Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Li Tai showed a look of regret on his face. This time he earned 160,000 strings of cash, which was already a huge gain.

And no one knows that he is the one behind all this, or that he is the manipulator.

This feeling not only gave him financial satisfaction, but also spiritual satisfaction.

“Your Highness, this matter is ill-gotten gains after all, and the risks are very high. I think it is better for me to have less contact with it in the future.

Actually, I have something to say but I don’t know whether I should say it or not.” Du Chuke said after bowing.

"Shanbin, is there anything that cannot be said between you and me?

You and I have been together for many years. Although we are master and servant, we are actually both teacher and friend.

This prince has always trusted you, so there is no need to hide anything you want to say. "

Li Tai said this to Du Chuke sincerely. Du Chuke was very moved and bowed to Li Tai.

“Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I want to say that this kind of windfall is not sustainable in the long run.

It is also easy for others to find fault with you.

It would be better to cooperate with the noble family to do some long-term business.

I feel that the best partner is His Royal Highness Prince Ji’s Palace.

If the prince can find a way to cooperate with Prince Ji in business, even if he cannot make a fortune every day, the annual dividends will be substantial.

Princess Changle had cooperated with His Royal Highness Prince Ji in the wine business in the early years.

At that time, Princess Changle only paid 500 strings of cash, which was 10% of the dividend. The prince might not know how much wealth these ten years had brought to Princess Changle.

I heard that last year alone, Prince Ji's Mansion distributed dividends of 160,000 to 170,000 strings of cash to Princess Changle.

Many people outside wanted to buy Princess Changle's 10% stake at a high price, and some were even willing to pay a million strings of cash.

Your Majesty, if we can get close to Prince Ji, even if Prince Ji's mansion takes the majority, we will only take a small share.

We also have a considerable income each year, and it is legal income.”

Du Chuke said a lot, using Princess Changle as an example and reasoning, but in the end, he only meant one thing:

If you want to ride on the bandwagon of Prince Ji's Mansion and cooperate with him, there is no loss in cooperating with Prince Ji.

Li Tai certainly understood this truth, and he had talked about it with Li Zhi at first, but was rejected by Li Shen every time.

Of course he knew about the shares in Li Lizhi's hands, and he had been coveting them for a long time. If it weren't for Li Lizhi, Li Tai would have wanted to get them long ago.

Unfortunately, he was in Li Lizhi's hands. If he tried to take it by force, regardless of other factors, his mother, Empress Zhangsun, would beat him half to death.

The richest princess of the Tang Dynasty was her aunt Princess Pingyang. At that time, because she was a woman,

After making great contributions, he was not granted a title, but was rewarded with money, land, etc.

After that, the richest princess was Li Lizhi because of her 10% bonus on wine and beverages.

In the end, the richest princess became Li Mengjiang.

But Li Lizhi is also the second richest.

When Li Tai thought of this, he suddenly felt that his 160,000 guan dividend was not that much.

Not as excited as before.

He was complacent about his 160,000 strings of cash, but compared with Li Mengjiang and Li Lizhi, he was nothing.

“Okay, I know you are right, but it is difficult for me to cooperate with Old Ten.

The Tenth Prince is very cautious. He may not cooperate with me while I am in Chang'an City.

If I return to my fiefdom, it will indeed be possible by then.

I will think of a way to deal with this matter, we will talk about it later.

Please write back and tell us that our caravan is on many roads in the Industrial Park and East City and we will make more trips out there.

Then ask them to exchange half of the gold for copper coins.

Can't people notice that our money came too suddenly? "

After all, this money cannot be seen in the open, so he has to launder it first.

He doesn't have as much traffic as Prince Ji's Mansion, so he can only let their caravans pretend.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Du Chuke bowed and walked out.

Li Tai called the servants, boiled water and made tea again, and thought about life.

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After Li Shen was brought back to the military camp, he looked unconvinced. He was not Zhong Wuyan, who would come to him when there was a problem and throw him out when there was nothing to do.

Li Shen secretly swore in his heart that he would never go no matter what happened.

"Come, prepare some water for me. I want to take a bath."

After drinking a lot of wine, Li Shen prepared to take a good shower.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Just then there was a shout outside.

"Your Highness, it sounds like the voice of Wang Changshi." Shitou reminded in a low voice.

"Let him in." Li Shen said while taking off his clothes.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you." After coming in, Wang Xuance first bowed.

"What's the matter? Why so anxious?"

"Your Majesty, one of our caravans just arrived here, and they came back from the Western Regions.

He reported a piece of news that I found very suspicious, so I came to report it to His Majesty."

Wang Xuance reported immediately.

"What's the matter?" Li Shen asked curiously.

"Your Highness, when the caravan was returning, they found a large number of corpses a hundred miles northwest of Shanzhou City."

"There are so many corpses. Could it be that bandits have appeared?" Li Shen asked. This was not a big deal for Li Shen.

Sand bandits are common, and although robbery and murder of merchant caravans is rare, it does happen.

Generally, the sand bandits will not kill people, as long as you pay money.

But there were also some bandits who killed and robbed everything.

"Your Majesty, this is exactly what I find suspicious.

There were as many as six or seven hundred bodies there, all buried in the sand.

Our caravan discovered it accidentally when we were chasing a camel.

The knife cuts on each corpse were neat, very similar to the knives used in our Tang Dynasty.

Unlike the sand bandits who have a wide variety of weapons.

That’s why the caravan’s owner reported this to me.”

"Eh? That's a bit strange. Could it be that they were the bandits who were killed by the soldiers?"

Li Shen's curiosity began to run rampant. Since it wasn't the bandits who killed him, could it be possible that it was the bandits?

"Your Majesty, the shopkeeper said that these people have calluses on their feet. Based on the calluses on their hands and feet, we can infer that these people should be the rickshaw drivers and strongmen of the rickshaw company.

Some scattered copper coins can also be found on these people.

I suspect they were murdered to silence them."

"Murder to silence the witness?" Li Shen was shocked when he heard these four words.

“Why kill these chariot drivers and strong men?

Six or seven hundred people, how big a caravan would this be?"

"Your Highness, do you think it could be related to smuggling?" Wang Xuance expressed his suspicion.

"You mean to say that these people were the smugglers and the wagon drivers, who were eventually killed and their bodies buried in the sand?"

Li Shen was a little surprised.

"This is just my own speculation. From the current information, they are not sand bandits.

He still had money on him, so he was not killed by the bandits.

Then why were they killed there?

The only explanation is silencing, so I think of smuggling."