The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Ji bowed and responded.

"Replying to the Emperor, I know, it's my eldest daughter."

Li Yuan was curious, he looked at Li Ji.

"Mao Gong, since your daughter saved King Jingyang, it's a good thing, why do you keep it secret? After this incident, King Jingyang searched for a long time in Chang'an City, just to find the savior."

"I think, although my daughter did it, there is no need to publicize it. After all, my daughter is a woman, and her reputation..."

Li Ji still had concerns in his heart. In addition, when the court was updated, he didn't want to get too involved in complex interpersonal relationships.

"Hey, what's the matter." Li Yuan smiled: "Thinking back then, my daughter, Princess Pingyang, was also a heroine, a person who could lead troops and fight independently. You, think too much, such an excellent person, how can there be any bad reputation slander."

Li Ji was silent.

Can the daughter of a minister be compared with a princess? Besides, what was the situation at the end of the Sui Dynasty? What is the situation now?

Shao'er will be married in the future. If she has a reputation of "bravery" before she gets married, how will people see her when she is married in the future?

Li Ji raised his head and responded cautiously.

Whatever your majesty says, that's it.

But why did you summon me and bring up this matter for no reason?

With both majesties present, Li Ji couldn't help but feel more stressed.

Yesterday, at the Lantern Festival banquet, my wife brought her daughter to the palace to participate. The second daughter was still young and did not go to the palace, so only the eldest daughter Li Shao went with my wife. As a result, I was summoned to Da'an Palace today...

Since it was the emperor who asked about this matter, there must be some connection.

"Your daughter saved the King of Jingyang, which is a good thing. At the banquet yesterday, because other officials and their wives were also in the palace, and it was not easy for the Queen to decide on a generous reward without confirming with you." Li Shimin also spoke up: "I met you here today because I want to reward your daughter."

Li Ji heard that, so that's how it is. Will it be so simple?

Li Yuan listened to Li Shimin's words and nodded in agreement.

"The King of Jingyang is my most beloved nephew. Your daughter saved her and deserves a reward." Li Yuan said: "Erlang, let the Queen do the reward."

"Yes, my son will tell the Queen." Li Shimin nodded in agreement.

Li Ji was still wondering, how did the Emperor and His Majesty suddenly know about this? Could it be that his wife or Shao'er leaked it out when attending a banquet in the palace?

In Li Yuan's view, this matter is actually very simple. No matter whether the Duke of Ying knew about it before, today they met and pointed out the problem, and the way was very gentle.

After this matter was pointed out in Da'an Palace, it would be reasonable for Li Fu to send gifts again. There was no need to cast a net to catch fish, and send gifts to ten families.

If you really want to be on good terms with the Duke of Ying, do you have to send gifts to more than ten families every time?

Knowing that he wanted to hide the Duke of Ying, it seemed normal. If you didn't know, you would think he wanted to make friends with the ministers and win over the important officials in the court.

It was not good for the name, and it cost a lot of money.

Li Yuan let Li Fu out only after Li Ji left the palace.

Li Fu came out of the inner hall with a smile and bowed to Li Shimin.

"Second brother, we meet again."

Li Shimin glared at Li Fu unhappily.

You bastard, you ran away quickly after coming out of Liangyi Hall, and you actually came to Da'an Palace to complain.

You even showed the account book to the retired emperor!

Li Shimin felt that he was embarrassed after the fake account book he made fell into Li Yuan's hands.

The retired emperor must have seen that there was something wrong with the account book at a glance.

Li Fu approached Li Yuan and smiled flatteringly.

"As expected of you, you only need to do a little bit to solve the problem." Li Fu smiled.

"Hahaha." Li Yuan smiled: "You are beating around the bush, it's nothing more than this. In fact, if the matter is revealed, it's just like that. It's just that you are thin-skinned, which makes your second brother and others have many concerns. Moreover, it is more appropriate for me to summon Li Ji to ask questions in my capacity. Just treat it as a discussion between the elders in the family. Moreover, with your second brother present during the conversation, it is also natural to decide on the reward in the end.

As for how you want to get closer to Li Ji in the future, it depends on you. Your second brother and I have paved the way for you. Don't let us down."

Li Fu cupped his hands.

"Uncle, second brother, don't worry, now that the matter is clear, I will spend some time to take it directly.!" Li Fu was full of confidence.

"Oh? How are you going to get it?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

"Although my farm is not very rich, there are still some things that are not available in other places. Scarcity makes things valuable. Just pick some and give them to Duke Ying. Now I have a reputation. Since Duke Ying knows about this, he probably won't refuse me. "

"As for accepting gifts, once there is one, there will be two. I have never heard of a general who leads troops to fight and doesn't like wine."

Li Fu grinned.

"So, you are going to bribe Duke Ying with good wine?" Li Shimin looked at Li Fu with a smile.

"How can that be called bribery? My nephew is a gentleman, this is making friends." Li Fu responded.

"Okay, make friends. Send a batch of the good wine from your farm to the palace. From New Year's Day to now, the ones originally sent to the palace have long been consumed. "Li Shimin said, "You said you were going to make wine last year. Why didn't you make more wine after all this hard work?"

Li Fu spread his hands helplessly.

"Second brother, you think this is too simple. Why do you think the wines of my brother are so precious? Because it is not easy to make strong wine, but if a wine workshop is officially built on the farm this year, the output will be slightly higher."

Li Shimin nodded, and then asked, "Does the output of strong wine consume more grain than ordinary wine?"

He raised this question because he was thinking about the topic he had just talked about with others in the Liangyi Hall.

Store food and grass, prepare the army, and plan to counterattack the grassland.

Li Fu nodded, "Of course it is like this, so it is precious. "

The amount of grain used to make one ton of liquor is equivalent to the amount of grain used to make eleven tons of beer and twenty-five tons of rice wine.

However, if we convert it into the value it produces, it is far superior to these two types of liquor.

Li Shimin frowned.

In fact, this is reasonable, but the extra grain consumption is heartbreaking.