Chapter 183: The Beginning and the End
The next day, many people saw that in front of the gate of the imperial city, a long convoy stretched into the distance, and this was the convoy that Li Shen was going to give gifts today. There are 350 carts, this is Li Shen's own convoy with cattle and horses.
And Li Shen had already gone in person to find Li Shimin to open a note. Entering the palace is to be checked. And in the car was stolen goods. So Li Shen could only find Li Shimin to open a green channel.
As soon as Li Shen explained his intentions, Li Shimin wrote an edict very happily. also asked Li An to send a hundred horses to personally escort him to the interior, and Li Shimin almost didn't come in person.
He was not surprised by Li Shimin's reaction at all, more than 20 million pieces of gold. Nowadays, Datang doesn't have so much tax money a year, unless it has to add food brocade and silk. It is no exaggeration to say that Li Shimin has never seen so much money in his life.
Such a huge sum of money is now going to be paid. Li Shen estimated that Li Shimin might not be able to sleep happily at night. Finally, I don't have to live a hard life anymore.
Li Shen took the carriage directly to the inner house, which was carried by the hundred horsemen himself, and no one could approach. After that, Li Shen took the gift and went to the Daji Palace.
He hasn't been here for some days, and since the Shenzhu incident, he has never entered the palace except for entering the palace to send the Shenzhu.
"Mother, why are you still carrying this broken bead?" Li Shen asked when he saw Wei Guifei with the jewelry he gave him
"Anyway, you sent it, and the things my son sent are good things whether they are worth it or not." In the first few days, she received a letter from Wei Siyan.
They were all thanks to her, saying that if she hadn't taught her at the beginning, the four brothers would not be as beautiful as they are today.
Although the official position has not changed, now Yunguo Mansion is also considered to be rich and expensive. Many clansmen envy them, and the letter also mentioned that now the price of the Divine Bead is getting lower and lower outside, and it is about to be worthless.
Li Shen never told Wei Guifei that this matter had something to do with him. But for some reason, Wei Guifei always felt that this matter must be related to her son, which may be the so-called mother-son connection.
Hearing Wei Guifei's words, Li Shen was inexplicably moved in his heart.
"The saint has arrived in ~~~~~" at this moment the eunuch's voice came
The mother and son hurriedly went out to greet them, and after welcoming Li Shimin in, Wei Guifei knew that Li Shimin might have something to talk about when he found Li Shen. So he said, "Everyone." You have something important to discuss with Shen'er, and the concubine will go to the warehouse first to see how the gifts are moving. ”
"You don't have to go. Pour me tea. Li Shimin's meaning is obvious, that is, Wei Guifei does not need to avoid it.
This made Li Shen very satisfied, Li Shen has given money and shares all these years, in order to let Li Shimin take a high look at Wei Guifei.
"Mother, what I'm talking to Aya about is not a secret matter, it's okay." Li Shen saw Wei Guifei hesitate, so he said. How could such a great opportunity be avoided.
"Aya, all the gold, one hundred and forty-six thousand one hundred pounds, has been brought to you. At present, it is worth more than 23 million yuan based on one tael of ten yuan on the market. Li Shen reported painfully.
Li Shimin looked at Li Shen's expression unmoved, just nodded and said, "Did you hurt the innocent?" ”
"Aya rest assured, none of the people who can afford it are innocent. Later, I took all the beads from the hands of some innocent people. However, there may be some rich merchants who will go bankrupt, and I can't help them in the end.
There are also many princes and nobles who have been affected, but it is not to the point that the family is ruined, but the savings accumulated for many years have been burned. ”
"That's good, it's okay to lose some money, it's good that ordinary people don't get affected." Li Shimin is very satisfied with this result.
Why did Li Shimin know about this? Then the matter will start after Li Shen blackmailed the family.
After Li Shen's glass workshop successfully fired transparent glass, Li Shen did not choose to sell it. At that time, Li Shen's heart was on how to take revenge on the family for assassinating him.
Li Shen was very unwilling to kill only one Cui Dunli, but he also knew that it would be like a fantasy to kill all the families. So he could only retaliate from other aspects, and in the end Li Shen thought of the tulip incident in the civilized world.
Li Shen wrote down the general description of the incident, and then studied it with Wang Xuance for three days. How to ensure that the family does not harm civilians and let the family fall into the trap. The result is gold, and it is impossible for ordinary people to have gold in their hands.
Eventually, a scam based on the myth of Tianzhu was born. Galava is not from Tianzhu, he is from the Western Regions, but he looks very similar to Tianzhu.
Coupled with the non-fluent Chinese, no one can recognize it. Shenzhu is actually a glass bead, and the rumors on the market are all released by Wang Xuance looking for someone, including the stories of Shenzhu saving his life.
And one of the most important links in this is how to make Shenzhu appear in the eyes of the family and believe in him. An important figure in this is Li Shimin.
When the whole plan was presented in front of Li Shimin's eyes, Li Shimin felt that this was simply a mythical story.
Li Shen's description is too mysterious and mysterious, how can this person be so stupid, you say it's worth it, it's worth it?
And there are people who buy and sell at a higher price? He thinks that Li Shen is not a bad brain and treats the people of the world as fools? How could someone go bankrupt for a bead, and it was not a rare treasure.
However, when Li Shen added the price to all the proceeds from selling the beads, Li Shimin agreed without hesitation. Anyway, I don't lose anything, but if I succeed, it will be a lot of money according to the plan.
After that, Li Shimin swaggered through the market with Shenzhu and became a model and spokesperson.
In fact, there are still some flaws in the whole plan, such as Galava saying that Lord Shiva predicted that there would be a catastrophe in the Tang Dynasty.
If you say this kind of thing in Chang'an, it's like looking for death, but Li Shimin ignores it as if he doesn't know.
There are also three princes who buy divine pearls, in addition to Li Shen's money, the prince is poor and jingling, where does he get gold.
In fact, the prince's gold was given by Li Shen, and Li Shimin asked the prince to participate in this incident in order to train the prince.
And Li Tai's gold is from the treasury, Li Tai is on the side of the family, how could Li Shen let him participate. When Li Tai knew that the prince wanted to buy divine beads to honor Li Shimin, of course the little fat man could not be compared.
But what should he do if he has no money, so he can only borrow it from Empress Changsun. How could the family give him a million pieces of gold? Empress Changsun loved her son and asked Li Shimin's opinion again, and used the copper coins from the treasury to exchange gold and lend it to Li Tai.
This is still half of Wei Guifei's money, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to exchange it for so much gold.
The rest went according to plan, and after Galava left with the gold, he delivered it to the Blade's grain depot in the middle of the night.
The masked guards were, of course, Li Shen's bodyguards, and Galava returned to the Western Regions after Li Shen gave him a few carts of treasure. Li Shen is not a murderer, Li Shen is a good person.
But what Li Shen didn't expect was to be able to sell so much gold. I knew that Li Shen should have talked to Li Shimin about the price. Although he also made a lot of money this time. But how can it be compared to these golds.