"The prince of Hejian County is a dignified prince and a minister of the Ministry of Rites. He has many government affairs every day. How come he comes to this small villa?"
Li Shimin scolded with a straight face.
"Okay, you are all the legitimate sons of the prince's palace. Look what you have become. You look like a group of bandits who came out of a hole in the earth. How can you look like this? Why don't you go home and freshen up immediately?
Fan!"
"Your Majesty, we can't go back like this, otherwise, we will be embarrassed to walk on the streets of Chang'an City."
Cheng Chusi and Fang Yizhi quickly knelt down.
"Oh? I have heard about your reputation in Chang'an City for a long time. I didn't expect you to wait in Chang'an City and still need face?" Li Shimin looked suspicious.
"Your Majesty is bullying me!"
Cheng Chusi said stubbornly and said aggrievedly, "Although we are dandy, when we walk on the streets of Chang'an City, we are also the legitimate sons of the Duke of the State, and we are people who keep their word!"
"Just to take a look at the curved-column plow? Doesn't the Ministry of Industry have a curved-column plow? Wannian County, Lantian County and other county governments also have curved-column plows. Why don't you go there to take a look?"
Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, we are also strong men from Guanzhong. Wherever we fall, we have to get up. We are ridiculed by those people because of Lijiazhuang, so we have to regain our face in Lijiazhuang!"
"So, you have to go in?"
After listening, a trace of helplessness flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.
They all came from a dandy family, and Li Shimin also knew that if they didn't satisfy these bastards, Cheng Chusi and others would really be able to stay here forever.
"Your Majesty, how can a man from Guanzhong give up so easily!"
Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi quickly replied with a hint of joy in their eyes.
"In this case, the person pretending to be my guard will follow me in."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"But you are not allowed to run around when you go in, and you are not allowed to speak! You are not allowed to say anything about what you see except the curved shaft plow!"
"Yes, your Majesty, please rest assured!"
"Come in with me!"
"hey-hey……"
Under the leadership of Li Shimin, Cheng Chusi and others entered Lijiazhuang very smoothly this time.
After entering, everyone was surprised when they saw the scene inside Lijiazhuang.
Is this really a remote mountain village?
At the door of that house in the middle of the village, someone is actually killing the black-faced man?
And at the east end of the village, there is a workshop, and the craftsmen in it seem to have met several times!
Will be the supervisor!
Um?
Aren't the people who built the house the same group of craftsmen from the Shaofu Supervisor?
Back then, when they were young, they made trouble to these people a lot!
"Is the young master here?"
However, before they could recover, they saw His Majesty slamming the door of a small courtyard!
But they didn't expect that what surprised them even more was yet to come.
I just heard a young voice coming from the house.
Immediately, he greeted His Majesty to come in.
"The prince is here? Come in!"
No, I’m inviting the prince to come in!
After hearing this, Cheng Chusi and others couldn't help but look at Li Chongyi who was standing aside.
In this village, Your Majesty has become your father!
However, Li Chongyi had known this for a long time and was definitely not surprised. He just glared at Cheng Chusi and others fiercely.
"The Crown Prince is here too!"
Li Xuan frowned slightly when he saw Li Shimin coming in with a group of children and just saying hello to Li Chengqian.
These children look very familiar, they seem to be the group of children who have been blocked at the entrance of the village for half a month!
Upon seeing this, Li Shimin discovered that Cheng Chusi and other bastards had also followed in.
He turned around and glared fiercely.
Immediately, he explained with a sneer, "Little Master, these boys are the sons of some colleagues in this dynasty, and I have watched them grow up since they were young. Because I presented Qu Yuan Li to His Majesty, Lijiazhuang was rewarded to me.
Therefore, everyone in the outside world spreads rumors that Qu Yuanli spread from Lijiazhuang."
"Thus, these boys became curious..."
With that said, Li Shimin explained to Li Xuan everything that happened when Cheng Chusi and others came to Lijiazhuang.
Cheng Chusi and others listened with fright on their faces.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty knew everything about them.
"Since he is the prince's nephew, as long as he doesn't disturb me and doesn't disturb the villagers' lives, that's fine!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan nodded slightly, and then looked at Li Wei: "The Quyuanli is placed in the side room next to it. You can take them to see it!"
"yes!"
Li Wei cupped his hands and walked out.
"Thank you, Master!"
Although they were surprised by Li Xuan's youth, Cheng Chusi, Li Chongyi and others quickly thanked Li Xuan.
Immediately, he walked out quickly.
"Little Master, this time I am here to give you money!"
After Cheng Chusi and others had gone out, Li Shimin said to Li Xuan.
At the same time, he called two guards outside the courtyard and walked in carrying a wooden box.
"Send money?"
Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, his face full of confusion.
"Exactly!"
Li Shimin said with a happy face.
"Gao Ming has opened a library and sold 40,000 copies of "Alphabets of Enlightenment" and "Numerical Arithmetic" written by Master Fuzi!"
"So fast?"
Li Xuan was shocked. A book cost more than 600 yuan. How could it be sold so quickly at such a sky-high price?
"These are all thanks to Master!"
Li Shimin said: "Unexpectedly, Master is also proficient in the ways of merchants. Although the books are cheap, it also prevents many people from buying handwritten books.
In this way, although the profit from one book is relatively small, more books are sold!"
"But what does this have to do with me?"
At this moment, Li Xuan was still confused.
"How come it has nothing to do with Master? These two books were written by Master, and Master agreed to let Gao Ming sell them. So the money earned from the sale of these books will also be given to Master 20%!"
Li Shimin quickly explained.
"Copyright fee?"
Li Xuan understood somewhat.
"Um?"
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian were both startled and looked at Li Xuan quickly.
"Master, what is the copyright fee?"
Li Shimin asked.
"this?"
Li Xuan was startled, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, the copyright fee is a certain fee that a book author charges for the money he or she earns from the sale of his books by others!"
"Copyright fee, copyright fee!"
After listening, Li Shimin murmured to himself for a long time, and then his face lit up with joy.
"I see, Master is indeed worthy of being a hermit and a strange man!"
Then, Li Shimin continued: "However, I also asked the young master to know that the 40,000 books sold this time cost a total of 4,000 yuan. However, the printing and paper in the workshop and the opening of the library also cost about 1,770 yuan.
Hundreds of dollars.
Therefore, I only earned 2,300 yuan this time!"
"This time, Master's copyright fee is four hundred and sixty dollars!"
After saying that, Li Shimin opened the wooden box that the guards carried in.
Revealing a whole box of copper coins, he then looked at Li Xuan.
However, to Li Shimin's disappointment, when he saw this box of copper coins, Li Xuan's expression was just startled, and then his expression returned to normal.