"I am so relieved to Ke'er's strategy. What reward do you want?" This problem was solved by his son, and Li Shimin was in a great mood.

Li Ke was about to speak, but suddenly remembered Li Yan. Although Li Yan said that he only had to give rewards, how could he steal his younger brother's credit as the elder brother? Moreover, the court had always been prejudiced against Li Yan, and he did not want this younger brother to be looked down upon. "Your father, this plan was actually thought of by his younger brother Li Yan. However, Li Yan could not enter the court, so the son and his son proposed this plan!

"Li Yan?" Li Shimin was a little surprised, "Is this really the case?"

"My son dare not deceive his father. Yesterday, My son went to the Liang Palace to stay temporarily. When he thought of the difficulties left by his father, he said it casually. Who would have thought that Li Yan immediately told me this shocking method to My son."

Li Shimin was as calm as water, but his heart was filled with turmoil, with some doubts and some comfort. He was an emperor and also a father. He was naturally happy that Li Yan had made great progress.

"Since that's the case, I've taken this credit to Li Yan." Li Shimin looked down at the ministers and saw a strange look on their faces, especially Li Chengqian and Li Tai, with complex expressions. Among all the princes, Li Ke, these three princes have always been the most recognized by court officials. The fourth prince died young, and the princes after the seventh prince was too young. Now only Li You and Li Yan can be officials in the court. These two princes are also the ones that give Li Shimin the most headache. One is with the street gangsters all day long, and the other is a full liberty.

The flooding in Chang'an was resolved. In the morning, Li Shimin discussed some government affairs with his ministers. After going to court, Li Shimin asked Huangmen Minister Wang Gui to go to the Liang Palace to summon Li Yan into the palace.

Wang Gui's arrival surprised Li Yan. After inquiring, he learned what happened in the morning court, so Li Yan had to take the order to enter the palace.

"Did you think of this method?" In the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin asked Li Yan standing next to him while criticizing the memorial.

Li Ke had already sold him, and Li Yan had to admit, "Yes, father and son minister just said casually!"

"Is it a joke to say casually? Are you a joke about national affairs?" Li Shimin put down his memorial, "Since you proposed this method, you will solve the flooding in Chang'an. Tomorrow you will report to the Ministry of Works and get a position as a member of the Ministry of Works to be responsible for this matter."

The tone of Li Shimin and Li Yan talking was completely the tone of a father tutoring his son. Although Li Yan changed a little, it was difficult to change his long-term image before. For an emperor who was deeply in power, the way to understand a person was to let him do things.

"Father, but my son still has a lot of industries to manage..." Li Yan said. He didn't want to be bored to stay in the Ministry of Works all day long.

Li Shimin naturally understood that Li Yan was a man who could not stay alive. Thinking of his identity as a businessman, he said, "I just asked you to be responsible for the construction of underground pipelines, and you don't have to worry about other things."

Hearing this, Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Father!"

Li Yan agreed to this matter, and Li Shimin said: "My father once promised to reward people who were flooded in Chang'an. Now you can follow Wang Gui to the palace treasury to pick three things you like."

"Yes, Father!" Li Yan said happily. No matter what, he still made a profit. Not to mention the reward, the Ministry of Works was also a fat man.

Leaving the Ganlu Hall, Li Yan followed Wang Gui around several paths and stopped at a place called Shenlong Hall. This Shenlong Hall was in an independent yard. There were two rows of soldiers standing at the door. Some yellow doors were entering and exiting from time to time, holding some precious items such as coral and glazed.

"Your Highness, this is the place to store tributes!" Wang Gui led Li Yan into the hall.

The space in the Dragon Hall is very large, with thousands of square meters, and there are many wooden frames placed in it. These wooden frames are neatly arranged, filled with various treasures, red corals, gems, wood carvings, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

Li Yan was stunned and almost lost his eyes after wandering around the treasury. He thought about it all the time, and finally he picked a red coral about one meter high and two night pearls the size of a fist. In Li Yan's opinion, it was only worth his purchase of something that could be exchanged for money in the 21st century.

After choosing the reward and coming out of the Dragon Hall, Li Yan bowed to Wang Gui and prepared to leave. At this time, a strange-shaped stone at the door attracted Li Yan's attention.

"Mr. Wang, this stone is so ordinary, why is it placed here?" Li Yan asked casually.

Wang Gui smiled and said, "This stone was a tribute offered to His Majesty by the envoy of the Piao Kingdom from thousands of miles away. His Majesty felt that the stone was vulgar and ugly, and he did not want the envoy of the Piao Kingdom to lose face, so he told him to take the stone into the palace, but he could not enter the Shenlong Hall. What treasures could such a barbarian country like the Piao Kingdom have!"

"Pi Kingdom?" Isn't this Myanmar? Li Yan thought to himself, saying, "Did the envoy of Pi Kingdom not talk about the special features of this stone at that time?"

"I've said a little bit. The envoy of the Piao Kingdom said that the stone looks no different from ordinary stones, but it's green inside, which is very beautiful, but no matter how beautiful it is, it is still a stone, not worth mentioning." Wang Gui shook his head.

Wang Gui's description made Li Yan's heart beat violently. He walked over quickly and walked around the huge stone. At the bottom of the stone, he saw the exposed emerald green. That's right, this stone is actually a jadeite rough stone.

During the Tang Dynasty, jadeite was not accepted by people at that time. It was normal for Li Shimin not to treat it as a treasure, but for Li Yan, it was definitely priceless.

"Mr. Wang, please put this night pearl back to the treasury, give me this stone!" Li Yan said.

Wang Gui said strangely: "Your Highness, why do you want this broken stone?"

Li Yan laughed and said, "I prefer to collect this kind of stone, so I asked Mr. Wang to send someone to transport this stone to my mansion." After saying that, Li Yan stuffed another night pearl into Wang Gui's hand, "This is just to be the cost of transportation."

Wang Gui was shocked, "Your Highness, what can I send you to me?"

"Mr. Wang doesn't have to refuse, how can I let you work in vain!" Li Yan said righteous words.

Leaving Tai Chi Palace, Li Yan's mouth was slighted and he picked up such a treasure for nothing. Thinking of the high price of jade in the 20th century, Li Yan's eyes suddenly turned over. To be honest, Li Yan has been saving money now and has never bought any luxury goods. If he sells such a large piece of jade, Li Yan's waist will be more straight.

Li Yan was still useful to bribe Wang Gui. He entered the palace and the jadeite raw stone arrived. Li Yan asked the servants of the palace to carry the three-meter-high raw stone into the back hall and ordered no one to enter the room where the jadeite raw stone was placed.

As night fell, Li Yan entered the back hall to put the jadeite stone into the ring, and disappeared from the royal palace.

(Sorry, my condition is a bit bad, I only have one update.)
Chapter completed!