bookbashuk Chapter 2103 Departure to Xizhou
Chapter 2103 Departure to Xizhou
"Okay, go back now. Xuan Ce, send him out."
After the matter was resolved, Li Shen asked Wang Xuance to take Yang Tongfei out.
Wang Xuance immediately understood, stood up and left with Yang Tongfei.
"Zhu Zhisong." Li Shen looked at Zhu Zhisong.
"I'm here." Zhu Zhisong responded quickly. He was frightened by what happened to Yang Tongfei just now.
"I will have someone arrange to place your people at the purchasing point in Liangzhou. I must keep an eye on the purchasing point. If anything happens, report it immediately.
This prince will stay in Anxi Protectorate for the next six months.
do you understand? "
Of course, it was impossible for Li Shen to believe Yang Tongfei based on just a few words, and he needed to send someone to observe.
"I understand, Your Highness. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the purchasing points." Zhu Zhisong agreed immediately.
"Also, sending people to collect information about the major tribes in the north is also very important." Li Shen added.
"Yes, I will send someone."
"Well, you did a good job. I am very satisfied. You can go back." Li Shen waved his hand.
"I'll take my leave, villain."
Zhu Zhisong bowed and left. A moment later, Wang Xuance came back.
"Your Highness, Yang Tongfei has already informed me of the information about Liu Niang and the others. I wonder how Your Highness plans to deal with it?"
"They are just small characters, not worth my trouble. Just write down their situation and I will make the decision."
Li Shen stood up and stretched.
Shitou immediately went to get pen and ink, and Wang Xuance wrote the message on paper.
"Xuan Ce, you are exhausted from the journey. You should go back and rest for a while. We will set off tomorrow."
Li Shen sat down again and gave an order to Wang Xuance.
"Yes, then I'll take my leave." Wang Xuance also bowed and left.
Li Shen didn't even look at what Wang Xuance wrote. Instead, he thought about it and shouted to the outside:
"Iron Army!"
With a "bang", something seemed to fall from the roof and hit the ground. Then a man walked in from the door. It was Zhao Tiejun.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. What do you want me to do?"
Li Shen pointed at the paper on the table and said, "Send two people to deal with it. Clean it up."
Zhao Tiejun stepped forward, picked up the paper, took a look at it, and then bowed:
"Yes." Then he turned and walked out.
"Alas, I was forced to do this. Don't blame me and don't come looking for me. Amitabha~~~"
Looking at Zhao Tiejun's back as he walked out, Li Shen muttered softly.
He had no choice. In order to reassure Yang Tongfei and for the sake of the reputation of Prince Ji's Mansion, Li Shen could only make them disappear.
Otherwise, they would be taken advantage of and spread rumors that the subordinates of Prince Ji's Mansion abused their power to bully others and rape women. Wouldn't that bring shame to Prince Ji's Mansion?
At the dinner, Li Junxian followed Li Shen's instructions and sent the food to Li Shen's yard. Li Shen and Wang Xuance feasted together.
The guard captain Li Tieniu, who was watching from the side, drooled.
After cleaning up the mess, Li Shen gave some instructions on preparations for tomorrow's journey, and then everyone went to rest.
On the second day, Li Shen tried his best to get up early and finished washing up before noon.
Prince Ji is leaving today, so Li Junxian naturally wants to give Prince Ji a farewell party and hold another grand banquet in his house.
"Everyone, I am going to Xizhou today, so I will not drink any wine. Let's drink tea instead."
Li Shen picked up the teacup and said a few polite words.
"Your Highness, it's alright. I'll offer you a toast and wish you a safe journey." Li Junxian led everyone in toasting.
The atmosphere is quite harmonious.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Li Shen suddenly stood up and everyone looked at Prince Ji:
"Everyone, I will be leaving soon, but I have a few words to say to you before I leave."
"Your Highness Prince Ji, please give your orders." Li Junxian echoed.
"It's not really an order, it's just some advice for you.
I know that some of you have done some bad things, but I won’t tell you who they are.
What I want to say is, in this world, if you don’t want others to know, then don’t do it. Don’t try to steal. If you try, you will be caught sooner or later.
You are very lucky and have not done anything harmful to the world, so I am unwilling to pay attention to you.
You should have heard about what I have done along the way. I have killed many people. They deserved their death.
I hope you will take this as a warning and benefit the people.”
Li Shen's words caused the audience to become silent instantly. The scene became cold. Some people looked around, while others lowered their heads and remained silent.
They all know who did what.
They also heard more about what Li Shen did along the way, and he did kill many people.
Otherwise, why would they be afraid of Li Shen? Li Shen doesn't follow the rules at all.
After a long while, Li Junxian finally agreed:
"Your Highness Prince Ji's words are thought-provoking. We will definitely reflect on ourselves, reform ourselves, serve the people, and benefit the people."
"We will follow the instructions of His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
Everyone saluted and said.
The governor has already found a way out for them.
"That's good. I won't delay any longer." Li Shen nodded with a smile.
A crowd of people accompanied Li Shen to the outside of the city. Shitou led Little White Dragon over and Li Shen got on the horse:
"Everyone, remember my words." After saying this, he rode away.
"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
Li Shen wanted to say, "The mountains remain unchanged and the water flows forever, we will meet again in the future." But it didn't fit his image.
Heading northwest, we passed Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, Yizhou, and entered Xizhou.
Li Shen did not stop along the way, but rushed at lightning speed. Not long after entering Xizhou, Li Shen felt that the atmosphere was not right. It was too desolate, or even depressed.
There were very few pedestrians on the road, it was all yellow earth, stretching as far as the eye could see.
There should have been many merchants passing by on this road, but now they have all disappeared.
Li Shen even saw a corpse on the roadside, left exposed in the wilderness.
"Xuan Ce, I feel that Xizhou is more complicated than we thought."
Li Shen said to Wang Xuance while sitting on a big rock to rest.
"Your Highness, it seems that there are quite a lot of rebels, and they often come out to move around." Wang Xuance stood beside Li Shen, watching the guards burying bodies in the distance.
King Ji was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the bodies of these people being eaten by wild beasts, so he stopped and bury the bodies.
“I am now beginning to worry about this year’s cotton harvest. Will these rebels disrupt farming or deliberately sabotage it?
Our Ji Wang Mansion did not plant any cotton this year. All our production depends on the cotton grown by local people.
If it is destroyed, my income from the Ji Wang Mansion this year will be gone."
Li Shen was a little worried. Cotton brought a considerable income to Prince Ji's Mansion every year. If it was destroyed by the rebels, Li Shen would definitely be heartbroken.
More importantly, how will the people live if they lose their cotton harvest?
(There is a mistake. Xue Rengui should have led the team to Xizhou. There is no Xue Rengui in Liangzhou. I have corrected it.)