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

The Qianzhuang of Prince Ji's Mansion was indeed as Li Shimin suspected, and some people were a little dissatisfied from the beginning.

In the Cui family mansion, the aristocratic family gathered together again.

They were no longer prepared to be enemies with King Ji, but they were too seriously injured over the years.

They originally planned to recuperate, live peacefully, and look for opportunities to turn over.

The Millennium Family has always been like this. When faced with a crisis, it will go dormant and look for opportunities to make a comeback.

But the loan from Prince Ji's Mansion brought them a little profit, and now this bank is like this.

The tea, cloth, soap, and wine involved in Prince Ji's Mansion are their main sources of income.

Now they can only make profits by lowering the prices of salt, iron and cloth.

It is not possible to monopolize the market like before.

After all, no matter how powerful the tea, cloth and wine of Prince Ji's Mansion were, they could not monopolize the entire Tang Dynasty industry, and ordinary people could not afford them.

"Do you have any opinions?" Cui Renzhi asked.

"The construction of this bank by Prince Ji's Mansion will have a great impact on our cabinet shop. The only way we can think of now is to reduce storage and custody fees." said the elder of the Zheng family.

"Do you think we can forge a batch of deposit certificates? King Ji has deceived us so many times, we should pay him back once." Wang Wei suggested.

"Our Cui family has already checked with the craftsmen, and we don't know what formula they use for this paper.

It is completely different from our paper and can be touched by hand, so it is basically impossible to forge it.

Craftsmen have now been tried, but there is little hope. "Cui Renzhi replied.

"Damn it, why does this Prince Ji always have trouble with us? We have no way to deal with him. If he is above the court, we still have an excuse.

But he was never in the court, nor did he go to court. We have absolutely no leverage against him.

Even if he is usually a bit of a dandy, he just wants His Majesty to reprimand him and give him some salary.

It's not painful or itchy at all. "Wang Weitu patted the table with some annoyance.

As the saying goes, no desire leads to strength, these people simply can't find a chance to deal with Li Shen.

Li Shen does things without boundaries, and you have no idea what he will do next.

"Everyone, this bank is not the focus right now. Since the deal is done, there is nothing we can do to save it. Each family can just send craftsmen to study his paper.

If it can be researched early, we can also give him a fake one.

What is important now is the mutual trade in Qinghai Road, which contains a lot of wealth.

They have cattle, horses, alpacas, and mines such as gold and jade, all of which are resources we need. "The elder of the Zheng family reminded.

"Of course we take the initiative, but the people we contacted in the past came back and reported that Tubo made a request. In addition to food, they also wanted our Tang Dynasty's iron-making technology and various technologies.

They want us to sell their finished swords, bows, crossbows, weapons and armor. "

"Are they crazy? Don't talk about this. Iron ore alone is banned, and they still want us to sell them weapons and swords?"

After hearing Tubo's request, everyone spoke out.

"The Tibetan ambitions are now entangled with the Western Turks, and the court believes that they are likely to unite to attack our country.

So the only supplies they urgently need now are food and weapons. "Cui Inzhi analyzed.

"The grain can be sold, but the price is a bit high. Prince Ji's Mansion has set a tariff of twenty coins.

Steel is currently in some difficulties, and we don't know what's going on in the important city of Qinghai yet.

This kind of thing can only be smuggled through by us.

Anti-smuggling teams have been formed at other checkpoints to specifically target smuggling businessmen, and the last 20% will be given to their frontier troops.

Qinghai Road has King Ji here, which makes it even more difficult to handle. There are 50,000 troops here. "

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into silence.

Yes, Datang’s crackdown on smuggling is too strict now.

In the past, their children could still speak in the border army, but now it is not easy.

Li Shimin's control over the army became tighter and tighter.

"We have to give it a try no matter what. This is an opportunity for us to accumulate wealth again. Our Cui family's wealth has been reduced by half over the years."

Cui Renzhi sighed.

"Our Wang family has more wealth, and has lost 60% of its wealth."

"Well, we're about the same."

Everyone was a little frustrated.

"It's all King Ji. If it weren't for him, how could we be in this situation.

We must seize this opportunity this time,

We need to negotiate with Tubo about the situation here, and we must negotiate the price first.

Don’t they have a lot of gold and jade? "The elder of the Lu family said harshly.

"Okay, that's settled. Anyway, it's not the first time we've done this. We can still go by sea."

In the end, the family reached a consensus.

~~~~~~~~~

At the end of February, Li Shen went to Yuhua Palace.

He came here to say goodbye, but when he entered the palace, he was told that His Majesty was at Yuhua Palace.

Li Shen rushed to Yuhua Palace without stopping.

The Yuhua Palace built by Li Shimin is called prosperous.

From a distance, you can see a complex of buildings, including the palace for worship and the Prince's East Palace.

It is convenient for Li Shimin to go to court and work here.

"Hey, why is Prince Ji here?" One of Wang De's godsons said to Li Shen.

"Hmph, why can't I come here? Stop talking nonsense and go in to report."

Li Shen's butt hurt from riding the horse all the way, so he didn't give the eunuch a good look.

There was no embarrassment or displeasure on the eunuch's face, but he ordered a eunuch behind him to go in and report.

"Xiao Guizi, didn't your old man teach you not to be so enthusiastic towards others?"

"My slave is wrong."

"Don't think that I and Wang De are casual. You can do it too. Learn more from Wang De."

Li Shen was a little dissatisfied with this familiar eunuch.

Wang De can do whatever he wants with him, but how can others do it? He is a prince after all.

"Yes, yes, I have been learning from my godfather."

The eunuch kept nodding and bowing.

"Hey, why is Prince Ji here?"

It was the same sentence again, but the speaker was different. Wang De was seen walking out of Yuhua Palace.

The corner of Li Shen's mouth twitched. He had just finished asking him to learn from Wang De. Is that all he wanted to do?

"Why, I can't come?" Li Shen glared at Wang De.

"I can come, I can come. Let's go. Your Majesty summoned me. We are at the hunting ground now." Wang De waved his hand and said a few perfunctory words.

"I, Aye, still hunt? At such an old age, can I draw a bow?" Li Shen muttered as he followed Wang De.

Wang De didn't even turn around or pay attention. This kid had a mouth that deserved a beating and was always on the verge of being beaten.

Li Shimin was only fifty years old, and he was a military commander. In recent years, he had been in good health. Because he had nothing to do, he picked up his martial arts skills.

It can be said that beating Li Shen with one hand is more than enough.

The two soon arrived at the paddock, and before they even got close, they heard Li Tai's voice:

"Aye's archery skills can hit from such a distance. Aye is as powerful as before."

Damn it, someone is robbing his business, Li Shen thought to himself.

(4:3 a.m. on the 35th. Good morning.)