Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Li Shen suddenly remembered that Wang Hongfu arrived very quickly just now.

"Your Highness, I brought the dividend money here." Wang Hongfu replied quickly.

"Are you stupid? They have to ship so much money back, can't you just open a few deposit certificates in the bank?

The round trip shipping fee is free, and it won’t make a living at all.”

Li Shen shouted angrily.

"Your Highness, the carriages used for transportation are all from the palace, so there is no need for freight." Wang Hongfu explained in a low voice.

"Bullshit, if there's no shipping fee, then doesn't the horse eat grass? Is it raised on dirt?"

Li Shen cursed.

Wang Hongfu immediately shrank his neck and didn't dare to refute, but he was thinking in his heart, even if the horses didn't pull the cart, they still had to eat grass, right?

I thought so but I dared not say it out loud, so I could only whisper back:

"Your Highness, I think since it's a dividend distribution, it would be more solemn to just distribute the money directly.

Didn't the prince say that the scene should be grand?"

"Well...what you said makes some sense, so why don't you go quickly?"

Li Shen thought about it and finally admitted that Wang Hongfu was right. It seemed that this guy had learned a lot from him.

"Yes." Wang Hongfu saluted Li Shimin and others as if he had been granted amnesty, then walked out.

The three most noble people in the Tang Dynasty were here, and Wang Hongfu felt very reserved.

"Haha, your chief manager is quite good, he's steady and talented. Why don't you give him up and send him to the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

Seeing Wang Hongfu retreat, Li Shimin took a sip of tea and suggested with a smile.

"I have no objection, as long as he is willing to go." Li Shen didn't care. He always said that he would not hinder the development of the three giants of Ji Wangfu.

He supports anyone who wants to serve as an official in the court.

"Haha, if that's what you say, Tenth Brother, then I won't be polite. If such a talent leads the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he will definitely be able to do a lot for the court."

Li Chengqian laughed heartily.

"Okay, I'm just afraid he won't go. It's not that I'm trying to stop him, but you can't give him what he wants."

Li Shen replied calmly.

"Haha, no problem. You can appoint him as an assistant minister when the time comes, as long as he can serve the court."

Li Shimin laughed and said, the assistant minister is the second in command, and there are only two assistant ministers in a ministry.

Li Shen shook his head:

"A minister can earn less than 100,000 or 200,000 strings of cash a year."

"What do you say?"

"How many did you say?"

Li Shimin and Li Chengqian screamed. What did they just hear?

Seeing the surprised expressions of the father and son, Li Shen felt secretly happy. "You little brats, you still want to poach my people? Do you have the ability to do that?"

"Did you just say you made 200,000 strings of cash a year? Or was it 20 strings of cash?"

Li Shimin scratched his ears, suspecting that he had heard wrongly. It was normal for a shopkeeper to earn twenty strings of cash a year in Chang'an City.

Li Shen held up two fingers:

"Two hundred thousand strings of cash is the current wage, but it was only a little over a hundred thousand a few years ago.

What I give Wang Hongfu is a commission from his work. The specific amount depends on how much the Wang Mansion earns this year. If the Wang Mansion earns more, he will naturally earn more too.

But he won't get any salary this year because of Wang Wencheng's incident. I've deducted his salary to teach him a lesson."

"Talent," that word was well used. Li Shimin's eyelids twitched. He was just a shopkeeper, yet he could actually earn 200,000 strings of cash a year in Prince Ji's mansion.

Even among the merchants in Chang'an City, there are not many who can earn 200,000 strings of cash a year.

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen as if he were a monster. In his mind, Wang Hongfu was just a house slave.

Working for the master is a matter of course, and it is good enough to be paid some wages. There are many servants who do not get paid, and only some food and meals are enough.

This guy actually paid a servant 200,000 strings of cash a year. Doesn't he know what a slave means?

"What's wrong?" Li Shen felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the strange looks from his father and elder brother. What was there to be shocked about?

Wang Hongfu is Li Shen's spokesperson in the business world, and he is also the CEO of Prince Ji's Mansion. Although his annual salary of 200,000 guan is a bit much, it is reasonable.

With him, Li Shen saved a lot of worries and could focus on eating, drinking and having fun. Li Shen felt it was worth it.

"Oh~~~"

Li Shimin looked at Li Shen for a long time, and finally sighed:

"The imperial court can't afford to support Wang Hongfu, so you should keep him for yourself. According to your calculation, Wang Hongfu must have a fortune of millions now, right?"

"No, not at all." Li Shen shook his head and explained:

"Wang Hongfu was a smart man. He knew that too much money would not do him any good, so he built a large house in his hometown and also built bridges and roads.

Every time the Prince Ji's Mansion donated money for charity, he would also donate some money.

He probably only has a few hundred thousand strings of cash now, and most of his money has been spent."

This was not a request or suggestion from Li Shen, but something Wang Hongfu did on his own initiative.

Li Shen probably had something to do with him. He often told his subordinates to spend money and not to have too much money in their hands, otherwise it would easily arouse the emperor's suspicion.

Perhaps for this reason, Wang Hongfu Yi followed suit.

"Haha, it's true that like master, like servant." Li Shimin laughed. Both the master and the servant were so cautious.

Li Shen squanders so much money every year, how could he not know what Li Shen is thinking?

In the first few years, Li Shen built the royal palace, repaired villas everywhere, and engaged in large-scale construction. Countless people impeached Li Shen for wasting people's money and living an extravagant life.

Li Shimin knew that it was Li Shen who was squandering his wealth, and because he was afraid of having too much money, he became suspicious of him.

But later, as the Ji Wang Mansion had more and more money, Li Shen had no place to spend the money, so he could only build larger projects, and the industrial park came into being.

Later, they started building roads, and they kept building roads. But they were not satisfied with just building roads, so they built a large fortress on Qinghai Road.

Li Shimin saw all of this.

Now even Li Shen's men are doing this.

"Haha, Aye, you're joking. He did it voluntarily. Son..."

"Your Highness, several gentlemen from the Hejian Palace and the Jiangxia Palace have arrived."

Just then, Shitou stood at the door and reported.

"Let them come over." Li Shimin gave the order without waiting for Li Shen to speak.

"Yes." Shi Tou immediately accepted the order.

Soon, several young men came in. They knew in advance that His Majesty and the Crown Prince would also be here, so they came in very respectfully.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty, to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

"Well, no need to be so polite. There are no outsiders here." Li Shimin nodded. These were all younger generations of his Li family.

"Why are you here so early?" Li Shen gestured for the servants to bring chairs for them to sit down, and then asked.

Li Jingheng, the eldest son of Hejian Prince Li Daozong, bowed and replied:

"Your Highness, Prince Ji, we arrived early to see if there is anything you can help with."

(I'll see if I can reach 5,000 chapters.)