"Your Majesty, is it done?" Li Er held the name list and walked out of the Hall of Political Establishment dejectedly. Li Daozong and Zhangsun Wuji walked past him. When the two of them saw his expression, their hearts turned cold.
No money, no money to fight!
" Why don't…" Zhangsun Wuji smiled sinisterly." We seize Yunxuan Pavilion and confiscate his stolen money on the grounds that Green Sparrow sold illegal salt?”
Li Er glared at him. If I dare to do this, the Guanyin maid will tear me apart!
"Sigh!" Li Eryi sat on the steps and sighed.
"It's too difficult to achieve great things in life!”Li Daozong gave the two brothers a bowl of chicken soup for the soul, causing them to be extremely depressed.
"It's almost autumn. The grasslands are suffering from a drought this year, and many people and livestock are starving to death. The Turks have no food to survive the winter and will definitely invade. If we don't make preparations soon, the people at the border will suffer again…"
"Your Majesty, the firearms unit is such a waste of money and food. Why don't we disband it? With the valor of our cavalry, we might be able to fight the Turks!”
"Chengfan, you might not know this, but three thousand firearms troops are enough to fight a hundred thousand soldiers. Even if I have to sell everything, I must make the firearms troops work!”
Li Eryi gritted his teeth and stood up." Pass on my decree. From now on, the palace's expenses will be halved, and the court's administrative expenses will be reduced. At the same time, we will sell 10 million catties of grain stored in Xingluo Granary. All the funds raised will be used to develop the firearms army!”
Li Er was ruthless!
The door creaked open, and the green sparrow hopped to Li Er. It bit its finger and looked up at him with a smile.
"Green Sparrow, the weather is getting cold. Hurry up and return to your room!”Li Er saw his son's charmingly naive appearance and wanted to scold him to vent his anger, but he could not bring himself to do so.
After all, he was his own flesh and blood…
"Is Daddy short of money?" Li Tai asked as he put his arms around Li Er's neck and stuffed his little hands into Li Er's hair to rub it hard, making Li Er's hair messy.
"No, no, the imperial court is very rich now!”Li Er laughed and cursed in his heart. He was so angry that he almost exploded just now, and now he came to pretend to be a good person!
"Sigh, Green Sparrow originally prepared 200,000 taels of gold to develop firearms. Since Imperial Father doesn't lack money, then forget it!”
The green sparrow looked disappointed.
" Wait..." Li Er felt like he was struck by lightning!
Two hundred thousand taels?
Gold!
Oh my god!
"You, can you repeat what you just said?”
I have already prepared 100,000 taels of gold to develop the firearms unit. Unfortunately, Imperial Father doesn't lack money…"
" Wait, didn't you say 200,000 gold taels…"
"Imperial Father's memory is getting worse and worse. Just now, Green Sparrow clearly said 50,000 taels…"
"Stop, stop. 100,000 taels it is. Green Sparrow, you're not allowed to go back on your word!”Li Er kissed his son's little face hard." My little baby, you're really the lucky star of the Tang Empire!”
"Mother has put in a lot of good words for Imperial Father. Green Sparrow is not willing to pay…"
The moon rose.
Li Er's eyes sparkled as he watched his beloved wife walk out of the house step by step. In his mind, the two of them were childhood sweethearts, married, and played the zither…
Step by step, only she has always been by my side. She always gave him a warm embrace and silent support when he was in the most difficult times…
Li Er took a few steps forward and hugged Empress Zhangsun's slender waist. Tears fell from his eyes!
He kissed Empress Zhangsun's cheek in front of Zhangsun Wuji and Li Daozong without any hesitation. Empress Zhangsun's face turned red from embarrassment as she rebuked," Your Majesty, Brother is watching!”
"With Green Sparrow's two hundred thousand taels of gold, not to mention building a firearms unit, it's more than enough to rearm the Great Tang's one million soldiers!”Zhangsun Wuji cupped his hands." Congratulations, Your Majesty!”
" Ah…Then I'll pay a little less…" The green sparrow cried out loudly that it had been tricked!
"If you go back on your word, you're a puppy!" Li Er and Empress Zhangsun shouted in unison!
The two of them looked at each other and smiled.
"Alright, alright. I'm unlucky!" Green Sparrow immediately took out a contract from her small backpack. Li Er's heart skipped a beat. No wonder she was so generous. It turned out that it was premeditated!
I knew it.
I knew it!
Taking advantage of this kid was harder than ascending to the heavens!
"Father, don't worry. This time, Green Sparrow doesn't want Imperial Father to sign an IOU. As long as Imperial Father allows Green Sparrow to issue banknotes, this 200,000 taels of gold will be given to Imperial Mother for nothing!”
Li Tai held the contract and revealed a harmless smile. Li Er looked at his son warily and muttered in his heart. Although he didn't know what benefits he could get from issuing paper money, seeing how cunning this kid's smile was, he believed that the profit brought by this paper money would definitely be more than 200,000 taels of gold!
Sign or not?
Li Er was caught in a dilemma.
If he didn't sign it, the little bastard would definitely turn hostile. The two hundred thousand gold coins would also go down the drain. The cooked duck would flap its wings and fly away, not leaving even a hair behind…
Who knew what evil things the green sparrow was up to?
" Your Majesty..." Empress Zhangsun called out softly, waking Li Er from his thoughts. He grabbed the contract and flipped through it under the moonlight.
What a crafty kid. He deliberately wrote the words extremely small, making it so that he couldn't see clearly.
Forget it, let him be!
How big of a scene could a four-year-old kid create?
Could it be that he could pierce a hole in the sky?
Li Shimin took out the Emperor's Seal from his sleeve, exhaled, pressed the seal, and handed it to Li Tai." Green Sparrow, now that I've agreed to your request, when will the gold be delivered?"”
"The gold won't be delivered. You can just directly supply it to the general supervisor at a discount!”
The green sparrow blew dry the emperor's seal on the contract and giggled.
Like I said, this kid is so smart that even his hair is empty! Wanting to take advantage of him was harder than picking a bone from an egg!
Ding!" Congratulations to the host for successfully obtaining the imperial court's authorization and obtaining the exclusive right to issue banknotes. You are one step closer to controlling the economic lifeline of the Tang Empire. Achievement index: 5 stars. Reward: 'The Wealth of Nations'…"
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