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

According to Li Shen's idea, six or seven thousand Wen is equal to six or seven thousand yuan.

How can six or seven thousand yuan a year be enough to support someone?

That's why Li Shen increased it to one string, making twelve strings a year.

"Your Highness, six or seven thousand coins can buy six or seven hundred bushels of rice, which is enough to support a family and provide them with food and clothing. They will live a rich life."

Wang Hongfu had to remind Li Shen. He knew that their prince had no concept of money or the purchasing power of money.

“Your Majesty, the annual income of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty does not exceed three strings of money.

Most of the cloth and food are self-sufficient.

The total revenue of those who have work to do is only 7,000 to 8,000 guan.”

"Really?" Li Shen frowned when he heard Wang Hongfu's words. He really didn't understand it.

How could he, a prince, know about this?

“But, I just think it’s not easy for them to travel thousands of miles to work away from home.

So I will give them more."

Li Shen argued.

“Your Majesty, if this continues in the future, then whether we are building roads or buildings, the money we will spend will be beyond the reach of our palace.

With the current strength of our palace, I am afraid we will have a hard time getting by in the next two years."

Wang Hongfu had a bitter face. He was the one who was in charge of raising money in the Prince Ji's Mansion, but it was probably difficult for him to fill such a big hole.

"Oh, alright, alright, I'll discuss the wages with you guys from now on, okay?

However, the wages of these workers will still be paid according to this year's standards until the project is completed.

Even if we want to adjust the wages, we have to wait until our next project."

Li Shen finally compromised. He believed that he could do good deeds, but he had to do so within his means.

You can't put yourself into it.

“By the way, I’m going to ask those evildoers to do something. I’m going to host the Tang Dynasty Cup Football Tournament.

Did you build the football field when I asked you to do so?"

Li Shen suddenly thought of what happened a month ago when Cheng Chusi and others came to see him.

"Your Majesty, the construction has already begun, and it is all built according to the drawings you gave me.

We also recruited people from the three disaster-stricken areas of Guandong, Longyou, and Hedong."

Wang Hongfu replied.

“Well, that’s good. We need to speed up the construction because the competition will be held next year and this will be one of our important sources of income and expenditure.

It can also relieve some of the pressure on the palace."

Li Shen had thought it through. He planned to start a war in the Tang Dynasty first, and then, after the envoys and merchants got to know each other,

Another World Cup.

"Your Majesty, there is someone outside who wants to see you."

At this time, a servant came in to report.

"I don't know him, and he didn't give his name, but he said it was related to Roger and asked me to pass it on."

The servant shook his head.

"Roger? Let's go and take a look."

When Li Shen arrived at the front hall, the man was also brought in.

When he saw what Li Shen was wearing, he quickly stepped forward and saluted.

"I am Zhang San, and I am here to see His Royal Highness Prince Ji."

"Well, you are from Roger's Pirates? What do you want from me?"

Li Shen asked after sitting down.

"Your Majesty, I am the contact person of Roger Pirates in Guangzhou Port.

The deputy head of the group brought two letters and several people under escort."

Zhang San said this and took out two letters from his arms.

Wang Xuance stepped forward, took the letter, opened it and handed it to Li Shen.

Li Shen unfolded it and saw that the first letter was written by Zhao Derong.

The letter first talked about their encounter with the Arabs, and the causes, consequences and battle were all described clearly.

This Zhao Derong was born into a family of scholars and could read and write.

This was also the criterion that Li Shen used to select people.

The story was written in great detail, making Li Shen feel as if he were there himself.

The letter also talked about Amis and several other people.

Looking further back, it was Li Shen who first knew the news.

The letter said that Zhao Derong sent 2343 combat formations to carry out this mission, but there has been no news since then.

He sent people to investigate, and they said that they encountered the wrath of the sea god, and all the family’s ships disappeared.

I opened another letter and saw sloppy handwriting on it, which was basically consistent with what Zhao Derong said.

"The Sea God is angry?" Li Shen frowned and handed the letter to Wang Xuance.

"Do you know what Poseidon's Wrath is?"

Li Shen looked at Zhang San and asked.

"My Lord, this wrath of the sea god is quite obvious. It is a manifestation of the sea god's anger. The sky is covered with dark clouds, strong winds, and waves are tens or even dozens of feet high.

Can destroy everything.

I heard from the old people that the wrath of the sea god can sometimes reach a height of a hundred feet.

Many villages along the coast were affected, and every time there were many casualties, it was very horrific.”

Zhang San said with lingering fear.

"A huge wave of a hundred feet!" Li Shen opened his mouth wide in shock.

"Your Highness, there haven't been any that are a hundred feet long for a long time, but there have been a few that are more than a dozen feet long in recent years."

Zhang San explained,

"Several dozen feet is terrifying."

Li Shenke had never seen such huge waves, dozens or even hundreds of meters high.

Could it really be the wrath of the sea god?

No, it's not.

Li Shen touched his chin and began to think. According to his estimation, it should be severe weather like typhoon, tsunami, tornado or the like.

Almost everyone who has seen the true appearance of the Poseidon's wrath has died at the bottom of the sea.

The rest of the people either watched from afar or spread rumors.

"Your Majesty, in fact, huge waves of several dozen feet are not very common."

Seeing Li Shen's surprise, Zhang San added.

"By the way, where are those Arabs?"

"My Lord, he is in the carriage outside."

Li Shen stood up immediately. He had never seen what the ancient Arabs looked like.

"Come on, let's go and have a look. I haven't seen what the Arabs look like yet."

When we arrived at the gate of Prince Ji’s Mansion, a slightly larger cart was parked in front of it.

Li Shen followed Zhang San to the rear of the car and opened the door. Li Shen saw several people dressed in Western costumes who were tied up, with things stuffed in their mouths and their eyes blindfolded.

"Your Majesty, they are the Arabs."

Wang Hongfu was the first to speak.

"Are you sure? To me, they look no different from the people from the Western Regions."

Li Shen looked carefully but still couldn't figure it out.

"Your Majesty, I have done business with the Arabs and have had contact with them, so I know a little bit about them.

They are recognizable by their clothing and skin color.”

Wang Hongfu explained.

"Well, that makes sense. Do you speak Arab language?"

Foreign languages ​​are Li Shen's weak point.

"Your Highness, I don't know how to speak the Arab language, but many of them can speak the Tang language.

Transactions are also convenient.”

Wang Hongfu reported that he was already old, why should he learn foreign languages?

"Your Majesty, they should be able to speak Tang language."

Zhang San reported it immediately.

"By the way, how did you bring them in?"

Li Shen suddenly thought of a problem. He had to be checked before entering the city.

There is also a customs clearance certificate.

"Your Majesty, we have handled the customs clearance issue for them in Guangzhou.

Let them come to Chang'an as merchants from other countries,

When we entered the city, we told them that if they dared to play tricks, we would kill them on the spot."