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

Li Shen knew that Daqin was a country with a unified political system. Although it was relatively stable politically, it also had its drawbacks.

That is, the lower classes are prone to division. When people of different religious beliefs are forced to accept the same values ​​and beliefs, it may cause social conflicts and contradictions.

The Arab Empire expanded wildly in recent years and annexed many countries, each of which had its own gods.

Such as Egyptian polytheism, Judaism, Christianity, sun worship and so on.

In order to convert these people to his sect, the earliest monarch of the Caliphate practiced differential treatment.

All pagans will be taxed and persecuted.

Li Shen wanted to take advantage of this and cooperate with these pagans to fan the flames.

“Okay, that’s the plan.

Our main purpose is also to make money.

And Lao Wang asked the glass workshop to speed up production. I heard that they have developed colored glass.

Produce more colored glass and clear glass.

We will sell them all to the Arabs.”

Hearing Li Shen's words, Wang Hongfu asked in confusion:

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that we should use hunger marketing? If we produce too much, won't it be worthless?"

Li Shen just chuckled:

"We sell the colored glass products we produce cheaply in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, while we sell the highly transparent glass we produce at a high price.

You have to make up a story.

Take the colored glaze we sell, for example. It has been blessed by the ancient oriental mysterious power.

It is the purest glass, as pure as the human soul.

If the owner's soul is not pure, the glass will shatter.

It can also help the owner absorb the filth of the soul and purify the soul.

When the glass is filled with filth, it will break in different ways. This is all arranged by God.

The owner should bury the broken pieces of glass in the soil and pray sincerely. "

As people in later generations have seen more marketing methods, a product with a story attached to it appears so high-end, and the price naturally increases.

Pure and highly transparent glass is linked to the soul, just as diamonds are linked to love, and RVs are linked to marriage.

What people of faith care about most is their own souls.

“Your Highness, this is indeed a brilliant idea, but the Tang Dynasty is very fond of the colored glass from the Western Regions. What if the Western Regions take the glass we sell cheaply and sell it in the Tang Dynasty?

Isn't that just taking our things and making money from us?"

Wang Hongfu was a little worried that Li Shen’s method was dumping.

"Don't be afraid of that. Just spread the news that colored glaze from the Western Regions is not valuable there. A lot of it was sold to us by the Tang Dynasty at a very low price.

Pass along the sales price as well.

I wonder who would buy it at a high price? Aren’t you afraid of being embarrassed?

By then, the glass workshops in the western regions of the Arab Empire will definitely be impacted, and they will either reduce prices or close down.

We will increase our efforts, and when their workshops can no longer sustain themselves, we will let our people acquire their workshops and technologies.

Until then....”

"By then, we will raise the price and acquire their glass workshop. We will be the only one in the market and can sell it at any price we want."

Wang Hongfu continued speaking after Li Shen's words, also with a look of understanding on his face.

Then Li Shen and Wang Hongfu stood there laughing evilly.

Looking at the two people, Wan Xuance felt helpless. Wang Hongfu had completely learned bad things from Prince Ji.

“Your Highness, I’m afraid the publicity is not enough. In China, apart from the colored glass sold in the Western Regions, we are the only one that sells transparent crystal glass.

Colored glass is brightly colored and can be used for decoration.

Why don’t we sell it cheaper in China? This will effectively suppress the colored glaze from the Western Regions.”

Wang Xuance had to remind him.

After listening to this, Li Shen thought about it and nodded.

“Yes, we can promote it and release some goods at the same time, this way the effect will be better.

Then let’s make it settled. Tomorrow, the two of you will accompany me to meet those merchants.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, and I don't know how he is doing.

Don’t let them mess it up.”

"Your Highness, but His Majesty has issued an order that Your Highness be confined to the military camp for three months. It's only been a month. How can Your Highness go to the military camp?"

Wang Hongfu reminded.

Li Shen's face darkened and he cursed:

"Asshole, do you need to remind me? It's just house arrest. It's not like I haven't been under house arrest before."

Wang Hongfu regretted what he said. When has Prince Ji ever been under house arrest? Every time he was under house arrest, it did not stop Prince Ji from going out to play.

It's really unnecessary to ask this question.

Wang Xuance was much calmer. He looked at Li Shen and asked:

"What excuse will the prince use this time?"

Li Shen replied without even thinking:

"Just say that I will have a stomachache tomorrow and go to the medical school for treatment."

If you go out during the quarantine period, you must write a letter to explain the reason, which is similar to a note for leave.

But most people would not write this. Even when Li Zhi was under house arrest, he never asked for leave to go out.

The main reason is that you dare not. His Majesty has ordered that if you dare to go out, even if you submit a petition for leave, it will not be approved.

Maybe it will make His Majesty angry.

But Li Shen was different. He was used to pretending to be sick and asking for leave when he was in school, so he just asked for it.

He is also thick-skinned. Others dare not ask for leave, but he does. He will just let it go if they don't give him leave. If he really has no other choice, he will just sneak out.

It’s not like I haven’t jumped over the wall and skipped classes before.

His memorials had always been sent directly to the palace, previously to Li Shimin and now to the crown prince.

Li Shen estimated that the prince would not even care about such a small matter.

If he had given it to his father at the beginning, his father might have scolded him, but the prince would not do that. It is not a big deal for him to run away secretly.

Wang Xuance did not delay and went straight to Li Shen's desk, picked up a blank memorial and started writing quickly.

Soon a leave application was written, and Li Shen ordered Shitou to take out his seal and stamp it, and the leave application was completed.

"Shitou, you should send it now. I will go to the Dongshan military camp early tomorrow morning."

Li Shen gave the order directly.

Wang Xuance wrote the memorial because he would go to the Dongshan military camp with him tomorrow, so he wrote it in advance today.

Li Shen asked Shitou to deliver the memorial because he would set out tomorrow morning and Shitou would definitely go with him.

Only Shitou, as the general manager of the Prince Ji's Palace's personal affairs office and familiar with the people in the palace, could deliver memorials directly to the palace.

Usually, Wang Xuance would send memorials to the Secretariat.

Shitou took the order and walked out with the memorial. Wang Xuance and Wang Hongfu also stood up, bowed and took their leave.

They have a lot of other things to do, so they don't have time to chat with Prince Ji.

After the matter was resolved, Li Shen felt refreshed and relaxed, and returned to the backyard with a staggering step.

How could he know that if this guy was unlucky, even drinking cold water would get stuck in his teeth, and even a fart would hit his heels.

(Sorry, I found a mistake. The word "zouzhe" should have been used during the Qing Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty it should be called "zou", or "zoushu", or I don't recognize that word.

Will change it later.

There is also the term "our family" on TV. I originally thought it was a term used by eunuchs to refer to themselves, but it is not.

Dong Zhuo also called himself our family.)