As soon as the time arrived, the eldest grandson Wuji, Wang Jue, Fang Xuanling and others entered the Manna Palace.

After coming in, everyone saw Li Er sitting behind the desk, full of vigor and energy.

They were all very surprised when they learned that His Majesty Li Er had not slept all night last night.

After all, Li Er is not young.

But at the moment, he looks like a spiritual guy, full of momentum.

The eldest grandson Wuji stepped forward and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, now that the soldiers, horses, grain and grass in the Western Regions have been solved, and the Tang army has entered the territory of Tuyuhun, pacifying Tuyuhun is as simple as backhanding, I don't know what is important for Your Majesty to hurriedly summon me and others into the palace today?" ”

Fang Xuanling and others were also confused.

After all, when they received Li Er's summons, they felt that the situation was quite serious.

Li Er laughed and said, "Auxiliary, Aiqing, you don't have to worry, there's nothing urgent, everyone sit down." ”

Gao Chen and the others hurriedly moved the chairs up.

Hearing that there was no urgency, the eldest grandson Wuji and the others sat down with peace of mind.

I only heard Li Er say: "Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here today because there are two things, the first thing is the marriage between Chen Chu and Lizhen, I have promised Chen Chu that this time I will let Lizhi really marry him, besides, Liqing, as the eldest princess, has already reached the age of talking about marriage, this matter can not be delayed any longer, I plan to let the Ministry of Rites and Yousi immediately start preparing for the marriage of Lizhi and Chen Chu, and I plan to double the reward of Lizhi, I want to let Lizhi's reward exceed that of the princesses of previous dynasties......"

The eldest princess Li Lizhi was born to the eldest grandson queen of the main palace, and she is the pearl of His Majesty Li Er, and has always been spoiled by Li Er and the eldest grandson queen.

But everyone didn't expect that Li Er planned to let Li Li's pretend to surpass the princesses of previous generations?

Wei Zheng was the first to object.

He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, don't do it, as the saying goes, the strong are defeated by diligence and thrift, today's Tang Dynasty, although it is already very rich, the treasury is more abundant than before, Your Majesty loves her daughter, and everyone in the world can understand it, but now the marriage of the eldest princess, the reward is more than that of the princesses of the past dynasties, what about the other princesses, the minister thinks that the palms and backs of the hands are meat, and many princesses, Your Majesty should treat them equally, and you must not favor one over ......the other."

Wei Zheng's words touched Li Er's heart at once.

If someone comes out to advise that the treasury is empty, and the people are hurting money, Li Er will definitely slap him back.

I don't want the treasury to pay for it, and the treasury is really rich.

But as soon as Wei Zheng said that many princesses couldn't favor one over the other, Li Er had nothing to say.

In fact, all the rewards are not only for the princess, but also for the horses.

Chen Chu is a commoner, and he is deeply liked by Li Er, so he wants to reward more.

But what about the other princesses' colts.

Most of the other princesses' concubines are the children of nobles. To put it mildly, the princess is a tool man, who is used to win people's hearts.

Once there is a princess's reward is pitiful, it seems that Li Er does not pay enough attention to the princess's husband.

Li Er quickly figured out what Wei Zheng meant.

So he laughed: "Wei Aiqing, what you said is right, I have thought about it a lot, since this is the case, the Ministry of Rites and Yousi will discuss and come up with a charter, since the eldest princess is beautiful, all princesses are married, and the rewards are according to this standard, what do you think Aiqing?" ”

In the face of Li Er's kindness, the ministers had to quickly bow their heads and compliment: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Solving this first thing, Li Er was in a good mood, so he said: "As for the second thing, it is the iron slag mentioned by Aiqing in the Nanshan Mansion that day, I think about it, and I also think that the iron slag in the world is better to sell to Chen Chu, I have already asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to calculate, iron slag alone can generate a lot of income for the imperial court, as for the price charged, it will be determined by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, but Chen Chu must not be allowed to suffer, Duan Aiqing, Dai Aiqing, do you understand?" ”

Duan Lun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Dai Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, hurriedly got up and agreed.

The eldest grandson Wuji and others also expressed no opinion.

Li Er nodded: "Since that's the case, let's do it for the time being." ”

Everyone agreed in unison.

……

Nanshan Mansion.

In the courtyard outside the villa.

"What?"

Chen Chu's eyes suddenly widened and stared at Zhu Neng, "You mean, the various iron mines in the imperial court suddenly don't give us iron slag for free, but want to collect money?" ”

Zhu Neng nodded: "It's the news I just received today, the original iron slag, don't need money, let's take as much as we want, from today on, every hundred catties of iron slag will cost 500 Wen, boss, you say, this iron slag is originally useless, I saw a lot of iron slag stacked nowhere, and now our cement factory will turn it into a treasure, isn't this a good thing, how could the imperial court suddenly start collecting money?" ”

Chen Chu frowned.

That's careless.

There was no hoarding of iron ore slag.

He didn't take this matter to heart, but now it seems that he was careless.

When someone saw the usefulness of cement, they naturally guessed that iron slag was the raw material for making cement, so how could the imperial court let go of such an opportunity to make money.

This is very much in line with Lao Li's style.

He laughed: "This matter is common sense, five hundred wen and one hundred catties of iron slag, but it is more expensive, but, it doesn't matter, our Nanshan Mansion has been built, and the cement in the future will be sold out, and the court will collect money from us, and we will sell it more expensive, and we will not pay for this money, and those rich people will ...... it."

Zhu Neng and the others widened their eyes.

How else can you do that?

Chen Chu asked again: "Lao Zhu, how long can the iron slag we have in reserve now last?" ”

Zhu Neng thought for a while and said, "It's gone, it can only be used for two days." ”

Chen Chu: "......"

Oops, this time it's really careless.

Zhu Neng explained: "Boss, our cement factory, the site is not wide, and there are not too many piles, so ...... All of this is because we are not doing things well, and we ask the boss to punish them. ”

In fact, the scale of the cement plant is not large, and the cement produced every day was only enough to barely supply the construction of the Nanshan Mansion, because the technology is not mature, and it can only be operated by skilled workers, and Chen Chu has to keep it secret, so the production volume is not large.

For a period of time, all the iron slag used from the iron ore mines in the north was used, but now it is almost used.

Chen Chu waved his hand: "I don't blame you for this...... Lao Zhu, the current situation is not optimistic, our Nanshan Mansion still needs a lot of cement, it must not be supplied, is it possible that we really have to pay a protection fee to the imperial court first......"

Chen Chu was a little unwilling.

If the cement is sold to the outside world, then the money can be passed on to the person who bought the cement.

But now it's for your own use, so you can only pay for it yourself.

Just when he was at a loss, he heard a haha sound not far away: "Hahaha, fifth brother, today, I'm afraid you want to invite me to a drink." ”

As soon as Chen Chu turned around, he saw Cheng Biting Jin snorting haha, striding towards this side, smiling brightly, as if he had picked up money.

……