"Master Li Qinglian, I'm really sorry today. Because of the big earthquake that happened yesterday, I'm afraid today's poetry meeting will be cancelled."
In front of a large house, a housekeeper said to Li Bai respectfully.
"Mr. Butler, I came here today not for the poetry meeting, but because I have other important matters and I want to meet your family."
"But..." the housekeeper said with some embarrassment: "My master is worried about disaster relief. He said he would not see any outsiders."
You must know that the young man in front of you is now a new star of poetry in Nara City. His poems can be said to be ever-changing and unconstrained, as if no subject matter can stump him.
Nowadays, there are rumors in all the major families that if the poetry meeting does not invite this young man from the Tang Dynasty, Li Qinglian, then the poetry meeting will become a shabby party.
Therefore, even if his master said that he would not see any foreign guests, he would not dare to offend Li Bai at will.
After all, the poetry club will still have to be held in the future. If Li Bai stops coming to the poetry club because he offended him, then he will definitely be the one to take the blame.
"Hahaha, Mr. Butler, I came here today because I want to share some information about the disaster relief work in the Tang Dynasty with your family. Since your family doesn't see any outsiders, I'll go next door and have a look."
After Li Bai finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Li Qinglian, wait a minute!" The housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Bai's sleeve. He was responsible for disaster relief under the emperor, so he was worried that the poetry meeting could not be held.
If Li Qinglian ran to the next door, if his own adults found out about it, he would probably lose a layer of his skin.
After being persuaded to keep Li Bai, he ran into the inner house.
"You bastard, didn't I tell you not to disturb me today?" Nakatomi Kamado, who was furious and had nowhere to vent his anger, picked up the riding crop hanging next to him and planned to whip it out.
"Sir, the person coming from outside is Mr. Li Qinglian from the Tang Dynasty. He said he has disaster relief measures from the Tang Dynasty and wants to share them with you."
The moment he saw Nakatomi raising his horse whip, the butler actually prayed to the gods, and the only person who responded to him was a host named Hu Qiaohua in 2012.
Nakatomi Kamazu, who was about to whip his riding whip, didn't expect his butler to speak so fast that he only heard a few keywords in one sentence - Tang Dynasty disaster relief.
"What did you say? Say it again."
The housekeeper quickly said what he just said again, and then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Why are you still standing there? Invite Mr. Li Qinglian in quickly!" Zhongchen Kazu raised the riding crop in his hand, which frightened the butler so much that he crawled to the ground and ran outside.
"Come here, serve tea, the best tea that Datang bought!"
When Li Bai was invited in, the minister Kazuzu actually saluted Li Bai with the formal Confucian etiquette.
"I studied Confucianism at a school run by Nanyuan Qing'an. I am very happy to see Brother Li today. Please don't blame me for being rude."
Nanyuan Qing'an was a monk who came to China to study during the Sui Dynasty. He stayed in China for nearly thirty years and had extremely profound attainments in Confucianism.
Both Nakatoshi Kamazu and Suga Rulu were Nanyuan's proud disciples, so their words and deeds actually gave Li Bai the feeling of facing a Confucian scholar of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Bai also hurriedly bowed, and after finally sitting down, he said: "Yesterday there was a big earthquake in Fuso, and I think Nakatomi Kamazu-sama has to deal with the disaster relief."
"That's right." Nakatomi Kamatashi said gratefully, "I heard that Brother Li is here just to give you some advice. I'm very grateful!"
Li Bai smiled slightly: "We, Datang and Fusang, are living in thin air, so naturally we can't just sit idly by."
"The year before last, I was studying in Chang'an. There was a flood in Hebei Province. At that time, the government's ability to provide relief to the victims was limited. However, my Majesty cared about the people, so I took the lead in opening the inner treasury and selected a few treasures from it. The princes and ministers also followed suit and took out the treasures from their homes. treasure."
"Then a disaster relief auction was held, and all the proceeds from the auction of these treasures were used to purchase rice grains and other disaster relief materials and send them to the disaster areas, which alleviated the disaster."
The more Li Bai spoke, the brighter the eyes of Nakatomi Kamatashi became. After hearing what Li Bai said, he even gave him a high-five.
"Brother Li, you are my great benefactor to Fusang. With this plan, the victims of disasters everywhere will be saved."
"It would be great if I could help." Li Bai smiled shyly: "My friends and I also brought some things from the Tang Dynasty. Although they are not treasures, we also wanted to help Fusang's disaster. If Fuso holds this disaster relief auction, I wonder if we can participate."
Nakatomi Kamazu stood up and held Li Bai's hand and said: "Brother Qinglian, what are you talking about? How can we retreat when you are so kind? I will go to the palace to meet the sage now. After the time is determined, I will be there as soon as possible." The invitation is sent to your house."
He was not worried at all about whether this proposal would be passed. The emperor's line had been working hard to reduce the power of the major wealthy families.
Nakatomi Kamatashi had the ambition to help the imperial court and had been plotting to overthrow the Soga clan system, so the emperor relied heavily on him.
If the major families could provide some relief for this earthquake, he would have no reason to refuse.
Nakatomi Kamazu saw off Li Bai and rushed to Gomoto Palace in Asukakyo without stopping to meet Emperor Shumei.
Emperor Shuming was extremely happy after hearing his suggestion. Isn't this kind of thing just using money from major families to increase the prestige of the royal family?
Emperor Shumei ordered Nakatomi Kamazu to quickly prepare for the disaster relief auction, while sighing that the royal family of the Tang Dynasty still knew how to play, otherwise they could become the most powerful country?
To study, we should learn more from Datang.
Although the government was controlled by Soga Ezo, the emperor had a great mission to help the people of the world, so he could not jump out and refuse directly.
If anyone objects at this time, it means they don't want to contribute to relieving the victims. This is a accusation that no major family wants to bear.
Therefore, the Emperor ordered that Nakatomi Kamazu make preparations, and invitations to the auction to be held in three days were sent to all the major families.
Of course, Tang Ping and Li Bai in the convenience store are also indispensable.
"Not bad, the efficiency is quite high." Tang Ping looked at the invitation in his hand with satisfaction.
"Master, are you ready for the auction?" Li Bai looked at the two painting tubes behind Tang Ping.
"Of course I'm ready. This is a good thing carefully prepared for my teacher. Let me share one with you." Tang Ping took one of the two painting tubes at the back and threw it to Li Bai.
"What is it? It's so well-packaged." This painting tube is quite exquisite, made of fine calfskin, made of gold and jade threads, and dotted with several gems.
But when Li Bai opened the painting tube and saw what was inside, his face changed.
"Is this what's going to be auctioned?"
