I have already established my power and prestige, so how did Li Shimin come back to life?

Li Ji took the imperial edict and read it over and over again carefully, as if he were holding a rare treasure. His eyes seemed to want to engrave every word of the edict into his heart.

After reading it, he looked at Fang Xuanling with surprise, his voice trembling, "The imperial edict says that all military pay, food, and equipment for this expedition will be paid for by His Majesty, oh no, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's private treasury?"

He paused, still seemingly in disbelief, and continued, "And all the logistics are twice as much as in previous battles? And they also gave me 20,000 sets of fine iron armor?"

As soon as Li Ji said this, the other three people were stunned, as if they were under a spell.

Especially Li Shimin, his eyes were wide open, and Fang Xuanling could even clearly see Li Shimin swallowing his saliva unconsciously.

"It should be child's play, right? The cost of sending a large army to war is astronomical. That guy just came to power, how can he have so much money?"

As Li Shimin spoke, his voice became lower and lower. He knew in his heart that the imperial edict had been issued and it was definitely not a joke!

But he still didn't want to believe it, so he snatched the imperial edict from Li Ji's hand and read it carefully word by word.

"Twenty thousand sets of fine iron armor, personal rations for each soldier, not counting the rations for the main army, five hundred thousand bows and arrows, over a thousand chariots, twenty thousand hundred-forged Tang Dynasty swords..."

Every time Li Shimin read a sentence, he swallowed unconsciously, and the shock in his eyes became more and more intense.

Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin also swallowed their saliva like him. They were all shocked by the ridiculously luxurious configuration.

"How arrogant! Too arrogant! Who has ever fought such a prosperous battle?"

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but sigh.

Li Shimin's hands began to tremble as he read the last part. He looked at Fang Xuanling, his face filled with disbelief: "Xuanling! How much does this cost?"

Fang Xuanling has been following Li Chengqian these days, and his horizons have been raised by more than one level. Now, looking at these old friends, he actually felt like he was looking at bumpkins.

He pretended to pull out a bag of tea from his bosom and said proudly, "The tea that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gives to the courtiers only needs to be brewed in hot water. The brewed tea soup is clear and bright, unlike those dark tea soups that are brewed from other places. I can't get used to drinking that kind of tea anymore!"

Seeing Fang Xuanling acting like this, Li Ji snorted, got up and walked out.

After a while, he came in with a pot of freshly boiled water and a few cups. He put everything on the table and said loudly, "Come on! Make some tea! You old man, you're still adding it to the tea with us! I want to see how good this tea tastes today!"

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A quarter of an hour later, four people each held a small cup and drank the tea leaves in the cups without stopping, like children with their favorite toys.

Li Shimin looked at the tea leaves in the cup with an intoxicated look on his face, as if he was tasting the most precious wine in the world.

"Xuanling, this is good stuff, it's really good stuff. Do you have any more? Give us some!"

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, we drink these things whenever we want while we are at work. I didn't take too much!"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling's disappointing appearance and said angrily, "You! Remember to take more tomorrow! It's a waste if you don't take advantage of the public's wool!"

Fang Xuanling was stunned when he heard this, and secretly complained in his heart: So you are the biggest official in the world!

"By the way, Xuanling, how much would such adequate logistics cost?"

Li Shimin suddenly remembered the important matter and asked hurriedly.

Fang Xuanling quickly put down his tea and replied, "Your Majesty, the original calculation of the Ministry of Revenue estimated the cost of the expedition at 20 million coins!"

"Twenty million yuan? Why doesn't the Ministry of Revenue just go and rob it?"