Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Of course, but uncle, it's too petty to compete in your backyard. If you want to do it, you can just play it bigger, and the rules need to be changed a little."

"What do you mean, Zhen'er?"

"You can build an arena."

"arena?"

"Arena, as the name suggests, is a place where warriors compete. The arena is in the middle of the arena, surrounded by seats for people to watch. You can pay to invite those warriors to compete in the arena, and then set bonuses. Winners get more, losers Take less." Li Zhen suggested.

"Zhen'er, you are too smart." Yan Jingsi cast his eyes on Li Zhen's admiration: "The rules you said need to be changed, how should this be changed?"

"Uncle, you can do this." Li Zhen taught Yan Jingsi all the rules of boxing ring matches in later generations, including slight changes in the competition system.

"Oh, Zhen'er, speak slowly, my uncle can't keep up." Yan Jingsi wiped the sweat on his forehead with his left hand, and used his right hand to write a snake dragon. Even so, he still couldn't keep up with Li Zhen's speaking speed.

"Do you remember?" Li Zhen finished speaking the rules slowly.

"Remember it all, Zhen'er, take a look, right?"

Li Zhen took the rice paper and glanced at it: "That's right."

"That's good." Yan Jingsi took a sip of water. He was really exhausted just now. After drinking the water, he frowned and said: "But Zhen'er, your rules are good, but there is no profit. , Uncle can’t pay for the thugs himself, can he?”

"How could it be?" Li Zhen said helplessly, "We can surround the arena with high walls and collect tickets."

"Tickets?" Yan Jingsi assured that this was the first time he heard this term.

Li Zhen didn't know what a ticket was called in ancient times, but that didn't mean he couldn't explain it: "A ticket is something like a token or a warrant. Uncle, you also know that it is necessary to enter and leave the palace and prison. stuff, and our tickets are this kind of one-time token, and only the person who holds the ticket can enter the arena to watch the game."

"But this kind of ticket is not free, you have to pay for it to get the ticket." Yan Jingsi is not an idiot, otherwise he would not find business opportunities from a game.

"That's right, and according to the quality of the seats, the seats can be divided into ordinary seats, local VIP seats, Tianzi VIP seats, and super VIP seats. Different seats have different asking prices. The ordinary seats are only one or two pennies. One or two taels of silver for the VIP seat, etc. You need to set the price yourself, but it’s best not to be too ruthless, after all, this is a long-term transaction.”

"Yeah, this uncle knows about it, but according to what you say, this business cannot be done by him alone." Yan Jingsi said with a bitter face: "This business is too big, nothing else, just the cost Uncle can't afford it."

"This uncle can recruit several partners, but you'd better put this name under the name of the emperor. As long as you give the emperor a little money every year, your arena can be named as the royal arena. Now, no one dares to offend anyone." Li Zhen's words directly dragged Li Shimin into trouble.

"Royal Arena, Royal Arena! This name sounds exciting." Yan Jingsi repeated it twice, was very satisfied with the name, and finally threw a fist: "Okay, as long as the emperor agrees, the arena's It's called the Royal Arena."

"But Zhen'er, what kind of partner do you think I'm looking for?"

"This is easier to handle. Those friends you usually make are more compatible. Ask them about their history. Anyway, under the name of father emperor, you can just use the tiger's skin to make a big drum, and no one will dare to mess with you."

"And uncle, you must specify that you can take as many shares as you want, and it will not change in the future. Even if you want to sell the shares, you can't sell them to outsiders, they can only be circulated among you."

Yan Jingsi could understand before, but then he didn't quite understand: "Zhen'er, why is that?"

"Uncle, you don't know how profitable this arena is." Li Zhen said excitedly: "When the arena really becomes popular, it will really make a lot of money every day. I don't know how many hungry wolves will pounce on it. I'm afraid it won't work even if my father stops me, so these conditions must be specified."

"I understand, I listen to Zhen'er." Yan Jingsi still half understood, but even though he didn't understand, he only needed to know that Li Zhen would never harm him.

Next, Li Zhen explained to Yan Jingsi the precautions such as fake punches, scalpers, and gambling punches. Among them, gambling punches are allowed, but this must be controlled in the arena, that is, in the hands of Yan Jingsi.Scalpers can’t be banned, as long as they don’t go too far, but fake punches are absolutely not allowed. Once found, they will be expelled from the arena immediately

"Uncle, have you memorized everything?" Li Zhen asked Yan Jingsi after finishing talking about the reward and punishment system.

Yan Jingsi put down the brush in his hand and nodded, "I've written it down."

"That's good. Next, uncle, the first thing you need to do is to find a partner. Remember, the character of the partner must be reliable. The other thing is to find another place and build an arena according to what I told you. Better to be bigger."

Yan Jingsi said with a bitter face: "But Zhen'er, every inch of land in Chang'an City is expensive, I'm afraid it's hard to find such a place, even if you find uncle, you can't afford it."

"that's true."

"Zhen'er, do you think it can be built in the suburbs?"

"Outskirts?" After thinking about it for a while, Li Zhen nodded and said, "It's fine, but we need to increase our publicity, otherwise who would know about your arena?"

"Propaganda? How to promote it?"

"It's very simple, just write what you want to say on bamboo paper and post it around. There are many idlers in Chang'an City, and after so many years, they probably got tired of playing like you. Now there is such a novelty. Why don’t things come in swarms?” Li Zhen casually said the method of the big-character poster.

"Zhen'er still has a solution." Yan Jingsi was overjoyed: "This solution is really good."

"And when I'm not around, uncle can discuss with Ben Yin or Creevey. Such competitions are very popular there, especially in Rome. The Roman arena is very famous. They may know more details." Li Zhen suddenly remembered Both Ben Yin and Creevey were considered to be from the Roman Empire, so they should know a little about gladiatorial combat.

"I see." Yan Jingsi nodded: "Then you go to sleep for a while, uncle will take you out to play at night."

"Well, thank you uncle."

Chapter 28 Inspection of Industrial Porcelain Kilns

Chapter 28 Inspection of industrial porcelain kilns

In the evening Yan Jingsi took Li Zhen out of the house.

"Chang'an is indeed very prosperous at night." Li Zhenqi looked around on Benyin's neck. Different from the prosperity of the heavenly palace in later generations, Chang'an at this time has more human atmosphere, and the degree of excitement is perfect. Explode future generations.

Yan Jingsi raised his head and said: "Now the sun is just setting, it is not the most lively time, it will be even more lively when it is completely dark. But there is a curfew at night, every time you just go to Xingtou, you have to go back quickly. What a disappointment."

Li Zhen also sighed, this is also a matter of no choice, now that the Tang Dynasty has just been established, the great enemy of the Turks has not yet been eliminated, and the curfew is also a matter of no choice.

"Let's not talk about this, uncle will take you to eat delicious food."

"Delicious?" Li Zhen's eyes lit up. As a senior foodie, she couldn't help but drool when she heard delicious food.

"That's right, although your food is not as delicious as Zhen'er's, it still has a special flavor."

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up, I can't wait."

"Zhen'er, try this Hubing, the Hubing here is the best." Yan Jingsi bought four or five Hubing and handed one to Li Zhen.

Hubing is actually naan. The Han biscuits similar to Hubing include "sesame cake", "oven cake", "sesame cake" and so on.After the Han Dynasty controlled the Western Regions, sesame and walnuts were introduced, which added new auxiliary materials to cake making. At this time, round cakes filled with walnut kernels appeared, also known as "Hubing". This is what Li Zhen ate. kind.

"It's really delicious, and there are walnuts in it." Li Zhen took a bite, her eyes lit up immediately, she put a lot of walnuts, not just one or two crumbs like those 'conscience' merchants in later generations.

Yan Jingsi nodded approvingly: "This is my uncle's favorite food. Whenever I have free time, I will come here to buy a few Hubing biscuits."

"Hey, uncle, what's that?"

"Oh! That's called bio (bio), and it's also a delicacy. Let's go, uncle will take you to taste it."

"Oh."

饆饠 is also written as "Bi Luo", which is a kind of pastry with stuffing.It began in the Tang Dynasty, when Changxingfang in Chang'an had a restaurant opened by Hu people.According to historical data, there are crab roe gluten, cherry glutinous rice, smallpox glutinous rice, etc., which are very famous and were introduced from ethnic minority areas.

What Li Zhen eats now is crab roe glutinous rice balls, and when he bites down, the aroma of crab roe and sesame seed cakes blend perfectly, and Li Zhen's eyes lit up at that time.

Seeing Li Zhen's appearance, Yan Jingsi proudly said, "Isn't it delicious? But don't eat so much, there will be delicious food in a while."