Datang: I was overheard by the Empress

Chapter 177: Tree Leaves Satisfy Your Hunger!
At the gate of the Gongyuan, Di Ping'an, Cheng Qianzong, Yan Danqing, Changsun Yan, Wang Bo and others came here one after another!

Several people are carrying a big basket, which contains some simple food, the imperial examination, you can't go in in the morning and come out in the afternoon, and you have to stay in the Gongyuan for two days and one night!

Although Cheng Qianzong, Qin Ying and Yuchi Zhenjin had no ambitions to take the liberal arts and imperial examinations, they couldn't resist the wishes of their family members, so they had to bite the bullet and come for the exam.

After all, no matter how you say it, you are a high-achieving student who has studied in the Imperial College. If you pass the exam, it will be a matter of honoring your ancestors. It doesn’t matter if you fail the exam. Anyway, their family is a family of military generals.

Di Ping'an was no exception. He was also carrying a big basket, in which the housekeeper Lao Wang baked a few naan, and then filled it with two cans of pickles and a sheepskin water bag as dry food!

Since it was a serious person who came to take the imperial examination, Di Ping'an had already understood that the imperial examination he was going to take this time was somewhat different from the historical Tang Dynasty imperial examination.
To put it simply, the procedure is simpler, and the exam time is not so long, but the process seems to be stricter, and the examination of the examinee's identity and household registration must be more precise and accurate!
Several people waited in line at the gate of the Gongyuan. After all, they did not come early. At this time, there were already many candidates waiting at the gate of the Gongyuan. However, these candidates could only enter the Gongyuan after careful examination. , but it is also not exempt!

Ever since, Cheng Qianzong, who was waiting a little anxiously, inevitably lit a cigarette and started smoking it!

When Cheng Qianzong smoked like this, Di Ping'an and the others became addicted to cigarettes immediately, and even Wang Bo was no exception, they all took out a cigarette and started smoking it!

As soon as a few people opened up like this, the atmosphere in front of the entire tribute courtyard suddenly became a little strange. Although cigarettes and hot pot are very popular in Chang'an nowadays, not many people have enjoyed them seriously.
It’s okay to talk about hot pot. Haidilao can’t afford it, so it’s a big deal to cook it at home. Although the taste is somewhat unauthentic, it doesn’t affect it.
But for cigarettes, there is really no way. No one knows how the cigarettes sold by Haidilao are made!

Especially the cigarettes are very expensive to sell. A cigarette costs one tael, and a pack costs 20 taels. People who are addicted to cigarettes can get two or three packs a day, which is four to sixty taels of silver.

After a month, it will be fine, even if the million-dollar family wealth is left here to smoke, it will not be able to last for a year!

However, this is a unique custom and culture in Chang'an. Where have the students who came from other places seen this kind of battle?
Because although these foreign students have been in Chang'an for a while, in order to prepare for the imperial examination, they all stayed in the inn honestly, kept their ears to nothing, and only read sage books!

All of them suddenly widened their eyes, and a young student with a medium build but dark skin suddenly widened his eyes: "I'm tender, what are you doing? What are you doing with a small wooden stick in your mouth?"

This young student didn't come alone, there was an accomplice beside him, and he was surprised for a while and said: "Who knows, but look at how they look so energetic!"

These people were not ashamed to ask, and began to catch people around them and asked: "Brother, what's the matter with these people, why are they still playing with fire in broad daylight?"

The person who was asked happened to be from Chang'an. At this moment, when he saw Di Ping'an and others smoking, he said enviously:

"You idiots are all from other places, right? Those of you are not smoking ordinary cigarettes, but serious cigarettes. Chang'an's specialty products are expensive!"

"Cigarettes? It's weird to look at. After the exam, I'll buy two boxes. It's hard to go back and forth to Chang'an, so I'll take some souvenirs back!"

Those Henan students couldn't help smacking their lips for a moment, as if they also had a cigarette in their mouths.

Sure enough, no matter what time it is, smoking is something that a man can learn without a teacher, and he is very proficient in it once he learns it!

"Two boxes? I think you idiots probably don't have the capital. Do you know how expensive that thing is? One piece costs a tael of silver. You want to make two boxes. What's the matter? There is a mine at home, so you can do it like this." ?”

The words of this Chang'an student scared the two Henan students into stupidity for a moment!

What the hell, no matter how hard you try, you can't sell it so expensive, one tael of silver, you think it's a small gold bar!

Shocked that this exciting thing turned out to be a tael of silver, these Henan students automatically ignored that the idiot that this Chang'an student was talking about turned out to be them!
Student from Chang'an: dialect is good!

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Driven by Cheng Qianzong, Di Ping'an and others, many people still lit cigarettes at the gate of the Gongyuan.

Among them are many students who lined up at the gate of the Gongyuan. After all, at this time, it is not ordinary people who can study at home.
If the real family is barren, poor, hungry, hungry, and still studying, at least they must be from a rich family, otherwise, where will they get the money to buy books and paper, let alone pay tuition to go to a private school!
But Di Ping'an was a little confused at the moment!

Because at this moment, there are too many people smoking at the gate of the Gongyuan, especially the old Chang'an people, almost everyone has a cigarette in their hands, and they are all lit and smoking!

For a while, the gate of the Gongyuan seemed to be on fire, and the smoke was billowing, it was scary!
"Second brother, Haidilao's cigarettes aren't so popular, are they? How come everyone still has one?"

Di Ping'an suddenly opened his eyes and asked, although cigarettes are a money-making business, and almost all the profits in the past few months have been in cigarettes,
But there is a limited amount of this thing. After all, no matter how much the system provides, it is impossible for the entire Chang'an people to smoke like this.
It’s not that the family is rich and really reluctant to smoke this thing, but look at it now, so many people have smoked it, Di Ping’an, I can’t believe that the people of Tang Dynasty are so rich now!

"Brother, you don't know, what kind of cigarettes are they smoking?"

Cheng Qianzong immediately said with contempt: "Our Haidilao's cigarettes have always been in short supply. How can there be so many smokers?"

"Then what are they smoking, tree leaves?"

Di Pingan suddenly asked in amazement, after all, the smoking rate is a bit high!
"Brother is awesome, guess right!"

Cheng Qianzong said to Di Ping'an in admiration!

"I'll go, I'm not awesome, they are awesome, and they even smoked tree leaves to satisfy their greed!"

Di Pingan was speechless for a moment, and after Cheng Qianzong's explanation, Di Pingan finally understood what was going on!
Recently, the sale of counterfeit cigarettes in Chang'an City has been banned repeatedly, but the crux of the problem is that there is no intellectual property copyright protection these days.

Cheng Qianzong and the others are really helpless when they sell fake cigarettes, and these people who sell fake cigarettes are quite smart.
If you can't get serious shredded tobacco, you can get some tree leaves, twist them into shreds, roll them into paper and sell them!

But even such counterfeit cigarettes are sold for tens of pennies a piece, but even so, the supply is in short supply. After all, whoever makes them unable to afford genuine cigarettes can only eat this kind of counterfeit cigarettes!

(End of this chapter)