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

Seeing Li Zhiming's attitude, Li Shen nodded with satisfaction. This was considered as winning over Li Zhiming in advance.

Just as Li Zhiming thought, how could Li Shen let his more than 10 million strings of cash go to waste?

He had already decided to use this place as a transit station connecting the west to various places in the Western Regions.

Build this place into a prosperous commercial place, or a world trade center.

Anyone who wants to enter here in the future must obtain the consent of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise they will not be allowed to sell goods, or they will be sanctioned and slandered.

Winning over Li Zhiming was also to facilitate his people's trading activities in the outer city.

This important city cannot be handed over to the imperial court for management at present, otherwise it will be occupied by aristocratic families in a short time.

The point is that he hasn't got his money back yet.

Therefore, Li Zhiming will play a key role in the future.

“It’s good that you understand, so do your best and don’t let your Majesty down, and don’t let me down.

If you encounter any difficulties in the Protectorate, please tell me. At present, I am still the Grand Protector, and I will help you eliminate all unstable factors before I leave.

If anyone disobeys you, please write it down and tell me when the time comes. If that doesn’t work, find a chicken and I will kill it, and then show it to these monkeys.”

Li Shenshen showed murderous intent in his face. If the aristocratic families wanted to destroy his plan, he didn't mind killing a few more people. Anyway, he didn't have to do it himself.

"Yes, I will do it well."

“Well, the first thing is the key point, and then there is another thing, His Majesty is coming, and the defense work must be done well.

Additional guards were deployed to patrol the perimeter of the Protectorate, and any suspicious persons spotted were immediately arrested and interrogated.

Just make sure everything is safe.”

"Yes, sir." Li Zhiming stood up and bowed.

"Then go ahead. By the way, we need to send more people to patrol the outer and middle cities. We need to keep the Westerners who are still in the city within the city away from going out these days.

The Western Region people in the outer city are allowed to leave, and the city gates should not be opened for the next few days."

Li Zhiming bowed again and walked out.

Li Shen believes that Li Zhiming will do a good job.

"Rengui, arrange for sharp blades to protect the Protectorate. If you find any enemies, immediately capture them and interrogate them.

The Guard Battalion must always be prepared to resolve emergencies as quickly as possible.

Always pay attention to the high points within a hundred feet of the Protectorate. I don't need to teach you these.

Just because they were able to get a powerful crossbow doesn't guarantee they won't have other crossbow arrows."

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. I have already arranged for someone to contact the Imperial Guards. With His Majesty’s approval, people will be arranged to guard high points within the Baizhang Inner City at all times.

Make sure the enemy doesn’t get a chance to take advantage.”

Xue Rengui stood up and reported.

"Well, that's good. You need to think more about many things that I haven't thought of. I'm injured and my brain isn't working very well."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xue Rengui bowed.

"Xuan Ce, today His Majesty asked me how to deal with this incident, and I said..."

Li Shen recounted today's conversation with Li Shimin, and then asked:

"Xuan Ce, do you think there is anything wrong with what I said?"

Li Shen was also talking nonsense at the time, so afterwards he asked Wang Xuance to help him consult whether there was anything wrong with what he said.

After hearing this, Wang Xuance began to fall into deep thought, and Li Shen did not interrupt him.

After deducing for a while, Wang Xuance raised his head.

"Your Highness, what you said should be correct, but if the Protectorate goes deep into Tibet to retaliate, what if they are blocked by their army?"

Wang Xuance raised his questions.

“Xuan Ce, our Duhufu’s fighting power is still very strong, and I am not planning to send too many people this time.

The king is preparing to send out a cavalry of 10,000 people to wreak havoc everywhere, with the focus on their cattle and sheep.

Most of those cattle and sheep belonged to the tribal leaders.

We killed more cattle and sheep from several tribes and told them that this was the result of Songtsen Gampo's attack on the Tang Dynasty.

This means that this is an act of revenge by my Great Tang. I do not ask them to deal with Songtsen Gampo, as long as they have complaints.

One or two is nothing, but if a dozen or even dozens of tribes have complaints, he, as the Zamp, will definitely find a way to appease them.

Unequal distribution will be a problem then. In many cases, when small problems accumulate, they become big problems.”

Li Shen expressed his thoughts.

Most hatred is accumulated little by little, and it is rare for a fight to start over a single sentence.

Especially their relationship of domination.

"Your Highness, what if they come in large numbers and start to encircle and attack us? Their various tribes combined can gather 100,000 cavalrymen."

"One hundred thousand cavalrymen are also forced to be our opponents. They dare not."

Li Shen said with certainty that the 10,000 cavalrymen of the Protectorate were more than those of other border troops.

First of all, the horses were all Tibetan war horses, and they ran very well. Li Shen had spent a lot of money to get them from Tibet.

Secondly, their weapons and equipment are better than those of other border troops.

After all, he is a prince, and a prince who can cause trouble. The Ministry of Works would never dare to embezzle the equipment of the Qinghai Dao Protectorate.

Otherwise, if this gentleman makes a scene, I don’t know how many people will lose their heads.

In addition, Li Shen added some equipment, and the prince approved it, so the Ministry of Works had no choice but to do it.

In Li Shen's words, it's easier to get things done if you have someone higher up.

"Alright, this matter has not been finalized yet. I am only proposing it to Your Majesty. Your Majesty still has to decide the details."

Finally, Li Shen said that although he was the Grand Protector, the matter of mobilizing troops still had to be reported to Li Shimin and obtain Li Shimin's consent.

It is a serious taboo for a general to mobilize troops without permission, and the punishment in serious cases is death.

"Your Majesty, the Queen and Concubine Wei are here."

Just at this moment Stone ran in.

"What? Come on, follow me to greet him."

Li Shen stood up suddenly, but instantly felt a chill in his crotch.

Shit, naked.

Li Shen lay down again in an instant and covered himself with the quilt.

"Hurry up and change my clothes."

"Your Highness, it's too late. The Queen and Concubine Wei have already come in." Shi Tou said again.

"You bastard, couldn't you stop it?" Li Shen cursed.

Shitou's face was full of grievances. Who dared to stop him? He didn't want to live anymore.

As he was speaking, a report came from outside the door.

"The Queen is here~~~~~"

After a while, the back door was pushed open, and Empress Changsun and Concubine Wei walked in with a smile.

"Your Majesty the Empress and Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine." Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui had already been waiting at the door, bowing deeply with their heads lowered.

His head was lowered so low that it almost touched his knees.

"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen, and to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine."

The others saluted.

"Well, no need to be so polite." Empress Changsun nodded softly.

"Thank you, Queen."

Wang Xuance and Xue Rengui stood up, but kept their heads down looking at their feet.

“I’ve met mother, I’ve met mother.

Um...um...it's a little inconvenient for me to stand up and salute, I hope mother will forgive me."