It took a full stick of incense for Li Yuanba to lead several eldest nephews and nieces to finally dismantle this Buddha statue.

Rubys, sapphires, white diamonds...... All the gems were taken down and directly thrown to Wushun by Li Yuanba for safekeeping.

And the bare golden Buddha statue looks hugely ugly, and I don't know what's going on, it's a giant ugly anyway.

"Whew...... Cheng Qian, you have really worked hard today. ”

Li Yuanba sat on the chair and exhaled a breath of turbidity, looked at Li Chengqian with a smile and said: "Chengqian, as the saying goes, don't bother the two masters, you can take this Buddha statue away together when you go back, and you will bring it back after two days when you melt it into a gold leaf for the fourth uncle!" ”

Burst!

Li Chengqian was about to collapse under the command of Li Yuanba, and when he heard the words of his fourth uncle, he almost vomited blood in depression.

"Fourth Emperor Uncle, do you want to squeeze me like this?" Li Chengqian complained: "I know that you have a blacksmith furnace in your house, just let them smelt it!" ”

"Okay, I originally wanted to give you a beautiful cha, but since you don't want it, then give it to Ke'er!"

While speaking, Li Yuanba said to Li Ke: "Ke'er, do you know that there is a coal mining area in the southern suburbs of Chang'an City? That's the fourth uncle's, and now the amount of coal mining is getting bigger and bigger, and the accumulated coal has become many mountains. Recently, the fourth uncle wants to build a charcoal smelting plant on the edge of the coal mining area, do you have this meaning, come and invest! ”

Li Ke was stunned when he heard this, but he knew that the efficiency of the charcoal factory was very high, and the entire Chang'an City and the counties and counties around Chang'an City used charcoal for fire.

Moreover, with the gradual popularization of ondols and chimney stoves to other Daozhou counties in Datang, the demand for charcoal has also increased greatly.

Since the mining of the coal plant, it is conservatively estimated that at least Li Yuanba has earned a huge profit of millions of silver.

With so much money, even Li Chengqian, the emperors and nobles of their grandsons were red-eyed when they saw it.

So, after hearing Li Yuanba's words. Everyone, including Li Ke, was stunned.

"Fourth Emperor Uncle, what else are you going to do here?" Li Ke felt that his mouth was a little dry, and his throat was about to smoke.

"That charcoal can be re-refined, and the things it refines have a higher ignition point, and the temperature that can be raised is also unheard of by you!"

Li Yuanba talked eloquently, with a bright smile on his face.

However, this was not completely said, and some afterwords were left unsaid.

If this thing can be refined, then the steam engine can be put on the agenda.

"Uncle Sihuang, I'll go, I'm willing to go!"

Li Chengqian was so anxious that his face was red and his neck was thick. Such a good opportunity, if you don't grasp it tightly in your hands, it will be a stupid fork!

"Brother Prince, can you not be so none. Shame? After saying that, you are not willing to help the Four Emperor Uncles melt gold, how can you, as a dignified prince, go back on your word? ”

Li Ke is in a hurry, you don't know how to let your brother order this good thing, how can you do it.

"Third brother, the conscience of heaven and earth!" Li Chengqian began to call Tianqu. "I didn't refuse just now, I just wanted the Fourth Emperor Uncle to save some trouble. However, since the Fourth Emperor Uncle thinks so highly of me, then I will do my best for the Fourth Emperor Uncle! ”

Li Ke didn't give an inch: "The so-called nephew has something to do." If you have something to do, my brother will serve my brother, brother prince, don't bother you with such a trivial matter, just let my little brother do it for you! ”

Get. Li Yuanba's words provoked a war between the two brothers.

Looking at the two people who were blushing and thick-necked in debate, Wu Shun and Princess Gaoyang were all stunned with big watery eyes.

"Hey, hey. These two little ones are really good nephews of this king! ”

Li Yuanba, the initiator, looked at the two eldest nephews who were about to fight, and he was very happy.

Wu Shun glanced at Li Yuanba and said, "Husband, you are really bad!" ”

"Hey, hey!"

Li Yuanba rubbed his hands, slapped the table with a 'snap', and said:

"Alright, you two little ones don't quarrel! You won't need to smelt this gold, but don't be disappointed, this smelter is not something that can be built with one or two thousand taels of real gold and silver, and you brothers will scrape together the money and see if you can produce a gold of 500,000 taels. When you have enough money, the smelter can break ground, and then you will have to wait for the money! ”

"Five, five hundred thousand taels of gold?!"

The two little guys are dumbfounded, this is a lot of little money!

Don't look at them as children of the royal family, Li Chengqian is the crown prince, but in fact, their monthly allowance is very low, or even pitiful.

If the expenses of their palace are only based on the money issued by the imperial court, I am afraid that it can be used for two or three days, which is considered good.

On weekdays, the income of the royal palace mainly depends on the taxes and rents of the princes' respective fiefs and the filial piety of the merchants in the fiefdoms......

To tell the truth, if this prince is honest, their respective fiefdoms are the source of all the income of their royal palace.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the favored prince is honored by other magnates and wealthy businessmen in the Tang Dynasty, and the amount of wealth is gone.

Therefore, after hearing the words 500,000 taels and gold, the two boys stood stupidly in place and opened their mouths wide as if they had been kicked in the head by a donkey.

It's not that they can't get so much gold on their own, after all, who doesn't have an outer block?

But that's gold, it's 500,000 taels, almost the total income of their palace for five years, and when it comes out at once, it's inevitable that it's a little stretched.

"Why, can't you take out only 500,000 taels of gold?" Li Yuanba raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said: "Why don't I go directly to Su'er, that guy has a casino to support, even if there is no eighteen million taels of gold, there will still be one million and eight hundred thousand taels, right?" ”

"Don't, Uncle Sihuang, Xiaoliu, don't look crazy on weekdays, anyone can bully him. But he is shrewd when it comes to trading! ”

It seems that Li Chengqian knows his sixth brother very well, but after thinking about it, he said:

"It's better like this, the third brother and I will go to the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth brothers to talk, and the six of us will come up with more than 80,000 taels of gold to see if we can make it up!"

"Zhen'er and the young slave can also take out 80,000 taels of gold?"

Li Chengqian's words confused Li Yuanba. Forced.

Didn't you say that all the prince's money came from the fief? How can these two little broken children, who are only seven or eight years old, come up with so much money?

A soft smile appeared on Li Chengqian's face, and he said, "If the money is not enough for the two of them, the little nephew will make up for the two of them, and then pay it back in the future!" ”

Li Chengqian's words made Li Yuanba nod secretly in his heart after hearing it, no matter what the purpose is, at least Li Chengqian's temperament has changed, he thinks of his brother when he encounters good things, and is willing to share it with them, such a person, even if he becomes bad in the future, he will not be bad.

Besides, with him Li Yuanba here, he is still worried. Can't teach these unlucky kids?

Suddenly, Li Yuanba remembered the little eunuch he saw at the city gate today, so he looked at Li Chengqian with a strange face and said, "Chengqian, do you know that there is a little eunuch in this palace, whose name is Chengxin?" ”

Li Chengqian thought hard, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "There is such a person, but he seems to be the person next to the fifth brother, and it seems that he is still transferred from the fifth brother's side." Why, Uncle Four Emperors, do you know him? ”

"Oh, I don't know, it's just this little guy who came to deliver the holy order this morning. Not to mention, if it weren't for the fact that this little guy was wearing a eunuch's clothes, I would have thought he was a little girl! ”

Li Yuanba touched his chin, and as he spoke, he swept at Li Chengqian with the corner of his eye, wanting to see what kind of expression he was at the moment.

Li Chengqian's face showed a hint of obvious disdain, and he only heard him say:

"What's the use of being pretty, no matter how beautiful it is? It's nothing more than a male pet abandoned by the fifth brother! The fifth brother is male and female. I don't know how many times I have been scolded by my father, but I just ......"

"Brother Prince, after all, I haven't seen this kind of thing with my own eyes, so it's better not to talk nonsense!"

Princess Gao Yang blushed and interrupted Li Chengqian's words.

For Xiao Gaoyang, it is normal for men and women to be together, but this man and man are ...... Broken sleeves?

"As the saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, if there is no one to provoke this kind of thing, how can it be spread all over the street?"

Li Ke sneered twice and said, "The dignified prince, but also the body of the prince, is so debauched, it is really insulting to the royal name!" ”

Day. It's a dog, it seems that this Yan King Li You has a very bad reputation among the princes, otherwise, how could these princes and princesses have such a big reaction.

Thinking about the royal gatherings he attended, Li You always seems to be alone, and he loves to ignore the royal brothers, royal brothers, royal sisters, and royal sisters who are in a pile, and even a word from others will arouse his cynicism.

I don't know what kind of stimulation this unfortunate child had when he was young, and he was so withdrawn.

It seems that I have to see what is going on with this guy in the future, no matter how Li Yuanba is also his nominal and blood-related imperial uncle.

"Okay, don't talk about chasing the wind and shadows, this matter will end here, I don't think I've heard of it, Fourth Uncle!"

Li Yuanba patted the table and said, "Chengqian, Ke'er, you two will prepare after you go back, there are still many things to do next." By the way, the main place will be handed over to Ke'er, I believe that Chengqian will be very busy these days! ”

"Busy?"

Li Chengqian was a little confused, and he said, "Fourth Emperor Uncle, what will be very busy?" ”

"Of course it's going to be busy, and if I'm right, someone will soon find you at your house and beg you to do something for them!"

Li Yuanba smiled mysteriously, but there was a haha behind him, and said, "Lady, I'm hungry for my husband, do you have anything to eat?" (To be continued......)