Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 153
Li Ke didn't want to use this trick to make money, but since the eldest prince frantically sent so many jewels, he seemed a bit stupid not to accept them.

Sanjidu still has twenty boxes of jewelry in his hands, but judging from the current situation, it is not easy for him to deliver them all day by day.

Taking care of Wu's "disclosure" to Nasangjidu, the second prince gave jewelry for three days, and Li Ke agreed to the deal.

But Sanjidu has been sent for three days in a row. At this time, it seems a bit unreasonable for Li Keruo to refuse to agree.

He was not afraid of offending the eldest prince, but once the truth was revealed, the remaining twenty boxes of jewels would fly away.

Don't want this gift that comes to your door for nothing!
Li Ke was still thinking about his idea, and took all the jewels of the eldest prince from the hands of Sanjidu.

The weaker the eldest prince's strength, the more control he has over Nivalo, and the easier it is to check and balance Tubo.

What's more, with so much money, he used it to recruit soldiers and horses, and to appease the people in Shu, it would be much more useful to use it anywhere than to stay with the eldest prince.

Gu Wu and Ma Liuzhi were still staring at the jewelry all over the floor in a daze. They had never seen so much property in their lives.

At this time, Li Ke raised his head and sneered faintly: "Ma Liuzhi, over in Luzhou, is there another civil unrest recently?"

Ma Liuzhi was stunned: "No! The general has not received this news! It's peaceful over there!"

Li Ke shook his head: "No, this king said yes, then there will be!"

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Sanjidu has been dressed up today, and he has given away jewelry for two consecutive days, and this is the third day.

Today, he plans to personally deliver jewelry to the door. Judging from the case of the second prince, the king of Shu will probably summon him to discuss cooperation within these two days.

Thinking of these boxes of jewelry, which was touching Li Ke's heart, Sanjidu became more and more sure:

Either today or tomorrow, Li Ke can summon him.

At that time, his task will be completed.

Sitting in the carriage, Sangjidu cursed secretly: "Such jewels are sent by Wang Nashu's mansion one by one. This Li Ke is not satisfied. If I didn't ask for something from you, I would really spit on you face to face." ancestors!"

On the surface, he was very respectful to Li Ke, but secretly, he hated him so much that if there were a few more boxes of such treasures left, he would naturally be able to keep Sanjidu in his pocket.

But looking at the situation, I'm afraid there won't be many boxes left in the end.

Amidst the bitter sigh, the carriage had already arrived at the Prince of Shu's Mansion, the gate of the Palace was closed today, and it was peaceful.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Sangjidu was curious, a few days ago, people could be seen coming and going in and out of this palace from time to time, why is it so quiet today?

With a thought in his heart, he hurried forward and knocked on the door.

But there was not much movement inside, and no one came to open the door.

Sangjidu panicked, after all, he gave away so much money, and now something happened, it would be bad.

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became, and he stepped forward to knock a few more times.

"I'm coming!"

The concierge's echo came from inside the door, which made Sanjidu heave a sigh of relief.

"Squeak!"

The side door opened slowly, and the janitor's head poked out: "Who is it?"

When he saw Sangjidu's figure clearly, he was surprised and said, "Oh, it's the Minister of Foreign Affairs!"

Sangjidu took out a small silver nugget from his bosom, handed it in, flatteringly said: "I'm here to give a gift, is His Highness King Shu in the mansion today?"

The concierge took the silver, shook his head and said, "The King of Shu is not in the mansion today, it is said that there is another civil disturbance in Luzhou, and the King of Shu took the soldiers to put down the rebellion!"

"what?"

Sanjidu panicked, this person was gone, should he still give this gift?

He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Then...then did he say when he will come back?"

The concierge paused again and did not speak.

Sangjidu knew at a glance that he wanted to extort money again, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, the Shu palace was born in the eyes of money from top to bottom.

He took out another silver lump from his purse and handed it in.

"Hey, the king of Shu said that he will be back in three days! Our king of Shu is very good at marching and fighting, and we can suppress the civil disorder in just two days!"

After hearing that it didn't take long, Sanjidu calmed down a little, but he immediately thought of another problem.

Then for these three days, should he give gifts or not?

This sudden change disrupted Sanjidu's deployment. He originally thought that the results should come out in these two days, and even if there were no results, he would have to visit the door in person to ask for a decision.

But now that the King of Shu is away, it is impossible to get the desired result by giving gifts.

But I gave them away a few days ago, and now they stopped giving gifts when they left.I'm afraid that the king of Shu will be dissatisfied again when he comes back.

Then he didn't give up all his previous efforts!

No, I still have to send it!And nothing less!
Confused, he hurriedly greeted the concierge again, saying that he had brought some more boxes of jewels, and hoped that the people in the palace would accept them on behalf of the king of Shu.

It was Gu Wu who came out to receive the presents. As soon as he came out, he shouted that Sang Jidu was too polite, and complained that the war in Luzhou had started again, and the trade matter was delayed.

Sangjidu, of course, pretended to be generous, and presented three boxes of jewelry as usual, then got in the car and left in a cool manner.

After returning to the inn, he made redeployments. The remaining jewelry could not be sent away endlessly.

He set a time limit of three days for Li Ke, gave him two more gifts, and left him eleven boxes of jewelry.

These eleven boxes of jewels are his last confidence.

He planned to bring these eleven boxes of jewels to discuss trade matters as soon as Li Ke came back.

According to his speculation, Li Ke should have agreed to this matter after enjoying so many benefits.

If Li Ke still refuses to agree...then he can only take these eleven boxes of jewels back and die.

He secretly resented that he was too high-ranking back then, and shouldn't be giving such a big deal three boxes a day.

But now that it has reached this point, it is not easy to reduce the share of gifts.

Who would have thought that such changes would suddenly occur in this land of Shu?

He could only blame himself for being unlucky.

In the next two days, Sanjidu still sent three boxes of jewels to the palace as usual.

Now, he really has only eleven boxes of jewels left.

This time, he learned a good lesson and no longer rushed to give gifts to his door.

He sent someone to investigate the palace secretly to see if the prince had returned.

If he came back, he would bring the jewelry to the door tomorrow.

If you don't come back, then pretend to be dead until he comes back...

If it is given away, I am afraid that the eldest prince will have to give away all his belongings.

"My lord, the king of Shu is back!"

When he heard the report from his subordinates, Sangjidu was really excited. This time, Li Ke should agree to the deal with the eldest prince!
He calmed down and planned to have a good rest today, and to go to the palace in good spirits tomorrow morning.

"My lord, someone outside sent an invitation card, saying it was... that it was from the palace..."

At this time, someone came to report again, and this news really made Sanjidu overjoyed.

Inviting him to the mansion this time should be to discuss trade!
After giving gifts for so many days, Li Ke finally planned to let go, and Sanjidu was so excited that he wanted to cry.

"Hurry up, change your clothes quickly, and take all those jewels with you!"

"Success or failure, in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)