Datang Longya

Chapter 109 Pretend
"It's so good!" Wang Gui was overjoyed.

Most of the books in his home are dilapidated, so he just took this opportunity to renovate them.

After suggesting which books to print, the two left.

Looking at the long list of books, Leng Feng sighed, now the printing machine is Li Shimin's property, so he can't do the same thing.

Lao Li waited outside the living room for a long time. Seeing that the teacup on the table next to Leng Feng was no longer steaming, he came over to exchange hot tea for Leng Feng.

"Lao Li, take this piece of paper with you to the palace." Leng Feng handed the paper to Lao Li and continued, "Tell the emperor that if the Tianxia Library is in good operation, you won't have to cry all day long."

Lao Li scratched his head: "Just according to your original words?"

"Just say it."

Lao Li was very surprised. How could it be said that the emperor "cries poor all day long"?

But after thinking about it, I was relieved, who made my master be an outsider!

After seeing Lao Li gone, Leng Feng took out the map and changed the "!" in Gaochang to "?".

This trip to Wuling to pick up Feng An, if it goes well, will not consume a lot of firearms. When the base of firearms accumulates to more than eight, these 1000 people alone will be able to withstand half of Gaochang's army. At that time, as long as Li Shimin sends some troops casually, it will Can eat Gaochang.

Cotton, you have to rely on cotton to resist the severe cold. Today's quilts are all made of cloth layer by layer, and they feel like bricks.Rich people's fur covers are hard, but they are much better than cloth quilts. The two winters from the cold front to the Tang Dynasty were only survived by the stove.

Think about it, if the quilt is compared with them, it can be completely crushed.

Just as Leng Feng recalled the warmth of the quilt, Liu Shuwen walked in with a bowl of ice cream while eating.

"I tried adding some icing sugar, try it."

Leng Feng opened his mouth, Liu Shuwen dug a big spoonful and stuffed it into Leng Feng's mouth.

After tasting it carefully, Leng Feng said to her: "The taste is okay, but it's a bit too sweet, which covers the fragrance of the cream instead."

Liu Shuwen nodded, then turned around and continued to make ice cream. In the past two days, she was learning to make ice cream by herself, trying various ways to eat it tirelessly.

Leng Feng knew what she was thinking, and making ice cream was just a way to ease the anxiety in her heart that the two were about to part.

Leng's carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, and Lao Li pushed aside the curtain of the carriage, took out a token with the word "Leng" written on the front and "Housekeeper-Li" on the back, and handed it to the general guarding the gate.

This token is forged with a hydraulic hammer, and it is not easy for others to imitate it with human power.

The soldiers guarding the palace gate knew the identity of the visitor as soon as they saw the token, and solemnly returned the token to Lao Li, and said to Lao Li: "Steward Li, please wait a moment, there will be a yellow gate to guide you in soon." .”

Among the housekeepers in Chang'an, Lao Li is one of the most respectable. The housekeepers of all the princes have to greet them with smiles. As for entering the palace, there is no need to wait to be heard, and the Huangmen will come and lead them all the way to the front of the emperor.

Sure enough, in less than a stick of incense, Wuming, one of Li Shimin's two personal eunuchs, came over to greet Lao Li: "Haha, it turned out to be Steward Li, but Duke Xi asked you to bring something to His Majesty? "

Lao Li smiled and said, "It's just a list and a sentence. Is Your Majesty handling government affairs now?"

Wuming said: "Your Majesty is free now, in the Imperial Garden, you can come with our house."

After speaking, he took Lao Li to the Imperial Garden.

Li Shimin was very interested today, and actually walked the dog with his seven-year-old daughter Li Lizhi in the imperial garden.

Li Lizhi lived up to her name and completely inherited her mother's beauty. Although she was only seven years old at the time, she could already see how beautiful she would be in the future.

It may be because she looks so much like a queen, Li Shimin likes this eldest daughter very much, even when the government affairs are busy in the past, he still wants to spend time with her.

After sending his daughter to the queen, Li Shimin took the handkerchief from the queen, wiped the sweat off his face, and asked Lao Li, "Are you here to report something?"

Old Li bowed and said, "Wang Gui, Kong Yingda and the others came to the mansion to ask my master to print books and then sell them at a low price. After the two of them left, the master asked me to bring the book list to His Majesty, and asked the old slave to tell His Majesty..."

"Oh? What did he ask you to say?"

Lao Li opened his mouth a few times before he said: "The master said: 'Tell the emperor that the Tianxia Library will be well run, so you don't have to cry all day long.'"

"Pfft..." Li Shimin laughed directly: "Is that what your master said?"

Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Lao Li felt relieved: "Yes."

Li Shimin waved his hand to tell Lao Li to step back, and smiled straight at himself holding the book list.

He did not pay much money for the establishment of Tianxia Civil and Military Academy and Jinglei Division, not because he was stingy, but because he was really poor.

When he was the King of Qin in the past, not only did he go out to fight a lot, Li Yuan would reward him again after he returned to Beijing. At that time, the family treasures were too numerous to be bothered to count.

However, since he came to the throne, his family wealth has become the internal treasury. Whenever the people suffer from disasters and the treasury is empty due to the dispatch of troops, he can't help but transfer money from the internal treasury to support the treasury.

The use of troops against the Eastern Turks was costly, and the national treasury was already empty and could not bear it at all. It can be said that the victory over the Eastern Turks was bought by Li Shimin with his own money.

Although the wealth of Prince Qin's family is countless, but when the expenses change from one person to one country, the so-called "innumerable" becomes a joke.

But... selling books can be really lucrative!Li Shimin thought of "Luoyang paper is expensive", and it seems that he made a lot of money by selling a pair of "A Fang Gong Fu" as a supervisor!

Seeing that the emperor was very happy, the queen led her daughter over and asked, "Your Majesty is so happy, why don't you share it with me? Let me be happy too."

Li Shimin pointed in the direction of Weishui and said, "A guy said I was poor, and he sent me a business."

"Is it Duke Xun?"

The queen naturally thought of Leng Feng, other people dare not say this at all, if they did, the emperor would not laugh, but directly questioned him.

"You are indeed poor enough. My concubine counted the expenses of the internal treasury and found that as long as there is another war, our family will have to drink the northwest wind."

"Queen, I don't want to drink the northwest wind." Li Lizhi hugged the queen's leg and acted like a baby.

Li Shimin touched his daughter's small face and said with a smile: "Don't drink, don't drink, my family is so beautiful, my father is reluctant to let you drink Northwest Wind."

After teasing his daughter, Li Shimin handed the list of books to the queen and said: "Order the House of Internal Affairs to import paper and ink, and order the general to supervise the printing of books. Let's open a Tianxia Library next to Tianxialou."

The queen took the book list and asked suspiciously: "Since Duke Xun has already given this business to you, why do you still want to name it 'Tianxialou'?"

Li Shimin smiled wryly and said, "It's a shame, how can the emperor do business directly? It's better to use Tianxialou as a cover."

(End of this chapter)