Chapter 158

Li Shimin was still shocked, but he didn't expect the patriarchs of those families to come over, and he stood up when he saw him, he was proud in his heart at this moment, he still won after all, he hadn't gone out yet, and his son-in-law helped him win this game.

As a result, Li Tai said next to him, Wei Hao is fat, and Li Lizhi in the back heard it, but he glared at him, and he dared to sue his brother-in-law?

"What's wrong with shouting that you're fat, look at yourself, how fat have you become?" Before Li Shimin could speak, Empress Eldest Sun spoke first.

"Queen Mother, he doesn't respect me, I'm the prince, he calls me fat." Li Tai's grievance, why is the queen mother idle him.

"He's your brother-in-law, what's wrong with your brother-in-law calling you fat? You're a prince, and your sister is a prince too! Empress Eldest Sun continued to stare at Li Tai in the back and said, Li Tai pouted, very depressed.

"If you shout, you will call you, you don't know your brother-in-law's character, if you don't know, go and inquire, what is it to call you fat, I have said that I am foolish." Li Shimin glanced at Li Tai, and then walked inside.

"I've seen Your Majesty! I've seen the queen mother! The patriarch of those families said to Li Shimin.

"Well, sit down, sit down, you can come to the engagement banquet of Wei Hao and Princess Changle, I am very happy, sit down and say!" Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, after Concubine Wei Guifei arrived at the main seat, sat down and said to them.

And Li Lizhi grabbed Li Tai, who wanted to escape.

"Sister!" Li Tai looked at Li Lizhen with a forced smile at this moment.

"Let's take a trip with my sister!" Li Lizhi looked at Li Tai expressionlessly.

"Sister, I was wrong! Really wrong. Li Taidu was about to cry, knowing that his sister was going to clean herself up.

"Hurry up, or you'll break your royal treasury!" Li Lizhen said threateningly.

"Sister, I'm your own brother, you can do it later. I don't dare anymore. When Li Tai heard it, he was helpless, who let Li Lizhen control the money now, he wanted to say a word to those royal officials, if he didn't send him money, he would drink the northwest wind.

Li Lizhi walked outside with her hands behind her back, and Li Tai followed with his head drooping.

"Girl, why are you going, it's time to start the banquet!" Wei Hao saw Li Lizhi come out, so he hurriedly asked.

"Go to your little yard and clean him up!" Li Lizhi looked at Wei Hao with a smile, and at the same time pointed at Li Tai and said.

"Brother-in-law, help!" Li Tai is also very smart, and he knows that it is useless to find anyone, so let's find this brother-in-law.

"What's the matter, Fat Dun. Alright, don't be like him, little brat! Wei Hao persuaded as he spoke.

"Hmph, spare your life this time, next time you dare to talk nonsense, my sister can't spare you, and don't think I don't know what you've done recently, you have to clean you up when your sister is busy with this time!" When Li Lizhen heard Wei Hao say this, she didn't plan to pursue it, but looked at Li Tai and said it again.

"Sister, I didn't do anything!" Li Tai immediately emphatically said,

"What are you doing, you know in your heart, okay, go to the living room!" Li Lizhi walked to Wei Hao's side as she spoke, and said to Wei Hao, "Are all the guests here?" ”

"It's all here, start the banquet immediately, my dad will go to the living room with the wine to toast, and then it's outside, it is estimated that my dad will get drunk today, can I drink it?" Wei Hao looked at Li Li and asked.

"No, you haven't been crowned yet, you can't drink, otherwise, those lords will come to you to drink every day in the future, I see what you will do?" Li Lizhi immediately shook her head and said in denial.

"Cheng, I'll replace the bar with water, let's go, let's go in too!" Wei Hao said to Li Liqing, and the two of them walked to the living room together.

And Li Tai followed behind very depressedly, and grinned at Li Lizhi's back, there was no way, and he could only rely on this to show that he was strong.

Soon, Wei Hao and Li Lizhen arrived at the living room.

"Look, what a talented woman!" When Empress Changsun saw Wei Hao and them coming in, she immediately said with a smile, and Li Shimin also looked at those patriarchs proudly.

"Wei Hao, come here, come here and sit!" Li Shimin greeted Wei Hao and shouted.

"Eh, father-in-law, no, this is where my father sits, what about me, and go outside to greet guests, my father is here to greet you, this engagement banquet is held by my father, my father is going to accompany you here, I just came to say hello to you!" Wei Hao smiled and came over to Li Shimin and said.

"Well, where's your father?" Li Shimin nodded and asked.

"It's still in the warehouse, your family has sent a lot of gifts, all of them are congratulatory gifts to celebrate my marriage with Lizhi, there are a lot of things sent, my father needs to vacate the warehouse." Wei Hao still said with a smile.

"Oh, the patriarchs have a heart." Li Shimin heard it and was even more happy.

"Father-in-law, you, came empty-handed?" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and asked, Li Shimin heard it, was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at Wei Hao.

"Why don't you have to be funny? Father-in-law, I'm having a banquet today! Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Yes, yes, it's still in the carriage, I'll give it to you later!" Although Li Shimin was depressed at the moment, in the face of those patriarchs, he couldn't say that he had no gifts.

And he really brought gifts, Li Shimin specially picked ten books to give to Wei Hao, hoping that Wei Hao can read more, this can't be given to Wei Hao now, given to Wei Hao, it is estimated that Wei Hao will not be happy for a day, how can anyone get engaged to him to send books.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother, the concubine mother, and all the princes, the head of the family, I'm late, forgive the sins, forgive the sins!" At this moment, Wei Furong came over to them with a red face and said, just now he saw more than 100,000 yuan piled up like a hill, he was excited, he felt that the world was his, so rich, what can't be bought.

"Eh, in-laws, come here and sit down!" Li Shimin then called Wei Furong his in-laws, and Wei Furong was even happier when he heard it.

"Eh, Your Majesty!" Wei Furong came over happily.

"Where's my mother?" The queen asked.

"Oh, greet those ladies in the backyard, eh, Your Majesty, Niangniang, no way, what about me, no brothers, Hao'er, this child is not either, the family does a little bigger things, but there is a shortage of manpower, so, where the hospitality is insufficient, please don't blame the two, please don't blame everyone, by the way, you sit first, I have to announce the opening of the banquet first, Hao'er, you accompany Your Majesty and chat with the ladies first!" Wei Furong said to them, now he is busy.

"Well, go get busy!" Li Shimin nodded understandingly,

Soon, the banquet started, Wei Furong took Wei Hao to toast all the way over, Wei Hao was holding water, and Wei Hao also added water to Wei Furong's wine, no way, just drink like this, tomorrow may not be able to get up, after a toast, Wei Furong went to the living room,

And Wei Hao walked around in the other wings, chatting with them and letting them drink.

"Wei Hao, come, drink, look at your tall man, don't convince the old man without crowning!" Cheng Yanjin held a wine glass and shouted at Wei Hao,

This wine glass is still designed by Wei Hao himself, and it is also the first time to use it at the dinner table, all the guests said they liked it, before drinking the bar with a big bowl, refreshing is refreshing, but a little indecent, and it is not easy to control the amount of drinking, now with this wine glass, nothing to do, not to mention the idle atmosphere, the key is not to drink much.

"Uncle Cheng, don't fool me, when the time comes, my father-in-law knows that I was drinking, and I didn't use wine to toast him, do you think I'll be okay? Besides, when I am crowned, I will accompany you to drink after I am crowned, and if you don't drink until you admit defeat, I won't let you go! Wei Hao said with a smile to Cheng Yanjin.

"Eh!"

"This kid is not small!"

"Cheng Biting Jin, see no, the person who challenged your alcohol consumption is here!"

"My God, Wei Hao, just for your guts, the old man respects you as a man!" ... When the princes in the wing room heard Wei Hao say this, they were happy and ordered to coax.

"Cheng, I'm waiting for you, waiting for the day of your coronation!" Cheng Yanjin was also laughed at by Wei Hao.

"Hey, hey, good!" Wei Hao nodded, and knew in his heart that it was estimated that this Cheng Biting Jin's alcohol was amazing, otherwise those people would have helped to make such a coaxing.

I have made up my mind in my heart, I am not going to hold a banquet when I am crowned, just let the family eat a meal,

And in the living room, Li Shimin was also chatting with those family owners, but he didn't mention Wei Hao and Li Liqing's affairs, now that he won, if he still mentions it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of those family owners?

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is one thing you need to pay attention to, from the Wude period to this year, the tax revenue on commerce in the Tang Dynasty has not only not increased, on the contrary, it has also decreased by two percent, it stands to reason that it should not be, the commercial tax rate of this dynasty is very low, although it is not said to encourage commerce, but it is absolutely not strictly suppressed, why is it reduced so much, I also went to check, the first one of my Datang merchants has decreased greatly,

Second, there have been cases where someone secretly conceals tax returns, or even omits them or does not report them! Li Shimin sat there, looked at the patriarchs and said.

"This? Your Majesty, those caravans of our family all pay their taxes on time and in quantity! Cui Xian said to Li Shimin, if you want to say that the most powerful business is the Cui family, the Cui family is a natural businessman.

"Well, you I still believe it, it's just that you need to explain the people below, once I find out, it's not as simple as confiscating the family property, more than ten years ago, I don't believe that business has not recovered, from the perspective of Chang'an City, it has recovered a lot,

It's just that, as far as I know, many shops in Chang'an City are related to your family, whether it is a restaurant or a grain store, they are all from your family, this is not good, the price of grain, I also inquired, the price of Chang'an City, is about 10% more expensive than the price of other cities, it is like this all year round, and now many people in Chang'an City are going to the people's homes around Chang'an City to buy grain, you make so much money, it's not good! Li Shimin sat there and spoke.

"This, we don't know yet, we'll investigate it immediately when we go back!" After Cui Xian heard this, his forehead was already sweating.

"Well, you look at the things Wei Hao does, making money is making money, but he won't make the money of ordinary people, I like this very much, and I also helped the court pacify a lot of refugees, and now outside Chang'an City, basically I can't see refugees, those refugees are hired by those workshops, or they are hired by those people in Chang'an City,

And you, not only did not help, but also raised the price of grain in Chang'an City, and dared to omit taxes. Li Shimin continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't worry, we will definitely check when we go back!" Choi Hyun said again.

"Well, also, give those small traders a way to live, if they don't have a way to live, then, it will be difficult to say then." Li Shimin continued, those people were shocked when they heard it, they knew that Li Shimin's threat was full of meaning, if they didn't understand, it would be really troublesome.

"Okay, don't say those unpleasant words, how to do it, I think you know, but I am glad that you can come to their engagement banquet, and if you have time, come to the palace and sit down!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

"Yes, if you have time to come to the royal family, there are many things that need to be discussed!" At this moment, Li Xiaogong also said that he was managing the royal affairs.

"Yes, we will go to the palace tomorrow, thank you for the invitation!" Cui Xian spoke again.

"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you!" Li Shimin nodded, and said with satisfaction, this time, he won completely.

"By the way, Wei Hao, why didn't I see this kid coming, I can't accompany him outside all the time, and I also need to come here to pour wine for these elders!" Li Shimin then looked at the person behind him and asked.

"I'll go find him!" Wei Furong stood up, and now Li Shimin was talking to them, and he couldn't understand it, plus he was a little too drunk, a little drunk.

"In-laws, you just sit down, by the way, this house is too small, when will the Hou Yefu be done?" Li Shimin grabbed Wei Furong and said,

And Wei Yuanzhao and Wei Guifei, as well as those people all looked at Wei Furong in shock, when Li Shimin called Wei Furong as his in-laws, they all thought that this was the first time to visit, Li Shimin respected Wei Furong, but he didn't expect that Li Shimin kept calling Wei Furong as his in-laws.

"It's going to be good next year, I've already laid the foundation, and I can build it next year, and now this kid says that he wants to design it himself, eh, maybe some places have to re-lay the foundation." Wei Furong said to Li Shimin.

"Well, this kid is really enough for you to worry about, day by day, you will know how to cause trouble." Li Shimin took Wei Furong's hand and said.

"Isn't it? Eh, but, Your Majesty, seeing that he is a little out of luck now, the old man doesn't have anything to worry about now, it's okay, this kid, now I have less to worry about, I used to beat him every day, if I don't beat him for a day, he will cause trouble for you,

However, Your Majesty, I will hand it over to you in the future, you are his father-in-law and the emperor, there must be no problem in disciplining him, the old man is not good at disciplining! Wei Furong also took Li Shimin's hand and said.

"I thought, I will let him come to the palace to be on duty at the beginning of next month, do you have any opinions?" Li Shimin asked Wei Furong.

"No, you can go now, you don't know, lazy, really lazy, if it's okay, he can hide in his small yard and not come out, the good name is winter, eh!" Wei Furong sighed as he spoke.

"Dad, what are you talking nonsense?" Wei Hao had just come in from outside at the moment, and when he heard Wei Furong's words, he immediately shouted dissatisfiedly.

"What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong? Wei Furong turned his head to stare at Wei Hao and shouted.

"Yes, yes, nothing!" Wei Hao thought to himself, what else can I do? You are Lao Tzu, you have the final say. Then Wei Hao chatted with the people here,

The whole banquet was held for about an hour, and many guests said goodbye one after another, and then Li Shimin took the queen and Wei Guifei back, and Wei Hao stood at the gate to see them off, and he was still grateful for their arrival.

"That, that, remember, nine folds!" Li Tai came to Wei Hao's side and said to Li Tai.

"Fat dun, call brother-in-law!" Wei Hao stared at Li Tai and said unhappily.

"Brother-in-law, can you stop shouting Fat Dun, I'm the prince, you are like me, how can I still be majestic?" Li Tai is about to cry at the moment, this brother-in-law is not easy to mess with, he can't afford to mess with himself, he has no choice but to give in.

"Lose weight, look at what you are like, let me tell you, just like you, I don't even know how empty it is when the time comes, don't say that my brother-in-law didn't remind you, if you get fat like this, something big will happen sooner or later!" Wei Hao patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said.

"Well, remember, brother-in-law, I can call you, just don't call me fat." Li Tai doesn't care about that, just don't call yourself fat.

"Cheng, let's go, it's not cold, I'm cold, don't you see that I'm standing here for half an hour? Don't ink, next time you come to Juxian Building to play! Wei Hao said to Li Tai without bothering.

"Success, farewell!" Li Tai looked very free, turned around and left,

After finally sending off all the guests, Wei Hao didn't care about those things, returned to his small courtyard, and immediately lay down, and in Wei Furong's bedroom, Wei Furong also lay down.

"Eh, it's a pity, none of those daughters and sons-in-law of our family have come back, if they come back, I don't know how happy I am to see today's scene!" Wang sat there and sighed.

"When they come back for the New Year, let them stay in the capital, have money at home, give each of them 100 acres of land, a house, and I will buy them some houses in Chang'an City at that time!" Wei Furong closed his eyes and said, he also felt a little regretful in his heart today, after all, none of his daughters came back from the banquet of his son's engagement.

"Buy a house, this can't work, Hao'er should have an opinion!" Wang said in surprise when he heard it.

"There's a fart opinion, you go to the treasury to see, so much money, he's still a little bit short, besides, you don't know that this kid has filial piety." Wei Furong still lay there and said, his family is more than 100,000 yuan in cash.