socalfunplaces Chapter 391
Chapter 391
The next day, Li Shimin had just finished his "exercise" in Lizheng Hall.
"Guanyin, why don't you leave this laborious matter to the Weaving and Dyeing Department?"
Empress Changsun helped Li Shimin put on his clothes and picked up the unfinished sweater.
Li Shimin remembered that when the treasury was tight in the past, Empress Changsun sewed and mended it herself in order to save money for the harem.
But now there was no need to do so, so he couldn't bear to see her overworked and advised her.
"Erlang, this is completely different from the past. I am knitting sweaters now just for my personal hobby."
Empress Changsun smiled faintly. It took only three days to knit the pair of wool gloves. Now Empress Changsun planned to knit a wool sweater for Li Shimin by herself. The wool was very thin and it would probably take a lot of time.
Li Shimin sighed softly, "Alas! Guanyin, I hope you like it." He stopped persuading her and hugged Empress Changsun to the main hall.
"This sweater belongs to your Majesty. I will also knit one for Su Chen. What do you think?"
Li Shimin snorted coldly when he heard this, "Why knit a sweater for that kid? Let Li Zhi knit it."
Empress Changsun smiled but didn't say anything, thinking to herself, let Li Zhi knit a sweater?
Haha, that's too much respect for her!
A pair of gloves takes half a month to complete.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Su ordered people to transport 33 carts full of copper coins, saying that they want to donate.
A total of 200,000 strings of cash!"
Wang Defa found that Li Shimin had woken up from his lunch break, and hurried forward to report in a low voice. The old king had been waiting for almost half an hour.
A fully loaded ox cart usually refers to a load of 3,000 kilograms. An ox cart is comparable to the load of a three-horse carriage. As long as the road is flat and the car is not stuck, the ox cart can barely carry 4,000 kilograms.
"What? Donate 200,000 strings of coins?"
Li Shimin heard the 200,000 strings of coins, his face was not happy at all, and he said angrily: "Asshole!"
"How many people know about this?"
"Your Majesty, the ox cart is still parked outside the Vermillion Bird Gate, and Wang Xi is personally leading people to transport it." Wang Defa replied respectfully.
Li Shimin was relieved a little and thought for a moment.
"Leave 20,000 strings of coins, and let them send the rest of the money back the same way." Li Shimin thought about it and seemed a little unsatisfied, and said angrily:
"Let Wang Xi take a message back, let that kid roll back to the palace quickly, I want to beat him to death!"
Wang Defa's mind tightened and he said "yes" repeatedly, and quickly left the Lizheng Palace.
Empress Changsun looked at the angry Li Shimin and found it a little funny. No one could make His Majesty so angry.
"Guanyin, do you think that boy has a brain problem? Can money be donated casually?"
Empress Changsun smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Well, your majesty is right!"
Seeing that Empress Changsun seemed to be perfunctory, Li Shimin smiled bitterly and said, "That boy gave 200,000 strings of cash. How should other princes and ministers treat him? Donate or not?"
"This move is extremely disadvantageous to Su Chen. People will mistakenly think that Su Chen and I conspired to defraud donations, and it is suspected of flattery."
"Su Chen's contribution to the Tang Dynasty and even to me is unmatched. Why does he need money to embellish it?"
Li Shimin told Empress Changsun what he was thinking.
There is another point that Li Shimin did not say. Now he is the emperor. If there is something wrong with the court, Su Chen will donate 200,000. If there is a change of emperor in the future, how much will Su Chen donate?
If others donate, Li Shimin can accept them, but he does not want to accept a penny from Su Chen.
"Hmph, wait until that boy enters the palace, and then you'll see how I greet him!" Seeing that Empress Changsun was still smiling, Li Shimin made it clear.
Empress Changsun nodded and smiled, "Your Majesty is right, I'll watch."
"Hehe, greet him? You'd better wait until Su Chen enters the palace!"
Empress Changsun ignored Li Shimin and concentrated on knitting a sweater.
Empress Changsun certainly understood what Li Shimin had just said.
...
Outside the Suzaku Gate.
Wang Defa personally ran over to tell Wang Xi, and then ordered people to carry down ten money boxes.
Without any extra words, Wang Defa returned to the palace.
Wang Xi returned to the manor with the convoy on his original route with a sad face, which was exactly what Wang Xi wanted, otherwise he would have to run back and forth more than ten times.
'What can I do? Tell the Marquis the original words? ’
Wang Xi shook his head. If he had conveyed Wang Defa’s original words to the Marquis, Su Chen would definitely not have entered the palace.
But if he didn’t tell the truth and caused the Marquis to enter the palace and be beaten by the emperor, what should he do?
“Oh, it’s so hard for me!” Wang Xi felt that it was difficult to be a servant for the first time.
Although the carrying capacity of the ox cart was strong, it was not as fast as the horse carriage. It took two hours to return to the manor for 20 miles.
The convoy stopped steadily at the manor square, and Wang Xi hurried to find Su Chen to report.
“Brother-in-law, I always feel that your donation of 200,000 strings of cash is really inappropriate. You might as well think about it... Why do you look at me like this?”
Li Chengqian was about to help Su Chen analyze the disadvantages of donating 200,000 strings of cash.
Unexpectedly.
Su Chen actually looked at him with a very disdainful look.
"Haha, you say it, just say it!" Su Chen secretly complained, isn't it because he feels sorry for me to donate money!
Li Chengqian put down the basic theory of economics in his hand and said righteously: "Don't you think that this prince is worried about his 10,000 strings?"
"I am thinking about you, there are three reasons, first..."
At this time, Li Chengqian found that Su Chen's eyes were looking outside the study door, and then turned his head to look.
"My Lord, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" After Wang Xi bowed respectfully, he said: "My Lord, the silver and money were returned by His Majesty, leaving only about 20,000 strings of copper coins!"
Su Chen opened his mouth slightly when he heard this, with a puzzled look on his face.
Don't want the free money? The rumor is wrong!
Li Chengqian's reaction was completely different. He looked at Su Chen and smiled triumphantly, "How is my brother-in-law? I was right, wasn't I?"
"Wang Xi, can you explain what's going on?"
Su Chen ignored Li Chengqian, curious about why His Majesty returned the money. Two hundred thousand strings of cash is not a small amount!
Converted to yuan, it's exactly 200 million!
Wang Xi bowed and said with a thoughtful thought: "His Majesty only asked me to tell the Marquis to come to the palace as soon as possible. His Majesty has something important to discuss."
Su Chen nodded slightly, "I know, you can put the money back into the warehouse."
"Yes!"
Wang Xi turned and left. He didn't have to worry about what happened next.
Su Chen thought for a moment alone, confused.
He turned to look at Li Chengqian with a smile, "Brother-in-law, say what you said before again. You just said there are three reasons. Please tell me slowly and I will listen carefully!"
"Hmph, now you believe it! Then listen carefully, this prince will talk to you in detail..."
Li Chengqian's mouth immediately curled up to the sky, and he looked like a villain who had succeeded.
A few minutes later, Li Chengqian analyzed the matter in detail to Su Chen, and the content was roughly the same as what Li Shimin had considered.
Li Chengqian also gave an example. If he became emperor in the future, how much would Su Chen donate for a major project in the court?
No donation? If he donated less, it would be disrespectful to the emperor, and he would be arrested and his property confiscated.
Su Chen was thoughtful, thinking about the things he had done before, all of which were done by Su Chen himself.
For example, the construction of the school and the red brick houses where the villagers lived did not go through the emperor's hands, which was really different from this donation.
As long as the emperor did not suspect that he was trying to win the hearts of the people, no one else would care about what Su Chen did himself.
"Brother-in-law, I suggest you don't go to the palace for the time being, and stay out of the spotlight first!"
Li Chengqian is familiar with Li Shimin, and he is likely to beat him up.
"Well, brother-in-law, what you said makes sense!"
Su Chen nodded in agreement, and would never go to the palace these days.
...