Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Chief Secretary Wang requests to see you."

Early in the morning, Li Shen was sleeping soundly with two beautiful ladies in his arms, when the eunuch outside the door called him softly.

"Your Highness, it's time to get up. Mr. Wang must have important business here."

Su Xiaoxiao called Li Shen softly.

"Okay, got it." Li Shen hummed and got up reluctantly. Liu Ruyan opened the door and several maids came in.

After washing and dressing, Li Shencai yawned and went out to the front hall.

"Xuan Ce, it's only a short time now, what big deal can happen?"

After Li Shen sat down, the maid quickly brought him a cup of refreshing tea.

"Your Majesty, the Tibetan army in the east has moved."

Wang Xuance said directly that if he were to talk nonsense with Prince Ji, he could write at least 500 words.

"Move? They are attacking the city again?" Li Shen stood there holding his tea, his face full of surprise.

“No, they are moving slowly westwards. I guess they want to join up with the enemy forces in the west.

General Li asked me to ask the prince whether we should kill him."

When Li Shen heard that they were not going to attack the city, he brought the tea to his mouth and took a sip.

“Forget it, we have no cavalry, and they are several miles away. It’s pointless for us to chase them while they run away.

What a pity, if there were horses...horses, oh no, Zuo Xiaowei’s horse is still behind Beishan.

Come on, come on! "

As Li Shen was speaking, he suddenly slapped his thigh. There were still tens of thousands of horses outside that had not been brought back, so only a few people were left behind to watch over them.

"Your Highness, General Qin has already sent people to pick up Ma. I think they should have returned."

Wang Xuance's face was full of helplessness. Their prince's memory was getting worse and worse.

"You went to meet him? That's good, that's good.

I don't care about the 10,000 ordinary horses that were requisitioned. Each horse costs only a dozen strings of cash.

But Zuo Xiaowei's horse is a warhorse from the north, and it is very valuable, at least several dozen strings of cash."

Li Shen patted his chest and looked relieved.

"Your Highness, even if it's just a few dozen strings of cash, three thousand horses isn't much money, why do you have to do this?"

Wang Xuance said disdainfully, a horse cost dozens of strings of cash, and three thousand horses would only be a few hundred thousand strings of cash, which was nothing for the Prince Ji’s Mansion.

"Xuan Ce, do you know why you are a chief historian and I am a prince?" Li Shen stood up and said with his hands behind his back.

It's because you have a good father, Wang Xuance thought in his heart, but he asked very cooperatively:

"Please teach me, Your Majesty."

"Well, today I will teach you that you can't just look at the surface of things, you have to look at the long-term.

See the potential risks.

Ten thousand ordinary horses, let alone a dozen strings of cash, even if it is dozens of strings of cash, I would not care.

Because it is a fixed value, there is no risk factor.

But the three thousand war horses of the Left Guard are different. Let alone dozens of strings of cash, even if it is just a few strings of cash, I want them back intact.

Because these war horses have no fixed value, there is a great risk.

Do you...understand?"

Li Shen looked mysterious and gave a risk assessment that left Wang Xuance confused.

"This...I still don't understand." Wang Xuance shook his head awkwardly.

Li Shenliang's eyes widened.

"What's there to not understand? I'm afraid of being blackmailed, so you should understand.

Those 10,000 ordinary horses belong to the merchants who came here. If I can compensate them for their cost, they should be grateful.

But those 3,000 war horses belonged to the Southern Court’s Imperial Guards. My father knew about it and said that he bought them for 100 strings of cash each. So he bought them for 100 strings of cash each.

My father said one thousand strings of cash for one horse, so it is one thousand strings of cash for one horse.

When the time comes, my father will ask me for some transportation fees, feeding fees, training fees, horse farm construction fees, maintenance fees and other expenses.

You said that even if I sold the Prince Ji's Mansion, I might not be able to pay the compensation. Do you understand?"

Wang Xuance realized that the struggle between Prince Ji and His Majesty had never stopped.

Prince Ji is usually so lazy that he won't think about anything without thinking, but now he can think so far ahead.

This was when Prince Ji and His Majesty were not together. If they were together, he would still think for a quarter of an hour before saying anything, for fear that the other party had set a trap.

"Thank you for your advice, Your Highness." Wang Xuance bowed.

"Well, I'm glad you understand. Although I may seem to be in a good position, I am also walking on thin ice. The money in my pocket may be gone in an instant.

By the way, how are the preparations for the welcome ceremony going?"

What Li Shen cares about most is the money in his pocket. He is different from people of this era and has no integrity.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei and His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin are almost ready. In order to have a large number of people, a number of merchants have been strictly screened and selected.

They are all senior members of our Tang Dynasty Chamber of Commerce and have relatively clean backgrounds.

Moreover, all the people who came to greet the guests on that day would be searched in advance before they were allowed to stand at the city gate to greet the guests.

The place was surrounded by soldiers from the Protectorate, who would not allow any stranger to enter.

Soldiers were also arranged on the city wall to welcome them. All people were only allowed to go up the city wall with swords, and all bows and crossbows were confiscated. The stairs of the city wall were guarded and inspected by people sent by Zuo Xiaowei. "

Wang Xuance introduced them one by one, with the focus being security.

"That's not enough. All high points must be guarded by at least three people, and the other people watching the ceremony must be thirty feet away."

Li Shen thought for a moment and added:

“Oh, go buy some cloth, write on it, “Warmly welcome the Great Tang Khan to visit Qinghai” and hang it on the city wall.

Also, make arrangements so that the soldiers on the city wall, at my signal, shout "loyalty to Your Majesty, loyalty to the Tang Dynasty" together.

Remember to shout in unison and with force. If there are spies in the city, let them see the power of our Tang Dynasty soldiers.

Also, also, try to find someone of similar height to you. Don’t let the difference in height make it look ugly.

This represents the reputation of our Protectorate, so we should hurry up and let them practice by shouting a few times in advance.

Well.....there is more.

His Majesty will definitely inspect the military camp when he comes. You should arrange for the clerk to write a few manuscripts, the same as the ones I taught you before.

Give it to a few people who are eloquent and look honest, and ask them to memorize it, and then arrange for them to meet His Majesty.

There is no room for dirt in the streets of the entire city. Your Majesty will definitely visit the trade zone.

Tell the merchants to clean the area in front of their doors and make sure the store fronts are spotless.

The livestock trading area is rinsed with clean water and sprinkled with some spices, and no smell is allowed.

Livestock are not allowed to defecate or urinate. Whoever's livestock defecates on the ground shall be the one to eat it."

"have eaten?"

Wang Xuance held a pen and a book and stared blankly at Prince Ji in front of him, his mind in a mess.

What did King Ji say just now?

This is simply flattery, fawning, and fawning taken to the extreme.