hsntnovel Chapter 2185: A Few Boxes of Treasures
Chapter 2185: A Few Boxes of Treasures
Li Shen has been hanging around outside for more than ten days, mainly waiting for this cart.
The second reason was that Li Shen was ill and needed recuperation.
As Li Shen was a miser by nature, when he heard that he would lose thousands of strings of cash if he delayed one place, he immediately prepared to set off for the tribe.
If everyone hadn't stopped him and finally said they wanted to wait for the flatbed truck, Li Shen would have arrived long ago.
Because of the large cart, the team's marching speed was affected to a certain extent, resulting in them not reaching the tribe after a whole day's journey.
"Your Majesty, we can't get there today. We can only arrive tomorrow."
The sound of stones rang out outside the carriage.
“Then tell the team to set up camp. It’s getting late. Have the guards pick up some things and take a rest.
Anyway, we can’t arrive until tomorrow.”
After hearing this, Li Shen immediately gave the order.
The carriage then stopped, and noises were heard outside as the team began to set up camp.
In the evening, Li Shenyong cleaned up the mess and moved into the central army tent.
"Your Highness, Sima Xue requests to see you." A report came from the guards outside.
"Transmit." Li Shen lay down comfortably.
A moment later, Xue Rengui came in with Zhao Tiejun. Li Shen was stunned when he saw Zhao Tiejun.
"Huh? Why are you here?"
"Your Highness Prince Ji." Zhao Tiejun stepped forward and saluted.
"No thanks. Tell me, what brought you back? Did you run into any trouble?"
"Your Majesty, I am here to report to His Royal Highness Prince Ji that I have found the gathering place of the rebels.
And we have initially established a foothold there." Zhao Tiejun replied.
"Just for this?" Hearing this, Li Shen couldn't help but frown.
"There is one more thing, which is...I want to borrow a few boxes of treasures from His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Zhao Tiejun hesitated and then stated the real purpose of his trip.
"Treasure?" When Li Shen heard the word treasure, he suddenly sat up and raised his voice octave.
He always robbed others, but this was the first time someone asked him for treasure.
Is Zhao Tiejun crazy?
Seeing Prince Ji's big reaction, Zhao Tiejun had expected it and quickly explained:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I want the treasure not for us, but for our plan.
Take it out as bait at the right time to facilitate the implementation of the plan."
"Is that so?" After hearing this, Li Shen looked at Zhao Tiejun with a skeptical attitude.
"Yes, I dare not deceive His Royal Highness Prince Ji." Zhao Tiejun assured hurriedly.
"Well... well, since this is for planning, there is no problem with that. How many boxes do you need?
There are definitely no items that are too expensive. " Li Shen thought about it and nodded in agreement. If you want the plan to succeed, you have to pay.
As the ancients said, you can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing your child, and you can’t catch a gangster without sacrificing your wife.
When fishing, you have to make a nest and put bait.
"Your Highness, five or six boxes will do. They don't need to be too expensive. You can put more things like silk, brocade, ceramics, tea, and other Tang Dynasty items.
Those rebels highly respect the things of our Tang Dynasty."
Hearing Li Shen's agreement, Zhao Tiejun said quickly. He knew how much their prince loved money and was a miser.
"Is that so? Then I'll write a note and you can go back to Xizhou to ask for it from Wang Changshi." When Li Shen heard that it was not a valuable thing, he immediately became generous.
"Yes, thank you, Your Highness Prince Ji."
"Okay, tell me about the situation over there."
Li Shen waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, I led the Blade Squad to search along the way and eventually encountered other small groups of rebels.
In order to facilitate cover-up, I led my team to successively wipe out several small forces and subdued nearly a thousand rebels.
Then, they followed the prince's instructions and headed north to the Tiele border, where they encountered several rebel groups, all of which were quite large, with the smallest group having a thousand people.
There are also several rebels from the Tiele tribe entrenched there, numbering at least tens of thousands of people.
Moreover, some rebels have fled there recently, and those without leaders will be recruited.
We also recruited some of them into our team.
Because the plan is approaching, I came here to ask for a few boxes of treasure as bait."
Zhao Tiejun told Li Shen about the situation there in detail. There was a mountain on the Tiele border, but he didn't know its specific name.
The Tiele tribe and the rebels were both entrenched here and did not interfere with each other.
"Well...how many rebels are there over there?" Li Shen thought for a moment and asked.
"Your Majesty, there are about 20,000 to 30,000 people, but the Tiele tribe is not included."
"Two or three thousand people? That's a bit too many. The cotton can be picked in less than a month. You can just contact some rebels with five or six thousand men. If there are too many, I'm afraid there will be chaos.
Then we proceed as planned.”
Li Shensi thought about it and felt that there were too many people. It would be difficult to manage with so many people, and it would be difficult to control what might happen.
Zhao Tiejun immediately accepted the order after hearing it:
"Yes, everything will be done according to His Royal Highness Prince Ji's orders."
"Okay, go back, and I'll send someone to notify you when to take action.
As for the treasure, I'll write you a note and you go find Wang Xuance."
As Li Shen spoke, he stood up and walked to the desk, quickly wrote a few words and handed them to Zhao Tiejun.
“Remember, this plan cannot afford to go wrong, but you must keep the situation under control. I will be watching from nearby.
And the most important point is to keep the cotton.
If the rebels in your army are willing to surrender to the imperial court, I can promise to forgive past misdeeds.
This makes things go more smoothly.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have been hinting to them that they should submit to the court, but I have not said it openly.
After returning, I will persuade them. "
Zhao Tiejun quickly agreed.
"Okay, but you must also pay attention to your safety and don't expose yourself. Go ahead." Li Shen nodded.
Zhao Tiejun bowed and walked out.
"Your Highness is indeed very foresighted. The plan was carried out smoothly." After Zhao Tiejun left, Xue Rengui praised.
"Haha, Rengui, you are too kind. It's not that I am so smart, it's just that I am a foil for those rebels.
By the way, I will write another letter and you send someone to deliver it to Li Junxian in Liangzhou Prefecture.
Since they can play like that, so can I. I will give them back in their own way."
Li Shen laughed, his face was extremely dark, and waved to Wu Meiniang beside him:
"Mei Niang, you come and write for me. I'm afraid Li Junxian won't recognize my calligraphy."
So Li Shen dictated and Wu Meiniang wrote, and a letter was quickly completed. Li Shen took out his own seal and stamped it, and then sealed it with the seal of Prince Ji's Palace.
Only then did Xue Rengui send someone to send him away.
Early in the morning of the second day, the guards camp broke camp early and continued on their journey after dinner, but the team's speed was obviously much faster than yesterday.
It only took two hours to reach Qu Zhiping's tribe.
(I noticed that no one asked for more updates, please help. The data is not very good)