In the evening, Li Shimin, who had rested for a day in the Lizheng Hall, met with Chang Lin first.
"How is Qingque?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Highness rested after dinner and fell asleep almost as soon as he went to bed. Your Highness was very tired on the first day today," Chang Lin said.
"His body is a little weak. It's good for him to exercise more. Otherwise, he would think that I, the emperor, am very relaxed. Tomorrow morning we will go directly out of the palace to Li Ke's place and Concubine Yang's place. I have already been notified that while I am away, Concubine Wei will handle the harem affairs in the palace temporarily. If you have any questions, you can go to Concubine Wei." Li Shimin nodded.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chang Lin nodded, then bowed and left. He still had to "serve" Li Tai.
The next morning, Li Shimin got up early and left the palace. Li Shimin was used to getting up early, but to be honest, he didn't deal with political affairs all day yesterday. He was still itchy and didn't know what to do. He was a little bored. Originally He also wanted to stay in the palace for a few more days to prevent Li Tai from losing his position.
But yesterday was really boring. Forget it, he wanted to go to that treacherous son to see what good things there were, which made Changle and the others happy.
In fact, it was not Li Ke who suggested that Li Shimin go to Qinwangzhuang to "recuperate". Do you think Li Ke is that stupid? He had nothing to do to bring a bomb back for himself. When he discussed this solution with Li Shimin in private, he suggested that his father go to Lishan Hot Spring and take all the concubines in his harem with him, so that everyone could take a dip together.
How cool, but Li Shimin insisted on coming to him, could Li Ke still say no?
Fortunately, the main building of his Qinwangzhuang is large enough, larger than the one in the Xizhou Protectorate. The single floor area is more than 1,000 square meters, and the two floors that can accommodate people total more than 2,000 square meters. The room is enough to accommodate his father and his eldest grandson. The queen, his mother and concubines, and other concubines cannot come.
There is no problem for the fourteen sisters to live here. After all, Jinyang cannot live by herself yet, so she lives with Changle.
There was a lot of noise about Li Shimin leaving the palace, but Li Tai didn't know about it. When he found out, he was a little confused. Did his father just leave like this? Don't you even want to take a look at me?
"Your Highness, this is the registration form for the grain output of Longyou Road over the years that I found for you." Chang Lin came back holding two books.
"Oh, I'll read it now." Li Tai didn't care about thinking so much. He quickly took the book and looked down at it. The memorial in his hand was about food. This was the foundation of the imperial court and should not be careless. He had to figure it out. For this memorial, he had been looking through various materials for almost an hour, and he only found a clue.
He had a headache. This was still a memorial that had been preliminarily processed by the three provinces. How tiring would it be for the three provinces to process the following memorials?
When Li Shimin was coming, Li Ke naturally couldn't wait at home, so he naturally went to pick him up outside the palace in person.
The carriage Li Shimin rides today is a wooden chariot lU, which is one of the standard carriages of Li Shimin's chariot. The carriages of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty were divided into five chariots, five chariots, twelve servants, twelve chariots, seven chariots, and three chariots. situation and scale of travel.
The most commonly used five chariots are divided into jade, gold, elephant, leather and wood, which correspond to the five main exterior coating colors of blue, red, yellow, white and black respectively. The other structures and specifications are the same. Except for the main color, other The color scheme is slightly different. There are six horses, corresponding to the main colors.
The twelve servants and twelve subordinates at the back are all carriages with different functions. For example, there is a double-height carriage with a big drum on the carriage, which is used to convey messages. The emperor can also use it to speak, view the scenery, etc. If you go on a long trip, you will also get a guide car.
When it comes to carriages, many people have a misunderstanding. It is said that a four-wheeled carriage can pull more. This is actually wrong. Four-wheeled carriages and two-wheeled carriages each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of a four-wheeled carriage is its own stability. , the two-wheeled carriage is its own speed.
Students who have studied physics at all know that a two-wheeled carriage saves more horsepower. If the weight of the carriage and the cargo are added together, with the same weight, a two-wheeled carriage can be pulled by one horse, while a four-wheeled carriage may require two Horses and more.
Therefore, on average, a two-wheeled carriage can pull far more goods over a long distance with one horsepower than a four-wheeled carriage.
Similarly, a four-wheeled carriage requires a very delicate steering structure, otherwise it will be very difficult to control and inflexible, while a two-wheeled carriage can race in various ways and negotiate corners in drainage channels. The reason why Dongfang uses two-wheeled chariots most of the time is because Dongfang's chariots are the first chariots to appear on the battlefield, and chariots are all about flexibility.
For example, Li Shimin's carriage is actually two-wheeled, but it is just larger, and the six horses are more stable, and can even be raced in an emergency.
"Come on, come up and sit." Seeing Li Ke riding a horse, Li Shimin greeted him. He had some questions to ask Li Ke. It would be difficult to communicate with him while he was riding a horse.
Li Ke handed his horse to Pei Xingjian, and he jumped into the carriage. Li Shimin's carriage was very big, and Queen Changsun and Concubine Yang were also in the carriage.
After meeting the two mothers and concubines first, Li Ke sat down next to Li Shimin.
The carriage quickly walked onto Zhuque Street. Looking at the crowds on both sides, the people did not avoid Li Shimin's carriage, but were just curious. Of course, they would not attack the convoy. Wouldn't that be asking for death?
Zhuque Street is wide enough. When Li Shimin travels, people walk along both sides of the street, and there are guards on both sides of the car.
"You did a good job in this matter, but I'm a little curious, how much did you spend on renovating Chang'an City?" Li Shimin looked outside curiously and asked.
Li Ke: "..." Dad, can we not mention the money? It's so vulgar to mention money, but to talk about feelings.
"More than eight million guan." Li Ke opened his mouth with a calm expression.
Li Shimin: "!!!"
Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang couldn't help but look over.
"Where did you get so much money?!" Li Shimin was dumbfounded. He had never asked Li Ke about this matter. Although everyone in the court was curious about how Li Ke renovated Chang'an City, not only did he not stop work, but he also A concrete road was built from Chang'an City to the industrial zone!
Everyone thought that Li Ke would stop work at most halfway through the work, but who knew that Li Ke had actually finished the renovation?
But now when asked, he actually spent almost a year of Datang's treasury! This... can you change money? Where does your money come from? !
"Well, it's not much. Think about it, the entire renovation work of Chang'an City, and there is such a major official road, this amount of money is more reasonable." Li Ke said softly... Dad, the lessons I taught you are yours You didn't listen carefully at all, did you? Have you forgotten that money circulates? !
In fact, with Li Ke's method of operation, he doesn't even need the money from those businessmen to repair it, because the money is spent one after another. The money keeps flowing, and most of it flows back into his own hands. After how many times the money has been transferred, in statistics In terms of GDP, it actually cost that much, but for Li Ke, it certainly didn’t cost that much.
