After making up his mind, Li Changsheng took Cao Jixiang with him.

Go to the laundry and find useful (fei) talents (niu) (ma).

The nature of the laundry house is actually similar to that of the cold palace.

The cold palace was where concubines who had fallen out of favor were exiled.

The laundry house was a place specifically for punishing slaves who had made mistakes.

Concubines who were sent to the cold palace basically had no chance to make a breakthrough.

This is especially true for the slaves who work in the laundry shop.

Even many palace maids and eunuchs would be tortured to death not long after entering the laundry house.

When Sun Xing, the eunuch in charge of the laundry shop, heard that Li Changsheng was coming, he immediately ran forward to greet him.

"Butler Li, what brings you here?"

Li Changsheng didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

"Eunuch Sun, I'm coming to you to take a few people away!"

Sun Xing asked, "Master Li, do you have an imperial edict to bring someone back?"

Li Changsheng shook his head and said, "No!"

"But I have this thing, I wonder if I can mention someone?"

As he spoke, he drew out the imperial sword and began to play with it.

He brought this imperial sword specially.

I'm just worried that the eunuch in charge here will not cooperate with my work.

When Sun Xing saw the imperial sword, his face turned pale.

He instinctively took two steps back and said in a trembling voice:

"Of course I can. I wonder who you want to take away, Mr. Li?"

Li Changsheng casually put the imperial sword back into its sheath and threw it to Cao Jixiang.

"Eunuch Cao, please put this imperial sword away. Eunuch Sun is our brother, he has no need for this thing!"

When Sun Xing heard Li Changsheng's words, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough.

Otherwise, he might end up like Sun Yang, the cousin of the Imperial Household Department, and become a ghost killed by the imperial sword.

Li Changsheng asked Sun Xing to gather all the palace maids and eunuchs in the laundry shop first.

Although Sun Xing didn't know what this Manager Li was up to.

But under the threat of the imperial sword, he still did as he was told.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Thousands of palace maids and eunuchs gathered in the open space as ordered.

Li Changsheng looked around and asked, "Do you have any talents?"

Hearing Li Changsheng's question, all the palace maids and eunuchs present were confused.

Everyone looked at each other with wide eyes.

After a long while, a very thin eunuch raised his hand tremblingly.

"I can imitate the sound of a rooster. Is this considered a talent?"

Hearing his words, the other palace maids and eunuchs all burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Sun Xing was afraid of angering Li Zongguan, so he picked up the whip and whipped the air twice, making a chirping sound.

"Zhao Jiu, you're asking for a beating, aren't you? You can imitate the sound of a chicken. What kind of talent is that?"

The young eunuch named Zhao Jiu developed a conditioned reflex when he heard the sound of the whip and subconsciously covered his head with his hands.

The movements were so skillful that it made people feel distressed!

Li Changsheng waved at Sun Xing and said:

"Eunuch Sun, you don't understand this, do you? Among Lord Mengchang's three thousand retainers, there are still chicken-stealing and dog-thieves. How can the crowing of a rooster not be considered a talent?"

Sun Xing had never been to school. He didn't even know who Mengchangjun was, let alone the allusion of chicken-stealing and dog-stealing.

However, since Li Changsheng said so, he naturally had to nod and bow, agreeing repeatedly.

Li Changsheng looked at Zhao Jiu and asked, "Imitate the sound of a rooster and let me hear it!"

"By the way, you have to crow like a proper rooster!"

Zhao Jiu: “???”

Are there two types of chickens: decent and not decent?

"Manager Li, is this a proper chicken, a big rooster?"

Li Changsheng nodded and said, "Well, not bad!"

After receiving a positive answer, Zhao Jiu's nervous heart relaxed a little.

Immediately, he cleared his throat and started crowing like a rooster.

"Ooooh, oooh!"

"Kekeke,kekeke..."

The crowing of the rooster on Zhao Jiu's side has not yet landed.

The hens in the chicken coop next door started clucking one after another as if they were in heat.

If it weren't for the iron cages, I guess those hens would have flown out one by one to look for their "lovers".

Seeing this scene, Li Changsheng clapped his hands in praise.

"Zhao Jiu, right? Our East Factory needs talents like you. Are you willing to come with me?"

The news from the laundry house was blocked, and Zhao Jiu didn't know that the East Factory had been newly established in the palace.

However, no matter where you go, it is a thousand times better than staying in this damn place called the laundry house and being beaten to death or exhausted to death.

What's more, this General Manager Li admires me so much.

Praise him for being a talent.

Zhao Jiu has lived so long, but no one has ever praised him for his talent!

Therefore, Zhao Jiu agreed on the spot without any hesitation.

When the other palace maids and eunuchs saw that Zhao Jiu had been taken away by Chief Steward Li, they all became active.

"Manager Li, I can imitate a dog's bark. Does that count as a talent?"

"Manager Li, I can dance. I used to be a dancer!"

"Butler Li, I can sleep with my eyes open!"

"You sleep with your eyes open, what's your ability? I can run around while I'm asleep."

……

Seeing the laundry shop with so many talented people, Li Changsheng smiled with satisfaction.

He waved his hand and took them all away.

In this way, two hundred and fifty people were taken away.

Among them, there were about a hundred palace maids.

There were about 150 eunuchs.

Moreover, there are more than 30 violent eunuchs with some martial arts skills.

When Sun Xing saw that Li Changsheng wanted to take so many people away at once, he was dumbfounded.

"Manager Li, aren't you taking too many people away?"

"If this gets tracked down by the higher-ups, I can't bear the responsibility!"

Seeing Sun Xing step forward to stop him, Li Changsheng's expression immediately darkened and he said coldly:

"Eunuch Sun, these are the talents my East Factory needs. And supervising the East Factory is the will of His Majesty!"

"If you dare to interfere again, do you want to test the sharpness of this imperially bestowed sword?"

As he spoke, Li Changsheng drew his sword again.

The sword edge flashed with cold light, making people shudder!

Sun Xing was so frightened that he shuddered and quickly stepped back.

"Butler Li, that's not what I meant, that's not what I meant!"

Li Changsheng asked coldly, "Since that's not what you mean, can we take these talents that our East Factory needs with us?"

At this moment, Sun Xing no longer dared to say "no".

After all, his cousin was beheaded by Li Changsheng with this imperial sword in public.

The bloody lessons of the past are right before our eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes. Since they are the talents that Manager Li likes, then naturally they can be taken away!"

Li Changsheng asked, "Aren't you afraid of being tracked down by the higher-ups?"

There were only about a thousand eunuchs and palace maids in the entire laundry house.

This is a one-quarter reduction.

It would be strange if he wasn't afraid!

But relatively speaking, he was more afraid of the imperial sword in Li Changsheng's hand.

With this in mind, he steeled himself and said with awe-inspiring dignity:

"Don't worry, since the supervision of the East Factory is the will of His Majesty."

"Then I will cooperate with Eunuch Li and send the needed talents to the East Factory. This is equivalent to acting in accordance with the orders of His Majesty."

"In this case, it is legal and procedurally compliant, so what is there to be afraid of?"

When Li Changsheng heard what Sun Xing said, he laughed out loud.

"Eunuch Sun, it turns out you are also a talented person!"

Sun Xing: “???”

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