Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

After turning a corner, the inside suddenly opens up and the layout here is very artistic.

It's not the kind of small courtyards that are arranged in rows.

Instead, it was built on both sides of the stream according to the direction of the river.

It's not regular, it's here and there.

At this moment, Li Shimin was sitting in a pavilion with several people sitting beside him.

There are Li Jing, Duke of Wei, Cheng Yaojin, Duke of Lu, Tang Jian, Duke of Ju, Yuchi Jingde, Duke of E, and Zhang Liang, Duke of Yun.

These people have been doing nothing, except Tang Jian.

Li Jing and Yuchi Jingde have retired, Zhang Liang was demoted, and Cheng Yaojin never goes to work.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Ji has arrived."

Wang De stepped forward to report.

Li Shimin turned around and everyone else looked at Li Shen.

"I have met Grandpa, may Grandpa live long and healthy."

"I have met His Highness Prince Ji."

Others also greeted Li Shen.

Li Shen also returned the gifts one by one.

"Humph, Your Highness Prince Ji is really a forgetful person. I asked you to arrange a separate courtyard today, but you didn't.

I really want to know, did you forget or did you deliberately not arrange it for me? "

When Li Shimin saw Li Shen, he immediately asked with a cold face.

Now that this rebellious son doesn't take what I said seriously, it seems he needs to be taught a lesson.

Li Shen bowed:

"Your Highness, I dare not not make arrangements for you. I just don't know which courtyard you should be arranged to live in to suit your status.

I stayed awake all night thinking about this matter."

"Oh? Then where have you thought of arranging it for me?"

Li Shimin looked unconvinced.

"I haven't decided yet, but since Aye is here in person today, Aye can pick whatever one he wants."

This is my father. It is my duty to respect him, Li Shen kept comforting himself in his heart.

"You are smart. I think the villa in the center is good. I want that one."

Li Shimin pointed to a large villa in the distance.

There is a small river flowing on both sides, and it has its own door and yard, like a small island.

Two wooden bridges are built on both sides.

Li Shen raised his head with an unhappy expression on his face. This was obviously the villa that Wang Hongfu had left for him.

"What? You can't bear it?"

Li Shimin glanced at Li Shen.

"No, no, no, if I can give it to Aye, of course I am willing to give it away. As long as Aye is happy, that's all."

Li Shen grinned, his smile was uglier than crying.

The people behind him all laughed secretly, feeling relieved.

"That's good. I heard that your charges are very expensive?"

Li Shimin continued to ask.

"No, Aye, the fees here are absolutely fair, there is no forced sale,

It’s all voluntary.”

Li Shen quickly explained.

"Old Ten, they are all old ministers who have followed me for decades, and most of them are heroes who founded the country.

They have made contributions to the Tang Dynasty and should be treated well.

Don’t have any bad thoughts.”

Li Shimin said seriously.

However, Li Shen realized that this was meant for these old ministers to hear.

"Don't worry, Father. I have always been amazed by these heroes. My Ji Palace has paid half of the money they used to come here.

Otherwise the price would have doubled.”

"What? Your Highness Prince Ji, you are kidding me."

Tang Jian spoke.

"That's right, half the price, half the price plus two thousand strings of cash a year in rent?"

Cheng Yaojin also refused to do it and shouted at the top of his voice.

"That's right. Since it's you, Prince Ji, who makes the money, you should say you took 10%."

Yuchi Jingde also followed suit.

Li Shimin looked at Li Shen, his meaning was very clear, please explain it.

"Aye, I am telling the truth. Look at this huge forest. The land alone will cost a lot of money.

And the construction of these villas, each of which was carefully designed and built, all cost money.

This small river shows signs of artificial excavation, and the workers also need to eat.

And all the hired guards and servants are made of money.

More importantly, there are professional doctors here to provide professional services to each of them.

To help them recuperate, even Doctor Sun would come over to take their pulse from time to time.

In this environment, charging them 2,000 guan is not too much at all."

Li Shen explained.

"Forget it. We have to pay for the medicine they prescribe to treat our body, and it's much more expensive than outside."

Cheng Yaojin retorted loudly.

"How can it be the same? Can you treat patients better than Dr. Sun?"

When it comes to money, Li Shen jumped up and down and competed with Cheng Yaojin to see who had the loudest voice.

"I..." Cheng Yaojin was about to retort, but Li Shen shouted again:

"What do you mean by 'you'? Your family's Cheng Chuliang has owed me three thousand strings of cash for seven or eight years and he still hasn't paid it back. Over the years, the principal and interest have totaled thirty thousand strings of cash.

Duke Lu, when will you return it to me?"

"Thirty thousand strings of cash?" Cheng Yaojin was stunned.

Three thousand strings of cash increased tenfold in seven or eight years. Even the money lent in the imperial court's bank did not have such a high interest rate.

This is clearly a robbery.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, isn't 3,000 guan a bit too much? Isn't this extortion?"

Cheng Yaojin's voice became much quieter.

"Blackmail? You're right to borrow money and not pay it back? You have money but you don't pay it back, and you even say that my place is expensive.

It seems that I have to talk to Cheng Chuliang about repaying the money.

Your family has quite a few shares in my hands, hehe."

Li Shen snorted twice.

Cheng Yaojin immediately shook his head:

"Who says this place is expensive? I, Cheng, don't think it's expensive at all. Look at how beautiful the scenery is here. It's the best place for self-cultivation.

If you live here permanently, you will definitely live longer.

What's more, I have Dr. Sun to treat me personally, so even 4,000 guan is not expensive, let alone 2,000 guan."

Cheng Yaojin spoke confidently and sincerely, which made the other people who came to meet him look confused.

Just now, this guy was the first one to say that Prince Ji’s fees were too high. He changed his attitude so quickly.

Yuchi Jingde stood beside Cheng Yaojin and stared at him for a long time before saying:

"Zhijie, you are so shameless."

"Hmph, let's not blame each other. If it were you, you would lose money faster than me if you owed 30,000 strings of cash."

Cheng Yaojin replied in a low voice.

"Okay, take me to see the other courtyard. The gate of the other courtyard is still locked."

Li Shimin stood up after watching the show.

"Locked?"

Li Shen was a little surprised and followed Li Shimin.

After crossing the small bridge and arriving at the gate, we found it was locked.

Li Shimin turned around and looked at Li Shen, meaning to open the door.

Li Shen looked back at Shi Tou, meaning to open the door.

Shitou looked back and there was no one there.

"You don't have the key?"

Li Shimin could guess it by looking at Li Shen's expression.

Li Shen really didn't have the key. He knew from Shi Tou's expression that he didn't have the key either.

Li Shen now suddenly missed Wang Hongfu very much. With him around, he didn't have to worry about these things.

"Aye, why don't you split it open?"

(Cheng Yaojin's original name was Cheng Yaojin, and he changed his name to Cheng Zhijie, with the courtesy name Yizhen.

His ancestors were also officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

He had six sons, the first two of whom were born to Ms. Sun, who was also a lady from a prominent family and a member of the Sun clan.

The last four sons were born to Cui, who was from Qinghe Cui and the eldest daughter of Cui Xin, the deputy governor of Qizhou in the Sui Dynasty.

So don’t say Cheng Zhijie is a character.)