The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

At the end of last year, Li Fu looked at the account book of the Biandan Workshop. From the time Biandan started to be sold in Chang'an City to now, a total of more than 34,000 guan has been earned. Among this money, Li Fu sent a small amount to the palace and handed it over to Li Yuan.

And these more than 30,000 guan were not even warmed up in his hands, and then they were spent again.

When the carpenter's workshop was not making money, whether it was building a workshop, purchasing wood, or recruiting craftsmen in Chang'an City, these 30,000 guan were the principal.

This year has just started, and Li Fu looks at the account book of the workshop every three months, that is, the quarterly account book.

The carpenter's workshop also earned a deposit of about 40,000 to 50,000 guan in the early stage, but 20,000 to 30,000 guan were used as advance payment for the Da'an Palace. Therefore, Li Fu later asked Li Shimin for 130,000 guan. The small amount of the 30,000 guan was an integer and counted as capital.

Therefore, the real surplus last year, which actually arrived in the warehouse, was only the 130,000 guan.

However, in the first half of this year, as the carpenter workshop gradually completed last year's orders and collected the balance, the warehouse will be rich again.

However, the furniture business must be very profitable at the beginning, and the market will become smaller as time goes by.

After all, at the beginning, it all depended on the rich families in Chang'an City to pay. Later, most of their homes have been replaced, and they will not spend money on it in a short time.

After three to five years, the main market in this area will be weddings and funerals. Whether it is the son or daughter of a wealthy family getting married, they will go to the furniture workshop to choose a set of decent furniture as a dowry or decoration of a new mansion.

The manor spends money like water, but it still needs to continue to find income. After the construction projects are arranged and put on the right track step by step, Li Fu does not need to watch the manor every day. With Lao Zhou and others, it is nothing more than working according to the construction schedule.

There was nothing important for Li Fu in Chang'an City, so he decided to go to Huizhou in person and build the tea house himself.

"Well, I will take care of the tea business myself, Lao Zhou, and I will leave the farm business to you." Li Fu said.

"Yes, my lord, please rest assured." Lao Zhou responded with a bow.

After reading the letter, Li Fu thought about how to reply in the study.

Moreover, if he wanted to leave Chang'an City, he must tell Li Yuan and Li Shimin, otherwise it would be difficult to find them.

After all, he was also a third-rank official in the court. Although he was a casual official, it did not mean that he could leave Chang'an City at will.

As an official in the court, once you become an official, you are not completely free.

Just like Li Fu, even if he had no official title and was just a prince, he had to report to Li Shimin if he wanted to leave Chang'an.

Now when Li Fu goes out, the people in the village look at him with admiration.

After the spring plowing, it didn't rain, so the owner went to the Dragon King Temple in person and respectfully offered incense to the Dragon King. As a result, the Dragon King ignored him, and the man was so angry that he cursed the Dragon King.

As a result, it rained the next day. Isn't this amazing?

Is it that the Dragon King likes this?

Is it not okay to beg him respectfully?

Of course, these thoughts are just what everyone thinks privately. They really don't have the courage to stand in front of the statue of the Dragon King and curse.

Speaking of which, the owner is really fearless.

Li Fu wrote a letter and asked Shitou to deliver it to Chang'an City and the palace, and then said that he was leaving Jingyang County and going to Huizhou.

After receiving the letter, Li Shimin frowned.

"What does your prince want to do now? Isn't it good to stay in Chang'an? Why? Such a big city like Chang'an can't accommodate him, right?"

Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

His expression scared Shitou a lot, and he thought that His Majesty was angry.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty wanted to go to Huizhou to check out the tea business, because during the New Year, General Cheng hosted a banquet at his mansion, and the tea business has been a commotion for a while. Many people in Chang'an City were asking about it, but at that time, there was really no time to make tea in the house, and the growth of tea is also seasonal. As a result, this matter was delayed.

Now that spring has begun, the spring plowing on the farm has ended, and His Majesty is thinking about taking care of this matter."

"The granary mentioned in the letter..."

Li Shimin said, and then he stopped talking.

He probably won't get any answers by asking the stone like this. Instead of wasting time, he might as well call Li Fu to the palace.

Doesn't he want to go out?

Before he goes out, he has to come to Chang'an City first, right?

For Li FuLi Shimin was a little worried when he said he wanted to leave Chang'an.

During the New Year, during the Lantern Festival, he encountered an assassination in Chang'an. Li Shimin was worried about Li Fu's safety. This was the case in Chang'an. If he left Chang'an, what if those who disliked him took this opportunity to make trouble for him?

At this juncture, there were still people who disliked Li Fu in secret.

In particular, in the court, Li Fu had secretly participated in the confrontation with the old ministers of Wude.

In Chang'an, they dared not do anything blatantly, but what if they left Chang'an?

What if someone made a move?

At that time, they would definitely say that it was just an accident, that there was a problem with local governance, and that the court should send troops to suppress the bandits...

There was no need to think about it, these were the arguments.

Moreover, Li Shimin felt that it was just some tea leaves, so there was no need for Li Fu, the prince, to go there in person. Wouldn't it be better to let his subordinates do it?

"Shitou, go back and tell your prince to come to the palace. I want to see him." Li Shimin said.

"Yes." Shitou bowed his hands in response.

In the days before and after Shitou went to Chang'an, Li Fu spent a carefree life in the manor.

When the weather was good, he would go out for a walk, and maybe he could meet a beautiful young lady from Chang'an who came out for a spring outing.

Occasionally, he would take a fishing rod to the river to fish and look at the beautiful young ladies washing by the river.

After the rain, the rainwater in the river became abundant. If you have nothing to do, you should cultivate some elegant hobbies for yourself, right?

As for going to Chang'an City, Yongkangfang, and finding a place full of red lanterns to dive into, that's not something I haven't thought about.

Go during the day, listen to music, and watch beautiful young ladies dancing, that's all.

Where are the real programs that are played in broad daylight?

Although Li Fu's state of mind is more mature than that of ordinary young people, he is still a young man under 20 years old after all. When he sees a beautiful young lady, he will still look sideways frequently.

As for fishing, drinking tea, and playing with skewers.

Those were also hobbies after he was over 30 in his previous life.

I have never seen any young people who like to play with skewers when they are passionate and hard at this age...

Li Fu is a gentleman.