Since Princess Changle was the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty and was deeply favored by His Majesty Li Er, her dowry was definitely the most expensive among all the princesses in the Tang Dynasty!
The reason why Su Chen prepared the betrothal gift was entirely because of a joke made by His Majesty Li Er earlier.
Because His Majesty Li Er said at that time that if Su Chen wanted to marry her daughter, she must prepare a generous betrothal gift.
His Majesty Li Er was really just joking, but he didn't expect Su Chen to take it seriously.
In addition to preparing a very exquisite diamond creation for Princess Changle, Su Chen also prepared many extremely generous items as betrothal gifts.
"Yes, Master!"
Lao Zhao took the order, then took out the gift list prepared by Su Chen and began to read it.
"Your Majesty, the Lord Protector has sent a betrothal gift!"
"Two hundred thousand catties of spices from the Western Regions!"
“One thousand of the best corals in the South China Sea!”
"Emeralds, agates and other precious stones each weigh one hundred thousand catties!"
"Thirty million copper coins!"
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As soon as they heard about the items in the betrothal gift, all the officials present were so frightened that they turned to stone on the spot, and their jaws dropped to the ground.
"This betrothal gift from the Protector is also...too...too..."
"Did I hear you correctly? When did spices in the Western Regions come to be measured in kilograms?
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Su Chen's generosity really frightened everyone present.
Not to mention the 30 million yuan, the top-quality corals from the South China Sea alone are already worth a lot of money, and there are actually a thousand of them!
And the weight of those jewelry is actually measured in kilograms!
The official who was responsible for recording was also frightened by the top-notch betrothal gift given by Su Chen, and the pen in his hand fell to the ground.
In fact, what shocked the officials present the most was not the money and jewelry, but the 200,000 kilograms of spices from the Western Regions!
You know, in today's Tang Dynasty, spices from the Western Regions are extremely precious items, and can even be used as officials' salaries!
Take Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, important officials of the imperial court, for example. With their monthly salary, they can only receive three pots of spices!
Don't think that these three pots of spices are very small, but in fact there are a lot of them, and there are many second and third grade officials who can't get even a little bit!
Nowadays, spices have become very precious in the Tang Dynasty. They are priceless and have no market. Once they appear, they will attract crazy competition from rich people from all walks of life!
In fact, the price of spices in Datang was not so crazy a few years ago, but since Su Chen appeared, everything began to change.
First of all, there were no spices produced in the Tang Dynasty. If you wanted to obtain them, you could only buy them from merchants coming from the far west.
However, in recent years, Datang has continued to launch foreign wars.
Those merchants from the Western Regions have gradually become afraid to come to Datang.
Because they know that with the current trend, Datang will go to war with their country sooner or later. Who dares to do business with Datang at this outcome?
So now, except for those merchants from the Western Regions who are obsessed with making money, basically there are not many merchants who dare to come to Datang anymore.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty spices have become increasingly rare in the past two years, and they are becoming less and less year by year.
Now Su Chen can suddenly produce two hundred thousand kilograms of spices, which really surprised everyone!
His Majesty Li Er has already calculated in his mind that the civilians Su Chen has brought out this time may be equal to his treasury's tax revenue for a year!
Logically speaking, as an emperor, he should not be able to accept such betrothal gifts from his ministers.
But... Su Chen gave so much that even he, the emperor, was a little moved!
"Do I want it?
Or do you want it?"
His Majesty Li Er could not help but murmur in his heart.
If he wants it, then as the emperor, he should return the gift and give Su Chen more rewards to show his generosity.
But Su Chen gave too much. Even if he were the emperor, he wouldn't be able to come up with so many gifts in return.
And if he really returns the gift to Su Chen, I'm afraid he may consider selling his Tai Chi Palace throughout next year.
On the side, Queen Changsun naturally saw His Majesty Li Er's thoughts.
She knew that His Majesty Li Er had committed his old habit of saving face and suffering again!
"Your Majesty, these are extraordinary times, so you can put down some face!"
"Your Majesty, after this time Su Chen will be our son-in-law, and we will become one family!"
Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li Er shook his head slightly, indicating that he already knew.
As soon as his mind changed, His Majesty Li Er suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could this be a trap set by Su Chen?
Maybe he just wanted to give him a gift in return?
His Majesty Li Er thinks it is very possible. Such a style is very Su Chen!
"The above is the betrothal gift presented to Your Majesty by the Protector!"
After Lao Zhao finished reading the betrothal gift list, all the ministers present were completely stunned.
In any case, everyone present is a respectable court. Looking at this scene, what kind of scene have you not seen?
But in front of Su Chen's betrothal gift, they knew for the first time what it meant to be wealthy!
Now, it is an understatement to say that Su Chen is as rich as his country.
Because the current Tang Dynasty treasury simply does not have that much money!
For a moment, these ministers expressed admiration for Su Chen.
Let me ask, if they had so much money, they would definitely keep a low profile to avoid being targeted by His Majesty Li Er.
Not to mention what happened to His Majesty Li Er, the ministers alone would submit memorials one by one to impeach him!
"As expected of the Protector of the Country, he is indeed a tall and bold man!"
Now, His Majesty Li Er has thought clearly.
Regardless of whether Su Chen wants to set a trap for himself this time to defraud him of his money, he will accept this betrothal gift no matter what!
He knew very well what was going on in the Tang Dynasty's treasury now, and he could no longer save face and suffer.
Let’s not talk about whether he would feel disappointed if he didn’t want this betrothal gift.
If he said he didn't want this kind of betrothal gift, he would definitely regret it to death!
So he wanted to ask for anything as a betrothal gift, and he also had to be thick-skinned so that he could not be tricked by Su Chen again!
His Majesty Li Er has already thought of a series of countermeasures in his mind.
"Okay, the Protector has his heart this time.
I am very satisfied with this betrothal gift, so I accepted it!”
His Majesty Li Er laughed loudly.
As soon as these words came out, the ministers all changed their mentality again and came out of the shock just now. They looked at His Majesty Li Er with a very strange look.
This... Your Majesty just accepted it like this?
According to the ritual and music system of the imperial family, how can one accept gifts from ministers?
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His Majesty Li Er was naturally aware of the gazes of these ministers, and couldn't help but blush a little, but he was quickly suppressed.
Ahem... Face can no longer be considered in this situation.
