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Chapter 177 Swept Chang'an (3)

"Give me ten more, I can help you say a few words in the court." Li Tai said to Gu Qing.

"Twenty in total?" Gu Qing was puzzled, "Has your grandfather eaten so much?"

"I'll eat the remaining ten." Li Tai said solemnly, "Your factory problem should not be too big. I have been living in your house these days. I know the situation and I can explain it to those ministers."

"Being an official is not good. Being a county guard is so troublesome. People are impeached at every turn." Gu Qing looked sad. You said that others have achieved success in time traveling, why am I so miserable?

"Gu Qing, what are you going to do?" Li Tai caught up with Gu Qing's footsteps.

"Get chickens for you..."

"I'll wait for me too..." Li Tai accelerated his pace.

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In the palace

Li Yuan lay on the bed with weakness. The imperial doctor came and left again several times. His turbid eyes looked at the palace maid beside him and said, "When is it?"

"Grandpa Emperor, it's already the hour." Gao Yang came to Li Yuan's side: "Does the emperor want to drink water?"

Li Yuan nodded at his granddaughter. Once he fell ill, his body felt as if he had been exhausted and could no longer get up. Gao Yang has been taking care of himself these days and looked at Gao Yang kindly, "Gao Yang, aren't you going to find Gu Qing these days?"

"Hmph! I won't go to find him." Gao Yang pouted and brought the tea, "Grandpa Emperor drinks water."

Li Yuan moistened his mouth with tea and planned to close his eyes and rest. He vaguely smelled a scent. Li Tai held a large plate with ten beggar chickens on it, "Grandpa Huang, this beggar chicken tastes so good."

"Beggar chicken?" Li Yuan said with a caress, "I have never heard of this kind of food."

Li Tai tore off a chicken leg and said, "Grandpa Emperor can try it."

"Yeah, okay!" Li Yuan smiled and took the chicken leg, and ate it in one bite and didn't care what the imperial doctor said to avoid greasy food. The tenderness of the chicken made him smile, "Where did Qingque find the chef?"

"Made by Gu Qing, it tastes good." Li Tai shook the fan for himself.

"Hmph! It's Gu Qing again!" Gao Yang raised his chin and refused to look at the beggar chicken. He smelled the fragrance and felt a little greedy. "I won't eat what Gu Qing made. I won't come to say hello to this princess after a long time."

Li Yuan ate a chicken leg and said to Li Tai with a smile: "I'm tired."

"Grandpa Emperor has a good rest." Li Tai helped Li Yuan tidy up the bedding and said to Gao Yang, "Take good care of Grandpa Emperor."

"Brother, I understand." Gao Yang said.

Gao Yang's Qiongji smelled the fragrance of beggar chicken. I wouldn't eat it! I can't eat it. Two villains in my heart are fighting. Why don't you eat it? Well! Just take a small bite. Gao Yang used his fingertips to tear off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth and ate it, "Hmm! It smells so good."

Li Tai walked all the way to the road to leave the palace, and the prince was walking towards him. The two of them looked stiff and they didn't even say hello.

On the streets of Chang'an, Li Tai came to Changsun Wuji's mansion.

"Uncle." Li Tai walked into the mansion and said to Changsun Wuji, "Uncle, are you doing well these days? My nephew brought some deer antlers."

"Your Highness of the King of Wei." Changsun Wuji bowed.

"Uncle doesn't have to do this." Li Tai hurriedly helped Changsun Wuji up, "My nephew came here actually because he wanted to ask his uncle for something."

"If I was right, it was for Gu Qing's business." Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and said, "This Gu Qing is good at using the power of the people. Can't you see as the prince?"

"Uncle." Li Tai said again, "those people volunteered to help Gu Qing build a factory, and they couldn't take it for a while because they had too many people."

"Volunteering? Since ancient times, can there be voluntary labor?" Changsun Wuji said disdainfully.

Li Tai also smiled bitterly, "The people really went there voluntarily. Gu Qing offered a salary of 100 cents per person per month. As long as the people were injured, Gu Qing paid the soup and medicine out of his own pocket. Uncle can imagine that 100 cents a month is a lot of money for the people. On weekdays, those people can exchange food or a few cents for a little work, but Gu Qing directly offered 100 cents, and the meal was free. Uncle, why would those people not follow him like a crane?"

Changsun Wuji thought in his mind that there are hundreds of people who built the factory now. Although Gu Qing is rich now, why did he spend such a large sum of money? Can he take it back? It is to win people's hearts.

At the court meeting the next day, the ministers still impeached Gu Qing, but Changsun Wuji, who took the lead in impeachment, disappeared. Li Tai stood up to help Gu Qing explain. After several explanations, Li Er still did not make a decision to deal with Gu Qing. Wang Qin has been staring at the Gu family for a long time, and he saw Gu Qing's actions.

If you want to say that requisition is absolutely not a good thing. Gu Qing and the people are just exchanges of interests, and the wages offered are monthly, and one hundred cigarette per person per month is already very rich. If you work for a month, you can earn several months of rations.

After the dispersed court, the censors discussed that Wei Zheng, the most powerful person in the court, was not there, and no one dared to imitate Wei Zheng's desperate airs to contradict the current emperor.

In order to confirm what Li Tai said, Changsun Wuji brought the censors in the court to Gu Qing's factory. Looking at the busy construction site, a censor stopped the people who were about to work, "This hero, why do you work here?"

"Make money." said the hero, "The marquis here is kind-hearted and gives a lot of money."

Another passing man also said, "We can't eat meat on weekdays. The meal that Mr. Gu gave us is meaty every meal, and it is a whole piece of meat. The young men in our village are rushing to find work to earn some money to get married."

...

Several censors looked at each other, as if they were as His Highness the King of Wei said.

Changsun Wuji took the censor into the factory. Several workshops had been built in the factory and were about to walk in. Zhang Jie stopped several people quickly, "Stand, you can't go in!"

When he was stopped by a young man in his teenage years old, Changsun Wuji looked surprised, "Why can't you go in?"

Zhang Jie smiled strangely and said, "We Mr. Gu said that everything inside is full of commercial secrets and cannot be read."

"What if I have to see?" Changsun Wuji said.

Zhang Jie clapped his hands and said, "Come on, beat these troublemakers out of me."

"What are you doing!" Several censors were nervous, and a few sticks hit them...

Gu Qing was drinking tea at home and listening to Wu Mei playing the guzheng. The housekeeper Fan Jian hurriedly ran to interrupt the leisure and elegance, "Mr. Marquis, it's not good, something happened in the factory."

"Let Zhang Jie find Zhang Qing in the factory." Gu Qing drank a sip of tea and put it into his mouth.

"It's that Zhang Jie, who beat the Duke of Zhao, Changsun Wuji, to the time of the dynasty." Fan Jian said.
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