The struggle of the reborn prince

"Master Li, isn't one item in Huangzhuang tax-free? Go and find out how the people below do things. All the taxes are collected by the prince's house!" Chen Tang turned his face and said to the master who was sitting next to him.

"Yes, yes, I will handle it right away, if the people below don't see it at a glance, there will be trouble!" Master Li agreed hurriedly.

"Prefect Chen, this is not very good, I mean we still have to pay what should be handed over..." said the chief executive.

"Guard Zheng, the prince hasn't divided the mansion yet, does his Zhuangzi still belong to the Huangzhuang, besides, it's the same whether he takes it or not!" Chen Tang interrupted him.

"Then thank you, Prefect Chen!" The chief steward cupped his hands and said, happy that this time the government could save a lot of tax money.

"My lord, I still have a small village over there, let my ineffective brother-in-law take care of it, not only has no income, but also requires me to contribute money to it every year, since the lord wants to buy land, I will transfer it to the lord!" Chen Tang laughed again. He said to Zhao Tong.

"Oh?! Prefect Chen wants to sell the land, and they are all good fields, are you willing?" Zhao Tama asked after eating some food.

"Why don't you give up, I put them down a few years ago. They are not promising every year, which makes people worry. The prince accepted it without dislike it. It is also a favor for the official!" Chen Tang said in his mouth, and his heart But it hurts. It is more than 200 hectares of land, and the rent alone can earn more than 2 yuan a year. Now I can't take care of it.

"Since this is the case, then I will take it, but I can't take advantage of you, you have to make an offer!" Zhao Tun thought for a while and said 'seriously'.

"I bought this land a few years ago, so let's go at the price at that time. Just give me [-] guan!" Chen Tang said, and everyone in the seat was surprised. Tiandu was sold for more than two acres, and now forty to fifty thousand pieces were given away.

"Hiss..." Zhao Tun took a deep breath, "Ten thousand guan?! It just so happens that my mother gave me [-] guan, but you didn't move the money, Chief Manager!" He knocked on the plate and said to the chief steward.

"Ah?!" The chief officer was stunned, what does the prince mean by this, not to mention the reward from the emperor, even the empress also sent [-] guan, could it be... "My lord, the little one is guilty. The house and granary of the previous steward filled the shortfall left by the previous steward, the money was not enough, and the little one embezzled two thousand guan!" said the chief steward in 'panic'.

"You...you, you are so bold, I will settle the score with you when I go back!" Zhao Tang slapped the table, turned his face and said to Chen Tang with regret: "Prefect Chen, I am really sorry, the money is not in hand , you still sell it to someone else!"

"Hey, I agreed to sell it to the prince, how dare I sell it to someone else, no matter how much money I have!" Chen Tang said hurriedly, he finally seized the opportunity to show his favor, how could he let it go easily.

"My lord, I can't take out the eight thousand crowns!" The chief steward said again with a mournful face.

"Tie him up for me, is it because you have stolen all the money!" Zhao Tang jumped down from the chair and said.

"My lord, calm down, listen to my little explanation, it will be the Chinese New Year soon, we bought the land with all the money, and at the end of the year we will pay the servants wages, give red envelopes, and food, drink, the mansion The cost of..."

"Stop rambling, just say how much money you can give?" Zhao Tong said angrily.

"Five thousand guan!" The chief manager replied after closing his eyes for a while.

"I made Zhifu Chen laugh. There really isn't that much money in the mansion. If I pledge this belt to you, how can it be worth three thousand guan?" , put it on the table.

"My lord, you can't. This is something left by the Emperor Taizong. How dare the lower officials keep it? Five thousand guan is only five thousand guan!" Chen Tang hurriedly brought the gold to Zhao Tun and surrounded it again, pretending to be generous, but in his heart It's bloody, this place itself is a jumping price, and it's discounted in half.

"Prefect Chen, you still have Zhuangzi and livestock on your land, if you can't, you can make a price and sell them to us!" The chief steward said quickly after finalizing the matter, now he already understood what the prince meant.

"Guard Zheng, I don't live in the village either, so I don't know the market, so you can give me a price!" Chen Tang squeezed out a smile and said, once I make an offer, you guys will cut it off, so you can figure it out yourself!

The chief steward was really rude, so he made some calculations and said: "Your house is poorly built, even the house and the land are two hundred guan, and I don't know how many cattle and horses there are. Let's estimate it and count it as one hundred guan. We don't want it anymore, but you still take it away, the price of three hundred guan is more fair!"

"To be fair to your mother, I spent [-] guan to build that garden, and you only paid [-] guan in total!" Chen Tang was a little angry, but he couldn't do it anymore, and he had to say with a smile on his face: " All right, just pay what Manager Zheng said!"

"Chen Zhifu is very happy, I will send you a note, next year we will pay you back the rent together with 360% of the interest, a total of [-] yuan!" The chief manager said while asking the assistant to prepare pens and ink.

Chen Tang is about to cry right now, and he still needs to make a note for the three hundred guan, which will only be given next year. Your prince’s monthly salary is only [-] guan, so you are ashamed, but now his son’s life is still in their hands. "Hehe, Manager Zheng, I'm joking with you, and you take it seriously. The animals in this house are just a bonus, so how can they count as money!"

"No, the business must be fair, and the money must be given. Don't let people say that our palace is stingy. At worst, I won't eat meat for a year, so save the money!" Zhao Tang quit, and said sullenly. Seeing Xi's goosebumps all over the ground, the prince wanted to save face, and he clearly wanted to take advantage of others, but he said it in a dignified manner.

"My lord, there's no need..." Two people insisted on not wanting it, and the other insisted on giving it. The two pushed back and forth, and everyone was dumbfounded. , I have to eat vegetarian to pay off my debts, my stomach is bursting with laughter when I see Xixi, but I have to be tense, it's really hard work!

"Come on, since Prefect Chen doesn't want it, Jianxi will give my lion cat to Prefect Chen to play with!" Suddenly, Zhao Tun stopped arguing and said loudly.

"Ah?! My lord, the cat was exchanged by the father-in-law Cai with a picture of Prime Minister Cai and Xuan Wang. Besides, it is your favorite thing!" Jian Xixin said that it was my turn to play again, he was 'surprised' ' Said.

"Why are you so ignorant? What is a cat? The prefect Chen gave us a house, but you still can't bear to have a cat!" Zhao Tian reprimanded.

"Hmph, you can't sleep without holding the cat every day, now you're giving it away, let's see what you do at night..." Jian Xi moaned in a voice that everyone could hear clearly, and retreated dissatisfied.

Everyone is confused again, you said the prince can calculate, but now he is generous.Maybe a cat is nothing, but the cat was exchanged for a piece of calligraphy by Prime Minister Cai. I don’t know how much the cat is, but Prime Minister Cai’s calligraphy is valuable. A fan can be sold for [-] guan. Speaking of it, the magistrate is not losing money.Maybe children don't understand what's going on here, but being able to give away something they love is considered a sincere act.

After negotiating the matter of buying land, the guys brought up all kinds of dishes like water. Zhao Tun's performance just now was very well liked by everyone, and they toasted him one after another. Do it for me, the banquet is not over yet, I'm already drunk.

Chen Tang asked people to help the people who had drunk too much to sober up. He found a private room and asked Zhao Tang to rest for a while. The man served tea, Chen Tang waved him back, and Zhao Tong just asked the 'bodyguard' to guard the door. .

"My lord, help me!" Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Chen Tang lifted his clothes and knelt down and said, Zhao Tuo didn't wake him up as he did just now, but just looked at him with a sneer and waited for his next words.

"My lord, this rebellious son offended the lord, so he deserved to die, but after all, he is the flesh and blood of the lord, please spare his life on the face of the lord!" When Chen Tang raised his face, tears were running down his face. Said with a sob.

Looking at him like this, Zhao Tang knew that a meat show was coming, and performed a family drama in front of him, "Prefect Chen, I also want to let him go, but your son insulted my parents, and others scolded your father, what will you do?" What to do?" Zhao Tun asked 'seriously'.

"This..." Chen Tang listened to the childish words of the prince, and it was really hard to answer for a while. It would be easy for ordinary people to say, but his father is the emperor, and his mother is a noble concubine. To scold the emperor is a crime of deceiving the emperor. , is going to ransack the family and exterminate the family, "My lord, it's an unintentional mistake that I don't know my lord, please forgive me!"

"Prefect Chen, this matter is difficult to handle. Others know that someone has scolded my father, but I can't scold them back. They will say that I am unfilial!" said Zhao Tong, shaking his head like a rattle.

Chen Tang had never been so embarrassed. The person in front of him was a child, but he was still the son of the emperor. He would not eat the soft ones, but he dared not eat the hard ones.

"Okay, Governor Chen, don't cry anymore, crying makes people upset!" A big man was crying on the ground, and Zhao Tun looked really embarrassed, as if he had done something to him, and said unhappily: "I'm still crying!" I didn't want his life, but I can't just let it go!"

It turns out that the lord is soft-hearted. If he knew I was crying, it would be enough to save him a waste of time. Chen Tang didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction when he thought so, "But according to the lord's order, as long as he lives, let the lord deal with him!"

"His mouth smells bad, let him slap his mouth a hundred times outside the government office!" Zhao Tang thought for a while and said, he wanted to say one hundred slaps, but he felt uneasy because Chen was the one who slapped the slaps. Tang's subordinates would definitely be merciful to fool him sometimes. Whether it hurt to let him slap himself on the street was the second priority. The main purpose was to humiliate him and make him dare not be arrogant again.

"Okay, according to the lord, I thank the lord first for not killing me!" Chen Tang heaved a sigh of relief, this punishment really only a child can come up with.

"Prefect Chen, what are you going to do with those who besieged the palace?" Zhao Tang asked after taking a sip of tea.

"According to the law, the officials will exile them for three thousand miles!" Chen Tang said with a straight face.