Chapter 11 What you want must be given first

To say that Li Xiuning has no knowledge, this is absolutely unfair, but Li Xiuning was shocked by Chen Ying.

In July of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan led an army of 30,000 to oppose the Sui. What gave Li Yuan the greatest confidence was that at that time, Li Yuan won the support of many wealthy families such as the Longyou Li family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Taiyuan Wang family, the Taiyuan Wen family, and the Bingzhou Wu family. At that time, Li Yuan received 1,750,000 yuan in political donations, most of which was paid for in grain, armor, blades, and cloth.

Therefore, Li Yuan fought from Taiyuan to Chang'an and obtained the name of benevolence and righteousness, because Li Yuan had the support of money and food, and he did not need to rely on war to support the war like Li Mi, Du Fuwei, and Dou Jiande.

Li Xiuning silently calculated that Chen Ying's income for one year was roughly equivalent to the income accumulated by the Taiyuan Wang family for dozens of generations. If Chen Ying is willing, with his financial resources, he can completely arm the 100,000 army, as well as the grain and supplies that the 100,000 army needs to consume.

Li Xiuning was shocked by Chen Ying's family property, and she muttered for a long time: "Originally, I thought that the book said that the rich can rival the country, which is an exaggerated rhetorical technique, but I didn't expect that Chen Lang really achieved the real wealth and rival the country." ”

Li Xiuning vaguely remembered that when Chen Ying was in the first year of Wude, he didn't even have the money to buy a house, and the current house was still exchanged by Chen Ying for using the "Three Treasures of the Horse" to Xu Jingzong.

Chen Ying smiled helplessly: "What is this that is rich and rivals the country?" You only see what you see in front of you, this is actually a lot of accidental factors, the four-wheeled carriage market is saturated, such a carriage worth 10,000 yuan, not ordinary people can afford it, people who can afford it, almost all of them have bought, whether there can be 50,000 yuan in the second half of the year can not be determined. Of course, the salt and iron court is monopolized, and the Tang Dynasty was established at the beginning, and I have taken advantage of the loopholes of the law, so I should take the initiative to hand it over rather than let the courtiers attack. ”

"Hand it over? Why? Li Xiuning said inexplicably: "Why, it's not our family that operates salt and iron, Taiyuan Wang's, Jingzhao Wei's, Xingyang Zheng's, Wenxi Pei's, which of them doesn't have a steel mill?" Which of them is the private salt? ”

Chen Ying explained: "The money in the world is inexhaustible, we can't occupy all the ways to make money, you must know that people's eyes are black, their hearts are also black, blocking people's money, just like killing parents, no matter how good the affection is, in the face of absolute interests, it can't stand the test." ”

Li Xiuning didn't want to agree, but Chen Ying decided to transform the Chen Group and make a fortune in a muffled voice, which is Chen Ying's royal road.

Li Xiuning's understanding of money is not profound, because as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, even if Li Yuan did not establish a country and became the emperor, he never lacked Li Xiuning's expenses. A person who has never been under the pressure of money, the feeling of money, that is a string of numbers.

It took almost half an hour for Li Xiuning to take over Chen Ying's power in the internal account.

The original Chen Mansion had few people and few things, and there were not so many rules. And Chen Ying, the owner, is often not at home, and the Chen Mansion is not like a high-ranking mansion at all.

But this marriage is different. Li Xiuning not only brought five Teng concubines, but also more than 1,500 servants, these people were headed by Ma Sanbao, the steward of the outer court, and there were one hundred and twenty rough maids in the inner court, one hundred palace ladies who had received royal training, and twelve eunuchs. Chen Ying also understood the reason why the ancient people paid attention to the household, and the small people of the ordinary small households could not afford to support the two thousand people.

As for manpower, Chen should not mind. In the future, the steel mill and the salt factory will not be able to do it, Chen Ying's industry will be transformed, and the consumption of human resources will also be endless.

At noon, Chen Ying entertained the guests, and Li Xiuning also ignored everyone's criticism, and returned to bed to sleep soundly. She was really tossed a lot, and she was still comfortable lying on the bed.

Chen Ying also invited the guards of the Zhichong Mansion to a banquet, and went to Qinglin to toast with the craftsmen of various workshops under the name of the Chen family. However, Chen Ying learned shrewdly this time, he asked Guo Luo to hold a wine jar full of water, just smeared some wine on the mouth of the altar, and it was just a little winey.

However, Chen Ying was not very comfortable after drinking a full stomach of water, and when he returned to Chang'an City again, it was already close to the time when the city gate was closed. When he returned to Chen's mansion, Li Xiuning woke up slowly.

Li Xiuning watched Chen Ying come back and shouted that he wanted to eat the flower chicken.

Chen Ying laughed when he heard this: "Who still eats that thing, how greasy it is, if you marry into the Chen Mansion, you can rest assured, I don't dare to say that I won't eat the same vegetables for three hundred and sixty-five days, at least it won't be a problem to raise you white and fat!" ”

Li Xiuning was dissatisfied: "I don't care, I just want to eat called flower chicken!" ”

Chen Yingnai begged Li Xiuning, but he also showed off his intentions, cooked in person, and showed his hand: palace fried chicken, sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour fish, Sixi meatballs, aftertaste chicken, honey venison and other more than a dozen delicious side dishes.

Li Xiuning had a great appetite for food.

Gui Ning, also known as Gui Ning. This is what later generations call the three-day return door. This is the last procedure of the ancient wedding, and it is considered to be completed after the completion of the funeral.

Early in the morning of June 18, the third year of Wude, as soon as it was dawning, Li Xiuning got up early, washed, groomed, and dressed up, and it took an hour for Shi Shiran to go out.

In the Wude Palace, Li Yuan got up very early and was looking forward to it for a long time. From time to time, he asked Chen Qi, the middle attendant: "Are the princess and the concubine here?" ”

Chen Qi bowed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and the concubine, just went out!" ”

After a short while, Li Yuan asked again, "Has the princess entered the palace?" ”

In fact, even when Li Xiuning was not married, she was not often in Chang'an, and she would not often appear in front of her. However, at this time, Li Yuan's state of mind was exactly like that of his father in the world, and the cabbage that he had worked hard to raise for 18 years was once arched by a pig.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, and Li Yuanji all felt inexplicably wonderful, and they didn't know why Li Yuan was so abnormal.

Li Yuan didn't know how many times he turned back and forth with his hands behind his back, and finally, in Li Yuan's expectant gaze, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying finally came to the palace.

"Meet Daddy.

"Meet My Father"

Li Yuan looked at Li Xiuning left and right, and Li Xiuning at this moment became more and more beautiful and moving. Li Yuan said at this time: "Don't be polite!" ”

Originally, when Li Xiuning didn't return to the palace, Li Yuan seemed to have a thousand words to say to Li Xiuning, but the moment he saw Li Xiuning, Li Yuan didn't know how to say it.

The banquet set up by Li Yuan in the Wude Hall was very sumptuous, but everyone present had no intention of swallowing it. Li Yuan's headache is the financial problems of the Tang Dynasty, since Li Yuan founded the country, the Tang Dynasty has been at war for many years, and the financial revenue and expenditure have never been balanced, relying on demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall, barely surviving.

Salt and iron are the bulk of the imperial court's taxes, but Chen Ying has a large amount of steel production capacity in his hands, and steel production capacity in this era means a lot of money.

Li Yuan considered that if he forcibly relied on the emperor's prestige to force Chen Ying, it would obviously be very unfair to Chen Ying. But he really can't come up with anything to exchange with Chen Ying now, and he can't be listed as a king. If Li Yuan really dares to do this, I am afraid that more than half of the ministers will hang up their seals and resign.

The ministers of the early Tang Dynasty still have ethics and bottom lines.

The ministers of the Tang Dynasty were not like the Manchu kowtow insects in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Yuan didn't think of a good wording. He looked at Li Jiancheng, who understood and was about to get up. At this time, Chen Ying was the first to get up.

"Grandfather, His Royal Highness the Prince, my son has something to say!"

Chen Ying solemnly took out a scroll from his arms, held it in the palm of his hand, and raised it above his head.

Chen Qi walked in front of Chen Ying with small steps unique to eunuchs, took Chen Ying's scroll, and carefully handed it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan opened this scroll casually, he originally thought that Chen Ying was also a vassal and elegant, and gave him some so-called celebrity calligraphy and paintings.

However, at the moment when Li Yuan unfolded, Li Yuan's face suddenly changed drastically.

Because it is written on it, Chen Ying is willing to dedicate the three blast furnaces under his name, as well as eleven workshops of all sizes, including more than 4,300 craftsmen, more than 16,000 people, and all technical reserves, to the imperial court.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, a little incredulous. He secretly said in his heart: "Is Chen Ying crazy?" ”

In fact, Chen Ying is not crazy, he knows it very well. If you want to take it, you must give it first.