Chapter 25 I thought you were a pilgrim

Li Shimin felt that his throat was filled with anger.

But if you think about it carefully, Fang Xuanling brought up the matter of Yantie Official Camp and it seems to have nothing to do with him, Li Shimin.

Now Li Shimin was not so angry.

He also wanted to ask Zhao Chen to help him think of ways to enrich his treasury.

"Zhao Chen." Li Shimin looked at Zhao Chen with a big bad wolf expression on his face.

It made Zhao Chen feel like he was being targeted.

Not to mention, although Lao Li is usually a bit crazy, his eyes are still quite sharp.

Just one look at it puts a lot of pressure on people. .??.

But Zhao Chen didn't care.

"It's getting late, and you've already eaten. For my aunt's sake, I won't charge you for the food and drinks today. Come back!" Zhao Chen waved his hand, stood up, and walked out to the backyard.

This old Li Tou was so intimate with him just now, he must be holding something bad in his stomach.

"Boy Zhao, wait a minute. I haven't finished what I said yet?" Li Shimin quickly stood up, grabbed Zhao Chen, and helped Zhao Chen sit down on the bench with a smile on his face.

"If what you said is true, neither this nor that will work. Then if the national treasury is empty, how can Datang spend money to improve people's livelihood?"

"How to resist various possible wars?" Li Shimin sat opposite Zhao Chen and asked curiously.

Zhao Chen raised his head and looked at Li Shimin, jokingly saying, "Old Li Tou, you are a Shu businessman, why do you care so much?"

"I didn't know, I thought you were a pilgrim."

Zhao Chen just said it casually, and because he was annoyed by Li Shimin's questions, his tone was a bit complaining.

But hearing it in Li Shimin's ears made him feel a sudden surge in his heart, thinking that he had been exposed somewhere.

Fortunately, after Zhao Chen finished speaking, he fiddled with the teacup in front of him without looking at him.

This kid, I thought...

"As people of the Tang Dynasty, we all have the responsibility to jointly build the country of the Tang Dynasty."

"Besides, I can also tell your aunt. If it can reach the ears of a saint, maybe it will be rewarded to you!" Li Shimin smiled, but he hid the worry in his heart just now.

"No, don't think about telling that saint everything. I just want to live a good life like this. Don't bother me with all your troubles." Zhao Chen waved his hands repeatedly.

His words showed disdain for the saint of the Tang Dynasty.

"In this case, I will tell you a good way to make a fortune." Zhao Chen waved to Li Shimin, motioning for him to come closer.

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows slightly, how dare this boy let me do this?

I really have never been beaten by the emperor.

"How good was yesterday's wine?" Zhao Chen asked with a smile.

Wouldn’t that wine taste good?

Although it is intoxicating, Li Shimin is still savoring the aroma to this day.

I originally thought that when I left later, I would sneak up to the two altars while Zhao Chen wasn't paying attention.

This is not stealing.

How can I call it stealing when I take something that belongs to my son?

Li Shimin thought to himself.

"The taste is okay!" Li Shimin nodded.

He is the emperor, so he can't act like he has never seen the market before.

Even if there is a lot of wine in front of him, he still has to act very indifferent.

Zhao Chen just smiled, but did not expose Old Li Tou's sophistry. He smiled and said, "Wine is not a necessity for ordinary people, but it is a must-have in the homes of rich people."

“If you want to replenish the treasury, start with wine.”

"How to start?" Li Shimin asked.

"Collect taxes." Zhao Chen replied.

"Don't think about the official business of the wine industry, otherwise it will be a waste of money."

"There are now three million households in the Tang Dynasty. Wine is required for sacrifices, weddings, funerals, and dinners."

"Regardless of how much wine the rich need in a year, these three million households will always need ten kilograms of wine a year."

"A pound of wine is priced at twenty cents, which is not expensive. The court tax is two cents, and each household can get four cents from the tax."

Ten articles. "

"Three million households means 12 million yuan, which is equivalent to 120,000 guan."

"As for the rich and extravagant merchants, the amount of wine they need each year is more than a thousand catties. Although the number of extravagant people is small, their consumption is even greater than that of the common people."

"If the wine industry can be controlled and taxed, the Tang treasury can increase its revenue by at least 200,000 yuan every year." Zhao Chen said slowly.

Controlling the liquor industry would not only endanger the livelihood of the people, but also enrich the Tang treasury.

Li Shimin thought it was feasible.

In the past few years in the early Tang Dynasty, Datang's fiscal revenue was less than 2 million.

This kid Zhao Chen can fill up the treasury by 10% just by saying something casually.

10% is a lot, especially for Li Shimin who is short of money now.

Old Li looked at Zhao Chen with brilliant eyes and was speechless for a long time.

…

Li Ruoshuang returned to Duke Wei's Mansion feeling somewhat uneasy.

Although she is tough outside, her mother Hong Fu Nu is much more powerful than her.

Especially in today's situation.

If I come back wearing a man's clothes, if my mother sees her...

"Ruoshuang!" Li Ruoshuang walked into the house quickly.

Thinking of going around the front yard, he didn't expect his mother to be sitting in the front yard waiting for him.

Li Ruoshuang secretly thought that she was really unlucky, so she walked forward quickly and shouted, "Good morning, mother."

"Good morning, you didn't come home last night. Where have you been?" Hongfu Nu glanced at Li Ruoshuang and said lightly.

Seeing that she was actually wearing a man's clothes, Hongfu Nu stood up suddenly.

Although the women of the Tang Dynasty were tough, there were even cases of women divorcing their husbands.

But there has never been a rumor that a woman stayed out all night before leaving the boudoir, and even lost her own clothes.

Especially this kind of thing happened in the home of Wei Guogong Li Jing.

If this matter spreads out, where will the honor of the dignified Duke Wei be put?

"What's going on? Why are you wearing a man's clothes? Your own clothes?" Hong Fu asked Li Ruoshuang with an ugly look on her face.

"Yesterday

I was drunk and vomited all over myself. In desperation, I took a piece of clothing from the tavern owner..."

"Li Ruoshuang, you!" Hong Fu's face turned dark.

Li Ruoshuang actually got drunk in the pub.

She hasn't returned home for another night. With her stunning appearance, isn't it possible that someone has taken advantage of her?

Li Ruoshuang was unhappy at first, and now she heard her mother yelling at her, and she felt even more unhappy.

Li Ruoshuang, who has inherited the tough character of Hongfu Girl, is not willing to obey instructions.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with drinking outside?"

"The person who dares to take advantage of me has not yet been born. Mother, what do you have to worry about?" Li Ruoshuang looked at Hongfu Nu and said impatiently.

The tip of the needle was pointed at the wheat awn, and the angry Hong Fu girl almost died.

Hongfu Nu thought that she was worried about Li Ruoshuang, but she didn't expect that she would talk to her like this.

I was really angry.

"Who is that kid?" Hongfu Nu resisted the urge to kill him.

"I will handle this matter myself, you don't need to worry about it." Li Ruoshuang said.

"Tell me, where did you go last night? Otherwise I will send a message to your father..."

"Pingkangfang Wangyou Tavern." Li Ruoshuang was immediately discouraged when he heard that he was going to send a message to his father Li Jing.

Li Ruoshuang is fearless, even her mother Hongfu Nu can't control her.

As soon as she heard about her father Li Jing, Li Ruoshuang was like a mouse meeting a cat.

"Don't you know where Pingkangfang is?" Hong Fu said angrily.

Pingkangfang is a city that never sleeps. Here is the largest brothel in Chang'an City. Businessmen, wealthy businessmen, and literati all live here.

Hongfu Nu firmly believes that there is no good person in Pingkangfang.

Li Ruoshuang stayed all night in Pingkangfang...

"You are grounded. You are not allowed to step out of the house without my permission. I will go to the Wangyou Tavern tomorrow!" Hong Fu said angrily, turned around and left.

"Whatever, you can go wherever you like." Li Ruoshuang said coldly, turned around and left.

"You!" Hong Fu's feminine eyes turned green.