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

Hearing Li Shen's question, Ashina Zhong didn't react for a moment, but he was stunned for a moment before speaking.

"Well, to be honest with you, the prince, there are tens of thousands of people in our Ashina tribe. The food plus the purchase of cattle and sheep will cost almost 15 guan. I plan to sell the property, but it will only be worth tens of thousands of guan. I should still be short of [-] guan."

"Only 15 guan is enough?" Li Shen was surprised. He thought that tens of thousands of people would need at least hundreds of thousands guan.

"Just...??" The couple was stunned. Is 15 yuan too little?

However, when he was surprised, he thought that it was Li Shen who said this, and he soon felt relieved. It is not surprising at all that King Ji, who is known as the God of Wealth by the people of Chang'an, said such words of tiger and wolf.

"Sister, Mr. Xue Guogong, since you only have 15 yuan, there is no need to sell off the family property, since it won't make much money anyway.

I am about to make a business trip to the grassland. I can lend you a batch of goods first and then return the money to me after they are sold.

I can let my caravan enter the grassland two months later. I think these two months are enough to exchange for everything you want.

Remember Duke Xue, don’t do this yourself, let the people in your tribe do it. Form a few more caravans and go to various tribes to sell.

There should be many young men in your tribe, and you can also tell them to form a few escort teams.

When my caravan enters the grassland, I can hire them as guards. In this way, your tribe will have a long-term source of income, and the lives of the people will become better. “It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.

After listening to Li Shen's words, Ashina Zhong rubbed his hands happily. He believed in Li Shen very much. All the dudes that Quan Chang'an worked with Li Shen were now extremely rich.

I don't know how many powerful people want to get on Li Shen's car. Unfortunately, apart from the scourge group in Chang'an, there is only one person who cooperates with Li Shen alone, and that is Princess Changle. Don’t even think about it for anyone else.

After being happy, Ashina Zhong asked Li Shen:

"I wonder what kind of business the prince is engaged in?"

"tea."

"Tea?" Ashina Zhong immediately cooled down.

"Your Majesty, I am not saying this to be discouraging. The prince's tea business may not be easy to sell in the grasslands. The price is too expensive and only nobles can afford it."

Li Shen’s tea is indeed quite expensive, and now they all take the high-end route.

"Haha, don't worry, the tea from the grassland is not the tea from the boutique pavilion. And the price is not expensive." Li Shen said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good. Thank you, Your Majesty, for the gift." Ashina Zhong bowed to Li Shenshen.

"It doesn't have to be like this. It's all for my eldest sister's sake. Don't let my eldest sister be wronged. Otherwise, the consequences will be serious.

Wang Hongfu from my house will come to talk to you about the follow-up matters. He will tell you exactly how to sell it. "After Li Shen finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Ashina Zhong repeatedly asked to stay at the house for dinner, but Li Shen refused because he had something to do.

In ancient feudal society, a prince rarely ate outside. You will only eat out unless you are prepared in advance or when you have no choice.

Standing at the gate, Ashina Zhong looked at Li Shen's leaving team, turned to the Dingyang County Lord next to him and said:

"God bless me. Fortunately, I married a wife. Without my wife, my Ashina tribe would be gone this time." He knew very well that without the Dingyang County Lord, King Ji knew who he was.

At that time, his tribe's herdsmen will defect to other tribes because they can't have enough to eat.

Grassland herdsmen have always been like this, everyone is just trying to survive. By then his tribe would have to disband.

"Mr. Lang, it should be thanks to my mother-in-law. I have no relationship with King Ji, unlike Meng Jiang who has a deep relationship with King Ji. Meng Jiang's dowry can support your tribe for decades."

After the Dingyang County Lord finished speaking, he didn't feel envious at all. They were siblings, so of course there was no comparison.

"It's time to thank the Imperial Concubine. Don't worry, Madam, with King Yuki's support this time, we will be fine."

Ashina Zhong did not mention Li Mengjiang, although this was enough to surprise him. How much would it cost to be able to support their tribe for decades?

But he didn't want the Dingyang County Lord to think too much.

"Well, I will go to the palace tomorrow. You can take out the fine furs sent by the tribe some time ago, and I will send them to the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is also worried about me."

The Lord of Dingyang County said gently.

Wang Hongfu acted quickly. In more than half a month, most of the autumn tea in the tea gardens near Chang'an fell into the hands of Prince Ji's Mansion.

There are thousands of workers picking tea leaves. The new tea in the palace only needs the two tenderest leaves. Li Shen outsources the rest to the tea merchant's workshop to make tea cakes.

Tea cakes are also divided into several grades. In the end, Li Shen felt that it was not so troublesome on the grassland, so he ordered two grades.

Half a month ago, Wang Hongfu had reached an agreement with Ashina Zhong, and Li Shen would sell it to the Ashina tribe at an additional [-]% of the cost.

The Ashina tribe sells goods at several times the price, because there is no currency on the grassland, so they can only use cattle and sheep instead.

The price Li Shen gave was very simple: two pounds of second-class tea cakes for a sheep. Two pounds of third-grade tea cakes cost less than [-] yuan including transportation costs. A sheep can be sold for more in Datang, but it is even more expensive in Chang'an.

First-class tea cakes are for noble men. Two pounds of tea cakes are exchanged for a cow.

Wang Hongfu told Ashina Zhong that this price was set by Li Shen. Two months later, the royal caravan will pay this price when it enters the grassland.

Ashina Zhong didn't know much about business, but he trusted Li Shen very much. He firmly believed that even if Li Shen deceived him, he would never deceive the Dingyang County Lord. Otherwise, Li Shen would not be able to explain anything to Concubine Wei.

Besides, he had nothing worth deceiving Li Shen.

So the first batch of tea bricks, totaling [-] guan, was personally escorted by Ashina Zhong to the northern Ashina tribe.

Normally, Ashina Chung had official duties, but his tribe was hit by a disaster. It was reasonable to go to deliver food and visit the herdsmen in the tribe.

Li Shimin also readily agreed, so that Ashina Zhong could appease the herdsmen. Otherwise, tens of thousands of hungry herdsmen would be very destructive.

And he also heard about Li Shen helping Ashina Zhong. This must be because of the Dingyang County Lord. As long as Wei Guifei is worried, Li Shen will solve it as soon as possible regardless of the cost.

Li Shen didn't leave the house for half a month. He kept in mind Concubine Wei's words and began to rectify Prince Ji's house in preparation for the wedding in two months.

The first thing is to solve the problem of overwintering. Li Shen has not been able to solve the problem of geothermal pipes now, but Li Shen's hometown has something called earth dragon.

This kind of earthworm is actually a flue, and the smoke and heat cause the earthworm to generate heat. Northern rural areas used to have this.

There is also the Northeast Kang, which is a must-have for winter. There are also stoves, etc.

The second step is to renovate the paint and repaint the furniture. The palace has been built for several years, and some places are a bit old and need to be repainted.

When Li Shimin heard that Li Shen was repairing a house at home and preparing to marry a wife, he said that Li Shen had no future.

Li Shen, on the other hand, didn't care at all about Li Shimin's ridicule, and even looked down upon him. Is it wrong to continue the family lineage of your old Li family?

Just as Li Shen was cleaning up the palace, another great thing happened for the royal family.

The eldest son of Jin Wang Li Zhi was born.