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- Chapter 654: [Store private soldiers]
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"Hoarding private soldiers is something that is easily suspicious for a person of the prince's status.
After hearing what Concubine Yin said, Su Mi and Xiao Chen's faces suddenly turned pale.
Li Chengqian was also stunned. He only bought prisoners of war as slaves to dig coal in the coal mines. How come Concubine Yin said he was going to rebel? This mouth can talk nonsense!
The queen looked at Li Chengqian in a panic, her eyes full of anxiety.
She saw the faces of Su Mi and Xiao Chen and knew that Li Chengqian had really bought the prisoners of war. She couldn't help but feel cold. Concubine Yin revealed this. Regardless of whether Li Chengqian bought the prisoners of war not for rebellion, but for other purposes. What, Li Chengqian will be peeled off by Lao Li this time!
"What's a little strange to her is, why did her son just be stunned for a moment and not panic anymore?"
Even if he has a clear conscience and has not done anything rebellious, the issue of prisoners of war is very troublesome to explain. Why is he not nervous at all?
At this time, the queen was nervous, but she did not dare to stand up and speak first. This would incur Lao Li's anger. She needed to stand up at a critical moment, whether it was at a turning point or when she finally saved her son's life. .
The whip in his hand trembled slightly, and it seemed to be stained with Concubine Yin¡¯s blood! After listening to Concubine Yin's words, Lao Li did not move. He asked in a low voice: "Cheng Qian, is this the case?"
Everyone felt the pressure from Lao Li's voice.
Li Chengqian replied in a steady voice: "No. Father! My son has never done anything rebellious or disobedient!"
When Lao Li opened his mouth, he asked directly if there was such a thing. There was nothing mentioned here. But Li Chengqian knew that he was asking whether he had rebelled, not whether he had bought prisoners of war. So he quickly denied it!
"You are telling lies. You clearly purchased prisoners of war from several generals and kept them on the Black Gold Mountain!" Concubine Yin shouted with her bloody fingers.
"Snapped!"
Lao Li casually whipped her with a whip, which made Concubine Yin scream again, and then she was so frightened that she didn't dare to speak anymore!
"Then did you buy prisoners of war?" Lao Li took back his whip and asked Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian¡¯s voice was still steady: ¡°Father, what I bought was not a prisoner of war, but a slave!¡±
"Ha!" Concubine Yin sneered, feeling ridiculous about Li Chengqian's childish behavior of changing concepts. She suddenly thought of Lao Li's whip and quickly shut up!
Lao Li turned his head. Looking at Li Chengqian, his eagle-like eyes were full of sharpness and asked: "Why do you want to buy it?"
"Because they have to dig coal, they all put it on Black Gold Mountain to dig coal!" Li Chengqian replied still calmly.
He explained: "The cement plant needs fire to burn cement, so I found a coal mine. At first, I used the left and right guards of the East Palace to dig coal, but this hard work cannot always be done by the left and right guards, so I started Buying slaves in Chang'an. But there is always a shortage of manpower. And there are too many people coming to me for cement from all aspects. The supply of cement is now in short supply, so I can only find slaves to dig coal. Recently I heard that many slaves have come to Songzhou , so he bought them back to dig coal. The soldiers led by the left and right guards were guarding there, not afraid that these slaves would cause trouble."
Speaking of cement, Lao Li was somewhat impressed.
"Your Majesty. Even if you kill my concubine, you still have to say it!" Concubine Yin spoke again, "He is looking for an excuse. Whoever rebels does not find a good excuse before. He buys slaves. He has the intention to rebel. !¡±
Lao Li did not slap the concubine this time. He took a step in the direction of Li Chengqian. Just a small step made people feel endless pressure.
He asked: "Do you really just want to dig coal?"
Li Chengqian responded: "Yes!"
When Lao Li wanted to continue questioning him, Li Chengqian first said: "Father, maybe you will continue to have doubts, but my situation has not been made clear to you. In fact, my Black Gold Mountain slave does not belong to me alone. Originally I wanted to buy them all, but someone tricked me!"
Old Li was thinking deeply about Li Chengqian's purchase of so many prisoners of war. When he heard him say this, he couldn't help but be startled. Who would cheat him?
Why did you trick him?
Li Chengqian¡¯s words suddenly turned the dull atmosphere of rebellion to the incident of being cheated.
"Why are you being cheated? Tell me clearly!" Lao Li shouted.
"That's Uncle Li Jing." Li Chengqian shrugged and said.
Old Li frowned. Could it be that Li Chengqian had colluded with Li Jing? "What did he cheat on you for?"
"He cheated on my number of prisoners of war!" Li Chengqian smiled bitterly.
Lao Li raised his chin slightly and asked, "Why?"
"Speaking of this, let's not talk about cement. A few days ago, I told Uncle Li that cement can build a stronger house. Even if the people under his Gunpowder Bureau failed, they don't have to be like wood. Houses with structural structures will fall down with a blast. So Uncle Li went to the cement factory to ask for cement. It was really easy to use, so he wanted to use cement more in his subordinates' buildings, but he said I The price of cement is too high and they want me to lower the price. This matter has been going on for several days, but I need manpower and material resources, so the price cannot be lowered." When Li Chengqian said this, he looked angry.
Lao Li didn¡¯t react.
At this time, the queen's eyes showed a look of thinking.
Li Chengqian continued: "Manpower is needed for coal mining recently. It happened that the prisoners of war from Songzhou could be used to dig coal. I asked Lao Zeng to contact the generals. The result was good. A general named Xi Junmai happily took the prisoners. After selling it to me, he had to contact other generals to sell the prisoners of war, because he heard that they also had headaches for these prisoners of war. They didn¡¯t know how to farm and could only eat food, so they were all willing to give it to me! But I didn¡¯t expect that Uncle Li would A pole has been inserted across the board!"
Everyone became curious, why did Li Jing get so involved?
Xiao Chen and Su Mi looked at each other. They didn't even know about this. What's going on?
"As you may have guessed, Uncle Li asked for a reduction in the price of cement, so he used his identity to tell the generals who were about to sell the prisoners of war to me that they could not sell the prisoners of war to me. I don't know if it was Xi Jun who was telling the truth. Regarding loyalty and credit, he was released deliberately by Uncle Li. His family¡¯s prisoners of war are still sold to me, and the prisoners of war of other generals are gone! He said that Uncle Li had something to tell me, and as long as the price of cement is reduced for him, he will Let me go!"
Li Chengqian¡¯s face suddenly changed from bitter to angry: ¡°How is this possible? This is cement that I produced with a lot of manpower and material resources. How could it be exploited by an old monster like Uncle Li?¡±
Li Jingde is highly respected by everyone. If he heard that Li Chengqian was called an old man, I don¡¯t know what his expression would be!
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