When I saw Xiao Lizi again, I was no longer in the messy Lizheng Hall, but in the Wenhua Hall, which was much smaller in comparison.
Li Shimin had taken off his bright yellow dragon robe. At this time, Li Shimin was only wearing a simple robe, his hair was tied up casually, and he was holding a book in his hand. He looked like a rich man, not a majestic king of a country.
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"sit."
After waving the deacon and eunuch away, Li Shimin threw the book in his hand on the desk and nodded to Xiao Han with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After bowing his hands in a bow, Xiao Han was not polite. He came to the desk and sat down. Then he stared at his big eyes and began to look around.
"Your Majesty? Didn't you say that we don't need to be called this when we are just two people?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, and as he spoke, he went to sit behind the desk opposite Xiao Han.
"Hey, you forgot?" Xiao Han looked at Li Shimin, scratched his head, and replied a little embarrassedly.
"You have so many reasons." Li Shimin glanced at Xiao Han, chuckled, and then asked casually: "How are you? You haven't had enough to eat tonight?"
"I'm full!" Xiao Han said with a grin.
However, Li Shimin didn't believe Xiao Han's answer at all. He smiled bitterly and said: "You don't need to comfort me. Today's food is just for fun. How can I eat enough? However, you also know the situation in the palace. There is really nothing to tell.
The money is coming."
"I know."
Xiao Han chuckled and nodded: "But I'm really full! At first, I stole Liu Hongji's meat. When I went down to toast, I saw that Qiu Fu had no teeth and couldn't bite the meat. His
I also did the work for you, so I’m full.”
"you……"
When Li Shimin heard what Xiao Han said, he suddenly laughed: "You are the only one who has many evil thoughts, but Liu Hongji is not stupid. How could he not know that you stole his flesh?"
"Him? Hey, stop talking about him!"
This matter cannot be mentioned. When it is mentioned, Xiao Han feels like the stupid donkey at home, except that he does not have a pair of long ears on his head.
Just before coming here, he was severely blackmailed by Liu Hongji into many benefits, which barely made up for Lao Liu's "fragile heart".
Now that I think about it, there is a hint of conspiracy in this matter! I guess they already knew it when I stole the meat.
Hey, I will suffer a big loss by taking advantage of a small advantage. The ancients will not deceive me!
Xiao Han's face was full of frustration. Li Shimin just looked at it and roughly guessed something in his heart.
He couldn't help but laugh: "What? You were caught doing it?"
"Hey, it would be better if I got caught and did it. I don't know who this bastard learned from, but he actually came to settle the score later!"
Rolling his eyes wide, Xiao Han said depressedly: "And this bastard obviously had a premeditated plan. He extorted three banquets from me in Baihua Pavilion with a piece of broken meat. God knows what kind of meat is so valuable!"
"One piece of meat for three banquets? Haha..."
Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help it anymore and burst into laughter. Xiao Han couldn't help but laugh too after being stunned.
After telling a friend an embarrassing thing, it is no longer embarrassing, but a happy thing!
And with this happy thing, Li Shimin's originally gloomy mood seemed to become much brighter.
"You, you! You usually look so smart, but at the critical moment you were tricked by a big boss, haha..."
"Hey, why don't you tell me! It doesn't matter if a smart person deceives others, but if an honest person deceives others, it will be fatal!"
Looking at Xiao Han with an annoyed face, Li Shimin finally remembered the business of calling him here today, coughed twice, stopped laughing and said:
"Ahem, let's not talk about this for now. You are asked to be the new General of Fire Guards today. Do you know?"
Xiao Han glanced at Li Shimin and said strangely: "I know, I know, but where are my soldiers?"
"Recruit it yourself..." Li Shimin touched his nose and his voice gradually became smaller.
"Oh, where are my weapons?" Xiao Han asked again.
"The second Qinling workshop has not been established yet. Once it is established, we will supply it to you..." No matter how quiet Li Shimin's voice was.
"The military camp? Where is the territory?"
"It is now planned to be in Lantian, where there is some idle land near the Qinling Mountains." Li Shimin's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
"The land is idle? It's just wasteland and it hasn't been built yet, right? Where's the money?"
With some ominous premonition in his heart, Xiao Han quickly asked the most important question!
After all, he doesn't think that he can form an army by himself! Because even if he has enough money, he won't be courageous enough!
Didn’t you see Shen Wansan from the Ming Dynasty? He just wanted to help reward the army, but his head was taken off by the emperor and played as a ball?
"...This, no money!"
Under Xiao Han's hopeful gaze, Li Shimin groaned for a long time and finally choked out these two words.
"What?" When Xiao Han heard this, his eyes immediately widened. If the eye sockets were not big enough, his eyeballs would probably pop out.
"No money! Then I'll go over there and form an army for you? Do you really think I'm Monkey King and can change?"
"Nonsense! If I have money, why should I look for you?!"
Finally, after being ridiculed by Xiao Han, Li Shimin exploded! He stood up and stared at Xiao Han like a fighting cock.
"Ahem, no money, no money, we can think of a way!"
Seeing the furious Li Shimin, Xiao Han was instantly frightened, and he was quite frightened!
There is no other way. He is the emperor, so why should he argue with others? I am afraid that I think my life is too long, so I want to try the beheading platform outside the Meridian Gate to see if it works?
"any idea!"
Xiao Han gave up, but Li Shimin had no intention of letting him go. He was already angry with shame, so he didn't want to lose this little face!
"any solution?"
Being pressed step by step by Li Shimin, sweat broke out on Xiao Han's forehead, and his brain was running at a speed of 3,000 rpm! Then, an old word suddenly jumped out!
"Hey? No money? We can make money!" Xiao Han suddenly realized as he slapped his forehead.
"How to make money?" Li Shimin frowned and asked.
"State-owned!" Xiao Han said with eyes shining.
"State-owned?" Li Shimin was stunned. He was sure he had never heard of this word.
"What do you mean?" Li Shimin asked, staring at Xiao Han.
"What do you mean? It's just royal business!" Xiao Han explained briefly.
"Doing business?" Li Shimin frowned again. You must know that a gentleman is ashamed of profit! If a dignified royal family sacrificed his body to do business, wouldn't it make people laugh?
Xiao Han chuckled and said in a low voice: "Don't glare at me like that. I'm not asking you to do business! I'm asking you to take the lead and arrange some people to do business. By the way, don't we have a salt and iron franchise? It's similar to that."
"Salt and iron franchise?" Li Shimin became more and more confused as he listened, "But those things are not sold by the imperial court. Instead, salt and iron are sent out, and the salt merchants and iron merchants do the rest."
"Right?" Xiao Han nodded matter-of-factly, "Is this also a kind of business? You wouldn't think that those who open shops and walk around the streets are businesses, right?"
