"Weichen see the emperor, the queen." Liu Yuan saluted Li Er and Empress Changsun in the Lizheng Palace.

"Aiqing is flat."

"Your Majesty."

After a courtesy of the monarch and the minister, Li Er looked at Liu Yuan and said with a flat face: "Liu Aiqing, you should be busy preparing for the new road of Chang'an now, why do you have time to visit me so much?" Don't forget, you made a military order, if you can't do it, you can blame me for being ruthless. ”

For fear that Liu Yuan would take the burden, Li Er first blocked his mouth with words, lest he say it.

Liu Yuan said with a wry smile: "The emperor is really calculating, I thought it was a good thing, but I didn't expect it to become a chore in a blink of an eye, please rest assured, since it should be done, Weichen will do his best to do it, and he will never give up easily, but the emperor said that he will cooperate with Weichen and support Weichen, I don't know if the emperor has ever remembered this." ”

"That's right, I said it, but I also said it, except for money and silver, everything is easy to do, when you entered the palace just now, did you see Changsun Xiang?"

"See, Weichen also exchanged a few words with the eldest grandson."

Li Er smiled and said: "That's it, Changsun Xiang said that you surrounded the road in Chang'an West City and blocked the traffic, but I knew that you were building the road and ordered him to cooperate, you said, didn't I support you behind my back?" ”

"Emperor Xie, in fact, Weichen built a small section first, which is to let the people of Chang'an see the wonders of the cement road, so that it is much easier to implement, but because the time is too busy, I haven't communicated well with the eldest grandson, which is not Weichen's." Liu Yuan didn't expect that this eldest Sun Xiang would come to sue himself so soon.

"Okay, don't talk about those useless things, let's say, what's the matter with looking for me this time?" Li Er didn't bother to talk to Liu Yuan, and was in a hurry to finish correcting the recital. You can eat together as a family at night, and I haven't seen Princess Changle for more than half a year, especially the feeling of "lost and regained", which makes him feel even more cherished.

"Yes, in order to prepare the money needed to build the road, Wechen is going to hold a charity auction, the so-called Cimei auction. It is to collect the objects of celebrities and sell them to some people who like to collect these things, and all the proceeds from the sale are used to build roads, so please support the emperor and queen. Some items were also donated for auction. ”

After speaking. Liu Yuan also elaborated on the operation and significance of the charity auction. Hearing Li Er and his wife nodding frequently, after Liu Yuan finished speaking, Li Er smiled at the eldest grandson queen Ha Luha, and then said a little proudly: "Guanyin, do you hear it, I said that this kid has a way." Do you hear that now? ”

"Yes, the emperor is wise." After the eldest grandson queen finished speaking, she casually took off a phoenix hairpin from her head, and said to Liu Yuan with a smile: "Liu Qing's family." Is it okay to do this hairpin in Hongu? ”

Liu Yuanleng paused, he didn't expect the eldest grandson queen to be so refreshing, but when he saw the hairpin, he shook his head and said: "Queen, this is the phoenix hairpin, in the world, only you can wear this kind of ornament, it's not very good to take it to auction." ”

When Empress Changsun heard this, she smiled slightly, put her hairpin back into her bun, thought for a moment, took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and said, "Since this is the case, let's take this thing." ”

Liu Yuan took a closer look, so the jade bracelet was crystal clear, smooth and round, and at first glance, he knew that it was the best in the jade, and hurriedly said: "Queen, this jade bracelet is too precious, why not change it to something else?" ”

"Money is something outside the body, and this road construction is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, Liu Qing's family is not light, and the palace is a little bit of effort." Empress Changsun said as she handed the jade bracelet to the palace maid beside her, and soon, the palace maid wrapped it in a beautiful box and sent it to Liu Yuan.

As soon as he heard about the charity auction, he immediately donated his beloved ornaments, caring for all the people, his mother and the world, and his every move can be called a model for women.

This thing is valuable, the queen has worn it herself, Liu Yuan has already decided, if the price is not particularly outrageous, he will take it and give it to Xiaoniang, because her jewelry has been given to Du Sanniang and Hu Xin, and she should be rewarded well.

"Liu Yuan, you say, what is appropriate for me to donate?" Li Er said with some hesitation.

This title has become really fast, and the person who loved Qing just now has suddenly become called by his name again.

"The emperor is the Ninety-Five, just use some ordinary objects, which is more meaningful, such as bowls and chopsticks, imperial pens, ink inkstones, etc., just like that."

"This is easy to do," Li Er casually picked up the inkstone on the table and said, "Then I will donate this inkstone." ”

Liu Yuan hurriedly took it with both hands, and said happily: "Emperor Xie, with the support of the emperor and the queen, the minister is confident that the road will be repaired." ”

"This is a great goodness" Li Er suddenly became happy, and said to Liu Yuan with a smile: "I am waiting for your good news." ”

"Wechen obeys."

The content of Chang'an Daily is getting richer and richer, as big as national events, as small as the people of Limin, military, people's feelings, entertainment, gossip news, article reviews, novel serialization, etc., reading newspapers in their free time has become the habit of more and more people, this is the real show talent does not go out, knows the world's affairs, but careful readers found that recently there are more and more pages about the road in Chang'an City, first saying where there is more dust, where is muddy, and then there is a well-known Lang Zhong pointed out that absorbing more dust, harm to the body, and then put the loess road, stone road, brick road, that pros and cons, even the Changluo Expressway under construction is also used to comment.

For a time, all kinds of roads have become a hot topic for the people of Chang'an, people discuss this matter after tea and dinner, in the streets and alleys, but with the deepening of the discussion, the people of Chang'an, who have always been proud, began to feel uncomfortable, they began to find that the loess road that they have walked for a few years or decades under their feet looks so awkward, the mud on a rainy day is so acceptable, and the dust on a sunny day is so bad for the body, slowly, one by one became worried:

"Why is this road so bad?"

"As soon as the carriage drove by, the whole ground was full of dust."

"That family wiped it once a day, and the rag was black."

"Doesn't Lao Zhang cough every day? I don't know if it's related to living in the street and inhaling too much dust. ”

"If only we could pave a road like the Changluo Expressway."

"Yes, how good it would be for the emperor to preside over the construction of a road that is not afraid of mud and dust."

Just when people's hearts were fluctuating, everyone finally got an exciting news from Chang'an Daily. That is, the emperor is sympathetic to the people's feelings, and has ordered Yangwei General Liu Yuan to build a new road similar to Changluo, because the treasury is tight, and calls on the people, businessmen, civil and military officials of Chang'an to have money to contribute, and make strong efforts to build Chang'an better, that is, even the slogan is shouted: Build a beautiful Chang'an, and return my happy homeland.

As soon as the report came out, for a while, there were many responders. Many people in Chang'an are ready to move, but in fact, on the day that the Chang'an newspaper was published, some people had already gone to the Chang'an newspaper to inquire about donations, and the time was getting more and more ripe.

Just when the time is right. Liu Daguan began to set off, and the goal was to turn the fate.

First stop. Liu Yuan chose the eldest grandson Wuji. There are many reasons, firstly, he is the head of the civil service and has great influence, secondly, he has many properties under his name and is rich, and thirdly, this is also Li Er's business. He, a relative of the imperial family, has to show his support, as long as he sets a good example, then it will be much more convenient to "turn fate" in the future.

Liu Yuan smoothly entered the heavily guarded Changsun Mansion, and the eldest grandson Wuji was also very respectful. personally met Liu Yuan in the study.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Liu Yuan said straight to the point: "Lord Changsun, I don't know if you have paid attention to Chang'an Daily recently?" ”

"Look, the old man doesn't fall every issue, what does General Liu mean by this?"

This old fox, with his IQ, couldn't guess Liu Yuan's intentions, but he was just pretending to be nonsense and playing dumb with Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan said straightforwardly: "Then what does the eldest grandson think of the roads in Chang'an City, replacing the loess with cement roads, I don't know what the eldest grandson's opinion is?" ”

"Of course this supports" the eldest grandson Wuji said with a straight face: "Repair the road and repair the bridge, that is the good thing to do good and accumulate virtue, when Chang'an was built, the time was in a hurry, many facilities were not complete, this road is one of them, the newspaper is right, the rainy day is muddy, the sunny day is dusty, can change the cement road, the old man is in the bottom of his heart agrees." ”

Liu Yuan rubbed his hands and said: "Lord Changsun, I guess you also know that the emperor ordered the younger generation to be responsible for this matter, but now the treasury is empty, and the money should be raised by itself, and it is not hidden from Lord Changsun. ”

"Since the virtuous nephew has spoken, the old man has no reason to refuse, so good, the old man has decided to donate all this year's money."

Donate a year's worth of money?

Liu Yuanleng paused for a moment, and then whispered: "That's all, is there anything else?" ”

A son donated all the money, but Liu Yuan and appreciated, obviously, as far as the eldest grandson Wuji is concerned, he is distributed according to the three products, 400 stone of rice per year (the capacity unit of grain "stone", one stone at that time, less than 100 catties today), 9 hectares of vocational fields, 38 people of prevention (miscellaneous labor), nine plates of regular food every day (two liters of fine rice, eight pieces of japonica rice, two liters of noodles, one and a half liters of wine, four points of mutton, four points of sauce, four pieces of vinegar, three melons, salt, soy bean, green onions, ginger, sunflowers, leeks and the like; Wooden buildings, two points in spring, three points and five cents in winter; Charcoal, three catties in spring, five catties in winter), about 8,000 to 10,000 wen per month, of course, these are not all his income, such as the rewards of the New Year's holidays, the harvest of the grange under his name, the income of the shops and the taxes of the fiefdom, these are the big heads.

Of course, gray incomes such as filial piety for officials, then even more.

The eldest grandson Wuji, as the emperor's uncle, has won the trust of Li Er, and has countless properties under his name, and now he is saying that he will use a year's fortune to send himself, isn't that ready to use a hundred or dozens of taels to send himself away like a flower? Of course, Liu Yuan was not satisfied.

"What, too little?" The eldest grandson Wuji squinted at Liu Yuan and said with a smile.

Liu Yuan grinned, nodded and said: "This hundred and dozens of taels does not match the identity of the eldest grandson, and the eldest grandson also said that this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

"Since the virtuous nephew has said so, then the old man will add another four hundred taels of silver" Seeing that Liu Yuan's expression was not very satisfied, the eldest grandson Wuji explained to himself: "Virtuous nephew, you have to come half a month earlier, don't say this bit of silver, it is 10,000 taels of money, the old man said that he would donate it, but the emperor issued bonds and invested almost all the spare money into it, so it is difficult to help now, and I apologize to the virtuous nephew." ”

"That"

The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly smiled and said: "If the virtuous nephew is really anxious, if he can give the Changluo high-speed part to the eldest grandson, it will be to borrow money and sell the business, and this silver can still be raised."

When Liu Yuan walked out of the eldest grandson's mansion, he smiled bitterly, and the matter really made Cui Mengyao say that it was so difficult for his own people to "turn his fate", and it was naturally even more difficult for outsiders.

A few hundred taels is like a drop in the bucket compared to more than a million taels, Liu Yuan sighed, and instructed Liu Quan, Xiang Lu, a target, to Wei Chi's mansion, I didn't expect that Yu Chi Jingde didn't talk about silver when he was still talking and laughing, as soon as he talked about silver, he became a bitter gourd face, a dignified prince, three thousand households, and even cried with Liu Yuan to be poor, saying that there was a large population and a class of words that could not make ends meet, so it was easy to say, and only after the last time did he take out three hundred taels of silver and give it to Liu Yuan, but when he donated materials, he was "generous". He took out a horn bow he had used, plus a special set of light armor for auction.

"I'm sorry, nephew, you came too unlucky, and the silver bought bonds."

"I said it earlier, the silver was borrowed from the old general Qin."

"The silver has been taken to put the money, and it has not been recovered, so I can only mean it."

"I just bought a Zhuangzi a month ago, and I spent all the money and borrowed a lot of foreign debts."

"Originally, I had a little spare money, but the treasury was tight, and the emperor called for it, so I used it to buy bonds."

The next generals, ministers, all the situation is the same, said for a long time, the most is not very convenient, take a long time, only donate a little, more than three or five hundred taels, less to give a hundred and dozens of taels meaning, and that Cheng Lao Demon King is the most Liu Yuan speechless, open his mouth is not this idle matter, do not worry about this leisure, so that he said that he donated two hundred taels, and he was even more stingy when donating materials, he could feel that he had donated two hundred taels in front of him, and he threw out a horizontal knife with a missing mouth, and opened his mouth to say that this knife killed the enemy general. That's it.

There is one person who is very enthusiastic, that is Wei Heizi, but he is so poor that he even got together with silver beans, so he donated one hundred taels (to be continued......

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