The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Shimin looked at the account book presented to him.

Why is it so thick?

Three books? ! !

What is recorded here?

Li Shimin opened one of the books and looked at it carefully.

"Is this the account book of the furniture in Da'an Palace?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes." Li Fu had a flattering smile on his face: "Your Majesty, it's the end of the year, and it's time to settle the accounts. The workers are waiting to get the money to go home for the New Year. At the end of the year, they rely on this little salary to support their families."

Li Fu was just selling misery. The craftsmen in the workshop made a lot of money in just two or three months. Even those who worked in Da'an Palace were paid generously by the workshop.

"Don't tell me this. Your workshop in Chang'an City has a good business. Many officials in the court are flocking to the new furniture you made." Li Shimin responded to Li Fu while flipping through the account book.

Colleagues, the more I look through the account books, the more distressed I feel.

Why is there so much? !

Li Shimin has not had time to go to Da'an Palace to take a look, but just looking at the account book given by Li Fu, he was shocked.

This is just the money that the treasury has to pay Li Fu.

The expenses of the Ministry of Works are not included in it.

The more Li Shimin looked through the account books, the more uneasy he felt.

What is this?

What is this? !

If he can make so much money by opening a carpenter's workshop, why would he be an emperor? He should just open a carpenter's workshop too! ! !

What is the tax for the whole world? Why not open a few more carpenter's workshops?

You can earn it all back.

How can there be so much money? !

"Why are there so many accounts in your account book?" Li Shimin stared at Li Fu: "Give me a reasonable explanation."

"Is there anything unreasonable here?" Li Fu asked curiously: "It is all recorded in detail here, and this account book has been checked several times when it was on the construction site of Da'an Palace. If you don't believe it, you can summon Yan Shaojiang from the Ministry of Works to ask.

This account book was checked with the Ministry of Works first. Besides, you are wise and brave, how dare I fool you?

Finally, this account book came to me last. When Da'an Palace was working and accounting, I was not there. Others don't know what I was doing at that time, but you don't know?"

Once Li Fu opened his mouth, he was like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and he output a lot.

Li Shimin thought about it, and it was true.

Looking at the account book in front of him, his heart was bleeding.

If he didn't spend this money, the emperor would be unhappy.

If he spent this money, he would be a little unhappy.

It is really expensive to show filial piety.

Li Shimin sucked his teeth in pain.

"The wood used to make furniture is all raw materials directly delivered by the Ministry of Works."

"Yes, the raw materials are provided by the Ministry of Works." Li Fu said.

He could not intervene in this.

"But the decoration in Da'an Palace is not just about raw materials." Li Fu said: "Yes, it is written in the account book that the craftsman's time is also money, and the technology is also money. Moreover, what are the drawings produced by the workshop selling? Is it raw materials?

If so, can copperware and copper coins be the same thing?"

There are Hu people in Chang'an City, and they will collect some exquisite copperware.

And some people will directly melt the copper coins for the difference in price, make copperware, and sell them to Hu people.

The government does not allow this to happen, so the investigation is very strict in various places. Once caught, it is a serious crime of privately destroying copper coins.

However, with such huge profits, there are still people who are sneaking in.

Take this as an example. When comparing things, you can't use raw materials to compare.

Then why are exquisite copperware more valuable than copper coins, even though they are both made of copper?

Quality is on the outside, and technology is on the inside.

"Second brother, you don't think that the drawings of a set of furniture can be easily made, right? The decoration of Da'an Palace is the only decoration in the whole Tang Dynasty and the whole world. There are a large box of drawings alone.

The cost of the drawings is just the paper and silk. Can it be calculated like this?"

What Li Fu hates most is people who treat the designer's time cost as cost.

They think that they didn't even pay for the materials, so there is no loss, it's just drawing pictures.

If you can do it, you can do it!

"Then this... is too expensive, so much money." Li Shimin looked at the account book.

After reading to the end, I roughly calculated that, wow, not counting the materials, it was actually 130,000 strings of cash? !

The Ministry of Works reported 260,000 strings of cash for the renovation of the entire Da'an Palace.

Adding these 130,000 strings of cash, it's 390,000 strings of cash? ! !

Ten thousand strings of cash!! !

"Where is it expensive? For so many years, the palace has been repairing the palaces at this cost. Don't talk nonsense with your eyes open. Those carpenters have a hard time. How have they lived in Chang'an City for so many years? I know best." Li Fu said: "Da'an Palace is really the first in history. It is not expensive at all."

Sometimes, look for your own reasons. For so many years, has the treasury had more money? Has it handled government affairs seriously and restored the prosperity of the Central Plains?

But Li Fu didn't dare to say the last word.

He dared to say that Li Shimin really dared to deal with him.

After all, the responsibility for the treasury was not Li Shimin, and of course, it could not be said that Li Yuan was responsible.

As for the founding of the country, if it was just the old Li family fighting alone, it would definitely not work, so the money spent by Li Yuan should also be spent.

There is also the money originally given to the Turks.

The Tang Dynasty really had no choice, so it took the wealth to exchange for a short-term peace in order to restore national strength.

So, the reason is clear, but it is hard to say the responsibility, because the two emperors cannot be blamed.

Li Shimin looked at the account book, looked at Li Fu, looked at the account book again, and looked at Li Fu again...

It hurts... It really hurts.

But this pocket has to be taken out.

130,000 strings, too much...

However, Li Shimin also has an idea in his mind.

It cost 200,000 strings to build a palace from scratch.

Now it costs nearly 400,000 to repair the Da'an Palace, plus the new things in the Da'an Palace, it is not unreasonable...

Li Fu looked at Li Shimin's painful expression, but he was not in a hurry.

It also takes time for people to react and accept...

The account book provided by Li Fu showed that the most expensive part was the customization of the whole house in Da'an Palace, the design drawings, and the wages of the craftsmen were secondary. In addition, some materials were not purchased by the Ministry of Works, but they went out to find them. In order to achieve the best effect and make Li Yuan live happily and comfortably, they made a lot of changes.

Even Yan Rang exclaimed in amazement after seeing the final product.