Chapter 11: If you want to take it, you must give it first

It would be absolutely unfair to say that Li Xiuning had no knowledge, but Li Xiuning was shocked by Chen Ying.

In July of the 13th year of Daye, Li Yuan led his army to fight against the Sui Dynasty. What gave Li Yuan the greatest confidence was that at that time, Li Yuan received support from many wealthy families such as the Li family in Longyou, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Wen family in Taiyuan and the Wu family in Bingzhou. At that time, Li Yuan received 1.75 million chunks of political donations, most of which were paid for food, armor, weapons and cloth.

Therefore, Li Yuan won the name of benevolence and righteousness from Taiyuan to Chang'an because Li Yuan had the support of this money and food, so he did not need to rely on fighting to support the war like Li Mi, Du Fuwei, and Dou Jiande.

Li Xiuning silently calculated the calculations. Chen Ying's annual income was roughly equivalent to the income accumulated by dozens of generations of the Wang family in Taiyuan. If Chen Ying was willing, he could fully arm the 100,000 army with his financial resources and food and supplies that the 100,000 army needed to consume.

Li Xiuning was shocked by Chen Ying's property. After a long time, she murmured: "Originally, I thought the book said that wealth is comparable to a country. This is an exaggerated rhetoric. Unexpectedly, Chen Lang really achieved a real wealth is comparable to a country."

Li Xiuning vaguely remembered that Chen Ying had no money to buy a house in the first year of Wude. In this house, Chen Ying used the "Three Treasures of Horses" to exchange for Xu Jingzong. In just three years, it was not short or long. Chen Ying actually went from being a nameless person to being rich now.

Chen Ying smiled helplessly and said, "What's the point of being rich can rival a country? You only see in front of you. This is actually a lot of accidental factors. The four-wheeled carriage market is saturated. Such a worth of carriage is not something that ordinary people can afford. Almost all people can buy. It is impossible to determine whether there will be a 50,000 yuan profit in the second half of the year. Of course, the Salt and Iron Court was specialized in the early Tang Dynasty. I took advantage of the loopholes in the law. Instead of letting the court officials attack it, it is better for me to hand it over it on my own initiative."

"Take it over? Why?" Li Xiuning said inexplicably: "Why, it's not our family to manage salt and iron, Taiyuan Wang family, Jingzhao Wei family, Xingyang Zheng family, Wenxi Pei family, which one of them does not have a steel shop? Which one of them has a private salt?"

Chen Ying explained: "There is endless money in the world. We cannot occupy all the ways to make money. You must know that people's eyes are black and their hearts are black. Stopping people's money is like killing parents. No matter how good the relationship is, it cannot stand the test in the face of absolute interests."

Li Xiuning thought she didn't want to agree, but Chen Ying decided to transform the Chen group and make a fortune in silence. This is Chen Ying's kingdom.

Li Xiuning’s understanding of money is not profound, because as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, even when Li Yuan did not establish a country and became an emperor, he did not lack Li Xiuning’s expenses. A person who had never had the pressure of money had a feeling of money was a string of numbers.

After almost half an hour, Li Xiuning took over Chen Ying's internal affairs accountability without hesitation.

The original Chen Mansion had few people and few things, and there were not so many rules. And the owner of Chen Ying was often not at home, and the Chen Mansion was not like a high-ranking mansion at all.

But this time the marriage was different. Li Xiuning not only brought five Teng concubines, but also had more than 1,500 servants. These people were headed by Ma Sanbao, the manager of the outer courtyard, and there were 120 maids in the inner courtyard, 100 royal maids, and 12 eunuchs. Chen Ying also understood the reason why ancient people valued the right family. Generally, the small 2,000 people in small households could not afford to support them.

Chen Ying doesn't mind the manpower. The more people, the better. In the future, the steel mills and salt mills will not be able to do it. Chen Ying's industry will transform, and the consumption of human resources will be endless.

At noon, Chen Ying was entertaining guests, and Li Xiuning ignored everyone's criticism and returned to the bed to sleep soundly. She was really troubled and felt comfortable lying on the bed.

Chen Ying invited the personal guards of Zhechong Mansion to take turns to toasting the craftsmen in various workshops under the name of Chen. However, Chen Ying learned so smart this time. He asked Guo Luo to hold a jar full of water and just apply some wine to the mouth of the jar, which smelled a little.

However, Chen Ying was not very comfortable after drinking a lot of water. When he returned to Chang'an City again, he was almost close to the time to close the city gate. When he returned to Chen's mansion, Li Xiuning woke up slowly.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying coming back and shouted that she wanted to eat beggar chicken.

Chen Ying laughed and said, "Who still eats that thing? How tired it is? Don't worry when you marry into the Chen Mansion. Don't dare to say that you don't eat a double dish for 365 days. At least it's not a problem to keep you white and fat!"

Li Xiuning said dissatisfiedly: "I don't care, I just want to eat beggar chicken!"

Chen Yingnai, however, begged Li Xiuning, was also deliberately showing off, cooking in person, showing off his skills: cube chicken diced, sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour fish, Sixi meatballs, aftertaste chicken, honey venison and other delicious side dishes.

Li Xiuning's appetite was so wide that she ate.

Rebirth is also called Rebirth. It is what later generations call the three-day return home. This is the last procedure for ancient weddings. After completing Rebirth, this is the final marriage.

Early in the morning of June 18, 3rd year of Wude, just dawned, Li Xiuning got up early, washed, dressed up, and dressed up. It took an hour before Shi Shiran went out.

In Wude Hall, Li Yuan got up very early and had been looking forward to it. He asked the Central Constellation Officer Chen Qi from time to time: "Are the princess and the prince consort here?"

Chen Qi bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and the Princess Consort, I just went out!"

After a while, Li Yuan asked again: "Have the princess entered the palace?"

In fact, even if Li Xiuning was not married, she would not be in Chang'an often, nor would she appear in front of her. However, at this time, Li Yuan's state of mind was exactly like a father in the world. He had worked hard to raise cabbage for 18 years, but was once robbed by a pig.

Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and Li Yuanji both felt inexplicably strange, and I don’t know why Li Yuan was so abnormal.

Li Yuan turned back and forth with his hands behind his back, but finally, in Li Yuan's expectant gaze, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying finally arrived at the palace.

“Meet Dad.

"Meet the uncle"

Li Yuan looked at Li Xiuning from side to side. At this moment, Li Xiuning became more and more beautiful. Only then did Li Yuan say aiqi: "Don't give me a favor and calm!"

Originally, when Li Xiuning had not returned to the palace, Li Yuan seemed to have thousands of words to say to Li Xiuning, but the moment he saw Li Xiuning, Li Yuan didn't know how to say it.

The banquet held by Li Yuan in Wude Hall was very rich, but everyone present had no intention of swallowing it. Li Yuan was worried about the financial problems of the Tang Dynasty. Since Li Yuan founded his country, the Tang Dynasty has been in war for years, and its fiscal revenue and expenditure have never been balanced. He has been relying on demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall and barely survived.

Salt and iron were the main part of the imperial court’s taxes, but Chen Ying had a large amount of steel production capacity. In this era, steel production capacity meant a lot of money.

Li Yuan thought that if he forced Chen Ying by relying on the emperor's majesty, he would obviously be very unfair to Chen Ying. But he really couldn't come up with the things he exchanged with Chen Ying and could not be named as king. If Li Yuan really dared to do so, more than half of the ministers would have left with seals and quit his resignation.

The ministers in the early Tang Dynasty still had ethics and bottom lines.

The ministers of the Tang Dynasty were not like the kowtowers in the Qing Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan did not think about the words. He looked at Li Jiancheng. Li Jiancheng understood and was about to get up. At this time, Chen Ying got up first.

"My father, Your Highness, my son has something to say!"

Chen Ying took out a scroll from his arms seriously, held it in the palm of his hands, and raised it over his head.

Chen Qi walked to Chen Ying with the unique eunuch's steps, took Chen Ying's scroll, and carefully handed it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan opened the scroll casually. He originally thought that Chen Ying was also a crafty person and gave it to him with some so-called famous calligraphy and paintings.

However, at the moment when Li Yuan unfolded, Li Yuan's face suddenly changed drastically.

Because it was written that Chen Ying was willing to present all three blast furnaces under his name, as well as eleven workshops of various sizes, including more than 4,300 craftsmen and more than 16,000 civilians, all of his technical reserves to the court without any order.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, a little unbelievable. He thought to himself: "Is Chen Ying crazy?"
Chapter completed!