When Li Yi returned to the gate of Jiangzuo's mansion, it didn't take long for Yue'er to come back.

"How's it going?" Li Yi walked towards the mansion and asked Yue'er casually.

"Hee-hee, don't worry, Childe." Yue'er grinned and raised her little head confidently, "It's done, no one has found out." ”

"Well, that's good." Li Yi nodded with satisfaction, and then walked into the Jiangzuo Mansion.

It will be made a house, inside the main hall.

Yan Liben and the others were still seriously drawing design drawings at the table at the moment, except for a few people in the mansion, no one found out that Li Yi had returned.

Li Yi didn't make a sound to disturb, but leisurely leaned on his seat to drink tea and closed his eyes to rest.

Time flies.

After finally finishing drawing the design drawings of the academy, Yan Liben and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

While looking at the drawings with satisfaction, at the same time, Yan Liben instructed the people around him: "Hurry up and send someone to find the horse back, the design drawings have been drawn." ”

"Elder Yan, the colt has already returned." Yan Liben's side, an official who would be in charge of the government replied.

"The colt has already returned?" Yan Liben looked at the official in disbelief.

"Yes, just rest over there." The official smiled and held out his hand.

Yan Liben was stunned, looked in the direction of the official's finger, and immediately saw Li Yi resting with his eyes closed.

"......" Yan Liben was speechless for a moment.

He still thought in his heart that after Li Yi left the Jiangzuo Mansion, he must not have come back yet, and he had to send someone out to look for him.

But who knows, Li Yi has already returned!

"Ahem, it's good to be back." Yan Liben coughed embarrassedly, picked up the design drawings, and walked towards Li Yi.

When Yue'er saw Yan Liben coming, she hurriedly touched Li Yi's shoulder with her little hand, and at the same time, reminded Li Yi softly in her ear: "Childe, Yan Liben is here." ”

"Oh." Li Yi slowly opened his eyes and stretched at the same time.

For most of the days he spent in Jiangzuo's mansion, he almost fell asleep directly.

"Horse, the design drawings of the academy have been drawn, please take a look." As he spoke, Yan Liben spread the drawings on the table, his face full of confidence.

"Okay." Li Yi nodded, then looked at the design drawings.

The style of the academy is still the same, following the style of popular architecture in the Tang Kingdom.

Yan Liben and others are worthy of a generation of architectural masters, and their designs are impeccable.

After browsing for a while, Li Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Liben, "By the way, have you done a good job of the budget for building the academy?" ”

"Well, it's done." Yan Liben nodded, signaled behind him, and Yan Lide immediately took a bill and handed it to Li Yi.

Li Yi took it and was immediately shocked.

"Just the rough construction of the academy will cost a total of 1.5 million taels? If you add decorations, you will need a total of 1.8 million taels of silver?! ”

Li Yi didn't expect that just building a academy would require so much money!

Isn't the 1.5 million taels of silver allocated by Li Shimin ...... Blanks that can only be used to build a seowon?

As for the silver taels needed to decorate the academy, you have to find the silver taels yourself to make up for this leak?

This is a special mother, Li Shimin ordered him to be the dean of this Datang Academy, and now it seems that it is completely an invisible sinkhole!

"Exactly, colt." Yan Lide couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly explained, "This Datang Academy, we are designed according to three floors, the first and second floors are the main halls of the academy, and the third floor is the library of the academy. ”

"At the same time, coupled with the manpower and material resources required to build the academy, as well as the compilation and rubbing of books, it is indeed necessary to have so many silver taels."

Li Yi collected his gaze, shook his head in disbelief, looked at Yan Lide, and said angrily, "The materials you used to build the academy are all silver, right?" ”

"......" Yan Liben and the others were speechless for a moment, and they couldn't find the words to answer.

They don't want that, either......

The main reason is that before, Li Shimin had ordered people and secretly instructed them that once the Tang Academy was built, it would be necessary to build a majestic building, which could at least accommodate ...... A college with thousands of people.

And the land allocated to Li Yi by Li Shimin is also 50 acres large.

But seeing that they were speechless, Li Yi sighed angrily, and then asked: "Are these books compiled on paper or bamboo slips?" ”

"It's made of bamboo slips, horses." Yan Lide shook his head, "If it's compiled on paper, the cost is ...... It's just too expensive. ”

"Yes, colt!" Seeing this, Yan Liben also explained, "Moreover, considering that most of the students of Datang Academy are poor children, it is not practical to use paper at all. ”

"How unrealistic?" Li Yi looked at the two brothers in surprise.

"Pony, that's right." Yan Lide's face was slightly bitter, and he carefully explained, "Paper is not popular in our Tang Kingdom, and it is not popular yet. Poor people, if they use paper, the old man is afraid of them...... Don't dare to flip through the book easily. ”

"Yes, colt." Yan Liben nodded, "After all, the current paper is still a bit expensive, and once it is destroyed, they will definitely not be able to afford it." ”

"Oh." Li Yi nodded, now he finally understood, and couldn't help but rub his eyebrows secretly.

Indeed, this is a very serious problem.

It costs less than paper to compile books, but for these poor children, it is more effective.

They will also be able to study with peace of mind.

Because paper is too expensive, at present, paper books in the Tang Kingdom are not fully popular.

Even those newspapers are made of inferior paper.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about the books for the time being, just send someone to build the academy first." Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Yan Liben and the others, "If you need anything, just tell me." ”

"Yes, colt." Yan Liben and the others hurriedly clasped their fists and nodded.

"Okay, since there is nothing else to do, then I'll leave first, and you can start work as soon as possible." After throwing down this sentence, Li Yi took Yue'er and turned around to leave Jiangzuofu.

Yan Liben and the others did not hesitate, immediately picked up the design drawings of the academy, and went to the military department to ask for someone to prepare to start building the academy.

……

After leaving Jiangzuofu, Li Yi had a headache.

"I didn't expect that just building a college blank would cost 1.5 million taels of silver! Damn, this old man who picks the door is simply a blatant bully! ”

Li Yi scolded secretly in his heart.

But fortunately, Li Shimin allocated 1.5 million taels of silver to him, and he also took 100,000 taels from the Ministry of Rites.

In addition, a few boxes of gold, silver and jewelry obtained from Park Eun-ho seem to be barely enough at present.

However, thinking that he was cheated by Li Shimin and had to pay for the leaks himself, Li Yi's mood suddenly became unhappy.

"No, I must not be cheated in vain, I have to find the field!" Li Yi made up his mind and shouted, "Yue'er, let's go build a workshop!" ”

"Huh? What are we going to do in the workshop now, Childe? Yue'er was a little puzzled in her heart.

"Pit man!" Li Yi said angrily, and walked towards the workshop angrily.

"Oh." Yue'er followed for some reason.

The workshop is not far from the house.

Soon, Li Yi took Yue'er and came to the door of the workshop together.

The guards in front of the workshop were a little stunned when they saw Li Yi coming with Yue'er in a huff.

"Xia Guan has seen a colt." The guard clasped his fists and saluted.

"Hmm." Li Yi nodded and walked directly into the workshop.

The craftsmen in the workshop, when they saw Li Yi, were full of wonder, and then an official immediately went to report to the manager in the workshop.

In the workshop, the person in charge is called Sheng Mingyang.

Hearing the news of Li Yi's coming, Sheng Mingyang immediately ran out of the workshop and hurriedly greeted Li Yi: "Xiaguan Sheng Mingyang, I've seen the horse." ”

"You're welcome." Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, looked at Sheng Mingyang, and said directly, "Comrade Sheng, I came here today to ask for something. ”

Sheng Mingyang was stunned in his heart, and he didn't understand what Li Yi meant by this.

However, after being stunned for a moment, Sheng Mingyang immediately smiled back: "Donkey, you are too polite, you just have to say, if the lower official can help, the lower official will definitely spare no effort!" ”

"Okay." Li Yi nodded, "The Holy Order, let me preside over the construction of the academy, you should know about this, right?" ”

"The lower official knows." Sheng Mingyang smiled and nodded.

This matter, now, is already known to the whole country, it is not a secret, Sheng Mingyang naturally knows it.

But seeing this, Li Yi smiled slightly, "Well, since you know about this, I also hope that my colleagues Sheng can make a contribution to support Bo'an." ”

“？？？” Sheng Mingyang was stunned for a moment.

Let him do his part to support it? What is supported?

What does he stand up for?

Sheng Mingyang didn't understand.

"Colt." Sheng Mingyang was full of doubts, blinked puzzledly and asked, "What do you mean?" Please forgive the official for being stupid, and please make it clear to the horse. ”

"Well, in that case, I won't be polite to you." Li Yi smiled, "I need to take 100,000 pieces of paper from you to support the books of the academy so that I can compile student books." ”

"Aha?" Sheng Mingyang was dumbfounded.

Using 100,000 sheets of paper to compile books for students? This is too extravagant, isn't it?

In the workshop, the paper produced is all the paper used by the "royal family" in the palace, and even if all the quantities are combined, there are not as many as 100,000 sheets.

Moreover, Li Yi's words are completely like a lion's mouth!

"Horse, please forgive me for not being able to call the shots." Sheng Mingyang hurriedly refused, he didn't dare to take on this responsibility, and hurriedly said, "In this matter, the lower officials have to go to report to the saint." ”

"Okay, then you can go and report it." Li Yi said disapprerovingly, "Anyway, in a few days, I will come to the workshop to ask for paper." ”

After throwing down these words, Li Yi turned around and left with Yue'er, leaving Sheng Mingyang with a back.

"......" Sheng Mingyang was completely dumbfounded at this time.

Even the craftsmen on the side were dumbfounded.

After a long time, everyone came back to their senses, and their voices were a little trembling, "Elder Sheng, this is the matter...... What to do? ”

Sheng Mingyang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

He also sensed the seriousness of the matter, looked at the officials around him, Sheng Mingyang said in panic, "You continue to work, the old man will enter the palace to face the saint now and tell the saint about this." ”

After throwing down these words, Sheng Mingyang hurried towards the imperial study of the palace.