"Father, ...... you" Wei Shuyu had a bitter gourd face, and wanted to ask the old man what he thought, but he quickly closed his mouth again under the gaze of Lao Wei.

"I'm asking you what you think about this matter, not for you to complain, not for you to make a decision for the old man." Wei Zheng reprimanded his son angrily, and glared at him again by the way, meaning to think quickly, don't blame Lao Tzu for slapping you if you can't think of it.

No way, think!

An honest child like Wei Shuyu basically has no ideas of his own, and often the old man does whatever he asks, although he is not lacking in heart, he always seems a little 'stupid'.

Lao Wei also discovered this, but there was no way, this thing was born, an honest child is an honest child, and there was no way to make him skinny.

And after Wei Zheng's words and deeds in the past few years, Wei Shuyu has also become a little old-fashioned, but his old-fashioned is a little different from Lao Wei's old-fashioned, Lao Wei is pretending, but Xiao Wei is real.

"Father, the child really doesn't know what the truth is, and asks the father to solve the child's doubts." Wei Shuyu thought for a long time under the pressure of the old man, and finally shook his head and gave up.

"Alas......" Wei Zheng let out a long sigh, and didn't say anything more to his son, but solemnly instructed: "Tomorrow you go to the East Palace, maybe you will get some inspiration from the prince, but after you go, you'd better listen more and talk less, you know?" ”

"Whoa! The child knows. Wei Shuyu saw that he really couldn't hide, so he could only agree to the old man's request and decided to go to the East Palace tomorrow to have a look. But in fact, he has the idea of pushing it if he can, as long as it is a request put forward by Li Chengqian, he will not agree to it.

The next day, Wei Shuyu was called up from the bed by the old housekeeper early, and with 100,000 reluctance to freshen up, he went to the East Palace after breakfast. And when he arrived at the East Palace, he found that he didn't seem to be the only one who came, Fang Xuanling's eldest Fang Zhizhi, and Du He, the second eldest of Du Ruhan's family, were all there.

"Shuyu, you're late, but the welcome building will punish you for a treat." Du He knew everyone well, and when he saw Wei Shuyu coming in, he greeted him first, but it scared Xiao Wei.

You must know that the old man of his family is notoriously poor, not to mention entertaining guests in the welcome building, or in the thatched building, it is estimated that he has to weigh his pockets.

"Okay Duhe, don't embarrass Shuyu." Li Chengqian saw Wei Shuyu's ever-changing face, vaguely guessed something, and took the initiative to press Du He down.

"Minister Wei Shuyu saw His Royal Highness the Prince, it was rude just now." Wei Shuyu, who breathed a sigh of relief, remembered that he didn't seem to have seen the courtesy yet, and hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, there's no need to be polite between you and me." Li Chengqian waved his hand, pointed at Du He, and said with a smile: "Just like Du Erlang, you see when he has been polite." ”

"Gao Mingxiu wants to defile me, if it weren't for your strong request, how dare I do this." Du He took over the conversation with a smile, not only showing his close relationship with Li Chengqian, but also telling Wei Shuyu with practical actions that there is no need to be restrained.

"Brother Shuyu, come on, come on, sit down first." Li Chengqian pretended to glare at Du He, and then beckoned Wei Shuyu: "I wonder if Brother Shuyu has had breakfast?" If I haven't used it, I'll ask someone to get some. ”

"Your Highness, the minister has already used it at home." Wei Shuyu has had too little contact with Li Chengqian, and he is still a little unaccustomed to it, not to mention that he still has another little abacus in his heart. Therefore, under Li Chengqian's warm greeting, his performance was a little unnatural.

But fortunately, Li Chengqian didn't receive countless thoughts from his younger brother as soon as he was shocked, so he didn't really take Wei Shuyu's embarrassment to heart, gently picked the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's discuss it." ”

"Yes!" Du He and Fang Yizhi looked solemn, and even Wei Shuyu became nervous.

"During this time, I need a market survey, the flow of funds in the east and west of Chang'an City, the consumption of the people in Chang'an City, where is the focus of the people's consumption, and the income of the people. Your task is to investigate this, and to do it immediately after the festival. Li Chengqian tapped his fingers on the table and said in a deep voice.

This was the old man's habit, but he inherited it at some point. Although Comrade Xiao Li didn't want to admit it, the fact that he had been imitating the old man was obvious to all, and he couldn't deny it at all.

"Gao Ming, this, this can't be, right? There are hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City, how do we know the income of the people? Do you really have to ask them one by one? I'm afraid this can't be done in more than ten years, right? After listening to Li Chengqian's order, Du He's face was bitter as if he had been stuffed with a hundred and ten bitter gourds in his mouth.

"Yes, Your Highness, each of these items you mentioned requires a large number of people, and it also requires detailed registration." Wei Shuyu thought about the task assigned by Li Chengqian, and also thought that this was a very tricky matter.

As for Fang Zhizhi, this guy didn't react at all, just looked at Li Chengqian and smiled without saying anything.

Three people, three different reactions, Li Chengqian looked at these things one by one, and suddenly laughed: "You guys, you really don't save face for me, do you really think that this palace is embarrassing you?" Want to use Hongu's spear to attack Hongu's shield? ”

"Don't dare!" Wei Shuyu is an honest child, and Li Chengqian's questioning is already a very heavy accusation in his opinion, so he hurriedly got up and confessed.

"Okay, sit down, don't be nervous, look at the two of them." Li Chengqian raised his hand to Wei Shuyu to indicate that it was okay, and pointed to Fang Zhizhi and Du He.

As a result, Wei Shuyu turned his head and saw that the other two brothers were like people who had nothing to do, they should eat and drink, as if Li Chengqian hadn't said anything just now.

"Brother Shuyu, let's relax, Gao Ming is not the kind of mean person, if you keep being so nervous, in the end it won't have any other effect except scaring yourself to death." Du He met Wei Shuyu's gaze, threw a candied fruit into his mouth, and said nonchalantly.

What can Wei Shuyu say in the face of such a situation, the honest child is very inexperienced in dealing with this kind of scene, except for nodding, there is no second sentence to say.

"Okay, let's get back to business, about market research, I didn't ask you to investigate everyone, just investigate a general situation."

"So you can go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get tax files, or you can go to the east and west cities to investigate how many things are sold in these two markets every day, and see how many vegetables, meat, and rice and grain are sold in each square market in Chang'an City every day, and finally count these data, and then make a table."

(End of chapter)