Chapter 93 The collection of traitorous princes

I have long heard that Hou Junji and Zaterk colluded, but there has been no evidence. If this can be used to bring down Hou Junji, it will be a good thing for Li Xiang.

"Then seize the time to say it. You still have life after you finish talking. While I'm interested now, tell me everything you know. If I'm no longer interested later, even if you name me the king of heaven, today you Just like death."

As Li Xiang spoke, he wiped Zaterk's face with a dagger. Although it did not cause any substantial damage, when the cold and biting feeling came over, Zaterk was frightened in his heart. pole.

Although this guy was born in a nation of warriors, as a prince, he lived in fine clothes and fine food since he was a child. The more such a person is, the more afraid of death he is. Although he acted very strong before, it is because he has not faced death. At this moment When faced with death, such people are the first to betray.

"I have many farms and shops throughout Datang, which I bought to collect rent. All my property deeds are in the farms outside the city. Since I came to Chang'an ten years ago, I have I keep deducting money from these businessmen, and if they don’t give me any benefits, I will send people to scare them..."

The guy tremblingly began to explain that it turned out that the money here was only a small part. In the past ten years, in order to accumulate enough wealth, he could be said to have done everything he could. Among the businessmen he blackmailed , some are merchants from Tuyuhun, some are merchants from Tang Dynasty who went to Tuyuhun, and some Tibetan merchants...

This guy told Li Xiang while asking his men to collect it. He really didn't realize that this guy was really rich.

Li Xiang originally thought that he was a landlord, with 40,000 to 50,000 acres of land in his hands, but this guy was more powerful than him. He found many people to help him name his name. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, Hu people were not allowed to buy in the Tang Dynasty. Land, so he started to find people in the Tang Dynasty. This guy bought tens of thousands of acres of land around Chang'an City alone. If you want to count the hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the entire Datang Dynasty, he is a real big landowner. .

In addition, there are many shops bought to collect rent. This can be said to be the safest way to make money in this era. As long as this kid has money in his hands, he will invest it all in the fields and shops.

It took a full ten minutes for this guy to explain his assets clearly. Li Xiang was sighing next to him. This guy was a child ten years ago, and he had already started thinking about making money at that time. He was really thoughtful, but It's all ours now.

"Your Highness, I made a rough estimate. All assets must add up to at least 1.5 million yuan."

According to what this guy said, Qian Ping started to calculate from the side. He was really capable. He had accumulated this amount of money in ten years, which was pretty much it.

"Please spare my life. I have a bad life. I have given you everything I have. If it's not enough, I can still write back and ask for money."

This guy was like a dog at the moment, completely without the ability he had before. Li Xiang also understood in his heart that as long as he let go of that mentality, it would not be so easy to pick it up again.

"Tell me about you and Hou Junji."

The blackmailing matter has come to an end for the time being. Li Xiang knows that this boy must not have told everything, but Li Xiang is now more curious about Hou Junji.

Because there is absolutely no way for Crown Princess Li Xiang to reconcile with Hou Junji, and the emperor also wanted to deal with Hou Junji, but he never had the chance. Now if we can find news from him, it will be considered a disguised form. Helped.

"Back then, Hou Junji was stationed on the southwest border and had various trade dealings with us. As long as we gave enough money, he could sell me anything, including salt and iron..."

After hearing this, Li Xiang became very angry. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, salt and iron were important things and could never be left outside, especially to the surrounding nomadic peoples.

Tuyuhun's smelting technology is relatively backward, and salt and iron are relatively scarce within the territory. The Tang Dynasty court only gives them a certain share every year to control the quantity they have. This is also a means for the Tang Dynasty to maintain peace on the border. If Hou Junji If you sell it to them privately and let them have sufficient reserves, then they will have the ability to say no to Datang. This is a capital crime.

"After returning to the capital, Hou Junji still had his minions within the army. I spent 150,000 yuan to buy the garrison map of the southwest border..."

After hearing this, Li Xiang kicked the guy angrily. Hou Junji had gone too far. If he was still greedy for money when buying and selling things before, now he directly informed others of the military deployment on the southwest border. Fortunately, Tuyuhun is not strong. If Tuyuhun is strong enough, our southwest border may be breached at any time.

Sold for 150,000 yuan...

Hou Junji is really capable...

Of course, Li Xiang doesn't like this money, but for Hou Junji, this may be a huge sum of money. In fact, it is a huge sum of money for all major families.

"General Hou has to have a hand in all our goods that go to Datang, and he takes a commission every time. This is also General Hou's request. If you don't agree, you won't get the defense card. picture……"

Li Xiang knew that things were not that simple. In addition to Hou Junji's one-time request for money, commissions were also a major source of income. The annual transactions between the two countries were at least in the millions, even if it was a small percentage of commissions. This money is too much.

"Your Highness, the annual expenses of the Hou Mansion are not that high. This money..."

Qian Ping interjected. As the eunuch manager of the East Palace, he had frequent contacts with Hou Junji's family in the past. Naturally, he also knew some of the expenses of Hou Junji's family. If this matter was reported to If you go up there, you might be able to implicate the prince. After all, Hou Junji helped the prince to rebel in the past. Isn't this the money?

Thinking of that cheap daddy Li Xiang, he didn't dare to make a dent in his heart. After all, in history, Li Chengqian rebelled, and Hou Junji was the main figure. If such a thing really happened, he might be implicated.

Thinking of this, Li Xiang asked someone to take Zaturk with him. As for the remaining dilapidated building, just burn it clean. Officials will be coming soon, so go back and ask your father first...