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

Li Shen watched for a while on the hillside. A guard ran over and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Prince Consort and Liu Su are here."

"Let them come over." Li Shen did not look back.

After a moment, two people came over, one wearing battle armor and the other wearing gray clothes.

"I see His Highness Prince Ji."

"I see His Highness Prince Ji." The two of them saluted.

"Well, it's all waived," Li Shen turned around and said to the two of them amiably with a smile.

At this moment, Li Shen was dressed in royal robes. He was tall and handsome, but his body was a little thin and he was not as powerful as others.

It feels somewhat fragile.

Li Shen is already over 18 years old, and his height should be over 1.8 meters by future calculations. He inherited the height and face of Concubine Wei.

This is also something Li Shen feels lucky about.

"You have worked hard here." Li Shen greeted first.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard all the way. This is what I should do." The two replied quickly.

"You don't have to be modest, Liu Su. Let's talk about the construction first." Li Shen asked Liu Su.

Liu Su is the chief engineer sent here, responsible for supervision and scheduling issues.

When Liu Su heard Li Shen ask him, he immediately sorted out his thoughts and replied:

"Back to my lord, the foundations on both sides have been dug. The north and east sides have not yet been dug and are being dug at full strength."

"We need to speed up the progress. The materials are currently being transported. I hope that by the time the materials arrive, the foundation will have been dug." Li Shen frowned. It has been nearly three months.

"Yes, I will hurry up and work on it." Liu Su agreed in a low voice.

"How is the situation of the workers? Is there anything going on?" Li Shen asked again.

"Reporting to the prince, according to the prince's wishes, if the worker feels unwell, he should be allowed to rest, and he has taken the wine brewed by the prince.

But...but..." Liu Su said hesitantly.

Li Shen's voice deepened:

"But what?"

"My lord, please forgive me. I have arranged for the unwell people to rest and sent doctors to treat them, but some people still died." Liu Su replied timidly.

"Huh?? People are dead? How many people are dead?" Li Shen's eyes widened. What he didn't want was the death of people.

"Your Majesty, more than forty people have died."

"Bastard dog slave~~!!" Li Shen kicked Liu Su to the ground. Liu Su was so frightened that he lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.

"It's only been three months since you've been here, and you've already killed more than forty people. What do you do as a manager?

I have already told you that you must pay attention to the condition of the laborers. If you can't do it, don't do it. With 100,000 people, are we short of one or two people who won't work? "Li Shen was a little angry. These people trusted him and followed him all the way to this borderland.

Isn’t it just to make a little more money so that I can go home and live a good life?

Otherwise, who would leave their hometown and come so far away?

But it's unjustifiable that people are losing their lives here in just three months.

"The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty."

"Your Majesty, this can't be entirely blamed on Liu Su. One hundred thousand people can't cover everything. It's better to give him another chance and let him make meritorious deeds."

Wang Xuance saw the opportunity and stood up to persuade.

"Humph, you bitch slave, this time Wang Changshi begs for mercy for you. I will spare you once. If there is another time, you will be buried with them." Li Shen was just losing his temper.

As Wang Xuance said, how can one hundred thousand people be taken care of?

If you don't work, you won't get paid. Many people will hide their physical discomfort and force themselves to work.

Don’t ask why you don’t get paid time off.

Li Shen didn't want to be short of 100,000 people in wages, but he didn't want to encounter what happened when he was building roads a few years ago.

At this time Wang Xuance said:

"Manager Liu, if Shopkeeper Wang can send you here, it must be because you are outstanding. This is an opportunity given to you by Shopkeeper Wang. I hope you can seize it."

The prince is kind-hearted and does not want to see anyone die. You should pay attention to this in the future. It is understandable that the construction period will be slower. Do you understand? "

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand." Liu Su agreed quickly.

"Get up. Have the corpses been disposed of?" Li Shen asked coldly.

"Back to your lord, the corpse has been processed by the doctor who came with us, and the materials that are not available are also bought.

We are preparing to send them back to their place of origin. "

"Well, you write a letter to Wang Hongfu and ask him to personally supervise the matter. According to the previous agreement, each person will be provided with a settlement allowance of 500 guan.

Tell Wang Hongfu that I asked him to supervise it personally. If something goes wrong and a penny is missing, he, Wang Hongfu, can go home and farm. "

This is Li Shen's bottom line. You can be greedy for my money, but you can't be greedy for the money you exchanged for your life.

He believed that when Wang Hongfu heard this, even if the money was lost, Wang Hongfu would pay for the settlement allowance himself.

This guy's dividends from the palace are as high as ten or two hundred thousand dollars a year.

Liu Su nodded in agreement after hearing this.

Li Shen ignored him and turned to Zhou Daowu, the anger on his face turning into a smile.

"Taoist, is there anything you're not used to coming here? Are you feeling any discomfort?"

"..." Seeing Li Shen's transformation so quickly, Zhou Daowu was stunned and felt a little speechless. This brother-in-law turned against him faster than he could read a book.

No wonder Her Royal Highness the Princess asked him to learn more from this younger brother.

If you can learn the tact of King Ji, you won't be marginalized in the officialdom in the future.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I don't have any physical discomfort. And I am still used to being here." Zhou Daowu replied.

"That's good, be sure nothing happens to you, otherwise I won't be able to return to Chang'an City." Li Shen said jokingly.

"The prince is joking." Zhou Daowu felt that it was not good for Li Shen to be like this. Some people said that he was a related household.

When she was a child, she was fostered in the palace by Li Shimin. Li Shimin loved her very much. When she grew up, she returned to inherit the family business.

I also paid tribute to the princess,

The most important thing is that there is a rich brother-in-law, King Ji.

He was promoted from a dormitory guard captain to deputy governor of the governor's palace in one fell swoop. It was obviously a back door.

"Tao Wu, please tell me about the situation in the army." Li Shenyan returned to business and asked.

"It's your lord, the army is now divided into three parts, 20,000 people are guarding the west, 20,000 are guarding the northeast, and 10,000 are here to watch the workers.

One is to guard against Tibet, and the other is to guard against Western Turks. "Zhou Daowu said.

Li Shen nodded, this arrangement was normal and quite satisfactory. However, Li Shen said to Zhou Daowu:

"Tao Wen, there is nothing wrong with your arrangement like this, but it actually doesn't have much effect. Whether it's the Western Turks or Tubo,

If they invade, they will definitely have a lot of troops. When the time comes, the strength of the troops will be very different, and it will be easy for them to defeat each other.

If they attack from both sides, we will be even more passive. Do you think this is true? "