Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 149 Blessed Person
At this moment, Na Huarui pushed her head straight into Chang Sun Yan's arms, and Chang Sun Yan covered her head with newspapers, and the two kept shouting "the ghost is coming", trembling.

Seeing the two girls huddled together, Li Ke couldn't laugh or cry.

He walked over and lifted the newspaper covering Zhang Sunyan's head: "It's me!"

"Huh? It's Your Highness!"

Only then did the two girls let go of each other with blushing faces and stood up.

Li Ke shook his head and smiled wryly: "Since you are afraid of ghosts, don't read this legend of ghosts, can you read other content?"

He sent the two girls newspapers to amuse them.

Unexpectedly, the two of them were so interested in this ghost story, holding the newspaper all day long.

Now the boredom is relieved, but people are not quite normal anymore.

Changsun Yan came over and helped Li Ke to sit down: "Oh, Your Highness! This strange story is the most interesting. Both Yan'er and Hua Rui love to read it!"

"Then you two still..."

Before Li Ke could finish speaking, Chang Sun Yan leaned on Li Ke's shoulder with a blushing face again: "Oh! I just didn't pay attention for a while, so I was frightened by His Highness..."

She gently pressed Li Ke's shoulder with her small hand, and praised: "Your Highness, this newspaper is really good! It can not only enlighten the people's wisdom, but also convey the policies and news of Shu to the people, and it can also relieve boredom. It can be said to serve multiple purposes! "

Enjoying the gentle massage on his shoulders, Li Ke closed her eyes so beautifully that she hummed a little tune.

"It's just..." Changsun Yan's voice came again, "It's just that there are many policies related to poor people in this newspaper. Yan'er feels that His Highness used this trick wrong..."

"Oh?" Li Ke said with a smile, "How do you say that?"

Changsun Yan continued: "This newspaper costs tens of pennies at least...the poor people can't afford it at all, and they are illiterate, so they can't read newspapers at all. So, according to Yan'er, this newspaper is mainly The audience is those people who are rich in their families..."

Halfway through her words, Li Ke stopped by raising his hand: "Stop, stop!"

Raising his hand to pull her in front of him, Li Ke smiled and said, "Who told you that this newspaper costs dozens of pennies? And who told you that the poor people in Sichuan are illiterate?"

"Isn't it?"

Changsun Yan was a little puzzled. A person from the Tang Dynasty should understand these things. With books so expensive, how can poor people be able to read and write?
Li Ke pulled her down with a smile, and sat beside him: "I can buy this newspaper for only two pennies!"

"what?"

Changsun Yan was taken aback for a moment: "Two pennies?"

"Two pennies? Then Huarui can afford it!" Huarui beside her was also surprised.

Changsun Yan shook her head: "If that's the case, Your Highness, how much money do you have to pay?"

To print such a large newspaper, the cost of paper and printing alone would cost at least a few tens of pennies. A newspaper like the one that is folded into one piece may not cost hundreds of pennies.

Li Ke took the newspaper over and gestured in his hand: "I only sell such a newspaper for two pennies. Besides, I don't need to pay money to enter the Shu Palace, and I don't have to lose money at all."

"Really...really?" Zhang Sunyan couldn't believe it.

Li Ke nodded: "Can I still deceive you? This newspaper is made by my own paper mill and printing factory, and the cost is only two cents. If I sell it at this price, I will definitely not lose money, and occasionally I can make a little profit. Woolen cloth……"

He continued: "Furthermore, we have carried out a large-scale literacy campaign in Sichuan. There are special teachers in every square and village to teach them how to read, and special literacy books are also printed and distributed to them. The people in Sichuan are not handy. A copy of the Three Character Classic!"

"One copy for each person?"

Changsun Yan was stunned, and everyone had a copy, how much would it cost?

The books of the Tang Dynasty, the cheap ones cost around a lot of money, and the expensive books can be sold for more than ten pennies!
Li Ke looked over with the eyes of a fool: "Have you forgotten? Don't I have a paper mill and a printing factory? The cost of my book printing is not high! A book is only a few pennies!"

How much is a book?

Only then did Changsun Yan remember that when she first entered Chengdu, Li Ke once boasted to her that everyone in Shu had books to read.

That was when she still despised Li Keding, thinking that Li Keding was bragging.

Now it seems that what Li Ke said was the truth, it was her own shallow knowledge.

Li Ke said braggingly again: "People in Sichuan, if their families are poor, can send their children to official schools run by the government. They can learn to read and write there, and they don't have to pay a penny, and they can eat a meal for free."

Changsun Yan couldn't help blushing. Li Ke really completely changed the lives of the people in Shu. Not only did they have food and clothing, but they also solved the education problems of ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Changsun Yan stood up involuntarily, and continued to massage Li Ke's shoulders: "The people of Shu can live under the rule of His Highness, it is really a blessing. In this world, there is no other person who is as powerful as His Highness." A ruler with patience and a heart of benevolence.”

"how about you?"

"Huh? What am I?" Li Ke suddenly asked, making Changsun Yan a little confused.

Li Ke pulled her to sit down again, and said softly, "You said that the people of Sichuan are blessed, what about you? If you marry me, do you count as a blessed person?"

His sudden question made Chang Sun Yan a little confused, she glanced at the maid beside her quietly, and said in a low voice, "Hua Rui is still here!"

Li Ke still looked at her with a smile on his face, waiting for her reply.

Changsun Yan already had the answer in her heart, but she was still a little ashamed to say love words in front of the servant girl.

Looking at Li Ke with a smirk on his face, she finally covered her burning ears, leaned into Li Ke's ear and said, "Yes... Yan'er is the most blessed person in this world..."

From the very beginning when she met Li Ke, she had a strong interest in Li Ke. Later, when she saw Li Ke's achievements step by step, her interest not only did not weaken, but became stronger.

The more she got to know Li Ke, the more curious she became. How many shocking and surprising abilities does Li Ke have?
Thinking of marrying such an unparalleled man in the world, how could she not feel that she is a blessed person?
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Ni Borna Kingdom, the Grand Prince's Mansion.

The eldest prince Mo Sauna picked up a letter and briefly read it.

This is a letter just sent by Foreign Minister Sangjidu from Shu. In the letter, it is said that the second prince once exchanged a huge amount of property for the trust of Li Ke, King of Shu, and thus obtained the right to trade silk cloth.

Sangjidu can't make up his mind now, and it is up to the eldest prince to decide whether to spend so much money to destroy the second prince's business.

"Five big boxes? Nidu, a bastard, can scrape together so much money?"

When he saw the content of the letter, Mosang was furious. He threw the letter on the bed and cursed bitterly:
"Damn it, does this king have to spend such a huge amount of property to do business with the king of Shu?"

(End of this chapter)