Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Everyone came to the side hall, and Li Shimin politely asked Lao Wang to arrange for someone to make a cup of tea for the heads of the noble families.

"Family heads, this matter will be decided by the prince and Su Chen. You can discuss it. I will just listen to it. You don't need to care."

Li Shimin took a sip of tea and reminded lightly.

"We know!"

There are five representatives of noble families on this trip. This trip abroad really scared them.

These noble families are all rich, but they are all savings over the years. For example, the Cui (Boling Cui) and Wang families, which were among the strongest before, can easily take out tens of millions of strings of cash.

Those money have been accumulated and accumulated by the family for hundreds of years, and the annual income is only about 200,000 strings of cash.

It is amazing for other noble families to earn 100,000 strings of cash every year.

The heads of noble families did not speak, and Su Chen did not know what to say.

He couldn't just let people weigh the gold and divide the money!

"Your Highness, Marquis Su, according to the previous promise of 70% tax on the caravan's income, what do you think?

If you two have no objection, please send someone to weigh it."

When everyone saw that Su Chen did not speak for a long time, Li Shanhuai stood up and bowed.

Su Chen seemed to have nothing to do, and was still calculating how he would take the gold back if it was converted into copper coins.

So annoying!

After thinking about it, there was no good solution, and at the same time, he was more certain that the banknotes must be made as soon as possible.

Li Chengqian gently touched Su Chen, indicating that Su Chen should reply.

"What?" Su Chen looked at Li Chengqian and asked.

"Uh, Your Highness, you make the decision." Su Chen bowed and said politely.

Li Chengqian's facial muscles twitched. When had he ever seen Su Chen be so polite to him?

"Master Li, let's follow the previous 7% tax. There is no need to weigh it by car. All the masters can take out 30% of the carriages!"

Li Chengqian said with a generous smile.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust!" Li Shanhuai bowed and thanked him sincerely.

Just as Su Chen thought before, a carriage only carried more than 100 kilograms of gold, and it was completely possible to combine the carriages. More than 80 carriages could transport 80,000 kilograms of gold into the palace.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, the masters sent the carriages intact to the palace as they were when the carriages returned to Chang'an.

"Master Li is too polite. Please sit down!" Li Chengqian bowed in return.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After taking his seat, Li Shanhuai looked at Su Chen and bowed again:

"Your Highness, we have prepared some light wine at Leshan Restaurant today. The restaurant has recently introduced several new dishes that are very delicious."

"I hope Your Highness, Marquis Su, and King Wei will show us your favor!"

Li Chengqian smiled slightly and bowed, saying, "What you don't know, the new dishes at Leshan Restaurant were taught by Su Chen."

"Ah? This...!"

Li Shanhuai and others looked at each other in surprise. The family heads only knew that Su Chen was good at making, but they never expected that Su Chen was also proficient in cooking.

It's a pity that there is no pork now, and there is no boiled pork slices.

Li Shimin, who was sitting at the head, tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers. Just now, Li Shanhuai only invited the prince, Su Chen, and Li Tai to dinner.

He didn't even mention the emperor.

Li Shimin only said that he would not interfere in the matter of money before, but he didn't say that he would not eat together!

But he couldn't say it out loud, so he just kept it to himself.

Li Shimin misunderstood Li Shanhuai and the others. Who dared to ask the emperor to have dinner?

Besides, the emperor was busy with state affairs, so how could he agree to let them go out of the palace to eat at a restaurant?

The head of the family didn't know that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was resting on weekends.

"Your Majesty, is there any beef left from yesterday?"

Suddenly, Su Chen asked the emperor for beef without restraint.

"Haha, there are still a few pounds left, I will send it to you later." Li Shimin remained calm and agreed readily.

"Don't misunderstand, heads of the family. Yesterday, a cow in Changsun Wuji's house was old and weak and could not work. It died of illness in winter."

"So more than ten pounds of beef were sent to the palace."

Li Shimin explained calmly.

"Your Majesty, we dare not doubt it!" Li Shanhuai stood up and bowed.

Li Shimin nodded. Yesterday he brought back more than 60 pounds of beef from Changsun Wuji's house to the palace.

Changsun Wuji himself only had less than 30 kilograms left.

Last night, about 10 kilograms of beef were used to make hot and sour noodles and beef skewers, and there were still 40 to 50 kilograms of beef left in the imperial kitchen.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us for being so bold. I wonder if Your Majesty can condescend to..."

Before Li Shanhuai finished speaking, Li Shimin smiled faintly, "Master Li, you don't know that today is the weekend. I and several ministers have already arranged lunch at the restaurant, so it's just right for us to go together."

Immediately, Li Shimin raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying, "Why don't you all collect the gold outside first and meet at the restaurant in an hour."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your advice, we will respectfully greet your majesty and all of you at the Leshan Restaurant later!"

Li Shanhuai and a group of family heads stood up and bowed, then left the side hall of the Taiji Hall.

Wang Defa, who was standing by, followed Li Shanhuai and other family heads to count the quantity.

Immediately, Li Shimin looked at Su Chen with a smile, but saw that Su Chen looked worried.

"Boy, what are you thinking about, so obsessed?"

Su Chen came back to his senses and shook his head. "Nothing, when are we going to eat?"

Li Shimin looked outside the hall and smiled, "Wait a minute!"

How could Li Shimin feel at ease to eat when the gold had not been counted.

Outside the Taiji Hall, Li Shanhuai and others ordered the carriage driver to count the 160 carriages loaded with weeds and gold.

"General Manager Wang, we have counted 30% of the number, can you check it? ”

It took less than five minutes to count the 160 carriages. When they were transported in, they were divided into three batches. As long as the 160 drivers sat on the carriages, there was no need to count them.

"Master Li, you are worried!" Old Wang bowed politely.

"Thank you, General Manager Wang. Please tell His Majesty that we are waiting for His Majesty in the restaurant!" Li Shanhuai bowed again.

"Okay! Master Li, please come in! I will send someone to send the carriage to the Wang family mansion in a while."

Old Wang didn't want to stay any longer. He guessed that His Majesty must have something to tell him.

"Thank you, General Manager Wang. We will go ahead!"

After the head of the family left, Old Wang turned and ran to the Taiji Hall to summon a group of eunuchs.

"All of you follow me! ”

After arriving at the square, the old king ordered several eunuchs to get the beam scale, and others to pick out the gold from the carriage and stack it neatly.

Not enough manpower, the old king went to Li Junxian to call the guards to help.

Half an hour later, all the gold was picked out from the weeds on the carriage, and only piles of gold were left on the square.

The frame and weeds were cleaned up, and the scene was spectacular.

"Commander Li, you watch, I will report to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The old king quickly ran back to the side hall to report to Li Shimin.

"Reporting to His Majesty, the noble family has taken 160 carriages out of the palace. The remaining gold has been counted and is now ready to be weighed."

Li Shimin nodded and looked at the two brothers Su Chen and Li Chengqian, "Let's go and see how much gold there is. "

Su Chen and the other two followed Li Shimin to the square. When they arrived at the square and saw the piles of gold, Li Shimin's eyes sparkled.

The old king immediately ordered the eunuch to weigh the gold, "Why don't you start? Be careful!"

Just then, Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji and others came to the Taiji Hall Square from their offices, as well as the new Minister of Finance Dai Zhou.

Looking at the piles of gold, they were all stunned.

"Two hundred and ninety-two catties..." Four people in a group, two people lifted the pole, one looked at the scale, and one kept accounts.

Two piles of gold were weighed, which was the amount of gold in two carriages. The person who looked at the scale reported the weight to the eunuch who was keeping accounts.

"Two hundred and ninety-two catties, the next one!"

The eunuch in charge of keeping accounts would repeat it before continuing to weigh the next one.

"Two hundred and eighty-five catties..."

They wanted to try their luck in the imperial study to see if they could get a free lunch.

"Your Majesty, I see you!"