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

“Everyone, in addition to my Ji Wang Mansion using these spices, they should also know that those flavor restaurants are also using them.

Also, not long ago, the princesses opened some restaurants called Bei Mo Ting, and I was the one who supplied them with spices.

Finally, a batch of spices would be sent to the palace every month.

Therefore, the acquisition by Prince Ji’s Mansion alone is not enough.

Fortunately, my Ji Wangfu had some inventory before, but now it is stretched to the limit and there is not much left."

Li Shen repeated what he had prepared to say to everyone.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We will take care of this matter. We will ask shops all over the country to purchase spices."

Wei Siyan agreed immediately. He had no doubts. What King Ji said was right. They all knew the places he had just mentioned.

Especially the Flavor House and Beimoting, both of which are big consumers of spices.

If the spices were out of stock, the losses would be even more serious and would also damage their reputation.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, we will notify our family to buy spices for Your Highness Prince Ji after we return."

Wei Yijie and Wei Kun also stood up and expressed their opinions.

"Haha, thank you both very much. I will not take advantage of you.

No matter how much you purchase, I will give you a 10% profit return.

What do you think? "

Hearing what the two said, Li Shen burst into laughter.

Wei Yijie and the other man quickly shook their heads:

"Your Highness Prince Ji, what are you talking about? It is our honor to work for you, how can we seek revenge?

This is absolutely not allowed. This is absolutely not allowed."

"That's fine. I always give clear rewards and punishments when I do things. I can't let you do things for me in vain.

This is the principle of my doing things.

Moreover, you can also ask your relatives to help. I will take as many as you can.

When we stop accepting them, I will inform you."

Li Shen said indifferently.

The more people who acquire the company, the better. This way, we can confuse the public and avoid being discovered by the aristocratic families.

"Thank you very much, Your Highness Prince Ji." The two of them bowed again. Of course they had to make money when there was money to be made.

I was just being polite just now.

They have already made up their mind to launch a family acquisition after returning.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I have something else to report to you." Wei Siyan suddenly remembered something.

"Tell me about it." Li Shen asked.

"Your Highness, not long ago, Xiaoyao Gongfang and the Cui family entered into an alliance."

"Marry into the Cui family? Even if you want to, the Wei family is also a big family, so it's normal for them to want to develop jointly with the Cui family.

Anyway, the Wei family, except for the Yungong branch, has nothing to do with me.

By the way, who did they marry?"

Li Shen frowned, but soon he came to his senses.

It was normal for the big families to intermarry. My father only issued an edict to prohibit intermarriage among the five surnames, but did not prohibit intermarriage with the gentry.

I don't have any good feelings towards the Wei family. It doesn't matter who he marries. If they provoke me, I will wipe them out anyway.

"Your Highness, this is the daughter of Wei Ji, the sixth son of Wei Ting, and Cui Siyou, the prince's servant. They..."

"Wait! Who were you talking about just now?" Li Shen interrupted Wei Siyan with a puzzled look on his face.

Did I just hear it wrong?

"She is the daughter of Wei Ting's sixth son Wei Ji and the prince's servant Cui Siyou." Wei Siyan repeated it again.

This time Li Shen finally heard it clearly, but the confusion on his face did not disappear.

"Uncle, how come I heard that Wei Ji is dead? He should have been dead for two or three years, right? Could it be that what I heard was a rumor? Or did he come back to life?"

This is why Li Shen was confused. He seemed to have heard someone talk about this, either Wang Hongfu or Wang Xuance.

Because the name is quite special, Wei Ji, Li Shen has some impression of it.

"Your Highness, this is indeed true. Wei Ji died of illness three years ago. He was young and unmarried." Wei Siyan nodded.

"So what?" Li Shen asked immediately.

"So the Wei family found a marriage for Wei Ji."

"Looking for a marriage? Will the Cui family agree to marry a dead person? Don't make a fuss."

Li Shen felt that Wei Siyan was insulting his intelligence. Even if they wanted to arrange a marriage, who could let his daughter marry a dead man?

She became a widow as soon as she entered the house. Even if it was a feudal society, it wouldn't be so feudal, after all, she was still one of the five surnames of the Cui family.

Wei Siyan saw that Prince Ji had misunderstood, and quickly explained:

"Your Majesty, the girl from the Cui family is not a living person either.

They were married to the deceased daughter of Cui Siyou, the prince's servant.

Cui Siyou's daughter also died young and never got married. So the two families thought they were a good match and immediately agreed on the marriage. "

"Oh~~~~ I see, that's how it is. It's as it should be. Please send the backup gift over for me."

After hearing Wei Siyan's explanation, Li Shen finally understood that he just didn't expect that the practice of matching ghosts had already existed in the Tang Dynasty.

Because the mythology system and demons and monsters during the Tang Dynasty were slightly different from those in later dynasties.

Just like ordinary people are more afraid of monsters than ghosts.

This may also be because of the war and the fact that there were too many dead bodies.

During this period, people worshipped heaven and earth, Haotian God, etc. Li Shen felt that the word God might have been passed from the East to the West.

"Yes, I will send a generous gift when I return."

"Are you here to plead for Wei Yuanzheng?"

After discussing the matter for a while, Li Shen changed the subject.

Hearing this question, the four brothers Wei Siyan stood up and saluted immediately.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us. We were arranged by the clan. We didn't want to come, but we couldn't refuse the clan's request.

And we were afraid that they would go directly to the Imperial Concubine, so we followed them."

Several people explained in a panic, fearing that Prince Ji would misunderstand.

They didn't say a word the whole time.

Li Shen nodded to show his understanding:

"Don't panic, just sit down. I told you before that the situation in the Tang Dynasty is slowly changing.

Since you want to have a say in the court, don't think about your family. You should devote yourself to the court and put the court's interests first.

This way you will have a chance to climb to a higher position.

Or if you want wealth, then don't think about holding power, otherwise you will end up in a miserable state.

The world has changed. It is no longer controlled by aristocratic families as it used to be.

From now on, our Tang Dynasty will be called the Tang Empire, the imperial power will be supreme, and we will no longer be coerced or restrained by anyone.

To be honest, even if our country is destroyed in the future, it will be at the hands of my Li family, and not at the hands of outsiders.

Do you understand? "

Li Shen didn't care about what happened later, nor could he control it, but what he wanted during his lifetime was the supremacy of imperial power.

Without being restrained by aristocratic families, his status as a prince will be higher.

As for whether there will be any incompetent rulers or unfilial descendants of the Li family in his time, he doesn't care.

You are going to die, so why should you care about the flood?

At most I can say to my descendants: I am watching you from the sky and will turn into a star to bless you.

(The ghost marriage mentioned in the article is recorded and can be checked. It is a true story.)