Chapter 4: What do couples want if they have a wife?

"Will this be overdone?" Chen Ying doesn't know much about ancient architecture, but he knows a little, what level enjoys what treatment, now he enjoys a city, although this scale is far less than Li Yuan's palace, but it is not small, the mansion of the general minister covers an area of 100 acres, this is a bit big.

Hou Mo Chen Xu said with a smile: "The fifth brother is too worried, this house will never exceed the system." ”

Chen Ying and Hou Mo and Chen Xu stood side by side on the gatehouse, looking at the devastated Chen Jiabao, Chen Ying was even more imaginative. In later generations, although Chen Ying's annual salary is also six figures, he has never bought his own house, and now he not only has it, but also has a big mansion covering an area of 500 acres, which has to make Chen Ying feel a lot of emotion.

Chen Ying pointed to this dock fort and said, "If you want to invite Yu Wenshu to come out and do it yourself, I'm afraid it's not easy, right?" ”

"Fifth brother, where are you talking about this!" Hou Mo Chen Xu said with a smile: "Fifth brother is married, brother, why don't I have a gift that I can get, if I don't help with this little favor, what kind of brother is it!" ”

Although Chen Ying and Hou Mo Chen Xu are cousins, Chen Ying is not the original Chen Ying after all, and he has a sense of estrangement from Hou Mo and Chen Xu. However, seeing that Hou Mo Chen Xu was so enthusiastic, Chen Ying's emotions couldn't help but be infected, and he grabbed Hou Mo Chen Xu's shoulder and said: "Brother Ming settles the account, how much did you spend here, I will let Ma Zhou give it to you, don't refuse, otherwise my brother won't have to do it!" ”

Although Chen Ying did not look at the account book, the project was completed nearly a year ahead of schedule, and the scale was more than three times larger than the original plan.

"Fifth brother, you're out of sight!" Hou Mo and Chen Xu were about to continue to persuade.

Chen Yingdao: "I said it all, my brother will settle the account." When it comes to money, the best thing is to be clear. Of course, Xiao Qi, don't underestimate me, fifth brother, I'm not bad for money now! ”

Hou Mo Chen Xu saw that Chen Ying was resolute and had no choice, so he sighed helplessly and said, "Fifth brother, you really don't treat me as a brother!" ”

Chen Ying didn't dwell on this issue, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Qi, what are you busy with now?" ”

Speaking of this, Hou Mo Chen Xu's eyebrows and eyes flashed with a touch of worry.

However, Hou Mo Chen Xu did not say what official he is now, but it is conceivable that Li Shimin's situation is not good now. But in this time and space, because of Chen Ying's appearance, Li Shimin not only became famous all over the world, but became disgraced.

Hou Mo Chen Xu smiled bitterly: "At present, he is appointed as Honglu Shaoqing, and he is also a pawn. ”

Honglu Temple is one of the six departments, nine temples and five prisons of the three provinces of the Tang Army, which is roughly equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The key is that this official is not big, even the Honglu Temple Shaoqing who is the official of Jilu is from the fourth grade, and the pawn order is the fifth grade.

Although the official position is a bit low, Chen Ying knows that there are absolutely no superfluous actions in politics, and making Hou Mo Chen Xu a pawn order is not actually a means of meritorious service to him. This shows that the next step of Datang's national strategy is to focus on pawns. Looking at the flickering loss in Hou Mo Chen Xu's eyes, Chen Ying smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, are you disappointed?" ”

Hou Mo Chen Xu said duplicitously: "No, no!" ”

"Little Seven!" Chen Ying patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother wants to congratulate you!" ”

If someone else said this, Hou Mo Chen Xu might have turned his face at this moment, but in the face of Chen Ying, he said, "Congratulations to me?" Giving me such a petty official is simply a cold bone for a wild dog. ”

"That's not what I said!" Chen Ying persuaded: "The battle of Hebei has ended, and in a short period of time, Datang will not launch a war with the outside world, not because it doesn't want to fight, but because it really can't afford to fight." At this time, it's time to start merging, and the object of the merger will be the place outside the Central Plains, or Monan, or Lingnan, or the Western Regions, no matter which direction, this is the responsibility of the pawn order, now the opportunity is in front of you, as long as you grasp it, the great work will fly to you! ”

Hou Mo Chen Xu is not a stupid person, no wonder Hou Mo Chen Qian will always persuade him not to be impatient, it turns out that Li Yuan is the idea of fighting.

Just when Chen Ying was trying to persuade Hou Mo Chen Xu.

In Chang'an City, in Princess Pingyang's mansion, Li Yuan's father and daughter are also patiently doing their work.

There are many things that make Li Yuan happy, such as the victory in Hebei, Dou Jiande was isolated in Zezhou and couldn't move, it is conceivable that Dou Jiande is difficult to fly at this time, and Li Xiuning is also preparing a wedding dress and preparing to get married.

It is a good thing for Li Xiuning to get married, but what bothers Li Yuan the most is Chen Ying.

Chen Ying's achievements were so great that he didn't even know how to reward them.

In fact, this doesn't matter, the identity of a horse captain, and then promoted to an officer, it's a big deal to give Chen Ying the pillar country from the second grade country.

If it is said that it is a headache for Chen Ying's reward, it is the resources controlled by Chen Ying.

After more than half a year of development and operation, the output of just over six months, Chen Ying's steel plant in Qinglin has produced more than 3 million catties.

Since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang proposed to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that salt and iron are state-owned, so in this environment, salt and iron are state-owned. Then the problem arises, due to the strategic position of iron and salt, no emperor will let a courtier hold the important weapons of the country.

However, Li Yuan is a person who cherishes feathers, Chen Ying has made such a great contribution and forcibly seized Chen Ying's industry, so if he gets it out, I am afraid that he will be criticized by the people of the world.

Therefore, Li Yuan hit the idea on Li Xiuning's head.

"Sanniang, are you satisfied with the dowry that Daddy prepared for you?" Li Yuan smiled and said to Li Xiuning: "Look at it, if there is anything missing, if there is anything dissatisfied, Daddy will add it." ”

Li Xiuning has already read the list of dowries, and this list is very rich, more than ten times more than when Princess Huainan got married.

The fur alone includes 20 tiger skins, 60 black fox skins, 60 otter skins, 60 silver fox skins, 60 white wolf skins, 10 black gray squirrel skins, and 10 sable skins. The value of any one of these furs is more than 100 yuan, and these furs alone are no less than 30,000 yuan.

There are also 200 pieces of fine silk of various colors, 200 pieces of satin of each color, 200 pieces of flower satin, 200 pieces of broken branch brocade, 212 pieces of cloud brocade, and 212 pieces of Shu brocade. There are 212 pieces of silk yarn of various colors, 212 horses of velvet, 200 pieces of palace silk, 200 pieces of palace satin, 200 pieces of palace cotton, 400 pieces of cloud satin, python satin, makeup satin, gold flower satin, cicada wing yarn, soft smoke, pomegranate silk, etc., and 600 purses of various colors.

In the Tang Dynasty, silk and cloth were actually money, and an ordinary Shu brocade cost more than 3,000 yuan, and this batch of dowries was more than 100,000 yuan. In addition to these furs and satins, there are also various pieces of jewelry, as many as more than 20,000 pieces. Of course, if Li Xiuning wears a set of jewelry every day, even within ten years, Li Xiuning will not wear the same jewelry, these gold, silver, and gemstone jewelry, together, at least 300,000.

Li Xiuning was naturally very satisfied with this, and she smiled: "Daddy, it's so good to Sanniang!" ”

"It's good to be satisfied, it's good to be satisfied!" Li Yuan smiled and said: "Chen Juma has a series of workshops such as coinage, iron smelting, car making, farm tools, armor, bows, crossbows, blades, salt, military rations, etc., these workshops are the lifeblood of the imperial court, and it is impossible to control it in the hands of Chen Juma alone, so Daddy still wants to ......."

Without waiting for Li Yuan to finish speaking, Li Xiuning frowned and said, "Daddy, are you biased in saying this?" The major gate valves, the major families, which family and which household, do not have a complete industry, such as smelting iron and building blades, who does not have it? ”

Hearing this, Li Yuan was stunned.

Li Xiuning is not a mess, she is telling the truth.

As Li Xiuning said, the major families are actually metallurgical workshops, and they all have no less than one million catties of steel reserves.

The key is that Chen Ying's output with other families is not of the same magnitude at all, and Chen Yinglu groped and explored in the second half of the year and produced more than 3 million catties of steel. But Chen Ying's production is not iron at all, but steel, the quality is better than that of the weapons prison, and most importantly, Chen Ying's steel production is too scary.

Li Yuan's face turned cold: "The imperial court has the laws of the imperial court, and Chen Ying must hand over the property under his command!" ”

"Father, are you robbing your courtiers of materials and property?" Li Xiuning pouted and said: "If the father insists on this, the daughter has no choice but to do so!" ”

Li Xiuning's face at the moment is getting more and more ugly.

Li Yuan said: "The imperial court is also very difficult now, Sanniang has to understand Daddy!" ”