Compared to other rewards, Duan Lun wants other things more, such as money, but not watermelon.
Because the watermelons now sold by Shengtang Group are affordable to most people.
Li Shimin actually used it to reward himself, which was a bit difficult for him to accept.
Duan Lun's performance was a bit slow, which made Li Shimin very unhappy.
He didn't seem very happy looking at him.
"What? Isn't my reward good?"
"No, no, no, Your Majesty, such a reward is too heavy, I can't bear it! Let's give the watermelon to the concubines, princes and princesses to eat!"
Duan Lun said quickly.
Li Shimin was even more unhappy.
"I have already said that this is a reward. Are you trying to resist the order?"
Such an imposed formation makes people very unhappy! But who made him the emperor?!
So Duan Lun quickly said: "No, no, no, I obey your order!"
It seems that I have to take it. It’s better than nothing!
Li Shimin said with satisfaction: "Very good, I am very pleased!"
Duan Lun thought to himself, this Li Shimin really knows how to behave.
Or maybe he doesn’t know that watermelons are not very expensive now. He thinks these watermelons are still hard to find? It’s been so long. He must not know this!
If you knew, it would be too dismissive. I have worked so hard, but it is only worth a few watermelons? It would be uncomfortable for anyone else!
Moreover, these watermelons cannot be stored permanently and will go bad if not eaten in time...
Although he said this, he did not dare to say it out loud, for fear that Li Shimin would be unhappy after hearing it and put himself in danger.
Therefore, he could only leave the palace with five watermelons.
"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else to do, I will retire first!"
"Exactly, you have to make that calculator well, you know? The more you produce, the better!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Duan Lun then turned around and left the palace.
In the entire palace, only Dai Zhou and Li Shimin were present.
Dai Zhou saw everything that had just happened. At this time, he could only sigh and had no other emotions. He even dared not speak, for fear that those watermelons would fall on him.
"Dai Zhou, aren't you going together?" Li Shimin suddenly asked.
This tool man is leaving after completing the verification just now.
But he had no intention of leaving.
That's why Li Shimin asked this question.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Shimin seemed to be in a happy mood. He thought he had done a great favor to others and saved the court a lot of money.
Asking questions also seemed particularly active.
"About the recent caravan from Tianzhu!"
Li Shimin didn't have anything special he wanted to hear about the people from Tianzhu. He felt that it was normal for these people to come to Chang'an. This was private trade, which was very helpful for tax revenue. He hoped that more foreigners could come to Datang to trade!
So. He just asked casually.
"What happened to them?"
"They transported a large amount of gold into Chang'an City!"
"A lot of gold? What do they want in exchange for it?"
Li Shimin stood up suddenly.
This is money.
A lot of gold, how much is that? What is their purpose?
"Yes! A lot of it!"
"How many? Have you ever calculated it?"
"countless!"
Dai Zhou said this, and there is a reason for this.
Because their number cannot be calculated.
After all, they couldn't step forward to intercept each other and count other people's property.
People in the Tang Dynasty cannot do such a thing. Who would dare to do business with them in the future?
"countless?"
Li Shimin was a little shocked.
Use the word countless!
How much gold does this have to be?
Then he asked:
"Then what did they bring the gold to Chang'an for?"
"It seems to be doing business with Shengtang Group!"
It is an open secret that these people came to Chang'an.
"Doing business with Shengtang Group? They need so much gold? So when they buy it, it's a lot?"
Li Shimin was very puzzled.
How can we get so much gold when doing business with Li Min? It's more about replacing some things that Li Min needs. Those are what the group wants, like medicinal materials!
"I guess this is the tuition fees left by those previous international students."
"What tuition requires so much money?"
"As far as I know, the Sixth Prince gave the Tianzhu people a high price. Each international student needs ten percent of the money! Otherwise, we won't teach!"
"Oh? If that's the case, then the boy did a good job!"
Li Shimin said quite appreciatively. It makes me very happy to be treated differently!
Yes, Li Min did a really good job.
In fact, this is not the case, the money is the cost of those phone calls.
Of course, Shengtang Group would not let Li Shimin know about this. Once he found out, he would have to shake the world.
"This boy knows how to operate such a thing. In this way, it is best to collect all the Tianzhu people's money for his own use. As long as it can be put into the pockets of the Shengtang Group, it is equivalent to entering Chang'an and entering the Shengtang Group.
It’s in Datang’s pocket!”
Half of what he said remained unsaid, but it actually went into the pocket of his own court.
After all, the court also collects taxes.
The money will end up in Li Shimin's pocket.
"Your Majesty can think so, I feel relieved!"
Dai Zhou said this.
Li Shimin heard that the meaning was not quite right.
"What's wrong? Why do you say that suddenly?"
"I am worried that Your Majesty has misunderstood the Sixth Prince again and is going to embarrass him again!"
"Dai Zhou, Dai Zhou, don't you still know what I am like? I will embarrass him? If he doesn't embarrass me, that's good."
"Yes, what your Majesty said is absolutely true!"
"Anything else?"
"It seems there is no more!"
"No, just go down!"
Li Shimin walked to the window, Dai Zhou nodded in agreement and was about to leave.
But he was stopped again.
"etc"
"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"
"As for the longevity medicine, have you gotten any accurate information from Shengtang Group?"
Dai Zhou smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is too flattering to me. I don't have as much information as you do!"
He said so.
"That being said, you have a good relationship with the two people named Su. Did he reveal anything to you?"
"Your Majesty, this really doesn't happen! Moreover, the Sixth Prince said that all progress will be reflected in the newspaper. Your Majesty just needs to wait patiently!"
"I just didn't see it in the newspaper! Otherwise, why would I ask you?"
Li Shimin was a little angry.
Then he said: "Okay, it's none of your business, just go down."
My originally good mood turned a little worse.
Dai Zhou was relieved and quickly left the palace.
If I don't leave, I'm afraid Li Shimin will make another nonsense.
And after he left, Li Shimin didn't sleep all night.
I don't know what I'm thinking about.
In the Tang Tower, Li Min was receiving the envoy from Tianzhu.