I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

Following the guard's report, Li Shen became a little nervous.

He had just come out, so why did he get an urgent secret message? Usually it was an ordinary secret message, telling something about what happened in Chang'an City.

Could it be that something happened in Chang'an City?

Thinking of this, Li Shen immediately ordered:

"Call in the messenger."

The messenger was soon brought in, and upon seeing Li Shen, he quickly saluted.

"I see His Highness Prince Ji."

"Excuse me, where is the secret message?" Li Shen asked quickly.

The messenger immediately took out a letter from his arms, and Shitou quickly took it.

Li Shen checked it and found that it was a secret letter from Wang Xuance. The seal on it was intact. He couldn't wait to open the envelope.

The secret letter was only one page, and underneath was the seal of the chief historian of Prince Ji's Mansion, as well as the unique seal of Prince Ji's Mansion.

Li Shen read it carefully. The letter was not long, so he read it quickly.

After reading it, Li Shen frowned and silently folded the letter and put it into the envelope.

"Shopkeeper Liu."

"The villain is here."

"The mutual trading will proceed as mentioned before, but there are a few points you need to remember.

The first is the issue of security. In addition to relying on the soldiers of the Protectorate, this also requires your officials.

Residents in Zhongcheng District must undergo strict assessment, and businessmen from Datang are limited to move in.

No goods are allowed to enter the central city area and must be stored in warehouses in the outer city. The number of barbarians in the central city area is controlled to no more than 40%.

In the inner city, you must be from Tang Dynasty and you must be a senior member of our Datang Chamber of Commerce before you can live there.

It is prohibited to carry any type of weapons in and out of Zhongcheng.

In the outer city, a stone tablet was erected at the gate of the city, and the rules were engraved on it. The trading of steel, including ores and products, was prohibited.

Once discovered, all were confiscated, reported to the court, and distributed to Lingnan.

Grain and salt are subject to a 50% tax. The charge for other materials is 20% to 40%, just based on what we have decided before.

In addition, all transactions must be certified by the management office. If the transaction is conducted privately for tax evasion, once the fifth grade is discovered, it will be confiscated.

Those who were smuggled across the border were shot and those who survived were served as corvees.

There is also a ban on fighting in the city, and special laws range from a fine to a severe attack of all being hacked to death. "

Li Shen reminded him again of the key points he could think of, and the rest could only be solved again when he encountered problems.

At present, the first thing to do is to open the mutual market. Li Shen has already thought about imposing additional taxes, which are simply protection fees.

How can we do this so far away without anyone to protect us?

Li Shen, who was the food for his 50,000-strong army, had already thought of an excuse.

Liu Su wrote it down one by one. He had just seen King Ji's face look strange after reading the secret letter. It was very likely that something had happened in Chang'an City.

If this is the case, King Ji will return to Chang'an City immediately.

That's why I explained everything to him in detail, otherwise I could have done it bit by bit.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I've taken note of everything, and will definitely act in accordance with His Highness Prince Ji's request." Liu Su immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"Well, very good, you can go down. I may have to go back to Chang'an, but I will be back soon. You can make arrangements as soon as possible."

Sure enough, after hearing what Li Shen said, Liu Su knew that he had thought well and something big had happened in the capital.

After bowing, Liu Su withdrew.

Li Shen stood up and walked to his study.

Back in the study, Li Shen took out the letter and read it again.

He couldn't believe it was true. This secret letter was sent by Wang Xuance's order.

The letter said one thing: His Royal Highness might be obsessed with the way of alchemy, and briefly told the prince about Sun Simiao's elixir.

Li Shen was a little lost in thought while holding the letter. How old is Li Chengqian this year? He seems to be less than thirty. Is he afraid of death so early?

Or is it that some kind of monster appeared around Li Chengqian and bewitched the prince?

But Li Chengqian shouldn't be so stupid, right? There is no Great Wall in this world. Since ancient times, so many emperors have pursued the path to immortality, but who has succeeded?

Even if there is immortality, how can those alchemists know about it?

Li Shen felt that if there was a secret to immortality, even if there was just a little bit of information, Li Shen would search for it regardless of the cost.

Rather than such a simple method that everyone knows.

"Your Majesty, did something happen in Chang'an? Your Majesty just said that he wanted to go back to Chang'an. Do we have to go back just after we got here?"

Shitou asked as he brought over a cup of tea.

"See for yourself." Li Shen took the tea cup and handed the secret letter in his hand to Shi Shi.

Shi Shi still trusted Li Shen, his old friend who had been with him for more than ten years, and many of his secret letters were written by Shi Shi.

Shitou, like Wang De, is the person Li Shen trusts most.

Shitou looked at it again, and his face was a little dazed.

"My lord, this is impossible. The prince seems to be only twenty-eight years old this year. Are you considering immortality so early?"

Seeing the doubt on Shi Shi's face, Li Shen scolded:

"Fart, this letter was written by Wang Xuance himself, it must be true, otherwise he wouldn't have written a secret letter to me.

As for the reason, didn't he say he was still investigating?

But I have to go back as soon as possible. Otherwise, something will happen to the prince while taking the elixir. Wouldn’t my hard work for so many years be in vain? "

"Yes, yes, what the prince said is that the prince is strategizing and planning for victory thousands of miles away."

Shitou immediately nodded and began to praise.

"Say it ten times and don't stop." Li Shen leaned back and took a sip of tea.

"..." Shitou was confused.

Evening

Li Shen brought Xue Rengui to the military camp. There were hundreds of people waiting on the campus, including captains and above.

Li Shen stepped onto the high platform, and everyone saluted in unison.

"See the Great Protector."

"Excuse me, I am very pleased to see you all in such high spirits.

You have lived up to the expectations of this Protector. I heard that you have been training consistently.

This is very good. I hope you are a well-trained and disciplined team.

In the future, if you go into battle and kill the enemy, you will also be able to make achievements.

Although I am a prince, I admire you very much and your courage to defend your home and country.

You are better than me at this point.

This is an important gateway to the Tang Dynasty, and we must guard it for Your Majesty.

We will face various enemies in the future, but I believe in you.

You will be fearless and march forward bravely to eliminate all invading barbarians and show the prestige of our country. "

"Promote the prestige of our country, promote the prestige of our country."

After Li Shen finished speaking, he ordered the lieutenants to disperse, and then asked the deputy general to summon the generals to the Chinese army's tent in the military camp.

"Everyone, please sit down. I have some things to arrange."

Li Shen said something to several generals.

The deputy governor is a member of the clan, named Li Zhiqian. Li Shimin was specially sent to assist Li Shen in managing the Protectorate.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Li Shen continued:

"Today, my king wanted to hold a banquet to have a good time with you, but he had some urgent matters and needed to go back to Chang'an City.

So I will tell you the truth and have a drink with you all when I come back from Chang'an City. "