"Your Majesty smokes!"
Qin Mo handed Li Er a cigarette. Li Er naturally held it between his two fingers. After Qin Mo lit it, he began to smoke.
"Now you know fear?" Li Er sat down and looked at Qin Mo with a faint smile.
"You know you're scared, but you still dare to use this question to scare Kong Yingda?”
He would never admit to this problem, so Qin Mo immediately began to show his loyalty and bravery. His eyes were filled with tears." Your Majesty, as the saying goes, when you are in the high position of the court, you worry about your people. When you are in the distant Jianghu, you worry about your monarch. I am also sharing your worries.”
Hearing this, Li Er suddenly felt his teeth ache. The last time he heard this, he was cheated of 10,000 strings. Although Qin Mo didn't dare to ask him for it, it still made him unhappy. So he glanced at Qin Mo and said teasingly," In that case, I have to reward you."”
Qin Mo said," I wouldn't dare! This is my duty. It was hot outside, and the Emperor was talking in his room.”
"Humph!"
Li Er snorted coldly, but he still stood up and followed Qin Mo into the house.
It was June, and the heat was unbearable. Although there was shade, it was not as cool as the inside of the house.
The guard moved the chair into the room.
"Uncle Wen, quickly pick up my popsicle for His Majesty and the other lords to taste.”
Qin Mo ordered loudly.
Qin Mo's ice making business had yet to start, but the mines were already digging for saltpeter day and night.
He hired the villagers near the mine and paid them a lot of money. The villagers were very enthusiastic.
Once the shop was renovated, they would choose an auspicious day to open for business. However, Qin Manor had already used ice cubes in advance.
Upon entering the main hall of the courtyard, Qin Manor's servants had already placed over ten ice basins.
It could be said that there was ice and fire inside and outside the house.
"Extravagant!"
The old man said expressionlessly.
He wanted to find out the secret to making ice, but he couldn't, so he was dissatisfied.
Li Er was also dissatisfied. The Lizheng Hall was extremely hot and stuffy. Even as the emperor, he did not put so many ice cubes, so Li Er felt uncomfortable.
His gaze was filled with malice as he looked at Qin Mo. He felt like beating up the little kid.
Qin Mo glared at the sly old man.
Soon, Uncle Wen asked the maid to serve the popsicle, which was still emitting cold air.
The so-called popsicle was very simple. It was made with boiled water, cooked mung beans, and white sugar. It couldn't be simpler.
There was also sugar in the Tang Dynasty. It was the brown sugar that was introduced into the Tang Empire from the Western Regions. It was called stone honey. However, the white sugar was gone, and the taste of the stone honey was a little sour.
The popsicles that Qin Mo thought were ordinary shocked Li Er and the others.
Li Er and the others, who had a history of humiliation, did not speak.
Hence, Old Qin asked," Dalang, what is this?”
Qin Mo said," This is a new ice lolly I made to cool off the heat. It's made from boiled water, green beans, and sugar. Please have a taste, Your Majesty and all the other uncles.”
Old Qin asked," How do we eat it?"
Qin Mo picked one up." You can lick it or bite it.”
Qin Mo demonstrated for them.
Old Qin picked up one, followed by Li Er and the others.
"A gentleman stays away from the kitchen. What future does a young man have if he doesn't think about improving himself and ponders over these things all day long?”Li Eryi scolded as he ate his popsicle.
Qin Mo's brows twitched. Damn it, Li Er was just like a typical person who picked up his bowl to eat and then put it down to curse. Who was the one who appointed Qin Mo as the chef every time he came to the Qin Manor?
However, she could not win against him, so she could only say," Your Majesty, I'm sharing your worries!”
Li Er looked at Qin Mo from the corner of his eyes and said," I'm afraid you're making this food to satisfy your own desire.”
Qin Mo said," Your Majesty, the heat is unbearable. I thought that Your Majesty must be working hard day and night, so I thought of this method to relieve the heat and prepared to present it to Your Majesty.”
Li Er was very annoyed when he heard this. This Shandong kid could always talk about sharing the king's worries. He said angrily," Do you know that Wuji, Xuanling, Keming, and Kong Yingda didn't even eat yesterday because of that broken sentence?”
He would never admit that he intentionally used this question to make things difficult for the Emperor, so Qin Mo said with an innocent look," Your Majesty, I just suddenly thought of this question when I was in school yesterday and casually mentioned it to Chancellor Kong. I was prepared to submit the report after I had the solution, but who knew that he would run to find Your Majesty.”
What he meant was that it was all Kong Yingda's fault.
Li Er waved his hand and said," Don't talk nonsense. I'm only asking you how to break the sentence breaking method.”
Qin Mo did not dare to keep Li Er in suspense when he saw Li Er's expression, which was as if he was going to get Old Qin to hang him up and beat him up if he was not satisfied. He said," As the saying goes, those who are at the top of the court are worried about their people, and those who are far away in the martial arts world are worried about their monarch. I have discovered this problem, but there are lawless people who use this loophole to oppress the people and deceive the monarch. They can sleep all night, toss and turn, and rack their brains…"
Li Er glared at Qin Mo and interrupted his boasting. He tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair and said," Get to the point. Don't talk to me about useless things. Have you found the solution?"”
Qin Mo said," Yes."
As soon as he said this, the old man, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were all interested and looked at Qin Mo with burning eyes.
This question had stumped them. After returning yesterday, they had thought about it for the entire night, but there was no way to solve it.
Old Qin already knew about this question, so he wasn't very surprised. Old Foolish Yuchi and Old Cheng, on the other hand, looked as if they didn't understand at all.
Qin Mo took out a piece of paper and placed it on the low table in front of Li Er. There were some punctuations written on it.
"What is this?"
Everyone gathered around to take a look. They only felt that the things on it were like heavenly books and could not understand them at all. However, they had been slapped in the face before and tactfully kept quiet to avoid losing face.
Qin Mo explained," These are the punctuations, and this is the commas. They represent the general pause between sentences. This was a full stop, indicating the end of a sentence. This is a dash, indicating a turning point, and this is a question mark.”
Qin Mo explained the use of punctuations to Li Er and the others. In the end, he ended with the sentence he had used to make things difficult for Kong Yingda yesterday." Confucius said: The people can be made to follow, but they cannot be made to know. This way, no one could misinterpret the meaning.”
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