Li Shimin suddenly... seemed very relaxed.

Of course he would not believe his young son, who often made confusion.

But my civil affairs department is different. This is the institution that controls the world's money and food.

There are thousands of people in the entire department, and there are so many officials, even if there are occasionally a few fools, most of them can be regarded as capable.

The message they gave him was absolutely impossible to be wrong.

It seems that these 40% of the shares are almost within reach.

Since you have money, you can also take this opportunity to hit the prince and let the prince take what happened today as a warning. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately became interested.

But Chen Zhengtai said again: "It's just that Your Majesty wants to leave the palace, so you must not make a big fuss. If you make a big fuss, how can you find out the real situation?"

"We should visit privately in confinement, and the students also suggested that Fang Xiang, Du Xiang and Dai Zhou should never follow him. The students are afraid that they will cheat."

Fang Xuanling was originally very ordinary, and his status was extraordinary. Even if it was the prince’s memorial, he was suspected of criticizing himself, so he just laughed it off.

After all... there is no need to argue with the young people!

But now when I heard this, I suddenly felt that my personality had been greatly insulted, so I took a special glance at Chen Zhengtai.

But Chen Zhengtai seemed to be fine, why are you glaring at me?

Li Shimin now feels that he has won, so he feels that Chen Zhengtai’s requests are not important.

He said, "Okay, everything is up to you. I ordered Zhang Qian to prepare."

Zhang Qian quickly changed into regular clothes and asked someone to prepare an ordinary carriage. Dozens of imperial guards were also dressed in ordinary household servants.

Just this... Zhang Qian was still a little worried and asked whether to transfer a military horse to be alerted at the market.

Li Shimin said coldly: "I am skilled in archery and horses, and ordinary people cannot approach me. The emperor's feet have not been born yet. Why do we have to mobilize all the troops so hard? I have not said that I will go to private visits in vain."

Zhang Qian was a little worried, but he didn't dare to ask again, so he had to say yes.

Chen Zhengtai and Li Chengqian followed Li Shimin's carriage out of the palace. Along the way, Li Chengqian lowered his head, looking worried.

Chen Zhengtai patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "Junior brother, why did I see you having a lot of worries?"

"I was thinking about what happened in the palace just now, but I didn't quite understand. Who was the memorial? How could I remember that it seemed to be yours. Gu clearly signed a name, but in the end, Gu became a bad person?"

Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but say, "Yes, it's really strange. Maybe it's because the junior brother is the prince. Your Majesty cares very much, but it's a mess. This is not a bad thing, it means that your Majesty is always in his heart."

After hearing this explanation, Li Chengqian still felt something was wrong, but said, "Then why did you use my shares to bet and lose?"

Chen Zhengtai comforted him: "Junior brother, don't worry, will I, Chen Zhengtai harm you? Everyone knows that Chen Zhengtai is righteous and unyielding. Don't you believe it? Just go to Erpi Dog Cavalry Camp to inquire."

Li Chengqian felt that Chen Zhengtai's words might not be credible, after all, this was concerned about his vital interests! But he couldn't find any rebuttal words, and his heart was heavy.

As Li Shimin's carriage came out of the city.

The destination...of course it is Dongshi...

This is what Li Shimin planned. As long as he went to Dongshi, everything would be clear.

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"Mr. Fang, you said..."

At this time, Fang Xuanling and the other two had already returned to the Secretariat.

Originally, Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, should have returned to his ministry, but he didn't know that Dai Zhou also followed him.

At this moment, he said angrily: "What's the matter? Your Majesty actually made a bet with the prince. If it spreads, he must laugh at the big teeth of the world."

"This is a good thing." Fang Xuanling said calmly: "You don't think about how much wealth there is in the Erpigou. If Your Majesty made a bet today, he would really win 40%. Your Majesty is concerned about the world. At that time, although this is money in the inner treasury, if the court has any needs in the future, Your Majesty will definitely donate generously."

"Otherwise, with Your Majesty's character, how could it be so ridiculed? Dai Gong, you have to be honest, have the prices really been calm?"

"Why is it not calm?" Dai Zhou said seriously: "Don't even the prince of the house trusts? I, Dai, have never done anything to deceive the emperor in my life!"

Dai Zhou swears with confidence.

Fang Xuanling was cautious, but she was actually a little worried, but now she heard Dai Zhou say this and her face becomes gentle.

He is a man who is a man of good fortune. He is a man of strong character. If you say that he may have caused trouble with his temper, it is possible, but if he says he deceives the emperor, or even reports good news but not bad news, Fang Xuanling will not believe it.

"But even so, I'm still a little worried. If you ask me to go to the East and West City to inquire, and... Let the mayor and the transaction chief there prepare earlier in advance, so that no trouble can occur. Your Majesty is in a conscience after all."

Seeing that Fang Xuanling valued it so much, Dai Zhou also knew that the matter was of great importance, so he immediately raised his face and said, "Okay, I'll do it now."

So Dai Zhou hurried back to the Civil Affairs Department, then called the civil servant to come and gave the order. The civil servant obeyed the order and left quickly.

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Li Shimin sat in the carriage and finally arrived in Dongcheng City.

This is a completely different thing when you come out of the palace on weekdays.

He seemed to have returned to his days in Jinyang. At that time, he was just the son of Duke Tang and had also gone on the streets. The streets were so lively. Now that he is the emperor, he can't see such a scene anymore.

Now sitting in the carriage, looking at the street scene along the way outside the car window and the crowd passing by, Li Shimin felt that the days in Jinyang were as good as before.

But... Li Shimin's face was a little gloomy. He asked someone to stop the carriage and get off the carriage. He said to Zhang Qian who was serving him: "Is this... the East City?"

Zhang Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this is Dongcheng City."

"Don't call him Your Majesty, call him Erlang."

"Yes, Erlang."

Li Shimin looked up and suddenly sighed: "Is this the capital of my Tang Dynasty? Alas... I really didn't expect it."

Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai, who were behind, had already come forward, and Li Chengqian said, "What did my father expect?"

Li Shimin glanced at Li Chengqian and then said, "I remember when I was young, your eldest father took me to Chang'an. Chang'an was so lively and prosperous at that time. I was still young at that time, and maybe some memories were not clear. I just felt that... Today's East City is also very lively, but compared to that time, it was still much worse. Although Emperor Wen of Sui was a foolish monarch, when he ascended the throne, the grandeur and prosperity of the Daye period were really incomparable to the present."

Li Chengqian could not understand Li Shimin's feelings.

Of course... Li Shimin's feelings make sense.

What a prosperous scene in the Sui Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Wen of Sui? I never thought that it would take not long before this prosperity would be buried in the loess. The world was in chaos, and blood flowed into a river. Everything had become a smoke-like past.

During the Zhenguan period, even if the world was peaceful again amid the killing and countless flames, Chang'an in the Zhenguan period was far less than that in the Daye period.

After Li Shimin sighed, he became more cautious.

Emperor Wen of Sui established this iron barrel-like country, but in the hands of Emperor Yang of Sui, he showed a defeated prime minister in just a few years.

If my descendants were like Emperor Yang of Sui, wouldn’t I have been working hard like Emperor Wen of Sui?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Li Chengqian deeply, and then said, "Let's go, just take a walk."

After saying that, Li Shimin should walk forward first. There was a silk shop along the street, and Li Shimin walked in.

Looking at the silk in the silk shop, Li Shimin casually asked the shopkeeper who was standing behind the counter and said, "How much does this silk cost per foot."

"Customer..." The shopkeeper was lowering his head and making abacus. He seemed to have no interest in the customer. He was still dialing the abacus in his hand, without raising his head, and just said, "Thirty-nine dollars."

Thirty-nine dollars...

Li Shimin was a little angry at the shopkeeper's arrogance, but he didn't say anything, and just glanced back at Zhang Qian behind him.

Zhang Qian understood the meaning and quickly took out a book from his arms.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the silk shop just looked up and saw Zhang Qian take out a book. He became alert and said, "The customer is not here to do business sincerity. Maybe it's from the silk shop next door. Let's go, don't interfere with my business here."

He actually issued a ban on the order to expel guests.

This kind of unpolite attitude towards customers was also the first time Li Shimin saw it.

But Li Shimin never expected that he would be rejected when he bought something for the first time since he became the emperor.

The guards behind him were furious and seemed to want to take action.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, but gave them a wink and signaled them not to act rashly.

So I had to leave the silk shop.

Zhang Qian looked somewhere in the book at this time and said, "Erlang, Erlang... Last month, such silk was thirty-eight coins. Look, this was the news that Baiqi found out last month. There would be no mistakes. It was indeed thirty-eight coins. In other words, since last month, silk has only increased to one cent. Compared with the previous increase of seven or eight cents per foot per month, it can be ignored."

When Li Shimin heard this, he cheered up: "Is that true?"

He took the book and looked at it carefully!

Sure enough... this book was recorded last month and there is no possibility of forging it.

So, Li Shimin was furious and his eyes fell on Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai, and said, "Look... the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not wrong, and the Dai Qing family is not wrong, the prices are indeed calm."

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