Zhao Chen didn't know what Li Shimin was thinking.
What he had to do was to prevent Wu Jue from entering the palace no matter what.
As long as she never enters the palace, nothing will happen next.
Wu Jue felt happy.
She always thought that Zhao Chen was impatient with her, so he kept targeting her.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen showed such a tough attitude as soon as someone said they wanted to take him away.
Dad said that spanking means kissing and scolding means loving.
It turns out that Zhao Chen likes me!
hey-hey!
Wu Jue felt secretly happy and drank the porridge much faster.
Li Ruoshuang looked at Zhao Chen, but she didn't think about it.
She was just curious as to why Zhao Chen was so worried about this little girl Wu Jue.
What he said just now was clearly to prevent the emperor from being with Wu Jue.
Could it be said that there will be something wrong between the emperor and Wu Jue?
"What mistake did you make to come to Wannian County?" Zhao Chen and Li Shimin asked, avoiding the topic just now.
"Of course I'm here to ask you something!" Li Shimin took another sip of porridge and looked at Zhao Chen and Wu Jue suspiciously.
He always felt that Zhao Chen was hiding something from him.
"I ask you, how did you come up with the conditions for trade with Tubo? Do you want to bankrupt me?"
"Ah? You loser!" Li Shimin's face turned cold and he said dissatisfied with Zhao Chen.
Even thinking about it now, Li Shimin felt that Zhao Chen was deliberately causing trouble for him.
The 400,000 yuan in private treasury had been deceived by Zhao Chen into building roads long ago.
Now he can't even afford a copper penny.
The treasury cannot get out the extra money.
Zhao Chen was on the good side. He not only promised to give the Tubo people free things, but also helped them build roads.
By building roads, Li Shimin could understand that Zhao Chen wanted the Tibetans to work hard and make it easier to deal with Tibet later.
But how did he get this money?
Even if he picked up money on the road every day, he wouldn't be able to get so much.
Building a road to Luoxucheng would not be possible without tens of millions of dollars, and it would also take a lot of time.
It costs money!
But no money!
Li Shimin once again became obsessed with money.
"Is a matter that can be solved with money considered a matter?" Zhao Chen smiled and took out something from his arms.
Unfolded, it was a contract that had already been written.
"Old Li Tou, this is a contract to borrow money. If you don't have money, you can borrow it from me."
"Of course, this interest is necessary. Based on our relationship, we can discuss it." Zhao Chen pushed the contract to Li Shimin and said with a smile.
Li Shimin stared at Zhao Chen.
He seemed to understand why Zhao Chen negotiated such conditions with Lu Dongzan.
After all, Zhao Chen just wanted to lend him money.
And then sit at home and collect interest?
Good guy, that's a good idea.
And the ink on this contract is completely dry.
I guess it took me several days to write.
"You knew I would come here." Li Shimin looked at Zhao Chen and the corners of his mouth trembled twice.
"No, but I know someone will come over to borrow money. We are not outsiders, so there is no need to be coy." Zhao Chen looked at Li Shimin with a smile.
He wrote this contract after talking with Lu Dongzan.
It will cost at least 20 million yuan to build a cement road leading to Luozhe City.
With the Tang Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue of six to seven million yuan, it is absolutely impossible to spend so much money.
If you don't borrow money from yourself, don't even think about repairing this road.
But if he borrows money from himself, the interest alone is not an astronomical figure.
Zhao Chen had already seen mountains of copper coins piled in front of him.
Wu Jue looked at Zhao Chen. She already knew that the person sitting next to her was the sage of the Tang Dynasty that her father called him.
The saints of the Tang Dynasty, before today, were existences that Wu Jue could only hope to achieve.
At that time, Wu Jue was thinking that the saints of the Tang Dynasty must be majestic and domineering people, otherwise how could they control such a huge country.
Wu Jue felt that the sage of the Tang Dynasty should say that he was the only one who obeyed everything he looked at.
But now...
Zhao Chen actually drafted a loan contract for the emperor.
Dare to ask the emperor to write an IOU.
Zhao Chen is not the first, but he must be the first to dare to be so upright and wait for the emperor to take the bait.
Wu Jue felt that his three views, which had not yet been fully formed, were suddenly smashed to pieces today.
He looked at Zhao Chen with even more admiration.
Old Li Tou was still thinking that if he borrowed this money, Zhao Chen would become his creditor in the future.
He will dare to deal with Zhao Chen in the future.
In addition, this guy is so shameless that he might have to collect money from him at the Tai Chi Hall.
By the time……
Li Shimin felt that he might not be able to afford to lose that person.
But then I thought about it, I borrowed the money first, and if Zhao Chen was aggressive, I would reveal Zhao Chen's identity.
Then we will see how Zhao Chen can have the nerve to ask for money from him.
The worst case scenario is that I, as the emperor, will no longer be the emperor, so I can just do it for him.
Aren’t they all going to be given to him in the future anyway?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly felt his whole body light up.
Suppressing his inner impulse, he slowly asked Zhao Chen: "How can you guarantee that the Tubo people will build a cement road leading to Luoche City?"
Zhao Chen was a little surprised.
Lao Litou should be bargaining with himself at this time. Why would he directly ask about road construction?
Zhao Chen just hesitated for a moment and then said: "I have already told Lu Dongzan that the Tubo people must build the road themselves. We will provide the materials for road construction and pay them wages."
"The wages can be higher than their salary as soldiers. In this way, a large number of Tibetans will come to build roads."
"In this way, the number of Tibetan people willing to join the army will be greatly reduced. Even the original Tibetan soldiers will have other ideas because they are envious of the high wages for road construction."
"Building roads in Tubo is definitely not an easy task. Basically, someone will lose their life every meter."
"But for the sake of money and life, there will still be people who are happy to do it. It won't be long before Tibet's fighting capacity will be greatly reduced."
"No matter how powerful Songtsen Gampo is, he cannot control the greed of the entire Tibetan people."
"It only takes one year for Tubo to be in civil strife. At that time, just send a group of light cavalry to capture Luoshou City." At this point, Zhao Chen stopped.
When he wanted to drink some water, he saw Li Ruoshuang handing the freshly poured tea to him.
Li Shimin opened his mouth.
He didn't expect Zhao Chen's plan to be like this.
This plan is almost perfect except that it will cost too much money.
Everyone hopes that they can live a better life.
If there is an opportunity, everyone will fight for it.
At that time, if anyone dared to block them, they would be attacked by a group of people.
Songtsen Gampo may have good abilities, but he could not control the greed of his men no matter what.
What's more, Tubo is currently facing a crisis.
"If that's the case, then why do you say that providing free supplies to the Tubo people is obviously an act of supporting the enemy. If they take the stuff but don't build the road, wouldn't our work be in vain?" Li Shimin asked again,