Chapter 654: [Stopping Private Soldiers]

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Hoarding private soldiers is an easy thing for people with the status of the prince.

After hearing what Yin Fei said, Su Mi and Xiao Chen's face turned pale.

Li Chengqian was also stunned. He bought prisoners of war just as slaves to dig coal in the coal mine. Why did he get into Yin Fei's mouth and want to rebel? This mouth is a nonsense!

The queen looked at Li Chengqian in a panic, her eyes full of anxiety.

After seeing the faces of Su Mi and Xiao Chen, she knew that Li Chengqian had really bought prisoners of war. She couldn't help but feel cold. This was exposed by Yin Fei. No matter whether Li Chengqian bought prisoners of war, it was not for rebellion, but for anything else, Li Chengqian would be skinned by Lao Li this time!

But what she was a little strange was that why did her son just be stunned for a moment and no longer panic?

Even if he had a clear conscience and did not do anything to rebel, the issue of prisoners of war was very troublesome to explain. Why was he not nervous at all?

At this time, the queen was nervous, but she didn't dare to stand up and speak first. This would cause Lao Li's anger. She needed to stand up again at the critical moment, whether it was at the turning point or at the end of protecting her son's life.

The whip in his hand trembled gently, and it seemed that there was blood from Yin Fei! After hearing Yin Fei's words, Old Li did not move. He asked in a low voice: "Chengqian, is there any such thing?"

Everyone felt the pressure from Lao Li's voice.

Li Chengqian replied in a calm voice: "No. Father! My son has never done anything to rebel and disobey!"

Old Li said something and asked directly if there was any such thing. Nothing was said here. But Li Chengqian could know whether there was a rebellion, rather than whether there was a prisoner of war. So he quickly denied it!

"You are telling lies. You have bought prisoners of war from several generals and stocked them up on the Black Gold Mountain!" Yin Fei stretched out her bloody finger and shouted.

"Bang!"

Old Li whipped her casually, making Yin Fei scream again, and then she was so scared that she dared not speak again!

"Then do you buy prisoners of war?" Old Li took back his whip and asked Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian's voice was still stable: "Father, what I bought was not a prisoner of war, but a slave!"

"Ha!" Yin Fei sneered, feeling ridiculous about Li Chengqian's childish behavior of changing concepts. She suddenly thought of Lao Li's whip and quickly shut up!

Old Li turned his head and looked at Li Chengqian, his eagle-like eyes were full of sharpness, and he asked, "Why do you want to buy it?"

"Because they were going to dig coal, they all put them on the Black Gold Mountain to dig coal!" Li Chengqian replied in a hurry.

He explained: "If the cement factory wants to burn cement, it needs fire, so I found a coal mine. At the beginning, I used the left and right guards to dig coal with the left and right guards in the East Palace. But this chore cannot be done by the left and right guards, so I started to buy slaves in Chang'an. However, there has been a shortage of manpower. Moreover, there are too many cements to find me in all aspects. Cement is now in short supply, so I can only find slaves to dig coal. Recently, I heard that many slaves came to Songzhou, so I 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 if there were too many of these slaves."

When it comes to cement, Lao Li has some impression.

"Your Majesty. Even if you beat me to death, I will say it!" Yin Fei said again, "He is making excuses. Whoever rebelled was not looking for a good excuse before. He bought slaves. He was just thinking of rebellion!"

Old Li did not pull the Yin Concubine this time. He took a step towards Li Chengqian. Just a small step made people feel endless pressure.

He asked, "You really just want to dig coal?"

Li Chengqian replied: "Yes!"

When Old Li wanted to continue questioning him, Li Chengqian said first: "Father, maybe you will continue to doubt it, but my situation has not been clearly explained to you. In fact, my Black Gold Mountain slave is not my own. I originally wanted to buy it all, but someone cheated me!"

Old Li was thinking about Li Chengqian buying so many prisoners of war. When he heard him say this, he was stunned. Who would cheat him?

What did he do to cheat him?

Li Chengqian's words made the originally dull rebellious atmosphere suddenly turn into the incident of being cheated.

"What are you cheated? Let me explain it clearly!" Old Li shouted.

"It's Uncle Li Jing." Li Chengqian shrugged and said.

Old Li frowned, did Li Chengqian already collude with Li Jing? "What did he cheat on you?"

"He cheated on me!" Li Chengqian smiled bitterly.

Old Li raised his chin slightly and asked, "Why?"

"To put it in terms of cement, I told Uncle Li a few days ago that cement can build a stronger house. Even if the experiment failed, the people under his gunpowder bureau would not have to be knocked down like a wooden house. So Uncle Li went to the cement factory to ask for cement. This use is indeed easy to use, so he wanted to use cement more to his subordinates' buildings, but he said that the price of cement was too high and asked me to reduce the price. This matter has been going on for several days, but I need manpower and material resources, and the price will never be reduced." Li Chengqian said this with anger.

Lao Li didn't react.

The queen's eyes showed a thoughtful look at her.

Li Chengqian continued: "The coal mining needs manpower recently. The prisoners of war from Songzhou can be used to dig coal. I asked Lao Zeng to contact the generals. As a result, a general named Xi Junpeng sold the prisoners to me very easily. He also had to contact other generals to sell the prisoners to him. Because they heard that they were also having a headache for these prisoners of war, and they could not farm and only eat food, so they were willing to give it to me! But unexpectedly, Uncle Li was stuck in a mess!"

Everyone was curious, how could Li Jing get into a slight stumbling?

Xiao Chen and Su Mi looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on. What was going on?

"You have guessed it. Uncle Li asked him to reduce the price of cement, so he told the generals who were preparing to sell the prisoners of war to me in his capacity, saying that the prisoners of war could not be sold to me. I don't know if it was Xi Jun's sales really made up for loyalty and credit, or if he was unwilling to let him go, but his family's prisoners of war were still sold to me, and the other generals' prisoners of war were gone! He said Uncle Li had something to pass to me, and as long as cement was reduced to him, he would put people to me!"

Li Chengqian's face suddenly became angry from his bitter face: "How is this possible? This is all cement produced by me with a lot of manpower and material resources. How could it be exploited by Uncle Li, the old lady demon?"

Li Jingde was highly respected. If he heard that Li Chengqian had actually called an old lady, I don’t know what his expression would be!
Chapter completed!