Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 57
Gao Ming has always abided by a principle, that is, "a man can do what he says he can do." Since he promised Li Mingda not to go to court, then he will definitely not go to court!
As for the reason for not going to court, Gao Ming directly blamed Wei Zheng.

"The prince and grand master are seriously ill, so I have to go see him!"

This is the "Leave Request" that Gao Ming is going to hand over to Li Shimin.

After being "polished" by Su Wan'er, the request for leave appeared to be much better than Gao Ming's one-sentence one. After Gao Ming read it, he thought it was all right, so he handed it over to Li Zhi.

"Third brother, you take this seal to your father when you go to the court tomorrow, saying that the prince and grand teacher have been ill for a long time. I am very anxious, and I will go to see the prince and grand teacher every day, so I won't go to court. gone."

"..."

Seeing Gao Ming's relaxed face, the corners of Li Zhi's mouth suddenly twitched violently.

"How can you be so anxious? Are you lying to ghosts?"

But Li Zhi didn't dare to say this, but obediently took the rice paper from Gao Ming's hand, and then looked at Gao Ming with some anxiety.

"Then... when do you plan to go to the morning court, brother?"

Hearing this question, Gao Ming picked up a biscuit and put it in his mouth expressionlessly, then squinted at Li Zhi.

"Of course I waited until the old man Wei kicked his legs... Uh no, it was not until the prince and grand master drove west of Hexi, and then I was in grief for a year and a half before I considered whether to go to court."

"..."

Damn, did you just say that you slipped your tongue?
Looking at Li Zhi with a tangled face, Gao Ming raised his brows immediately.

"Is there anything else? If you have nothing to do, go to the kitchen and pick up a box of cakes and send them to the sixth child, and say that this is my reward from the eldest brother. That's all right, I won't keep you for dinner. Go, go, go." !"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand towards Li Zhi, looking at that gesture like shooing away an unimportant puppy.

Facing such a strong elder brother, Li Zhi suddenly felt like crying.

"Is this still my brother?"

The most aggrieved thing is that he still doesn't dare to resist, because he has every reason to believe that with his big brother's current temper, if he dares to say "no", the other party will definitely reward him with a few explosions without hesitation. Li, in the end he had to give in.

"Brother didn't seem to be so domineering before, why did he change after a serious illness?"

With this question in mind, Li Zhi bowed to Gao Ming with an aggrieved face, and then walked out of the East Palace with the food box. Seeing his leaving back, Su Wan'er frowned.

"Lang Jun, don't you treat King Jin a little..."

Su Wan'er stopped talking only halfway through, but Gao Ming also understood what she meant, stood up after yawning, and put his arms around Su Wan'er's slender waist.

"My wife, you mean that I bully the pheasant slave, right? In fact, I am training him. This kid has a weak personality. I have been training him like this to make him stronger!"

Regarding Gao Ming's words, Su Wan'er always felt that something was wrong.

"Really? But why do I feel..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gao Ming interrupted her directly.

"Okay, don't say any more, you have to believe that what you feel is wrong now is an illusion, it's all an illusion, come on, follow me... My husband is the best... My husband is the best... …my husband is the best…”

"..."

The next morning, Gao Ming resolutely did not go to court. When Li Zhi tremblingly presented Gao Ming's "Leave Request" to Li Shimin, Li Zhi clearly saw the veins on Li Shimin's forehead twitch several times.

Obviously, Li Shimin was not in a good mood at this time.

But these have nothing to do with Gao Ming, he woke up naturally this day, got up and washed, and took Li Mingda out of the palace in a big way.

This time, Gaoming also specially brought Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng with him when he went out of the palace. The reason why he brought them along was not only to allow them to assume the duties of guards, but also to let them carry the money.

That's right, it is "carrying" money!

There are mainly two types of currency in circulation in the Tang Dynasty, namely copper coins and broken silver.

During the Zhenguan period, there were no silver ingots, and everyone used broken pieces of silver. Because the market price and weight of silver were involved in the transaction, it was very troublesome, so it was mainly used for large transactions. In normal times, everyone used copper coins. .

Compared with silver, copper coins have many advantages. In addition to being convenient for trading and calculation, they are also very convenient for storage. They can be placed in cabinets or buried in the soil. Although some copper coins will develop after a long time, they are not Affect the use, so many people like copper coins.

But the shortcomings of copper coins are also obvious, that is-heavy!

The purchasing power of each copper coin in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to two or three yuan in modern times, and the weight is about four grams. That is to say, if you want to buy something worth two or three thousand yuan, you have to bring eight or nine catties of copper coins.

For ordinary people, this shortcoming may not be obvious, but as a prince, and it is rare for Gao Ming to go to the palace once, wouldn't it be very cheap to carry only two 3000 yuan copper coins on the street?
Of course Gao Ming would not do such a price drop, so he brought more than 300 copper coins, which weighed more than 200 catties!

I have to say that carrying so much money to the streets is really a physical effort. Looking at Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng who are sweating profusely but have no complaints, Gao Ming immediately nodded in satisfaction.

"Aji, Ah Zheng, come out with me this time, tell me what you like, and I will buy it for you!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Zhang Sizheng laughed immediately.

"I don't want anything, I just want a bowl of fermented glutinous rice soup!"

Fermented glutinous rice is actually sweet rice wine fermented with steamed glutinous rice. Although the brewing process is simple, the taste is very sweet and mellow, and the price is very cheap. You can buy a bowl for a penny. Fermented glutinous rice soup.

When Gao Ming heard that Zhang Sizheng's request was so simple, he immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, that's a good idea. It just so happens that I'm thirsty too. There's a family in front of me. Let's walk around and drink until we're full!"

"Thank you, grandpa!"

Immediately, several people found a stall selling fermented glutinous rice soup, and rested while drinking fermented glutinous rice soup.

After two bowls of glutinous glutinous rice soup, several people felt that their physical strength recovered a bit. After drinking it, Gao Ming asked Hegan Chengji and the others to give money. When the two opened the money bag, they looked at the two bags full of copper coins. The eyes of the people around them widened.

"Wow, that's a lot of money!"

As the saying goes, wealth is not revealed, if it weren't for the fact that Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng were both handsome and powerful, and there were Marquis Wu patrolling Chang'an Street at any time, I am afraid that some people would have bad intentions.

But Gao Ming didn't think too much, after he ordered Hegan Chengji and the others to pay the bill, he took Li Mingda's hand and left the fermented glutinous rice stall.

Before he could take a few steps, he saw a big man in coarse cloth blocking his way, and he bowed his hands to him with a smile on his face.

"This little gentleman, please stay. I have a good baby here, and I want to do a business with him!"

(End of this chapter)