amaotonovel Chapter 1129 Old Deng wants to turn this official into a movie star?
Chapter 1129 Old Deng wants to turn this official into a movie star?
After a moment's thought, Emperor Zhu instructed Zhu Lao Er: "Go to Kunning Palace and tell your mother, and also tell your Aunt Guo, to bring Thirteen along."
After Zhu Lao Er left in a hurry, Emperor Zhu turned to Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen and said, "Let's go eat at the dog's house!"
Li Shanchang's eyes lit up immediately.
It was His Highness the Crown Prince who wanted to frame Yang Dianfeng.
The one who takes people to eat at a wealthy household is the one in a high position.
Even if Yang Dianfeng felt resentful, he would only hold a grudge against his superiors and the Crown Prince.
What does this have to do with me?
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and smiled, saying as he followed Emperor Zhu out, "If I had known, I wouldn't have eaten this morning. No, actually, I shouldn't have eaten last night."
Liu Bowen glanced at Emperor Zhu, then at Li Shanchang, and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Son-in-Law has always been... well, broad-minded, and will..."
Emperor Zhu chuckled and said, "If you don't go and take advantage of his wealth, do you think he'll let you off the hook?"
"Which of the following reforms—the system of appointed officials, the reform of the Censorate, the reform of the Censorate, the reform of the Censorate, and the special inspectorate in charge of the 'four no's and two direct's—did you, Mr. Qingtian, miss out on?"
"Instead of not going to the former city and getting messed around by him, we might as well go and eat to our hearts' content. At least we'll get some benefit out of it."
"..."
Liu Bowen couldn't help but reach up and scratch the back of his head.
What the person in charge said makes a lot of sense.
But something just feels off.
……
Just as Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma were leading their large family back and forth at Duanmen, Yang Shaofeng's attention was drawn to a stall selling glasses.
It's amazing enough that there are street vendors on the Neiwulong Bridge, but there's an even more amazing eyeglasses stall?
Yang Shaofeng walked up to the stall with great curiosity, picked up a pair of glasses, and asked the stall owner while holding them up to his face, "How's business?"
The stall owner chuckled and replied, "Replying to your question, sir, business is quite good. There are many officials in the palace, many of whom are nearsighted or have presbyopia. Selling glasses here makes more money than elsewhere."
Hearing the stall owner's address and hearing that familiar accent, Yang Shaofeng was stunned for a moment, then looked at the stall owner and asked, "From Ningyang?"
The stall owner replied with a smile, "Yes, I am Lin Sishi. I moved from Shanxi to Heshan, Ningyang in the fourth year of the Hongwu reign."
Yang Shaofeng said "Oh," and then asked, "Why did you decide to sell glasses here? There are a lot of officials in the palace; which one of them doesn't have glasses? Do you think they'd come to you every other day to buy glasses?"
Lin Sishi chuckled twice, then lowered his voice and said, "Your Excellency may not know this, but the officials in the palace fight every other day, so these glasses sell quickly and at high prices."
"Moreover, these glasses are made by our Ningyang workshop and have prescription lenses."
"I made a special note of what prescription lenses each official used."
Lin Sishi's voice gradually grew louder, and a hint of pride involuntarily appeared on his face: "This was a joint effort between Ningyang Medical College and Dengzhou Medical College."
So, Ningyang County is just a county, what kind of medical school is it?
Do they plan to establish engineering colleges, mathematics colleges, pharmacy colleges, architecture colleges, and military colleges in the future?
Children from Ningyang County study at the local community school in Ningyang from a young age, then go to the county school in Ningyang when they grow up, and then take the exams for the prefectural school in Dengzhou or the capital, and then go back to Ningyang County to study at the university.
Why not just set up another prefectural school and go straight for the whole thing?
While mentally ranting, Yang Shaofeng asked, "It's almost Chinese New Year, why aren't you back in the capital? Did you buy a house in the capital and plan to live here permanently?"
Lin Sishi curled his lip and said, "What's so good about the capital? Apart from a few pleasure boats and brothels, the rest is not as interesting as our Ningyang countryside."
"I didn't go back to Ningyang because I was thinking of selling more goods at the end of the year so I could earn more money."
"Another reason is that many families have children in the capital, and since they can't go back for a while, many parents simply come to the capital to get together with their children during holidays."
Lin Sishi pointed to the stalls on the main street outside the Inner Five Dragon Bridge: "On this Imperial Road, there must be one or two out of every ten stalls that are from Ningyang County. Some are from the neighborhoods in the city, and some are from the villages in the countryside."
At this point, Lin Sishi's voice gradually lowered again: "Also, the master hasn't come back to our county for the New Year for two or three years."
"We all discussed it and decided that if you still can't go back this year, then those of us who stayed in the capital will go to the Prince Consort's residence to wish the master a Happy New Year."
"They must be overjoyed to run into the lord here today."
Wu Sansi, who squeezed in from the side, glared at Lin Sishi, then said to Yang Shaofeng with a big smile, "Master, don't listen to his nonsense. This dog just wants to make more money."
Yang Shaofeng gave a heavy "hmm," while Zhu Biao beside him was so angry he wanted to curse.
I always said there are no good people in Ningyang County!
Look, look! In Lin Sishi's mouth, our capital city of the Ming Dynasty is not even as good as the countryside of Ningyang County!
The point is, if you can't catch up, you can't catch up. Why the hell do you have to bring up those pleasure boats and brothels?
Zhu Biao grew angrier the more he thought about it, and even when Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma arrived at the Inner Five Dragon Bridge with their large family and Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others, he still couldn't get rid of the anger he felt towards the black sesame dumplings.
Upon seeing Emperor Zhu and his entourage rushing over, Yang Shaofeng felt a wave of dizziness and nearly fainted.
Yes, I knew long ago that Black Sesame Dumplings were no good, and I also knew that Deng would never miss an opportunity to fleece the rich and take advantage of the poor, but I never expected that Deng would be so unreliable—
There's not much to say about Lao Deng and his mother-in-law. From Zhu Lao Er to Zhu Shisan, that's understandable. And from Zhu Jingjing to Zhu Yuhua, I can accept that too.
The question is, why are there several of Lao Deng's concubines in the team?
Who are Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun who just arrived, plus Li Wenzhong?
And what about Xu Miaoyun, the young lady of Xu Da's family, who is currently chatting with Yu'er and Chang Mou Nu?
Is that how Zhu Lao Er, Zhu Lao San, and Zhu Lao Si address people?
Is Old Deng planning to turn me into an Oscar-winning actor?
While Yang Shaofeng was internally ranting, he and Heizhi Tangyuan went forward to pay their respects to Emperor Zhu and Empress Ma.
Then, Yang Shaofeng realized something was wrong.