After much hesitation, Li Tai decided to eat the pancake.

After all, if it were Li Zhi, he probably wouldn't even want to offer himself a pie!

As for what will happen in the future, who can say for sure? Even if that bastard goes back on his word in the end, I won't suffer any loss. At most, I'll just continue to stay in my fiefdom and wait to die.

"Fourth Uncle, I can assign the Imperial Guards to you!"

Li Tai waved his hand dismissively upon hearing this.

"unnecessary!"

"Do I really need the Imperial Guards to deal with them?"

Li Jue already lacked manpower, and seeing Li Tai's confidence, he could save manpower for other tasks. But just as he was secretly pleased with himself, he heard Li Tai speak again.

"How about you send me some men?"

"Fourth Uncle, didn't you just say you didn't need it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Tai rubbed his hands awkwardly and gave an embarrassed laugh.

"Doesn't having a lot of people make a grand entrance? Hehehe..."

"Uh..."

Li Jue never expected that Li Tai would say such a thing.

But that's really his personality; he likes to make a big show of things and enjoys being in the limelight.

"good!"

"I'll send you five hundred men!"

Five hundred people?

Upon hearing this, Li Tai's eyes widened in excitement.

"Very good!"

"With these five hundred men to give me some face, I'll take care of them for you in less than three days!"

The next day, as soon as the gates of Chang'an East Market were opened, shops rushed to open for business, ready to rip off the people of Chang'an at high prices.

The manager of Wang Fuji Grain Store brought out a black-painted wooden board, crossed out yesterday's price with his hand, and increased the price by one-third from the original price before returning to the store satisfied.

When passersby saw that grain prices had risen again, they were so angry that they cursed on the spot!

"This shop is heartless! Yesterday a bushel of rice cost thirty coins, but today it's forty!"

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang snorted coldly and cursed at the people on the roadside.

"If you can't afford it, go home and starve!"

"These days, it's good enough to have food at all, and you still dare to be picky!"

"Go ask around all over Chang'an, how many businesses still dare to open their doors these days!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding people clenched their fists, wishing they could smash Wang Fuji's clothes. However, when they thought of Princess Nanping, Wang Fuji's powerful backer, they could only turn away dejectedly.

Several of the people were coughing as they walked, which immediately caused panic among those around them, who all avoided them.

A group of people came to Sun's Pharmacy, intending to buy some medicine to treat a cold, but the shop assistants wouldn't even let them in, and only told them to stand outside and wait.

"No one is allowed to enter the store. Everyone wait at the door!"

"Young man, how can we get treatment from the doctor if we don't go into the shop?"

"No treatment needed!"

"The illnesses in all of Chang'an are the same, nothing more than coughs and fevers. A few doses of medicine for treating colds will suffice!"

When everyone heard what the young man said, they all felt that it made sense and immediately stopped arguing.

But when the deliveryman took out the medicine and asked them for money, they were all dumbfounded.

"One dose of medicine costs one string of cash!"

"What?"

"Why don't you just rob someone? What kind of medicine dares to sell for such a high price? Is there some kind of ten-thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or some kind of thousand-year-old immortal herb inside?"

"There's nothing inside, just ordinary herbs for treating colds!"

"Then why do you sell it for such a high price?"

"I clearly remember this thing used to only cost thirty coins!"

The waiter snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"You know that was in the past!"

"Millet used to cost a few coins a bushel, but now it's gone up to tens of coins!"

"What you're buying now isn't medicine, it's your lives!"

"Isn't it worth it to buy a life with a sum of money?"

"you……"

Those around were so angry upon hearing this that they wanted to hit someone, but before they could make a move, they heard the sound of galloping hooves.

"Get out of the way, everyone!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice, only to see a group of Imperial Guards holding various signs, filling the entire street.

"King Pu?"

"The former King of Wei?"

Former Prince of Shunyang

"Former King of Yidu, former King of Wei, former King of Yue..."

Following a series of "kings" came a series of "governors".

"Grand Commander of Yangzhou, Grand Commander of Yuezhou, Grand Commander of Changzhou, Grand Commander of Haizhou..."

Li Tai had all the titles and official positions he had been granted written on plaques, and ordered people to make nearly a hundred plaques to serve as his personal documents!

The local people were dumbfounded by the sheer number of signs, wondering what kind of company this was, that its "signature" was even greater than that of the emperor!

Li Tai made his entrance amidst great anticipation. He first bowed to the surrounding crowd and smiled broadly.

"I've caused you, my fellow citizens, to suffer injustice!"

"I am Li Tai, the son of His Majesty, and I have come here on the orders of His Majesty's eldest grandson to deal with these heartless and unscrupulous merchants!"

When the local people heard that the unscrupulous merchants were going to be punished, they all clapped and cheered.

"good!"

"The King of Wei is mighty!"

"King Wei, these unscrupulous merchants deserve to die! They should be torn to pieces!"

Li Tai nodded with a smile upon hearing this, then addressed the Imperial Guards behind him.

"Drag out all those unscrupulous merchants who make money through dishonest means!"

"promise!"

Before long, the shopkeepers and employees of several surrounding shops were all dragged out and made to kneel on the ground.

"This humble subject greets the King of Pu!"

Although Li Tai is now the Prince of Pu, he hates being called that.

"You unscrupulous merchants are so blind! You're not even as sensible as the local people!"

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