Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 42 I want to ask you to ask the emperor to allocate some money

Princess Xiangcheng blushed and walked out.

The toilet experience made her feel embarrassed and looking forward to the next time.

Seeing Fang Yuan standing not far away, she softly said: "I can do it."

Fang Yuan hummed, and went back the way he came.

Not long after, the two returned to the hall to drink tea.

"Why so slow?"

Li Shimin was slightly dissatisfied.

It's somewhat inappropriate for a woman to go to the toilet with a man and take so long to come back.

Just now when Fang Yuan said he wanted to take it, he was somewhat resistant, but Fang Yuan had already got up, so he was fine.

"That toilet is weird, it's a bit slow to use for the first time."

Princess Xiangcheng explained in a low voice.

"toilet."

All Li Shimin's dissatisfaction faded away.

Instead, it was embarrassment and shock, and it reminded me of the time at the guest house.

Unexpectedly, when Fang Yuan moved to Liaozhou, he changed the latrine into a toilet just after moving into the mansion.

"What is a toilet?"

Du Miaoyan asked puzzledly.

When you go to the toilet, you go to the toilet, how come you go to the toilet?
It was her first time to Fang Yuan's new home, so she hadn't seen the toilet yet.

"It's a weird thing, you can use it just by sitting on it."

"Although it's weird, it's much cleaner than a toilet, and it's comfortable to use."

Princess Xiangcheng said.

This is the result of her experience.

Although it looks strange and uncomfortable, it is better than clean.

"I see!"

Du Miaoyan nodded.

I wanted to say something else, but was interrupted.

"cough!"

"Don't say that while you're drinking."

Li Shimin stopped them from continuing.

I feel nauseated if I continue to listen to the two of them chatting about toilets and toilets.

Princess Xiangcheng and Du Miaoyan didn't say anything more about it and continued drinking tea.

Hong Xu and Qing Yan were making tea at the side, tinkering with the tea art that Fang Yuan told them not long ago.

But there is no one to teach, Fang Yuan also knows only a little about tea art, so now they seem to be playing with tea sets.

However, the two are glamorous and charming, one red and one green boldly dress up very aesthetically pleasingly, and playing with tea sets is also a sight.

"Fang Zhouzun, I heard that you have set up a cement factory, are you going to build cement roads?"

Li Shimin changed the subject.

The biggest purpose of his visit this time was to manufacture cement.

If you can know how cement is known, you can use it to try to control the Yellow River dams.

"Site selection and recruitment are in progress."

"However, the establishment of a cement plant is not for building roads."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

The cement factory has started to recruit people, and there are many applicants.

Like the recruiting of major commercial firms, many people apply for the job, and the salary is too attractive for them.

However, there was a problem with site selection. Most of the selected sites were owned and could only be bought at a high price.

And if there is no owner of the land, the places that can be allocated by Fang Yuan are very remote, almost all are mountainous, and it will become a problem for transportation.

So now Fang Yuan and the bosses of several major commercial firms are hesitating whether to buy land at a high price, or choose a remote place to develop together.

"Why not build roads?"

Li Shimin asked curiously.

"Building roads is too costly, and now I need to spend a lot of money to recruit workers."

"Hey, Boss Li, as the head of the royal firm, you can get in touch with the emperor, right?"

"Why don't you beg the emperor for me to ask the emperor to allocate a sum of money, and I will use the money to build roads."

Fang Yuan looked expectantly at Li Shimin and said.

It is too expensive to build roads, and there is no money left in the state capital.

Now the wages of the cement factory recruiting workers are spent on Fang Yuan's own money.

Fortunately, the cement factory itself is serving Fang Yuan himself, otherwise he would not do it.

But if it is said that there is money allocated by the imperial court, then Fang Yuan will immediately use the money to build roads without saying a word.

Not only repairs, but also major repairs, as good as repairs are, will definitely be able to use up the allocated funds.

"Ask the emperor to allocate money?"

"Now that the emperor just bought your batch of grain, where is the money left?"

Li Shimin pursed his mouth and said.

Now the national treasury has bottomed out for disaster relief.

Then I bought the batch of grain in Wuling County by myself, and the internal storage was exhausted.

How could the emperor still have money for such a large cost of building roads?

"No money?"

"Dignified emperor, have no money?"

Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin suspiciously.

According to historical records, in the early days of Zhenguan, the court was very poor, and so was the emperor.

But no matter how poor, the dignified emperor can still allocate a sum of money, right?
Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng glanced subconsciously at Fang Yuan, then at each other, pretending nothing happened, and lowered their heads to drink tea.

"Is it surprising that the emperor has no money?"

Li Shimin was quite speechless.

The Weishui alliance gave the Turks a lot of money.

Last spring there was famine in Guannei Road, severe drought in Shandong Road in summer, and frost killing crops in Longyou Road in autumn.

There was also the locust plague and drought not long ago, and the relief funds were allocated one after another, and the imperial treasury and internal treasury had long been empty.

"It's really surprising."

Fang Yuan nodded solemnly.

In the dynasty era, it was normal for anyone to have no money.

But it is really surprising that the emperor has no money.

Even if Fang Yuan came across, he was surprised to know some history.

"You are not the emperor, you must be surprised."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes.

If you are not in charge, you don't know the hard work of being in charge.

Not the emperor, I don't know how hard it is for him to be an emperor.

"That's for sure."

"If I'm the emperor, I'm definitely not short of money."

Fang Yuan chuckled.

By the way, I also made a complaint.

He has so many ways to make money.

But there is still no time to implement them one by one.

The voice fell.

Li Shimin's face darkened suddenly, and he looked at Fang Yuan with malicious intentions.

Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng suddenly choked on the tea and coughed repeatedly.

Fang Yuan's words sounded like he looked down on the emperor, it was simply outrageous.

If it is spread, it will be a small matter to lose an official, and it will be completely self-inflicted if you lose your life.

"Hey, what did I just say?"

Fang Yuan coughed dryly, pretending to be confused.

When he was at home, Fang Yuan was relaxed, talking to Hongxu Qingxiong and the others more casually.

But he forgot that there are not only Hongxu and Qingyan here, but also Li Daye and Du Miaoyan from the Royal Trading Company.

"Master said just now that His Majesty has great talents and plans to unify the territory and eliminate the Eastern Turks just around the corner!"

Hongxu stopped the movements in her hands, rolled her eyes, and said in a moment of thought.

"Not bad!"

"Master didn't teach you in vain."

Fang Yuan chuckled.

Gently pinched the red and white face.

Hongxu smiled more happily, while Qingyu rolled her eyes at Hongxu as if she was jealous.

"Hee hee, the master told me the day before yesterday, I still remember."

Hongxu laughed.

Li Shimin and the three of them were speechless when they said something to each other.

"Fangzhou Zun, you said that His Majesty will unify the territory and eliminate the Eastern Turks just around the corner?"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan and asked curiously.

His attention has been completely diverted, he no longer cares about what Fang Yuan said just now.

He, Li Jing and others have always had the idea of ​​quelling the chaos in the capital of Liangshi, unifying the territory, and eliminating the East Turks.

But now the time is not yet ripe, there is no money and no food, and it is only on paper to quell the chaos in Liang Shidu and eliminate the East Turks.

Now hearing Fang Yuan mentioned to the maid, he wondered how Fang Yuan knew about the imperial court's strategy, did he guess it, or did he have that kind of witness?
Du Miaoyan also looked at Fang Yuan curiously.

She doesn't like female celebrities, but only likes reading books and dancing swords. Because of Du Ruhui, she usually cares about state affairs.

But she remembered that the unification of the territory and the elimination of the Eastern Turks were state secrets, no more than two people knew about it, how did Fang Yuan know and see so far?

(End of this chapter)