CHAPTER XXI

Wei Hao saw Li Lizhen sitting there worried, so he leaned over and asked.

"My brother's marriage, now it costs money, it costs a lot of money!" Li Lizhi sat there and said with her chin propped up.

"Your brother's marriage, what are you worried about, your father and mother won't worry about it?" When Wei Hao heard this, he immediately smiled and said.

"What do you know? My mother just gave birth to a younger sister, and my father is busy with court affairs, how much time does he have to care, the key is that he has no money, do you know? Li Lizhi stared at Wei Hao and said worriedly.

"Is there a shortage of so much, tens of thousands of dollars? There's no way for me now, I still have a way to get a thousand dollars, and I can't take it out now. Wei Hao sat down and said helplessly to Li Liqian.

"It's not now, it's the second half of the year, I need money now, my mother... My mother can still think of a way, and when she gets married in the second half of the year, she really needs money! Li Lizhi almost missed her mouth.

"Oh, don't worry about the second half of the year, I guarantee that you will have endless money!" When Wei Hao heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said.

"Wei Hanzi, don't lie to me, if you lie to me, you will die a miserable death." Li Lizhi stared at Wei Hao, her eyes widened, and she reminded.

"Oh, you girl, why don't you trust people so much, now that so many people are working here, are you still afraid that you won't be able to get money?" Wei Hao said helplessly to Li Li.

"I'm counting on you all, if you can't help it, then I really can't do it, I also want to give it to me, to my father and mother." Li Lizhi slowed down her tone and looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Don't worry, I promise that you will never be short of money to spend in your life, and if you follow me, you will still be short of money to spend?" Wei Hao proudly patted Li Lizhi's shoulder and said.

"Dengzi!" Li Lizhi slapped Wei Hao and said, she was actually very happy in her heart, she had unconsciously regarded Wei Hao as a dependent, in the palace, her sorrow never dared to say it to anyone, but in front of Wei Hao, she dared to say anything.

"Lizhen, why haven't I seen her during this time, I can't see her every day!" Li Shimin had just left the court, and he did not go directly to the Ganlu Palace, but came to the Lizheng Hall to chat with the queen.

"Go outside, during this time, the royal business was handed over to her to take care of, there is no way, Gao Ming wants to follow you, and the concubine can only let Lizhi go!" Empress Eldest Sun said with a wry smile.

"How much money do you have left?" When Li Shimin heard this, he asked.

"It's gone, it's gone last month!" Empress Eldest Sun said with a sad face.

"What, it was gone last month? This? Li Shimin thought about it, it's only May now, and there is no money, so what should I do with the rest of the time.

"Well, no, Gao Ming's wedding, the previous etiquette, it cost more than 10,000 yuan, and those children of the royal family, in the entire first five months, it cost more than 40,000 yuan, and in the second half of the year, it is estimated that 80,000 yuan will be needed.

And in the second half of the year, counting the income of those imperial villages, as well as the income of other businesses, there is still a gap of more than 40,000 yuan, which is not considered a smart wedding, if you count the high marriage, it is estimated that the gap will be about 70,000 yuan.

In the past few days, several princes have opinions, and the amount of spending has been reduced a lot, and the royal procurement has also been reduced a lot. Empress Eldest Sun sat there and said to Li Shimin.

"This!" When Li Shimin heard this, he also began to worry.

"Your Majesty, you still don't have to worry about this matter, the concubine will find a way, the concubine knows that the border is unstable, and there have been different disasters in various places this year, just over the court, I don't know how much effort you have to pay for, and leave other things to the concubine." Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Shimin and persuaded with a smile.

"What can you do?" Li Shimin looked at Empress Eldest Sun and asked.

"You don't have to worry about this Your Majesty!" Empress Eldest Sun still looked at Li Shimin with a smile.

He didn't want the affairs of the harem to worry Li Shimin, and Li Shimin also felt very sorry for his queen, and this time he had a son, and he also suffered.

"No, when Hui Lizhi comes back, let her come to the Manna Palace, I want to hear what she says about the current situation." Li Shimin refused to say, he knew very well in his heart that the queen must have no better way, nothing more than to borrow money, go to the eldest grandson Wuji to borrow money, and go to Gao Shilian to borrow money, Gao Shilian's family is still a small family, but that's it, it is impossible to make so much money, and the rest is to sell those jewelry.

"Your Majesty!" Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Shimin in embarrassment.

"You can't solve this matter." Li Shimin touched the face of the eldest grandson in distress and said.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't worry about this kind of thing, the concubines will have a way, it's really not good, just sell some royal business, before the royal family also bought some shops and restaurants in the city, although the sum is definitely not enough, but slowly there is always some, Your Majesty, you have just stabilized the hearts of the people, at this time, if you ask for money from the Ministry of People, what will the world's scholars think?"

The money of the court and the money of the inner treasury have been clearly divided since ancient times, and if they are used indiscriminately, they will definitely cause criticism from the people of the world. Empress Eldest Sun persuaded Li Shimin and said.

"Well, in this way, starting today, the expenses of the Manna Hall will be halved!" Li Shimin said to Empress Eldest Sun.

"That's not possible, Your Majesty, you already used it very economically, if you halve it again, wouldn't it be a fall for the majesty of the royal family, and those ministers saw it, and they didn't know what to think." Empress Eldest Sun immediately shook her head and said, disagreeing.

"It's okay, let them light fewer candles at night, just light more in my study, and in other places, you can see clearly by lighting one or two, and in addition, I should reduce my food and clothing.

This year, the court is also very short of money, and the shortfall on the part of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has reached 300,000 yuan, and I don't know where to make up for it now. Li Shimin said with a sigh to Empress Changsun.

"Well, the affairs of the court still require His Majesty to pay more attention." Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Shimin worriedly and said.

"It's okay, there's always a way!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said, and then looked at his little daughter-in-law.

In the afternoon, Li Lizhen returned to the palace, and Empress Changsun asked her to go to Li Shimin, saying that she wanted to report on the business outside.

Li Lizhen went to the Ganlu Palace, but Li Shimin was summoning the minister, and Li Lizhen asked Wang De to report.

After Wang De went, he came out and shook his head and smiled at Li Lizhi and said, "Your Majesty will be busy discussing military aircraft affairs, so the princess should come again next time." ”

Li Lizhen heard it, so she went back, in fact, there is no need to tell Li Shimin about this kind of thing.

In the next few days, Li Lizhen and Wei Hao still went to the paper workshop every day, those houses had been built, and some things had been done by Wei Hao, but the pulp had not been completely done, and it would take a while.

"Girl, let's discuss, there are still 300 yuan now, and we dug 40 big pits before, I thought, how about continuing to dig big pits? Dig another 30, according to my estimates, a big pit can produce 200,000 pieces of paper, each big paper is worth 5 yuan, a pit is about 1,000 yuan, 40 big pits, is 40,000 yuan, aren't you short of money? For the rest of the money, we continue to dig holes? Wei Hao questioned Li Li.

"Then you have such a reckoning, don't you want the cost?" Li Li looked at Wei Hao angrily and said, she was not sure if Wei Hao could get it out now.

"The cost is 1,000 yuan now, and the cost of workers in the back! And, of course, the cost of buying those people's branches, leaves, and weeds! Wei Hao said with a smile to Li Liqing.

"Huh?" Li Lizhi only figured it out at this moment, and looked at Wei Hao in shock, that is to say, the 1,000 yuan can be made out of 40,000 yuan, and it has not been spent, and the 1,000 yuan is counted, but counting the money for digging pits and building houses, these money are a one-time investment, and there is no need for any money later.

"Hehe, got it?" Wei Hao proudly questioned Li Li.

"Don't bluff me!" Li Lizhen's eyes widened, staring at Wei Hao and asking.

"It's still the same sentence, can you protect it, if you can protect those wealth, then there are so many every year!" Wei Hao said very arrogantly to Li Li.

"Hmph, what is this, I can protect it ten times over!" Li Lizhi supported her waist, stared at Wei Hao and said proudly.

"Cheng, wait, five days at most, those people can be trusted, are they all yours?" Wei Hao said to Li Lizhi with a smile.

"Don't worry, if they dare to go out and talk nonsense, I can kill them!" Li Lizhi said to Wei Hao very seriously.

When Wei Hao heard it, he looked at Li Lizhen with a frightened face, the most poisonous woman's heart! .

"Look at what? Don't dare to lie to me, otherwise, you will be worse than them! Li Lizhi continued to hold on, looking at Wei Hao with a smug expression.

"Cut, scare me! Besides, you're a girl, you can't just shout and kill when you're fine, how bad it is, you're a lady! Wei Hao immediately waved his hand and said disdainfully.

The angry Li Lizhi raised his foot and was about to kick Wei Hao, but Wei Hao dodged.

Five days later, Wei Hao and Li Lizhi arrived at the paper workshop very early, and Wei Hao began to direct the workers to fish out the pulp, and then transport it to the workshop, and began to pour it into the finished wooden frames.

After the water was dried, it was sent to a room with a stove burning in it, so that the paper could be dried quickly, and Wei Hao was there to direct the workers to work.

And Li Lizhen stood next to him, looking at the workers with a nervous expression.

"What are you pinching me for?" Wei Hao felt a little pain in his arm, so he turned his head to look at Li Li and asked.