Li Xian didn't know the emperor's sadness at this moment. At this moment, he was worried about a carriage of copper coins.
When asking for money, you only focus on the amount, but forget that the concrete embodiment of money in this era - copper coins, cannot be compared with individual banknotes.
Forty thousand strings means forty thousand strings of copper coins, and a string of copper coins contains about a thousand coins. Eighty-nine kilograms of copper coins, a dozen or so coins can reach a hundred kilograms, let alone 40,000 kilograms.
Yu Xinghai, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, received a lot of benefits from dispersing the offerings.
The most taboo thing about working in a financial institution is to eat alone or eat too much. Yu Xinghai, who has been able to live in peace and stability for several years, naturally understands the ambiguity of this.
So, after he saluted, a small box was handed to Li Yun's hand without any trace.
Crossing his hands again, Yu Xinghai said depressedly: "Your Highness King Yong, although the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of property, most of it is gold and silver. And you also know that if 40,000 guan is converted into copper coins, you don't know how many carriages will be needed to transport it. "Look, I have prepared some gold, silver and jade for you. As for the copper coins, you can bring a cart of copper coins back for use. After a while, I will order someone to give them to you. What do you think?"
How about it? Seeing Li Yong's satisfied look, Li Xian knew that he couldn't say anything.
Not to mention that the Ministry of Internal Affairs didn't really have that many copper coins. Even if they gave me a generous gift, I couldn't hit the smiling person with my hands.
At the end of the carriage was a small iron box. Li Xian walked over, opened it and took a look, and suddenly felt his little heart pounding.
I have never seen so much gold in my previous life. When I looked at it, I really wanted to carry the box myself.
Looking back at Yu Xinghai, Li Xian said: "This king is not unkind. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of the finances of the entire harem. If there is no copper money to use, it will be a shame for the saint and the Queen. In this case, you can go there again after a while. Please give me copper coins from the palace."
After finally hearing these words, Yu Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief.
The orders from a superior to a subordinate are absolute, let alone the orders from a prince to a eunuch. You have ten thousand difficulties, but they can only rot in your stomach. If you can't complete the order, it proves that you are a waste. There is no other reason.
After signing the account book that Yu Xinghai brought up and pressing a fingerprint, Li Xiancai ordered Li Yong to drive the car while he got on the chariot.
This time, when leaving the palace, we will not go through Danfeng Gate, but from Wangxian Gate, and then go south along Wangxian Street. After passing Changlefang, Daningfang, Anxingfang and Shengyefang, you can see Chang'an's famous style street - Pingkangfang, and the commercial street - Dongshi.
There is nothing good-looking in Pingkangfang, but there are some colorfully dressed women, wearing gauze in the early spring weather, constantly inviting passers-by to explore caves.
In this era when the wind and cold make people even talk about it, Li Xian didn't want to contract the disease and die young. Besides, after many years of teaching from Hatano, Asakiri and other teachers, although it is not possible to sit still, it is still okay to completely ignore these children.
The main goal of coming here instead of going home is Dongshi.
To sum up, the residential distribution of Chang'an is sparse in the south and dense in the north, with wealth in the east and wealth in the west.
The north is where the imperial palace is located, so the surrounding population is the largest. Because of the construction of the Daming Palace, anyone with a certain status likes to settle on one side of the Daming Palace.
In the West, because of the West Market, many wealthy businessmen who have business relationships with the Western Regions like to live around the West Market.
Today, Li Xian's target is the East Market. To be more precise, it is the side of the East Market near the west side wall.
If you want to run a restaurant, you have to find a suitable address. It's built in a place where birds don't poop. No matter how luxurious it is, no one is willing to come. The easiest way to make money is to build in a place with a strong business atmosphere like Dongshi.
The East Market is the same as the West Market. One thing that is better than the West Market is that the businessmen here not only have rich wealth, but also have good backgrounds.
Forget about running a business on a small scale. Behind large-scale transactions, either aristocratic families or nobles are supporting them. If you look for a seemingly rich guy in the East Market, there must be someone behind him, maybe a certain minister, maybe a certain Duke, or even a certain prince or princess.
Here, there are customers with both money and background. As long as the restaurant can stand out among many restaurants, it will be difficult not to make money.
As soon as the carriage entered the gate of Dongshi, it saw its target.
It's such a big restaurant, but it doesn't even have a brand. That's not good. How can we do business without setting up a trademark to distinguish it from other restaurants?
Sitting on the chariot and pointing to the door, Li Xian crossed his legs.
Xu Ze, who was called when passing by Changlefang, immediately led people inside.
After a while, a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper slipped out.
The shopkeeper is also courageous. He can tell who is the leader after just one look around.
After bowing to Li Xian, the shopkeeper said with a smile: "But I don't know which nobleman is displeased with the small building and wants to cause trouble? The villain Zhang Youcai is not a big shot, but you have to consider the face of Shangshu Zuopushe. Can it be swept easily?"
"Shang Shu Zuopushe?"
Li Xian looked at Li Yun, waiting for his answer. Although he had gone to court today, he couldn't tell who was who and who was the official.
Li Yun recalled for a while and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, Shangshu Zuopushe is Liu Rengui."
"Liu Rengui..."
Li Xian nodded and said to Li Yun: "Get on the horse, take the box in your hand as a gift, and go to Liu Rengui to tell him that I like this restaurant and plan to come over to see if he is willing to part with me."
Li Yun smiled, turned around, got on the horse, and galloped away.
Zhang Youcai's legs began to tremble when he heard "Your Highness", especially when he heard Li Xian calling himself "my king", his head lowered, his waist bent, and he almost peed his pants.
My lord! No matter which prince he is, he doesn't even give the chancellor Pushe the respect, so he knows that he is not someone to be trifled with. No matter what the confrontation between the two is like, if you are caught in the middle, you will be shattered to pieces.
Li Xian watched Zhang Youcai's performance the whole time, but didn't say a word to him. Now that we know this is Liu Rengui's property, or the property he protects, we can't take it down forcefully. If you want it, you have to wait for Liu Rengui to nod.
Li Yun left quickly and came back quickly. He didn't have time to get off his horse and reported: "Reporting to Your Highness, Liu Pushe said, it's just a restaurant. If you don't mind it, just take it. As for the things you want from your slave, he also said I didn’t dare accept it.”
"That's it..."
Li Xian knew that this was a face that Liu Rengui sold to him. Don't dare to accept it? Things here are not that simple. If he had accepted it, it would be easier to talk about. Now that it is confiscated, no matter what, he has received this face, and one day he will have to pay it back.
