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Chapter 277

Compared with before, he still needed to ask Lin Xuan, but now Li Chengqian is much more mature.

"Your Highness, you have done a good job." Lin Xuan smiled.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "No, I just don't think it's enough."

He said this from the bottom of his heart.In the beginning, he did these things just to show Li Shimin.

But as time passed, he felt the true love of the people, and for some reason he liked this feeling very much.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. In fact, governing a place is no different from doing business. You must always think about the needs of your customers and keep improving. Some needs may not be thought of by the guests themselves, but doing Business people can't think of it."

Lin Xuan saw that Li Chengqian was thinking, paused, and continued: "The same is true for governing a place. Not only do you think about what the people think, but you also think about what the people don't think about."

Li Chengqian said with some distress: "But what I can think of, Gu has already done it. But I always feel that I haven't done it well."

Lin Xuan shook his head and said: "Your Highness, the official roads around Chang'an haven't been repaired for many years. The official roads are like this, and other places can be imagined. Why doesn't Your Highness repair the roads around Chang'an?"

The official road is the main road connecting the various cities, and it is very strong because it is constantly rammed with soil.It won't be muddy when it rains.

The world was in chaos in the Sui Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, there was no condition to build roads.

Although the current official road cannot be said to be potholed, once it rains, there is no way to pass the car.

The official road is like this, and other roads can be imagined.

Li Chengqian was taken aback, and said: "To build the road requires recruiting a large number of civilians, and this matter requires the consent of the emperor."

Although the government has the power to recruit civilian husbands, it is necessary to recruit a large number of civilian husbands to cultivate official career.

In this way, he cannot be the master alone and must report it.

"Your Highness, I do not agree with recruiting civilian husbands." Lin Xuan said.

In ancient times, the common people had to do hard labor. To put it bluntly, hard labor means working for free without wages.

Although there were other reasons for the demise of the Qin and Sui Dynasties, a major factor was the recruitment of a large number of civilian husbands.

To be honest, Lin Xuan did not agree with this approach.

"You mean to hire people with money? Do you know how many people are needed to repair the official road?" Li Chengqian said.

It is hundreds of miles from Chang'an to Luoyang. If it is to be repaired, at least tens of thousands of people will be needed to repair it for several months.

Even with five Wen per person per day, plus some other expenses, the minimum cost would be more than [-] Guan.

Chang'an is more than just this one official road. Not to mention that Chang'an mansion doesn't have that much money, even if it does, he spends so much money to build roads. It is estimated that the memorial to impeach him can fill Li Shimin's desk.

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Does Your Highness know the road from the minister's family to Chang'an?"

Li Chengqian was startled, and asked, "You mean to build cement roads?"

Of course he knew that road, such a long road, all stones, or a whole.

When it was first repaired, the people in Chang'an were shocked, and many people even ran over to see it.

Lin Xuan nodded and said, "That's right, it is to build cement roads. The cost of cement is very low, and road construction is very fast, and not many people are needed."

"If the official road from Chang'an to Luoyang is built with cement, how long will it take? How much will it cost?" Li Chengqian asked.

Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "Within [-] guan, it can be repaired within a month at most."

Li Chengqian shook his head, and said: "It's still too expensive, Chang'an Mansion can't afford even ten thousand guan."

It's not that Chang'an Mansion is poor. According to regulations, local governments can keep [-]% of their taxes, and the rest needs to be handed over to the state treasury.

Chang'an Mansion is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said to be very rich, but Li Chengqian has been doing a lot during this time, and now he doesn't have much money at all.

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't have it, Your Majesty does. Why don't you tell Your Majesty about this and see what His Majesty has to say."

Now the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of money, so it is better to spend it on road construction if it is left there to breed rats.

Moreover, in history, in his later years, Li Shimin was extravagant and desperate, and he did not have the demeanor of a Mingjun at all.

Although some people say that it was because of the death of Empress Changsun and the failure to conquer Goguryeo, which caused her to lose her ambitions.

But in Lin Xuan's view, Li Shimin didn't have extravagant desires before, one reason was because his ambition was still there at that time, and the other reason was because he had no money.

Now that Li Shimin has so much money in his hand, who knows if he will want to enjoy it.

Lin Xuan felt that it would be better to find some places to spend time with Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian hesitated, he was not sure if Li Shimin would agree.

Lin Xuan picked up the teacup and drank without urging.

He has already said the method, and let Li Chengqian decide the rest. He doesn't want to interfere with Li Chengqian's thoughts.

In fact, Li Chengqian was quite decisive. He didn't keep Lin Xuan waiting long before he decided to give it a try.

Seeing that Li Chengqian agreed, Lin Xuan didn't stay in the East Palace any longer, so he left.

He still needs to go back and ask someone to make moon cakes. If there are no moon cakes tomorrow, who knows how Li Shimin will deal with him.

……

Li Chengqian was not interested in mooncakes, so he asked someone to send both to Li Lizhi.

Li Lizhi was very happy to know that it was sent by Lin Xuan.

Li Lizhi didn't enjoy it to herself, so she sent someone to invite Princess Yuzhang and Princess Qinghe over.

"Sister!" Princess Yuzhang was the first to arrive.

After Li Lizhi asked her to sit down, she said with a smile: "Brother Prince asked someone to bring some snacks, and asked you to come and have a taste."

Princess Yuzhang joked, "Really?"

A blush appeared on Li Lizhi's face, and she said coquettishly, "If you don't want to eat it, forget it."

Princess Yuzhang hurriedly said, "Okay, it's my sister who made a mistake. Where are the snacks?"

Li Lizhi shook her head and said, "I also called Qinghe, we'll talk about it when she arrives."

Princess Yuzhang didn't urge her, and asked, "Sister, I asked you to ask about Hou Xiangxiang in Jingyang County, did you ask?"

Ever since she smelled the perfume, she fell in love with it.

But it was hard for her to ask Lin Xuan for it, so she had no choice but to turn her mind on Li Lizhi.

Li Lizhi was not familiar with Lin Xuan at the time, and with the reservedness of a woman, how could she agree.

But during the last spring outing, Princess Yuzhang found out something was wrong, so she entangled Li Lizhi.

"I forgot." Li Lizhi said with some embarrassment.

The last time Lin Xuan was on an expedition, she was worried about Lin Xuan, so she didn't remember.

Princess Yuzhang was not angry either, and told Li Lizhi not to look at her next time.

The two sisters chatted for a while, and the maid led Princess Qinghe in.

"I've met Sister Changle and Sister Yuzhang!" Princess Qinghe saluted politely.

People are different.

Although after the last spring outing, Li Lizhi often took care of her, making her life in the palace much easier.

But she knew her identity, although she was a princess, she was not taken seriously.

Li Lizhi went up to meet her, pulled Princess Qinghe, and smiled softly: "Sister Qinghe, you are welcome, sit down quickly. Brother Prince brought some snacks, I specially asked you to try them."

Li Lizhi asked someone to bring up the mooncakes, and said with a smile, "I just tasted a piece, and it tastes very good. Please try it."

Princess Yuzhang and Princess Qinghe liked the patterns on the mooncakes very much.

Hearing Li Lizhi's words, he was not polite, took a piece and tasted it.

"How?" Li Lizhi asked expectantly.

Although she didn't make this moon cake, she likes to hear other people's recognition of Lin Xuan.

Princess Yuzhang's eyes lit up, and she said, "I thought it was a pancake at first, but it tastes different, not bad!"

Princess Qinghe was a little shy, but nodded in agreement.

After Li Lizhi listened, a bright smile appeared on her face.

Princess Yuzhang said with some dissatisfaction: "The Marquis of Jingyang County only remembers my sister, and doesn't know how to give us some."

Princess Qinghe looked at Princess Yuzhang suspiciously, didn't she say it was sent by the prince.

Li Lizhi blushed, and said angrily, "If you like it, take more, just say something nonsense."

Princess Yuzhang teased her, she was used to it, but she still felt embarrassed when Princess Qinghe was around.

(End of this chapter)