Chapter 212: A Thousand Miles of Poison (Part 2)
"It's not Chengqian's news, but it's related to that brat." Li Er was tortured by Queen Changsun, and was able to bow his head and admit defeat.
"There is no news yet..." Empress Changsun sighed in disappointment and began to ponder with the lotus seed soup.
Since Li Xiaogong left Chang'an, Empress Changsun almost counted days with her fingers, calculating when Li Xiaogong would arrive in Shandong and when news would come back.
Li Chengqian caused too much trouble this time, and he sang 78,000 guan of money, which completely exceeded Lao Li's bottom line. Empress Changsun herself didn't know how to help Li Chengqian excuse him after verification.
"Okay, Guanyin maid, don't worry about that bad boy. You are now heavy now, so resting with peace of mind is the main thing." Old Li took the lotus seed soup from Changsun's hand, put it on the table, and helped her sit on the couch.
Just yesterday, after the imperial doctor diagnosed that Empress Changsun had been pregnant again. Although there is no change in her body now, the pregnancy reaction cannot be faked.
"Second brother, don't worry, it's too early." Li Er's concern made Changsun feel warm in his heart and he said with a smile.
"Then you have to be careful." Li Er emphasized in a stressful tone that he and Changsun grew up together, and their feelings naturally cannot be compared with other concubines.
"Second brother, let's talk to me about clever things, otherwise I'm not at ease." Changsun sat on the couch, leaned against Li Er's arms, and said softly.
"Do you still remember the trade that the brat said before leaving Chang'an? I threw it to the Wang family." As if he had done something extraordinary, Li Er seemed very happy in his tone of speaking.
"Isn't that equivalent to raising the Wang family to the fire?" Although Empress Changsun doesn't care about political affairs, it doesn't mean that she doesn't understand political affairs. So Li Er mentioned the beginning, and Changsun immediately realized what would happen.
"It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Since they can impeach my son to Zongzheng Temple, I can put them on the fire and roast them." A cold light flashed in Li Er's eyes, and his words were full of domineering.
"Hmph, what awesome, why aren't Gao Ming paving the way forward?" Changsun in Li Er's arms snorted and said.
"Do you know what nickname your baby son has been given by the aristocratic family?" Li Er's face turned red and changed the subject directly.
"What's the nickname?" When talking about Li Chengqian, Empress Changsun immediately became energetic and sat upright from Old Li's arms and asked.
"The Prince of the 'Cancel'." I don't know if it's because it's ugly or if I think there is a problem with the nickname of the aristocratic family, but Lao Li seems unsatisfied in his words.
"It sounds so ugly. These aristocratic families are becoming more and more distorted." Queen Changsun curled her lips after hearing this.
"I was angry, of course I had to say it, and... they were not wrong." Li Er seemed to remember something funny and laughed while saying it.
"What's wrong? The nickname?" Changsun asked in confusion.
Li Er nodded with an inexplicable smile on his face and said, "Yes, if you know the content of the memorial left by your baby son when he left Chang'an, you will know what the 'cancer' prince's poison is thousands of miles away."
"Second brother, Gao Ming is also your child, how can you say that?" Changsun said unhappily when he heard Li Er call Li Chengqian the 'cancer' Prince.
"Import and export tax, vehicle and ship use tax, road maintenance fee, toll fee, market management fee, property fee... Oh, and the common area. If you calculate so many taxes and fees, how much profit can the mutual market make." Li Er did not stop talking because Changsun was unhappy, but instead spoke even more vigorously.
"All these are thought out by Gao Ming? How could he make a name like this? It's really..." Empress Changsun was shocked by the more than ten tax items that Li Er said.
"I think there is nothing wrong. The city was built by me and the road was built by me. Why can those aristocratic families enjoy it for free?" Comrade Li said as he was so excited that he simply took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the couch, and began to brag about his awesomeness.
"That little bastard is indeed my kindness. This move is great, one by one, one step at a time, and one step at a time. Moreover, the 'co-development' that this kid played in Qingzhou seems to be very good. The government can make a lot of money without paying money."
"Your Majesty, of course, is your kindness? Are you doubting me?" The excited Li Er said, "After a moment of silence, she was caught by Queen Changsun and scolded her.
"Guanyin maid, you don't know how happy I am. Chengqian's many ways in Shandong have inspired me, so don't worry about him. I don't plan to pursue the matter of 78,000 guan. Just treat it as his pocket money."
"Pocket money?" Empress Changsun was shocked. When she just heard that Li Er was not pursuing Li Chengqian, her relaxed mood became tighter again: "Second brother, isn't this money too much? After all, he is still a child, and it is not a good thing to have too much money."
"Then he sent him to Chang'an. If I guessed correctly, this inner warehouse would probably be emptied by that kid." Li Er nodded, thinking that Changsun's words made sense. After all, the 78,000 guan is really not a small amount. The inner warehouse that was taken back and put into the palace could also recharge the storefront.
I really don’t know what the old man would have after Li Xiaogong’s messenger came back in a few days and told Lao Li that all 78,000 guan were replaced by Li Chengqian for food and daily necessities.
"What is the emptied internal warehouse? When Gao Ming left, he didn't move the emptied emptied at all. I saw that he had a bitter face and gave him 200 taels of silver." Empress Changsun frowned and said, unable to guess why Li Er said that the emptied internal warehouse was emptied.
"You gave two hundred taels?" Li Er's eyes widened.
"You gave it all, what else can I give it?" As Li Er said, the inner treasury is not rich, so Empress Changsun naturally won't give more money.
"But I didn't give it to you. Didn't you say that the kid is still young, so you can take care of it?" His Majesty Li Er said with confidence, without any guilt of forgetting to give it to you.
"Didn't your second brother give him money?" When Empress Changsun knew that Li Er had not given him a penny, her eyes widened: "You asked Gao Ming to bring 200 taels of silver to Shandong?"
Comrade Li was speechless when asked by his wife. When he thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was not a big deal, but it was no big deal when he thought about it again. Anyway, the kid had already arrived in Shandong and had even taken away 78,000 guan.
So Comrade Li waved his hand indifferently, patted the dragon robe that didn't even have a bag, and said to Empress Changsun: "It's okay, that kid is a rich man now, 78,000 guan, much richer than me, and no one stops him when he spends it."
But is it really as simple as Li Er said?
If Li Chengqian heard the old man's words, he would probably cry even worse than Dou E, because he was almost driven crazy by a group of people who were asking for money.
The third update is over. Sun and everyone.
Chapter completed!