bookbashuk Chapter 2114 Tricky
Chapter 2114 Tricky
After settling the rescued woman and child, the crowd dispersed.
Yamen runners began to clean the streets.
What happened today brought a ray of light to the people of Xizhou and dispelled a lot of haze.
Over the past six months, rebels have been rising up everywhere, causing unrest among the common people and seriously affecting their lives. Now no one dares to leave the city.
Fortunately, Xizhou has granaries and sufficient food, otherwise people’s lives would be even more difficult.
This time, the imperial court sent troops out to suppress the rebels, and the results were seen in just a few days, giving the people hope.
No one likes turmoil. Since ancient times, people have liked to live a stable life.
"Go and call all the members of your team over. I will distribute the rewards personally." Li Shen ordered the captain.
“Your Highness Prince Ji, there are too many soldiers and officers. I am afraid that the people will panic after they enter the city. I have arranged for them to rest in the barracks. Why don’t you just give the reward to me?
I will distribute it to them after I return.”
Hearing King Ji say that they would distribute it to everyone personally, the captain hurriedly spoke.
“It doesn’t matter. Today they killed the rebels and eliminated harm to the people in order to gain their recognition. Why would they panic?
In my opinion, the people should line the streets to welcome you.
Just do as I command you." Li Shen shook his head in rejection. He could guess what these people were thinking.
Li Shen wanted to distribute the money to everyone so that the officers and soldiers’ life-threatening efforts would not be in vain.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, for your safety, it is better not to distribute them personally. These officers and soldiers do not know the rules and etiquette, and it would be bad if they offended Your Highness Prince Ji.
Moreover, if there are any spies of the rebels among them, we cannot afford to hurt His Highness." A general officer advised.
"Hmm?" Li Shen's face changed, and he looked at everyone, "Why? Is it that my words don't work in Xizhou? Or is it that your Xizhou Prefecture is beyond the reach of the imperial court?
Or do you intend to rebel?"
"Your Highness Prince Ji, that's not what we meant. We are also concerned about your safety. Please calm down, Prince Ji."
Seeing Li Shen getting angry, the officials immediately apologized.
"Then go." Li Shen said and walked into the governor's mansion.
"Go do it." Pei Ziyu shook his head at everyone, said, and followed.
When I arrived at the living room, Li Shen was already sitting at the head table, with anger still lingering on his face.
"Prince Ji, please calm down. They are also concerned about the safety of His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Pei Ziyu apologized.
"Safety? What a joke, they are only thinking about their own money, right?
Pei Ziyu, do you really think that I am a three-year-old child? Or do you officials think that I am young and ignorant and can be deceived by you? "
Li Shen sneered.
"I dare not." The other officials also followed suit and apologized.
“Let me tell you, I started my career when I was nine years old. Now there are tens of thousands of people working for my Ji Wang Mansion. The daily income and expenditure is more than the annual tax revenue of your Xizhou Prefecture.
There are thousands of shopkeepers alone.
I am telling you all this not to show off my strength, but to tell you that I am better at calculating than you.
Don’t play any tricks on me. Among you there are people from aristocratic families, noble families, and big clans in Guanzhong. You should know my military achievements.
I know exactly what you are thinking." Li Shen lost his temper, and the officials below were silent.
At first, they only cared about Prince Ji's identity, his youth, his dandyism, etc., but they forgot that the huge Prince Ji's Mansion was built by Prince Ji himself.
How could someone who was able to build such a family business not know how to run it?
"Pei Changshi, you will open the treasury later and take out copper coins for reward. I will personally reward these soldiers."
Seeing that everyone was intimidated by him, Li Shen finally spoke.
"Open the treasury? This... Your Highness Prince Ji, if you want to open the treasury, you need to report it to the court, otherwise it will be a serious crime." Pei Ziyu finally came to his senses and hurriedly dissuaded him.
Li Shen's expression eased a little.
"Don't worry, I'm not using the money from the treasury to give rewards. I only brought gold, not copper coins. I will take out copper coins from the treasury to give rewards.
When the final settlement is made, I will make up for it with gold bars and will not take advantage of the court even a penny."
Because of the difficulty in transportation, Li Shen only brought gold bars, otherwise the copper coins alone would have required several thousand carts.
After hearing Li Shen's words, Pei Ziyu felt relieved. So that's the case. He thought Prince Ji was planning to use the money in the treasury as a reward.
"If that's the case, I have no objection. I will order someone to take out the money from the treasury later." Pei Ziyu saluted.
Soon, someone outside reported that the team of officers and soldiers had assembled at the gate of the governor's mansion. Li Shen stood up and ordered people to prepare tables, chairs, paper and pens.
When he arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion, Li Shen saw that the outside was full of officers and soldiers. Li Shen ordered people to put the chairs under the steps and asked someone to bring another chair over.
"My fellow soldiers, I have heard about your bravery in killing the enemy today. I am very satisfied that you have not brought shame to the reputation of our Tang army.
You have also fulfilled your duties by killing enemies on the battlefield and defending your country.
I will report today's events to His Majesty and let His Majesty know your achievements.
This king has said that there will be rewards for suppressing rebellion, and this king will keep his word.
Now, I will reward you on behalf of His Majesty for your contributions in defending our country."
Li Shen got down from his chair and told Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance, "Get ready. The rest of you maintain order."
Shi Tou wiped the chair clean. Li Shen sat on the steps and watched, feeling a little angry. He saw confusion in the eyes of the officers and soldiers.
When I finished speaking, some people still looked shocked.
In other words, the captain did not tell the 500 people below about the reward. No wonder they stopped him from distributing it personally just now.
Li Shen looked coldly at the captain in the distance, which made the captain tremble with fear.
Li Shen thought to himself, damn, you are too evil. Even if you only give me half of the reward, you are still a human being. You actually want to take it all for yourself?
"General Li~~" Li Shen called softly, and a general came over to salute.
"The subordinate is here."
"Replace him and find someone else to lead the team." Li Shen said softly.
Following Li Shen's gaze, General Li saw the captain of the five hundred men at a glance.
"Your Highness, this..." The general hesitated. Anyone who could get this lucrative job must have some relationship with him.
Although 15,000 people took turns to go out to suppress the bandits, those who went first definitely got more than those who went later. The last ones to go out were just finishing the work, as the rebels had already hidden away.
"Huh? What? Is this person related to you?" Li Shen retracted his gaze and looked coldly at General Li.
(Oh, what a shame, the only thing they can bring me now is to get to know many countries that I didn’t know before, Bahrain, a country I have never heard of, with an area of more than 700 square kilometers and a population of more than one million, is not as populous as our county.
The last one won over the second last one.)