Back to the Intermediate Courtyard, Cui Erlang, Qin Zhen and others had finished catching the Lang.

Now it's Yang Qi's turn, Lu Shisan and their apprentices are eating.

Pei Shaoqing didn't dislike it either. He served a large bowl of rice and squatted beside Yang Qi.

Yang Qi and the others are already getting along well with Pei Shaoqing now, and they don’t feel uncomfortable.

"Old Yang, I have something to ask you." Pei Shaoqing said vaguely while picking rice into his mouth.

Yang Qi also chewed and replied, "Si Cheng, you said."

Pei Shaoqing said: "Help me make a secondary mahjong."

"Mahjong?" Yang Qi was stunned when he heard this, "What is mahjong?"

Pei Shaoqing then stood up with the bowl and returned to the straight room to get a drawing.

"Old Yang, look, this is a mahjong plaque."

"Two inches long, one inch and two inches wide, and eight minutes thick."

"The material is made of rosewood, which feels good."

“I have to polish all six end faces.”

"The front of the mahjong plaque must also be carved with colors."

"There are four types of flowers and colors, one is Wanzi, one is a stick, one is a cake, and the last is a card. Among them, Wanzi cakes are divided into one to nine numbers, with four pieces of each number."

"The characters are divided into two types: southeast, west, north, and middle, with four characters each."

"A deck of mahjong cards, a total of 136 cards, I'll make it for me tonight."

For a long time next, he had to go to the Imperial College for a day, and he might not be able to take classes in a short period of time, otherwise Liu Yizhi's face would not look very good.

Mr. Liu is a good person and cannot be difficult for him to do.

So I still have to go to prison honestly.

But reading the scriptures is impossible.

He doesn't have to take the imperial examinations, so what's the use of reading these classics, history, and collections of classics?

Pei Shaoqing thought about it and only played mahjong and could pass the time. Not only could he bring friendship between classmates closer, but he could also earn a few pocket money to spend.

Maybe I can make a few more trade routes.

"No problem." Yang Qi agreed very simply.

Then the two bites cut all the food in the bowl into their stomachs, turned their heads and shouted, "A Da, go to the front yard to carry that piece of red sandalwood in for me. A Wu, A Qi, you can prepare my tools."

Pei Shaoqing was about to say that it was not bad for a while, but when he turned his head, he saw Gao Lingsong coming in.

"Eunuch Gao? What wind has blown you." Pei Shaoqing immediately smiled and came forward, "Do you have a meal? Why don't you eat when you are here? Why don't you eat something when you are in our guard and the general?"

"How could I have such a blessing?"

Gao Lingsong shook his head and said, "Pei Sicheng, don't eat it anymore. The queen is waiting for you in the Bachelor's Academy."

"The Queen of Heaven is in the Bachelor's Academy?" Pei Shaoqing and his two gulps cut all the food in the bowl into their stomachs, got up and walked out.

...

In a moment, Pei Shaoqing entered the Bachelor's College.

"I am the guard who captured the Chief Pei Shaoqing and pay homage to the Queen."

"Forgive." Wu Zetian waved his hand and said, "Pei Sicheng, you have caused a big disaster."

"I've caused a big disaster?" Pei Shaoqing said in surprise, "Where does the Queen of Heaven start? I've been staying in the guard and the capture department for the past few days and haven't gone out? Could it be that Xue Kegou, the old man, sued me?"

"What did you do that violates the law?" Wu Zetian said, "Xue Kegou wants to report it to you?"

"Because I offered a high price to steal a Silla maid he liked." Pei Shaoqing said, "swept his face."

"Sila maid? What a mess." Wu Zetian said darkly when she heard this, "It's about opening the Chinese law."

"I told you about the Kaizhong and France, but Master Xue said that you had ulterior motives and wanted to disrupt the country and country of the Tang Dynasty, and asked me to kill you."

Pei Shaoqing was furious when he heard this. It was such a fucking thing that people were sitting at home, and disaster came from heaven.

But then again, he and the surname Xue are already incompatible, and it will be a matter of time before they turn against each other.

"The real ulterior motives should be Mr. Xue?" Pei Shaoqing sneered, "The Xue surname is the Hedong Gaomen. Hedong Jiechi is the largest salt production area in the Tang Dynasty. If I guess correctly, Xue's share in the Jiechi salt fields should be quite good, right? Why don't the queen send people to Hedong to check?"

Wu Zetian said: "Your surname Pei is also a high-sect in Hedong."

Pei Shaoqing said: "That is the Pei surname of Pei Lao and General Pei."

"What?" Wu Zetian said sneered, "Is the Pei surname still insulting you?"

"The Queen of Heaven's words are so bad." Pei Shaoqing said, "I just don't dare to squash."

Listening to Pei Shaoqing and Wu Zetian's confrontation, Liu Yizhi and the other two looked at each other.

The four of them were a little surprised. On the one hand, Pei Shaoqing dared to talk to the queen like this, and on the other hand, they were surprised that Pei Shaoqing did not regard himself as the Pei surname in Hedong. This was really surprising.

It doesn’t matter to others, but they are rushing to build relationships.

But Pei Shaoqing was so lucky that he actually avoided it.

"Let's not talk about these things for now." Wu Zetian snorted, "I admit that I have thought it simple. Now that China and France have encountered obstacles before it has been implemented, Pei Sicheng has a solution?"

Pei Shaoqing said: "I have to know who is blocking it?"

Wu Zetian said: "With your intelligence, can't you guess it?"

"I can't guess." Pei Shaoqing said, "I have always been stupid and not good at using my brain."

Wu Zetian, Liu Yizhi and others laughed at the same time, "You Pei Shaoqing are still stupid and not good at using your brain?" I'm afraid there will be no smart people in the world.

At that moment, Wu Zetian turned his head and said to Liu Yi: "Liu Qing, listen to him."

"Here!" Liu Yizhi responded and said to Pei Shaoqing: "That's right. The salt industry in the Tang Dynasty did not implement a monopoly. It has been controlled by the Guanlong family since its founding."

"No one knows how much profit the salt industry can make in a year."

"But according to our estimates, there are at least one million trump cards."

"Liu Zhengyuan is probably less," Pei Shaoqing said, "at least five million coins!"

"What? Five million coins?" Liu Yizhi and the other four were dumbfounded and could not believe it.

Wu Zetian's eyes suddenly condensed. Five million coins are not a small number. How many big things can he do?

After a while, Liu Yizhi asked, "Do you dare to ask Pei Sicheng how he learned that the salt profit is as high as five million coins?"

Pei Shaoqing thought to himself that I read it from the New Tang Books, Food and Messages, but of course I can't say this. Since I can't say it, I can only guide Liu Yizhi to say it himself.

"This matter was derived by the officials." Pei Shaoqing said, "I wonder if Liu Zhangyuan, how much does a dou of Chang'an salt cost?"

Liu Yi's way: "Rice prices have fluctuations, but salt prices are relatively stable. From the beginning of Zhenguan to the present, they have been 100 coins per dou."

Pei Shaoqing said: "Then the official asked again, how many salt ponds and salt wells are there in the booklet of the Ministry of Revenue Department?"

Zhou Simao had been an over-school doctor before, and knew all about these things well, and immediately replied: "I have eighteen salt ponds in the Tang Dynasty and six hundred and forty salt wells, and produce about one million hu of salt per year!"

Wu Zetian said: "A hundred coins per dou of salt is a thousand coins per hu. My annual output of one million hu of salt in the Tang Dynasty is a million kuh. How can five million kuh? Pei Sicheng, aren't you wrong?"
Chapter completed!