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

Hearing Li Shen asking him to speak, Wei Sili glanced at Wei Siyan and said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, I thought it would be better to ask them for more money and teach them a lesson.

As for the girl from the Wang family who beat people, she will be punished according to the law."

He understood what Wei Siyan meant, but Wang Zhengli had a good relationship with him, and since he had come to him for help,

He had promised others, and one cannot go back on one's word.

That's why he begged for mercy, but he also knew that his plea was a bit excessive.

In fact, in their hearts, they felt that Prince Ji was making a fuss about nothing just because he was a former guard in the palace.

He is just a servant, a former servant, and now he is just an ordinary citizen.

However, Prince Ji mobilized a large number of troops, spent manpower and material resources, and even lowered his status to personally beat up the Tang officials.

If this is not handled properly, King Ji is likely to be punished.

Since ancient times, beating an imperial official has been considered treason.

Fortunately, Prince Ji had planned ahead and was able to escape unscathed.

He really didn't understand why King Ji did all this.

After listening to Wei Sili's advice, Li Shen thought for a moment and finally nodded.

"Okay, then let's follow Fourth Uncle's advice and follow the court's laws. This way, it won't get out and cause gossip."

Li Shen finally listened to Wesley's advice. After all, he couldn't kill someone just for hitting him.

"Your Majesty, this year's autumn tea has been shipped to Huangzhuang, and the output is twice as much as last year.

It looks like we can make a lot of money again.”

Wei Siyan didn't want to say more about this matter, so he changed the subject.

"Twice as much? Why is it so much more?"

"Your Majesty, this is still a sign of your foresight.

A few years ago, the prince ordered the people in the mountainous areas that were not suitable for farming to plant tea trees.

Jiannan, Shu, and many other places have started to plant it.

The tea seedlings are provided by us, on the condition that they must sell all their tea to us.

Over the years, the tea trees have grown and are now able to produce tea.

This is just the beginning, and there will be more and more in the future.”

Wei Siyan also reports.

"Yes, that's right. In this way, the people in those places will not be displaced because of paying taxes.

There is no need to cut off one's hands and feet or flee to the mountains to avoid labor.

But uncle, although we help the people grow tea, we should not lower the price too much when purchasing it. Just give us a normal price.

We are a wealthy family, and we cannot afford to save a few cents from the people.

The little bit of money we have suppressed is not enough to make up for the loss if we simply raise the price a little.

It’s not easy for ordinary people. They work hard all year but can’t earn much money. So we shouldn’t try to plunder them anymore.”

Li Shen, who was a member of the lower class in his previous life, knew very well that life was not easy for the common people, as he had also been a farmer since he was a child.

"Your Majesty is kind and righteous."

The four of them stood up and saluted Li Shen.

Li Shen waved his hand:

"What's the point of being benevolent or not? It's just that the people are poor. My uncles, if you want to make money, you have to make money from the rich.

Those common people only have a few coins. How long will it take for us to earn enough to become rich?

What we earn once as a rich person is equivalent to hundreds or thousands of times as much as ordinary people.

If you want to accumulate wealth quickly, plundering the rich is the way to go. We can definitely give more benefits to ordinary people."

Li Shen began to brainwash his uncles again, instilling in them his idea of ​​making money from rich people.

Several people thought what Li Shen said made sense. Only the nobles and wealthy businessmen would not care about a few strings of money.

But these few strings of money are the annual income of ordinary people.

How long will it take for them to earn enough wealth?

"Your Highness is right. Those wealthy businessmen are unkind and it would be unjust not to make money from them."

"Yes, those nobles are just as arrogant and domineering. If we don't make money from them, who else can we make money from?"

Li Shen was quite satisfied seeing that he had successfully brainwashed his uncles.

Although Li Shen was not very noble, he did not deprive the common people of their income.

"By the way, uncle, how is my cousin doing?"

"Thanks to Your Majesty for your concern, my daughter is doing well recently. In her last letter, she said that her in-laws treated her very well.

I have to thank His Royal Highness Prince Ji for this."

When Wei Siyan heard Prince Ji asking about his daughter, he immediately expressed his gratitude.

Wei Siyan's eldest daughter is named Baobao, who is three years younger than Li Shen and is only seventeen years old.

Originally, Wei Siyan had arranged a marriage for his daughter, but Wei Baobao was only fourteen years old at that time.

Concubine Wei heard from her son that it was very dangerous for a woman to marry and have children too early, as it was prone to difficult labor.

So he told Wei Siyan to let Wei Baobao get married later, at least at the age of 18.

So this marriage has been delayed.

The reason given was the same as what Concubine Wei said.

However, the other party mistakenly thought that the Wei family wanted to break off the engagement.

At that time, the Yun family was growing stronger. The other party thought that the Wei family had relied on Prince Ji and had the help of Concubine Wei.

The family grew bigger and looked down upon them.

It was not until Wei Baobao was seventeen years old that Wei Siyan had no choice but to marry his daughter off.

Because the other party is not an ordinary person either, he is the descendant of Emperor Wen of Chen, Chen Qian, and is of royal blood after all.

The man Wei Baobao was going to marry was called Chen Zan, the direct great-grandson of Chen Wendi Chen Qian. Chen Zan's father was called Chen Feng, who was the deputy governor of Suzhou, a lower rank of the fourth rank.

In the Zhenguan period, when the third-rank official was the pinnacle, this was already not low as it was from the fourth rank.

If he performs well in the future, he will most likely be transferred back to Kyoto and take up an important position, and it will not be a problem for him to become a minister.

So after the Chen family looked for him several times, he finally married his daughter off.

On the day of Wei Baobao's wedding, Concubine Wei prepared a generous dowry and sent it over in the name of his aunt.

This is also to boost Wei Baobao's morale, for fear that Wei Baobao will be bullied after he gets married.

What Wei Siyan didn't expect was that Prince Ji Li Shen actually showed up in person.

Not only did she bring generous gifts, she also went out of her way to show her deep brotherly love with Wei Baobao.

As a result, the Chen family looked at Wei Baobao in a different light.

Concubine Wei and the others were not worried. After all, Concubine Wei was a noble lady and she would not leave the palace.

But Prince Ji is different. This scourge roams around Chang'an City all day long.

There are so many nobles and aristocratic families in Chang'an City that they can't afford to offend, so the Chen family can't afford to offend them even more.

If Wei Baobao reports this to them, they don't know how Prince Ji will retaliate against them.

Prince Ji's reputation is not very good in the upper class.

Li Shen went there without eating, and the Chen family did not prepare anything in advance.

Li Shen left after a while, but before leaving he told her husband's family that the great doctor Sun Simiao said it would be safe for women to give birth only after they were eighteen years old.

This sentence is enough.

So when Li Shen asked about his daughter, Wei Siyan was filled with gratitude, because Prince Ji gave them enough face.

"As long as he's well, I think my brother-in-law is very talented and will become an official in the future.

But you can leave some things to the Chen family.

We want to make big money, but we cannot do it by ourselves. We need to develop people to do things for us.

Just let them do the rough work like purchasing tea leaves.

"My second, third and fourth uncles are already officials, so they should focus on the officialdom and not get caught up in worldly affairs."