hsntnovel Chapter 2389: Finding Someone to Transport the Money Back
Chapter 2389: Finding Someone to Transport the Money Back
“If the king asks you to accept it, then take it. Don’t worry, the money I give you as a reward will be fine.
Ashina She'er wouldn't dare to embarrass you, he even accepted gifts from me."
When Li Shen heard the commander's words, he waved his hand, indicating that he should not worry.
The commander hesitated for a long time and finally nodded. If it really didn't work, he would go back and report it to the general.
It is indeed tempting to have two strings of money for each person.
"I would like to thank His Royal Highness Prince Ji for his reward on their behalf." The commander bowed.
"This is what you deserve. When you return, tell them that it was the king who insisted on giving it to you. General Ashina won't say anything."
Li Shen felt a little embarrassed that no one was rewarded for doing things for him, as he was used to rewarding people.
Now, everyone in Chang'an City knows that Prince Ji is generous and even Li Shen, who is close to his father, is not spared.
Now the only ones who have not received Li Shen’s reward are the Yulin Guard and the Hundred Cavalry Division led by Li An.
It’s not that Li Shen didn’t want to reward, but that he didn’t dare to reward.
Those were the guards around his father. Not to mention him, even the crown prince who was about to succeed to the throne did not dare to have too much contact with these people.
As for the others, Li Shen is just a playboy, and no one will care if he comes. The same goes for Wang De.
Next, the team leader brought some people in, and Shi Tou arranged for them to count the boxes for them, weighing them all to make sure there was no more and no less.
It was the first time for these soldiers, including the commander, to see someone counting money in this way.
The difference in the amount of money in a box could be as little as one string of coins. With so many boxes, the error would be more than ten strings of coins. For them, they could not even earn more than ten strings of coins in a year.
The amount of money that Prince Ji's mansion rewarded them was off by more than ten strings of cash.
"Your Highness, all the rewards have been given out." The steward came over to report.
“Well, get an extra box for the commander, and if it’s not enough, you can make up for it, and you can deal with the rest yourself.
I have only one request, everyone must get two strings of cash.
This prince hates others to embezzle his money the most, do you understand?"
Li Shen waved his hand and gave another box of dozens of coins.
"I understand, Your Highness. Don't worry, I guarantee everyone will get their share of the money. If anyone embezzles the money of the subordinates, I will personally punish them by military law."
Seeing that Li Shen was in such a serious condition, the commander immediately expressed his opinion, knowing that King Ji was doing it for the good of the ordinary soldiers below.
However, he thought that Prince Ji was worrying too much. Who would dare to embezzle such an upright matter? He would have to report to the general after returning.
If someone reports it at that time, it will be a capital crime.
At this time, the carriages had been unloaded. Li Shen learned that the corvées who followed him did not need to go back to report, and could just send the carriages to the military camp and go home.
He also ordered rewards for corvée labor again, but this time Li Shen did not give as much reward.
Li Shen ordered people to bring boxes and each person to grab a handful of copper coins, and the amount of money he or she could grab depended on the individual.
Li Shen was the first person to use this method to give rewards.
The corvées were very obedient. Knowing that Prince Ji was giving money, each of them first saluted Li Shen and then grabbed a handful of money in a proper manner.
No one complained because they caught too few people.
It was a pleasant surprise for them to receive extra rewards.
Li Shen put on a friendly smile and looked at the people who were struggling to make a living.
The rewarding was not finished until Li Shen's smile had become stiff, and the commander left with his men.
Li Shen stood at the door of the warehouse, looking at the boxes that were about to hit the ceiling, and sighed:
"It seems we can't make any more money. Some of it can't fit in anymore."
"Yes, Your Highness, I don't know how to transport these things back. I'm afraid there aren't enough carriages."
Shi Tou stood aside and looked at the boxes in the warehouse, worrying like Li Shen. This was the third warehouse.
"Bullshit, this is a treasure, not a thing." Li Shen kicked a stone. This guy is becoming less and less able to speak.
"Your Highness, do you want to notify Manager Wang to send a convoy over?" Wang Xuance asked from the side.
“I’m afraid the car dealership doesn’t have that many cars, and those copper coins outside would take up quite a few vehicles.
We have other copper coins.
Alas, having money is really inconvenient." Li Shen rubbed his temples, feeling a little distressed.
Wang Xuance rolled his eyes and stopped talking. Their prince was showing off again.
I don’t know how many people are jealous of these copper coins. Let alone using a carriage, if they were given away for free, they would carry them back to Chang’an City.
"Hey? Got it!" Li Shen slapped his thigh.
He turned around and left in a hurry. Wang Xuance and Shitou saw him and immediately followed him.
Li Shen came to the study and ordered Shi Tou to start grinding ink.
"Xuan Ce, write a few letters for me." Li Shen sat on the rocking chair and gave the order.
"Who does Your Majesty want to write to?" Wang Xuance came to the desk and sat down.
"The first letter was to my father, saying he wanted money and would transport it himself. I have confiscated over 1.3 million strings of stolen money, which is the court's money.
If the court wants me to transport it back, I will charge 30% of the transportation fee.
Otherwise, the court will transport it back itself."
Li Shen said calmly. When Wang Xuance heard the 30% transportation fee, he looked up at Lian Si in shock and thought to himself, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death?
It would take 1.3 million strings of cash to transport it back to Chang'an, but you're asking for nearly 400,000 strings of cash for transportation. I'm afraid that once His Majesty finds out, he'll come and kill you personally, hanging you on the city gate and beating you for three days.
"Your Highness, this... shipping fee is a bit too much. His Majesty will not agree to it."
Wang Xuance reminded.
"Of course my father wouldn't agree. Not to mention 30%, he wouldn't even be willing to pay three copper coins.
Therefore, he would definitely issue an order to arrange for the prefectures and counties here to send out government soldiers and carriages to escort the money back.
Wouldn't that save us some trouble?" Li Shen said it as if it was a matter of course. He knew his father was stingy.
He said that on purpose.
Wang Xuance was speechless for a moment. It turned out that Prince Ji wanted the court to share the transportation burden.
But why do you have to write this letter? Aren’t you afraid of being beaten to death?
Wang Xuance didn't dare to write so confidently, so he used some polite words and requests.
However, the content remains the same, and the 30% shipping fee is also included.
After finishing writing and blowing the ink dry, Shitou took out Li Shen's private seal and stamped it.
"Okay, write the second letter to the prince, saying that the three hundred thousand copper coins here are useless.
Ask him if he wants it. If he does, come get it yourself. If he doesn't, I'll throw it away."
Li Shen spoke lightly about the contents of the second letter.
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Wang Xuance almost vomited blood. Li Shen treated the 300,000 strings of cash as if they were rubbish, and even said that he would throw them away if the prince didn't want him.
If the prince saw this letter, would he be as angry as Your Majesty and come to Xizhou Prefecture to kill?
Wang Xuance resisted the urge to complain and rewrote the letter to the prince according to Li Shen's original words.
He wanted to see how the prince would treat Prince Ji after seeing this.
"Your Highness, aren't there still 500,000 strings of cash promised to His Majesty?" Shitou reminded from the side.
Since we need someone to transport it back, we might as well transport it back together.
(Some people are questioning the financial system in the book, and some are saying why a few or dozens of strings of cash are considered huge sums for others.
When it comes to the protagonist, the harvest is hundreds of thousands or even millions of strings of cash.
In fact, this is easy to understand. The protagonist is equivalent to the richest man today.
One million may not be a huge sum of money for us ordinary people, and we may not be able to save it in a lifetime. But for 20% of the world's people, one million is really nothing.
It’s no different than if we spent a thousand dollars.)