"Asshole~! I was actually tricked by this brat. He even dared to make money from me~! It's really unreasonable!"
After the morning court, Li Er came to Lizheng Hall and saw a copy of "Datang Daily" on the table, so he flipped through it. As a result, something happened.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong~? Who made you angry~?"
Queen Changsun brought a glass of water to Li Er's side and asked curiously.
"Who else can it be~? It's not that brat like Li Zexuan~!"
Li Er rolled his eyes angrily, then pointed to the "advertisement article" in the newspaper and said: "Look, Guanyin, this kid has been able to make colored glaze by himself for a long time! He actually deceived me last time! It's really unreasonable~!" "
"Deceived~? Your Majesty, where do you start talking about this~?"
Queen Changsun glanced at the newspaper, and then asked doubtfully.
"Guanyin, have you forgotten~? Last month, I asked that boy to make a compass for the fleet going south. The boy complained to me, saying that the colored glaze on the compass was expensive and he would lose money if he sold it cheap~! In the end, the boy sold four He sold two hundred compasses to the imperial court at the price of one piece! I am sure that by that time, his workshop will be able to make colored glaze by himself~! This guy deliberately hid it from me because he wanted to make a fortune from me~!"
Li Er patted the table and said bitterly.
"Puch~!"
Seeing Li Er's angry look, Empress Changsun couldn't help but laugh and said: "Your Majesty, even if Xiaoxuan's workshop can produce colored glaze by itself, it is still the child's own creation~! Besides, the quality of their colored glaze is not as good as that of Hu It’s so good that the dealer brought it here, so it’s understandable that it’s sold at such a price~!”
Li Er glared and said: "Although I say so, I am still more or less panicked after being manipulated by this kid~!"
"Haha~! Your Majesty has a heart for the world, why bother to be like a child? You have just finished your morning court, take a drink of water~!"
Empress Changsun smiled sweetly and handed the water glass to Li Ershu.
Li Er took it, thought for a while and said: "Hmm~! Forget it~! For the sake of Maid Guanyin, I will let this kid go~!"
Empress Changsun joked: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your favor~!"
"Hahaha~! Guanyin, you don't need to be polite~!"
"Oh~! By the way, Your Majesty~! Xiaoxuan suddenly came up with so much glass for sale, is he short of money~? But I don't think that child looks like someone who is short of money~!"
Empress Changsun had obviously seen the content in this newspaper before, and when Li Er specifically mentioned it, she became a little suspicious.
"Hmm~! I must be short of money~! Didn't Guanyin Maid go there with me yesterday? The Yanhuang Academy designed by that guy is almost as good as my palace, although the number of buildings there is not as good as There are many palaces, but building them would probably cost a lot of money. I don’t know where that kid got the confidence to build such a big academy~!”
Li Er took a sip of water and said thoughtfully.
"Ah~? So that's it~! Yesterday, I only saw the magnificent design of the academy, but I didn't really think about the money! So, Your Majesty, how much money does your Majesty think it would take to completely build this academy~?"
Queen Changsun said in surprise.
"Hmm~~, according to my estimation, if it is built according to the scale on the drawing, this kid will have to spend at least 500,000 yuan! Otherwise, he will definitely not be able to build the effect like the sand table model~!"
Li Er's knowledge is quite broad. After some calculations, he actually made a close guess. The previous budget of 400,000 guan made by Yan Lide did not include labor and decoration costs. From this point of view, Li Er's budget of 500,000 guan is quite reasonable~!
"Five hundred thousand guan~?"
Such a huge number made Queen Changsun, the mother of a country, unable to help but cover her mouth in shock, and then she said worriedly:
"Although the Li family is rich, I'm afraid they can't afford so much money~? And now that the treasury is empty, the court can't support him with money. Alas, this child~! According to Yichen, he might as well build a A smaller academy! The same thing is teaching and educating people, so what difference does it make if the environment is better~?"
"Ha~! Even if Chang'an's treasury is full, the nobles in the court will not let me spend money on Yanhuang Academy~!"
Li Er sighed, patted Empress Changsun on the back, and then said: "Guanyin, you still think too simply~! Although this boy has just entered the court not long ago, I have a good grasp of his nature. It is clear that no matter what he does, this kid has never been a peaceful master. He wants to be different and do his best in everything~! Let him do the hard work~!"
"Your Majesty, that's half a million yuan~! Where can this kid get so much money~?"
Queen Changsun said still a little worried.
"Haha~! Maid Guanyin's worries are unfounded. In terms of money-making ability, there is no one in the entire Tang Dynasty who can make more money than that kid~! He must have a way to solve it~!"
Li Er took his eldest grandson into his arms and laughed.
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While advertising Qiquge Liuli, Li Zexuan also asked Fu Bo and Wang Zhong to start recruiting civilian husbands and craftsmen.
Now that the field vacation of the Imperial College has begun, calculating the time, there are only more than two months left for the construction of Yanhuang Academy.
It will take more than two months to build at least three buildings (teaching building, dormitory building, canteen, as for the bathhouse, although it must be built in the first batch, but in terms of scale, it should not be considered a building), it makes sense It is difficult to accomplish, and in modern times, it would be a fantasy.
But Li Zexuan doesn't believe in evil, because there are many people and there is more money.
Yan Lide transferred 220 craftsmen who are proficient in construction from the Ministry of Industry. There are also about a hundred craftsmen who know how to build in the workshop. This adds up to more than 300 construction elites. Each person has less to say He can also direct thirty or forty civilians to participate in the construction.
There are also many craftsmen with construction experience among the people. Li Zexuan is rich, so he plans to recruit them all and use the number of people to compete for speed!
His plan is to eventually recruit more than four hundred experienced craftsmen, and the total number of civilian laborers will be no less than fifteen thousand! With such a large construction team, he did not believe that the project could not be completed as scheduled.
Of course, it would be troublesome to manage so many people, and Li Zexuan would definitely not do it himself. He would leave this glorious and arduous task to Yan Shaoning and Uncle Fu.
Even so, the time is tight and the task is heavy. If the project can be started one day earlier, the progress will be faster. Therefore, Li Zexuan is engaged in a "three-front battle" at the moment. While letting the elites of the workshop study cement, he also uses the batch of glass to raise money. Plan, on the other side is still recruiting craftsmen and civilian husbands on a large scale.
For the sake of Yanhuang Academy, he was worried.
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