The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Just look at the street downstairs. The stalls on both sides sell any small item for no more than three or five coins." Li Fu said, "One thousand coins equals one guan. You do the math. Eight thousand guan, how many copper coins are there? Eight million copper coins. There are three thousand people in the palace. If it is averaged out to each person, that's... Wait a minute, I'll do the math."

Li Fu snapped his fingers twice.

"That's two thousand six hundred and sixty copper coins, and there's still a little extra, which is two guan and six coins."

"According to the current monthly salary in the palace... Bao Lin, who is a sixth-rank official, only gets two guan and four coins a month."

"So much!" Li Chengqian was shocked.

He had never paid attention to these issues before. His life in the palace, food, clothing, housing and transportation were all provided by special people, so he would not lack anything.

But he didn't expect that Bao Lin in the palace only got a salary of two guan and four coins a month.

"In the early years of Wude, there were constant wars and occasional natural disasters. In this situation, in some places, the price of a dou of rice was already more than a thousand coins." Li Yuan said: "At the beginning, people were really living in poverty. Now the situation is better, the price of grain has fallen, and the price of a dou of rice is not so expensive. Two strings of money can support an ordinary family for a year. It is more than enough."

People who have land live at home and are mostly self-sufficient. Not to mention two strings of money, even if it is a string of money, half can be saved.

Outside, Li Shimin led people downstairs from the third floor and still walked to the backyard.

But when they went to the second floor and then to the first floor, it was different from when they came in.

There were many people at this time, and any people coming down from the private room upstairs would attract a lot of attention.

Ninety-nine percent of the people sitting in the hall downstairs did not have the opportunity to see the emperor, so they did not recognize Li Shimin.

But the people in the private room on the second floor were different. There were also a few young people from official families in the hall. They knew the current emperor.

Even if they didn't recognize the emperor, how could they not recognize the three court officials and important officials following behind the emperor?

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui.

Who could let three people follow him obediently? How could he not know his identity?

"Your Majesty..."

"What?"

"What's wrong with you?"

"That's, His Majesty the Emperor?!"

"What?"

"Impossible!"

"Why is it impossible? Look at the three people following behind that person. They are Changsun Wuji, the Right Servant, Fang Xuanling, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and Du Ruhui, the Minister of War!"

"It seems to be true!"

For a moment, the first floor of the teahouse became restless.

Li Shimin also heard their whispers and looked at them while going downstairs.

Seeing the emperor looking over here, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

As soon as this voice came out, a stone was shocked and a thousand waves were raised. Everyone in the hall looked at Li Shimin.

After seeing him, they hurriedly bowed and saluted again, and greeted His Majesty the Emperor.

Li Shimin responded to them calmly.

"No need to be polite, stand up."

Li Shimin came downstairs.

The people in the private room on the second floor also heard the movement.

Hurrying up, they came to the corridor outside.

His Majesty actually came to this teahouse?

Is he here to see the auction? How long has he been here? Why didn't I hear any news or see anyone when I came here.

At this time, they remembered the third floor that was not open to the public today...

When they came to the corridor, they could only see the backs of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji leaving from the back door.

"Father, His Majesty is..." Cui Yi looked at Cui Renshi in confusion.

Cui Renshi sighed and shook his head.

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Cui Renshi said.

There were many people who had the same reaction as Cui Renshi.

Many people on the second floor were nervous about Li Shimin's sudden appearance.

Not long after, they heard the movement outside again.

This time it was different.

This time it was...

"Meet the Emperor."

The Emperor is here too!

Looking outside, they saw another back figure.

Not only the Emperor, but also the King of Jingyang, the Crown Prince, the King of Wei, and the Princess.

This auction was lively on the surface and also lively behind the scenes.

In the backyard, Li Yuan and the children got on the carriage, and Li Fu got on last. The gate opened wide and the carriage slowly drove away.

They had to go home for dinner.

As for the restaurants in the East Market, which one can have as good food as the one in the Jingyang Wang Residence?

This is because Li Fu did not have the intention to open a restaurant in the East Market, otherwise, it would be another business that makes a lot of money every day.

In the carriage, Li Yuan's face was alwaysWith a smile, he stroked his beard with his hand.

"After a few troubles, those people on the second floor can only see the backs of me and Erlang. After they go back today, they will definitely guess what my and Erlang's intentions are. Maybe after I go back, more people will come to Da'an Palace to pay their respects." Li Yuan said.

"Uncle, you have expected it." Li Fu smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid of being disturbed by them after you go back?"

Li Yuan shook his head.

"I'm not afraid of being disturbed, but I also want to see what they will say to me if they come to Da'an Palace to see me." Li Yuan smiled and said, "I also want to hear what they think about the eight thousand strings of cash.

By the way, I won't be so generous to those people who come to Da'an Palace in the future and give them special tea.

Stop them from coming to take advantage of it and affecting the price outside."

"Hahahaha." Li Fu was amused by Li Yuan's idea.

The old man is also a smart man.

"After today's auction, the special tea will not be available in the market for the next year." Li Yuan said, "We want to let them know that good things are rare, so we have to keep them waiting. When the special tea comes out next time, they will go crazy for it and show all kinds of tricks."

Li Yuan saw the fun in this auction today, so he couldn't let the special tea flow out more, so as not to lose the fun in the future.

"So-called aristocratic families, haha." Li Yuan smiled.

If you have something that you have but others don't, the most important thing is to make them like it and flock to it, so that they can be controlled by you.

"Pay more attention to the tea shop. If it doesn't work, let Erlang help you secretly. The value of tea is now more apparent, and there are more people interested." Li Yuan reminded: "Now those people are willing to pay, they will definitely find a way to get the secret recipe of tea making in the future, and they may even do anything to achieve it. So, be more careful, this money is not so easy to earn."