Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 11: Earn Money If You Lose It

Li Yuanji felt much more relaxed after walking out of the Prince of Qin's Mansion. Although he gave up his face this time, he gained the money, food, weapons, war horses, and craftsmen needed by the army.

In Li Yuanji's opinion, this was well worth it. He had a clear distinction between face and life. Now he would let those who laughed at him run wild. When he arrived in Lingnan and developed it, he would make those who laughed at him come to beg him.

Even when Li Shimin came to power, the early Zhenguan period was not all smooth sailing. He went through a lot of hardships. By that time, his fiefdom might be even stronger than the Tang Dynasty. When that time comes, we will see who will laugh and who will cry.

Wearing tattered clothes, Li Yuanji did not wander around and went straight back home. However, when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw people in the palace busy coming in and out. When Li Yuanji walked in, everyone stopped.

"What are you doing? What's in the boxes you're carrying?"

Li Yuanji seemed intimidating without even getting angry. At this time, Yang Qingwan's maid who came with her dowry came up to Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, the princess sold all the dowry she brought with her. What she brought in now is all the money she got from the sales."

Li Yuanji felt a sudden pain in his heart when he heard this. He owed Yang Qingwan more and more. The scene before him stimulated Li Yuanji's heart even more. Now, he actually made his woman not only go back to her parents' home to ask for money and food for him, but also sell her dowry to help him.

The guilt in his heart continued to grow, causing him great torment and pain. He was obviously the King of Qi, but now it was a woman who held up half the sky of the palace.

Li Yuanji came to the small pavilion in the courtyard in a daze. He didn't know how he got here. At this moment, he just wanted to get drunk.

Asking someone to bring the wine, Li Yuanji took a sip. When he was about to pour more wine, he stopped and slapped himself again.

"Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji, your wife is helping you now, but you are drinking here. As a man, you should stand firm and never let such a thing happen again!"

Li Yuanji gritted his teeth, stood up and smashed the wine bottle into pieces. He also realized that now was not the time for him to be sad, nor was it the time to numb his heart by drinking.

What he had to do now was to speed up and set off for Lingnan as soon as possible, and then give Yang Qingwan a brand new life, and also a brand new life for himself.

At this moment, Li Yuanji was full of confidence, and his aura emanated from him, looking as if he was burning. Li Yuanji's heart was indeed very hot, and he believed that the future would definitely be as he imagined.

He broke free from the cage of Chang'an. He didn't want to die here, and he didn't want Yang Qingwan to be the same as in history. In this life, he would take care of Yang Qingwan.

Then Li Yuanji asked someone to call Xie Shufang. Now that he had money, he had to prepare what needed to be prepared. The money was prepared for him by Yang Qingwan by selling her dowry. He had to use all the money to build up a complete army.

After a while, Xie Shufang came to Li Yuanji.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Xie Shufang felt Li Yuanji's aura, and his military instinct told him that the king in front of him had really changed and was completely different from before.

Li Yuanji didn't know what Xie Shufang was thinking, and he looked at Xie Shufang with great satisfaction.

"Get up, you don't have to be like this in the future. I won't have so many rules here in the future. There is a lot of money in the palace now, all of which was earned by the princess selling her dowry. Later, you will keep two boxes and take the rest out. First, reward part of it to the soldiers of the army. Tell them that this money was earned by the princess selling her dowry.

They followed me and lived a hard life, so this money was my reward to them.

Then you can use the remaining money to buy military equipment and whatever you need. Although it is still not enough, the saint, the prince, and the King of Qin will send a batch of money, food, military equipment, and war horses later.

You prepare it, have someone receive it, and tell me as soon as you have completed the inventory."

Now that he finally had money, he spent it all. It would be a lie to say that Li Yuanji didn't feel bad, but there was nothing he could do. He knew very well that the army was the foundation of his life. He could be poor, but the army must not be poor, otherwise he would end up hurting himself.

After distributing the money, each person would not get much, but the significance of this was extraordinary, because it was a reward, a grace from Li Yuanji to the entire army, and they would work harder for him in the future.

Loyalty needs to be maintained. It is not just determined by status. When you can't even fill your own stomach and can't help your family, loyalty? That's just a joke. There are not so many loyal soldiers among the lower-level soldiers.

There are indeed many people who eat the emperor's food and share the emperor's worries, like Xie Shufang in front of him. But the low-level soldiers cannot be blamed too much, because they don't get much. He can only use these small favors to make the army more loyal to him.

Xie Shufang was shocked when he heard Li Yuanji's words. All this money came from Yang Qingwan selling her dowry, but Li Yuanji distributed it to the soldiers and used it to make military equipment. Xie Shufang was deeply moved.

Xie Shufang looked at Li Yuanji with a determined look.

"Please rest assured, my king. I will personally handle this matter. The money that your king rewards to the soldiers will be given to every soldier without a cent less. I will make sure that all the soldiers in the army know that your king values ​​them and is gracious to them!"

After hearing this, Li Yuanji was very satisfied. He was very confident in Xie Shufang's work. This was good. This was exactly the effect he wanted.

One cannot do good deeds without leaving a name behind. He must leave a name behind. Otherwise, how can these 22,000 people be loyal to him?

Then Li Yuanji smiled and said, "I'm relieved that you can do this. By the way, have you found Xi Junmai?"

Xie Shufang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, we haven't found it yet, but I have given the order to start looking, and I believe there will be results soon."

After knowing the progress, Li Yuanji did not push for it. He knew very well that this matter could not be rushed.

"Okay, you should do these things first. After you finish them, you should leave for Jizhou Wuyi immediately. We will set off within a month. We can't delay any longer. You should manage your time well. If you have any difficulties, come to me and I will find a way to solve them."

Xie Shufang agreed immediately, and then Li Yuanji gave him some more instructions and let Xie Shufang go.

Not long after, Yang Qingwan also returned to the palace.

(End of this chapter)