"Hmm~! I also agreed, how about it~? Boy, don't you feel honored~? You know, many people have wanted to invite me to come out in recent years, but I have rejected them all~!"
Seeing that Li Zexuan and Yan Silu were chatting "hotly", Wang Ji next to him felt that he was being "snubbed", so he interrupted somewhat reluctantly.
Li Zexuan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. Sure enough, some people cannot be judged by their appearance. When he first saw Wang Ji, he thought that the old man was an extraordinary person, but now...it's better not to talk about it.
"Mr. Wang also agrees~? That's great~! It's my honor to invite these two gentlemen, and it's also an honor for thousands of students from Yanhuang Academy~!"
Li Zexuan was still a very polite and good young man. He did not slap Wang Ji in the face, but made an expression of joy and cooperated.
"Hmm~!"
Sure enough, Wang Ji Laohua stroked his beard with great relief, and looked like he was a wise boy, which made Li Zexuan feel itchy.
"Oh~! By the way~! I'm not that easy to ask for. If you want me to help you teach students, you have to agree to a condition~!"
Wang Ji touched his beard for a while and suddenly said seriously.
Li Zexuan's cheeks twitched slightly. He restrained his emotions and said, "What are the conditions~? Sir, just say it~!"
But he thought to himself: When did a free gift become so much trouble~? This old man is unconscious~!
Li Gang and Yan Shilu immediately cast a look of disdain. Wang Ji blushed and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, but he still insisted: "Ahem~! Boy, I want to go to your academy to teach, is it okay? Fine wine~? Hmm~! Just this kind of gentle country is enough~! How about five buckets a month~?"
Five buckets per month~?
When Li Zexuan heard this, he almost fell to the ground. What is the concept of five buckets~? One dou in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to 6,000 milliliters in modern times, which is almost twelve kilograms. Five dou is sixty kilograms, and he drinks sixty kilograms of wine in a month. Li Zexuan just wants to say one thing at this moment, hello~!
Besides, based on the current market price of two guan per liter of Wenrouxiang, these five measures of Wenrouxiang are one hundred guan, one hundred guan~! Although he, Li Zexuan, is not short of this amount of money, the ordinary salary of Yanhuang Academy teachers is there (previously, the monthly salary of Yanhuang Academy assistant teachers was 10 guan, the monthly salary of lecturers was 20 guan, and the monthly salary of associate professor was 50 guan). The professor’s monthly salary is one hundred guan, and he will be given a new mansion in Yanhuang Academy). Wang Ji drank up a professor’s month’s salary in just one month of drinking...
"Wang Wugong, Wang Wugong, you old man really think you are Mr. Five Dou of wine~? Open your mouth and ask for Five Dou of wine~?"
Yan Silu was a native of Chang'an. He was very clear about the current market situation in Wenrou Township. When he heard Wang Ji's request, he spoke with some dissatisfaction.
Speaking of Wang Ji's title of Mr. Five Fighters, it has a rich origin.
First of all, Wang Ji himself is not as bad as Li Zexuan thought. Someone treating it as a gift is really "ignorant". In fact, Wang Ji is still very talented.
In the 20th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Wang Ji, who was only fifteen years old, traveled to Chang'an, the capital, and met with the powerful minister Yang Su. He was called a "child prodigy and fairy" by the ministers present. In the first year of Daye's reign, he was promoted to be filial and honest, received a high rank, and was awarded the title of Zhengzi to the secretary.
But this guy is smart, but he is a bit lazy, and he is also addicted to alcohol~! First, he was unwilling to serve in the court because of his simple and arrogant nature, so he was awarded the title of Cheng of Liuhe County in Yangzhou. However, he was impeached and dismissed because of his drunkenness. In fact, he did not value his official position, so he sighed: "The snare is in the sky, I will make it safe." At this time, there was chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, so he drank wine, composed poems, and raised birds for fun with the hermit Zhong's eldest son Guang!
In the eighth year of Emperor Wude's reign in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court recruited officials from the previous dynasty, and Wang Ji used his former officials to serve under the imperial edict and go to the province. According to the provincial regulations, three liters of good wine are given every day. His younger brother Wang Jing asked: "Are you happy with the imperial edict?" He replied: "The salary of the imperial edict is low and he is lonely. He only has three liters of good wine to make people miss him." When Chen Shuda heard about it, he increased it from three liters to one dou, which was called "doujiu" at that time. "Bachelor"!
At the end of the ninth year of Wude, Li Er killed his brother and imprisoned his father, and came to power in a coup. Wang Ji was once again recruited by the court and appointed as a minister. At that time, Jiao Ge, the director of Taile Department, was good at brewing wine. When Wang Ji heard about it, he was immediately ready to make a move. He was confused. After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind and told the boss of the official department that he requested to be transferred to Taile Department as Taile Cheng.
The Minister of Civil Affairs at that time should have been Changsun Wuji. When the old fox heard Wang Ji's strange request, his face suddenly darkened, and then he refuted it on the grounds that it was not in line with his rank.
(Yousi is from the fourth rank, while Tai Lecheng is from the eighth rank as a junior official... I have to say, this guy is really capable of doing anything just to drink)
Wang Ji did not give up after receiving Changsun Wuji's approval. He sent applications to Changsun Wuji over and over again, stating that he had to go to Taile Department. At first, Changsun Wuji didn't take it to heart, but he couldn't stand it. After harassing him with letters day by day, he was finally appointed as per the guy's request.
Wang Ji was of course very happy to receive the appointment, and felt that he could drink enough wine every day this time. However, the good times did not last long. Jiao Ge passed away at the beginning of the first year of Zhenguan, but Jiao Ge's wife continued to send wine to Wang Ji. But not long after, Jiao Ge's wife also passed away.
Wang Ji couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "God doesn't allow me to drink wine?" (Does this mean God doesn't allow me to drink wine?)
After a few days, this guy felt that there was no point in staying in Chang'an anymore, so he gave up his official position and left.
Later, he wrote "The Biography of Mr. Five Dou" in Donggao Village, where he lived in seclusion. It was accidentally spread by others, and he immediately became famous. The name "Mr. Five Dou" came from this~!
At this moment, after Wang Ji heard Yan Silu's dissatisfied words, he stared in disbelief and said:
"Ha~! I, Wang Wugong, dare to ask for five measures of wine, that's because I'm worth the price~! Can you, Yan Silu~?"
Yan Silu said angrily: "What do you mean~? In addition to drinking and writing two poems, what else can Wang Wugong do~? Why is it worthy of going to Wu Dou Gentle Township~? Do you know that Wu Dou Gentle Township is worth hundreds of dollars? Come on~!"
Worth hundreds of dollars~?
When Wang Ji heard this, he suddenly panicked. If Yan Silu hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known that the kind of tenderness he was drinking now was so expensive.
"I'm a good boy~! The money for this fight of wine is enough for me to drink for half a year~! Oh no, no, no! Is this going to make Yan Silu see my joke~?"
Wang Ji felt a little bitter at the moment, but he couldn't say it out...
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