Volume 2 Debt Repayment Chapter 175 The Collection of Books in the Palace

None of the fragile things in the study can be preserved.

Li Shimin and Li Chengyang gasped and sat on the ground, staring at each other.

Li Shimin pointed at Li Chengyang's fingers and trembled, his mouth moved a few times, and finally he only swallowed his saliva, unable to say anything.

Li Chengyang is also not tired, he is more tired than Li Shimin, he can't fight back when he is beaten, and he has to rush left and right, but in the end, he didn't get hit by the heavy ones.

"Hehe, Dad, dissipate the gas, didn't you send someone to collect the coal mine, didn't I just buy so many things, just get the gas out, take care of the dragon body",

Li Chengyang saw that Li Shimin finally stopped, and hurriedly persuaded.

Li Shimin's nose was almost crooked, and he roared:

"What do you mean I bought so much? You bought all the most important ones, and now you're here to tell me that I still earned? ”。

Seeing that Li Shimin finally began to reason, Li Chengyang stood up, helped the person up, and found a quick and clean place to settle down.

"Why don't I give you some of my profits in addition to paying taxes every year for my business?"

Li Shimin said angrily: "You say, how much do you share with me."

Li Chengyang shook his hand with a gesture of two.

"Twenty percent, how about it, my son is generous enough."

"Shaft, let's die", Li Shimin casually picked up the fragments of the small wine pot on the side and threw them towards Li Chengyang, making a gesture to get up.

Li Chengyang hurriedly held it down: "Don't, why is this coming again, the anger hurts the body, and the father emperor's dragon body is delicate."

"What about you sending Hanako? What can two percent do", Li Shimin's hair was open, his eyes were red, and he struggled to get up, but he was held down by Li Chengyang and couldn't move.

"Then you say, how much do you want?" , Li Chengyang looked at Li Shimin's incompetence and rage, and his heart was a little refreshed.

"Fifty percent! This is already the minimum, you want so much money for a prince, what are you doing with it, do you rebel", Li Shimin stretched out a pair of big hands, spread his five fingers, and gestured at Li Chengyang.

Li Chengyang's face immediately became bitter, let go of the hand that was pressing Li Shimin, and stood in front of Li Shimin with his hands down:

"It's really not good, I won't stop you, you can kill me."

Li Shimin moved his shoulders and rubbed his wrists.

"Why can't it be true, do you know how much it is, what's the use of asking for so much money?"

Li Chengyang thought about it and began to settle accounts with Li Shimin:

"You see, this coal mine requires money to buy, although it is not much, but it is also real money.

Besides, the money for hiring workers to mine next, this mining is hard work, and the waste is very strong, so the treatment of workers must be high, and the food must also be improved, so this money is not small.

Also, the coal needs to be crushed, which is a lot of expenses.

There are also making honeycomb coal, contacting merchants, walking the streets and alleys, and each pile is not all money."

I closed my eyes and thought about it: "This investment is very large, and at the moment I can only barely rely on the income of the restaurant to survive, and I don't know when I will be able to return to my capital."

Li Shimin thought down Li Chengyang's thoughts, it was really like that.

Coal is not valuable, it is a sales route, and if you want to quickly return to the cost, it may not be realized.

Besides, the coal mines in Li Chengyang's hands are only a few around Chang'an, and more coal mines will definitely fall into the hands of him Li Shimin.

Thinking of this, I don't care about Li Chengyang's small gain.

No matter how cunning Li Chengyang is, no matter how much he prepares for a rainy day, he is just a child, a child with no money and no power, and he can't compare with him, the real emperor.

Don't look at the fact that he has bought so many mines in advance, but in the end, all that can be left is the coal mines around Chang'an.

The rest are Li Shimin and the family, and that is the bulk of the income.

I don't care about this sharing of Li Chengyang, but there is still a small lesson.

"Sancheng, it can't be less, and you will hand over the money to me every month in the future", Li Shimin finally relented and asked for Sanchengli.

The expression on Li Chengyang's face instantly collapsed, and he nodded reluctantly.

But the heart is happy and flowers.

He originally planned to give Li Shimin half of it, but he didn't expect to make a lot of money this time.

"By the way, if your people buy all the coal mines in the family's territory, remember to leave it to me, don't look at me like that, be careful that I whip you."

Li Chengyang's jaw is about to fall off, his face is thick and black, and future generations will not expect me.

However, looking at Li Shimin's rather serious look, Li Chengyang couldn't say anything more.

Whether it was beating or scolding before, in fact, the father and son didn't take it seriously.

It's Li Chengyang who tricked Li Shimin in advance, and Li Shimin can't pull that face.

Li Shimin also knew that the title deed in Li Chengyang's hand would not last long, and it would be good to have a few left in his hand in the end.

Even he himself didn't plan to open a mine on the family's territory, let alone Li Chengyang.

So even if Li Chengyang bought more, Li Shimin didn't mind, at most he kept it in his hands for a period of time, and he had to return it afterwards.

However, this matter is serious just now, and the title deed in the family's territory is related to the tax of Datang, and there is no room for mistakes.

Both of them are very important people, and they can still agree on this kind of thing.

"Okay, I'll give you those title deeds when they come back, but, Dad, can I keep a few, I want to make a deal with the family", Li Chengyang nodded first, and then said weakly.

Li Shimin frowned: "What deal can you have with them, less contact with those people, your uncle was coerced by those people, as the prince, keep a good distance from them."

Li Chengyang nodded, now he doesn't want to have any contact with the family.

At least when Li Shimin is still in power, he must stand on the opposite side of the family.

Li Shimin has been suppressing the family all his life, how can he tolerate his successor and the family's friendliness.

As soon as Li Shimin abdicates, the family will reach a higher level with the help of his successor? So what's the point of what he's doing?

"I just want to exchange something with them, don't worry, it's not money, and it's not any trouble."

"What do you want to do, talk to me", don't exchange money, don't change trouble, then what kind of deal do you want to do with the family.

"I want to exchange books with them", Li Chengyang scratched his head.

"Changing books? Haha, you have a good calculation, but I'm afraid it won't work", after listening to Li Chengyang's words, Li Shimin laughed.

After laughing, Li Shimin continued: "Do you know what the foundation of the family is, and what they have passed down from generation to generation?" ”。

Li Chengyang nodded, is knowledge priceless, or that kind of unique knowledge, the family's accumulation of hundreds of years, knowledge, or books, is their heritage.

With these heritages, even if the family falls, you can still rely on these heritages to start again.

"Since you know, don't think about these things, didn't your imperial grandfather let you read all the books in the palace, and most of the palaces in the family also have them, not enough for you to read?" , Li Shimin waved his hand and signaled Li Chengyang to give up those unrealistic ideas.

"I either want their only books, or I want to find some artisans' books, and I don't think it's a problem."

The only book in the world, in ancient times, was not as convenient as it is now, and many books will never be found if they are gone.

And most of the unique books have a very important value, and it is these unique books that the family collects.

The content of the lone book may be the experience of an ancestor who made a county order for a lifetime, or the experience of a businessman who started from scratch, and it is more of a subset of scriptures and histories handed down from ancient times.

With these books, the Maison was able to stand.

Even if there is a break in the middle of the dynasty, future generations can still make an outstanding county order through the records in the book.

Or a businessman with a lot of money, or through his rich knowledge and the summary of his ancestors, he stepped into the court.

Just as there are some technologies that can last a lifetime or even several lifetimes, the Maison can rely on a single book to pass on for generations.

That's why Li Shimin was so decisive to make Li Chengyang give up this idea.

Now I heard that Li Chengyang didn't want these solitary books, but was interested in those craftsmen's books, and couldn't help but be surprised:

"How do you really plan to do that craftsman's thing for the rest of your life? You have to remember that you are a prince."

Li Chengyang sighed, the hierarchy of Shinong industry and commerce has been deeply imprinted in the bones of everyone in Datang.

A craftsman is an unpopular profession, and the prince should have been on top.

I really don't know what to say, Li Chengyang looked at Li Shimin fixedly and didn't speak.

Li Shimin was itchy and uncomfortable.

"Does my father still think that the craftsman is a lowly and inferior person?"

When Li Shimin was ready to see if there were any flowers on his face, Li Chengyang slowly spoke.

Li Shimin looked at the childish face in front of him, which looked like himself, and recalled in his mind what Li Chengyang had done during this time.

That's right, almost all of the changes brought by Li Chengyang were made by him and those in the Ministry of Industry.

Quyuan plow, waterwheel, ice control division, coal, iron, these major events, all are inseparable from the craftsman.

Why do you think that the craftsman is an inferior person?

Seeing that Li Shimin was deep in thought, Li Chengyang nodded with satisfaction.

It's not incorrigible, and I put the craftsman on death row without coming up.

Otherwise, he really didn't know how to persuade Li Shimin to come back.

If there is a Tang Dynasty in his imagination, the support of workers and businessmen is indispensable.

Farmers are the foundation of the country, but workers and businessmen are the blood of the country.

However, if we want the country to be rich and the people strong, we can only rely on the development of the industrial and commercial industry, and Li Chengyang must prepare to improve the status of industry and commerce from now on.

"You want that kind of book? I went to the palace to look through the books, I remember that there are still a lot of such books, and your imperial grandfather didn't plan to let you read those books before, so he didn't send them over", Li Shimin stopped thinking and said to Li Chengyang.

After speaking, Li Shimin returned to his dormitory, leaving Li Chengyang and a mess.

Li Chengyang didn't stay long, and went straight to the library.

I used to wonder that in the family in the small courtyard, new books were sent from time to time, but in retrospect, there was not a single craftsman book.

It turned out that the problem was Li Yuan's body.

His old man had no intention of letting these books dirty his good grandson's eyes.

Once the coal matter is over, the next tax issue is none of Li Chengyang's business.

Li Shimin and his ministers just discussed it themselves, and Li Chengyang of the province was worried.

was silent all the way, and when Li Chengyang stopped again, he had already come to the front of the library building.

It is magnificent and majestic, which is completely different from the painting style of the East Palace.

This is like a palace, and Li Chengyang's East Palace is completely the scene of a ghost movie in a TV series.

Stepping into the book building, rows of neat bookshelves appeared in front of Li Chengyang.

After a brief look, they are all sorted by chronology, which is quite regular.

I stretched and took a deep breath, I don't know how much time I would spend on this in the future.