Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

"That's not it." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand and then looked at Xie Minlin: "Mr. Xie, can you find me 10,000 slaves from other races?"

"Your Highness, are we going to build a country overseas?" When Xie Minlin heard His Royal Highness the King of Chu say this, his eyes immediately brightened a lot.

“You… forget it…” His Royal Highness the King of Chu discovered that Xie Gong was definitely the most stable hawk under his command. He was different from Wang Xuance. Wang Xuance would occasionally encourage him and then be dunked by Uncle Dou, but Xie Gong had always been quiet and did not fight or compete. As long as he slightly revealed similar ideas, he would immediately become excited. He was just short of shouting “Success or failure, it all depends on today”…

Ugh……

With this thought in mind, His Royal Highness the King of Chu gave up the idea of ​​robbing foreign slaves.

The current situation...

I can only let my shadow assassins suffer for the time being...

But... coming back to the point, what are Dou Shu'er, Jiang Gong, Hong San and the others doing now?

How come I don’t see you all day?

With this thought in mind, His Royal Highness the King of Chu could not help but look at Zhang Zhenxuan beside him: "Zhenxuan, what are Dou Shu'er and the others busy with?"

"Your Highness, Lord Dou and his men are currently trying to find a way to place the war horses they brought from Chang'an." Zhang Zhenxuan immediately replied respectfully, "After all, Qiongzhou has always been short of war horses. It is only with your arrival that this place has regained its vitality."

"You kid..." His Royal Highness Prince Chu couldn't help but feel a little amused when he heard this: "Your words are just pleasant to the ear."

"Your Highness..." Gangzi on the side began to feel jealous.

"If you keep whining and chattering, do you believe that I will beat you up?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was in no mood to coax his retainers at the moment, because he needed to manage Qiongzhou as quickly as possible.

After all, His Royal Highness the King of Chu's fiefdom is not limited to Qiongzhou, he also needs to send people to manage the other fiefdoms - and the shadow assassins cannot always go to make salt.

Therefore, he had to find a way to find a group of foreign slaves himself - he had already understood what Xie Minlin meant - he could find a way to get so many slaves overseas, but bringing them to Qiongzhou... would cause too much noise.

If the tyrant emperor in Chang'an knew about this, he would be unable to sleep again.

Ugh……

It's so hard to be a wise king...

His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn't help but think so in his heart.

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In the following days, after discussing with Dou Shilun, His Royal Highness the King of Chu began to continue to open up salt fields on a large scale in his fiefdom, and hired local people to dry and make crude salt, which was then transported to salt workshops staffed entirely by "his own people" to begin large-scale salt production.

At this time, the identity of His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the background of the Dou family were revealed.

The salt transported from Qiongzhou - the guards of the salt team were all wearing armor, and as long as the salt was transported to Guangzhou, merchants from all over the country would purchase it - and what's more amazing is - whenever you buy salt from Qiongzhou, the King of Chu will give you a flag with a time limit, such as "From August of the tenth year of Zhenguan to November of the tenth year of Zhenguan, the Chu Palace will protect it" - this flag means that during this period, if anything happens to this caravan in any area - the Chu Palace will blame all the local gangs.

Of course, if the caravan was robbed and some people were left alive, they would ask the local government for help, but the government would do nothing...

Then people from Qiongzhou will come - ever since he knew the meaning of the word "bandit", King Chu has always regarded banditry as his lifelong pursuit. He will definitely let the local gangs see how powerful the "top gangs" are - after conquering the mountain, the leader must be beheaded and displayed to the public, and all the captives will be taken back to Qiongzhou to work as laborers in the salt factory. Of course, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will pay them - but if they want to leave Qiongzhou, sorry, it's impossible.

And that's not all. Regarding the local officials who are unwilling to give face to His Royal Highness the King of Chu - those who have a background in Chang'an wrote a letter to Chang'an, asking the Crown Prince to help him put pressure on him. Behind him are the Five Surnames and Seven Families...

The King of Chu, who was able to play with the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families until they were "dead" when he was only a teenager, knew what to do - he would send people to post notices in the local area, saying that the local officials were in cahoots with the local bandits, relying on their origins as the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families to ignore the laws of the Tang Dynasty and do evil things in office, robbing the snotty maltose of young children, and molesting the old men who were planting crops in the fields...

Anyway, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu not only wants to ruin the reputation of this lazy official, he also wants to ruin the reputation of his family.

And after all this trouble from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu...

To be honest, the Five Surnames and Seven Families were only angry for a moment - they didn't even dare to get angry again.

Then, these family heads who had suffered the humiliation from His Royal Highness the King of Chu immediately ordered the officials in their clans to take this as a warning.

You must pay attention to everything involving His Royal Highness the King of Chu!

Have no idea……

The fighting power of His Royal Highness the King of Chu has been tested by the alien races surrounding the Tang Dynasty - he is known to be powerful.

As for the character of His Royal Highness the King of Chu... he doesn't need the help of other races to test it - he is well known to be despicable and shameless... he is extremely arrogant...

As for the intelligence of His Royal Highness the King of Chu... the matter of more than one million dan of grain... is still a pain that they are unwilling to mention...

In addition, among the local officials being tortured by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, there were some stubborn people who were unwilling to accept the situation and wanted to file a complaint in Chang'an...

Ha...but these people have overlooked the fact that His Royal Highness the King of Chu's gang has always been a "gang organization."

You worked hard to get to Chang'an. You submitted the petition in the morning. The one who came to pick you up in the morning was one of the King of Shu, King of Wei, King of Yan, and King of Liang, and the one in charge of the trial was the Crown Prince...

Anyway, the three books and six provinces have all benefited from a certain incompetent emperor who is rarely wise and powerful, so they are not allowed to interfere in this matter.

Oh, yes. Generally, when the crown prince tried a case, the process would be very quick - he would directly go to the Dali Temple for a seat.

However, the private rooms in the Dali Temple prison were already booked until next autumn - so the unlucky and stubborn ones could only go to the Ministry of Justice prison in the end.

As for the Ministry of Justice Prison...nowadays, some low-level officers from Chang'an who cause trouble after drinking are always locked up there.

We don’t know why these people were not imprisoned in Jingzhao Prefecture Prison or Hexian County Prison after they committed crimes.

I don’t even know who these guys got the message from. Anyway, these reckless men who were imprisoned for fighting are fighting again after being in prison, and they specifically fight officials who like to go to Chang’an to file complaints against His Royal Highness the King of Chu…

And occasionally, just “occasionally” - the Duke of Zhao’s son Changsun Chong, the Duke of Lu’s eldest son Cheng Chumo, the Duke of Langya’s only son Niu Yong - these top playboys in Chang’an would also enter this prison, which generally only holds serious criminals, because of various “small problems”.

What's more, the family was too lazy to send anyone to rescue it - even though the Duke of Zhao was very active, his son Changsun Chong didn't even bother to pay attention to the old housekeeper who came to invite him to go home.

Hmm... Why is this so...

Everyone understands it.

In short, after this battle, everyone in the Tang Dynasty, from the imperial court to the people, who felt that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu would "decline" after leaving the center, were completely awakened.

The value of "King of Chu Barbarians" is still rising sharply.

Summer went and autumn came, autumn was harvested and winter was stored, and time soon came to the New Year's Day of the tenth year of Zhenguan.

On this day, Empress Changsun got up very early, and after she finished inspecting the harem, it was almost noon.

Therefore, she planned to return to Ganlu Palace to have dinner with her children.

But who would have thought that as soon as she entered the square of Ganlu Palace, she saw the lovely little Princess Sizi squatting at the door. When she saw her coming, she immediately said happily: "Mother, mother, my second brother has prepared many gifts for you!"

"Really?" A year had passed, and Empress Chang Sun had gotten used to seeing some Qiongzhou specialties in Li Kuan's bedroom from time to time, so she immediately said with a smile, "Come to think of it, it's been a while since I've received a gift from your second brother."

"Mother, this time is different." Princess Sizi shook her head at first, then stretched out her hand and gestured a big semicircle: "There are really so many! Mother, Sizi will take you to see!"

"Okay, okay, then Sizi, hold your hand." Empress Changsun was afraid that her daughter would run and fall.

"Hehehe, mother is so old but still likes to act like a spoiled child. Shame on you." It must be said that now that little Princess Sizi has become arrogant, she is extremely similar to her second brother who lives far away in Qiongzhou.

A moment later, the mother and daughter came hand in hand to the bedroom of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Mother, look - this is the gift that my second brother prepared for you!" When the little Princess Sizi pointed to the boxes of red gold, gems, and huge corals that were almost piled up into mountains in the bedroom of the King of Chu, the little girl did not know how shocked her mother was by this scene.

"Empress..." At this moment, Cheng Xin, who was guarding the door, respectfully handed an envelope to Empress Changsun, who had just come to her senses: "This is a letter from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu."

“……”Empress Chang Sun reached out to take the envelope, she was even a little afraid to open it.

"Mother, did my second brother also draw for you?" - Little Princess Sizi often wrote letters to her second brother, but the two siblings communicated through drawings. Occasionally, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu would add text, and the female official Yulin, who had been taking care of Sizi personally, became the temporary "Prince of Chu's translator."

"Yes...it's drawn..." Empress Changsun whispered to her daughter, then she opened the envelope tremblingly.

Mother, I am pleased to hear your letter.

As the year draws to a close, Chang'an is cold in winter. Mother, please remember to add more clothes and don't get cold. As for the little money in the palace, half of it is the tax that your son should pay for selling salt in Qiongzhou this year. The other half is presented to you, mother, and I hope you will worry less about the affairs in the palace. In addition, please tell the tyrant emperor on behalf of your son: an emperor who does not collect business taxes is not a good emperor. One-tenth of the tax should be the best tax rate at present.

that's all.

Also: Everything is fine in Qiongzhou, don't worry.

(It’s time to say auspicious words and wish everyone a happy new year! Well… so in the new year, the author wishes everyone: Good luck in the Year of the Snake, everything goes well, be energetic, have good luck, and be happy every year!)