Chapter 042: I want to ask you to ask the emperor for some money

Princess Xiangcheng blushed and walked out.

The experience of the toilet made her embarrassed and looking forward to the next time.

She saw Fang Yuan standing not far away, so she said softly, "I can." ”

Fang Yuan snorted and went back the way he came.

After a while, the two returned to the hall for tea.

"Why is it so slow?"

Li Shimin said with a slight dissatisfaction.

It is somewhat inappropriate for a woman to go to the toilet with a man, but it takes so long to come back.

When Fang Yuan said that he was going to take it just now, he was a little resistant, but Fang Yuan had already gotten up, so he didn't have anything.

"That toilet is weird, and it's a little slower the first time I use it."

Princess Xiangcheng explained in a whisper.

"Toilet ......"

All Li Shimin's dissatisfaction faded.

Instead, I was embarrassed and embarrassed, and I remembered when I was in the State Guest House.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan moved to Liaozhou, and just after moving into the mansion, he changed the toilet into a toilet.

"What is a toilet?"

Du Miaoyan asked puzzled.

When you go to the toilet, you go to the toilet, how did it become a toilet?

It was her first time to Fang Yuan's new home, so she hadn't seen the toilet yet.

"It's a weird thing, just sit on it and use it."

"It's weird, but it's much cleaner than the latrine, and it's comfortable to use."

Princess Xiangcheng said.

This is the result of her experience.

Although it looks weird and uncomfortable, it is better to be clean.

"I see!"

Du Miaoyan nodded.

I wanted to say something else, but was interrupted.

"Ahem!"

"Don't say that while you're drinking."

Li Shimin stopped them from continuing.

I feel that if I continue to listen to the two of them talk about the toilet and toilet, I will be sick to my stomach.

Princess Xiangcheng and Du Miaoyan didn't say this anymore and continued to drink tea.

Hongxu and Qing Yuan were making tea on the side, tinkering with the tea art that Fang Yuan talked to them about not long ago.

But no one taught them, and Fang Yuan didn't know much about tea art, so they were now playing with tea sets.

However, the two of them are beautiful and moving, one red and one green bold dress is very beautiful, and playing with tea sets is also a scenery.

"Fang Zhouzun, I heard that you have set up a cement factory, do you want to build a cement road?"

Li Shimin changed the subject.

The biggest purpose of his visit this time was the manufacture of cement.

If we can know how cement is known, we can use it to try to clean up the Yellow River dams.

"Site selection and hiring are underway."

"But the cement plant wasn't built to build roads."

Fang Yuan shook his head and said.

The cement plant has already started to recruit people, and there are a lot of applicants.

Like the recruitment of major commercial houses, a large number of people apply, and the salary is too attractive to them.

However, there is a problem in the selection of the site, most of the selected land is owned and can only be bought at a high price.

And if there is no owner's land, the place that can be allocated by Fang Yuan is very remote, almost all of them are mountainous, which will become a problem for transportation.

So now Fang Yuan and the bosses of several major commercial banks are hesitating whether to buy land at a high price, or jointly choose a more remote place to jointly develop it.

"Why not build roads?"

Li Shimin asked curiously.

"It's too expensive to build roads, and it costs a lot of money for this official to recruit workers now......"

"Hey, Boss Li, as the big boss of the royal trading house, you can get in touch with the emperor, right?"

"Why don't you beg the emperor for the official, let the emperor allocate the money, and the official will use the money to build the road."

Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin expectantly.

It costs too much money to build roads, and there is no money left in the state capital to transfer them.

Now the wages of the workers recruited by the cement factory are all spent on Fangyuan's own money.

Fortunately, the cement plant itself is to serve Fang Yuan himself, otherwise he would not have done it.

But if there was an appropriation from the imperial court, then Fang Yuan didn't say a word, and immediately used the money to build the road.

Not only repair, but also overhaul, no matter how good the repair is, it will definitely be able to overuse up the allocated funds.

"Asking the Emperor for appropriation?"

"Now that the emperor just bought your batch of grain, where is the money?"

Li Shimin pouted.

Now the treasury has bottomed out for disaster relief.

Then I bought the batch of grain in Wuling County by myself, and the inner treasury was also spent to the bottom.

With such a big cost of money to build roads, the emperor may still have it?

"Out of money?"

"Dignified Emperor, no money?"

Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin with suspicion.

History records that in the early days of Zhenguan, the court was very poor, and the emperor was also poor.

But no matter how poor you are, the dignified emperor, you can still allocate a sum or two of money, right?

Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng subconsciously glanced at Fang Yuan, then looked at each other again, pretending that nothing had happened, and lowered their heads to drink tea.

"Is it a surprise that the emperor has no money?"

Li Shimin was quite speechless.

The Weishui Alliance gave the Turks a large sum of money.

In the spring of last year, there was a famine in Guannei Road, a drought in Shandong Province in summer, and frost in Longyou Road in autumn.

There was also the locust plague and drought not long ago, and the relief funds were allocated one by one, and the imperial treasury and the inner treasury were already empty.

"It was a surprise indeed."

Fang Yuan nodded solemnly.

In the era of the dynasty, it was normal for anyone to have no money.

But the emperor has no money, which is indeed surprising.

Even if Fang Yuan traveled through time, he was surprised to know some history.

"You're not the emperor, you must be surprised."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes.

If you don't belong to your home, you don't know how hard it is to be in charge.

is not an emperor, I don't know how bitter he is as an emperor.

"That's for sure."

"If the official is the emperor, the official will definitely not be short of money."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

By the way, I also complained.

He has so many ways to make money.

But there is no time to make it happen yet.

The voice fell.

Li Shimin's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Fang Yuan with ill will.

Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng were choked by the tea and coughed repeatedly.

Fang Yuan's words sounded like he looked down on the emperor, and it was simply a big rebellion.

If it is rumored that it is a small matter to lose the official matter, it will be completely self-inflicted if you lose your life.

"Ahem, what did the official just say?"

Fang Yuan coughed dryly, pretending to be confused.

When he was at home, Fang Yuan was relaxed, and he talked to the red and young ladies more casually.

But he forgot that there were not only Hongxu and Qingyu here, but also Li Daye and Du Miaoyan of the Royal Commercial House.

"My lord just said that His Majesty is now eloquent and strategic, and the unification of the territory and the elimination of the Eastern Turks are just around the corner!"

Hongxu stopped moving in his hand, rolled his eyes, and muttered for a moment.

"Not bad!"

"The master didn't teach in vain."

Fang Yuan smiled.

I gently pinched the white and tender face of the red flocculent.

Hongxu smiled even more happily, and Qingyu rolled her eyes at Hongxu as if she was jealous.

"Hehe, what the master told me the day before yesterday, I still remember."

Red Flocculation grinned.

The two of you said a word, and I said a word, which made Li Shimin and the three of them speechless.

"Fang Zhouzun, you said that Your Majesty will unify the territory and eliminate the Eastern Turks just around the corner?"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan and said curiously.

His attention had been completely diverted, and he no longer cared about what Fang Yuan had just said.

It has always been the idea of him and Li Jing and others to quell the rebellion in the Liang Division, unify the territory, and eliminate the Eastern Turks.

However, the time is not yet ripe, there is no money and no food, and the desire to quell the chaos of the Liang division and eliminate the Eastern Turks only exists on paper.

Now that he heard Fang Yuan mention it to the maid, he was curious about how Fang Yuan knew the strategy of the imperial court, was it speculation, or did he have that kind of vision?

Du Miaoyan also looked at Fang Yuan curiously.

She doesn't love female celebrities, she only likes to read books and dance swords, because of Du Ruhui, she usually cares about national affairs.

But she remembered that the unification of the territory and the elimination of the Eastern Turks were state secrets, and no more than a few people knew about it, how could Fang Yuan know that he could see so far?