"Oh oh oh..."
"I understand, thank you, Uncle!"
Changsun Wuji watched Li Zhi's departing figure, feeling utterly helpless.
I've never seen such a timid child. He's so cowardly even in front of his own father. How will he cope when facing a court of ministers in the future?
However, this is precisely why Changsun Wuji liked Li Zhi.
Only in this way can he, as the uncle, have a chance to prove himself!
Ganlu Hall.
As soon as Li Shimin returned to the palace, he began to get busy. He first reviewed the memorials that had accumulated over the past two days, but after reviewing only a few, he discovered a document that made him particularly angry.
"Your Highness, please allocate 100,000 strings of cash to repair the Eastern Palace!"
Upon seeing this memorial, Li Shimin immediately thought of his eldest grandson, his poor grandson, whose mansion still only has a gate.
As for his residence in Sanglin Village...
Apart from the pair of stone lions holding drums at the entrance, which at least show some status, it is no different from an ordinary house in other aspects!
They all have the same courtyard, and the same three small tile-roofed houses!
Despite living in such hardship, his eldest grandson still saved every penny to open a school and personally led the villagers to build irrigation canals and reservoirs.
However, Li Zhi, who was born and raised in the deep palace and raised by women, was not satisfied with living in the luxurious East Palace. He even wanted to allocate 100,000 strings of cash from the Ministry of Revenue for renovations!
"Father, you have summoned me?"
Li Shimin smashed the document ordering the repair of the Eastern Palace at Li Zhi's feet.
"Is this what you mean?"
Li Zhi picked it up and took a look, and immediately felt overwhelmed.
All I did was suggest repairing the Eastern Palace, so why is Father Emperor so angry?
Besides, 100,000 strings of cash isn't much, is it?
“Father, I have asked the Ministry of Revenue, and they can afford this small amount of money.”
"Small change?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin thought of his poor grandson.
His own eldest grandson only earns one coin for each fried dough stick, and it would take him a string of cash to earn a thousand fried dough sticks.
The 100,000 strings of cash that Li Zhi mentioned was something that would take frying 100 million fried dough sticks to earn!
When Li Shimin thought of this, his eyes welled up with tears.
On the one hand, she was angry at Li Zhi's "small amount of money," and on the other hand, she felt sorry for her grandson's situation.
"Do you know how much you can do with this little bit of money?!"
"I……"
"A family of three spends no more than twenty strings of cash a year, while one hundred thousand strings of cash is the annual expense of five thousand households!"
Even if Li Zhi was stupid, he knew at this moment that his father was angry, so he quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
"Father, please calm your anger. Your son knows he was wrong. Your son will never mention the matter of repairing the Eastern Palace again!"
"Hmph!"
"Go back now. As long as the Eastern Palace doesn't collapse, you'll stay here obediently for me!"
"Don't be ungrateful, I've already been good enough to you!"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
After Li Shimin had driven Li Zhi away with his words, he immediately thought of the secret that Li Jue had been keeping from him.
Whether it's building a school, constructing houses for villagers, or repairing reservoirs and irrigation canals, it's all a money-burning endeavor.
But from beginning to end, Li Jue never asked him for a single penny. How did he manage that?
Oh, right!
The key to this matter must lie with Pan Hu, since we didn't see him during our trip to Xianyang!
"Ananda, investigate how my eldest grandson makes money?"
"promise!"
An hour later, Zhang Anan came running back excitedly.
"Your Majesty, we've found it!"
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately put down his pen and asked with a face full of curiosity.
"what is going on?"
"Your Majesty, the imperial grandson is truly too clever; he's actually selling his skills!"
"Selling your skills?"
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