My Backyard is the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 8: Rafting on the Qujiang River



   "Your Highness Sixth, what is this white thing?" When Li Yin was brushing his teeth, Cheng Huailiang approached with a big face.

   Li Yin moved his position and kept a distance from him, "I call him toothpaste, it's for brushing teeth."

Cheng Huailiang glanced at a short wooden "Tang Dynasty toothbrush" with a few bumps on the end in his hand, then at Li Min, who was foaming from his mouth, and swallowed, "Your Highness, too. Squeeze some of that 'toothpaste' for me to try."

  Li Yan glanced at him, took out toothpaste and squeezed some on Cheng Huailiang's wooden stick, saving him like a greedy cat

   looked straight at himself.

  White toothpaste was evenly applied on the somewhat yellowed Tang Dynasty toothbrush, and Cheng Huailiang imitated it and stuffed it into his mouth and stroked it back and forth.

   "Well, it tastes good, give me some more!" The toothpaste tasted as sweet as brown sugar, and Cheng Huailiang drank the toothpaste with water into his stomach with a "gudong", and then looked longingly at the toothpaste in Li Yin's hand.

  Li Yan just took a sip of water, but spit it all out, "You can't swallow this thing, it will cause diarrhea!"

   "What!" Cheng Huailiang's face immediately turned green, "Don't say it earlier!"

   "You didn't ask!" Li Yin stood up, "Don't worry too much, I guess there is nothing wrong with your physical fitness!"

  Cheng Huailiang felt relieved when he heard the words, and started thinking again, "Your Highness Six, can you give me some toothpaste too, I feel good after brushing my teeth."

   "It's very comfortable!" Li Yin smiled, "No way!"

  Ignoring Cheng Huailiang's stalking, Li Yin went to the front hall to look for Jin Daqian. The matter of shampoo has been handed over to him and the high accountant. He has to remind them of some things, lest they mess around inside.

"Also, continue to post notices outside the palace to recruit servants. There are only a few people in the palace. Except for the bottlers, there is no one available!" Before leaving, Li Yin remembered this. Two days later, he The distiller will arrive soon, and it will definitely take up some manpower by then.

Jin Daqian frowned. Li Min had a bad reputation. He used to beat and scold his servants frequently. The people in Chang'an City didn't want to come to the palace to work at all. Let's just say that Sima Tu was not willing to take him in. come here. Although Li Yin's temperament has changed drastically now, it will take some time for the new reputation to spread, so the matter of recruiting people has made him worry.

   "Is there a problem?" Li Yin saw Jin Daqian's expression, and he asked in doubt.

Last time, he only recruited Sima Tu, a foodie, and Jin Daqian was already disgraced. If this is still the case this time, even if Li Yin doesn't say anything, he, the manager, will have no face to stay. Gritting his teeth, Jin Daqian still can't recruit anyone. The reason was stated.

"It's like this!" Li Yin pondered. Born in the 21st century, he knew very well that there is no job in this world that humans dare not do. The reason why they dare not do it is because there is not enough price. After thinking about it, He said: "From now on, the monthly salary of the servants of the royal family will increase from 200 to 500 yuan, the maidservant will rise from 300 to 600 yuan, the monthly salary of the high accountant will rise to regular money, and your monthly salary will now rise to 500 yuan." It's always five hundred yuan, and the amount of your monthly salary is posted on the public notice, so I don't believe that no one will apply for it."

"Your Highness!" Jin Daqian knelt down with a "plop", the fat on his face kept trembling with excitement, "Even if this old slave pulls all his children into the palace, he will definitely complete this task." Suddenly, his monthly salary increased by half, He can not be happy.

"Get up, I don't blame you." Li Yin helped Butler Jin up, "I remembered what you said, now all the servants in the mansion know me, if they have someone they can trust , you can also recommend coming to the palace, but the background of these people must be investigated thoroughly, lest some spies sneak into the palace."

  Li Yin's words shook Jin Daqian's spirit, especially the word "spies" he had never thought about, and now thinking of this possibility, he immediately broke into a cold sweat, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will strictly check it."

  In front of the pond in front of Li Yin’s bedroom, Cheng Huailiang was baring his teeth, looking expectantly at Lu Boyan who had just woken up, "How is it? Are your teeth white?"

  Lu Boyan stared hard for a while with his swollen eyes like fish bubbles, and said: "It's really a little white, hey, it still has a little fragrance."

   "Hey, now you believe it, besides that shampoo, I didn't expect our highness to have this treasure. His highness said that besides him, I use it second." When he said it, he did not hide his complacency.

"Bah, I've used shampoo before. Except for Your Highness, the emperor in the palace and the ladies, who in Chang'an City has used it? Why are you showing off!" Lu Boyan showed contemptuous eyes, but because his eyes were too swollen, Cheng Huailiang was Didn't see it at all.

   "Cut!" Cheng Huailiang was also disdainful.

  When the two were arguing with each other, Li Yin came back from the front hall, and the two quickly approached Li Yin when they saw Li Yin, "Your Highness, the weather is clear today, how about going to the lake?"

  During the Tang Dynasty, there were very few entertainment projects, and full-time idlers naturally thought of ways to pass the time. The lake they talked about was the only lake in Chang'an City—Qujiang.

Every summer, Qujiang grows into a place where Chinese people, poets, ladies and singing girls flock to Ancheng. Firstly, Qujiang is an excellent place to escape the summer heat. Secondly, it is the beautiful garden scenery of Qujiang. Thirdly, it is the most important point. Beautiful woman, beautiful woman and talented person, this topic will never change.

"It's another lake tour. Didn't you just go there a few days ago?" Cheng Yaojin was born in the army. He hates poetry and poetry, so he was not interested in Lu Boyan's suggestion to go to Qujiang to show off, "Besides, can you go with your current virtue?"

   When Cheng Huailiang talked about the pain, Lu Boyan jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "You still have the face to say, I will write a memorial to impeach your father now!"

   "Don't, don't, don't, I was wrong, can I go with you?" Cheng Huailiang relented.

  The two reached an agreement, and began to look at Li Yin. Li Yin thought about it for a while, and now there is nothing to do. He can't always be busy making money. He has to enjoy the scenery of the Tang Dynasty. After all, this is life.

   "Go!" Li Yin waved his hand, agreeing, and said something along the way.

   "Dog!" The two were dumbfounded, not understanding what Li Yin meant.

   Realizing that Biao had uttered a sentence in English, Li Yin quickly changed his words, "Go, let's swim in the lake!"

  The two hooked their shoulders together and immediately followed.

They prepared a carriage, and the three of them headed for Qujiang. On the way, Lu Boyan spit and kept bragging about his **** affair, which made Cheng Huailiang's hormones soar, his eyes turned red with envy, and he urged the carriage to hurry up, wishing to go immediately. When it came to Qujiang, he showed off his chest hair.

  Li Yin is not a saint, but he is also full of interest. Who doesn't look forward to meeting beautiful women, enjoying a warm red tent, and endless spring nights.

   "Your Highness, we're here!" Stopping the carriage, Lu Boyan lifted the curtain and took a look outside. He was the first to jump down, followed by Li Yin and Cheng Huailiang.

At this time, the pavilions, terraces and pavilions beside the Qujiang Lake are in a patchwork, with red men and green women walking together, lotus leaves in the lake, dragonflies dotted, exquisite and beautiful painting boats shuttle back and forth, sometimes someone sings loudly, sometimes someone recites poems scene.

"Your Highness, please!" Lu Boyan called a painting boat with ease, and the three of them sat in the boat. The boatman brought rice wine and a few dishes of side dishes, and the three of them were just about to move their chopsticks when a loud laugh came from the shore, "Brother Boyan, How did you become like this, Brother Huailiang is here too!" The man looked at the third person, surprised: "Your Highness, Sixth Highness, you are also here!"

   "So it's Brother Xiao!" Lu Boyan stood up and cupped his hands, "It's such a coincidence, why don't we all take the same boat!"

   This person is Xiao Rui, the son of Xiao Yu, the prime minister of the current dynasty. Most of the people standing behind him are the second generation officials in Chang'an City, and they are old acquaintances with Li Yin.

   A group of people sat down, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, drinking wine, bragging bragging, reciting poems, and flirting.

"The Sixth Highness is now famous in Chang'an. A few days ago, the empress gave my mother a bottle of shampoo. After using it, my mother was full of praise and cried for a day. She said that if there is no need for this kind of shampoo in the future Fashui, how to live, my younger brother also used it once, it really lingers for three days."

   "Yes, Your Highness, I have also admired you for a long time..."

   "I'm envious of waiting..."

   Chatting, chatting, Xiao Rui brought up the shampoo, the boat immediately fell silent, everyone pricked up their ears, booing one after another.

Li Yin smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, my palace has started to sell a lot of this item today, if you want it, just follow me to the palace to get some later, I will give you the same price as in the palace.", It is impossible for him to give it away for nothing.

   "Really? I'll be at ease now, come on, let's toast Your Highness together!" Xiao Rui picked up the wine glass.

After a few glasses of wine, the group let go of the topic. Li Shimin treated his courtiers as if they were friends with all the nonsense, which made Li Shimin's sons and the ministers' heirs also get along well. They are monarchs and ministers, and they are also friends. When we are together on weekdays, we are very relaxed.

  Li Yin enjoyed this feeling very much. If everyone was flattering and flattering in front of him, he would feel a little uncomfortable if he was trembling.

   "I'm happy today, I'll show you a set of the thirty-six Tiangang axes passed down from my Cheng family's ancestors, bring the axe!"

  Lu Boyan was not much better, he picked up two rolling sticks and handed them to him.

   "The first form, open up the world!" Cheng Huailiang yelled, and began to perform monkey performances, of course he was playing with himself.

   "Disgraceful!" Xiao Rui, who was born in a scholarly family, was recognized as a brilliant talent among the crowd, so he despised Cheng Huailiang's drunken behavior, and kept shaking his head and sighing bitterly.

   "Hehe, it's so fun!"

When Cheng Huailiang performed the appalling "drunken axe", a clear voice came from a painting boat opposite, and then the beaded curtain of the painting boat was lifted, and four stunning beauties of different ages appeared in front of everyone. The five or six-year-old girl jumped up to the bow of the boat and shouted at Li Yin, "Sixth brother!"


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