The waste prince is so fierce

"You only led the troops on the expedition for three days, and you spent a full three thousand strings of cash. Where did you spend all that money?"

"All expenses are recorded. If you want to see them, just look them up yourself."

"If Sir Xiao is alright, I will take my leave first. The county governor has summoned you."

Without waiting for Xiao Changsheng's response, Wang Li turned and left the tent.

"That's unreasonable!"

Xiao Changsheng was so angry that he punched the wooden table next to him, making a big hole.

"Master Xiao, don't be angry. This kind of small character is not worth your anger."

Li Quan said this and walked into the tent.

Seeing Li Quan coming, Xiao Changsheng tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Your Highness!"

Although Li Quan had already known the whole story outside the tent, he still pretended to be ignorant and asked:

"That deputy county lieutenant Wang Li, has he gotten into trouble again?"

"Not only did this man abuse his soldiers, he also withheld their pay. What's even more frightening is that he was corrupt and perverted the law."

"In less than three days of leading troops out of the city to suppress the bandits, he has already squandered three thousand strings of military funds. He is truly a scum in my Wuwei County army!"

Xiao Changsheng replied indignantly.

After hearing what Xiao Changsheng said, Li Quan felt confused.

"Brother Xiao is the military commander of Wuwei County and his direct superior. Can't you deal with him?"

Li Quan knew very well that there were many people like Wang Li in every dynasty in history.

But now Liangzhou is his territory, so he naturally cannot tolerate such scum acting arrogantly in his own territory.

Faced with Li Quan's doubts, Xiao Changsheng shook his head helplessly.

"Your Highness, you don't know that although Wang Li's crimes are notorious, he has a powerful force behind him. Even if I want to touch him, I can't do anything."

Although Xiao Changsheng did not say it explicitly, Li Quan knew it very well. The force he was referring to was the interest group headed by Zhao Wang, the prefect of Wuwei County.

Wang Li was actually Zhao Wang's spy planted in the army to monitor Xiao Changsheng.

Zhao Wang naturally would not easily let Xiao Changsheng take action against Wang Li.

Seeing that Xiao Changsheng was upset about Wang Li's affairs, Li Quan waved his hand.

"Forget it, let's not talk about Wang Li."

Hearing Li Quan's words, Xiao Changsheng immediately understood.

"I wonder what is the matter with your visit to the camp this time? Are you planning to re-select the soldiers? I will lead the way for you right away."

Xiao Changsheng mistakenly thought that Li Quan had learned of Wang Li's return, so he came to replace the palace soldiers selected last time.

"No, no, Brother Xiao misunderstood."

"I came here today for an important matter, but it is not to select palace soldiers."

"Then His Highness is..."

Xiao Changsheng looked at Li Quan in confusion.

"This is why I came here."

As Li Quan spoke, he took Xiao Changsheng's sword from the shelf.

Seeing this action, Xiao Changsheng immediately understood Li Quan's intention.

"Your Highness, you are here for the equipment of the palace soldiers, right? But the county governor has already given the order."

"The Qi Wangfu soldiers are His Highness's private armed forces and do not belong to the Wuwei Army. Therefore, their weapons and equipment cannot be transferred from the Wuwei Army."

Xiao Changsheng looked embarrassed.

Although he was in charge of military affairs, he had Zhao Wang, the county governor, above him.

Zhao Wang strictly ordered that no equipment should be allocated from the Wuwei army to Li Quan, and Li Quan did not dare to disobey.

Seeing Xiao Changsheng's guilty look, Li Quan said gently:

"Brother Xiao, you misunderstood. I did come to you to equip you with weapons, but I don't want to transfer them from the Wuwei Army."

"I only hope that Brother Xiao can introduce me to the most famous swordsmith and armor maker in Wuwei County. I will handle the rest myself."

"Your Highness plans to forge your own weapons and armor?"

Xiao Changsheng asked.

"What's wrong?"

"No, Your Highness is the King of Qi appointed by His Majesty himself and in charge of Liangzhou. Naturally, you have the right to forge weapons and armor."

According to the laws of Dakang, anyone who privately casts weapons and armor will be charged with treason.

Despite this, this rule does not seem to apply to Li Quan.

After all, the central government has already granted the princes the power to manage their own private armies, and the right to forge weapons and armor was naturally also granted to them.

"However, the funds required to forge weapons and armor are quite considerable. If Your Highness needs anything, you still need to prepare in advance."

Considering that the equipment costs for the Qi Wang Mansion’s soldiers could not be paid from the Wuwei Army, Xiao Changsheng looked at Li Quan and reminded him.

"It's okay, Brother Xiao, just lead me there."

"Okay, today the swordsmith happens to visit the camp, so I will take you there to find out what's going on."

After agreeing to Li Quan's request, Xiao Changsheng walked out of the tent with him.

After zigzagging through the camp in the north of the city, the two soon arrived at the ordnance department.

"Master Xiao!"

Seeing Xiao Changsheng coming, the four guards immediately stood up respectfully.

"Open the door."

"As ordered!"

Entering the armory, Li Quan saw the room full of armory.

Liangzhou borders the Huang tribe and is often invaded by Huang tribe cavalry, so the military equipment reserves in Wuwei County are extremely rich.

After passing through several rooms, Li Quan and Xiao Changsheng arrived at the deepest room.

"Your Highness, here is the top-notch weapon meticulously crafted by the swordsmith."

After hearing Xiao Changsheng's introduction, Li Quan picked up a long sword that was flashing with cold light.

As soon as he picked it up, Li Quan felt its heavy weight.

After looking at it carefully, he slowly put down the long sword.

“There are still some shortcomings.”

Li Quan knew very well that Dakang's technological level was far from modern times, so it was naturally difficult to forge sophisticated weapons comparable to modern technology.

With just a light touch, Li Quan realized that these superior weapons still could not meet his requirements.

“Aren’t these good enough?”

“Well, there is still some gap.”

Upon hearing Li Quan's evaluation, Xiao Changsheng was surprised.

You know, these high-quality weapons can only be used by the elite in the army.

Unexpectedly, even these failed to catch Li Quan's eye. Xiao Changsheng couldn't help but wonder whether His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi really understood the difficulty of forging weapons.

Just as Xiao Changsheng was thinking about how to respond to Li Quan, a powerful voice sounded from behind them.

"Where did this ignorant boy come from? How dare you question the magic weapon forged by me!"

Hearing the voice, Xiao Changsheng hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Mr. Ye, don't be rude, this is His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi!"

Xiao Changsheng was worried that swordsmith Ye Leng might offend Li Quan because he didn't know Li Quan's identity, so he reminded him.

However, even though Xiao Changsheng explained Li Quan's identity, Ye Leng still didn't take it seriously.

"So what, Your Highness the Prince of Qi, no one can dare to belittle my work!"

"I have devoted my entire life to forging weapons. How can I allow others to belittle me so easily?"

Upon learning that his painstaking work was actually belittled by Li Quan, the hot-tempered Ye Leng's face darkened.

Seeing Ye Leng getting angry, Xiao Changsheng was at a loss, fearing that Li Quan would punish Ye Leng in a rage.

"I said frankly that this sword still has some shortcomings, and it is really insufficient. If Mr. Ye doesn't believe me, why not let the magic weapon I forged with my own hands compete with it?"

When Ye Leng heard that Li Quan wanted to compete with the weapon he made, he couldn't help but sneer.

"If the weapon I forged is defeated by Your Highness, I am willing to commit suicide on the spot in front of Your Highness."