Li Shimin laughed loudly and said: "I am very grateful that all the ministers generously donated their money to share my worries. Although it is still not enough, I will make up the rest from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Everyone felt a little bitter when they heard Li Shimin's praise.
Spending so much money has no real benefits, and a few words of praise are useless.
Li Shimin ordered people to count the amount donated by everyone.
It took more than half an hour to calculate the number.
"Your Majesty, the registration has been completed, a total of 2,315,600 coins."
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked happily: "The sooner we build the road, the better. How long will it take for the ministers to send the money?"
"Your Majesty, I can send the money within three days at most!" Lin Xuan said.
Some people originally wanted to delay it, but after hearing what Lin Xuan said, they agreed to deliver it within three days regardless of whether they wanted to or not.
I scolded Lin Xuan again in my heart.
Li Shimin laughed and said, "Okay, the prince will be responsible for building the road!"
"My son, I obey the decree and will definitely live up to my father's instructions!" Li Chengqian said as he came out.
Li Shimin nodded and said: "This is a good opportunity for experience. You must remember to learn more and ask more questions, and don't just go your own way!"
"My son, I will obey my father's teachings!" Li Chengqian said with a solemn expression.
…
After the court was over, many people looked at Lin Xuan hatefully and left the hall.
Lin Xuan shook his head and raised his feet to leave.
"Zichu!"
Qin Qiong Lin Xuan looked back and saw Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others walking over.
"I've met several uncles!" Lin Xuan bowed and saluted.
"Zichu, today you..."
Just when Qin Qiong was about to say something, a young eunuch ran over and said: "Your Majesty invites Duke Yi, Duke Su, Duke E... and the Marquis of Jingyang County to go to Ganlu Hall to discuss matters!"
Qin Qiong could only stop, and several people followed the eunuch to the Ganlu Hall.
When they entered the Ganlu Hall, they found that Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng... and others were already there.
Except for Lin Xuan, Qin Qiong and others were a little confused, but they didn't have time to think too much and quickly saluted.
"I will see you, Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Sit down!"
After Qin Qiong and others sat down, Li Shimin didn't say anything.
Not long after, Li Mu walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Cui Lingyun is already outside the palace."
Li Shimin said: "Let him come in."
Not long after, Li Mu led an old man in his seventies and walked in.
Although the old man is very old, he seems to be very energetic.
"Cui Lingyun of the Cui family is here to see your majesty!" Cui Lingyun bowed.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "No courtesy! Please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I'm sorry to trouble Your Majesty and all the adults this time," Cui Lingyun said.
Changsun Wuji and others were confused when they heard Cui Lingyun's words.
"Lin Xuan, please explain to everyone." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" Lin Xuan responded, recounted what he had agreed with the Cui family, and finally said: "Today I am going to trouble your majesty and all the adults to help you bear witness."
"Hey, I thought it was something. Why don't you just be a witness? No problem." Cheng Yaojin said.
Changsun Wuji and others also expressed their willingness to bear witness.
Since Li Shimin called them here, of course they understand the meaning.
Lin Xuan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty and all your lords."
After saying that, Lin Xuan took out the contract that he had prepared long ago, handed it to Cui Lingyun and said, "Mr. Cui, this is the contract. Please take a look at it."
Cui Lingyun took the contract and looked at it. It was no different from what Lin Xuan said before. He nodded and said, "No problem."
Li Shimin said: "Come, prepare some pen and ink."
"yes!"
Two eunuchs carried trays and brought them to them.
Cui Lingyun signed both contracts and pressed his fingerprints.
After the eunuch delivered the contract, Lin Xuan signed and pressed his fingerprints.
Cui Lingyun asked: "The Marquis of Jingyang County has already signed the contract, but you don't know about the paper?"
While talking, Cui Lingyun kept looking at Lin Xuan.
Cui Lingyun's status in the Cui family is very special. Originally, with his status, this kind of thing would never happen.
It was just out of curiosity about Lin Xuan that I insisted on coming.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "I will give the order later. Just send someone from the Cui family to Moxuanzhai tomorrow."
Cui Lingyun nodded, bowed and bowed to Li Shimin, and said, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty and all the gentlemen. I will take my leave now."
Li Shimin smiled and nodded. He was in a very good mood now.
…
Lin Xuan, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others left the palace together.
Qin Qiong said: "Zichu, you were a little reckless before."
"Uncle Qin is talking about signing a contract with the Cui family?" Lin Xuan asked.
Qin Qiong shook his head and said, "I'm talking about donating money. Do you know that by doing this today, you have offended the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty?"
"I'm sorry for the uncles." Lin Xuan said apologetically.
He didn't care much about other people, he was worried that Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin would make them unhappy.
After all, he put Cheng Yaojin and the others in trouble.
Qin Qiong shook his head and said: "You are wrong, these old men and others don't care. But if you want to hang out in the court, you can't make too many enemies."
Cheng Yaojin also said unhappily: "What do you mean, kid? Do you think we are all stingy people? This is not the first time that I and others have done this, but this time you donated a little too much.
Many people will feel unhappy."
Lin Xuan did not argue, nodded and said: "That's what the uncles said."
He had known these consequences for a long time, but Qin Qiong and others had good intentions, so there was no need for him to refuse.
"It's good that you know this, kid. Think more about what you do in the future." Cheng Yaojin patted Lin Xuan on the shoulder and said.
After separating from Cheng Yaojin and others, Lin Xuan couldn't help but ask himself, did he do anything wrong?
If he made a new choice, would he do it again?
After a long time, Lin Xuan shook his head, and a smile appeared on his face.
Now that you have done it, what is there to regret?
If he was offended, he would be offended. Anyway, he didn't intend to stay in court for the rest of his life.
Lin Xuan got on his horse and said, "Let's go to Mo Xuan Zhai."
…
"Young man, I have met Mr. Marquis." He Xinmin smiled and saluted.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said: "I have reached a cooperation with the Cui family. 20% of the paper in the warehouse will be kept, and the rest can be sold to them. 20% of all the paper produced in the future will be kept."
A set of typefaces has been made. We just need to wait for Kong Yingda and others to add the book punctuation marks before printing the books. We must save some paper.
In addition, some need to be kept to stabilize the price of paper.
But you definitely can't tell He Xinmin this.
"Yes!" He Xinmin nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Lin Xuan asked: "By the way, how is the research on toilet paper going?"
He Xinmin said: "Back to Lord Marquis, I already have some ideas. It should be ready in a short time."
"That's right, once you make it, you'll get a reward for everything." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" He Xinmin smiled.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "You deserve this. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After leaving Mo Xuanzhai, Lin Xuan thought for a while and went to the furniture shop.
Now a set of fonts has been made, but the printed books still have to wait for Kong Yingda and others to compile the punctuation marks.
However, although books cannot be printed, Lin Xuan thought of a fun thing. It would be good to make this thing.