After the court learned of the news, it is said that His Majesty was furious and immediately ordered the navy to go to the coastal waters of Datang to suppress bandits.
When Ma Zhou and the other new faction learned the news, they frowned. They are not common people,
They felt that there seemed to be something strange here.
But they couldn't tell what was wrong,
In fact, they are new important ministers, and many things were not told to them before.
For example, Li Shen has a pirate group, but only a few people know about it.
This was originally formed to deal with the Japanese country.
It was also used to intercept all ships transporting food supplies to Goguryeo.
It's a pity that Ma Zhou and the others don't have any evidence of Li Shen's crime.
"Your Majesty, the news has spread."
In Li Shen's study, Wang Xuance reported to Li Shenhui.
"Yeah, not bad." Li Shen nodded with satisfaction.
"My lord, I guess they won't believe it."
"I don't care if they believe it or not, it's just an excuse. If you tell too many lies, people will naturally believe it.
By the way, tomorrow is the day for fundraising, so let’s put everything else aside for now. "Li Shen ordered Wang Xuance,
"Your Majesty, everything has been arranged by Shopkeeper Wang. The ministers at the banquet have begun to distribute invitations.
It will be held in three days. "Foreign affairs are still managed by Wang Xuance.
"Oh, I feel so tired."
"By the way, have you found out what I asked you to check?" Li Shen asked after taking a sip of tea.
"Go back to the prince and find out. We bribed all the consort's followers that day.
They said that the Prince Consort’s trip to the east of the city was agreed by the King of Jin yesterday.
The horse pulling the carriage today is the new horse bought by the consort, which has not been completely tamed.
The person driving the carriage was the personal guard of the Jin Palace. "In fact, it is not difficult for Wang Xuance to get this information at all.
Just give them more money.
Li Shen frowned and thought for a while, he already had the answer in his mind.
"Go and notify Xue Rengui and ask him to send a sharp knife to quietly capture the personal guard of Prince Jin's Mansion.
The king wants to interrogate him personally. "Li Shen needs to get evidence so that he can have an explanation in front of Li Shimin in the future.
After Wang Xuance took the order, Li Shen began to think of his own plan.
The next day, the wine shop in heaven and earth was crowded with businessmen from all walks of life.
Li Shen stood on the second floor and looked down, which was somewhat unexpected.
He didn't expect that he already said he was donating money, and that so many people came to support him.
The time has come, and Li Shen appears on the stage in royal robes, dressed in noble purple.
"Wow!" Li Shen's appearance was met with thunderous applause.
The applause has spread in the Chamber of Commerce, and there are many Li Shen's requests in the crowd.
"Members of the First Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty, I welcome you.
I am very happy that you can come here today,
This proves that you have not forgotten what the king told you, and do not be a profit-seeking businessman.
If you are poor, you can take care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.
We want to change the world's view of us businessmen,
Even though we have made money, we still have to repay the people.
The notice I issued made it very clear that today is to raise funds for road construction.
There are two roads in total.
One goes from Chang'an to Luoyang, and the other goes from Chang'an to Goguryeo.
Some people may ask why we want to go to Goguryeo? Is it for the convenience of the imperial court to send troops and transport supplies?
I will tell you today, yes and no.
Convenience to the court is only one of the reasons.
There is another important reason. Goguryeo will soon become our territory of the Tang Dynasty.
There is a lot of waste there, there are millions of people there, the land is fertile,
There is gold everywhere, but the Goguryeo people don't know how to dig for it.
There is like a pure land, waiting for you to explore. "
When Li Shen said this, there was a lot of discussion in the audience. When they heard that this place was the territory of the Tang Dynasty,
These people cheered even more. The expansion of the country will be beneficial to every common people.
The imperial court ate meat, and the common people could also drink soup.
Seeing that the atmosphere had become lively, Li Shen stretched out his hand to suppress their silence and continued.
"So you should know why I built this long road.
This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people.
And the road construction is not in vain.
The roads built by this king will be charged according to the distance in the future. If you are not willing to pay, you can go around.
The membership fees of the First Chamber of Commerce of the Tang Dynasty were halved, while those who donated money to build roads were
This king will grant you exemptions and reductions based on the amount of money you have.
The most important thing is that you should know that the industrial park built by this king has been completed.
I will build a huge merit monument in the center of the park.
Engraving the names of all those who have contributed to the Chamber of Commerce, this stone tablet will be passed down through the ages for future generations to pay tribute to.
The name of the donor this time will be written on the top of the merit monument.
The name, the name of the shop, the name of your hometown, let future generations sing about you forever, let future generations remember you forever, and let future generations remember you forever!
Are you willing? "Li Shen's voice filled the entire hall,
"Yes, yes."
"willing."
"willing."
The crowd kept making willing voices, one louder than the other, and finally they shouted in unison in the hall.
"Yes." "Yes." "Yes."
Li Shen was very satisfied with this.
Li Shen didn't really want to defraud them of their money. The money they donated was just used as tolls in advance.
And Li Shen gave them spiritual food as compensation.
As a later generation, Li Shen has a deep understanding that when people have no money, all they pursue is food and clothing.
But when you get rich, what you pursue is a higher realm.
Isn’t there a saying that says, “When you are full and warm, you think about lust?”
Li Shen believed that he would soon raise enough money to build the road. Only a few hundred people came today.
But you must know that in Dongshi, there are a total of 73,000 merchants, nearly 80% of which are members of the Datang Chamber of Commerce.
And this trend is gradually increasing.
Not to mention there are merchants from the West Market and merchants from outside.
"This donation, ordered by the King's Council, is all voluntary. If anyone forces you to donate, you can come to the King's Mansion to report it.
This king will exile these people to Lingnan,
I hope you will also do what you can and don’t donate blindly.
Just do your best according to your own situation.
I don’t want you to suffer any harm. If you are not prepared to take these two roads,
You don’t have to donate. You can donate it when I build the trade route you are running on.
Okay, I announced that starting from tomorrow, a fund-raising activity will begin at the headquarters of the Datang First Chamber of Commerce. "
"Wow!" There was another round of applause.
Many businessmen were moved by His Highness King Ji's behavior, and some even regretted themselves because they suspected that King Ji was trying to defraud them of their money.
Prince Ji actually thinks about everyone so much. He is such a good prince.
After Li Shen finished speaking, he smiled and waved to everyone. When Li Shen left, everyone consciously made way for King Ji.
Li Shen also smiled and greeted the merchants along the road.
The atmosphere is enjoyable.
After Li Shen walked out of the wine shop in the world of heaven and earth, he got into the carriage and waved to Wang Hongfu.
"Old Wang, when you donate tomorrow, post a notice at the door of the Chamber of Commerce. The names of the merit monuments are sorted according to the amount of donations. The more donations, the higher the names are.
If he can finance the road construction by himself, I will allow his name to be written in front of me.
At least one hundred guanqi.
We didn't have time to count the change.
You can arrange other things by yourself, remember? "
