Chapter 180: What Do Two Hundred Handsome Horses Eat?
According to Li Chuan's thoughts, he wanted to arrange a short drama or something, but if you think about it carefully, is it really suitable for performing in a restaurant like that kind of short drama? The teahouse is also harmonious, the restaurant is a place to eat, drink and gather with friends, and it is okay to put some music, but forget about the skit.
Li Chuan was inexplicably unwilling, he turned his head to look at Xu Jingzong, who was idle on the side, and suddenly asked, "Do you want to open a theater to play?" ”
Xu Jingzong: Can ......you explain what the theater is first?!
"How much silver do you need?" If it weren't too much, he would admit it.
Li Chuan calculated in silence, his brows furrowed more and more, and finally he said uncertainly: "Probably ...... Tens of thousands of taels? ”
Since it is going to be opened, it must be opened a big theater, but the kind of drama can be regarded as enriching the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Xu Jingzong's gentle smile is gone, sell him well, see if it's worth tens of thousands of taels?!
Li Chuan touched his nose a little embarrassed, and said in a disguised manner: "Actually, you don't need to go out alone." ”
"Those tens of thousands of taels are not cheap, you can open a few restaurants." Li Chengqian didn't know what the theater was used for, but compared with the value of the restaurant, he felt a little worthless.
"Your calculation is not right, the store we want to buy is cheap because it is far away from the main street, otherwise you can buy a shop near Dongshi and Suzaku Street to try, tens of thousands of taels may not be enough."
"This ...... Not! "Li Chengqian has nothing to say.
"It should be enough, but there isn't much left, and then again, what the hell is a theater?" Xu Jingzong pulled the topic back.
"A place to put on a show."
Li Chengqian and Xu Jingzong both frowned, and there was disbelief in their eyes, but no one said it.
For them, the so-called show is singing, dancing and playing the piano or something, nothing new, they can see it as long as they want to watch it.
There is also singing, which was singing in the Tang Dynasty, which combined song and dance to form a new program.
As for operas such as Peking Opera and Huangmei Opera, there were no operas in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no word until the Song Dynasty, which is probably the prototype of opera.
"Don't worry, I'll think about it again." Li Chuan pondered that he should first release a short drama when he had time, so that people could feel the charm of the drama first, and then there would be no need to worry about the funds.
Li Chengqian and Xu Jingzong glanced at each other and shook their heads slightly.
"If the address of the restaurant is decided, I will tell the other shareholders." Li Chengqian changed the topic and said: "Ask them if they have any opinions, if not, calculate the cost, the cost of modification, and labor costs, by the way, do you want to let the chefs in the palace take the lead for a while?" ”
Li Chuan shook his head slowly, "I really can't find anyone to talk about it, in fact, I'd rather dig the horn than borrow someone." ”
What is it if you borrow someone from the palace? It's not a pleasure to make money.
Li Chengqian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Whatever you want." ”
He stood up, looked at the sky, and said, "It's not too early, if you have nothing to do, I'll go back to the palace." ”
Li Chuan looked at the sun hanging brightly outside, was silent for a moment, and said, "Tomorrow, I plan to go to the fiefdom." ”
"To the fiefdom? Right now? Li Chengqian was a little surprised, and then said disapprovingly: "Now you don't have to have a few people in your fiefdom, what are you going to do?" ”
"Not necessarily a few people?" Li Chuan looked dazed, "Why?" ”
"Don't you know that my father recruited people from near Chang'an to work? For example, burning bricks, burning cement, transporting grain, building roads, etc., although the road construction has not yet begun, it is already recruiting people, and the farmers in this vicinity have to go out to work, although they are tired, but they will definitely not starve to death. Li Chengqian smiled helplessly and said, "I didn't expect you to even inquire." ”
Li Chuanmu made a face, why didn't he inquire, he heard the discussion between the emperor and the two prime ministers two days ago, isn't the final result to sell grain at a low price? When did it change again?!
"I'll just check it out." Li Chuan insisted, he has been thinking about the fiefdom for a long time, and it just so happens that he is free now, cough cough, if he is not free, he will squeeze out the space, isn't it just right to go and see? !
"That's okay, I originally thought of taking you to get the horse tomorrow, the horse you bought has already arrived in Chang'an." Li Chengqian deliberately shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
Li Chuan took a step forward, put his hand on Li Chengqian's shoulder, grabbed it tightly, and made him unable to run away if he wanted to, and then made a serious face, "Buying a horse is a serious matter, why didn't you say it earlier, it's decided, go get the horse tomorrow." ”
Li Chengqian snickered, he knew that this would be the case, and it was not in vain that he had been hiding the news from him.
Xu Jingzong raised his eyebrows slightly, didn't say anything, just felt that Li Chuan was a little magical, and asked the Tang prince to help him buy a horse? What the hell did he think?!
Two hundred horses, where are they going to be placed?!
Li Chuan sent Li Chengqian and Xu Jingzong away, and hurriedly found a housekeeper.
Butler: "......" He doesn't know where to put it.
"Slave go find a place." The housekeeper's serious face looked even more serious, as if there was still some bitterness, was it swollen and fat?!
"Then it's all up to you, don't worry, even if you go out and rent a yard to herd horses, I don't object to it." Li Chuan threw this matter directly to the housekeeper, and at the same time gave him great autonomy.
The butler looked at him silently, then turned away silently.
Li Chuan didn't quite understand what he was trying to express, anyway, he threw things out, and he was relaxed.
If you want to say that this horse came just right, otherwise he would have to use the horses in the palace to take the guards to the fiefdom.
When this batch of horses arrives, they will be distributed to the guards, and the horses in the palace can be sent back.
He can't live in the palace all the time, and he must be separated when he should be separated.
It's just that at the same time, it also means that part of his silver has disappeared, and it's still early, and I don't know how the shopkeeper collected the money?
Li Chuan was a little nervous, he wanted to go to the store and carry all the silver tickets in his arms, but after thinking about it, forget it, give the shopkeeper two more days, after all, it is happy when selling things, but the feeling of asking for money from others is not so happy.
As for the problem of defaulting on debts, he thought that these adults who grabbed the handicrafts would not do such a tasteless thing.
In case someone really dares to rely on his accounts, hehe, that's really interesting, he can make a cameo appearance in a debt company.
In fact, no one really is so stupid, it shows that Li Chuan is very valued by Li Shimin, even if he doesn't look at the emperor's face, he has to look at Li Chuan's own ability.
Isn't it stupid to offend such a person for the sake of some silver?!
As soon as Li Chengqian returned to the palace, he was found by Li Shimin, what was he doing? Be a little daddy!
Seeing the ugly little baby smacking his mouth and sleeping soundly, Li Chengqian stretched out his finger and poked him in the face, poked again, and poked again.
"Wow......" Little Li Zhi was ruthlessly poked awake by Li Chengqian's brother.
Li Chengqian quickly withdrew his fingers and turned his head to stare at the grandmother next to him.
Grandma bowed her head silently, His Royal Highness the Prince, she can't afford to provoke her.
threatened people with his eyes, Li Chengqian directly threw away the little bit of weakness in his heart, turned around and walked back a few steps, met Li Shimin's eyes, and said, "The ninth brother is too crying." ”
Li Shimin grinned, nodded and said, "That's why I want you to take care of him." ”
He only took care of him for a few hours, but he didn't suffer less, and after he was fed, he was fine, and he would cry when he urinated, and he almost didn't grind him to death before feeding.
Li Chengqian pursed his lips and swallowed all the doubts back into his stomach.
Even if Li Shimin didn't say why, he knew it, and he was annoyed.
So in order not to annoy yourself, you will throw this little trouble to your son?!
Oh, his dad is so good to him!
Li Chengqian weakly turned back to Xiao Li Zhi's side, listening to his massive crying, and almost covered his mouth.
Motioning to the grandmother with his eyes, he plugged his ears with his fingers.
Wang Dehai, who was bringing the milk bottle milk powder: "......" suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the Nine Emperors, is it swollen? !
Li Chuan went to bed relatively early that day, just for the next day's handover of the horses, according to his expectations, Li Chengqian should open the palace gate and come to him.
As a result, he was wrong.
At home, when it was dawn, it was time for breakfast, and Li Chengqian did not come.
"Master, I prepared mung bean porridge and buns for breakfast, do you need to add something else?" Xiao Yinzi poured hot water into the cup to cool, and then took out the ice basin that had turned into water, intending to make a new basin of ice and bring it in again.
"Add some pickles." Li Chuan sat on the edge of the table, lying on his stomach weakly.
When the daylilies were cold, he began to consider whether to go back to sleep.
Just as breakfast was served, Li Chengqian, who had two dark circles under his eyes, finally arrived.
"Breakfast? It's so good that I didn't eat it. Li Chengqian yawned and squeezed out two tears.
"You're a thief in the middle of the night?" Li Chuan turned his head and motioned for Xiao Yinzi to bring another breakfast.
"Don't mention it, just Xiao Jiu, the demon king, howls for a while every while, and is woken up by him as soon as he falls asleep, the taste is more uncomfortable than not sleeping." Li Chengqian waved his hand and spread it on the table, looking like he had been squeezed dry.
"Tsk! It's pathetic. Li Chuanxing's expression of schadenfreude was not even collected, he was so upright.
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes, ignored him, and waited for breakfast to come up, and then started eating.
If he hadn't said yesterday that he would take Li Chuan to lead the horse, he might not have left the palace today.
Of course, even if he doesn't leave the palace, he may not have a good life, and leaving the palace when something happens just gives him an excuse.
As for Xiao Jiu, he handed it over to Wang Dehai, who was off duty today, hoping that he could bear it! Amitabha!
Wang Dehai: "...... "Little prince, you love to come back, the old slave can't bear it!"
After eating, Li Chuan pulled Li Chengqian and left, "Bring the horse back early, you can come back early and sleep." ”
Li Chengqian thought for two seconds and said, "I plan to sleep with you until the evening and then go back." ”
"I don't have an opinion, as long as you don't have to worry about Your Majesty blaming you for not loving your brother."
Li Chengqian suddenly had a loveless expression.
Li Chuan snickered on the side, but didn't dare to show it too obviously, for fear that the little prince would be angry, so he wouldn't take him to lead the horse.
The horse was temporarily placed in a farm in the suburbs, which was the territory of the little prince, if it wasn't for this time to lead the horse, Li Chuan really didn't know that the little prince still had a village in the suburbs.
"This is sent by Uncle Changsun, with a hot spring, but unfortunately it is not suitable for soaking in summer, let's come back in winter." Li Chengqian introduced: "It's not very far from Wentangjian here, and there are a few Zhuangzi with hot springs around, but unfortunately they all have owners, and you can't buy them if you want to." ”
Li Chuan: "......" So this is showing off your wealth?!
"You don't need to buy it, I just want to soak in the hot springs and come to your Zhuangzi." Li Chuan glanced at Li Chengqian obliquely and said, "Anyway, you are in the palace, and you can't come out easily." ”
Li Chengqian: "......" Is this showing off his freedom?!
The land is dry, there is no lawn, let alone a lawn, not even grass.
Two hundred horses really occupy a large area, and fortunately, Li Chengqian's Zhuangzi is big enough to fit down.
"Why are there only a few people in your village?" Li Chuan looked left and right, and only looked at two or three servants, it stands to reason that the little prince's Zhuangzi could only have two or three kittens?!
Li Chengqian glared at Li Chuan with a somewhat complicated expression, "It's not because of you." ”
"Because of me?" Li Chuan was stunned, "How is it possible?" "It's not his pot, he doesn't carry it.
"Because your horse, the locusts have just passed, and the crops in the field have been gnawed, and there is not even any grass left, I have to let people go up the mountain to find some, otherwise your horse will starve to death in two days."
Li Chuan patted his head, yes, horse feed, what can I do?!
Feed the food? It's a way, but now that people have no food to eat, if he wants to do this, will he become a public enemy of the Tang Dynasty?
"I know where to put the horse." Li Chuan remembered the valley on the mountain, which should not have been harmed, and besides, there would be more grass left in the mountain than on the flat land.
"That's great, take it away." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said in a particularly atmospheric manner, "Chenghui, twenty-five thousand taels." ”
"Is it so expensive?" Li Chuan was stunned for a moment, but if you calculate, it is not too expensive, after all, it is a good horse.
"The prince didn't even confiscate the fee."
"It's like you didn't take that vase." Li Chuan slanted at him with his eyes.
Li Chengqian coughed lightly twice in embarrassment, turned his head, and saw Xu Jingzong who was led over by his subordinates at a glance.
When he saw people, he remembered, no wonder he always felt that something was missing, it turned out that there was one person missing.
Li Chuan also followed the little prince's gaze, and then the surprised expression was the same as the little prince.
Xu Jingzong: "......" feels like it's just air!
"There's something going on today, I'm late." Xu Jingzong saluted the two.
"It's okay!" The two spoke in unison, and even the gesture of waving their hands was the same.
Xu Jingzong was silent for a while and asked, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”
"Really." Li Chuan spoke very quickly, with a solemn face, and said, "My horse is short of forage, you should be able to find some forage." ”
Forage? Xu Jingzong glanced at Li Chuan strangely and said, "Aren't you an instructor in the military camp?" Where there is no forage, the barracks will not be without. ”
"I know, but my horse is not a barracks horse." Li Chuan is very clear about this point.
When will it end well to those who unscrupulously take advantage of the public!
He still wants to wait for death in Datang Anle!