In fact, Li Yuechen had anticipated this situation a long time ago. After all, such strange brute force of his must require energy to drive it.
But this is not a world of immortals, and I cannot absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so I can only rely on eating to replenish it.
The increasing appetite was a result that had been expected for a long time, but now it seemed that this matter could no longer be concealed.
But never mind, if I can’t hide it, then I can’t hide it. To people of this era, this should be proof of good health.
Thinking of this, he didn't care about anything else. He just grabbed two pieces of Hu pancakes, put the roasted lamb in between and started eating in big mouthfuls.
The result of this eating habit was that the two sisters in front of him were obviously very concerned, but seemed too embarrassed to ask, so they could only pretend that they didn't see it and continued to eat their own food.
For a moment, the atmosphere between the three of them became a little awkward.
Li Yuechen couldn't stand this atmosphere, so he put down the half-eaten food, drank a sip of Sanle juice, and said in a serious tone: "If you two sisters have anything to say, please speak up, otherwise I won't be able to eat well."
"This..." Princess Yi Yang looked a little confused, not knowing what to say.
Princess Xuancheng was more straightforward. She nodded and said, "I'm just a little surprised. Chen'er's appetite is totally unlike that of a child. If it was Wan'er, I'm afraid she wouldn't even eat a quarter of that."
Princess Xuancheng has now learned the concept of fractions very clearly, and is even using it in giving examples.
Li Yuechen smiled and said, "My body seems to be a little different."
Hearing her say this, Princess Yi Yang suddenly became a little nervous: "What's the difference? But what is the disease?"
"No, no, no, sister misunderstood." Li Yuechen waved her hands, "My strength seems to be much greater than that of ordinary people."
"Oh, speaking of this, it seems that he picked up Wan'er with one hand last time!" Princess Xuancheng nodded.
Princess Yiyang also remembered it, but she didn't take it seriously at the time. Shangguan Wan'er was thin and short, so she was just picked up for a moment and didn't think too much about it.
Princess Xuancheng thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that Chen'er is stronger than that? Can he lift me up?"
Li Yuechen thought for a moment and said, "Both hands should be fine."
After all, she had done experiments herself and found that she could fully support herself and do a handstand just by using the fingers of both hands.
The two sisters have been practicing yoga with me for so long, and their bodies are quite well-proportioned. They are fat where they should be fat, and thin where they should be thin. They are completely like the figures of flat models.
As for weight, it seems to be around 90 kilograms.
Speaking of weight, Li Yuechen has to mention that he always feels that a pound in the Tang Dynasty is heavier than in the future, but he has no exact feeling of how much heavier it is.
"Is that so?" Princess Xuancheng was obviously interested. She immediately stuffed the last piece of Hu pancake into her mouth, stood up and waved, "Chen'er, come and try it."
"Xuancheng, how can you do this..." Seeing that she was acting recklessly, the eldest Princess Yi Yang couldn't help but want to teach her a lesson.
But before he could finish his words, Li Yuechen also stood up and came to Xuancheng: "I'll try."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hands to support her under the armpits, and then pushed his arms upward with force.
Xuancheng's feet left the ground in an instant and were firmly suspended in mid-air!
Li Yuechen's height was almost up to her shoulders, and he could just lift her up with his arms raised high.
"Wow——" Princess Xuancheng exclaimed in surprise, her face full of disbelief.
Princess Yi Yang next to her also widened her eyes, subconsciously stood up, and slowly walked over.
After holding on for about ten seconds, Li Yuechen slowly put her down: "That's it."
Princess Yiyang grabbed her arm and touched it: "How can Chen'er have such great power?"
“This, I also…”
"Oh my, Chen'er is so amazing!" Princess Xuancheng hugged her in her arms, "She is born with supernatural powers!"
She seemed very excited and jumped twice on the spot while speaking.
During the Tang Dynasty, many women were more manly, especially those in the royal family, who seemed to have a kind of power worship.
Instead of being afraid of Li Yuechen's strange power, he looked surprised and excited.
Li Yuechen forced a smile: "Perhaps it is because of these reasons that my appetite has gradually increased..."
"It's okay, Chen'er should eat more, maybe he will become even stronger!" Princess Xuancheng looked excited and picked up a Hu pancake and stuffed it into her hand.
"Um..." Li Yuechen smiled and nodded, "Okay."
It would be best if they didn't think too much about it, and Li Yuechen didn't have to bother explaining it, after all, it was difficult to explain clearly.
Just as they were about to continue eating, Fu Lai came back with a bunch of scrolls: "Your Highness, all the information is here."
"Okay. Put it down first. I'll take a look later." Li Yuechen nodded. He casually glanced and found that there seemed to be blood on Fulai's hand. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Fu Lai looked down following her gaze, then quickly pulled out his shirt and started to wipe it: "It's okay, it's just that when I was passing by, a clerk gave me a bad look..."
"Did a fight break out?" Li Yuechen asked.
"No," Fu Lai shook his head, "I slapped him twice, and he didn't dare to do anything else!"
Li Yuechen nodded: "That's good!"
He didn't ask any more questions after that, as long as Fulai didn't suffer any loss.
Although she usually told the servants in Anfu Palace not to bully others at will, as a princess, it would not be acceptable if her servants were bullied by others!
…
After dinner, Li Yuechen pulled Princess Xuancheng aside and said, "Sister, it's too much trouble for one person to calculate so many accounts. Please help me."
"OK."
Princess Xuancheng agreed readily, but there was some hesitation on her face, "But this is the account of the Ministry of Revenue after all, I..."
"It's okay. I've already reported this to Grandpa." Li Yuechen nodded to reassure her.
"Okay!" Princess Xuancheng nodded generously and sat down in front of the desk: "Come here, bring some writing brushes and ink!"
Zheng, who was standing next to him, agreed and came over to help grind the ink.
The two sisters sat face to face on either side of the table, opened the scroll and began to calculate the accounts.
Even though Princess Xuancheng's math skills are not even at the junior high school level, she can already do the calculations with ease.
Not to mention Li Yuechen, she is indeed not good at science , but that depends on who she is compared with.
In this era, she is a well-deserved master of mathematics!
Seeing the two of them gradually immersed in the numbers, Shangguan Wan'er next to them wanted to go over and help.
But she has no talent for math and is only at the level of a second or third grader in elementary school. She is worried that she will fall behind.
Princess Yiyang beside her gently touched her head and said, "Okay, let's not bother them anymore. How about we go play chess?"
Shangguan Wan'er seemed reluctant to leave, but she also knew that it would be useless if she continued to stand here, so she nodded: "Okay!"
Seeing this scene, Zheng couldn't help but smile.
Originally, she thought that it was inevitable that her daughter would be bullied while growing up after entering the palace, but fortunately, she was lucky enough to meet this prince.
So Shangguan Wan'er still has a relatively normal childhood until now. At least the people here will not bully her and can let her grow up like a little girl.
Li Yuechen and Princess Xuancheng started calculating after lunch until around five o'clock in the afternoon.
Li Yuechen looked up at the sun and twisted her neck: "Sister, let's stop here today."
Princess Xuancheng didn't seem to feel tired yet, she smiled and shook her head: "I can continue."
Li Yuechen advised: "Sister, you'd better give your eyes a rest. The light is starting to dim."
"Okay. Let's take a break." Princess Xuancheng nodded.
In just half a day, almost half of the pile of accounts on the table had been calculated, and Li Yuechen had a general understanding of the current situation of the Ministry of Revenue.
The accounts are not very clear; the accounting methods of this era were rather complicated.
There are quite a few missing parts, but judging by the number, they are not large, so there should not be any large-scale corruption.
The occasional small amount of missing data is not a serious problem, but it is certainly unavoidable.
Of course, this does not mean that the high-ranking officials of this era were so honest, but that many officials at this time were of aristocratic origin and their families were not short of money, so there was no need for them to engage in corruption.
For example, the Minister of Revenue Wei Xuantong was born into the Wei family of Julu. Although it was not as powerful as the super family that banned marriage, its own foundation was not bad.
If he didn't take the lead, the officials below would naturally not dare to go too far.
As for those petty thieves, Li Yuechen doesn't have the energy to care about them now.
The emperor asked her to join the Ministry of Revenue not to fight corruption, but to find ways to continue to increase grain production.
As for money, just let her be an accountant.
Li Yuechen was naturally very clear about this, so he planned to tell Li Zhi after he finished settling the remaining accounts tomorrow.
The most important task, of course, is to focus on agricultural issues.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Li Yuechen wrote a memorial with the calculated account results and personally delivered it to Renshou Hall.
"Grandpa, I have finished the calculation." Li Yuechen smiled and shook the memorial in his hand.
Li Zhi raised his head and said, "Well, you have been in office for less than ten days and you have been able to calculate such a huge number? Come on, let me see."
As he spoke, he took the memorial from Li Yuechen's hand, picked up his glasses from the table, put them on and started reading.
Wu Zetian next to him seemed quite interested as well. She stood up from behind the desk, put her arms on the back of Li Zhi's chair and started reading together.
As soon as they opened the memorial, the couple looked strange.
The main reason was that they had never seen the format of Li Yuechen's memorial before, and the entire memorial was written in vernacular Chinese, which always felt a bit awkward.
Of course, Li Yuechen's memorial used the format of project reports written more than a thousand years later, which is quite different from this era.
Fortunately, the language is concise, clear and concise, so it is very easy to understand.
In total, there are less than a hundred words, and I can finish reading it in just a glance.
Li Zhi nodded slightly: "Not bad, not bad... It seems that the algorithm used by Chen Er is quite efficient!"
Wu Zetian raised her head and said, "Chen'er, how about generalizing this algorithm?"
"Maybe there will be a chance in the future. I'm not in the mood to teach them now." Li Yuechen took Li Zhi's teacup and took two sips, then filled it up for him.
After chatting with the couple for a while, Li Yuechen left.
Li Zhi played with the memorial in his hand, with an unstoppable smile on his face: "Mei Niang, tell me, is Chen Er really the reincarnation of a god?"
"It's possible!" Wu Zetian nodded. "Young geniuses are not uncommon, but I don't believe that he can produce such a large number of results at this age unless he is born with the knowledge."
"It is my blessing to have such a daughter." Li Zhi smiled and took a sip from the teacup.
…
After giving the memorial to Li Zhi, Li Yuechen asked Fulai to bring the pile of scrolls to the Ministry of Revenue.
The six ministries are all located within the imperial city, and are about the same size as the Anfu Palace. The main palace has two floors. The first floor of the main palace and other side palaces are offices for staff. The second floor of the main palace is the office of senior leaders.
The staff of the Ministry of Household Affairs were busy as usual. When they saw Li Yuechen walk in, they didn't react for a moment.
A bright red round-necked robe and a pair of black pants. Her jet-black hair was tied into a high ponytail with a red hairband.
There is still some childishness on her delicate face, and her eyes are extremely bright, but there is a calmness in her eyes, which does not look like a child at all.
It is impossible for women to appear in such a place, let alone little girls.
But then they all reacted and stood up and saluted respectfully: "Greetings, Her Royal Highness!"
"No need to be polite!" Li Yuechen raised his hand. "You are all important members of the Tang Dynasty. You don't have to be so formal on weekdays."
As he said this, he raised his leg and was about to walk upstairs, but just after stepping on one step, Li Yuechen turned around and stopped.
He raised a thumb to the scroll in Fulai's hand and said, "The person responsible for calculating this account should come to me as soon as possible."
After saying that, he turned around and continued to walk upstairs. Fu Lai glanced at the clerks below, turned around and followed him upstairs.
After arriving at the second floor, Wei Xuantong was already waiting at the stairs. When he saw Li Yuechen coming up, he quickly saluted and said, "Your subordinate greets Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"No need to be polite." Li Yuechen raised his hand. "This is the Ministry of Revenue. Minister Wei, there is no need to be polite."
"How dare I? The princess is worth a lot of money..."
Wei Xuantong seemed to be very polite, but doing so in a place like this was obviously embarrassing her.
However, Li Yuechen really didn't want to waste time on this issue, so she smiled cutely: "Minister Wei has a lot of things to do every day, I think he should be very busy, so let's not waste time on this."
Li Yuechen was too lazy to talk nonsense to this lifelong straight man. To him, it was a mistake for a woman to be an official and it had nothing to do with her ability.
So just announce that everyone should do their own thing and not disturb each other.
Of course, deep down, Li Yuechen could understand him. After all, it had been like this since ancient times. The emperor suddenly changed the law and put all of them in a new environment that they were not used to. It seemed normal to feel uncomfortable.
But understanding is one thing, and it’s enough to be about the same. If someone dares to get ahead of her, Li Yuechen doesn’t mind putting on some princess airs.