Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 139 Big Uncle (7000 words chapter)
Chapter 135

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Wei Hao was sitting on the carriage very depressed at the moment. For the first time, he felt that he was really a little ignorant, but on the other hand, there were too many rules in the Tang Dynasty, even the carriages were restricted.

"Besides, you are Lord Hou, you should ride a horse!" Li Lizhi stared at Wei Hao and said.

"Riding a horse, this day? Is there something wrong? Riding a horse on such a day must be frozen into an ice sculpture!" Wei Hao said even more shocked when he heard it.

"Look outside, how many people are riding horses. Men are riding horses, and there are very few people riding carriages. Unless ordinary people or women, or old venerables, men should ride horses and swords. You don't even have a sword." There are no swords." Li Lizhi stared at Wei Hao again and said.

"I don't ride, it's too cold, I just love to ride in a carriage!" Wei Hao immediately shook his head and said, thinking to himself, isn't this looking for abuse?Riding a horse in cold weather, who thought of the rules?

"Hey, if you're not afraid of being ashamed, you'll be fine if those men say you're a bitch." Li Lizhi didn't want to try to persuade Wei Hao anymore, she couldn't.

"What are you afraid of? If you dare to say that I'm a girl, then come and fight. I don't want to brag. I have no opponents in the west city. In the east city, hmph, Cheng Chusi and the others are not my opponents." Wei Hao said very Said proudly, who dares to talk about his own girls?
Li Lizhi is very helpless, but she has also decided in her heart that she will gradually get rid of his lazy and irrelevant personality in the future.

"Okay, let's not talk about those broken rules, why is your brother, my uncle, looking for me?" Wei Hao looked at Li Li and asked.

"How do I know, after you go in by yourself, I'll go back to the palace first, I guess the eldest brother must have something to do with you, and don't talk nonsense." Li Lizhi reminded Wei Hao, she was worried about Wei Hao's mouth, But thinking that he was going to see his elder brother, and knowing the identity of his elder brother, he must not talk nonsense.

"Don't worry, I can still offend my brother-in-law?" Wei Hao had an expression of 1 hearts, Li Lizhi was already speechless to Wei Hao, but this time he was still at ease, but if Wei Hao went It's hard to say when you meet other people.

Soon, the carriage arrived outside Juxian Building, Wei Hao got off, but Li Lizhi didn't get off at all.

"Remember, try this quilt at night to see if it's warm. Anyway, my parents said it's very warm." When Wei Hao got off the carriage, he still reminded Li Lizhi.

"Understood." Li Lizhi listened, smiled and nodded, still very satisfied in her heart.

Then Wei Hao walked into the restaurant. It was still time to eat, but it was coming to an end, and there were not many tables of guests in the restaurant.

"It's really cold!" Wei Hao entered the restaurant and found that the temperature was a little higher than outside, but he could still feel the cold.

"My lord, you are here. By the way, Miss Changle has come to look for you, and she said she is going to the house to look for you." Steward Wang saw Wei Hao coming, and immediately walked out of the counter, reporting to Wei Hao.

"Well, I've gone, are there many guests today?" Wei Hao stood there and asked Steward Wang.

"Young Master, it's much less than before. The weather is too cold, and many people don't want to come out for dinner." Steward Wang hurriedly reported,

When Wei Hao heard this, he nodded. He could imagine that, in such a cold day, who would want to come out to eat? It's almost as good as having a forehead problem.

However, Wei Hao is also thinking about how to solve this heating problem, and it will be solved in these two days, otherwise, as the weather continues to get colder, there will be fewer and fewer guests.

"Sure, I'll go up first, Li Gaoming is in that box, he has something to do with me!" Wei Hao nodded, looked at Guanshi Wang and asked.

"Oh, son, it's in Box A!" Guanshi Wang hurriedly replied,

And at this moment, in the private room, Li Chengqian had just finished his meal.

"Your Highness, Wei Hao please see me!" At this moment, a school lieutenant pushed open the door and reported to Li Chengqian.

"Let him in!" Li Chengqian nodded and said with a smile, Wei Hao walked in as soon as he heard what he said.

"I've seen uncle!" Wei Hao smiled and said to Li Chengqian, cupping his hands. Li Chengqian felt that he heard it right. Uncle, this title is wrong.

"What did you shout just now?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao in a daze and asked.

"Uncle!" Wei Hao walked in with a smile and stood opposite Li Chengqian.

"Wait a minute, what uncle, did you make a mistake? I said Wei Hanzi, are you confused again?" Li Chengqian heard clearly this time, stared at Wei Hao and asked, thinking about what would happen Did Wei Hao mess up?

"Brother, don't you know? Changle and father-in-law didn't tell you?" Wei Hao still asked with a smile.

"Changle, Princess Changle? My sister Lizhi? Father-in-law?" Li Chengqian was even more dizzy at the moment, completely unable to understand what Wei Hao said.

"That's right, my father-in-law is His Majesty, and he has already agreed to my marriage with Changle. You don't know about this? No, can't my father-in-law agree with you?" Wei Hao stood there, touched his head, and looked at Li Chengqian asked.

Li Chengqian stood there stupidly, a little unbelievable that it was true.

"Brother Uncle, Brother Uncle, what's wrong?" Wei Hao shouted when he saw Li Chengqian in a daze.

"I, how is it possible, Wei Hanzi, don't talk nonsense, my father knows it, and I have to kill you, my sister, Li Zhi, can I still marry you?" Li Chengqian reacted at this moment, pointing at Wei Hao loudly said the warning.

"Are you kidding? I call my father-in-law and mother-in-law every day. This is approved by my father-in-law and mother-in-law. Uncle, what do you want from me?" Wei Hao sat down as he spoke.
Li Chengqian felt that his head was still a little confused. He didn't know about such an important matter. It was fine if his father, queen and queen didn't tell him, and his sister never mentioned the matter between him and Wei Hao. Li Chengqian felt in his heart that it might be fake. How could it be possible? things.

"Gu warns you, when Gu investigates, the matter is not true, and Gu wants your head." Li Chengqian pointed at Wei Hao and threatened.

"Tch, in a few days my parents will go to the palace to discuss the marriage with their parents-in-law, can I still lie to you about such a thing?" Wei Hao said indifferently, at this moment Li Chengqian was staring at Wei Hao, Wei Hao also stared at Li Chengqian.

"Really?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao and asked seriously.

"Yeah!" Wei Hao nodded affirmatively.

"You, me, my sister, how is it possible that my sister can still fall in love with a fool like you?" Li Chengqian was furious, feeling that what Wei Hao said might be true,
Wei Hao laughed when he heard it.

"Uncle, what do you need from me?" Wei Hao asked with a smile.

"Wait a minute, let Gu think about it, let Gu think about it!" Li Chengqian made Wei Hao faint, this incident was too sudden, and he was not prepared at all.

After a while, Li Chengqian still looked at Wei Hao unwillingly and asked, "Is what you said true? You didn't lie to Gu, let me tell you, if you lie to Gu, don't say you are Lord Hou, you are the Duke of the State." , Gu will take care of you."

Wei Hao rolled his eyes and didn't want to speak.

"Hey, just wait, wait until I go back to ask my father and queen, and then I will deal with you. Now let me tell you something!" Li Chengqian pointed at Wei Hao and continued to threaten,

In this box, there are only the two of them now. Li Chengqian also came to ask Wei Hao about dispatching Hu merchants to the grassland, but Li Chengqian is not too cold about this. After all, doing such a thing is thankless. I can't cheer up.

"Brother, tell me." Wei Hao nodded and said.

"Don't call Uncle Gu, call Your Highness!" Li Chengqian stared at Wei Hao and said.

"That's the right thing to do. My father-in-law has no objections. Do you still have any objections?" Wei Hao said while looking at Li Chengqian with his lips curled up.

"Wait for Gu to understand clearly, can you tell me about you and Siyuan, and now you suddenly appear to have an affair with my sister, how can you make Gu believe it?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao and said, it was all rumors before , Dai Guogong has taken a fancy to Wei Hao, and now it suddenly happens, how can I believe it?

"What Siyuan, I don't know her very well, I just met her once, don't talk nonsense, besides, Changle and I are first, so Siyuan can still be my concubine?" Wei Hao was not happy when he heard it. Yes, looked at Li Chengqian and complained.

"That's what people say outside." Li Chengqian stared at Wei Hao and said emphatically.

"Do you believe what is said outside? Really, tell me, what is it, if you don't let me call uncle brother, I don't know anything, don't think I don't know why you are here, it must be father-in-law who asked you to come here , Ask me about sending people to the grassland." Wei Hao sat there, talking very depressed, and at the same time threatening Li Chengqian.

"You!" Li Chengqian pointed at Wei Hao, and suddenly believed Wei Hao's words in his heart. Before Wei Hao was awarded the title of earl, it was because Wei Hao helped Li Lizhi get out the paper. Now I heard that the royal family also has a share in the porcelain workshop, and the porcelain workers The square was also created by his sister and Wei Hao. Thinking of this, Li Chengqian slowly calmed down.

"Okay, you can shout if you want to. Let's talk about the business first. Anyway, if it's fake, you're dead." Li Chengqian had no choice but to ask him this time. If he was mean to him, his sister should have an opinion, and he absolutely couldn't let his sister have an opinion on him.

"Okay, uncle, such a good thing is rare. You have to do it well. Father-in-law has put a lot of effort into it for you." Wei Hao immediately said to Li Chengqian with a smile , Li Chengqian was a little speechless when he heard that his face changed so quickly.

"A good thing? Yes, a good thing. As the crown prince alone, of course he needs to do things for the court." Li Chengqian said disapprovingly,

I thought to myself, everyone said so, anyway, no matter what tasks Li Shimin sent to himself, the group of people below would always say good things, talk about training themselves, saying testing themselves, etc. Where do I want to experience, where do I want test?
"It's right to do business for the court, but it's not a good thing. The point is, hey, if you don't talk about being rich, His Highness will still be famous." Wei Hao winked at Li Chengqian triumphantly,

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, rich and famous?I like this myself, I just want money now, of course a good reputation is also needed.

"Wei Hanzi, don't lie to Gu, didn't your father ask you to say that on purpose?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao in disbelief and said.

"Hey, let's talk about your name first, Your Highness, tell me, as a crown prince, what do you need to rely on to secure yourself in this country?" Wei Hao rolled his eyes and asked Li Chengqian.

"Rely on authority, besides, uh" Li Chengqian didn't know what to say after finishing talking about authority, he hadn't considered this matter carefully yet.

"Army, relying on the army, you don't know this? Not to mention anything else, father, you know. If there is no army, the Tang Dynasty can be established, and if there is no army, father can ascend the throne?" Wei Hao looked contemptuously. Looking at Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian saw that he despised him so much, and just wanted to get angry, but after hearing it, it really made sense.

"What does this have to do with the army?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Hey, those Hu merchants are actually secret operations, you know it, if the information you collect is useful to our army in Datang, you say those generals, who doesn't like you, the soldiers below will kill you because of your information. If you win battles and reduce casualties, who doesn't support you, with their support, isn't your position as stable as Mount Tai?" Wei Hao explained to Li Chengqian,
Li Chengqian was also sitting there listening at the moment, when Wei Hao finished speaking, he nodded involuntarily, it was really like this.

"That's right, don't you want this name?" Seeing him nodding, Wei Hao asked with a smile.

"Fame is second. Of course Gu hopes to do something for the invincibility of our Tang army!" Li Chengqian immediately looked at Wei Hao seriously and said.

"Hey, I like that." Wei Hao smiled when he saw it, and Li Chengqian also laughed, and then said: "It turns out that the father gave this to me for this purpose. I don’t know, this matter really needs to be handled properly.”

"It must be done well, Your Highness, do you know how important this matter is? If it is done well, the territory of my Tang Dynasty will more than double. Just tell me, when the time comes, no one in the world will accept you as a prince. You have to pay attention to it." Yes." Wei Hao said seriously to Li Chengqian.

"Expand the territory?" Li Chengqian was even more shocked when he heard it.

"Of course, if you think about it, if the news sent by the Hu merchants is timely, if there is any turmoil on the grassland, my Tang army will take advantage of this time to attack suddenly, which can greatly attack the power of the grassland. , Controlling the grassland and expanding the territory, I don't believe that you don't like it." Wei Hao looked at Li Chengqian and nodded, explaining.

"No, no, let's go. Let's go to the lonely East Palace. You can't talk about such things here. Let's go!" When Li Chengqian heard this, he felt that the matter was a bit serious. But everyone has it, and he still has this awareness.

"It's okay!" Wei Hao thought about it, and if something goes wrong, he also needs to take responsibility.

Soon, the two left the restaurant, Li Chengqian got on his horse, and Wei Hao stood there.

"The two of you ride the same horse, let the other horse go to Lord Wei!" Sitting on the horse, Li Chengqian said to the two soldiers behind him.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness, you go ahead first, I'll come in a carriage!" Wei Hao stopped Li Chengqian, he didn't know how to ride a horse.

"What? Take a carriage? A man, take a carriage?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao in surprise and shouted.

"No, I, I really don't know. Besides, it's okay to ride a carriage, right?" Wei Hao said with a guilty conscience at the moment. He remembered what Li Lizhi said before.

"It's only women who ride in a carriage, or an old person. You, a young man, take a carriage. You simply disgrace the children of the family. Besides, you don't even have a sword?" Li Chengqian looked at him with contempt at the moment. Followed Wei Hao and said.

"What's the matter, if I don't know it, I won't, who stipulated that I must do it, what's wrong?" Wei Hao shouted angrily, isn't he just not knowing how to ride a horse?Why is it still despised?

Li Chengqian was also very speechless when he heard Wei Hao shouting so righteously, so he could only helplessly say to Wei Hao: "Then make your own carriage and come here, really, aren't you afraid of embarrassment?"

"Is it embarrassing to lose someone if you don't know how to ride a horse? I'll just learn later!" Wei Hao rolled his eyes and said, soon, Wei Hao got into the carriage and headed to the East Palace, while Li Chengqian was riding a horse .

After arriving at the East Palace, Li Chengqian took Wei Hao to the side room with charcoal fire.

"Come, have a taste of the freshly brewed tea!" Li Chengqian greeted Wei Hao to drink tea. Now he has begun to pay attention to Wei Hao. The thing he just said is good for the army and can help him establish authority in the army , he was very interested.

"It's not good. When spring comes next year, I'll make some tea for you. Then you'll know what tea is." Wei Hao said disdainfully. He made tea at home and rarely drank it himself.

"Okay, you all go out, no one is allowed to come in without Gu's order." Sitting there, Li Chengqian said to the guards around him.

"Yes!" When the guards heard this, they all went out,
Then he looked at Wei Hao and said, "You and Gu have a good talk."

"Success, uncle, this matter is not only rich, but also famous. I told you about the famous thing, and the money thing, do you know?" Wei Hao smiled and looked at Li Chengqian and said, Li Chengqian was staring at Wei Hao looked at it, he was short of money now, his sister sent money yesterday, it was a bit embarrassing, but there is no way, a penny can't beat a hero, isn't it?

"Let's listen to the details." Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao and said.

"You say that those Hu merchants sell goods, it must be profitable. There are two modes of operation. One is that we give them goods on credit and hand over part of the profit to us at that time. The other is that we require them to sell goods. They sell the price, and we give them a commission, but no matter what the goods are, the profits are huge when they reach the grassland.

Therefore, we will never lose money, but one thing must be made clear, we must give appropriate profits to those Hu merchants, and we cannot deduct their money. Of course, we also need to provide some convenience, such as customs clearance. For the goods, you can secretly greet the soldiers at the border and let them pass by, so that those Hu merchants will also have confidence in their hearts.
In addition, if something happened to them, as long as it is not murder, arson, or robbery of civilian women, we will settle it for them. In this way, those Hu merchants will support us wholeheartedly. Another thing is that we must Control their families. If their families are not in Chang'an, we can't use them. We don't have anything threatening. If they go to the grassland and don't come back, we will lose a lot up? " Wei Hao said to Li Chengqian in detail.

"Well, I understand what you said, but this profit is not easy to calculate, how much is this profit?" Li Chengqian looked at Wei Hao and continued to ask.

"A lot, a lot, you know about the porcelain, three times the profit, the porcelain workshop is managed by Changle, it's not a matter of every minute for you to get the porcelain? And the most important thing is, salt, I inquired, On the grassland, the most lacking thing is salt.

As for table salt, we don’t have any shortage in Datang now. Recently, Chang’an has released a large amount of table salt, all of which are fine salt, and the price is still cheap, but private individuals cannot sell salt, but now our Hu merchants can’t Said it was private,
Besides, this salt is sold to the prairie, not in my Tang Dynasty. In this case, we can still get a lot of money. This money is also very important to my Datang. " Wei Hao reminded Li Chengqian, Li Chengqian sat there and nodded,

At this moment, Li Chengqian understood that it was equivalent to running a horse team of Hu merchants in the court. Apart from the fine work, it was a money-making organization. Any goods from the Tang Dynasty could be sold to the grassland.

"Then how to recruit Hu merchants, you talk to Gu!" Li Chengqian nodded and said to Wei Hao.

"Well, there are some tricks here. First of all, uncle, you have to respect those people. If you don't respect those people, those people will not work for you. Moreover, those people are worthy of respect. After all, they have indeed made contributions to our Great Tang, so they are worthy of respect. If you don't respect them, then I don't recommend you to deal with this matter. It is better to leave it to other people." Wei Hao told Li Chengqian in advance He said hello.

"That's no good. I can't hand it over to others at this time. Such an important matter is related to my Tang military affairs. How can I borrow others' hands?" Li Chengqian immediately shook his head and said, of course not all from the heart, the key Yes, Wei Hao said he could make money, and now he just wants this.

"Well, then you need Corporal Lixian. For those Hu merchants you fancy, you have to visit them in person. Of course, you don't need to let outsiders know about this kind of visit, and you need to find those small Hu merchants. They just came to my university. The merchants of the Tang Dynasty, in this way, they may be short of money and lack the approval of the Tang Dynasty." Wei Hao began to tell Li Chengqian the specific things as he spoke,

Li Chengqian listened very carefully from the beginning, and when Wei Hao finished speaking, Li Chengqian couldn't help sighing and said: "Wei Hao, you are really a talent. I didn't realize it before, and I was deceived by you."

"Uncle, am I a talent? The point is that my father-in-law doesn't believe me. He also said that I am ignorant and wants me to read more books. Tell me, can these things be learned from books?" Wei Wei When Hao heard this, he said to Li Chengqian very proudly,
Li Chengqian was stunned when he saw how proud he was. Aren't ordinary people humble?Why is Wei Hao still proud?

"Yes, there are some things that cannot be learned from books!" Li Chengqian nodded and admitted.

"Of course, it's not me bragging to you. I don't know anything except the things in the book, and there is nothing I don't know about the things outside the book!" Wei Hao said proudly again,

Li Chengqian was a little speechless at this time, feeling that it was too early to exaggerate.

At this moment, at the Lizheng Palace, Empress Changsun also knew that Wei Hao had come to the East Palace. Empress Changsun was very concerned about the affairs of the East Palace. After all, it was the prince who was concerned, and he didn't want any surprises in the position of prince, so she also paid special attention to Li Chengqian's growth.

"You mean, after Wei Hao arrived in the East Palace, he chatted with the crown prince in the wing room for more than an hour, but he asked for charcoal once in the middle, but he never let him in?" Empress Changsun said, looking at the little eunuch in front of her.

"Yes, I haven't gone in, and I know what I said to Marquis Wei, anyway, I've been talking inside." The little eunuch nodded and said.

"Well, then you go!" Empress Changsun waved her hand, signaling him to go out first, and then he said to a eunuch beside him: "You go to the East Palace and say, I want to invite Wei Hao to dinner. Gao Ming also came over!"

"Yes, empress!" The eunuch cupped his hands and went out.

"These two children can still play together. Yes, Gao Ming should like Wei Hao very much, otherwise, he wouldn't have talked for so long. The two of them should really get close." Empress Changsun smiled at the moment As he said, he was very satisfied with the situation in his heart.

Then Empress Changsun ordered people to inform Li Shimin and Li Lizhi to come to the Lizheng Hall to finish their meals, saying that they wanted to invite Wei Hao to dinner.

"Well, it's comfortable!" Li Lizhi was sitting on the rug at the moment, and it was the quilt that Wei Hao sent. It was very warm and light, which made Li Lizhi very happy.

"Your Highness, isn't this really cold?" A maid next to Li Li asked.

"It's not cold, it's very warm. I really didn't expect that this is what Ben Gong sleeps at night." Li Lizhi said happily,

"By the way, has the high-quality fox fur arrived yet?" Li Lizhi looked at the maid and asked.

"I haven't bought it yet, but I've bought it back, and the maidservant will go over and get it for His Highness!" The maid said with a smile, knowing that Li Lizhi had been thinking about it all along, and wanted to make a fox fur cloak for Wei Hao.

"Well, you have to remember!" Li Lizhi nodded.

"Your Highness, there is a message from the Empress, asking you to go to the Lizheng Hall for dinner at night, and the Empress wants to invite Marquis Wei Haowei to dinner." At this time, a maid came over and reported to Li Lizhi.

(End of this chapter)