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

Li Shen's injuries were indeed superficial, and Su Xiaoxiao and Liu Ruyan saw it clearly when they applied medicine to Li Shen.

His butt was swollen and purple-red. It was good enough that the skin wasn't broken after being hit with so many boards.

But there were no broken bones, at least Li Shen walked back by himself.

"Your Highness, the medicine has been applied. He should be well soon. The medicine applied by Dr. Sun is very effective."

After applying the medicine, Su Xiaoxiao covered Li Shen with a blanket and said.

“It seems that I need to prepare more after returning. This golden wound medicine cost me a lot of money.

The medicinal herbs inside are all precious ones, and people are specially sent to visit famous mountains and rivers to purchase them.

It has a very good therapeutic effect on external injuries, but it is too precious and cannot be mass-produced, otherwise it would be another way to make money."

After Li Shen finished speaking, he still felt a little regretful. It would be great if it could be prepared artificially. However, he also knew that the efficacy of artificially cultivated medicines was not even close to that of wild ones.

“Xiaoxiao, go make tea for this king, he drank a little too much wine.

Didn't you say you can't drink when you're injured? You're really not kind enough to let me drink."

The two did not respond, because they knew that Li Shen was talking about His Majesty.

"Shi Tou~~" Li Shen shouted to the outside of the door.

"My Lord, I am here."

"Go call Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui. Oh, and Li Zhiming too."

Li Shen was afraid and lay there, shouting at the stone at the door.

The stone responded.

After a while, Su Xiaoxiao came over with a cup of tea.

"Your Majesty, have some tea."

Li Shen picked up the teacup, lay there and changed several positions but still couldn't drink it. In the end, he could only lick it like a dog.

"Your Majesty, is this...a new way of drinking tea?"

As soon as Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui came in, they saw Li Shen lying there sipping his teacup.

You should know that the new tea ceremony way of drinking tea originated from Prince Ji's Mansion and was highly praised by literati and scholars.

The more complex it is, the more it can highlight their different identities.

Now King Ji has developed a new way of drinking tea.

"A new way to drink fart, the dog-licking way?" Li Shen said unhappily.

"Then your Majesty, this is..."

"Nonsense, didn't you see that you can't move?" Li Shen glared at Xue Rengui who was speaking.

Wang Xuance immediately understood what he meant.

"Your Majesty, have you been beaten again... ahem... punished by His Majesty again?"

"Alright, I've been beaten, so I've been beaten. I'm not afraid to say it. Yes, I was beaten again just now. Not only was I beaten by His Majesty, but I was also beaten by my mother. I'm really unlucky."

Li Shen waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Is it because of money?" Wang Xuance asked tentatively.

"Of course it's because of money. If it wasn't for money, I would never be beaten. Even if I were to rebel, it wouldn't be as serious as this.

I'm telling you why I love money so much, it turns out the root of it is your Majesty."

"..."

Who else dared to respond to Li Shen's complaint? Criticizing His Majesty is a serious crime and will result in punishment.

When someone else's son talks about him, they just pretend they didn't hear it.

No one else responded, and Li Shen felt it was boring. Just at this time, Li Zhiming also rushed over.

"Greetings to the Grand Protector. I wonder what instructions the Grand Protector has for calling Xiaguan here?" Li Zhiming was much more formal.

"Someone, bring a chair." Li Shen ordered.

The servants brought chairs for the three of them, and Li Shen prepared to hold a small meeting in front of his couch.

"Everyone, please take a seat. His Majesty has arrived, so there are some things that need to be arranged."

"Please give your orders, Your Highness." The three of them stood up and saluted.

"Well, sit down and talk.

First of all, Deputy Protector General Li, the Protectorate must do a good job of post-war work and make clear statistics of casualties.

We are all members of the royal family, so let’s not engage in such practices of collecting empty salaries.

This time, His Majesty has awarded a million strings of cash, most of which will go to our Protectorate.

Li Zhiming, remember what I said now. The pensions for the dead and seriously injured soldiers will be paid five times as much as before.

This king will ensure that their family will have no worries about food and clothing for the next ten years."

"Your Highness, if that's the case, the money may not be enough." Li Zhiming replied.

“I don’t care. I will first give it to those who died in battle or were disabled. The rest of the soldiers will receive twice as much as before. If there is not enough, I will make up for it in the name of Your Majesty.

But you tell the people below that whether it is His Majesty's one million or the money I give as compensation, it is all His Majesty's money.

This is not the court’s money, do you understand?

This is a personal reward from Your Majesty. Anyone who conceals the truth in order to collect empty salaries or embezzles pensions will be punished by having his property confiscated and exiled to a cold and miserable place once discovered.

Don't forget, there are my people in the Protectorate, and there is nothing I don't know.

Tell the soldiers below, don’t think that I know nothing just because I don’t care about things.

Why is this king so confident in letting your subordinates manage it themselves? Let them think about it carefully. "

Li Shen had a serious look on his face, not smiling like Li Shimin. When Li Zhiming saw Li Shen's look, he knew that Li Shen was serious.

After all, Li Shen is a prince, and people in a higher position naturally have the pride of a higher position.

As a prince for many years, Li Shen has developed the bearing of a superior.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will personally supervise this matter and no accidents will occur." Li Zhiming immediately assured.

"Well, that's good, Zhiming. You've been here for a year, right?" Li Shen nodded with satisfaction.

"Yes, my lord."

"Your coming here was arranged by His Majesty. His Majesty should have told you that you were here to assist me in managing the Protectorate.

But that's not entirely true.

You should know that I will not stay here for too long, and His Majesty will not allow me to stay here for too long.

Therefore, you will be the Grand Protector in my place in the future. I don't need to explain the importance of this place.

As a member of the royal family, His Majesty is confident in you.

In fact, His Majesty arranged for you to come here not only to help me manage the Protectorate, but also to let you master the Protectorate more quickly.

Because I am here, the noble families and generals here dare not act rashly. I will kill anyone who disobeys me.

You have also heard about the Deputy Protector General Wang Qing being beaten to death by me. Your Majesty wants me to help you deter the villains. Do you understand?"

Li Shen felt that Li Zhiming was a nice person and not too old-fashioned. In the past few months, he did whatever Li Shen asked him to do.

He is not so old-fashioned as to make a big deal out of things with Li Shen. That's why Li Shen told Li Zhiming some honest truths today.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji."

Li Zhiming was not a fool. He immediately understood what Li Shen said so bluntly. In the future, he would take charge of the important cities in Qinghai in place of Li Shen.

This is a big city.

He was promoted to the Grand Protector of Qinghai Province, which was a third-rank post, the same level as the prime minister. He had the final say in the entire Qinghai Province.

Although there is only one city in Qinghai Road now, it will definitely prosper in the future, and many more cities may be built.

Because he believed that Prince Ji would never let his tens of millions of strings of cash be wasted.