A Rage Scatters Ten Thousand Gold
Chang 'an City.
Within the Imperial City.
An open space with a simple wall.
A huge military tent stood in the middle of the open space.
Gu Hao heaved a sigh of relief.
After two days without rest…
The two assembly lines had produced enough glass products and fine wine of various strengths.
As the commander-in-chief, Gu Hao's work these two days was actually quite leisurely.
After arranging the specific tasks of the craftsmen on the assembly line, he basically had nothing to do.
Now, the wine and glasses were ready, waiting for the arrival of the envoy from the Western Regions.
Gu Hao walked out of the tent.
A group of craftsmen stood neatly outside the tent.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works were also standing nearby.
They all received news that Gu Hao's preliminary preparations were complete.
"Thank you for your hard work." Gu Hao looked at the craftsmen and said," I'll make the decision. Everyone will be rewarded with ten thousand gold.”
After a moment of silence.
Cheers erupted from the craftsmen.
The officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works standing nearby were all dumbfounded.
Then, they saw Gu Hao waving at them.
The Minister of Rites, Tang Jian, and the Minister of Works, Duan Lun, came to Gu Hao's side.
In the past two days, Gu Hao had often interacted with these two people, so he was quite familiar with them.
He didn't keep them in suspense." You're in charge of giving them money," he said directly." Ten strings each."”
The craftsmen looked at the two ministers with eager eyes.
Tang Jian revealed a faint smile. He did not show any discomfort nor did he express anything.
These craftsmen were all from the Ministry of Works and had nothing to do with him, the Minister of Rites.
The Minister of Works, Duan Lun, had an unnatural expression on his face.
"It's just ten strings of coins per person. You won't lose anything." Gu Hao said meaningfully.”
"This…I have to ask His Majesty.”Duan Lun shook his head.
This time, there were more than three hundred craftsmen.
Ten strings per person, that would be more than three thousand strings.
To the Minister of Works, 3,000 strings of strings were naturally not a large sum, but every sum of money from the Ministry of Works had to be calculated clearly.
Gu Hao frowned and stared at Duan Lun. Seeing that his expression was already extremely calm, he couldn't help but sneer."Forget it. If you don't want to give it to me, I'll give it to you. I just hope that you won't regret it in the future.”
As he spoke, Gu Hao looked at the craftsmen and said with a smile,""Everyone, please wait a moment."
More than three hundred craftsmen watched Gu Hao leave.
The scene was silent at first.
Then…
It was noisy.
Duan Lun's face turned ugly.
"It's just three thousand strings. You should have given it to him directly.”
Tang Jian said.
"Hmph, my Ministry of Works is not rich. Three thousand strings is not a lot, but…"
Duan Lun snorted coldly and glanced at the craftsmen. He didn't continue.
He felt that these people should work.
Moreover, when he asked, he didn't know anything, so why should he reward him with ten thousand gold?!
Tang Jian shook his head.
If these people were from the Ministry of Rites, in such a situation…even if the money came out of his own pocket, he had to give it to them.
Gu Hao returned to his residence in Hongwen Hall in Menxia Province and took out the jade scepter that Princess Li Lizhi of Changle had given him a few days ago.
"Damn, why are these ministers so stingy?”
Gu Hao cursed.
He quickly found his superior, Xiao Deyan.
"Sir, our Hongwen Dojo should also have its own…little treasury, right?”Gu Hao asked directly.
Xiao Deyan, who was reading a book, paused. He looked at Gu Hao and nodded."There's a specialized inner residence. Why…What do you want to do?”
"I want to use this jade scepter given by Princess Changle as collateral to borrow ten thousand strings of copper coins.”
Gu Hao said," It's an urgent matter. I hope you can fulfill my wish.”
Xiao Deyan took the jade scepter and examined it before saying,"Can I ask you why you borrowed money?”
"Milord should know that I am currently helping His Majesty with a very important matter. There are more than three hundred craftsmen working for me day and night. I want to give each of them ten strings of copper coins.”
Gu Hao said truthfully.
"You gave them money?" Xiao Deyan raised his eyebrows and smiled." You're really generous."”
Gu Hao laughed dryly and looked at Xiao Deyan.
Xiao Deyan pondered for a moment and handed the jade Ruyi back to Gu Hao.
Gu Hao's expression froze.
Immediately after, he saw Xiao Deyan stand up and leisurely say,"You're here. What collateral do you need?
Isn't it just ten thousand strings? I'll call you directly."
"This…"
The surprise came too suddenly, and Gu Hao was momentarily stunned.
"Why are you still standing there? You don't want money anymore?"
Xiao Deyan walked to the door and saw that Gu Hao was still standing there. He couldn't help but turn around and ask in puzzlement.
Didn't you look very anxious just now?
Why did he look so dumb and slow now?!
"Oh, oh."
Gu Hao quickly followed.
Her heart felt warm.
Not long after, Gu Hao returned to the tent.
Behind him were five carts.
On each cart, there were two thousand silver ingots.
A total of ten thousand silver ingots.
According to what Xiao Deyan said, scholars did not have the stench of money. Therefore, the inner mansion of Hongwen Hall was filled with silver ingots, gold ingots, some paintings, antiques, and jade.
"Give out money, two silver ingots per person.”
Gu Hao said lightly.
The eyes of the 300 craftsmen lit up.
One silver ingot was worth ten taels of silver, so two would be twenty taels.
And twenty taels of silver was equivalent to twenty strings of copper coins!
The eyes of the surrounding soldiers turned red.
However, after distributing the craftsmen, Gu Hao waved his hand and rewarded all the Golden Guards who were on duty with ten taels of silver.
All of a sudden, the soldiers became excited.
"Ten thousand taels of silver…This top scholar is really generous.”
Tang Jian said leisurely.
The Minister of Works, Duan Lun, turned ashen.
He felt a little regretful.
If he had known that Gu Hao would do this, he would have allocated the funds directly.
"Old Duan, you forgot one thing.”
Tang Jian sighed.
Duan Lun's eyelids twitched as he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"What is it?"
Duan Lun frowned and asked.
"His Majesty once said that if Gu Hao needs anything, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works have to cooperate," said Tang Jian leisurely.
You didn't give him the money when he asked you to.
Now, he was giving out the money himself…
Should these soldiers and craftsmen thank the imperial court or Gu Hao?”
Duan Lun's face twitched and his heart sank. He clenched his fists in his sleeves.
"What does it matter?" Duan Lun said unwillingly.
"The envoy group from the Western Regions will arrive tomorrow. His Majesty is paying close attention to this place." Tang Jian sighed.
You are the Minister of Works, so your decision is equivalent to His Majesty's decision.
His Majesty had always been generous and never stingy when rewarding his subordinates!
And this time…"
Tang Jian did not continue.
The imperial court was stingy, and people would usually think that the emperor was stingy.
If Li Shiming didn't pay attention to this place, then the matter here wouldn't be affected much. At most, the craftsmen would draw some small figures for Duan Lun to play with.
Since Li Shiming was paying attention to this, as the emperor, he would definitely think too much.
He thought that these craftsmen and soldiers would definitely think that Duan Lun's decision was his decision. Duan Lun was stingy and didn't want to reward him, but he was stingy and didn't want to reward him!
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