The development of things after that went smoothly beyond Luo Yong's expectation.
The emperor has made a lot of money by selling cement and eucommia gum in the past two years, especially the eucommia gum.
He has found a group of craftsmen who are responsible for making gorgeous and exquisite leather boots and selling them to foreign nobles.
The price is so high that it can kill people, but the sales volume is still very good, and demand often exceeds supply.
This time, the emperor heard a parent of a student from Taixue mention this matter, and then with a stroke of his pen, not only the problem at Guozixue was solved, but also Taixue, Four Schools, and Shu Schools such as science, arithmetic, and law also benefited from it, and Hongwen Hall was not left behind either.
His Majesty the Emperor has spoken, and it is not limited to those who must get full marks in the arithmetic test to be rewarded, and it is not limited to a few rewards at a time.
As long as students are diligent in study and have excellent grades, they can be appropriately rewarded according to the situation.
After the news spread, many students in Chang'an City were very happy, especially the students from the four schools, calligraphy, arithmetic, and law.
Although not everyone has the strength to get this award, But after all, it is still a hope.
In addition, many people in Chang'an City also speculated that the emperor's move must have the intention of promoting his official status.
Not long ago, a new private academy was opened in Maoling, not far from Chang'an City.
The dean of that academy was quite prestigious among the gentry and literati.
Not long after this academy opened, there were many People send their children to study there, and now there are more than fifty students.
I heard that they have very high requirements for students' qualifications.
If they have poor qualifications, they will not accept them no matter how good their background is.
If they have excellent qualifications, they will accept them no matter how ordinary their background is.
Speaking of Maoling, we have to mention Wuling near Chang'an City.
In the hinterland of Guanzhong and on the Xianyang Plain at the junction of Jingwei and Jingwei, there are a total of nine imperial tombs of the Western Han Dynasty.
Among them are: Changling of Gaozu, Anling of Emperor Hui, Yangling of Jingdi, Maoling of Emperor Wu, and Pingling of Zhaodi.
These five mausoleums The most prosperous place was where many wealthy families and relatives of the royal family lived together, so people at that time called Xianyang Plains Wulingyuan.
Bai Juyi wrote in Pipa: "When Wuling was young, he was struggling with his head, and he sang red silk for countless songs."
Li Bai also wrote: "When Wuling was young, he rode the spring breeze in Jingdong City, with a silver saddle and a white horse."
This Wuling young man refers to the Wuling on the Wulingyuan.
At this time, Bai Juyi and Li Bai were not yet born, but there had been counties in Wulingyuan since the Han Dynasty.
The first people to move here were the high-ranking officials of the Guandong region, the wealthy people of Gaozi, and the heroes.
Overall, the style of Jianzhijia is very high.
This time, the newly opened academy at Maoling was called Huaili Academy, because the place where Maoling was located was Maoxiang, Huaili County in the Han Dynasty.
I heard that not only do they not select students' origins, but they also require very little training.
There are free school buildings and canteens in the college, and the treatment is comparable to that of a government school.
The official schools in Chang'an City also have canteens.
Luo Yong and the others eat in the school canteen at noon every day.
There are also school buildings.
Some foreign students and a few international students live in the school buildings.
Under the current situation, even Luo Yong couldn't help but think about whether those families were ready to recruit talents and strengthen their family strength, let alone be in a position like the emperor.
Therefore, many people in Chang'an City said that the reason why the emperor was so generous this time was to show the superiority of official learning.
Luo Yong believed that this speculation was quite reasonable.
On the morning of this day, an official from the Imperial College came to Sister's Restaurant to discuss the price of her bamboo sticks with Aunt Luo.
Since the imperial court came to purchase them and the quantity was relatively large, the price would definitely need to be negotiated again.
Aunt Luo asked him to ask Luo Yong.
As long as they made an agreement with Luo Yong, she had no objection.
Then that afternoon, Luo Yong was called to the Imperial College to talk.
"Sanlang thinks that the price of this bamboo stick is appropriate."
The person who discussed the matter with Luo Yong was Master Yang of the Imperial College.
The Imperial College at this time in the Tang Dynasty was an educational administrative agency that supervised the six schools, so this time this matter was also under their control.
When Master Yang asked this question, he had a vague intention of suppressing Luo Yong with his status as a superior.
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When Luo Yong heard this, he kicked the ball back to him with a raised foot: "Master Yang thought that twenty-eight Wen this The price is not right” It doesn't matter what he is, the officer is not an officer, Luo Yong is not trying to get promoted, he has nothing to worry about what he, the officer, will do.
Besides, in addition to the chief registrar, the Imperial College also has an Imperial College Jijiu and an Imperial College Prime Minister, all of whom have higher official positions than Chief Yang. , the two of them probably don’t want to come forward in this bargaining matter.
"How can the price of hundreds of bamboo sticks every month be the same as the previous scattered transactions?"
Master Yang said.
"That's true."
Luo Yong smiled and asked him: "So, what does the chief bookkeeper think is appropriate for a bamboo stick?"
In bargaining, the process of mutual testing is very important.
On the one hand, one should not let the other party guess too early.
On the other hand, you must try to understand the other party's bottom line.
"" Mr.
Yang is also from a good family.
He has been pampered since he was a child.
He doesn't know how to bargain.
When he heard Luo Yong ask this question, he thought about it in his heart and said, "In my opinion, twenty The money is appropriate.”
When Luo Yong heard the price, he frowned immediately: "How can twenty cents make the students in these six schools of the right age enough to earn money?
It's hard to call my sister a loss-making business." ” Master Yang has also been to Sister's Restaurant and knows that a bowl of canned fruit in their shop costs five cents.
Those young people in their teens and twenties can just eat four or five bowls. , that’s not like playing.
But this time, the task was assigned by the superiors.
According to the instructions above, the price should not exceed twenty-four cents at most.
It would be best if the price could be reduced to around twenty cents.
Mr.
Yang originally thought that the price of twenty cents was a bit unreasonable.
But when he heard what Luo Yong said, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he said: "Lossing money is not a problem.
Not all students can afford it."
Panda, if not like this, that bamboo stick is priced at twenty-two cents, what do you think?"
When Luo Yong heard him open his mouth and add two cents to a bamboo stick, he felt a little funny in his heart.
A bamboo stick costs two cents, and one hundred is equivalent to two hundred cents.
Add up these six schools, and each month But the price difference is thousands of dollars.
As the saying goes, just give up when you see good things.
At this time, Luo Yong no longer pushed for an inch.
He bowed to Chief Yang and said, "Thank you for your consideration."
Chief Yang nodded, feeling very satisfied with Luo Yong's recognition.
After all, he was providing breakfast to the students of the Sixth School, and it was a reward.
If it were other merchants, they would be willing to do it even if it was a losing business.
It's just that in Chang'an City, there is currently no restaurant with a better reputation than Ajie Restaurant, and it is suitable for providing breakfast to students.
After all, they are students of the Sixth School, and those places that are too extravagant are not suitable for them.
The place was too simple and could not highlight their identity.
After much deliberation, Sister's Restaurant was the most suitable place, not to mention that Luo Sanlang was the one who started this matter from the beginning, and the prize was breakfast from Sister's Restaurant.
The students seemed to like it very much.
On November 19, Dr.
Chen came to Luo Yong early to get the test papers.
"Why did you come here to get it in person?
I was thinking of sending it to you at noon."
Luo Yong smiled and handed a stack of test papers into his hands.
"I feel at ease if I prepare early."
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It was the first time that such an exam was arranged, and Dr.
Chen was a little nervous.
"It's just an exam, what difference can it make?"
For those who have experienced various large and small mock exams, weekly exams, monthly exams, midterm exams and final exams, Luo Yong feels that this mid-term exam is just child's play.
As a teacher, he has a correct attitude, but when it comes to being nervous, he is not nervous at all.
"Just in case, I asked my family to print a few more copies for you."
Luo Yong said to Dr.
Chen again when he was sending him out.
"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered this incident."
Dr.
Chen was very grateful: "When the exam is over today, I will treat you to dinner tonight."
"Forget it tonight, just bring me some good food for lunch the day after tomorrow."
Luo Yong had other arrangements tonight.
Besides, he didn't like going out to socialize with others, so he just forgot about inviting him to dinner.
However, their school cafeteria is really not very good.
Many students and teachers from well-off families will ask servants to deliver hot meals and dishes.
Luo Yong has that condition.
He and Qiao Junlin both eat honestly.
In the canteen, it would be nice to add a few dishes occasionally.
"Okay, I will ask my family to bring some good dishes over at noon the day after tomorrow."
Dr.
Chen said as he trotted onto his carriage.
On this morning, the teachers in each class were checking the students' recitation and understanding of the classics and history.
This is also customary.
It's just that the atmosphere this time is better.
For some students who perform well, the gentlemen will give bamboo sticks as rewards appropriately.
They don't give many, one less, three more.
Those who get the bamboo sticks will also be rewarded.
Quite a lot.
In the afternoon, students in several classes began to take math tests.
I heard that after the last math exam, some students were beaten when they went home.
This time, in order to prevent their scores from being too ugly, Luo Yong adjusted the overall difficulty, created a lot of scoring questions, and set up a few more The difficulty is that for a paper like this, it is relatively easy to get a score of 60 or 70 points, but it is more difficult to get a score of 90 or more, and it is very difficult to get a perfect score.
However, this time the rewards are not based on perfect scores, but based on ranking.
For their Taixue side, the first to third place are all ten bamboo sticks, the fourth to tenth are five bamboo sticks, and the eleventh place is five bamboo sticks.
The 20th place is two bamboo sticks.
There are less than 200 people in Taixue in total.
This reward ratio is still relatively high.
Relatively speaking, it is also more conducive to improving students' learning enthusiasm.
"Hey, it's not like I have anything to do."
"Let's go, let's go out to the city to go horse racing tomorrow."
"I won't go on a cold day."
"Oops, I didn't make it to the top twenty.
I'm going to be trained again when I get back."
"Why does your dad still think you can rank within twenty?"
"Don't mention it" The students were sparsely preparing to go home from school, but at this time Luo Yong came in carrying a medium-sized linen bag.
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There were many things in the bag, and the shape looked like Bamboo stick.
What is this coffin board doing with so many bamboo sticks?
"I think some of you are not studying hard enough.
I thought about it, maybe it's because you don't know how delicious the breakfast at Sister's Restaurant is."
I saw the coffin board grabbing a handful of bamboo sticks from the linen bag and saying, "No one has received a bamboo stick today, only one for each person."
"Aw!"
These students may not be short of a bamboo stick, but why are they all so excited now?
"Tomorrow morning on the second floor of Ma's Guesthouse, you don't have to order downstairs.
You can go directly to the dining room on the second floor to eat."
Luo Yong said while handing out bamboo sticks to the students.
"But the banquet was held?"
asked a student.
"It's almost the same.
You'll know when you go tomorrow."
Luo Yong said with a smile.
In the afternoon of this day, Luo Yong gave the instructions to all four classes in Taixue.
The students didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but Rishiro Saburo was always good at getting some fresh things, so he thought he wouldn't be disappointed tomorrow morning, so these students made appointments one after another.
Then we went to Ma's guest house for dinner.
That night, after Luo Yong left work at Taixue, he did not go back to the yard at Feng'anfang, but went directly to the yard where the aunt and the others were working.
They still had to make some preparations for tomorrow's breakfast.
Qiao Junlin also came over to help him.
As for the children at home, he asked Azhi to help take care of them.
Si Niang and Wu Lang are now very sensible and can help, and Liu Lang and Qiniang are also well-behaved and obedient.
Children, A-Zhi likes them very much.
Taking these children in and out of the yard every day is much better than before when she was alone every day.
"The plates, bowls and chopsticks are all ready," Luo Yong asked his aunt after he went to the yard at Chonghuafang.
"The dishes and chopsticks for the guests have been sent over there.
The tableware for the table is still here.
See what's missing."
The aunt was also very busy at this time.
"The door will be closed soon.
Let me move these things over first."
Luo Yong said.
"Don't do anything, I'll let the helper do it."
Aunt Luo didn't let Luo Yong get involved.
After all, he was also an official now.
He was pushing a cart on the street.
Some people couldn't help but laugh when they saw it.
"Everything that will be used tomorrow morning should be moved there early.
This time, mistakes are most likely to happen."
Luo Yong said again.
"I can save it."
Aunt Luo also knows these things well.
After looking at the various food preparations and checking again to see if there were any omissions, Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin went to Ma's guest house before the curfew.
At this time, there were many guests in the hall on the second floor of Ma's guest house.
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Some were residents of this place, and some were not.
They will have a rest tomorrow, and many people will come out tonight to relax and have fun with friends. , I couldn't go back after the curfew, so I might as well stay in the guest house for one night.
Even if the closed-door drums kept ringing outside, it would have no impact on them.
Luo Yong took some eggs from the food shop, a can of soybean oil, and a small egg beater, and went to the backyard with Qiao Junlin.
There is a row of houses in the backyard of Ma's guesthouse, which are mainly used as workhouses and warehouses.
Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin went to the workhouse where the aunt and others lived before and started making salad dressing for tomorrow.
A few days ago, when Luo Lai came to his sister's restaurant, he heard Aunt Luo telling him that the vegetables recently were quite cheap.
Every day, many farmers outside the city picked vegetables and brought them to the city to sell.
In the cold winter months, , the prices of vegetables are getting cheaper day by day.
Some farmers told her that if the current situation continues, they may not even be able to earn back the money to buy oil paper and firewood.
Chang'an City's consumption power is still relatively strong.
When the fire kang was first introduced a few years ago, some people would put green onions and garlic sprouts on the kang and sell them, making some money.
In the past two years, the price of oil paper has dropped again.
Some people plant it in low houses covered with oil paper.
The house has a large fire pit.
They plant the vegetables on the pit and pick them when they grow.
Sold in the city, the price is very high.
I heard that those who were the first to start selling vegetables would be able to exchange for a batch of silk when they took a load of vegetables to Chang'an City and sold them.
In the past two years, more and more people have grown vegetables in winter, and the prices have naturally become cheaper and cheaper.
This year, for some reason, the prices have almost fallen below the cost line.
Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin opened the eggs one by one, separated the egg whites and yolks, put the egg whites in a pottery basin on the table, poured the egg yolks into the egg beater, and then turned the handle to start stirring.
Speaking of this egg-beating bucket, Aunt Luo and the others brought two egg-beating buckets with them when they came from Lishi County.
Later, when they heard that their business was getting bigger, the Heng family and his son left Ma's Trading Company again.
Several large and small ones were sent over.
A few large ones were brought over from Chonghuafang, and there were several more over here in the shop.
"Add some oil into it."
Luo Yong said to Qiao Junlin while turning the handle on the egg beater.
"How much?"
Qiao Junlin asked him.
"I don't know, just let it go."
Luo Yong also did this for the first time.
I heard it was quite simple, so it shouldn't be impossible.
Qiao Junlin took two spoons of soybean oil and poured it into the bucket.
He looked inside and saw that it was pitch black and he couldn't see much.
It was getting dark by now and there was an oil lamp in the room, so it was still a little dim. .
"There are grapefruits in the pottery urn over there.
Take one out and peel it."
Luo Yong said to him again.
Qiao Junlin didn't say anything.
He walked to the pottery urn in the corner and lifted up a bamboo basket covering it.
He saw that the pottery urn was filled with golden grapefruits, which were piled to the top.
Pomelos are not produced near Chang'an City.
They have to be transported from the Jiangnan area, which is a very long journey.
In addition, the number of really delicious grapefruits grown on old grapefruit trees is very limited.
So here in Chang'an City, the price of grapefruit is very expensive, often costing dozens of yuan.
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Qiao Junlin had eaten it a few times when he went out to socialize with others, but now he was so casual when he saw so many grapefruits.
It was a bit surprising that the toilet was placed in this workhouse.
"How much did you buy these grapefruits?"
Qiao Junlin asked Luo Yong as he took a grapefruit to the kang and peeled it off.
"Not many.
These grapefruits are not very good.
They are cheaper."
Luo Yong said.
"Why don't you buy some good ones?"
Qiao Junlin didn't understand why he bought so many unpalatable grapefruits.
"It's not like eating it directly."
Luo Yong said: "The egg yolk in this bucket is too thick.
Peel the grapefruit quickly and squeeze some grapefruit juice into it."
Qiao Junlin followed the instructions and squeezed some grapefruit juice into the bucket.
After a while, Luo Yong asked him to add soybean oil to it, so he added it again.
He repeated this several times, and finally added some fine salt and waited until it was stirred.
It was almost done.
Luo Yong stopped what he was doing and looked at the results in the mixing bucket towards the oil lamp.
It looked pretty good, so I dipped my chopsticks into it and put it in my mouth to taste it, and it tasted OK.
Luo Yong asked Qiao Junlin to wait in the room.
He ran to the shop in front and fried two slightly tender pancakes, then cut some vegetables and brought them over on a plate.
The two wrapped vegetables in the pancakes and spread some thick sauce from the mixing bucket.
Before Luo Yong could take a bite, Qiao Junlin took a bite.
Luo Yong saw it and couldn't help laughing.
This kid was a little too confident in his craftsmanship.
"How does it taste?"
Luo Yong asked him.
"Not bad."
Qiao Junlin slowly chewed the food in his mouth.
It was refreshing and a bit rich.
It was similar to cheese, but it was not as sticky and sweet as cheese.
If he hadn't seen the making process with his own eyes, , he certainly couldn’t imagine that this thing was made with egg yolk and soybean oil.
After the two finished eating the pancakes, they carefully put away the bucket of salad dressing, and then went to bed early.
Early the next morning, around three or four o'clock, they got up to work.
The hall on the second floor of Ma's guest house was completely empty only in the second half of the night last night.
Luo Yong went over at this time, collected the down products, and then placed some tall tables around the hall.
What Luo Yong wanted to do this time was the breakfast buffet.
In order to decorate the occasion with the atmosphere of a cafeteria, he started planning early in the morning, but it was the first time he actually started to decorate it today.
"You need my help?"
Ma Feiyang got up early today.
"Help me lay out these tablecloths."
Luo Yong was eager for more people to help him at this time.
He had put everything that should be laid out early so that he could have more time to make detailed adjustments later.
These tablecloths were also bought in advance from the cloth shop.
They have two layers in total.
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The inner layer is beige silk cloth that hangs down to the table legs.
The outer layer is dark ocher fine linen.
There are some smooth white porcelain plates on the table. , it looks particularly clean.
The table where food is placed cannot be arranged too neatly or rigidly.
How to arrange it in an orderly manner without looking messy is also very technical and aesthetic.
"Hey, do you want to come and call me so early?
The gate is not open yet and it's still dark."
"Hurry up and stop mumbling."
"You are so hungry that you have to come out for breakfast at this time."
"Isn't it okay to have nothing to do at home?
I went to bed early last night.
When I woke up, it was not yet dawn and I was hungry."
"After all, we are here at Guangdefang, why do we have to wait until the gate opens to eat?"
"Then do you know if they are open at this time?"
"We'll find out if we go over and take a look." "" This group of three people went to Ajie's restaurant to have breakfast before dawn in the morning and the morning drums in Chang'an City had not yet sounded.
Speaking of which, teenagers at this time were really bored.
There was no way around it.
Who made this era lack spiritual entertainment?
There was neither a TV station nor the Internet.
When they arrived at Sister's Restaurant, they saw lanterns hanging outside the shop and the sales window had been opened.
Someone was earlier than them and had already come here to buy breakfast.
"I heard that today's breakfast is on the second floor."
These young people handed their bamboo sticks to Xu Dalang's eldest son in the store.
"Yes, all the guests who came with these bamboo sticks today will eat on the second floor."
Xu Dalang's eldest son did not accept their few bamboo sticks, but said: "There are people on the second floor to receive them, you can just go up. " After these people went up to the second floor, they saw that there were countless oil lamps lit in this hall, which illuminated the spacious hall very brightly.
Before they could see clearly the layout inside, they smelled it first.
The aroma of food hit my face.
Taking a closer look, I saw that the tables in the middle and around the hall were filled with all kinds of food, including vegetables and meat, various rice and flour products, porridge, syrup, various stir-fry dishes, and all kinds of food.
Braised vegetables, slots of various flavors, canned fruits of various flavors
The more the young people looked at it, the more they felt that they must be dreaming I must have thought too much about eating last night "Give me the bamboo stick."
The voice of Luo Coffin Board suddenly sounded in my ears.
"Assistant Luo, Luo."
Fortunately, he didn't directly call out the nickname Luo Coffin Board.
"Bring the plates, you can go and get whatever you want to eat."
Luo Yong collected the bamboo sticks, and then handed each of these dumbfounded boys a plate.
“Make a lot of food” "Am I not dreaming?"
“Luo Coffin Baner’s banquet was very interesting.”
“Lots of food, lots of food” "Fortunately, we came early.
If we came late, there would definitely be less."
"How much do you want to eat?"
"What is this" "This is fried tofu folding, a way of eating that was just introduced from Lishi."
Qiao Junlin happened to be on the side at this time.
Hearing their discussion, he answered casually.
"Is it delicious?"
the teenagers asked.
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"It's delicious."
Qiao Junlin nodded.
Then the three young men each had a plate of fried beans and sat aside to eat.
"Should we go get some soup?"
"Do you want to eat canned food?"
“Delicious canned food” "Wow, look at this tofu pudding, it's marinated.
The marinade is so fragrant."
"Eat the tofu pudding first, and then eat the canned food later."
"Do you eat meat?
There is Dongpo meat here."
"eat" "And fish-flavored shredded pork."
"eat"
"This pancake is so weird.
It seems to be filled with raw vegetables."
"eat" “There’s a lot more added to these vegetables.”
"It looks like cheese, but it doesn't taste like cheese."
"Salty."
"It's quite refreshing."
"I'll get another one."
"Look, it's not rolled up with pancakes.
It's just mixed with a few vegetables and eaten."
"Have you ever eaten something like this before?"
"No."
"When you eat meat, take a few bites of this to relieve your tiredness."
"tasty" "" "Wow."
At this time, another short exclamation came from the other side of the stairs.
They were probably just like when they first arrived, they were dazzled by the decoration in the hall.
When the morning drum sounded that day, many students and a few parents of students came into the hall.
At this time, Aunt Luo and others also came from Chonghuafang, and a steady stream of food was added to the restaurant on the second floor.
Students and their parents were carrying plates and looking for their favorite dishes among the tables.
They ate, chatted, and enjoyed the delicious and sumptuous breakfast.
The dining environment also made them particularly satisfied.
After this day, anyone who has had the breakfast buffet at Ma's Guest House cannot help but sigh with emotion.
The breakfast banquet organized by Luo Sanlang is really novel in style, there is really a lot of food, and the taste is really delicious.
OK What, you said there is something good about the Qu Shui Shui Shang, the Qu Shui Shui Shang is just passing a wine glass around, how can the breakfast banquet at Ma's Guest House be so enjoyable?
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