Chapter 228 This job, I'll take it!
What does the King of Wei mean by this?
Wei Shuyu put on a stern face and said righteously, "What do you mean by 'give to me'? Are you trying to bribe me?"
Grass!
You bastard.
You're getting a good deal and then acting innocent, aren't you?
Li Tai gritted his teeth.
Unfortunately, he had no solution...
If this really escalates to the point of involving Li Shimin, he'll be the first to be finished.
"What bribe?"
Li Tai looked puzzled: "Isn't this Wu Yun Pavilion yours?"
The words were spoken.
Li Tai kicked Li Chongyi: "Chongyi, tell me, whose does this Wuyun Pavilion belong to?"
Li Chongyi's cheeks twitched.
He spearheaded the establishment of Wuyun Pavilion and was one of the officials who favored commerce.
If he says it belongs to Wei Shuyu, then it belongs to Wei Shuyu!
"It's...it's yours!"
It seemed as if Li Chongyi had exhausted all his strength to say those words.
"Whose?"
Wei Shuyu remained dissatisfied.
"your!"
"Whose?"
Grass!
What exactly do you want to do?
"You, Wei Shuyu!" Li Chongyi roared.
"fart!"
Unexpectedly, Wei Shuyu suddenly shouted, startling everyone.
"What...what do you want from me?!"
Li Chongyi was almost in tears.
This won't work, that won't work.
Why don't you just kill me...
"This Wu Yun Ge is clearly a branch of Wen Yun Ge."
Wei Shuyu said righteously and sternly, "I've just been busy lately, so I asked you to help me manage things, isn't that right?"
You were born in the Year of the Fox, weren't you...?
They are so cunning that they leave no trace of their true intentions.
Speaking of Wei Shuyu personally, we can find an opportunity to impeach him later.
They claim to be from the Wenyun Pavilion, but impeaching the Wenyun Pavilion would mean facing the Imperial Academy's army.
"yes!"
Li Chongyi gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Then these authentic works by famous scholars are also from the Wenyun Pavilion, right?"
Wei Shuyu pointed to the twenty folding fans on the table.
"yes!"
"So your workshop in Hu County is also Wenyun Pavilion, right?"
"yes!"
Under Wei Shuyu's persistent questioning, Wuyun Pavilion completely changed hands.
The sons of military officers invested a total of 30,000 strings of cash!
Each person received anywhere from a few coins to several hundred strings of cash.
The Wu Yun Ge, which was cobbled together from various sources, fell right into the hands of the Wen Yun Ge!
"Cough cough..."
Wei Shuyu coughed and picked up the paper and pen on the table: "I forgot to ask you to give me the house deed and land deed before. Let's write a transfer contract first."
"..."
Under Wei Shuyu's tyrannical power, Li Chongyi trembled as he wrote the agreement.
He could sense it...
The way the sons of military officers looked at him made them want to tear him to pieces.
"Alright, alright?"
After pressing his handprint, Li Chongyi said angrily.
Wei Shuyu blew on the ink and casually handed it to Cui Shenji...
"This matter has been resolved."
Wei Shuyu then looked at Li Tai: "What about those people downstairs..."
"I will handle this myself," Li Tai sneered.
“I am already deeply grateful to Your Highness Prince Wei for standing up for me, how could I possibly trouble you any further…”
"Actually, I wanted to do a promotion to appease the customers downstairs."
"I've heard that you are all committed to promoting commerce and development. Would you like to offer your support?" Wei Shuyu said with a smile.
You bastard!
Are you trying to rip us off?
Accepting bribes is completely different from extortion.
Hundreds of people were ripped off by Wei Shuyu...
What else can it prove besides that you're stupid?
"What, it's not okay?"
Wei Shuyu said unhappily, "Then you can go and appease the people yourselves."
"Then rumors will spread that you've rebelled..."
The son of a military officer twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Damn it, they're squeezing us dry!
"We're out of money."
Li Chongyi replied honestly, "It's all been invested in Wuyun Pavilion."
"It's alright, it's alright."
"As long as you have the will, there are always more solutions than problems."
As he spoke, Wei Shuyu pushed the paper and pen over again, then gestured with his lips, as if to say...
Sign it, IOU.
The sons of military officers were hesitant and unwilling to sign.
Finally, Wei Shuyu selected the three most energetic and lively people...
Li Chongyi, Li Siwen, and Cheng Huailiang each signed an IOU for 1,000 guan.
"You guys are really generous."
Wei Shuyu flicked the IOU with his finger, his face full of smiles.
Suddenly.
My gaze swept across the table and fell upon the wine pot.
Military generals all love to drink, so they were naturally prepared.
Wei Shuyu personally poured several glasses of wine...
"To express my gratitude for your generosity, I, Shuyu, will drink this first."
Just as I was about to drink it, a furious voice came from downstairs...
"Who is bullying my attendant!"
Li Chengqian arrived with overwhelming force...
When he saw Wei Shuyu toasting Li Tai and the others, he was instantly dumbfounded.
Offering a toast proactively...
Besides being impressed, will they also offer a toast?
His eyes widened in fury!
solitary……
Was it truly a case of misplaced trust?
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Everyone bowed in unison.
"Wei Shuyu, what are you doing?"
Li Chengqian pointed at Wei Shuyu and scolded him.
"Let's drink..."
Wei Shuyu replied indifferently.
drink wine?
Wei Shuyu's nonchalant tone sounded like contempt to Li Chengqian!
"You bastard!"
Li Chengqian was furious: "What are you sons of civil and military officials doing gathered together? Are you plotting a rebellion?"
Oh my god...
Even Li Chengqian noticed it.
It's easy to imagine how miscalculated Li Tai was this time.
"Would the Crown Prince like a cup too?" Wei Shuyu invited.
snort.
Li Chengqian flicked his sleeve: "I am ashamed to be associated with you!"
Then……
Then Li Chengqian left.
Wei Shuyu has already offered Qingque a toast, so why should I stay here and humiliate myself?
They truly came and went in a hurry.
"baffling!"
Wei Shuyu muttered something to himself, then turned to look at Li Tai and the others: "Why aren't you drinking? Aren't you giving me face?"
"..."
Just then, Xu Jingzong poured himself a glass of wine and came forward to greet him...
"Shuyu, look..."
However, Wei Shuyu didn't even glance at him!
Taking advantage of one's age and seniority.
Greedy and lustful.
Most importantly, even my dad doesn't like you, so you're definitely not a good person.
"Gentlemen, if there is nothing else, you may leave now."
"I also need to appease the people!"
After drinking it all in one gulp, Wei Shuyu began to chase people away.
Xu Jingzong held the wine glass, his face turning pale and then purple.
Finally, he smashed the wine glass on the table and stormed off.
I will remember this grudge!
Thus, the dispute over Wenwu Yunge came to an end.
As evening approached, just as Wei Shuyu was about to go home...
A group of portly merchants came forward to greet them.
The leader was a dark-skinned, strong man with calluses on his hands, clearly a trained fighter.
"We have met with Imperial Censor Wei."
"Fu Cheng greets Imperial Censor Wei!"
Wei Shuyu glanced at them and saw that many of them were wealthy merchants, whom he had met many times in Hu County.
"What brings you here together?"
Luo Dan has always been in charge of handling matters related to merchants.
Luo Dan will only come to him when things get out of control.
With so many merchants coming together, Wei Shuyu, as the person in charge of promoting commerce, naturally had to receive them.
"Imperial Censor Wei, I heard you're in charge of the pro-commerce issue?"
Fu Cheng clasped his hands in a fist salute, his voice sounding somewhat rough.
"Um."
Wei Shuyu nodded.
"So, does that mean that all merchants who encounter misfortune can appeal to you?" Fu Cheng asked again.
well.
This is going to be troublesome.
"Let's talk about what it is first," Wei Shuyu nodded.
"Are we merchants being bullied by foreign tribes?" Fu Cheng asked again.
Holy crap!
Wei Shuyu's lips twitched.
I haven't even managed to conquer Chang'an yet, and the entire Tang Dynasty is still a long way off...
You want me to manage foreign tribes?
Are you crazy, or am I crazy?
"Do you think I have the right to meddle in such matters?"
Wei Shuyu sighed.
no way.
This is something you can't boast about, nor can you take credit for.
Taking on such a task is like digging a hole for yourself.
If it's not handled well, we'll lose out among merchants in the future.
"Merchants from our Great Tang Dynasty abroad frequently encounter exploitation and plunder from other countries!"
"Merchants from the Tang Dynasty find it extremely difficult to move an inch when they are away from home!"
"Sometimes even small countries and vassal states dare to treat us badly!"
Fu Cheng and the merchants exchanged a glance, then clasped their hands in unison before Wei Shuyu: "We humbly request that Imperial Censor Wei report to His Majesty, advocating for the merchants and restarting the Silk Road!"
"The Silk Road..."
Wei Shuyu narrowed his eyes.
He was naturally aware of the Silk Road.
It was clear that the Tang Dynasty would definitely develop, but it would still need time...
The Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty.
The glorious Tang Dynasty was not just a legend!
“Imperial Censor Wei, if we look back over the past few years, we have suffered repeated losses on the Silk Road.”
"Especially when merchants traveled to places like Gaochang, Khotan, Shule, and Kucha, all of them never returned, and there was no news of them at all..."
Wei Shuyu listened quietly...
I intended to just brush it off like that.
But when he heard two of those words, his heart trembled violently!
Kucha?
As a soldier, he admired many armies, but when it came to the Tang Dynasty…
Only that one...
The whole city is filled with white hair, yet they wield their Tang swords until death!
At its peak, with only 20,000 troops, it intimidated more than 400 kingdoms in the Western Regions...
He has been stationed in this isolated city for over forty years!
After the An Lushan Rebellion broke out, they even sent soldiers back to reinforce Chang'an!
Finally, only the city of Kucha still flew the flag of the Tang Dynasty!
As the war drums sounded, the emaciated Anxi army, still fearless, launched a final charge against the enemy...
After the bloody battle, all the soldiers in the city died for their country, and not a single one surrendered!
If we were to ask who could represent the beliefs and peak fighting prowess of the Tang Dynasty soldiers…
It was neither Li Jing, the military genius of the Tang Dynasty, nor the invincible Xuanjia Army!
It was the iron-blooded Anxi Army!
People call it: The Last Glory of the Tang Dynasty...
Nothing else...
Just as a soldier.
Wei Shuyu wanted to do something for this future iron-blooded Anxi army...
"I'll take this job!"
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