Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 42 I want you to ask the emperor to allocate some money
Chapter 42 I want you to ask the emperor to allocate some money
Princess Xiangcheng walked out with a blushing face.
The toilet experience made her feel embarrassed and looking forward to the next time.
When she saw Fang Yuan standing not far away, she said softly: "I can do it."
Fang Yuan hummed and went back the way he came.
Not long after, the two returned to the hall to drink tea.
"Why so slow?"
Li Shimin said slightly dissatisfied.
It is somewhat inappropriate for a woman to go to the toilet with a man and take so long to come back.
When Fang Yuan said he wanted to take him with him just now, he was a little resistant, but Fang Yuan had already stood up, so he had nothing to do with it.
"That toilet is weird. It was a little slow the first time I used it."
Princess Xiangcheng explained in a low voice.
"Toilet..."
All Li Shimin’s dissatisfaction faded away.
Instead, I felt embarrassed and resentful, and remembered the time at the Guest House.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan moved to Liaozhou and changed the toilet into a toilet just after moving into the mansion.
"What is a toilet?"
Du Miaoyan asked in confusion.
When you go to the toilet, you just go to the toilet. How did you become going to the toilet?
This is her first time to Fang Yuan's new home, so she hasn't seen the toilet yet.
"It's a weird thing, you can use it just by sitting on it."
"Although it's weird, it's much cleaner than the toilet and it's more comfortable to use."
Princess Xiangcheng said.
This is the result of her experience.
Although it looks strange and uncomfortable, it is better than clean.
"That's it!"
Du Miaoyan nodded.
I wanted to say something else, but was interrupted.
"Cough!"
"Don't say this while drinking."
Li Shimin stopped them from continuing.
I feel like it will make me sick to my stomach if I continue to listen to the two of them talking about toilets and toilets.
Princess Xiangcheng and Du Miaoyan stopped talking about this and continued to enjoy tea.
Hongxu and Qinggao were making tea at the side, tinkering with the tea art that Fang Yuan told them not long ago.
But no one taught them, and Fang Yuan only knew a little about tea art, so now they seemed to be playing with tea sets.
However, the two of them are very beautiful, and their bold outfits, one red and one green, are very aesthetic, and playing with tea sets is also a sight to behold.
"Fang Zhouzun, I heard that you have established a cement factory. Do you want to build a cement road?"
Li Shimin changed the topic.
The biggest purpose of his coming here this time is the manufacture of cement.
If we can know how cement is made, we can use it to try to control the Yellow River dams.
"Site selection and recruitment are underway."
"But the cement factory was not established to build roads."
Fang Yuan shook his head and said.
The cement factory has begun to recruit people, and there are many applicants.
Just like the recruitment of major commercial banks, many people applied for the job, and the salary was too attractive to them.
However, problems arose when it came to site selection. Most of the selected sites were owned and had to be purchased at a high price.
And if there is no owner of the land, the place that can be allocated by Fang Yuan is very remote, almost all in mountainous areas, which will become a problem for transportation.
So now Fang Yuan and the bosses of several major business firms are hesitating whether to buy land at a high price or jointly choose a more remote place to develop together.
"Why not build roads?"
Li Shimin asked curiously.
"Building roads is too expensive. It will cost me a lot to recruit workers now..."
"Hey, Boss Li, as the head of the Royal Commercial Bank, you have access to the emperor, right?"
"Why don't you ask the emperor for me and ask him to allocate the money, and I will use the money to build the road."
Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin expectantly.
Building the road is too expensive, and the state capital has no money left to cross it.
Now the cement factory's wages for recruiting workers are all Fang Yuan's own money.
Fortunately, the cement factory itself serves Fang Yuan himself, otherwise he would quit.
But if there was funding from the imperial court, then Fang Yuan would immediately use the money to build roads without saying anything.
Not only repairs, but also major repairs, no matter how good the repairs are, we will definitely be able to exceed the allocated funds.
"Ask the emperor for funding?"
"Now that the emperor has just bought your batch of grain, where is the money left?"
Li Shimin pursed his lips and said.
Now the treasury's disaster relief funds have bottomed out.
Then I bought the grain from Wuling County myself, and the internal treasury was exhausted.
How can the emperor still have the money to build such a huge road?
"No money?"
"The majestic emperor, no money?"
Fang Yuan looked at Li Shimin with suspicious eyes.
Historical records show that in the early days of Zhenguan, the court was very poor and the emperor was also very poor.
But no matter how poor you are, you can still allocate one or two sums of money, right?
Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng glanced at Fang Yuan subconsciously, then looked at each other, pretending that nothing happened, and lowered their heads to drink tea.
"Is it surprising that the emperor has no money?"
Li Shimin was quite speechless.
The Weishui Alliance gave the Turks a large sum of money.
There was a famine on the Guannai Road in the spring of last year, a severe drought on the Shandong Road in the summer, and frost on the Longyou Road in the autumn.
There was also the recent locust plague and drought. Relief funds were allocated one after another, and the imperial treasury and internal treasury were already empty.
"It's really surprising."
Fang Yuan nodded solemnly.
In the dynasty era, it was normal for anyone to have no money.
But the emperor has no money, which is really surprising.
Even if Fang Yuan traveled through time and knew some of the history, he would still feel surprised.
"You are not the emperor, so you must be surprised."
Li Shimin rolled his eyes.
If you are not a family member, you don’t know the hard work of being a family member.
He is not an emperor, so he doesn’t know how hard it is for him to be an emperor.
"That's for sure."
"If I were the emperor, I would definitely not be short of money."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
By the way, I also made a complaint.
He has too many ways to make money.
But now there is no time to implement them one by one.
The words fell.
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned dark, and he looked at Fang Yuan with ill intentions.
Du Miaoyan and Princess Xiangcheng suddenly choked on their tea and coughed repeatedly.
Fang Yuan's words sounded like he looked down upon the emperor, which was simply treason.
If word spreads, it will be a small matter to lose one's official position, but it will be completely self-inflicted to lose one's life.
"Ahem, what did I just say?"
Fang Yuan coughed dryly and pretended to be confused.
When he was at home, Fang Yuan was relaxed and talked to Hong Xu Qinggao and the others more casually.
But he forgot that there were not only Hongxu and Qinggao here, but also Li Daye and Du Miaoyan from the Royal Commercial Bank.
"The master just said that your Majesty has great talents and great plans to unify the territory and eliminate the Eastern Turks just around the corner!"
Hong Xu stopped her movements, rolled her eyes, and pondered for a moment.
"Not bad!"
"I didn't teach you in vain."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
I pinched my red and white cheek gently.
Hongxu smiled even more happily, while Qinggao rolled her eyes at Hongxu as if she was jealous.
"Hehe, I still remember what the master told me the day before yesterday."
Hongxu giggled.
The words between the two of them left Li Shimin and the three of them speechless.
"Fangzhou Zun, do you say that your majesty will unify the territory and eliminate the Eastern Turks in just a short time?"
Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan and said curiously.
His attention has been completely diverted and he no longer cares about what Fang Yuan said just now.
He, Li Jing and others had always wanted to quell the chaos in Liangshidu, unify the territory, and eliminate the Eastern Turks.
However, the time is not yet ripe, and there is no money or food. The plan to quell the Liang division and eliminate the Eastern Turks can only be done on paper.
Now that he heard Fang Yuan mention it to the maid, he was curious about how Fang Yuan knew about the imperial strategy. Was it a guess, or did he have that kind of vision?
Du Miaoyan also looked at Fang Yuan curiously.
She doesn't like female celebrities, she only likes reading and dancing swords. Because of Du Ruhui, she usually cares about national affairs.
But she remembered that unifying the territory and eliminating the Eastern Turks were state secrets, and no more than two people knew about them. How did Fang Yuan know about it and see so far?