Li Shimin snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"Isn't he rich? Instead of squandering his money, why not let me spend some?"

"Go back and tell him that I've only given him two months. If he can't finish by the time of my grand military review, I'll strip him of his military rank!"

"this……"

Upon hearing this, Li Jing thought to himself, "Just how many impeachment memorials have been submitted by these troublemakers, the Sixteen Guards!"

Look how much His Majesty has pressured them; they're even going to strip the eldest grandson of his position as Commandant of the Vanguard...

"Your humble servant obeys the decree!"

Li Jing had hoped to get some reward for Li Jue, but instead, he ended up suffering a famine...

Li Jing returned to his residence in a huff, ordered his men to pack three thousand strings of cash, and went straight to Sanglin Village.

When Yuchi Jingde saw Li Jing bringing several cartloads of copper coins, he immediately stopped him to inquire. Li Jing told Yuchi Jingde what had happened, which made Yuchi Jingde so angry that he almost cursed.

"Your Majesty is too cruel! How could you bully your eldest grandson like this!"

"It seems that children without parents are no good. They can't be trusted by outsiders, and they can't even rely on their own grandfathers!"

“Who says otherwise? I was just worried that the child wouldn’t be able to finish, so I gave him three thousand strings of cash to make up for it…”

"Three thousand strings of cash wouldn't be enough, would it?"

"I still have some spare money at home. I'll have someone prepare five thousand strings of cash and bring it over right away. We can't let our apprentice suffer any injustice!"

The next day, Li Jue was stunned when he saw the cartloads of copper coins in the yard. Looking at the old man and the old man next to him, he felt even more panicked.

"What are you two doing?"

"Nothing..."

“Your master Mu caused you trouble, this is his compensation for your losses.”

Upon hearing this, Li Jue looked at Master Mu with confusion.

"Master Mu, what trouble have you caused me? And what losses have I suffered?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jing lowered his head awkwardly, speaking like a primary school student who had done something wrong.

"It's all because I couldn't resist the urge to present your new military uniform, hoping to get some benefits from His Majesty!"

"What, Li Er... no, no, no, your Emperor didn't take a fancy to her?"

"They saw it and took a liking to it, even saying they wanted you to donate 10,000 sets within two months..."

"Given away for free?"

"No, His Majesty has allocated you ten thousand bolts of cloth to have processed!"

"Oh oh oh..."

Li Jue breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the imperial court had also given him 10,000 bolts of cloth.

Although making 10,000 sets of military uniforms wouldn't amount to 10,000 bolts of cloth, after deducting the costs of dyeing and sewing, the remaining profit wouldn't be much. Fortunately, it wouldn't result in a loss; it would just mean earning less.

"Then why are you giving me money?"

"Isn't this because I'm afraid you'll lose money!"

"His Majesty was stingy and only gave you three thousand bolts of cloth, plus ten thousand shi of grain as processing fees. Your Master Yu and I were worried that you would be taken advantage of, so we could only bring some money from our own homes to make up for it..."

"ah?"