Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

"Boy, what's in your package?"

Li Shimin asked Su Chen, whose forehead was covered with sweat.

"This is a little toy for the emperor called mahjong. It takes four people to play."

Changle next to him handed Su Chen a handkerchief, and Su Chen took it and wiped his sweat with a smile.

Li Shimin nodded, "Besides that, what else did you bring to the palace?"

"Half a pig has been sent to the imperial kitchen." Su Chen answered honestly.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Haha, very good!"

You didn't bring me anything when you came to the palace for the first time.

"Aye!"

"Brother-in-law, when did you come to the palace? Why didn't you let someone notify me?" Li Chengqian heard that a strange marquis came to the palace today.

He immediately thought of Su Chen and ran all the way here.

"Your Highness, what are you busy with?" Su Chen laughed.

Li Chengqian didn't have much to do. He dealt with the teachers who taught him every day. Li Shimin would occasionally give him some relatively unimportant things to deal with.

"There are many trivial matters in the palace, so you can't leave the palace for a long time."

Li Shimin blocked the sun with his hands and said:

"Boy, it's better to go to the Queen's Lizheng Palace for your first time in the palace, so as not to get lost and embarrass yourself in the future."

"Old man, order someone to deliver lunch to Taiji Palace!"

Wang Defa respectfully accepted the order: "Yes!"

"Boy, let's go, and go to Lizheng Palace!" Li Shimin waved his hand and took a few people to Lizheng Palace.

...

"Brother-in-law!"

"Sister!"

Little Li Zhi drove the Kart Rider and slipped in front of Su Chen and others.

"Brother-in-law, is this the toy you gave to Chi Nu? Is it bigger?"

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up and he instantly liked this Kart Rider.

Su Chen shook his head, "There is only this one."

Li Shimin, who was walking in front, heard what his silly son said and thought: Can there be a bigger one waiting for you?

Arriving at Lizheng Palace, Empress Changsun already knew that Su Chen was coming to the palace today.

"Su Chen, how come you have time to come to the palace today?"

Empress Changsun looked at Su Chen and smiled.

"Mother, the road from the manor to Chang'an will be built tomorrow. It will be inconvenient for the carriage to pass by then, so I came here today."

Empress Changsun nodded, "The toy you gave Chi Nu...he loves playing with it."

"Boy, did you send people to post those notices in Chang'an?"

Hearing Su Chen say that the road construction had started, Li Shimin remembered that the guard mentioned the notice.

"Your Majesty, I asked someone to post it. Your Majesty, is it not allowed to post such notices in Chang'an?"

Su Chen was a little confused. Is there an urban management officer now?

Li Shimin waved his hand, "No, what I want to say is that the notice stated that the recruitment would stop when 300 people were recruited. Do you know how many people are needed to complete the construction from the manor to Chang'an City within a month, even if cement is not used?"

Su Chen smiled, "Your Majesty, I know that 300 people are definitely not enough. If we only consider the transportation of those materials, 5,000 people are not too many.

The recruitment notice only recruits 300 people, but there is no arrangement for the number of people to register.

In addition, the first few days are just leveling the roadbed, so it is enough to recruit 500 people. After the roadbed is completed, we will continue to recruit people. The transportation of materials can only rely on manpower, and ox carts and horse carts cannot be used.

And Moreover, the wages were written incorrectly in the recruitment notice. Road construction is heavy physical labor, and the minimum wage of 25 wen a day cannot be used. I will think about it when I go back. "

Li Shimin nodded, "That's good, boy, just ask if you need help!"

Su Chen bowed, "Thank you first, Your Majesty, maybe you really need Your Majesty to send someone."

Li Shimin waved his hand generously and said, "Don't be polite, soldiers will definitely work faster than ordinary people, you can just count 50 wen as wages!"

Su Chen opened his mouth, not knowing how to respond, "Okay, I know!"

Empress Changsun saw Li Shimin's money-obsessed look and looked at him with contempt.

Li Shimin pretended not to see it, and stood up and said:

"Guanyin, I have sent lunch to the Taiji Palace of the Emperor Taishang, let's go now."

Empress Changsun nodded, "Xia He, tell Chi Nu and Xiao Sizi to stop playing."

"Su Chen, let's go!"

Su Chen walked along the way, the imperial city is so big.

Fortunately, the Taiji Palace and the harem were separated by only a wall, and everyone arrived at the Taiji Palace about a quarter of an hour later.

After everyone greeted each other, Li Yuan laughed and said:

"Okay, Su Chen, boy, have a good drink with me today."

Su Chen can drink ten cups without getting drunk, and more than a pound is enough to cope with it.

"Okay, drink two cups with the old man later."

...

Everyone was satisfied with the pork feast.

After Li Zhi and everyone left, he took his sister to play Kart Rider again.

"Boy, what are you going to do?Let Qingque return to the palace and check the accounts with Gao Ming?"

Li Shimin remembered the last time Su Chen proposed it. After asking them to check the accounts, nothing happened.

This morning, Dai Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, asked Li Shimin privately.

This Su Chen had already made plans, "Your Majesty, after this road is built, the King of Wei will return to the palace, and Daniu and the others will leave the manor and do their own things."

"Oh, what are they going to do after leaving the manor?" Li Shimin asked in confusion.

Su Chen smiled. They are now contractors, and they will build roads and houses in the future.

"Your Majesty, they will still build roads later, and build a very important road." Su Chen didn't say it too clearly.

Li Shimin nodded, "You can make your own arrangements! Boy, take out the new things you brought to the emperor and let me see them."

Su Chen got up and took the package, "Your Majesty, let someone get an eight-immortal table, just a table without stools. "

Li Shimin waved to a eunuch to move the table.

Soon, two eunuchs brought in an eight-immortal table, and Su Chen opened the package.

Li Shimin and others came forward to watch, "Boy, is this the new thing you said? Just this piece of wood?" Li Shimin picked up a wooden sign and said disdainfully.

"Yes, this is called mahjong, I don't know if you like it or not."

Anyway, Su Chen doesn't like to play mahjong, he likes to play billiards.

"Boy Su Chen, this is called dice, right? Why are the one and four points of your dice painted red?"

Li Yuan picked up two dice and asked.

They have all seen dice. It is said that this dice has existed since the Warring States Period. There are wooden and animal bones.

Su Chen smiled slightly and thought: Why are one and four red? This is related to your old Li family!

"Grandpa, there is a story about this issue. Do you want to listen to it? "

Li Shimin raised his hand and asked someone to bring a few chairs with backrests, "You can tell me about it, just to relieve your boredom."

Su Chen sat down and cleared his throat, "This is just a legend, don't take it seriously!"

Everyone nodded and sat down to listen to Su Chen's story about the dice.

"A long time ago, an evil wizard sealed a person's wronged soul into six dice, making it impossible for him to reincarnate forever.

He also cast a curse that the emperor must blow on the dice before the wronged soul inside can reappear in the world and reincarnate.

Later, the wizard gave the dice to a man named An and told him that as long as he blew on the dice, he could get any number he wanted.

Coincidentally, this man named An later became a treacherous minister in the court, and was deeply loved by the emperor and his concubine.

One day, this man named An wanted to use this magical dice to win an important position from the emperor. He played the game of rolling dice and comparing points with the emperor.

The rules are: six points are the same as a leopard, and all points can be killed. If they are both leopards, the points of the leopards will be compared. "

Su Chen paused for a moment and wanted to take a breath.

"Su Chen, keep talking!" Li Yuan couldn't wait, and he couldn't stop telling stories.

Changle poured a glass of water for Su Chen, who took a sip and smiled at Changle. "Okay, then I'll continue!"

"The emperor and I agreed on the prize of the game, which is the position. If An loses, he will resign from his official position.

After the game started, An asked the emperor to roll the dice first, but the emperor refused to let him roll first.

An rolled the dice first as he was told, and blew on the dice, silently reciting six ones in his heart.

Sure enough, the dice rolled out six ones. When the emperor saw that it was a leopard, he regretted that he should not use the court official position as a game prize.

The emperor was under great pressure. He could not surrender without a fight. He had no choice but to pick up the dice and throw it.

At this time, the favorite concubine beside the emperor stopped the emperor's action and said: Emperor, you should also be like the man surnamed An just now. Blow before throwing, and then think about the required points.

The man surnamed An's face changed drastically, but he couldn't stop it.

The emperor followed the words of the favorite concubine and blew on the dice, silently saying in his heart: Leopard!

It was indeed a leopard, six fours. The emperor was very happy to see that he really threw a leopard, and he praised the favorite concubine again and again.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the man surnamed An could only shout that the emperor was destined to be the emperor. The emperor was happy and did not take his official position.

The concubine picked up two dice and said: It is extremely rare to roll out two leopards in a row with six dice. Please paint the one and four points of the dice red to commemorate this rare coincidence. The emperor readily agreed.

From then on, the one and four points of the dice became red. "

Su Chen spread his hands after speaking, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the story, I'm done. "

Li Shimin frowned, feeling as if he had missed something.

"Boy, what happened to the wronged soul in the dice? The emperor blew a breath, isn't it the emperor blowing a breath?Are you angry?"

Su Chen was surprised that Li Shimin listened to the story attentively.

"That's right, the wronged soul escaped and later became a general who killed evil spirits in the world."

"His name is: Tianshi Zhong Kui!"