hsntnovel Chapter 2187: Pulling the baby and taking people out
Chapter 2187: Pulling the baby and taking people out
“Don’t worry, the wages will definitely not be less, and I have already prepared everything. You will have food and accommodation when you get there.
Wang Wencheng caused me to lose millions of guan. Do you think I will let this happen again?"
Hearing Qu Zhiping's agreement, Li Shen immediately smiled and promised.
Ten thousand people can at least supply his wholesale business in Chang'an City.
Winter is coming soon, and cotton-padded clothes and quilts are in short supply. This is the only business in Prince Ji's Mansion that serves ordinary people.
He was confident that in two years, all the people in the Tang Dynasty would be able to use quilts and wear cotton clothes.
The people of this period were different from those of later generations. They would wear a cotton-padded jacket for several years at most. Even if it was old and broken,
They would also take out the cotton inside and make a new piece of clothing, and would definitely not throw it away.
No one is as prodigal as his descendants in later generations.
Others would also smile knowingly when they heard Prince Ji's words. Indeed, no matter how rich Prince Ji was, he could not withstand such a hassle.
The Prince Ji's Mansion cannot afford the loss of several million strings of cash, and Prince Ji will definitely prevent something like what happened to Wang Wencheng from happening again.
"Come here, serve tea to the leaders."
The atmosphere was harmonious. Li Shen gave an order and Shitou immediately began to serve tea to the leaders.
Li Shen drank tea and chatted with them and they had a very pleasant conversation. This was mainly because Li Shen wanted to appear more approachable and win the favor of these tribes.
That night, Li Shen also organized a bonfire party for the people to have fun together.
In the next two days, the tribe began to recruit new members, and Li Shen was always focusing on his big baby.
It's not like he hadn't thought about carving it here and then transporting it away.
However, there were no carving masters in Xizhou, so Li Shen’s requirements could not be met.
Secondly, if it is transported after carving, and it is accidentally bumped during transportation, then defects will appear, and it will not be easy to change them.
It doesn't matter if it's not carved or bumped, as long as it explodes.
In the past two days, Li Shen personally supervised the construction of a simple crane, using the principle of leverage and the simple pulley he brought.
The base is triangular, with each leg supported by three sturdy wooden barrels tied together.
After countless failures and summarizing experience, it was finally produced by Li Shen.
"Tie them up tightly, don't let them fall. Just one foot off the ground will do."
At this time, Li Shen was directing the guards to tie ropes around the jade.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, Governor Qu requests to see you."
At this time, a guard came over to report.
"Let him come over." Li Shen ordered.
Soon Qu Zhiping came over with several tribal leaders.
"See His Highness Prince Ji."
"Well, what's up?"
Li Shen didn't look back, his eyes were still watching the guards' work.
“Your Highness Prince Ji, the laborers have been recruited, a total of 11,300 people.
I am here to ask His Royal Highness Prince Ji when to let them set off."
Qu Zhiping bowed in reply.
“Don’t worry, let them go with me, it will be safer on the road.
You should ask them to pack their bags and be ready to go at any time."
Li Shen turned and said to Qu Zhiping.
"Yes, I will give the order right away. I will take my leave."
After Qu Zhiping finished speaking, he looked at the busy scene and stepped back.
On the second day, Qu Zhiping received news that Prince Ji would leave in the afternoon and asked them to make all the arrangements.
Li Shen got up early today, without anyone calling him, because today was the day to set off.
The last step for his big baby is to load it onto the truck.
I tried it yesterday and found that I could hang the jade.
"Slow down, slow down."
"Pour, pour, pour." "Bang!" "Okay."
Li Shen ordered the guards to lift up the jade first, and then the people on the flat plate retreated under the jade.
The jade was laid down and tied up, and a few quilts were placed on the truck. They were slowly lowered down after the flatbed truck backed to the bottom.
This process took an hour to complete.
The huge jade stone was placed on the cart, which was pulled by eighteen horses.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready and we can set off at any time." Xue Rengui came over to report.
"Okay, Shitou, send someone to ask Qu Zhiping if they are ready. If they are, have them all come over and we'll get ready to set off."
Li Shen turned around and gave an order to the stone.
After two quarters of an hour, Qu Zhiping finally arrived, followed by a team of more than ten thousand people.
"Is Your Highness Prince Ji about to set off?" Qu Zhiping asked as he approached and bowed.
"That's right, Governor Qu, have you brought all the people here?" Li Shen nodded.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, I have brought them all."
Li Shen stretched his neck to look at the dark crowd behind him. He originally wanted to say something, but when he saw so many people, Li Shen gave up the idea.
"Governor Qu, I will not stay here any longer. If there is anything, send someone to Xizhou to inform me." After saying this, Li Shen jumped on his horse.
"May His Royal Highness Prince Ji have a safe journey. I respectfully send His Royal Highness Prince Ji off..."
"Farewell to His Royal Highness Prince Ji"
Amid the farewells, Li Shen set off with a team of 10,000 people.
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Xizhou, in the courtyard of the governor's mansion.
Wang Xuance was a little dazed looking at the boxes piled up in front of him.
"Master Wang, these are the latest batches that have arrived. To facilitate transportation, most of them are gold, as well as jade jewelry, pearls and agates.
Compared to them, the fines are only higher, not lower.”
Pei Ziyu beside him said that he was also a little shocked. These people were really rich and all they took out were good things.
You say you are so rich, why do you engage in corruption and bribery?
"Well, register it so that His Royal Highness Prince Ji can come back and review it. Pei Changshi, you two should prepare yourself. We will start the trial tomorrow."
After coming to his senses, Wang Xuance turned around and said to Pei Ziyu and General Li.
"I will follow the orders of Wang Changshi in everything."
The two finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now that the ransom has been paid, it looks like the matter will soon come to an end.
"You two, Wang has something to say but I'm not sure if I should say it or not."
Wang Xuance changed the subject and looked at the two of them.
"If you have anything to say, Mr. Wang, please feel free to speak." The two looked at each other, not understanding what was going on.
"Let's go inside and talk." Wang Xuance looked around.
The two of them understood and nodded immediately, then followed Wang Xuance into the hall. After the servant served tea, he asked everyone to leave.
Wang Xuance then spoke:
"You two, have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if this matter ended like this?"
Huh? The two of them were stunned and looked at each other.
"What does Wang Changshi mean by saying this?" Now that the matter is done, what consequences can there be?
"Gentlemen, believe it or not, the Xizhou case will soon be known to the court."
Wang Xuance picked up the teacup and blew into it.
"Was it known to the court? That shouldn't be the case, Mr. Wang, right? And even if it was known to the court, hasn't His Royal Highness Prince Ji already forgiven these people?"
(My memory is really bad now. Sometimes I think of something, but forget it all after I finish writing it down.)