After Qi Yun, the third princess, the queen, Xue Bizhu and the other sisters came out of the imperial mausoleum together, they all turned back and looked in the direction of the main mausoleum behind them.
All the beauties quietly looked in the direction of the main mausoleum, and all of them fell silent with slightly emotional expressions on their faces.
"Yun'er, Yan'er, Wanyan... what are you sisters looking at? It's time to go."
Hearing her husband's shouts, all the beauties came to their senses instantly and quickly turned around and chased after Liu Mingzhi.
"Hey, it's coming, it's coming."
"Husband, this is over."
"Husband, wait a moment for my sisters."
Liu Mingzhi put the food box and baggage in his hand into the carriage, turned his head and looked at the beauties walking towards him.
"Hehehe, what are you sisters looking at?"
Qi Ya put the baggage in Yu's hand into the carriage, turned to look at her husband's puzzled eyes, smiled and shook her head a few times.
"Husband, we sisters didn't see anything. We just walked out of the imperial mausoleum, and we felt a little sigh in our hearts."
Qinglian pursed her red lips a few times and agreed softly: "Yeah, yeah, sister Ya is right.
Husband, this is the first time for my sisters and I to come to the place where we will rest forever.
For a while, I always felt a little weird in my heart, quite unpleasant."
"Husband, I, my sisters, second my proposal."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at the sighing expressions of all the beauties in front of him, raised his head and glanced in the direction of the main mausoleum of the imperial mausoleum, and sighed happily.
"Hahaha, ladies, life is like a lifetime.
Some things are inevitable after all.
Let’s just take a closer look and be more open-minded.”
The third princess stretched out her lotus-rooted arm and grabbed the sleeve of Young Master Liu, and said softly with a smile: "Oh, husband, these concubine sisters understand what you are talking about.
We sisters were just a little emotional and didn't think about anything else."
"Yes, yes, we sisters are just expressing our feelings.
Husband, don't worry, my sisters are not as delicate as you think."
Young Master Liu nodded with a smile and raised his hand to point to the surrounding carriages.
"Hehehe, that's good, that's good, let's go back."
"Hey, I got it."
Qi Yun stretched out her hand to lift the car curtain and said sideways: "Husband, please get in the car first."
Young Master Liu smiled lightly and waved his hand, walked up to Yu'er, reached out and took the riding crop in her hand.
"Hey, uncle, what are you doing?"
Liu Mingzhi casually shook the riding crop in his hand and turned to look at Qi Yun, Qi Ya, the third princess and their sisters.
"Yun'er, you sisters, get in the car and drive for your husband."
The beauties were well aware of their husband's character, so they nodded with a smile and stepped on the stools to get into the carriage.
"Yu'er, you can get in the car too."
"Ah? Uncle, isn't this bad?"
"Yu'er, uncle, I drank a lot just now.
It was boring to stay in the carriage, so I decided to take a cool breeze outside to sober up the drunkenness.
Come on up quickly, uncle, I will drive."
Young Master Liu had already said this, what else could Yu'er say, so she had no choice but to bow to Young Master Liu.
"Yes, slave, I obey."
After Yu'er got into the carriage, Young Master Liu picked up the stool at his feet and placed it on the carriage, then jumped directly onto the carriage.
"Yun'er, Yan'er, are you all seated?"
"Yeah, yeah, we're already seated."
Young Master Liu smiled lightly and nodded, then turned to look at Xiao Wu, Xiao Liu, Xiao Jiu and their brothers.
"Xiaowu, you brothers, please pay attention to the road when driving. Don't make it too bumpy."
"Yes, I'll understand later."
Liu Mingzhi pulled the long rein in his hand and gently waved the riding crop in his hand.
"drive!"
"Huchi, Xilulu."
The two good horses sneezed regularly, and the carriage started to move slowly.
Seeing this, brothers Xiaowu and Xiaoliu also twitched the horse reins in their hands.
"drive!"
Qi Yun raised her slender hands, arranged the car curtain and hung it on the hook next to it.
"Husband."
"Hey, Yun'er, what's wrong?"
"How long will it take to build this imperial mausoleum before it is completely completed?"
Hearing the beauty's question, Mr. Liu turned sideways and glanced at the imperial mausoleum behind him, chuckled and shook his head.
"Yun'er, to be honest, as a husband, I don't know how many more years it will take to complete the construction.
Seven years have passed since my husband ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
In the past seven years, the construction of the imperial mausoleum has been suspended several times.
Until now, only a few accompanying tombs have been built.
As for the situation at the main mausoleum, you sisters have also gone to see it, and now only some basic things have just been built.
Therefore, I really don’t know how to answer you as to when the imperial mausoleum will be completely completed.
After all, even I, my husband, don’t know when it will be completed.”
Qi Yun nodded gently and asked softly: "Husband, why did the work stop for several times? Why not let the Ministry of Works continue to build it?"
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows, looked back at the beautiful woman behind him, and shook his head happily.
"Hahaha, of course it's because the treasury is short of money.
In the seven years since my husband proclaimed himself emperor, my husband has issued more than 20 new decrees.
Our Dalong Court, the former Jin Kingdom ruled by Wan Yan, and the Turkic Royal Court ruled by Yaoer.
The war between the Three Kingdoms lasted for hundreds of years.
Especially in the more than 20 years before the unification of the world, was there any year when there was no war between the three countries?
The three kingdoms of Dalong, Jin, and Turks often used hundreds of thousands of cavalry and hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against each other.
Wars continued and people were displaced.
People's livelihood is in decline, and the national treasury is naturally empty.
After my husband and I unified the world, on the surface I said I unified the world, but in reality I just inherited a mess.
The new dynasty has just been established, and all kinds of wastes are waiting to be revitalized.
Rectify the people's livelihood and the administration of officials, and promote trade throughout the world.
Canals were dug and imperial examinations were carried out.
Later, he sent troops to Tianzhu, Dashi... and other major and minor matters.
None of these things cost money.
Not only do you need to spend money, but you also need to spend money like running water.
However, the national treasury only has so much tax revenue per year, which is simply not enough.
As a husband, I have no choice but to order the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry to temporarily stop the construction of the imperial mausoleum.
There is a first time, there is a second time.
As a result, it stopped again and again, and it ended up like this."
Qi Yun saw her husband looking relaxed and unconcerned, and her beautiful eyes were full of distress.
"Husband, after all these years, why don't you tell us sisters about this situation?"
Young Master Liu put the riding crop across his legs and said with a chuckle: "Hahaha, silly Yun'er, why am I telling you this kind of thing?
I just told you sisters because of my husband, what can you sisters do to help?"
Qi Yun'e frowned slightly and said angrily: "Husband, why can't our sisters help you?
At the very least, at the very least, our sisters can reduce our annual salary in half!"
Young Master Liu looked back at Qi Yun and looked sideways at the third princess.
"Yan'er."
"I am here, husband?"
"Good Yan'er, give me the wine jar in your bag to my husband."
The third princess hurriedly tapped her head a few times: "Hey, I understand."
Immediately, the third princess untied her baggage, picked up the wine jar inside and handed it over.
"Husband, drinks."
Young Master Liu took the wine jar and drank a few sips of the wine happily.
"Silly Yun'er, you, Yan'er, Lian'er, Sister Ya, Wanyan...
The annual salary of all you sisters together is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.
However, the construction of an imperial mausoleum can easily cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, starting with millions of taels of silver.
The tens of thousands of taels of silver you sisters have are of no use at all.
It's just a drop in the bucket, a drop in the bucket.
But what? This is just one of the reasons."
Qi Yun's charming face was slightly startled. She looked at Liu Mingzhi and asked curiously: "Husband, besides this reason, are there any other reasons?"
"There must be."
"Well, what's the reason?"
Young Master Liu took a few sips of wine and looked back at Qi Yun, the third princess, Qi Ya and the other sisters.
Then, he stretched out his hand to hold Qi Yun's wrist and put it on his lap.
"Another reason is that my husband doesn't want to wrong you sisters."
Qi Yun, the third princess, Qing Lian and the other sisters were stunned and quickly looked towards Young Master Liu.
"Husband."
"Husband, you."
"Husband."
Young Master Liu smiled and let go of Qi Yun's wrist, picked up the riding crop on his leg and waved it gently.
"Okay, okay, don't look at your husband like that.
In my husband's heart, the matter of building the imperial mausoleum is of course very important.
However, I can see you sisters being happy and happily accompanying your husband.
For my husband, building the imperial mausoleum is not that important."
"Husband."
"Husband."
"Ladies, please say something unpleasant to your husband.
The world is so vast, where is the loess where people are not buried?
It would be great if the imperial mausoleum could be completed during our lifetime.
If we can't finish it early, the worst we can do is go back to our hometown in Jiangnan and find a Feng Shui treasure.
Regarding this point, as a husband, I think very clearly."
Listening to her husband's calm words, Qi Yun smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Smelly husband, what you think is quite simple."
"Hahaha, hahaha, otherwise, what else can I do as a husband!
When you are alive, you should be content and happy."
"Yes, husband, you understand clearly that in life, you should be content and happy."
Young Master Liu happily raised his head and took a few sips of the wine, then turned sideways and handed the wine jar to Qi Yun.
"But."
Qi Yun then took the wine jar in her hand and said curiously: "Husband, what is it?"
"This morning during the court meeting, the Ministry of Works had already sent a letter to my husband for the resumption of construction on the imperial mausoleum.
My husband has also agreed to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to take action on this matter.
When the ice and snow in Gyeonggi Province has almost melted, the construction of the imperial mausoleum will start again.
What the imperial mausoleum will look like by then depends on the situation at the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works."
Qi Yun nodded her head gently a few times and looked at the third princess curiously.
"Sister Yan'er."
"Hey, Sister Yun?"
Qi Yun lifted the wine jar in her hand and took a few sips of the wine with her lips slightly opened.
"Sister Yan'er, I have something to ask you."
"Huh? Sister Yun, what's going on?"
"Good sister, I just want to ask you, do you know how long it took to build my father's imperial mausoleum?"
Hearing her sister Qi Yun's question, the third princess couldn't help but froze for a moment.
"ah?"
Seeing the reaction of the third princess, Qi Yun said softly: "Sister Yan'er, if you don't know, just forget it and just treat it as my sister. I haven't asked."
"Sister, please wait a moment. I'll give you a rough estimate."
"Okay, okay."
The third princess clasped her delicate jade fingers and murmured softly, then raised her eyes and looked at Qi Yun.
"Sister Yun, as far as my sister knows, it took about twenty-eight years to build the royal mausoleum of my father."
When Qi Yun heard the return of the third princess, she frowned and couldn't help but exclaimed.
The third princess looked at Qi Yun's shocked expression, smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Yeah, yes, about twenty-eight years.
If the calculation is accurate, it may be twenty-nine years from the year when my father inherited the throne, or it may not be thirty years."
Qi Yun nodded silently, smiled wryly and took another few sips of the wine.
"Hehehe, sister rarely paid attention to these things before.
You really don’t know if you don’t pay attention to this, but you will be shocked when you pay attention!
Twenty-eight years or so, thirty years or so.
This! This! Isn’t this a little too long?”
Young Master Liu looked at Qi Yun's amazed expression and looked back at the three princesses in the carriage.
Yan'er, you remember correctly, the construction of my father's imperial mausoleum took about thirty years.
To be precise, it should be nearly thirty-one years."
The third princess frowned slightly and asked curiously: "Husband, how can you know so well?"
Qi Yun, Qi Ya, Qing Lian and the other sisters looked at Young Master Liu with equally surprised expressions.
"Yes, husband, how do you know so clearly?"
"Yes, yes, husband, sister Yan'er is my father's biological daughter.
Even Sister Yan'er only made a rough estimate, husband, how do you know so clearly?"
Liu Dashan saw the surprised expressions on the pretty faces of several beauties and shook his head angrily.
"Ladies, have you forgotten what official position I held as your husband?
Back then, when my father, the emperor, was still in power, my husband at that time, I had been the left minister of household affairs for several years.
For my husband, I am the Zuo Shilang, and all the expenditures of the household department must be approved by me for my husband.
I know these situations, they are completely normal, okay?
It would be really weird if I didn’t know about these 7 situations.”
After listening to Young Master Liu's explanation, Qi Yun, the third princess and the other sisters nodded in sudden enlightenment.
Qi Yun raised her beautiful hand and patted her fair forehead, and said in a sweet voice with a somewhat embarrassed face: "Husband, in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and I have actually forgotten that you were the left servant of the household department.
Oh, I’m old, I’m old, I’m really old.”
Sister Yun, don’t say that, my sister is just like you, she has completely forgotten this past incident."
"Oh, it's all the same, it's all the same.
If my husband hadn't mentioned it, Lian'er wouldn't have remembered it."
Young Master Liu saw the slightly annoyed looks on the faces of the beauties, and waved the riding crop in his hand with a smile.
"Okay, okay, it's just some past events that have passed long ago, so what does it matter if you don't remember them!"
"Yeah, that's right. I know it."
"Sir, will it take about thirty years to build our imperial mausoleum?"
Young Master Liu pondered thoughtfully, chuckled and shook his head.
"It's hard to say, it depends on whether the national treasury is full.
If the national treasury is rich, it may take another seven or eight years to complete the construction, and then it may be completely completed in about eleven or twelve years.
On the contrary, let alone thirty years, it is not impossible to build it for forty years."
Qinglian opened the curtains and threw the melon seed shells out of the carriage.
"Husband, how is the situation of the treasury now?"
Young Master Liu put away the fire certificate, took a puff of dry smoke, looked back at Qinglian and nodded with a smile.
"Lian'er, don't worry, the treasury is very rich now, very rich."