It has been less than half a month since the Chinese New Year is approaching, the merchants of the capital have begun to launch the New Year's goods, the streets and alleys are hung with colorful decorative objects, among them, especially the red lanterns are the most eye-catching, and the rest of the various gadgets are all over the streets and alleys, there are many bad literati, and do not forget to take advantage of this opportunity to make some money, go out and set up a stall, specifically responsible for writing couplets for people, in order to collect a meager hardship fee.

In fact, in addition to the ordinary literati who are not good at mixing, the big writers who are not too wealthy will also come out to set up stalls, and they also form groups to set up stalls, such as Li Bai and Li Dacaizi, and do not forget to use this opportunity to earn some extra money for themselves, after all, it is much easier to write couplets than to write poems, his calligraphy is also very good, the price can be much higher than others, as long as it is a little rich, can be willing to write a couplet.

As soon as Li An entered the city by car, he saw Li Dacai who was setting up a stall on the street, accompanied by a few young poets who were also very famous, they formed a group to write couplets for ordinary people, and the business seemed to be very prosperous, in addition, some wealthy businessmen even put forward their own unique requirements, so that Li Bai personally came up with a couplet, which would be more in line with the requirements of the businessman, and the price was naturally more, what kind of price can be had, mainly depends on whether the couplet is wonderful, and the satisfaction of the businessman.

In short, from the situation at the scene, it can be seen that Li Bai can make a lot of money now, gather sand into a tower, write a couplet by himself, so many couplets together, that is not a small amount.

Of course, this method of earning money by hard work is still quite limited in the end, far less than relying on selling goods to make money, and even more so as to have core technology to make money.

"Stop."

Li An saw Li Bai setting up a stall and wanted to go down to take a look, so he asked for a couplet by the way.

"Not bad! Brother Taibai, there are fifty people in line, and business is booming! ”

Li An walked over gently, because he was not wearing an official uniform, no one noticed that Li An was here at first.

"Li Shilang also wants to write a couplet?"

Li Bai was also quite surprised to see Li An, and asked, but his hands did not stop, he kept writing, he was a level of literati, and he could chat with people while writing couplets.

"Couplets are naturally wanted, but this queue is too long, so it's going to take a long time!"

Li An looked at the long line of platoons and looked a little embarrassed.

"Li Shilang, please, the villain can wait for a while."

The person who waited for the couplet took a few steps on his hind legs, leaving the position to Ang Lee.

Li An naturally wanted to accept this situation, and asked: "Brother Taibai works in Datang Daily, and the salary and manuscript fee should be a lot, isn't it enough to spend?" ”

"It's enough to eat and drink every day, mainly because I don't have a place to live, it's always inconvenient to rent a house, and my wife is always nagging, I want to earn more money to buy a house, and I don't have any other ability, just write and paint, which makes Li Shilang smile."

Li Bai said very embarrassedly, and handed over the couplet he had just written to the previous people.

"Yes, Li Taibai, who is home all over the world, is also thinking about buying a house in the capital, so it seems that the housing prices in the capital are going to rise sharply!"

Li An said with a smile, causing the people behind to whisper, all thinking about buying a house.

Li Bai smiled awkwardly and asked, "What does Li Shilang want to write?" ”

Li An thought for a moment and said: "Recently, something happened to the Railway Bureau, so let's write a couplet on the railway!" It also cheers for the employees of the railway bureau. ”

"In terms of railway couplets, does Li Shilang have anything to think of?"

Li Bai opened his mouth to ask, and at the same time thought in his head, so that he could quickly come up with a couplet.

There are a lot of couplets in Ang Lee's mind, so he blurted out: "Thousands of miles of travel are the same track, and Kyushu passengers share the same heart." ”

"Good good ......"

As soon as Li An said the couplet, the people behind him applauded happily, Li Bai nodded with satisfaction when he heard it, and quickly wrote down the couplet.

"One more, Guanshan is thousands of miles away, and Shu Road is a thousand ways to change the way."

Li An said another couplet, which immediately caused a round of applause again, even Li Bai had to admire Li An's talent, as long as it was not prepared in advance, then, Li An's ability to make couplets was too strong, and before he got along, Li An had already said two couplets.

And when Li Bai finished writing the second couplet, Li An spoke again: "Since you are here, let's write a few more, and then another one, and send it to the Silk Road in the morning and evening, and send it to the ushering fog capital." ”

"Good, good ......"

The cheers of the people became louder and louder, and they worshiped Ang Lee even more.

"The wheels are rolling through Shu Road, and the spring breeze is coming to Yuguan."

"Through 10,000 miles, don't open a new path, gather Kyushu Railway, and open up a healthy village."

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Li An wrote a few couplets in one breath, each of which was related to the railway, and the couplets were also in place, winning the heartfelt admiration of everyone, including Li Bai, and even, Li An memorized these couplets and asked them to be published in the Tang Daily, Li An naturally agreed, this time into the city, Li An was going to the railway bureau to comfort the employees there, and at the same time, he also had to negotiate with Yang Guozhong, so that when he handled the case, he should not ignore the interests of ordinary railway employees, and not let ordinary railway employees chill.

In the past few days, Li An has heard that because of the corruption case of the railway bureau officials, all the railway bureau officials are very nervous, so they don't even dare to give out the most basic employee benefits casually, so as not to let people seize the handle and say that the officials use the court's money to buy people's hearts, so they may be in trouble.

But this kind of behavior of the official has indeed greatly damaged the interests of ordinary employees, especially when the New Year is about to begin, what about the year-end bonus and New Year's gift?

Because the official has told the ordinary employees about the cancellation of the year-end bonus and the New Year's gift, and also said the reason, but after learning the news, all the ordinary employees of the railway bureau seem to be very unhappy, and the enthusiasm for work is gone all of a sudden, and even, some employees deliberately mischievous, complicating the originally simple things, obviously they can decide things, but they deliberately drag it out, and then go to ask the leader, the leader can only keep leaving the office, and the workload has greatly increased.

There is also the deliberate replacement of railway parts that can continue to be used, and the parts that are well used are replaced with brand new, which is naturally a great waste, which will increase the expenditure of the railway part, and the leader is helpless about it, because the standard of parts damage is difficult to fully quantify, whether it really needs to be replaced, in many cases, the parts need to be disassembled to be completely determined, and since it is dismantled, it is natural to install a brand new one, and it is impossible to reinstall the worn part of the parts. In this way, the time for the next repair is relatively short.

Even, there are some employees of the railway department, directly use the tools in their hands to break the parts of the train, in order to vent their grievances, and this is also difficult to supervise, especially some parts that are not particularly important, even if there is more loss, no one cares, but this small waste should not be.

In short, as long as ordinary employees do not work well, then it will bring a lot of losses to the department, and long-term dissatisfaction will cause more serious consequences, and appropriate pacification is still necessary.

And Li An came to appease the employees of the railway department, but Li An was not idle and had nothing to do, but several big businessmen in the capital felt the emotions of ordinary railway employees, and were worried that the continued development of the situation would affect the transportation of the railway department and affect their own business, so they sent New Year's greetings everywhere, visited many officials in the capital, and asked to intervene in the railway department and give their businessmen a way to live.

Although even if there is no railway, they can do business, but without the railway and the use of the railway, the difference in effect is too great, especially after so many years, they have fully adapted to the days of the railway, how much the purchase of various commodities, is also considered according to the condition of the railway unblocked, if the railway is not passable, then, all the plans of these businessmen will be broken, the consequences are quite serious, especially the merchants who make vegetables and perishable fruits, once the railway is not passed, Then all the goods in their hands will rot, and the losses will be extremely heavy.

Moreover, this kind of tragic price, some merchants have begun to experience, after some small turmoil in the direction of Luoyang City, some merchants' goods have been delayed, and for the goods that can not be delayed, once they cannot be transported away in time, they will soon become rotten waste, and the originally expensive goods will become worthless, and for such a heavy loss, the imperial court and the railway bureau will definitely not compensate, so the merchants can only endure it themselves, who made you unlucky?

Occasional losses are not worth mentioning for a wealthy businessman, but if it is a long-term loss, then no businessman can afford it, so they must do their best to maintain the stability of the railway's operation, even if it is a petition.

However, because the railway bureau is now on the cusp, even if these businessmen run errands everywhere, few of them dare to stand up for them, and it is too late for everyone to dodge, how can they be willing to go to this troubled water? Only Li Anhu is willing to work tirelessly for the businessmen.

After all, the railway was also made by Ang Lee, and he naturally had more say in the operation of the railway, in addition, Ang Lee also hoped that the railway operation could be carried out steadily, so that the Tang Empire would become more and more prosperous, and this was also Ang Lee's ultimate goal, so no matter what, Ang Lee had to take care of this matter.

Li Bai was still reminiscing about the couplets that Li An had just made on the spot, and Li An had already taken these couplets to the headquarters of the Railway Bureau, ready to ask the employees at all levels there.

The railway is outside the city, but the Yamen of the Railway Bureau Headquarters is in the city, and the one outside the city is the Yamen of the Chang'an Railway Branch, because only close to the palace will make many things more convenient.

The merchants' shops along the road have been renovated, and the tall new red lanterns are hung everywhere, showing a strong festive atmosphere, but at the gate of the headquarters of the railway bureau, there is no festive atmosphere in sight, not a single red lantern can be seen, and the guards at the door are also completely devoid of spirit, looking like the whole world owes him a lot of money.

This can't be blamed on them, after all, they are used to the end of the year, to receive a large amount of year-end bonuses and New Year's goods, hard work for a year, isn't this benefit, without this benefit, how can you be satisfied, can not explain to their families, even, many employees do not dare to tell their families about the decision of the railway bureau, so as not to let them blow up, they can drag on a day is a day!

The gate was desolate, and the situation inside was not much better, except for the dozen or so guards transferred by the imperial court, the staff of the railway bureau inside seemed a little listless, and the more high-ranking the staff, the more spiritless they were.

The auditors of the imperial court have always been at the headquarters of the Railway Bureau, conducting strict examinations on all kinds of accounts, and as long as they find anything wrong, they will follow this breakthrough to investigate, and then find out the people who are greedy for ink and bring them to justice.

After a few days of auditing, the auditors of the imperial court have found a lot of loopholes, and they have also arrested the relevant person in charge of the railway bureau along these loopholes, and the relevant accounts have not been fully checked.

However, after all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it is more difficult to cheat, so the corruption situation of the Railway Bureau Headquarters and the Chang'an Railway Branch is not as corrupt as the Luoyang Railway Branch.

"Why is Li Shilang here, is there something wrong?"

A small official stepped forward to greet him.

Li An took out the couplets that had been prepared long ago and said: "This official saw that the railway bureau was too deserted, so he specially sent a few couplets. ”

"Thousands of miles of travel and the same track, Kyushu passengers share the same heart."

After reading it, the little official sighed in his heart, and hurriedly asked people to paste the couplet, because there was a big incident in the railway bureau, and the top leaders were under house arrest at home, so naturally no one dared to go out to purchase the festive couplet on behalf of the representative, and since Li An sent it, then, there is no need for them to refuse, after all, they also hope that their yamen can paste the couplet, the previous did not post the couplet because the railway bureau had an accident, no one dared to make this request, and now Li An stood up for the railway bureau, they were naturally very happy.

Moreover, from the content of the couplet, it can be seen that this is the recognition of their railway department, which makes them the employees of the railway part are very moved, and the hard work of anyone is to hope to be affirmed by the world, only in this way can they feel satisfied and happy, and they will feel that their labor is meaningful.