Chapter 37 Take all the money you can!Xiangyang City. After Li Xingyun and his party left Yuzhou, they headed north to Xiangyang. After getting the news from Shangguan Yunque, Li Xingyun met up with Shangguan Yunque and Wen Tao in Xiangyang City. Wen Tao was of great use to Li Xingyun, and the sooner this man's skills were used, the better. This was also the reason why Li Xingyun was willing to wait for Wen Tao for two days on the way to Luoyang. At Yuelai Inn, Li Xingyun was carefully looking at a secret letter at the table. Ji Ruxue, who was standing next to him, looked a little unhappy. The secret letter from the empress had arrived, but before she could even read it, it was snatched away by Li Xingyun. Looking at the person in front of her, Ji Ruxue gritted her teeth. What a guy who had turned the tables. She was originally a killer left by the empress to monitor Li Xingyun, but now she seemed to have become a messenger between Li Xingyun and the empress. It is not easy to defeat the enemy. Although I am not talented, I am willing to share your worries. I hope your Highness will take care of yourself... Li Xingyun savored the last few words of the secret letter. If it were in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it would be just a daily conversation between the monarch and his subjects. But now is the time, the chaotic world, and it is a conversation between a local prince and the orphan of Li Tang. Li Xingyun couldn't help but smile, "The empress is indeed qualitatively different from Li Maozhen." "What do you mean?" Ji Ruxue looked at Li Xingyun who was smiling. She always felt that there was too much hidden in this guy's smile. "You will know it in the future." Li Xingyun was mysterious and didn't intend to say more. He and his brother-in-law were going to have a fight if they were late. By then, Ji Ruxue would understand what he meant. While the two were talking, a shrill voice came from outside the room, "You, you must behave yourself when you meet His Highness. His Highness is not like those idiots of the Xuanming Sect who can be fooled by you. Our His Highness is wise and mighty!" The voice came before the person arrived. Li Xingyun knew without thinking that Shangguan Yunque had returned. "Shangguan, stop standing at the door and talking. Xiangyang is Zhu Wen's territory. Come in quickly." Li Xingyun raised his hand and a golden internal force suddenly pushed the door open, revealing Shangguan Yunque who was standing outside the door with a look of shock on his face. Behind Shangguan Yunque was a middle-aged man in a purple robe and a mask. If Li Xingyun guessed correctly, this man was Wen Tao. "Oh, Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a few days. Your skills have greatly improved. I'm afraid that I won't be your opponent in a while." Shangguan Yunque was amazed and glared at Ji Ruxue. Why is this woman from Huanyinfang still following His Highness? "The bad guy Wen Tao greets His Highness!" Wen Tao knelt on one knee, and the surprised look on his face instantly disappeared, giving people a feeling of calmness and restraint.
"I'll step aside for a moment." Ji Ruxue said this with great tact and left the room with the secret letter from the empress. When she passed by Shangguan Yunque, Shangguan Yunque looked at her complacently, as if to say that you and I are different in terms of closeness to His Highness. Li Xingyun looked at Shangguan Yunque helplessly. This guy was good in every way except that he loved to be jealous, although Li Xingyun didn't know what he was jealous of. "Thank you for your hard work." After comforting Shangguan Yunque, Li Xingyun looked at Wen Tao and smiled, "Shangguan thinks highly of you and is generous in praising your ability to locate tombs and find people. Tell me, is there any tomb in the world that you can't find?" Wen Tao obviously didn't expect Li Xingyun to speak so directly. After a pause, he bowed and said, "Your Highness, I have inherited the complete tomb-raiding skills. I am confident that I can find 90% of the tombs in the world." Speaking of the tomb-robbing lieutenant, Li Xingyun thought of novels like "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and the famous wife-loving Prime Minister Cao. This man can be said to be the ancestor of all tomb robbers. In order to supplement the military pay, Cao Cao robbed tombs on a large scale and even set up an army specifically responsible for tomb robbing. This is how the rank of tomb-robbing lieutenant came into being. "Ninety percent?" Li Xingyun glanced at Wen Tao and suddenly asked out of nowhere, "How many years has it been since the Bad People received their salary?" "Salary?" When this sentence came out, not only Wen Tao was stunned, but even Shangguan Yunque was stunned. They hadn't heard the word salary for many years. "Shangguan, you say." After Li Xingyun finished speaking, Shangguan Yunque frowned and said, "Your Highness, since the Marshal issued the order to disband the Bad People, all the Bad People have no salary to receive. All mission funds are allocated by the Marshal. For Bad People like me who often go on missions, it's okay. We will have enough food and clothing, but some Bad People who carry out long-term undercover missions can only be self-sufficient. In recent years, many Bad People have their own livelihoods, running businesses while carrying out missions." Of course, Shangguan Yunque didn't say that the Marshal didn't have much money. The money spent every year to maintain such a large intelligence assassin organization as the Bad People was an astronomical figure. "So, we are very short of money. Thank you for your hard work. I, Li Xingyun, will never treat you unfairly in the future." Li Xingyun changed the subject and looked at Wen Tao, "Then Wen Tao, you should know what to do now, right?" Although it is somewhat immoral, it is indeed a means of making money. Before the Longquan treasure was unearthed, Li Xingyun had no source of money, so he could only resort to this last resort. As for the Longquan treasure, there would naturally be no shortage of treasures that exhausted the wealth of the late Tang Dynasty, but the Longquan treasure was buried in the Salt Lake in Jin, Shanxi, which was Li Keyong's territory. Even if Li Xingyun opened the Longquan treasure now, he would not be able to transport the mountains of gold and silver out of Shanxi without alerting Li Keyong. "Your Highness?" Wen Tao's eyes suddenly brightened up. Stealing a tomb secretly and robbing a tomb under orders were two completely different things. Wen Tao then said, "Whatever your Highness commands, I will obey!" Li Xingyun put his left hand on Wen Tao's shoulder and said calmly, "I want you to raise an army, an army that specializes in tomb robbing. Only take the money in the tomb, and don't destroy the body of the tomb owner. Go ahead and do it. The Bad People will fully support you." Wen Tao's eyes brightened when he heard this. He had been to many big tombs, but no matter how capable he was, he could not bring much out. Now that he had an army under him, the situation was completely different. He even dared to make a bold statement that he could open 99% of the tombs in the world! At this moment, Li Xingyun's next words made Wen Tao reach orgasm on the spot. "You can take money from any tomb of anyone in the world! Including the Li family of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Xingyun gritted his teeth and said this crazy statement. The originally calm Wen Tao was stunned. His Highness ordered the excavation of his ancestor's tomb? Isn't this too cruel? Li Xingyun didn't want to do such a thing unless it was absolutely necessary, but he had no choice. He really had no money. He had no family to support him and no one gave him money and food. He was also helpless. Although he had a group of loyal subordinates, it was far from enough to rely on the bad guys to dominate the world. Nine out of ten Han tombs were empty, and the Five Barbarians of the Jin Dynasty plundered the Central Plains again. Li Xingyun was reluctant to take the burial objects of his Li ancestors, so it was better not to rob the tomb. The chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was not just due to the frequent changes of emperors. The monetary system was even more chaotic. This was because the local princes held the right to sell salt and iron and mint coins in their own territories. As a result, coins of various weights and materials appeared one after another. The monetary system of this era can be described as a chaos of demons. In Yuzhou in Shu, Li Xingyun discovered several kinds of currency, such as Yongping Tongbao and Tongzheng Yuanbao. But when he arrived in Xiangyang in Liang, people only recognized Kaiping Tongbao and old Tang coins. These privately minted coins by the princes and coins minted during the Tang Dynasty were mixed and circulated in the world, making the whole world even more chaotic.
If Li Xingyun wants to conquer his own territory, he must build his own monetary system. Using other people's currency will only lead him to be led by the nose by others. Whether it is preparing for a rainy day or using any means necessary, Li Xingyun has no choice now! "Your Highness, please think twice." Shangguan Yunque said nervously at this time, "If this matter is discovered, Your Highness will be cursed for eternity!" Li Xingyun let out a long breath and smiled. He spread his hands and said, "I'm going to die anyway, so what's the point of leaving so much money? My crime is in this life, but my merit will be in the future. Let future generations curse me. Instead of burying the money in the ground and letting future generations take it, it's better to use it to restore our prosperous Tang Dynasty now!" …… (Thanks to the reward from the destroyer passing by the world, thank you brother!) (End of this chapter)