Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

After a while, Li Zhi's study calmed down. Then the door was opened and Li Zhi walked out.

His face was calm, with no change visible.

"Someone, come and clean the study and restore it to its original state."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Steward, follow me. I have something to tell you." Li Zhi said to his steward again.

He felt the crisis. Li Shimin had been disappointed with him, and his status in Li Shimin's heart had plummeted.

Moreover, Li Zhi now not only hates Li Shen, but also hates his father Li Shimin.

Just for a mere few hundred thousand yuan, he punched and kicked himself. Not only did he not help himself, he also helped a bastard.

This caused the seeds of hatred to rise in his heart. Li Zhi knew that after this incident, he would not be able to stay in Chang'an for too long.

He was unwilling to go to the fiefdom like this, and his hatred for Li Shen had penetrated deep into his bones. He wanted to take revenge on Li Shen.

Even if he can't succeed, he can't make this damn guy feel better.

"Go and do a few things right away. First..." Arriving at another study room of Li Zhi, Li Zhi began to assign tasks.

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In early February, the family finally compromised and reached a consensus with Li Shen's Prince Ji's Mansion.

Prince Ji's Mansion bought all their goods for one million yuan.

Because Prince Ji’s Mansion gave an ultimatum, Prince Ji’s Mansion will drop another ten cents for each item within three days.

The family originally wanted to get Princess Tong'an to intervene in the matter through the Wang family, but it failed in the end.

It's not like they haven't thought about taking the Western Region route, but they are afraid that if large quantities of goods are shipped to the Western Regions,

As a result, the selling price cannot be met, and the transportation costs along the way are quite high. Not only will the goods not be sold for money, but the transportation costs will probably be lost.

They knew that the news that raw silk cloth in the Western Regions was valuable was just made up by King Ji Li Shen.

They dare not take the risk.

They are different from Li Shen. Their main business is in China. They always think that places outside the Tang Dynasty are barbarian lands.

So in the end they chose to sell it to Prince Ji's Mansion.

News that the aristocratic family compromised and sold raw silk and linen cloth at a low price spread throughout Chang'an, and many nobles who were still waiting and watching began to contact Wang Hongfu.

"Your Majesty, the matter has been settled and the contract has been signed. The delivery started yesterday and is expected to take three days to complete."

In the study room of Prince Ji's Mansion, the three giants were recruited by Li Shen.

"Well, after the acquisition is completed, immediately notify our caravan to pick up the goods and set off. Just let a few large caravans in the Western Region run away.

They have already established a local network there, as well as our fleet, allowing them to sell to Silla, Baekje, and even Goguryeo.

He also asked the pirate group to separate five cargo ships and pretend to be merchants to go to Japan.

Two ships transported goods to the Evernight City of the Tang Dynasty, and the remaining three ships went deep into their rear inland, especially their capital city.

Calculate the time and the weather will get warmer there, so you can sell it at a good price.

Those barbarians haven't seen anything good. Remember, we want the money they give us. Silver or gold is fine, but it's twice as low as our Tang Dynasty. "

Li Shen drank tea and told Wang Hongfu his plan.

He, Prince Ji's Mansion, has more trade routes than others, so he is not afraid of not being able to sell the goods in his hands.

Otherwise, he would not accept it if it was only sold in Datang.

"Xuance, please inform the Japanese side to tell Di Renjie that the Tang Dynasty's Sleepless City must be built within two years.

The completed part can be used in advance. Lao Wang can transport various goods from Datang.

Let these natives, who have never seen the world, take a look at the luxury of our Tang Dynasty.

There are also thirteen books, including "Poems", "Books", "Rituals", "Zhou Li", "Book of Rites", "Yi", "Zuo Zhuan", "Gongyang Zhuan", "Gu Liang Zhuan" etc. Sutras were sent to them.

There are also books by saints, such as the Spring and Autumn Period, etc., you can arrange them accordingly.

Remember that no books about craftsmen are allowed, including books on farming, textiles, iron-making, etc.

There cannot be any arithmetic books. Let our people always pay attention to the situation of books in this area in Japan.

If found, I would not mind imitating Emperor Qin and burning books to embarrass Confucians. "

Before Li Shen occupied the Japanese country, and before the people of the Japanese country were not the people of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shen did not want these things to be spread outside.

He didn't mind learning from Qin Shihuang, burning the craftsmen's books, and killing all the craftsmen who learned the skills.

"I accept your order." Wang Xuance responded.

Li Shen looked at Xue Rengui again.

"Rengui, there is something that requires you to go personally this time."

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."

"You go to the north and buy five thousand young slaves, and I will ask Wang Hongfu to cooperate with you and disguise them as a caravan.

Send this group of young men to the Japanese country and train them into an army, responsible for guarding the Evernight City of the Tang Dynasty, and responsible for guarding and escorting our workshops and supplies.

Considering the overall situation, the imperial court will not send troops to the Japanese country, so we will use them as employment. The number of guards in Prince Ji's Mansion is already full.

Can't we know it in the name of Prince Ji's Mansion? Otherwise, it will go beyond the rules of etiquette, and in the worst case, it will be a serious crime of recruiting troops and rebellion.

You tell those slaves that I can restore their status as slaves and allow them to have the status of common people of the Tang Dynasty.

As long as they work for me honestly for three years, I can purchase land for them in Liaodong Road, build houses, marry them and have children.

They will also be given a generous reward.

If there are civilians from the north who want to join, you can also recruit them and give them a year's worth of food and salary in advance. The remuneration should be the same amount every month, or more. After all, they have to leave their hometown.

If you do well, you can still get a raise. As long as you serve me wholeheartedly, I will not be stingy with rewards. "

This was something Li Shen had thought about a long time ago. When he first told Li Shimin about sending troops to Japan, his father did not agree.

So Li Shen decided to recruit slaves himself. Many tribes in the northern grasslands still have the slavery system.

They were not so harmonious. When they attacked each other, the captives they captured became slaves.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty also had many slaves. The Tang Dynasty kept the prisoners captured in every war, but Li Shen didn't want outsiders to know.

Recruiting an army privately is a taboo and is not tolerated by outsiders.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will handle it well." Xue Rengui accepted the order.

"Well, I can rest assured that you can do things, but in order to prevent accidents, you send a trustworthy person to follow you to the Japanese country.

We will carry out protection and training at the same time. Just in case, I will send five hundred people from the pirate group to assist.

Everything is trained according to the standards of our guard camp, and we are always ready to cooperate with the actions of Prince Ji's Mansion. They still need to complete the early plans. "