Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Du He's brows twitched slightly, then he nodded and said.

"it is good!"

Although he didn't know what Hou Junji wanted to discuss with him over drinks, Du He had not had a good private chat with Hou Junji since returning from the expedition to Goguryeo.

Previously, he went to the Secretariat to find Hou Junji only to discuss the promotion of his third brother.

Du He saw that Xiao Kai's mouth was grinning from ear to ear, and he was curious about how much reward he got.

"Brother Xiao, how much reward did you get? Why are you smiling so happily?"

As the biggest winner this time, Yu Bu Si received a total of 60 strings of silver, 120 shi of grain and 120 dou of refined salt.

If they divided it equally, they could get 2 guan of silver, 4 shi of grain and 4 dou of refined salt, which was equivalent to 2240 copper coins.

This huge amount of reward money is almost the annual salary of the lowest-ranking official.

"Hehe." Xiao Kai laughed evilly twice, then whispered: "Not much, just 20 strings of silver, 40 dan of grain and 40 dou of refined salt!"

"It's just a small reward, not worth mentioning."

Although he said it was not worth mentioning, his mouth was almost raised to the sky.

Because there were only 28 officials in the Yubu Division, including 3 high-ranking officials and the other 25 low-ranking officials, Xiao Kai got more.

Du He laughed and scolded: "You are just a scoundrel. You actually took more than 30% of the reward, and you still have the nerve to show off here."

Hearing Du He's joke, Xiao Kai curled his lips and said.

"Brother Du, I have to share the reward money with Li Daoyu, Zhang Bi, Deng Su and Zhang Xingshi."

"If we divide it among the five of us, each of us will only get 4 strings of silver, 8 shi of grain and 8 dou of refined salt."

The new plow of their Yubu Division was made entirely by these four foreign aids, so it is only right and reasonable to give them more rewards.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Kai wouldn't mind not taking a penny, but this was the first reward he had ever received, so he had to take it home to show his father.

He wanted to use the reward to show his father that he, Xiao Kai, was not a playboy who only knew how to indulge in sensual pleasures!

Du He said softly, "This time, Yu Busi was able to show his face in the court, thanks to Li Daoyou, Zhang Bi and other masters, so we should give them some."

Xiao Kai winked and said, "Brother Du, I'm going to invite four foreign aids and the people from the Yu Department to have a drink at Tingyuxuan Tavern tomorrow. Would you like to come along?"

When Du He heard that Xiao Kai wanted to treat the entire Yubu Division to drinks just after receiving a small reward, his expression paused slightly.

Tingyuxuan Tavern is the most luxurious tavern in Chang'an, and the food and drinks there are not cheap.

Xiao Kai might invite more than 30 people to a feast and spend most of the money he earned.

Du He shook his head and said, "I have other things to deal with these days, so I won't mess around with you guys."

Although Du He was young, he was the Minister of Works after all, and those officials couldn't let go when he went drinking with them.

Xiao Kai nodded and said, "Du He, I'll leave first. I'll share the reward money with Li Daoyu and Zhang Bi, and then take the reward home."

After saying this, Xiao Kai left in a hurry.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Du He put down the book, took the brocade box containing the seven-square and six-yuan Khotan jade belt and walked out of the office.

The three boxes of silver were very heavy and needed to be loaded onto a carriage by guards including Du Wu and Zhang Shizheng and transported back to the princess's mansion.

Du He passed by the lobby and saw large and small bags of things placed next to the seats of these officials, while these people were holding a large string of copper coins and laughing foolishly.

When they saw Du He coming out, they all stood up and shouted excitedly.

"Du Shangshu."

Du He waved his hand at them and said, "Cut more meat when you get the reward money. Don't be stingy and reluctant to eat it."

These officials patted their chests and shouted that they wanted to cut off half a pound of meat to take back and eat.

Du He chatted with them for a few words, then strode away with a smile.

More than half a quarter of an hour later.

Du He and his group carried three large boxes of silver and slowly returned to Princess Chengyang's Mansion.

In the lobby.

Linglong looked at the silver ingots in the box, her eyes sparkling with stars, and her hands couldn't help but take out the silver ingots in large quantities.

Li Yi asked in confusion: "Husband, where did you get so much reward money?"

Du He said softly, "Yier, this is the silver His Majesty gave me as a reward for me leading the Ministry of Works to innovate the new plow."

"Here is also a seven-square and six-round Khotan jade belt. Keep it as our heirloom."

As Du He spoke, he opened the brocade box in his hand, revealing the exquisitely shaped and luxurious ornament.

Li Yi carefully took out the jade belt, and then said in a tone full of surprise.

"My husband, you didn't receive such a high reward for helping the prince to destroy the three kingdoms of Liaodong. How can you get such a great reward just for making a new plow?"

This jade belt is not only expensive in itself, but also represents His Majesty's recognition of his subjects' achievements.

She didn't expect that her husband, at the age of 23, had obtained this highest-grade jade belt. It was really hard for her to believe.

Du He said with a wicked smile: "Your Majesty's inner thoughts, I, your husband, cannot guess."

"Maybe he saw that you and I had a chubby son, so he took this opportunity to reward us."

"In order to get more rewards, Yi'er, we have to work harder and give birth to a chubby boy every year."

When Li Yi saw her husband starting to behave inappropriately again, her pretty face suddenly turned red.

But her hand subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, because there was something wrong with her body in the past two days, and the symptoms were the same as when she was pregnant with Du Ping'an.

"Wow, what a beautiful jade belt!"

Linglong, who was originally looking at the silver, came to Li Yi's side at some point and was looking at the jade belt with a greedy look on her face.

"Your Highness, this jade belt is worth a lot of money, right?"

The small silver hairpin she bought for the princess cost her 3500 coins. This jade belt is so big, its value must be no more than 3500 coins, right?

Li Yi said in a gentle voice: "Silly girl, this jade belt is a symbol of status, how can it be measured by money?"

As she spoke, she carefully put the jade belt back into the brocade box and held it tightly in her hand.

Du He continued, "Yier, Duke Chen wants me to go to his mansion for a drink. You and Linglong can have dinner later."

Li Yi nodded and said, "Husband, then you should go early and come back early."

"I will arrange for someone to move these three boxes of silver to the warehouse for storage."

Hou Junji was the Shangshu You Pushe, so of course he invited his husband to his mansion not just to drink, but to discuss important matters.

"it is good."

Du He responded and then quickly left the princess's mansion.

...

Chen Guogong Mansion.

In a luxurious side hall, Hou Junji and Du He each sat in front of a small table, on which were placed several pots of delicious food and fine wine.

After drinking a glass of wine, Hou Junji said, "My dear nephew Du, today Zhangsun Wuji came to me privately and wanted to promote Chu Suiliang to the position of Right Secretary of the Central Secretariat."

"As an exchange of interests, if I promote a few officials, he will fully support me!"