God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 40 Business as usual

With the inferior gold medal in his arms, Du He swaggered out of the East Neiyuan, and was about to pass through the Tai Chi Palace, and then left the palace to return to Lai Guogong's mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Taiji Palace, he was stopped by Zhao Yang.

It turned out that the most important thing for Zhao Yang in the past few days was not to serve Li Er, but to guard Du He.

Zhao Yang stepped forward, stopped Du He, and said: "Young Master Du, your majesty has ordered that you can still leave the palace now."

Du He sneered, "Really?"

"Yes. Mr. Du, please go back to the side hall to rest!"

Zhao Yang acted like he was doing business.

Du He lazily took out the gold medal.

Zhao Yang didn't take it seriously at first, but when he took a closer look, his eyes suddenly widened.

"This... Mr. Du, you can't take this joke, you... where did you get this gold medal?" Zhao Yang stuttered when he saw the gold medal.

When Du He saw this, he knew that the gold medal had an extraordinary origin.

"You don't need to know that, now, I can go out!"

"Of course, Mr. Du, please!"

Zhao Yang hastily stepped aside and sent Du He off respectfully.

As soon as Du He left, Zhao Yang rushed towards the Tai Chi Hall as if flying.

Du He was holding the gold medal, and the journey was unimpeded. Along the way, anyone who came forward to inquire was panicked when they saw the gold medal in his hand.

At the gate of the imperial city, Zhonglang General Li Junxian looked at the back of Du He leaving, and said to himself with some anxiety: "This gold medal has not appeared for many years, and now it suddenly appears... Could there be any big changes?"

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Tai Chi Temple.

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When Zhao Yang swaggered Du He out of the palace with the gold medal, the signature pen in Li's second hand broke under his force.

Li Er stood up excitedly, and grabbed Zhao Yang's collar: "You can see clearly, it is indeed the gold medal that the Supreme Emperor got when he served as the Duke of Tang in the previous dynasty?"

Zhao Yang nodded affirmatively: "Your Majesty, this servant has served you for many years, I have seen that gold medal several times, I am sure it is not wrong, and Du He and the Supreme Emperor get along well these two days, that gold medal must be given by the Supreme Emperor Duho's."

Li Er let go of Zhao Yang's collar and sat down on the rotating wooden chair.

"It's been seven years... It's been seven years, and the emperor didn't take out this gold medal. What does it mean to give it to Du He today?"

Li Er's mood suddenly became lost, and he no longer called him the Supreme Emperor, but the familiar Father Emperor.

In June of the ninth year of Wude, the Xuanwu Gate incident occurred, and Li Er beheaded Prince Li Jiancheng and Qi Wang Li Yuanji in front of Xuanwu Gate.

In August, Li Yuan announced his abdication.

Li Er ascended the throne.

On the day of enthronement, Li Er announced in front of civil and military officials that as long as the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan was willing, he could come back to be the emperor at any time, and he took a gold medal as a token. As long as the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan held the gold medal, he would surpass him as the emperor.

In other words, as long as that gold medal appeared, even Li Er couldn't speak well.

Of course Li Er knew that Li Yuan was disheartened at that time, and he did this just to appease people's hearts.

Seven full years have passed, indeed, Li Yuan never took out the gold medal.

As for the gold medal, the origin is very simple. It was a gold medal bestowed by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty when Li Yuan was the Duke of Tang in the Sui Dynasty before the rebellion. There was only one word on it: Tang.

After so many years, Li Er almost forgot about it, but he didn't know that the gold medal suddenly appeared and fell into Du He's hands.

Thinking of Du He's unconventional style of doing things, Li Er felt a headache for a while.

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When Du He returned to Lai Guogong's mansion, he didn't even have time to meet Du Ruhui, so he rushed to the furniture factory first.

What worries Du He the most is the furniture factory.

He first went to check the production of the rotating wooden chair.

Zhang Du was pleasantly surprised when he saw Du He.

In the past few days, Zhang Du has heard a lot about Du He being severely punished by Li Er and even dispatched to Lingnan area.

What Zhang Du was most worried about was that once Du He was finished, they craftsmen would also be finished.

Seeing Du He came back safe and sound at this moment, Zhang Du was very happy: "Master, you are finally back."

Du He nodded: "Look at your worried look. This young master just went to live in the palace for a few days. It's nothing serious. Now the production of rotating wooden chairs is still normal?"

Zhang Du hurriedly said: "Everything is normal, the wood is enough for the time being, I counted it this evening, we have produced nearly 150 rotating wooden chairs, and our warehouse is almost out of stock."

Du He was very satisfied: "That's right, everyone is working hard, the warehouse can't hold enough piles, let the old man think of a way. Take me to the warehouse to see if the quality of the rotating wooden chairs produced is decent!"

Under the leadership of Zhang Du, Du He came to the warehouse of the furniture factory. This warehouse was originally the warehouse of Yuan Tiangang's old house. At this moment, it was full of rotating wooden chairs.

Du He randomly selected a dozen of them to check, and found that there was no problem with the quality.

After explaining to Zhang Du again, he hurried to the book printing workshop.

In the past few days, although Du He was absent, the work of printing "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" was not delayed at all.

Wang Erniu said happily: "Master, you are back. We printed and bound overnight. Now, we have printed more than 50 copies."

Du He picked up one of the books and opened it. Of course, compared with the advanced printing technology of later generations, there are still many problems. Not to mention the rough workmanship of the books, even the characters inside are also unclear.

But it is much better than the previous woodblock printing.

The key is, fast!

According to Du He's account, Wang Erniu and others printed more than 20 copies at one time every time they finished a page.

Moreover, as the number of movable types produced increased, two workers worked in groups, which greatly accelerated the speed of printing books.

Du He said to Wang Erniu: "More than 50 copies are not enough, far from enough! I will give you a few more days to try to reach 300 copies."

Wang Erniu patted his chest and assured: "No problem, young master, we will definitely finish it."

Du He patted Wang Erniu on the shoulder and asked, "Did the old Fu send everyone's wages on time these days?"

When Wang Erniu heard this, he immediately became happy: "The housekeeper pays wages every day, young master, don't worry."

Seeing that the furniture factory and book printing workshop were going on in an orderly manner, Du He felt relieved.

These two things are his initial capital accumulation. If he messes up, the opportunity to make money can only be postponed.

It's not that Du He has never thought of making a fortune from the resources of the Lai State Mansion, but unfortunately, Du Ruhui is too poor, and the huge Lai State Mansion has not saved much money in a year, which is too far behind Du He's requirements.

"You still have to rely on yourself..."

Du He said to himself.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded outside.

The old Fu rushed to Du He, looked Du He up and down, and said happily: "Oh, young master, you are fine, it's great! The master is in the study, you should go and see him quickly, since you are all right." You were taken away, the master hasn't slept well these days."

(End of this chapter)