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

Although Li Shen agreed with what Wang Xuance said, he scoffed at the fact that he would not care what Wang Xuance did in the end.

He stood up excitedly and tried to refute.

I have been beaten so many times. I get beaten for every little thing. I will be beaten even if I am chased eighteen thousand miles away.

For just a few million strings of cash, his father chased him all the way to Qinghai to beat him up, and he wouldn't even wait a little longer.

And there was his own salary. It had been deducted for three years since he left the palace at the age of nine. He himself didn't even know how many years his salary had been deducted.

Anyway, it is estimated that I won’t get my salary for at least twenty years, at best just over 200,000 strings of cash.

The key point is that not only does Li Shen not get a salary, he also has to pay taxes every year.

Is this what you call not caring about anything?

Seeing Prince Ji filled with indignation, the three giants present also looked helpless. Their prince was too good at causing trouble.

Among the dozen or so princes, the most troublesome one is Prince Ji Li Shen.

Not to mention the fraud, deception, and bullying, the impeachment memorials could fill up the Taiji Hall.

I only want to say that Prince Ji dared to deceive the emperor, dared to disobey the emperor's order, and dared to deceive His Majesty.

Each of those things would cost you your life, but Your Majesty just gave Prince Ji a beating, and he was not satisfied.

If it were any other prince, he would have been dressed in white by now, not to mention being killed.

Whether as a minister or as a son, Li Shen is the first person in history. He actually set up a trap for Your Majesty and cheated Your Majesty out of four million strings of cash.

It is truly unprecedented and unparalleled.

Even so, Prince Ji is still not satisfied. I wonder how many princes and princesses envy and hate Prince Ji.

"My Lord, why don't we talk about business?"

Wang Xuance changed the subject and said that if he continued to fool around with Prince Ji like this, they would probably not be able to finish their discussion before dark.

"Yes, yes, my lord, business is more important."

Wang Hongfu also quickly followed suit. His prince was moody and he was very afraid of him.

Li Shen took a sip of tea and calmed down. After all, he didn't dare to argue with her father.

"The second reason why I asked you to come here is to arrange matters concerning the Great Food."

"Great food?"

Wang Hongfu did not participate in the interrogation, so he didn't know many things.

Wang Xuance handed the transcript of the confession to Wang Hongfu, who read it carefully.

Li Shen spoke only after Wang Hongfu finished reading.

"The Arab Empire is now strong and powerful, and will definitely fight with our Tang Dynasty in the future, so we must prepare in advance."

"Your Highness, the Kingdom of the Arabs is thousands of miles away from our Tang Dynasty. It takes more than a year to go back and forth. There shouldn't be any intersection between our Tang Dynasty and the Arabs."

Wang Hongfu put down the confession in his hand and asked in confusion.

How great a hatred must one have to cross thousands of miles to attack the Tang Dynasty?

The road here is extremely dangerous and involves going through a lot of terrain, so even a caravan is not 100% safe.

When a large number of troops are marching, even not providing them is a problem.

"No, old king, you are wrong, you should have heard that the Arabs are at war with Persia and Byzantium.

Now most of Persia has been occupied and will soon be destroyed.

Once Persia was destroyed, the eastern part of the territory of the Arab Empire was adjacent to the Western Turks, with only a few small countries in between.

As long as the Arab Empire just moved its fingers, it could annex these small countries.

And our Tang Dynasty will prepare to start dealing with the Western Turks next year.

It won’t be long before Western Turkestan will become our Anxi Protectorate.

By that time, our Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire will become neighbors.

Judging from the crazy expansion of the Arab Empire, they are warlike and aggressive by nature. Our Tang Dynasty has vast territory and abundant resources.

By then, the Arab Empire will definitely covet our Tang Dynasty.

War between the two countries is inevitable.

So we have to be fully prepared.”

Li Shen shook his fingers and told everyone his thoughts.

The three of them are his right-hand men and his confidants, and many things require their cooperation.

Three cobblers can still stand up to one Zhuge Liang.

If Li Shen wants to take action against the Arab Empire, he needs Wang Hongfu's cooperation in terms of economy, and Wang Xuance's control in terms of strategy and information.

When necessary, Xue Rengui needs to send personnel to perform some special tasks.

All three are indispensable.

"Your Majesty is indeed a man of foresight. I admire you so much that I bow down to you like a surging river..."

"Alright, alright, alright. The few words you have are just the superficial ones you learned from me. Don't show off your skills in front of an expert."

Wang Hongfu continued to flatter the emperor as usual, but he was interrupted by Prince Ji before he could finish his words.

Because Li Shen knew what he would say next. How much did Wang Hongfu learn from him?

“Your Highness, judging from the confessions, we can use these businessmen to get in touch with the Hashim family.

Given your status in the Tang Dynasty, Your Majesty, the Hashim family will definitely unite and cooperate with us, and they also want our support.

Just as Shopkeeper Wang said just now, the Hashim family will also feel that our two countries are too far apart.

It will take more than a year to go back and forth. Even if you, Your Majesty, have any intentions towards the Arab Empire, they will abandon you after they succeed.

In this way, we can first think about the issue of trust, which will make things much easier in the future."

As a think tank, Wang Xuance spoke first, and this was also the simplest and most direct method.

But Li Shen shook his head.

"Xuan Ce, your method is indeed the simplest and most effective method, but I want to ask, what can I get?"

Li Shen's question stumped Wang Xuance. Indeed, if he chose to cooperate with the Hashim family, he would definitely be supporting the Hashim family.

Li Shen found a comfortable position and lay on Lan Yuer's thighs, crossing his legs.

“I am not a saint, even if I want to strike at the Arab Empire, I cannot do it in vain.

The Arab Empire is a piece of fat meat. Before dividing this piece of fat meat, I must first take a piece to fill my stomach.

Have you ever seen me do a business that made a loss?"

“But, Your Majesty, the Arabs are so far away, and we don’t know much about the situation in their country.

Even if it is for business, it takes more than a year to go back and forth, and the return trip is only a few tens of thousands of strings of cash, at most a hundred thousand strings of cash.”

Wang Hongfu has been in business for many years and is quite familiar with the income from traveling to the Western Regions.

For other businessmen, tens of thousands of strings of cash a year is already a huge sum of money.

Many businessmen cannot earn tens of thousands of strings of cash a year.

But for Li Shen's Ji Wang Mansion, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Tens of thousands of strings of cash are not enough for Prince Ji to squander just once.

Therefore, Wang Hongfu believed that the benefits he could gain from the Arabs would not be much.

According to King Ji's requirements, it is definitely impossible to achieve them.

Prince Ji would need at least one million strings of cash to make a move. It is not easy to exchange one million strings of cash from thousands of miles away.