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Chapter 83 Avoiding

I am very grateful to the Cui family for their despising themselves so much, and I am also very grateful to the Cui family for their simple and crude behavior. They either rob them or buy them all. For their sake, Li Su should consider giving them a 20% discount.

Unfortunately, Li Su is very brave and doesn't even want to enter the court to become an official, so naturally he dare not be involved in the aristocratic families.

Cui Hou'an was a little impatient and offered a farmer 3,000 guan. He really looked down on him, but the farmer didn't seem to cheer as he expected. Instead, he hesitated and stopped talking...

This reaction undoubtedly deeply hurt Choi Hou'an's arrogant and fragile glass heart.

"Young Master Li doesn't want to? Or have any doubts?" Choi Hou'an's smile was a little stiff, far less kind than before.

"Yes. I have two doubts." Li Su nodded.

Choi Hou'an's smile was kind again: "Young master, it's okay to say anything."

Li Su pointed to the two carriages loaded with copper coins and said, "The house is too small. I am afraid that I will be stolen wherever I hide this money and will not be able to sleep or eat."

Choi Houan's smile was stiff. After careful observation, he found that Li Su didn't look sarcastic. He looked very serious... After a moment, Choi Houan came to the conclusion that this kid really thought his house was too small, so Choi Houan thought for a while and said, "The Cui family will pay another 100 coins. How about building a big house for the young master? If you are worried about being stolen, the Cui family can arrange ten guards for the young master to take care of the warehouse day and night for the young master."

Li Su hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cui, for your kind gift."

Choi Houan smiled and said, "Young Master, why not talk about your second doubt."

Li Su slowly rubbed his nose and said, "The second one... This morning, I have dedicated the printing of movable type to His Majesty the Emperor..."

After saying that, Li Su blinked her innocent eyes and looked at Choi Houan, her eyes showing a cute and pure light.

Cui Hou'an's face changed drastically, and even his voice trembled: "Young Master Li, don't lie to me, have you offered this method to the court?"

"Yes, this morning, the boy asked to see Princess Dongyang and has given this method."

Choi Houan stared at Lee So in surprise, trying to see the clues of truth from his expression.

Li Su looked at him sincerely.

Outside the Li family's yard, the rushing sound of horse hooves broke the silence between the two.

"Where is Li Su in Taiping Village? Quickly respond to the order--"

An eunuch in a purple robe, holding a piece of rolled white paper, stood outside the yard, looking at the sky and drinking proudly.

In the courtyard, Li Su and all the craftsmen on the construction site knelt down to the eunuchs.

Choi Hou'an's face became more and more pale.

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The imperial edict came very promptly, and Dongyang was indeed a trustworthy princess. Li Su was relieved.

The content of the imperial edict was as expected by Li Su. Li Shimin lived up to his expectations and gave Li Su the expected reward. When the eunuch held the ink treasure of the "Li Ji Sealing Shop" written by the imperial pen to Li Su's hand, Li Su smiled like the peach blossoms that had just bloomed in the spring breeze.

The eunuch left, raised his neck and left with a proud attitude like a white swan, and looked at the sky without fear of falling.

Choi Hou'an's expression was unpredictable. He looked at the imperial pen in Li Su's hand, and then looked at Li Su's embarrassed and arrogant expression. After a long silence, Choi Hou'an suddenly laughed, smiling ugly.

"It turns out that a hero is a boy, Cui is abrupt."

Li Su showed a panic and hurriedly said, "I didn't know that the Cui family had any intention before, so I presented the secret recipe of printing to the court. If I had known it, I would have given it to the Cui family with both hands. I had no intention of offending me, I hope Mr. Cui will not blame me."

Choi Houan was so angry that he couldn't get angry.

Who should I blame? Li Su? People don’t know who is causing trouble behind the scenes, but the Cheng family? The Cui family uses the Cheng family first, what qualifications do they have to blame others? The emperor’s intercepting the rude? This... I really don’t dare.

After pondering for a while, Cui Houan suppressed his anger and changed his mouth: "This time is a pure misunderstanding. The Cui family will no longer touch the printing of calligraphy. Mr. Li can rest assured."

Before the imperial edict arrived, the Cui family was determined to win the printing of movable type, and its effect was too great. However, after Li Su presented the secret recipe to His Majesty the Emperor, movable type printing of movable type had completely lost its meaning to the Cui family.

For aristocratic families, inviting people to buy people's hearts can only be done silently and without traces. Now the emperor has known it, what value does it have to the Cui family? In a moment, the Cui family's position has completely changed, from being determined to quickly transform to avoiding it. This is the way to survive. It is no different to take a little bit of it to destroy it.

After Choi Houan said that, he turned around and sat on the shaft of the carriage. The coachman threw a whip and the carriage slowly started.

Li Su chased after the car unwillingly and shouted: "Mr. Cui, build a new house for me..."

Choi Houan seemed to have not heard it, but the speed of the carriage was getting faster and faster.

Li Su stood in the road, looking at the back of the Cui family's carriage, and sighed with regret: "Are you afraid of loving me?"

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"It's cheaper for you!"

At Li Su's home, Dongyang looked at the five big words written by his father's emperor, and rolled his pretty little eyes at Li Su angrily.

After Cui Hou'an left, Dongyang came to Li Su's house again in the afternoon. Of course, it was still green willows watching the wind by the field. After Li Dao was about to go to the ground, Dongyang tiptoed into the house like a thief.

"I wrote an inscription for shops. There has never been any incident since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. My father has made an example for you."

Li Su touched his chin with a smile and nodded constantly. He was right. Li Shimin was indeed very polite. He really wrote a letter to him. The only disadvantage is that the content of the inscription is a bit unsatisfactory. If he could write a sentence "Li Su is a good comrade", he could probably walk sideways in Chang'an City. If he wanted to, he could walk lying down and backwards, and walk in a position that no one could imagine...

"The Cui family..."

Dongyang said seriously: "You don't have to worry about Cui family. They won't make things difficult for you. It would be fine if the court didn't know it. Now the movable type printing technique has been presented to the court. If the Cui family dares to treat you, the father will definitely be furious. The Cui family is a thousand-year-old family, and they know the benefits of it more clearly."

Li Su looked at Li Shimin's calligraphy carefully, and it was so beautiful that it was a flying white style. It is said that Li Shimin is a brainless fan of Wang Xizhi. It seems to be true now. The five big characters are full and round, and they have more charm than Li Su's calligraphy.

"Good words!" Li Su blurted out, then bowed to the Tai Chi Palace, expressing his gratitude to the emperor's grace. Then he turned his head and stared at Dongyang with burning eyes. Dongyang suddenly became helpless as he looked at him, and his pretty face was stained with a deep blush.

"You...what are you looking at!" Dongyang's voice was a little strange.

"You have a bad memory..." Li Su sighed.

"ah?"

Li Su looked at her, her eyes full of accusations: "Didn't you say it last time? It's not polite to come to the door with empty hands, and this time you come to my house empty hands..."

Dongyang: “…………”

Li Su looked up at the beam of the room and said quietly: "...If you are not convenient at hand, it's good to write an IOU."

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