Be a master through ancient times

When Chu Ci was found, they had just finished bargaining with someone.At that time, the two parties were spitting and quarreling, but the main force who spit at each other was Chu Ying.

What they want to purchase this time is a large cylinder for use under the stage, which is equivalent to the effect of a loudspeaker.Chu Ci was very surprised before, why the voices of the theater troupe were so loud, but after he asked, he found out that there were several large tanks under their stage.If the theater has better conditions, a well will be built underneath, and the effect of sound amplification will be even better.The stage of some wealthy lords is built in the water, and the purpose is also to amplify the sound with water.

This large tank is not an ordinary water tank used at home. The wall of the tank should be thicker, so that the sound amplification effect will be better.Chu Ci inquired thousands of times and repeatedly proved that he was not in the same industry, so he asked. It turns out that almost all the gardens that sing well in the capital city are bought in a shop in the west city. They are called "tanwashe".When Chu Ci heard it for the first time, he somehow thought of it as "Wagang Village", and was shocked.

After inquiring clearly, he went to the household department to find Chu Ying.

In the end, there were more than 2000 taels left over the money spent on repairing the garden.Afterwards, Chu Ci asked Chu Ying to do the accounting, and handed it over to Chen Haiping's mansion, and asked him to distribute it to the masters. After all, what he said at the beginning was "more refunds and less compensation".

As a result, within a day, the money was sent back to the Ministry of Household Affairs, with an increase of 2000 taels on the original basis.Chen Haiping said in the letter that they had already figured out the money when they reconciled the account, and they had known for a long time that it would be about 2000 taels more.He was very honored to bet right, this is part of the money he won, and now he will return it to the household department for purchase.Chu Ci immediately decided that the advertising space set up on the square would be advertised for the Chen family shop for free in the first phase.

Now, this water tank is to be used for the "Confucian Opera" on the [-]th day, so naturally the money in it will be used.Moreover, if Chu Ying is called, the price bargaining is guaranteed.

Chu Ci smiled and watched the five big and three rough bosses lose under Chu Ying's offensive, and finally decided to buy more than [-] large tanks at a price that was half of the wholesale price, and also won the package of free shipping. Welfare.

Seeing the boss go in and ask the buddy to move things, Chu Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's really strange that a big man can bargain so well."

Chu Ci remained silent. Does the winner have the right to say such a thing?

Chu Ying looked up and saw that Chu Ci had this expression, so she was ready to argue with him, but a man dressed as a eunuch came in from the door immediately, pulling Chu Ci to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute, Mr. Fuzi, what's the matter? Chu has something to do here!"

"Oh, my Chu Siye! You don't need to talk about it, there is a very urgent matter over there. The old man, the emperor, was furious and said he wanted to see you immediately!" anxious.

Chu Ci's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he was impeached by Yushitai again?No, what should I do if I rashly enter the palace and become cannon fodder?

"Mr. Fuzi, my affairs here are also very important. If the Confucius Festival is not done well, the emperor will blame it at that time. How about this, you can tell me what happened in the palace in advance, so that I can let my heart rest. Have a clue, will it work?" Chu Ci deliberately delayed the time.

Little Fuzi had no choice but to quickly organize his words and explain the ins and outs of the matter.When Chu Ci heard that he was not impeaching him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard that it was related to his students, his heart went up again.

Chu Ci listened to everything, and went out the door first, and Xiao Fuzi immediately followed, but just after leaving the door, Chu Ci turned back to the "tan tile house", so anxious that Xiao Fuzi wanted to jump.

Fortunately, Chu Ci didn't test his fragile heart again.In just a few breaths, a person was dragged over.

"Chu Siye, who is this?" Xiao Fuzi looked at Chu Ying who was being dragged by Chu Ci, and was a little stunned.

"Don't worry, I'll be able to use him later. The matter is urgent, and it's too late to explain clearly. Let's talk about it after getting in the carriage." Chu Ci dragged Chu Ying into the carriage, and then shouted at a clerk from the household department, "Remember to count the number of tanks and ask them to send this to Nanjiao Cultural Park!"

The horse ran forward quickly, and occasionally there were a few whispers from the car. There was a lot of cunning hidden in the voice, and I don't know what they were planning again.

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Tianhe Emperor looked at His Majesty's saber-rattling, two groups of people who were clearly separated, and felt that he seemed to have a headache.He really wanted to go back to rest after claiming to be sick like his father was alive, but he couldn't.

"Go and see, why hasn't Chu Ci come yet?" He whispered to the chief eunuch beside him.

"Yes, I'm going now, servant." Just as the head eunuch was about to leave, a voice came from outside the door.

"Chu Ying, a doctor in the Ministry of Finance, and Chu Ci, the Secretary of the Imperial College, have arrived."

The chief eunuch was refreshed, he swung the whisk in his hand back, took two steps forward, and shouted loudly: "Xuan—Chu Ying from the Household Department, Chu Ci from the Imperial Superintendent enters the palace!"

The sound was transmitted layer by layer, and after a while, Chu Ci and Chu Ying came in.They greeted the emperor, and after the emperor shouted, Chu Ying stepped aside temporarily, leaving only Chu Ci standing in the middle.

"I don't know why the sage summoned the minister to come here?"

"Chuci, look at the good students you have taught! It's unreasonable that they beat Prince Jiuzhu like this! I just asked, and they said they were acting on your orders. Now, I order you to take this Take care of the aftermath, otherwise, I will take off your hat!" Tianhe Emperor blew his beard and stared, and cursed Chu Ci.The student panicked and felt that he had really done something wrong.On the side of the mission, they were arrogant, thinking that His Majesty the Great Wei Emperor was seeking justice for them.

Chu Ci was so frightened that he hurriedly saluted, and called out his grievances: "Your Majesty, I have been outside all this time, so I don't know what happened? Since this matter involves my students, if they really did something wrong , then I, as a teacher, have an inescapable responsibility. However, can I ask this minister to ask clearly what happened, and then discuss the merits and demerits? At that time, I will never shirk the responsibility that should be borne by this minister !"

After hearing this, Wen Ran stood up first: "Your Majesty, this matter is caused by a subject, and it has nothing to do with Chu Siye. Please also ask the Emperor to punish me."

"Your Majesty, I beat the man, and it's none of their business. Please punish me." Jiang Xian also stood up.

As soon as the other people heard this, they rushed forward and confessed their crimes.

"Hmph, didn't you guys insist you didn't make a mistake just now? Why are you pleading guilty to me again?"

The faces of the young men felt aggrieved. If the emperor hadn't blamed Chu Siye, they would have died, and they wouldn't have given in to these people who didn't understand etiquette!

"Shut up you guys! I haven't asked you yet, don't talk nonsense!" Chu Ci taught them with a straight face, seeing them lower their heads, and then turned to the emperor, "Please forgive me for not being strict in discipline, so I let them do this Don't know the rules."

The emperor waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, and then asked him to ask questions quickly.

"Yes." Chu Ci nodded respectfully, then turned to Wen Ran and asked, "Wen Ran, you just said that this matter was caused by you, so let me ask you, why did you argue with Prince Jiuzhu and others for no reason? "

Wen Ran's eyes were red: "Chu Siye, Wen Ran is not a rude person, so why would he argue with them for no reason? We are going to set up the venue today, and not long after we entered, I heard someone making noise outside. The students Feeling puzzled, I went out to have a look, and happened to see that person arguing endlessly with the guards at the door, insisting on breaking in." Wen Ran pointed at Prince Jiuzhu who had a swollen face opposite him.

"Oh? Then I want to ask, why is His Royal Highness Prince Jiuzhu arguing endlessly with the guards at the gate?" Chu Ci walked over slowly and asked suspiciously.

"Hum!" Prince Jiuzhu snorted, but did not speak.

"Prince Jiuzhu, you are embarrassing the lower officials. Without understanding the ins and outs of the matter, it is really difficult for the lower officials to judge who is right and who is wrong. Or is it that His Royal Highness wants to end the matter here?"

"Dreaming! They beat me, and this prince will never let it go! I will argue with the guards because they look down on people and look down on people from our small country!" Prince Jiuzhu said bitterly.

Chu Ci turned pale with shock: "There must be a misunderstanding! Our Great Wei is a state of etiquette. Everyone knows the etiquette and observes the etiquette. You know that you have come from afar, and it is too late to do your best to be a landlord. How can you look down on your country? How about it? , let's call them up to ask what happened, and see if there is any misunderstanding!"

Chu Ci looked at the emperor, the emperor waved his hand, and the chief eunuch shouted: "Let the guards from the southern suburbs go to the palace!"

The two guards were called to the hall, their expressions were very disturbed.Chu Ci walked over and said in a gentle voice: "Everyone, I want to know the situation at that time, and please tell the truth. Just now Prince Jiuzhu said that you look down on them, is there such a thing?"

"Chu Siye, how dare we? Their clothes are of different styles, and we can tell they have different identities as soon as we guess it. They are very polite from the beginning to the end, and have never been disrespectful." The guard Ding Ping said with a bitter face.

"Yes, the first time they came, I told them that the garden would not open until twenty-seven, so I asked them to come back then. But after they walked for a while, this one turned around and came back again, regardless of our obstruction. Go inside. Our brother was ordered by the emperor to guard here, how dare you let someone in by mistake, this is a bit impolite, but it is only persuasion, but did not take action." The guard Zhao Sheng added.

Chu Ci nodded and said in admiration: "It's really admirable that you are dedicated to your duties. I see that you seem to have been injured a little bit, so you should go back to recuperate early."

"Thank you Majesty, thank you Chu Siye!" The two left hand in hand.

"Okay, His Royal Highness Prince Jiuzhu, now it's time for you to tell the lower officials, why did you go back and break in again when you knew that this garden was not allowed to enter?" Chu Ci turned his head to look at Prince Jiuzhu with a confused look on his face. There was a trace of disapproval.

"It's not those people. Since they said that no one is allowed to enter, why can they? Isn't this looking down on us?"

"This, the lower officials can explain. Because this garden is to be used for the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius, these students, as members of the Imperial College, should naturally contribute their strength, so the lower officials let them go there to be used in two days. The things are arranged properly. This is an internal matter, His Royal Highness should not want to know too much detail, right?"

"Then, if the prince doesn't know, it's not a crime. They should try to persuade him, why did they do it first?" Prince Jiu Zhu was a little bit aggrieved when he opened the question like this, and he could only talk about other aspects.

"Is he the one who beat you?" Chu Ci pointed to Jiang Xian.Prince Jiuzhu nodded, now he remembered that the throwing knife was still terrifying.

"Jiang Xian, why did you do it?"

Jiang Xian was silent for a while, then opened his mouth and said, "Wen Ran hasn't come back, we went out to look for him, and we just saw that he was going to beat Wen Ran, so we did it."

After listening to Chu Ci, he looked back at Prince Jiuzhu and asked, "Why did you beat Wen Ran?"

Prince Jiu Zhu faltered: "This prince is just trying to frighten him! Who would be serious about a little doll."

Chu Ci shook his head, with a look of disappointment on his face: "His Royal Highness Jiu Zhu, this is your fault! You have said that he is just a baby, how can you scare him? What's more, the situation was critical at that time. It's hard to believe that you just want to scare him with your behavior like this!"

"I--"

"You may want to say that is indeed the case, but before it happens, no one knows what will happen. If there is no one to protect you at that time, and the prince punches him, I am afraid that my student will not be able to bear it. If something good or bad happens, your highness What are you going to do?"

"he--"

"He is eager to protect his friends, just to prevent problems before they happen, isn't that too much?"

"you--"

"I'm just analyzing the facts. If there are any mistakes, please point them out."

Chu Ci cupped his hands and looked at Prince Jiuzhu, he opened his mouth, and said dejectedly, "No."

"That's fine. Since Prince Jiuzhu also agrees with what I'm saying, then I'll justify the matter. First of all, the guards stationed there were dedicated to their duties and had no fault in this matter, but they were severely injured by the prince's lead. It’s unreasonable to be both emotional and reasonable, so I’ll help them ask the prince for some medical expenses, isn’t that too much?” Chu Ci asked.

Prince Jiuzhu nodded in a daze.

"Okay, let's talk about my student. As a citizen of the Great Wei, he came out to mediate disputes under the orders of his master, but he was almost beaten up, so that his young heart was hurt. I will help him ask the prince for some money to buy some money." Tranquilizer, isn't that too much?"

"But... okay." Prince Jiu Zhu heard that every sentence he said made sense, although he always felt awkward in his heart, he couldn't help but agree.

"Okay, let's talk about them. They are eager to protect their friends, and they had a dispute with the prince, and then they started to hurt the prince. It really shouldn't be. However, the oldest among them is only 15 years old, and the youngest is only 13 years old. , They are all ignorant children. As an adult, the prince should not be as knowledgeable as them, right? In addition, the reason is that the prince wants to forcefully break into my forbidden area of ​​Great Wei. As the people of Great Wei, they are worthy of praise for defending the country. So In my opinion, this succession can be regarded as equalizing merits and demerits, what does the prince think?"

"Forbidden place?" Prince Jiuzhu's eyes widened.

"Oh, the unopened lands are considered forbidden lands, that's not important. The important thing is, does the prince agree with what Chu said just now?"

"Uh, right, right?"

"That's right! Besides, when Chu was waiting for an audience outside, he found out clearly that the prince fought with others and damaged four pots of flowers and trees in our place, a pair of porcelain was broken, and a pillar made of white marble was also chipped. These are all It is extremely valuable. Your Royal Highness, I have always heard that Nine Bamboo Tea Karl Mountain is rich in gold and silver ores. Your country is rich and powerful, and everyone in the world has heard of it. Your Highness, you will not be so stingy, let us bear the loss alone, right? "

Prince Jiuzhu was first flattered by Chu Ci that he was very comfortable, and then he was stimulated by him, so he agreed immediately.

"Okay, then, as long as His Royal Highness pays out the money, our account will be settled. Today's matter is purely a misunderstanding. I will invite the Prince to watch the ceremony on the [-]th. At that time, I will treat you as a distinguished guest. Your Highness If you are injured, go to the post house to rest first, and just leave someone to pay the bill." Chu Ci kindly reminded.

"That's right, thank you Chu Siye. Ah Wu, you stay here. After you calculate the amount, you will compensate them." Prince Jiuzhu laughed, accidentally pulled the wound on the corner of his mouth, and then left with his mouth covered. up.

The rest of the mission didn't say a word just now, but now that the Lord is gone, they didn't say anything, and they all followed suit.

"Your Majesty, this is Chu Ying from the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is proficient in arithmetic and knows the prices in the city very well. Why don't he discuss the price of compensation with your envoy?"

Tianhedi tried his best to suppress the urge to laugh, and nodded in agreement.

Chu Ying was secretly grateful, knowing that Chu Ci wanted him to show his face to the emperor, so she bowed to the emperor immediately, then faced Ah Wu, took out the small abacus she carried with her, and flicked the beads of the abacus with her slender fingers , Calculated the accounts Chu Ci just listed one by one.

His memory ability is very strong, even if the prices involved in these things are numerous and complicated, he can still remember them very clearly.

In the end, he smiled brightly at Ah Wu, and said, "Chenghui is worth 350 cents in total. Since you are my great Wei Yuan customers, the change will be waived."

Fascinated by his smile, Ah Wu took out a few bank notes and 50 taels of silver in a daze, and handed them over.

Chu Ying frowned: "This number seems wrong?"

"No, didn't you say that the change is free?"

"The change I'm talking about is eight cents and seven cents. How can the two taels of silver be considered a change?" Chu Ying looked like you were joking.

Ah Wu didn't know whether it was because of his disillusionment or something, his expression became a little bad, and he took out another two taels of silver from his body, put it in his hand, and left.

Chu Ci smiled and looked at Tianhe Emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know how kind you are, are you satisfied?"

Tianhe Emperor glared at him, and said, "You are lucky this time, and took away this group of disgusting bastards. I don't want to see them now."

After Chu Ci and Chu Ying led the students to leave, Tianhedi waved his hand to signal for the others to leave as well. As soon as the door of the hall was closed, there was a burst of laughter inside, which lasted for a long time.