Chapter 302: Departure, to the borderland of Suzhou
Moreover, he also picked up a strategist who could refute the king.
He, Li Chengfeng, needs such talents.
Inside the Prince's Mansion, it was already dark.
In the courtyard, Changsun Wuyi clasped his fists and said to Li Chengfeng: "Excuse me, the Eighth Prince, what is your schedule tomorrow? Which county do you need to go to for inspection?"
"Well... I want to go to Suzhou!" Li Chengfeng's eyes lit up.
"What? Suzhou?"
"Ding, the surprise from Changsun Wuyi, the naughty value is 88!"
Changsun Wuyi looked at Li Chengfeng with confusion and said: "Eighth Prince, do you know that Suzhou is hundreds of miles away from us. If we just go there on foot, with our foot strength, at least we can
It will take three days and three nights!”
"Well, it doesn't matter, let's go by carriage!" Li Chengfeng said solemnly, looking very indifferent.
Changsun Wuyi frowned and said: "Eighth Prince, if you just go to inspect local officials to see if they have stolen food for disaster relief, I think that the Eighth Prince can start checking from the surrounding areas. As for the fringe areas of Suzhou,
It would be better to send a servant to take a look, the Eighth Prince does not need to leave in person!"
"Oh, are you stupid? Do you really think that this prince went to Suzhou just to inspect the public sentiment? You are overthinking, where am I going to make money!"
"Ah? Make money? Make money?"
"Ding, the surprise from Changsun Wuyi, the naughty value is 78!"
Changsun Wuyi still had a suspicious look on his face and said: "The Eighth Prince, Suzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou and other cities are basically bordered by Tubo to the south and Turks to the north. How can we make money in a place where there have been wars for years? And where?
The people are not rich either, and there are wars all year round, so there is not much money to be made from them, right?"
Changsun Wuyi frowned.
Li Chengfeng folded his hands on his chest and said, "I didn't say I wanted to make money from my own people. I'm going to make money from the Tibetan and Turkic people!"
"Oh? What do you mean, Eighth Prince?"
"Think about it, Changsun Wuyi. Now is the year of natural disasters. Not only our Tang Dynasty is suffering from drought, but also the Turkic and Tubo countries! Therefore, the food in their countries must be very expensive! Therefore, we use
Double the price, or even triple the price of food, will buy up all their food, creating a food monopoly. As a result, they will have no food to eat. At that time, we will resell the food we have.
The price has at least tripled!"
"More than three times? This, this is just like picking up money! The Eighth Prince!"
Changsun Wuyi looked at Li Chengfeng very excitedly.
He knew that he was not with the wrong person.
Normally, no one else would dare to have such an idea, but not only did the Eighth Prince have it, he was about to do it right away.
Because Li Chengfeng knew that droughts did not happen every year, but this year was the only one with severe drought and food shortages. When the weather is good next year, Li Chengfeng might not be able to use the funds on hand to monopolize food in the Turkic and Tibetan border areas.
But don't forget, where are they going to fight?
As a frontier soldier, how can you have the strength to fight if you don't have enough food?
So as long as they are willing to sell the grain they have, Li Chengfeng will definitely have a way to sell it at a higher price.
Li Chengfeng continued: "Changsun Wuyi, I think you know the bet between me and my father. If I lose, then I will lose all the money I have, but I, Li Chengfeng, don't want to be a pauper, so
Come to the Prince's Mansion early tomorrow, and we'll set off early, don't let Wei Zheng follow us, do you understand?"
"Okay, Eighth Prince, I know what to do!"
"Well, in addition, you can't talk about this matter to anyone, otherwise if my father finds out, he will definitely be greedy for the money I have!"
"Don't worry, Eighth Prince, I am on the same side as you now, and I will never do anything to betray you!"
"Okay, then we'll set off tomorrow!"
"good!"
…
Li Chengfeng and Changsun Wuyi made an appointment to leave tomorrow.
Before dawn the next day, Changsun Wuyi prepared two carriages and arrived at the gate of the Zhenwang Mansion.
Li Chengfeng also woke up from his sleep, and then ordered the guards in the backyard of the Zhenwang Mansion to move all the gold in the backyard to the car.
Eunuch Wu saw that Li Chengfeng was so mobilizing troops, so Eunuch Wu quickly asked: "Eighth Prince, what are you doing with so much gold so early in the morning?"
Li Chengfeng raised his head and glanced at Eunuch Wu, and said: "It's none of your business, just go and have fun and don't worry about what I'm going to do!"
"Ah? Eighth Prince, you, you have to give me a reason so that I can explain to the emperor! If you go out for several days and don't come back, I will lose my head!"
"Okay, okay, if the emperor asks where I have been, just say that I went to get gold to do good deeds!"
"Then where are you going to do good deeds, Eighth Prince?"
"Don't ask, you just don't know!"
Li Chengfeng tried his best to fool Eunuch Wu because he didn't want Li Shimin, Wei Zheng and others to know what he was doing.
Not even Wu Xu and Li Lizhi told him.
Li Chengfeng originally planned to make money by reselling grain by himself this time, but now he has Sun Wuyi, the commander of the Kotou Army, which is not bad.
At least Changsun Wuyi's ideas are advanced and his IQ is very good. Coupled with his fluent eloquence, he is also very good when used as his own strategist.
…
"Eighth Prince, are you ready?" Changsun Wuyi shouted softly from the carriage.
"Okay, let's go!" Li Chengfeng made an OK gesture.
Although Changsun Wuyi has never heard the word ok, he is very smart and knows that it means everything is done and everything is ok.
So Changsun Wuyi drove off in person, with Li Chengfeng sitting in the car, followed by a carriage filled with gold.
The people along the way set off in great numbers, leaving Eunuch Wu standing at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, looking up at him with a face filled with tears.
At this moment, Eunuch Wu really wanted to die.
Why does the eighth prince run away from home so often? This time, he also took all the gold away, and he didn't know what he was going to do. How should I give an explanation to the emperor?
"well……"
Eunuch Wu sighed heavily.
…
In the blink of an eye, the sky turned white. When Li Chengfeng and Changsun Wuyi were walking ahead, they suddenly encountered a dense and vast army.
Changsun Wuyi was frightened for a moment and said hurriedly: "Eighth Prince, something bad is going on. There is a mysterious army ahead. I don't know which army it is?"
Li Chengfeng poked his little head out of the window of the carriage, looked at the approaching army, then shook his little head and said: "It's okay, it's okay, that's my prince's 3,000 black armor troops! I sent them to escort us.
Chapter completed!