Chapter 30: Bound yourself in a cocoon

When Chen Ying returned to Chen's mansion to take a shower and put on a new dress, he suddenly received a report from Gao Wenjin that a distinguished guest came to visit. Chen Ying got up and went to greet him, but found that Prince Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying meaningfully.

"I don't know if the prince's arrival is wrong..."

"Okay, there are no outsiders here!" Li Jiancheng raised his legs and walked inside.

Chen Ying followed Li Jiancheng into the hall. Li Jiancheng sat on the main seat, sighed a long time, and pointed at Chen Ying: "You..."

Chen Ying hurriedly brought a cup of tea to Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying felt confused, lowered his head, secretly looked at Li Jiancheng with the light of his eyes.

Li Jiancheng sighed and said, "You should do it yourself!"

As he said that, he got up and walked out of the door.

Chen Ying was stunned on the spot, unable to figure out what Li Jiancheng sighed.

After a while, another long sigh rang behind Chen Ying. Chen Ying turned around and saw Ma Sanbao saying with a look of regret: "You are confused, why are you talking nonsense? Don't you know that Jun Wu jokes?"

Chen Ying was even more fascinated by his name: "Brother Ma, please make your words clear."

"You're good at it!"

Ma Sanbao handed an envelope to Chen Ying.

"Brother Ma, Brother Ma..."

Chen Ying kept calling Ma Sanbao, but Ma Sanbao left without looking back.

At this moment, Chen Ying felt an unknown premonition.

Could it be that what did I say in Liangyi Hall last night? What did I promise?

Suddenly, Chen Ying opened the envelope. Li Xiuning's handwriting showed it: "Three thousand guan, eight thousand taels of silver, five hundred taels of silver, and one thousand one hundred pieces of cloth..."

This is a gift list.

According to the number on the gift list, it is almost equivalent to about 25,000 guan.

Why did Li Xiuning give him such a large amount of money? Could it be that he knew that he was building a dock?

Chen Ying nodded, feeling that this possibility is very high.

Even though Li Xiuning didn't know how much money he had, he could guess it. He could have thousands of stakes, but it would be difficult for Chen Ying to spend more than one hundred thousand.

Now Chen Ying has 5,400 guan from Li Daozhen, plus the 30,000 taels of silver sent by the warrior, which is 30,000 guan. The money for building the fort is almost the same.

Gugu...

Chen Ying cried out in her stomach, and Chen Ying realized that she was very hungry. Chen Ying ate a lot of food at the night banquet last night, but after drinking too much, he vomited all of them, and his belly was empty. Chen Ying said: "Wen Jin, go get me some food!"

After a while, the neighing sounds of mules and horses sounded outside the door, and more than a dozen double-horse carriages appeared at Chen Ying's door. Chen Ying thought it was Ma Sanbao who sent someone to send the money, but he never thought it was Pei Ju, the commander of the Eastern Palace.

Pei Ju did not make courtesy to Chen Ying, but instead asked someone to remove the bulky boxes from the carriage one by one and pile them in Chen Ying's front yard, and then he no longer cared about it.

Chen Ying had no available personnel at this time, just go over and see what it was.

"Bang" a dazzling golden light shook Chen Ying's eyes. Ten taels and one ingot of gold was filled with eighty pieces in one box, and two boxes were 160 pieces, totaling one thousand six hundred taels of gold. Chen Ying hurriedly opened the third box, and thud... the full of copper coins fell to the ground like running water.

Chen Ying felt that things were going big, and then opened the fourth, fifth, and sixth big box, with twenty-two large boxes, all filled with copper coins, roughly estimated to be no less than 7,000 guan. There were four boxes filled with silver, which were also worth 40,000 taels and 1,600 taels of gold, equivalent to 16,000 taels of silver, forty thousand taels of silver, and 40,000 taels of copper coins, which was worth 62,000 taels of copper.

Chen Ying's head was stunned. What's going on?

No one gave him an accurate answer. He didn't tell him what was going on.

Chen Ying sat in absent-mindedly at the door block, holding his chin with both hands, quietly dazed.

"Bang!" A heavy chain was thrown in front of Chen Ying. The full chain weighed about a hundred kilograms. Looking at the 100 kilograms of copper coins, Chen Ying raised his head and looked at You Ziying who hadn't seen for a long time.

You Ziying was one of the veterans who fought with Chen Ying in Jingyang. After the Battle of Jingyang, he was assigned to Tongyang Gate as the deputy captain of the city guarding. You Ziying did not choose to continue to win the battle with Chen Ying. He was a seventh-rank gatekeeper and felt very comfortable. However, You Ziying did not move out and still lived in Chen Ying's mansion.

"I'm not short of money. It's not easy for you to earn this little money. Whether it's taken back to get married or buy some land!"

, "Brother Chen, say something you don't like to hear. I know you have encountered a difficult situation. Brother, I can't help you. Here are 16 stakes and 300 stakes, I'll give you all. I wanted to borrow some more to get enough 20 stakes..."

Chen Ying said inexplicably: "I really don't need this little money..."

"Brother Chen, don't lie to me, the whole Chang'an has spread all over!" You Ziying said angrily: "Emperor, let me get 500,000 guan to cultivate the road from Chang'an to Hangu Pass. Not to mention 500,000 guan, even 5 million guan can't be cultivated well. People in Chang'an say that Brother Chen is going to finish..."

Chen Ying's mind gradually became a little blurred. He and Li Yuanji had a great time drinking last night. Perhaps it was Chen Ying's drink to make the cowards brave and once again proposed marriage to Li Yuan in person.

Li Yuan firmly stated that it was impossible.

Chen Ying suggested that he could make an additional 10 million kilograms of steel for the Tang Dynasty every year.

Li Yuan still insisted on not compromising.

Chen Ying suggested that he could increase the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty's army by 30%.

Li Yuan was also unmoved.

In the end, even Li Xiuning joined in and knelt down and begged for Chen Ying.

But Li Yuan still left with his sleeves.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji all pleaded with Li Yuan, but Li Yuan still did not agree directly, but told Chen Ying to go back and wait to take the Baicheng County Horse.

Chen Ying himself suggested to Li Yuan that he could build a way for the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan then reluctantly agreed, but Chen Shuda said that the treasury had no money and could take out up to 500,000 guan.

It was not until now that Chen Ying realized that Li Yuan's night banquet yesterday was actually specially designed for him, with the purpose of attracting him to be deceived.

If Chen Ying had a clear head, he would never have dug such a big hole for himself, but when he was drunk, Chen Ying also blew the cowhide.

Is it undoubtedly no less than building a railway on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in this era to build a railway for four or five hundred miles in later generations? I am afraid the cost is higher than that of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in later generations.

Building a road is the same as building a railway. It is a little cheaper in plain areas and can cross mountainous areas. When it requires a large number of culverts and bridges, the cost is higher. And it will be too high.

Chen Ying has not calculated the specific construction cost of the Chi Road from Chang'an to Hangu Pass, but it is certainly not low. In fact, Chen Ying just got himself into a pit. Whether it is Chang'an to Hangu Pass or Luoyang, there has always been a complete water transportation system, and there is no need to work hard to build the Chi Road. The entire Wei River is the best water movement vein.

However, Jun has no joke. Chen Ying's big words have been blown out, and there is no room for redeem. Either Chen Yingruyan creates such a long way to go, or Chen Ying can wait to accept Li Yuan's punishment.
Chapter completed!