Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

Chapter 92: The Emperor's Wood

"No, girls only go into business!"

Cheng Chumo said impassionedly: "I want to become a world-class powerhouse and overthrow the northern barbarians!"

"Then will you earn money?" Li Xiao asked again.

"Then I'm good at it, what do you want to do?"

Cheng Chumo stared at Li Xiao vigilantly.

"Why not, I have something, you can sell it in Chang'an, if the price is good, I will count it as a reward for you, do you want to do it?" Li Xiao said thoughtfully.

"Cut!" Cheng Chumo looked disdainful, "You want me to help you work for free? You are so poor that you have to borrow money from me. What valuable things can you have? Pay it back? Hehe..."

"Hey!"

Li Xiao stretched his hands into his arms and made a gesture of digging out something, but in fact he took out the piece of rosewood from the system space.

"Look, how much is this rosewood worth?"

"Red sandalwood?" Cheng Chumo looked surprised, "You're lying, you have something as precious as rosewood?"

But when he took a closer look, his eyeballs suddenly bulged, and he shouted in surprise: "This... this is small-leaf rosewood!"

"Emperor's Wood!"

"Where did you get this thing?"

Cheng Chumo stared at Li Xiao in shock.

"The Emperor's Wood?"

Li Xiao was also surprised.

Isn't this a kind of precious wood?

He did not expect that this red sandalwood seemed to be very precious in Datang.

After thinking for a while, Li Xiao said in a low voice, "It seems that you have some knowledge, so let me test you. How expensive is this king's tree?"

"Small-leaf red sandalwood, this kind of thing takes hundreds of years to mature, grows extremely slowly, and is ten sandalwood and nine times empty. It is rare in the world, and even princes and ministers are not qualified to own it, so it is called the emperor's wood!" Cheng Chumo is like a treasure. introduced.

It turned out to be the case.

Li Xiao finally understood.

For one reason, rare things are expensive.

In this era, rosewood is too rare.

Even if it exists in the deep mountains and old forests, it has not been discovered, so it is extremely rare.

Here, the rarer something is, the more it is regarded as a symbol of power.

But in fact, this red sandalwood only has the effect of calming the nerves and refreshing the mind.

At the same time, he was also a little surprised that Cheng Chumo knew rosewood so well.

"Then how much silver do you think it can sell for such a big piece?" Li Xiao asked.

As far as he is concerned, this thing is of no great use. It is better to exchange it for silver, and to test Cheng Chumo's business ability.

"Are you crazy? You also sell this thing?!"

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Xiao in shock.

Li Xiao was puzzled: "Why can't you sell it?"

"If you wear this kind of red sandalwood all year round, it can cure all diseases and strengthen your body. You want to sell such a treasure, what a waste!"

"That's not for sale!"

Li Xiao immediately took it back.

"Hey hey, don't!"

Cheng Chumo wished he could slap himself all over the place.

In a moment of impatience, he actually spoke out what was in his heart.

If Li Xiao didn't sell it to him, how could he make profit from it?

Seeing Cheng Chumo's appearance, Li Xiao wanted to laugh in his heart, and then threw the red sandalwood to Cheng Chumo, saying: "Take it and sell it, how much money do you think you can sell it for?"

"Hmm..." Cheng Chumo rolled his eyes, "It must be a few hundred taels of silver!"

"A few hundred taels? Then you give it back to me."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Chumo hurriedly said: "If I can use my sharp tongue again, maybe I can sell it for thousands of taels."

"give me!"

"Hmm... I'll find someone to carve it out, maybe the price will be doubled!"

Cheng Chumo wiped the sweat from his forehead, secretly thinking that Li Xiao is a little fox, too difficult to deal with.

"That's right!" Li Xiao smiled, "Go, I like you!"

"Now?"

"Then you don't have to hurry up to make money. If you don't go now, when will you wait?"

"It's lunch time now, if you ask me to do something, you must treat me to a good meal!"

Cheng Chumo looked resentful.

"Okay." Li Xiao was speechless.

This fat man is really picky.

Even the money for this meal is reluctant to spend.

After lunch, Li Xiao lent Cheng Chumo a fast horse to go to Chang'an.

But when he turned around, he asked Li Junxian to send someone to follow him.

Now that something has happened, Li Xiao talked to Li Junxian about the business.

"Your Highness, I have searched all over the mountain, but there is no trace of Princess Dongying."

"No? How is it possible?"

Li Xiao frowned.

It stands to reason that Li Xiaogong is so confident, then the princess of Dongying must be hiding somewhere in the villa.

"Have all the servants of the villa interrogated?" Li Xiao asked.

"Some tricks were used, but no one confessed."

"You don't need to ask, let's send them all away and recruit some more. The number can be small, but they must come from a clean slate."

"Yes!"

After Li Junxian left, Li Xiao fell into deep thought.

Where will this Dongying princess hide?

There is also a dangerous factor hidden in the villa. If it is a normal person, it will definitely be difficult to sleep and eat.

But Li Xiao was not afraid at all.

Now that the forbidden army is back, the guards are heavily guarded. If the Dongying princess wants to run away, it is impossible not to be discovered.

It's just that Li Xiao is very curious, now that Li Xiaogong has been arrested, he won't come looking for her.

So, how long can this Dongying princess hide?

What to eat

This is a big question.

Li Xiao was not in a hurry when he couldn't find Princess Dongying.

Sooner or later, she herself will show up one day.

Li Xiao changed Zhao Yuntian's medicine, and then went to inspect the various constructions of the villa, as well as the production of flintlock guns.

……

The palace, the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the previous civil and military officials raised a total of 1203 million taels of silver."

"In addition to the confiscation of all the silver taels of the Hejian County Prince's Mansion, a total of nearly 300 million taels of silver has been handed over to the household department, and people have been sent to Jiangnan to buy grain."

"I estimate that within half a month, the first batch of grain and grass will be sent to Youzhou."

Fang Xuanling reported to Li Er.

"This amount of money is far from enough!"

Li Er frowned.

Three million taels of silver may seem like a lot, but for Youzhou's hundreds of thousands of troops, it can barely last for a while.

Because not only food, but also armament replenishment, city maintenance, soldiers' salaries, etc., are all huge holes in the abyss that need to be filled with money.

Not to mention the severe drought in several northern states, this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket.

"It's not enough, but it can solve the temporary crisis. With time buffer, it is difficult to raise money, but it is not impossible." Fang Xuanling said.

"What's your plan?"

Li Er immediately looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood what I mean. I don't know how to make money." Fang Xuanling smiled wryly, "But Your Majesty forgot? The cash cow..."

"Xiao'er?"

Li Er was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "This brat is a ghost, maybe he really has a way to help me, Datang, get through this difficulty."

"Come on!"

"The old slave is here!"

"Shangshu of the Xuanhu Department!"

"Yes!"

After the eunuch left, Fang Xuanling said dumbfoundedly: "Your Majesty is wise!"

……

Lantian Villa.

At this time, the time has come to the evening.

Li Xiao received a report that an acquaintance came to the villa.

main entrance.

"Land from?"

Li Xiao looked at the person in front of him with thoughtful eyes.

At this time, Lu Li and a few of his men stood at the door.

"Your Highness!"

Lu Li was extremely happy, and immediately knelt down and bowed.

"Get up!"

Li Xiao helped Lu Li up, and said thoughtfully, "Sacked?"

The first thing he thought of was that the matter of framing Li Xiaogong had been exposed.

"Your Highness, you should see for yourself!"

With that said, Lu Li took out a roll of golden silk from behind him.

It was an imperial decree.

Sure enough.