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

In order not to be praised to death, Li Shen began to change the topic.

"cough,"

Li Shen coughed lightly and continued:

"I think Chen Dade will be ready in more than a month. By then there will be civil unrest and there will definitely not be many people harvesting food.

When the time comes, let the Treasure King forcefully recruit men and compete with the people to buy food. Anyway, tell Chen Dade how to mess up.

We just need to prepare a batch of weapons and equipment and transport them secretly by sea. "

After Li Shen finished speaking, everyone began to think about the feasibility. Indeed, what Li Shen said was feasible.

The rise of civil strife is a precursor to the collapse of a dynasty. When the time comes, Yeon Gaesumun will definitely put down the civil strife first.

"Well, Li Shen, your idea is good. I will discuss it with you. You can go back first." Li Shimin said to Li Shen after seeing Li Shen finish. The details still need to be discussed.

"By the way, tell Chen Dade that the grain purchased from various places must be transported in batches to our military camp stationed on the border of Goguryeo to prevent what if the people rob it when they riot.

There should also be a lot of money for purchasing grain. I don’t think the national treasury is rich. So, no matter how much we collect, it belongs to our Prince Ji’s Mansion. This money comes from our Prince Ji’s Mansion.

When I return home later, I will ask Wang Xuance to transport the money by sea himself. Consider it my contribution to the Tang Dynasty. "

Li Shen's words made the ministers present confused. How could King Ji, who was known as a man who wanted money to death, be so generous today? These people are not good people, and there must be monsters when things go wrong.

Especially Li Shimin, who knew Li Shen well, his first reaction was that there must be huge benefits in this. Otherwise, his son would not be so kind.

"As a prince, this should be the case, but your family is not that rich. In this way, I will pay half of the money from the internal funds, and your family will pay half. Just call someone to come and take care of it later."

Li Shimin and Li Shen learned to take advantage of others. No matter what, take half first. Even if he lost money, he would still use half of the money to solve Goguryeo's problems, so he would not lose money no matter what.

Li Shen looked at Li Shimin and smacked his lips a few times, but finally said nothing and saluted and left.

After going out, I looked back at Liangyi Palace, sighed, and lost half my profit.

Li Shen has already planned it, if this plan succeeds. At that time, he can sell the grain to Yuan Gaisuwen or the Treasure King at ten times the price.

The worst is that there are some nobles, and the common people of Goguryeo can also scratch a layer. It's a pity that Li Shimin got involved.

Li Shen returned to the palace and immediately called Wang Xuance.

"Xuance, I will give you a task this time. Do you dare to go to Goguryeo?" There is some risk in going this time.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Wang is also a general and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He still has the ability to protect himself."

"Okay, I will ask you to go to Goguryeo to send money to Chen Dade. After that, you will stay in Goguryeo and cooperate with Chen Dade to purchase grain. You will also send people to Baekje to purchase grain and their local products."

With that said, Li Shen told Wang Xuance his plan. In fact, it was just a rough plan. The rest was all up to Wang Xuance to do according to the situation when he got there.

"Our ultimate goal is to allow Treasure King to stabilize its foothold. The second is the food crisis, and the third is making money. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Wang understands" Wang Xuance nodded.

On the same day, Li Shen sent someone to withdraw 100 million guan from internal funds. Li Shen's 100 million guan himself was equivalent to 200 million guan.

Li Shen calculated that the price of grain in Goguryeo had not risen too much at this time and was less than [-] cents per dou. Li Shen did not plan to directly purchase grain at five times the price. He would buy grain at three times the price step by step.

200 million guan can purchase more than 300 million shi of grain, one stone weighs ten dou, one dou weighs [-] kilograms, which is nearly [-] million kilograms of grain.

The population of Goguryeo was only about 300 million, and it was still a period of drought. Li Shen estimated that he might not be able to collect so many, but if the noble families of Goguryeo also sold, it would be possible.

The next day, Wang Xuance found dozens of large merchant ships at the Weishui Pier, and it took him a day just to transport the money to the ship.

Li Shen planned to transport 100 million guans to Goguryeo via land and water. But Li Shen ignored the weight of copper coins.

One million pounds and more than six million pounds, Li Shen doesn't have an ocean cruise ship. So I had no choice but to find dozens of large merchant ships and reluctantly transport it away.

According to Li Shen's plan, after these inland river transfer ships entered the sea, they arrived in Dengzhou to change to sea transport ships and arrived in Pyongyang to join Chen Dade.

This time, Wang Xuance did not purchase grain in the name of the imperial court, but in the name of Prince Ji's Mansion.

Otherwise, it would easily arouse Yuan Gaisuwen's suspicion that Datang had some purpose.

"Xuan Ce, if you are going to avoid danger, you must be more careful. If something cannot be done, don't do it forcefully.

To me, you are more important than the entire Goguryeo. If it doesn’t work this time, we have plenty of ways to do it, and safety is our top priority. "

At the Weishui Pier, Li Shen came to say goodbye to Wang Xuance.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Wang will pay attention to it. Please rest assured, Your Majesty. When going to Goguryeo this time, Wang will do his best to complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty and will never embarrass the Palace."

Wang Xuance was very moved by Li Shen's words that he was more important than the entire Goguryeo, and decided in his heart that he must complete the task assigned by the prince.

The so-called scholar dies for the confidant, and the woman is the face of the pleasing.

"Xuan Ce, if you can see Yeon Gaesumun, or if Yeon Gaesumun becomes suspicious, you can vaguely reveal to him that this king is dissatisfied with the court and wants to become the king on his own.

Of course, don't make it too obvious, otherwise he will be suspicious. Since Yeon Gaesumun can control the emperor and control the princes, he must be a hero.

This way you will get things done more smoothly. It doesn’t matter if you want to buy the people’s grain first and give them more. Arrange more people to go to every city to collect it.

After collecting the customs clearance document, they were asked to say that it was bought by the Prince of Tang Dynasty and transported to the military camp at the border. "

Li Shen had already thought of the reason for Wang Xuance, which was that King Ji wanted to quietly collect grain.

Yeon Gae So-moon himself made his fortune through rebellion, so he should know what it means when he hears it.

When the time comes, Li Shen estimates that Yeon Gaesumun will not only not stop it, but may also add fuel to the flames.

He thought that if the Tang Dynasty was in civil strife, there would be no way for him to attack Silla.

Ambitious people often think that others are ambitious. As long as there is a rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty court will not be able to take care of itself. He will take this opportunity to increase his offensive against Silla and capture Silla in one fell swoop.

This is human nature, the experience Li Shen gained through later generations' evaluation of history.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Wang will do his best and will not miss your Majesty's important event."

"Okay, it's getting late. I wish you all the best and immediate success." Li Shen took two glasses of wine from Chunxiang and handed one to Wang Xuance.

Wang Xuance took the wine glass, drank it down with Li Shen, and then turned around and boarded the cargo ship.