Chapter 516: Brothers and sisters respect each other

"Your Highness Prince Lu, what are you doing..." the personal eunuch asked cautiously.

A side hall in Da'an Palace was filled with calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, brocade, porcelain, etc. Li Yuanchang picked and chose, and asked people to take the things he picked up aside.

"I want to invest in it!" Li Yuanchang replied.

"Your Highness! These are the assets accumulated for you by the Retired Emperor and the Concubine!" the personal eunuch exclaimed, "All we need is for you to start building your own palace..."

"You are so nagging. Why would you interfere in what I do?" Li Yuanchang said impatiently. He wanted to build a palace with such a small piece of junk?

"Chang'er!" Concubine Sun, with her hair full of pearls and jade, came in.

The beautiful woman is less than 30 years old, with a slightly plump figure, beautiful eyes and a unique mature charm.

"Mother!" Li Yuanchang stopped what he was doing and stepped forward to support her. "Why are you here?"

"You ran out early in the morning and came back to rummage through the drawers. What are you doing?" Concubine Sun patted her son's hand.

"But are you short of money? Mother, go ask your father for it!"

"No need, mother! I want to do great things!" Li Yuanchang looked like a little man.

"Mother, when I grow up, I will make you the most exquisite and luxurious headpiece, so that you can be beautiful!"

"Oh, my dear! Our Chang'er has grown up! He has become sensible!" Upon hearing this, Concubine Sun was overjoyed and hugged her son excitedly and wiped away her tears.

This son was extremely talented. Even at a young age, he was good at calligraphy, and good at painting horses, hawks, falcons, pheasants, and rabbits. His talent was quite outstanding among all the princes.

"Mother!" Li Yuanchang's face flushed, "The child is already twelve!"

"You little rascal, your mother can't even hug her own child!" Concubine Sun was both angry and amused, and patted her son.

"Is there enough money? My mother still has some money, I'll have someone bring it to me!"

"That's enough, mother!" Li Yuanchang grabbed his mother's hand.

"Why does Chang'er want to participate in the shares?" Concubine Sun was curious.

"My son, Gao Ming, Qing Que, and several of my nephews plan to invest in Fang Yiai's HNA Trading. One share each, to be delivered tomorrow."

Li Yuanchang spoke calmly and steadily, not like a child at all.

"Fang Yiai wants to run HNA Trading?" Concubine Sun raised her voice, with an expression that looked like she had seen a ghost.

She had met Fang Yiai, the second son of Prime Minister Fang. He hated studying and admired martial arts. He was a complete second-generation rich man with no education. How could he have the ability to run HNA?

"Chang'er, don't be fooled!" Concubine Sun felt that it was inappropriate and advised her son to give up the idea.

"Mother! HNA is inherently risky, and losses are common! We're just investing money, but Fang Yiai is risking her life by following the cargo out to sea!

This little money is nothing! If I lose, I lose, but if I make money, I will definitely make a lot of money!

"Mother, you don't have to live frugally! Whatever you want to eat, wear, or wear, just tell me!"

Li Yuanchang remained unmoved.

Chang'er, why did you think of doing HNA Trading? " Concubine Sun thought this was strange.

The children in the palace could only listen to it at most, and it was unlikely that they would put it into action because it was too far away.

It’s not that she looks down on businessmen. Although businessmen don’t have a high status, which aristocratic family or noble family doesn’t do business privately?

Otherwise, how to maintain the dignity and luxury?

"Last night, Master Su drew a map, and Fang Yiai was clamoring for another one today. He wanted the Haihang one.

"Once we started talking about it, the brothers wanted to invest, and I thought it was feasible, so I decided to invest as well," Li Yuanchang explained.

"Lady Su? Is she the Lingnan court lady who just returned to the capital?" Concubine Sun was surprised. "She has invested in the company?"

"No, she's working with the Chen family, the largest maritime merchant family in Quanzhou Port!" Li Yuanchang laughed. "You wouldn't have thought, but Master Su has already taken action!"

Concubine Sun couldn't say much. The Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were all involved, as were the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince. If there was any loss, it wouldn't be suffered by just one person.

"Pack these, make a list, and send them to Fang's house tomorrow!" Li Yuanchang ordered.

Then he said to Concubine Sun: "Mother, I have something to do. I need to go to the Hongwenguan!"

"It's New Year's Day, why don't you stay at home and go to Hongwenguan?" Concubine Sun had never seen her son so busy.

"I'm looking up information! I won't be able to have dinner with you and Aye!" After saying that, he walked away.

"I want some books on smelting and epigraphy!" Li Yuanchang said to the manager of the library in Hongwenguan.

"This..." Zhang Gu looked embarrassed.

"What? You're not doing anything during the New Year?" Li Yuanchang said displeasedly.

"I dare not! King Lu has ordered me to do so, and I dare not disobey, but..." Zhang Gu hesitated to speak.

"Just what? Why are you hesitating?" Li Yuanchang couldn't stand seeing this.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince and others are all leaving." Zhang Gu said in one breath.

It's strange today, why do so many people come to check out this kind of books that no one was interested in in the past.

"Okay, I got it!" Li Yuanchang went straight in.

Li Chengqian, Li Ke and Li Tai each sat at a desk. The table and the floor were full of books. They were flipping through and copying books in an extremely quiet manner.

Li Yuanchang was in a daze for a moment. They used to fight each other when they met, but now they could actually sit together!

"Seventh Uncle!" Several people looked up, greeted him, and then lowered their heads to read.

The attendant brought a desk to Li Yuanchang and picked up a book to read. It was about waterwheel making.

"What is this used for?" Li Yuanchang was puzzled. Isn't it for smelting and metal and stone?

"Look for water turbine power!" Li Ke whispered.

"Li Yuanchang wanted to ask more, but seeing that no one raised their heads, he stopped talking and just looked for the book he wanted.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Zhang Gu was logging in when he saw the emperor and empress coming together, and hurriedly stood up to salute.

"No need for formalities!" The emperor waved his hand, signaling for silence.

I walked into the library and watched a few children picking up books.

He flipped through the pages quietly, taking notes from time to time, completely concentrating on his work, unaware that the Emperor and Empress were standing at the door.

"Hey, why is it gone?" Li Tai finished reading the iron smelting books piled around him.

Li Chengqian looked up and said, "I have a few volumes of inscriptions here. Take them and have a look!"

He handed over a few books and said nothing more.

The emperor and empress smiled at each other. This was what they wanted most, brothers who were friendly and respectful to each other, and who were studious and inquisitive.

"Father, Mother!" Li You came in and suddenly saw the Emperor and Empress blocking the door, so he hurriedly bowed to greet them.

This shout startled several people in the hall, and they all stood up and saluted.

"Didn't you go out to play today? Why are you here to read again?" The emperor came in holding the queen's hand.

"Your Majesty, your sons are looking up information!" Li Chengqian replied.

"Oh! Let me take a look!" The emperor picked up a few books and flipped through them.

They are all about mechanical manufacturing, smelting, water power, how to survey gold and stone, etc., without a single book on classics or history.

He nodded in satisfaction and prepared carefully for the errands assigned to them in the morning.

"Your Majesty, there are too few classics on smelting and epigraphy. The establishment of an engineering college requires a series of relevant textbooks. I propose to gather a group of talents to compile the textbooks." Li Chengqian bowed.

"There's also the Agricultural College. Besides crop cultivation techniques, they also cover farming time and calendar. I think the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's calendar should be included in the college's specialized curriculum."

"Well, that makes sense. However, I'll leave this matter to you to supervise and handle." The emperor nodded.