced at it, said nothing, and held the ax in his hand. The iron chain around his waist locked the mechanism of the ax handle. As long as Li Mu nodded, the ax rolled out, revealing eight half-sectioned corpses.
"Big guy! Don't be presumptuous!"
Cheng Yaojin also said: "What are you doing? Who told you to draw your sword? Disperse!"
The Imperial Guards dispersed, and Cheng Yaojin said: "Little boy, I just want to see your weapon. I don't mean to steal it. Let me have a look."
"You just want to rob."
Cheng Yaojin's face turned red and he was extremely embarrassed. Li Chongyi was right. He really planned to grab it just now. He originally used an axe. Li Chongyi's Blood Prison Ax had an unparalleled domineering shape. How could he not see it?
I like it. If he grabbed it and asked for it shamelessly, Li Mu was a junior, how could he not give it to him? But he didn't expect that Li Chongyi was so strong, so he didn't say anything about it, but almost made a fool of himself.