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

"We are here to see your Majesty and the Crown Prince!" The three representatives of the noble families immediately greeted them.

"No need to greet, heads of families!"

"Thank you, your Majesty!"

Li Shimin glanced at the carriages in the Taiji Hall Square. They were different from the carriages that entered the palace last time. These two carriages were only covered with empty sacks and not filled with weeds.

"Master Li, have all the caravan members and carriages returned to the Tang Dynasty? Were there any accidents or casualties on the way?"

Li Shimin asked with a little concern.

"Thank you for your concern, the caravan members and carriages were not damaged, and the trip was quite smooth!" Longxi Li replied respectfully.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, "That's great!"

"Your Majesty, the caravan has a total of 750 carriages. These are 213 carriages." Li Shanhuai meant to remind Li Shimin to divide the gold according to the agreed ratio.

Li Shimin understood and said generously: "Well, just like last time, there is no need to weigh. You can just take the corresponding number of carriages!"

Li Shanhuai bowed respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, the gold carried by the carriages this time is different from the last time. These carriages are loaded with gold ranging from 100 to 500 kilograms, so I beg Your Majesty to send someone to weigh it."

"Oh? That's fine." Li Shimin heard this and glanced at Wang Defa.

The old king waved his hand, and immediately a group of well-prepared eunuchs and guards came forward.

"First sort out the gold, and then weigh it uniformly." The old king commanded with ease.

While waiting for the gold to be weighed, Li Shanhuai stepped forward and bowed, "May I ask Your Majesty, has Su Hou come to the palace today?"

Li Shanhuai was a little confused. He had sent someone to deliver a letter to the manor before noon, but he didn't see Su Chen at this time.

Li Shimin shook his head, "He didn't enter the palace today. Did you send a letter to him?"

"Your Majesty, we have sent someone to deliver a letter to the manor before noon."

Li Shimin nodded without thinking, and said, "Maybe he was delayed by something."

More than half an hour later, the guards had cleaned up all the gold on the carriage and placed it neatly on the ground, waiting to be weighed.

Ten groups of four people began to weigh the gold.

"325 catties!"

"512 catties!"

"265 catties!"

"125 catties!"

As Li Shanhuai said, the weight of gold on each carriage varied greatly.

After another two quarters of an hour, the total weight of gold weighed was: 56,200 catties.

On average, each carriage carried more than 260 catties of gold.

"Your Majesty, the amount of gold has been determined, please take a look!" The old king handed the weighing record to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin glanced at it casually, handed the record to Li Shanhuai, and said, "Master Li, you can take the gold away!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Shanhuai took the weighing record and silently calculated with the other two masters how much gold 30% was.

After calculating for almost half a cup of tea (about 7 minutes), he finally figured it out. "Your Majesty, we should get 16,860 kilograms of gold."

Li Shimin nodded, "Yes, no difference!" He raised his hand and ordered the guard who was weighing: "Weigh out 16,860 kilograms."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Shanhuai bowed again.

Not long after, the guard weighed out 16,860 kilograms from a pile of gold.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, we will leave first!"

After the people brought by the aristocratic family loaded their gold into the car, Li Shanhuai said goodbye to Li Shimin.

"Okay, everyone, take care!"

Li Shimin suppressed his excitement and said goodbye calmly.

"Old Prince, I'll leave this to you. Do you know how to arrange it?" Li Shimin calmly instructed Wang Defa.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I know! Twenty percent of the tax will be handed over to the treasury." The old prince understood.

.Li Shimin nodded, "Great, let's go back to Lizheng Hall and talk while walking."

"Okay, father!" Li Chengqian flattered and followed Li Shimin, rubbing his hands.

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When the two returned to Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun and Su Yan had finished their meal and were chatting in the living room.

"Guanyin, guess how much gold the noble family sent?"

Li Shimin returned to the hall and couldn't wait to show off to Empress Changsun.

"Haha!" Empress Changsun smiled and didn't answer.

"Except what the noble family deserves, it's a full 39,000 kilograms!" Li Shimin exaggeratedly stretched out four fingers.

Empress Changsun nodded and stared at Li Shimin for a while.

"Don't worry, the two taels of transaction tax, the remaining half belongs to that kid." Li Shimin knew what Empress Changsun was looking at, "Great, I'll write another IOU later."

"Okay, father!"

Empress Changsun shook her head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, can you leave 30,000 taels of gold in the East Palace this time?"

This gold did not belong to the national treasury, so Empress Changsun was not interfering in politics, and all the previous internal treasury income was also managed by Empress Changsun.

Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian, and then looked at Su Yan, nodded and said: "Okay!"

Li Chengqian was overjoyed, thirty thousand taels of gold is 480,000 strings of cash.

It's not a small amount, it's a huge sum of money!

"Thank you, father and mother!" Li Chengqian thanked him immediately.

"Your Majesty, I plan to let Gao Ming accompany Su Yan back to Wugong to visit her parents in a few days, what do you think?"

After discussing the gold, Empress Changsun made a request to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then he realized that he had neglected Li Chengqian in the past. In addition, he was so poor after ascending the throne that he had never summoned the Crown Princess' parents to the palace.

Li Shimin looked at Su Yan with a little apology and said, "I neglected it!" Then he glared at Li Chengqian, "Asshole, why have I never heard you mention this!"

"Huh?"

"Uh, father, please forgive me, it was my carelessness." Li Chengqian immediately stood up and took the blame.

Li Shimin nodded, very satisfied with Li Chengqian's performance, "Let's forget about it this time. After arranging the affairs of the Eastern Palace tomorrow, I will go to the Su Mansion in Wugong County with the Crown Princess to visit my relatives."

"In addition, pass on my oral order: Secretary General Su Tan, who has fulfilled his duties, will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold!"

This was the largest reward Li Shimin had ever given. In the past, a reward of 1,000 taels of gold meant 1,000 copper coins, but this time it was real gold.

Su Yan quickly stood up and stood side by side with Li Chengqian, bowed and said, "Thank you, father!"

"No need to be polite!" Li Shimin raised his hand to pretend to be polite.

"Su Yan, let's talk on the side." Empress Changsun stood up and called Su Yan to go to the other side to chat.

"Okay, mother!" Su Yan bowed to Li Shimin.

"Tomorrow you and Gao Ming will go to Wugong County. Don't forget to bring two charcoal hot pots. Ask Gao Ming to go to the imperial kitchen to find a skilled imperial chef to accompany you. Remember to keep the seasoning confidential and only use it with the Su family."

"By the way, prepare some sweaters to take back..."

Empress Changsun carefully explained some things.

Su Yan was a little confused. Although Empress Changsun had been very kind to her in the past, today seemed too ordinary.

"Thank you, mother. Your daughter-in-law will remember it!"

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