Li Shimin

Chapter 63 Excited Li Shimin

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"Your Highness, that's not how you settle accounts!"

Although he was a little worried about Li Chengqian being so obsessed with money now, Li Gang still talked about it patiently.

"Teacher, I remember that the money used to print these books is less than two thousand guan!"

Li Chengqian was a little puzzled.

"But Your Highness, you haven't included the salaries of the storekeepers and shop assistants in those libraries. In addition, you haven't included the cost of opening those shops."

Li Gang said.

"Teacher, I remember that the three libraries used two hundred coins. As for the wages of the shopkeepers and shop assistants, they can't even spend two hundred coins in these three days." Li Chengqian said to himself.

"Your Highness is right, this matter is due to the old minister's negligence."

After listening, Li Gang sighed slightly.

When you are old, you can't even count as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in terms of arithmetic!
Immediately, he hesitated for a moment, then held back and said again: "However, I hope Your Highness will not blame the old minister for talking too much."

"Teacher, what are you talking about? As a teacher, if Gao Ming does something wrong, you can just scold him!"

Li Chengqian was startled, and said quickly.

"Your Highness, you are the crown prince of the dynasty and the heir apparent of the Tang Dynasty. In the future, you must manage the country and handle government affairs. You must not be obsessed with the ways of merchants."

Li Gang said.

"Teacher, please don't worry, Gao Ming is just a little excited when he sees so much money all at once."

Li Chengqian said quickly, and then gave instructions to Li Fu who was on the side.

"Go to Tonghuafang and Baoningfang quickly, and bring back the book money from these two libraries. I want to report the good news to my father!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Li Fu bowed his hands and saluted, then walked out quickly.

Seeing this, a trace of worry flashed in Li Gang's eyes, but he didn't continue to say more.

As for Li Chengqian, he sat on the sofa in Xiande Hall all the time. After Li Fu got all the money from selling books in the two libraries, he packed them in boxes and was carried by the guards to Taiji Palace. .

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At this time, in the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin was receiving Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others.

The new year is coming soon, and Datang is short of money.

Hearing that Prince Li Chengqian came to the Tai Chi Hall with a group of guards from the Eastern Palace and several large boxes, everyone couldn't help but stop, and looked out of the hall with curiosity on their faces.

After all, a child who is only ten years old, although he is a prince, is still a child, and everyone is very curious about making such a high-profile move.

"My son has seen the father and uncle, all the princes!"

"I have seen His Royal Highness!"

After Li Chengqian came in, he found that everyone in the Taiji Hall, including his father, was staring at him.

He couldn't help touching the back of his head in embarrassment.

However, thinking of the [-] guan coins in the box behind him, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and he was also helping his father to relieve his worries.

"Gao Ming, why are you here?"

Li Shimin asked curiously.

"Go back to Emperor Father, the child has sent money to Emperor Father!"

Li Chengqian said.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, everyone was shocked, and they all thought of the big boxes outside the hall.

"Gao Ming, what kind of money did you send?"

For Li Chengqian, Li Shimin at this time is full of love and patience.

Therefore, even if he has already guessed the answer, he is still ready to seriously accompany Li Chengqian to continue talking.

"Return to father, the [-] copies of "Numbers and Arithmetic" and "Letter of Enlightenment" printed by the boy have all been sold out."

Li Chengqian's eyes were full of excitement, and he said: "One book sold for one hundred copies, and a total of four thousand coins were sold, and the money is placed outside the hall."

"What, are they all sold out?"

"Forty thousand copies, all sold out?"

"Only one hundred characters a book?"

At this moment, everyone in the hall was full of astonishment.

Especially Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, although they knew that His Highness was going to open a library to sell "Number Arithmetic" and "Letter of Enlightenment".

However, I didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would dare to sell a book for only one hundred coins.

Moreover, the action was so fast, it seemed that they had sold [-] books before they received any news.

Then, thinking of something, they couldn't help but look at each other, and sighed deeply.

Li Shimin's face was full of joy.

"Come here, bring in all the boxes brought by the prince outside the palace."

"Yes!"

Following a reply, guards soon carried the box Li Chengqian brought into the hall.

Afterwards, Li Chengqian personally opened the wooden boxes one by one.

Five large boxes of copper coins were placed in the hall, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

Although they didn't know how many copper coins they had seen, the five large boxes of copper coins in front of them still had a great impact.

"Gao Ming, I remember that your library has only been open for less than three days, how did you buy it so quickly?"

Above, Li Shimin has stood up now, his face full of excitement.

It’s impossible not to stand up, he was excited.

He knew better than Li Chengqian how much it cost to open three libraries and print [-] books, which was less than [-] books.

That is to say, in less than three days, he earned [-] guan.

It has been almost two years since he ascended the throne, and the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is short of money, and the treasury of the palace has also been short of finances, and the whole palace has to cut down on food and clothing.

If you earn like this for a year, can't you earn 30 million yuan?
Although I know in my heart that this is impossible, what if I can earn half a year?

At least, the household department of the Tang Dynasty and the inner treasury of the palace will be rich.

Even the military salaries of those troops can be paid all at once!
"Father, the child doesn't know."

However, Li Chengqian obviously couldn't understand Li Shimin's excitement.

"On the first day the library opened, it seemed that only a few books were sold. Therefore, I thought that many scholars did not realize the benefits of these two books. I prepared these [-] books and sold one What about the human month?"

"How could I have imagined that today, as soon as the boy finished his class with the teacher, the library manager came to ask the boy for books, saying that they were all sold out, and there were still many book buyers, all of whom were making reservations!..."

Li Chengqian told Li Shimin everything.

However, Li Chengqian did not tell Li Shimin about Li Gang's advice to him.

"That's weird!"

After listening, Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and the others all looked at each other in blank dismay, as if this was the first time they had encountered such a thing.

"Li Wei, hurry up and send someone to investigate, why is this?"

"Yes!"

Hearing this, Li Wei quickly walked out.

However, all of them expected that half of the credit for this matter must be attributed to the great families.

Zheng's house in Xingyang, in the main house.

Zheng Yuanzhe looked at the pile of exquisite books piled up in front of him, his face almost wrinkled into a rag.

Although a few days ago, he still wanted to keep sending people to find out what was written in the mysterious "Alphabet of Enlightenment" book, but he didn't want to go through so many books!

"Mingde, who else is sending these books to the main house now?"

Sighing heavily, Zheng Yuanjing on the side asked Zheng Mingde below.

"Going back to Second Grandpa, it seems that there are only fifty copies of Yunde left, and they are on the way!"

Zheng Mingde said quickly.

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(End of this chapter)