"See Your Majesty!"
Soon, under the leadership of Hu Hanyun, Cheng Chumo and Li Ke's children from Meicun and Hanjiazhuang rode their bicycles to the vicinity of Changting. After seeing Li Er in the front who was wearing a dragon robe and hundreds of civil and military officials in official uniforms. , Lao Hu and others were all shocked, but fortunately Lao Hu did not lose his composure. He quickly jumped off the bicycle, came to Li Er about a foot away, cupped his fists and saluted.
"See Your Majesty!"
The teenagers behind Lao Hu also saluted.
"My son has met my father!"
After being away for more than half a month, I finally saw Li Er again today. Li Ke couldn't hide his excitement as he stepped forward and bowed.
Then, he cupped his hands towards Li Chengqian who was standing next to Li Er and said, "I've seen you, brother!"
Li Chengqian is the crown prince. Although they are brothers, they will be monarchs and ministers from now on!
"No gift!"
Li Er waved to everyone first, then looked at Li Ke with a gentle look on his face and said, "Ke'er, it's been a hard journey!"
"My son is not suffering!"
Li Ke replied, and then under Li Zexuan's eyes, Li Ke looked solemn, clasped his fists and said loudly:
"I would like to report to my father, the Tianji Brigade has lived up to its mission. In more than half a month, it has wiped out farmland locusts in 72 prefectures and counties, benefiting more than 4 million people. Along the way, the Tianji Brigade has borrowed chickens from the people. The number of chickens reached a maximum of 600,000! On the way back, the son-in-law had sent people to return the borrowed chickens to the people in full. If any were lost, they would be compensated at the market price! Now only the ones we left from Lantian are The county took out 100,000 chickens!"
Locusts were wiped out in 72 counties, benefiting more than 4 million people!
Hearing this, both the civil and military officials and the ordinary people on both sides of the road had expressions of emotion. The parents and farmers whose children were standing behind Li Ke all puffed up their chests and raised their faces. There was a lot of pride on his face.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Even though he had known the news for a long time, Li Er couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard Li Ke say it loudly in front of so many people. He said "good" three times in a row, and then looked at the person in front of him. A group of members of the Tianji Brigade said in a loud voice: "All members of the Tianji Brigade will be rewarded heavily by me! Zhao Song, declare the decree!"
"promise!"
Zhao Song bowed to accept the order, then took out the imperial edict from his sleeve, looked solemn, and recited loudly: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty decreed that at the end of June, giant locusts descended from the sky on the Tang Dynasty, and the sky was full of locusts eating away the hoeing crops. The people were in dire straits, but fortunately the Marquis of Yong'an formed a Tianji brigade and led the King of Shu, Cheng Chumo, and the children of Han and Mei villages to go north to eliminate the locusts.
For more than half a month, the Tianji Brigade traveled more than a thousand miles, wiped out locusts in more than 70 counties, and saved millions of people. It can be said that it is a great achievement for their hard work! As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, all people in the world are my subjects. Today, the Chicken Brigade saved millions of my people, so I deserve to be rewarded! All members of the Tianji Brigade will be given a belt and ten pieces of silk~! "
This reward had actually been decided at the court a few days ago, and now it was just a matter of "packaging" Li Er's original words in the court into an imperial edict and reading it out in public!
From the perspective of monetary value alone, this reward is not rich, and the material cost is less than usual. However, some things cannot be measured in money. The inherent symbolic meaning of this reward is far more than its surface value. huge!
In addition, it is not that Li Er cannot afford to reward more expensive things, but that most of the people in front of him are still underage children. It is not appropriate to reward too expensive things, and it is even more inappropriate to directly reward officials! After all, they just followed Li Zexuan to run errands in the north. If they were rewarded with official positions because of this, then the official positions in the Tang Dynasty would be too worthless, right
"My son, I accept the decree and thank my father for the reward!"
After Zhao Song finished reading the imperial edict, Li Ke took the lead and bowed in salute.
"Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty!"
Cheng Chumo and the other children followed suit and followed suit.
"Haha! Okay! I hope you can become the pillar of my Tang Dynasty in the future!"
Li Er smiled boldly and said.
It was time to welcome and welcome, and those who should be rewarded were also rewarded. Seeing that more and more people were gathering in Changting, Li Er said a few words to Li Zexuan and Li Ke, and then led the civil and military officials. Back to court!
According to his original expectation, he originally planned to hold a banquet in the palace to entertain these locust eradication heroes, but after learning that Li Zexuan had arranged a banquet in Lantian County, Li Er gave up his original plan.
"Okay! Children, please go back! The people in the palace will send the gifts from Your Majesty to your homes in the afternoon!"
As soon as Li Er left, Changting suddenly became a sea of joy. The cheers of pedestrians and the joy of parents and children in Meicun and Hanjiazhuang reunited after a long separation made the scene feel warm. After a while of commotion, the voices gradually subsided, and Li Zexuan spoke loudly to the children.
"Yes! Master~!"
The children in Han and Mei villages responded one after another.
"Master, give this bike back to you!"
Erniu from Hanjiazhuang pushed the car out at this time and said timidly.
The children were suddenly stunned. Logically speaking, now that they have received Li Er's reward, they should not covet Li Zexuan's bicycle. However, they are used to riding such high-end bicycles, and they would be a little reluctant to hand over the bicycle at this time. ah!
"Master, we want to return the bicycle!"
Reluctant to leave, the children finally overcame their greed, took the initiative to push the bicycles to the front, and said to Li Zexuan.
"Haha! Master, didn't I tell you before? After killing the locusts, all the bicycles will be yours! This is my reward to you!"
Li Zexuan's heart moved, and then he said to everyone with a smile.
"Master, you must not do this!"
Lao Hu hurriedly said: "It is true that the children have worked very hard on this trip to the north to fight locusts, but now His Majesty has rewarded them for it. How can I take your bicycle from you now? Isn't this greedy? Isn't it necessary? The villagers stabbed me in the spine!"
"Yes! Master! The bicycle is too expensive. If you give it to these dolls, it is a waste of money. You should take it back!"
Mr. Liu also came over today to watch the fun, and at this time he also spoke out to persuade.
Li Zhe There is no reason to go back on your word! There is no way I can take back these bikes!”
Having said this, he turned to look at the group of children and said loudly: "Okay! Children! Come home quickly on your bicycles. Remember to come to Zuixian Tower in the county at noon. Master, I have prepared it for you." Big fish and big meat! Those who come late can only eat chicken butts!"
"Hahaha!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd burst into laughter.
But the children also understood what Li Zexuan meant, so they all cheered immediately.
"Oh~! Let's go home!"
"I have a bicycle!"
"I don't want to eat chicken butt~!"
Seeing this scene, the farmers in the other surrounding villages couldn't help but cast envious glances at the children. This was just a reward from today's society, and they also received a new generation bicycle from the Qiquge Workshop. This thing is now But it is a rare item, and demand exceeds supply! If you resell it casually, you can sell it for hundreds of guan. These children in Han and Mei villages can now be considered to have both fame and fortune!
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"Xiao Ke, Chu Mo, and Tiedan, the three of you should review your homework as quickly as possible these two days. After the college entrance exam is over, students like you and Ke Shiqing who missed the final exam will be arranged to make up the exam together! Your make-up exam scores will be counted as your final grade, and you will participate in the ranking of the entire grade!"
The children in Han and Mei villages rode bicycles back to their homes, while Li Zexuan took Li Ke, Cheng Chumo, and Tiedan directly to the county seat of Lantian County. Li Tai, Sun Zifan, Yuchi Baolin, Qin Huaiyu and others naturally followed! These people usually have a very good relationship, so after meeting again after a long separation, they naturally couldn't finish talking at first. After arriving in the city, these people calmed down a little, and Li Zexuan opened his mouth to give instructions.
"What? Make up the exam?"
When Cheng Chumo heard this, he felt as if he was struck by lightning. He said with a broken face: "Captain, I won't take you like this! A few of us have worked hard to exterminate locusts in the northern counties. We have traveled thousands of miles in half a month. It’s so unreasonable for you to arrange a make-up exam as soon as you come back~?”
If you want to say what Cheng Chumo is most afraid of now, it must be the exam! Because he was very confident about his level in cultural classes and knew that he would definitely fail every exam. If he failed in this exam, he would not only be embarrassed in the class, but also have to be beaten by Lao Cheng when he went home, so he could Aren't you afraid of exams~
Li Ke and Tiedan pursed their lips and said nothing. Although they had not studied in the academy for more than half a month, with their skills, even if Li Zexuan arranged an exam for them immediately, they would not be in vain, let alone the distance. There are still a few days to prepare for the make-up exam, so they have no reason to be afraid or worried!
"Then what do you want? Can I just give you eighty points for each subject and then submit it to the Academic Affairs Office~?"
Li Zexuan glanced at Cheng Chumo and said angrily.
"Okay, okay! Chief, this is a great idea! I agree with both hands! You see how hard it is for us to fight locusts in the north. There is still hard work without credit, right? Eighty percent is not too much! I believe other students will understand. !”
When Cheng Chumo heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He quickly nodded in agreement as excitedly as a chicken pecking at rice.
"I understand you!"
Li Zexuan glared at the young man angrily and couldn't help but said: "You have time to talk nonsense with me, why not go back to the academy to review your homework! There will be new students enrolling in the academy next semester. You said that if you get the lowest score in the academy, One, then you will be embarrassed, let’s see how you can hold your head up in front of your junior brothers and sisters!”
"What? Junior sister? I'm going to have a junior sister? Hehe!"
Cheng Chumo didn't take Li Zexuan's remarks about "it's embarrassing to be last in the exam" to heart. Instead, he paid attention to the junior brothers and junior sisters Li Zexuan mentioned. Well, mainly junior sisters!
"Some men and women are admitted to the medical school. Ugly cow, you don't even know this?"
Li Tai rolled his eyes and curled his lips.
"Oh! Medical school! I forgot about this!"
Cheng Chumo reacted instantly after hearing this. He scratched his head and said suddenly.
"What? Chou Niu, why are you so excited when you hear the word junior sister?"
Li Zexuan's eyes flashed and he asked in a faint tone.
"Hey! Chief Shan, we are all men, you should understand!"
When Cheng Chumo heard this, he immediately laughed and winked at Li Zexuan.
"You should know? What do you know? What do you want to do to a female medical student, you bastard~?"
As soon as Cheng Chumo finished speaking, a sharp female voice suddenly sounded in his ear, and then a white jade hand stretched out to Cheng Chumo's ear like lightning!
"Ouch~! What's so special about you is... Hey, it's... It's Qing Yue! Why are you here, Qing Yue?"
When someone pinched his ear, Cheng Chumo immediately bent over in pain and cursed.
But after seeing the person who pinched his ears, the guy immediately swallowed back the curse words he had said before, and instantly transformed into a "licking dog". He licked his face and smiled at Ge Qingyue. .
"Hmph! Behind you is Datang United Medical Center. Why do you think I'm here? I also want to ask you why I'm here?"
Ge Qingyue said angrily.
Cheng Chumo turned around and saw that he was suddenly embarrassed. It turned out that they were now on the street where Datang United Medical Center was located.
"Eh? No! You haven't replied to me yet? Tell me, what do you want to do with female students after medical school?"
At this moment, Ge Qingyue suddenly realized that Cheng Chumo had not responded directly to her words. She stretched out her hand to twist Cheng Chumo's ear and said angrily.
"I... what can I do? I just want to care about my junior brothers and sisters. Am I wrong? Qingyue, hurry up! Let go! Chief, please help me to intercede! What is my nature? Why don't you still?" do you know?"
Cheng Chumo screamed in pain and explained at the same time, but Ge Qingyue didn't believe what he said at all, so the tough guy had to turn his head to look at Li Zexuan and ask for help.
Under Cheng Chu's hopeful gaze, Li Zexuan finally walked over to him, patted his shoulder, and said sincerely:
"Ahem! Chu Mo, of course I know your nature! But just because I know, I can't intercede for you! Doctor Ge will serve as a part-time teacher in the medical school in the future, and you must change your lustful habits Ah! Qingque, Xiaoke, Baolin, Huaiyu, Zifan, let’s go first!”
After that, Li Zexuan waved his hand and turned around to leave with Li Tai and others.
"I...hold the grass! Xiaoxuan, you tricked me..."
Hearing this, Cheng Chumo's eyes widened and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. At this time, he didn't care about the teacher's etiquette and just called Li Zexuan by his nickname.
"Huh? Did you hear that? The Marquis already said that you pervert should be taught a lesson!"
"Ouch~! It hurts! Qingyue, let go!"
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