bookbashuk Chapter 2151 Return to Xizhou
Chapter 2151 Return to Xizhou
Seeing that Li Shen was determined to leave, everyone stopped talking. They knew that Prince Ji came to Anxi Protectorate in order to take charge of Anxi.
Afterwards, everyone toasted and said some words of blessing. Whether they could live a good life in the future still depended on the little prince in front of them.
After the banquet, Li Shen returned to the central army tent with a little drunkenness, took off his clothes and went to the bed.
I was staring at the ceiling of the big tent in a daze.
"Is there something on your mind, my lord?"
Wu Meiniang rubbed Li Shen's head and asked gently.
"Alas, there are indeed some troublesome things." Li Shen closed his eyes and sighed after hearing this.
"Your Highness, are you worried about that piece of jade?" Liu Ruyan smiled.
"Ah~~~~" Li Shen did not answer, but sighed again.
Sure enough, when they heard Li Shen's sigh, Liu Ruyan and Wu Meiniang immediately narrowed their eyes and smiled.
Their prince doesn't care about anything except worrying about money.
With such a huge piece of jade in front of him, but he could only look at it but not get it, it would be strange if Prince Ji was not worried.
"Your Majesty, how about we find a way to transport the jade back?"
“I am also trying to find a solution, but this jade is too heavy. It is said to weigh 10,000 jin, but Xue Rengui said it is more than 10,000 jin, maybe even heavier.
Even my carriage may not be able to bear such a heavy weight."
Li Shen shook his head helplessly. He also wanted to transport it back, but there was really no other way at the moment.
The two women looked at each other and were at a loss.
"Okay, let me think about it carefully." Li Shen began to fall into deep thought again.
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Early the next morning, the guard camp began to move out. Qu Zhiping sent five hundred carriages and one thousand civilians. These carriages and people were to help Li Shen transport his spoils.
Li Shen generously left the captured grain to Qu Zhiping, telling him to distribute it to the poor people.
The rest of the things, such as weapons, soft armor, and the gold, silver, and jewelry that were harvested, must all be escorted back.
Although Li Shen loves to play, he is not a fool. He would not leave weapons and soft armor to the people of these tribes.
The seized items were divided into two parts. Li Shen promised to reward the treasures obtained from the first suppression of the rebels to all the guards who participated in the operation.
The second harvest would naturally have to be confiscated to make up for the losses caused by Li Shen's military expedition.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready and we can set off now."
Just as Li Shen was having his meal, Xue Rengui came in to report.
"Okay, we'll set off after I finish my meal. By the way, leave a team of 100 people behind to guard my treasures. When I return and think of a way, we'll come back and transport them away.
During this period, in order to prevent my treasure from disappearing, I must have someone keep a close watch on it."
Li Shen gave instructions while drinking the porridge.
My treasure is a good thing. Maybe it is only worth a few thousand strings of coins here, but as long as I transport it to Chang'an City, the price will skyrocket a hundred times in an instant, and it will be worth at least hundreds of thousands of strings of coins.
As the saying goes, gold has a price but jade is priceless, and it’s a good idea to cheat someone if you can.
Xue Rengui immediately took the order and went out to make arrangements. After Li Shen finished his meal, the guards folded up his central military tent.
At noon, Qu Zhiping, along with all the tribal leaders and thousands of civilians, escorted Li Shen ten miles away.
"Everyone, just send him here." Li Shen said to everyone while sitting on his horse.
Qu Zhiping and others dismounted and led the people to salute Li Shen:
"May your highness Prince Ji have a safe journey."
“I appreciate your kind words, Governor Qu. If you have any problems in the future, please go to the office of Prince Ji’s Mansion in Xizhou Prefecture to find me.
Also, if I am not here in the future, you can also go to the office of Xizhou Prefecture or the newspaper office of Prince Ji’s Mansion to pass on the news.
They will send the news to Chang'an City as soon as possible.
To prevent the incident like Wang Wencheng from happening again." Li Shen looked at everyone and warned.
He was afraid that what happened to Wang Wencheng would happen again. The Ji Palace had lost more than a million strings of cash in the past two years.
"Thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji. We will keep it in mind." Qu Zhiping hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
"Well, I am leaving now. I will remind you one last thing: only if you are truly loyal to His Majesty will you have a better life.
I wish no one to harbor evil intentions. The days of rebellion are over.
The reason why they still exist now is because the imperial court does not take them seriously.
They are just a bunch of rebels. No matter how much trouble they make, they can't cause any harm.
They are all helpless in front of me, not to mention the powerful imperial court, so I hope you can face the reality.
I do not wish to see any of you among the heads of the rebels.
Well, that's all I have to say. Take care of yourselves and I hope you all take good care of yourself."
After Li Shen finished speaking, he turned the horse's head, exerted force with his legs, and the little white dragon galloped away.
"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Ji."
Looking at King Ji going away, Qu Zhiping and others bowed in greeting, while Li Shen's words echoed in the ears of these leaders.
Prince Ji was warning them, not only to stay away from the rebels to avoid being killed, but also to be loyal to His Majesty.
In Wang Wencheng's case, many tribal leaders helped the tyrant and took part in the abuses for their own benefit, oppressing the people of their own tribes.
Eventually he was killed and was despised by his tribe members.
It seems that Prince Ji is still somewhat upset about this matter.
Qu Zhiping felt a little frightened. It was obvious that Prince Ji was blaming him for not doing anything about Wang Wencheng's matter.
If he had reported the matter to Prince Ji's Mansion earlier, Wang Wencheng would not have committed evil for so many years.
"Okay, let's go back. From now on, we must stick closely to His Royal Highness Prince Ji and follow his lead. Only in this way can our tribe develop better and the people can be prosperous."
Looking at the team going away, Qu Zhiping mounted his horse and gave orders.
This time, the Prince Ji's Mansion gave them too much of a shock, and once again made them feel the power of the Tang Dynasty.
It is incredible that a prince's guard can defeat enemies that are several times his number without any casualties.
The Sima of Prince Ji's mansion mentioned to him that the casualties were heavy, but he found that the number of people was not reduced. There were 2,500 people when they came, and there are still 2,500 people now.
He had just counted them on purpose, and the neatly arranged lines were rarely counted.
What a fighting power! If all the armies of the Tang Dynasty were like this, they would be able to sweep the world.
Because the team was transporting too much stuff, the speed was much slower than when they came here. They could have arrived in Xizhou that day.
In the end, we didn't arrive until the evening of the next day.
Looking at the earthen city in front of him, Li Shen felt that it was not worthy of his status at all.
Seeing that it was Li Shen who returned, the officers and soldiers guarding the city immediately went to the governor's office to report. Pei Ziyu, the chief officer of Xizhou, brought a group of Xizhou officials to the city gate to greet him.
"Welcome to His Royal Highness Prince Ji's triumphant return."
"Haha, no need to be so polite, everyone. I'm away for a while, and Xizhou City is relying on you all."
Li Shen laughed out loud twice.
(Some people say that using a hot air balloon to pull a horse-drawn carriage can transport tens of thousands of pounds. This method is unreliable. It also exposes the hot air balloon.)