Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Ow!"

"Woooooooo..."

"Damn it, he couldn't even hold on after a few moves, get out!"

Looking at the Siberian brown bear "Sandbag" cowering back in its cage, Li Chengqian, who had just opened his Ren and Du meridians and entered a meditative state, immediately became displeased.

While cursing, he ordered his men to drive the fellow out of the cage.

However, looking at the other party, even after being whipped, he still cowered in a ball, even burying his head in his stomach, only occasionally letting out sobs.

It didn't have the aura that a top predator should have at all.

Li Chengqian then felt a sense of boredom.

The eunuch Wang De and the others nearby felt a pang of pity for this enormous beast. What sins had it committed in its past life to be reborn as an animal?

They even ran into their Crown Prince, who was like a humanoid tyrannosaurus.

"This... Your Highness, how about we stop here for today? Your Highness is mighty; you have already subdued this ferocious beast. It seems impossible to make it rise up and rebel again."

Wang De quietly approached Li Chengqian and handed him a towel.

Hear the words.

Li Chengqian clicked his tongue.

Looking at the trembling brown bear, it was a shame that he had specially arranged for someone to feed the guy extra meat these past few days.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be all show and no substance, unable to withstand even half an hour of his output.

"Feed it another sheep today. If it's still this useless tomorrow... then tell the imperial kitchen to prepare bear paws for me!"

"Yes......."

Xue Wanche cautiously approached from the side.

The sympathy he felt for the brown bear was undoubtedly the most genuine and heartfelt among everyone present.

For no other reason than that, before this, Xue Wanche had been Li Chengqian's sparring partner.

Only he himself knows the hardships and tears he endured.

"Your Highness is incredibly brave. Even the ancient Xiang Yu would not be a match for you in terms of martial prowess. It is truly a blessing from heaven that the Tang Dynasty has such a valiant and heroic ruler as Your Highness!"

Listening to Xue Wanche's obsequious yet clearly nervous words.

Li Chengqian scoffed.

"No matter how brave you are, what good are you if you can't go to the battlefield!"

"Tell me about yourself. How is the situation in Tuyuhun? We can't afford any trouble with the Qinghai horse breeding farm of our Great Tang Dynasty."

Xue Wanche immediately straightened his chest and raised his head.

"Your Highness, rest assured, although Murong Fuyun is dead, the Tang Dynasty has continued to divide Tuyuhun over the years. In Qinghai City and Chishui City, the number of Tuyuhun people who are willing to become subjects of the Tang Dynasty has exceeded 800,000, just from the registered list."

"That good-for-nothing Murong Xiaojun wants to attack us with his remaining troops? To say he's throwing an egg against a rock is an overestimation of his abilities!"

Li Chengqian nodded slightly and remained silent for a long while.

Suddenly, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Now that old bastard Murong Fuyun is dead, and Murong Xiaojun is a useless piece of trash destined to never amount to anything, there's no need for Qinghai City and Chishui City, which my Great Tang has established, to continue to bear the name of some kind of concession."

He glared at Gao Yang, who was not far away, attacking a scarecrow with a series of sword strikes.

He then gave instructions to Wang De, who was standing beside him.

"Summon Murong Shun to see me!"

When Li Chengqian finished instructing Gao Yang on her martial arts practice for the day, and after washing up, he arrived at the Shougong Hall, Murong Shun, the nominal crown prince of Tuyuhun, was there.

He is also the legitimate successor of the Tuyuhun after Murong Fuyun's death.

They had already been waiting here for a long time.

However, to Li Chengqian's surprise, before he could even speak, Murong Shun, who seemed to know him very well, knelt down with a thud the moment he stepped into the hall.

Tears, accompanied by excited cries, instantly filled the Shougong Hall.

"Your Majesty, the Khan, we beg you, you must not abandon your people of Tuyuhun! Waaah..."

He was holding a brocade box in his hands.

The sight of someone crying with tears mixed with snot.

Not only was Li Chengqian stunned, but even Li Gang and Yu Shinan, who had just been chatting well with the other party, couldn't help but be taken aback.

Does this person no longer have a casting animation before releasing skills?

Murong Shun opened the brocade box in his hand, revealing his seal as the crown prince of Tuyuhun.

"Khan, that Murong Xiaojun is determined to destroy the hard-won prosperity of the Tuyuhun people. The Tuyuhun people will never have the idea of ​​colluding with him."

"They are all innocent people. I beg the Khan not to take his anger out on them. All the blame lies with Murong Xiaojun alone!"

"King Murong Shun humbly requests His Majesty the True Khan of the Great Tang to accept the people of Tuyuhun and make them truly subjects of the Great Tang Dynasty!"

Li Chengqian: "......"

Gudu, you haven't even prepared your lines yet, and you're already wrapping up filming?

Seeing Murong Shun kneeling on the ground, still putting on a dramatic performance, Li Chengqian couldn't help but roll his eyes in exasperation.

She took a deep breath and glared at the other person with annoyance.

"Alright, you're smart enough to get up... From now on, you will be the Great Ning King of my Great Tang Dynasty."

Upon hearing Li Chengqian's words, Murong Shun, who had been weeping uncontrollably, instantly turned from crying to smiling. He hastily wiped away his unsightly tears, stood up, and cheerfully placed the seal in his hand on Li Chengqian's table.

"Hehe, Your Majesty the Khan, please forgive my embarrassment. I truly have no desire to cause any more trouble. My life is getting better and better, and the people of Qinghai City and Chishui City also have hope for the future..."

Seeing his appearance, Li Chengqian felt a surge of hatred.

He raised his foot, wanting to kick the guy.

"The people of Qinghai City and Chishui City can still raise horses and cattle for my Great Tang, and they can also work and earn income. But you, the crown prince of Tuyuhun, are too lazy to even go back... I should have just let you take the place of the Tuyuhun Khan!"

Murong Shun quickly bowed and waved his hand.

"No, no, Your Highness, my health is not what it used to be. If I go to that desolate Gobi Desert, my daughter may never see me again... You don't want me to die without an heir, do you?"

Listening to his explanation.

Li Chengqian felt bored and glanced helplessly at his two teachers.

"Master Li, Master Yu, since that's the case, let's draft a plan to formally incorporate Qinghai City and Chishui City into the territory of our Great Tang Dynasty."

Li Gang and the other man nodded with smiles.

"In this way, the people of Tuyuhun will soon be able to formally accept their identity as subjects of the Tang Dynasty."

Murong Shun nodded repeatedly, offering his congratulations to the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian looked at the man, as if he had thought of something: "Let's go. You've come to this state, I can't just leave without doing something. It just so happens that you'll come with me to see Old Ninth..."

The crackling sound of firecrackers echoed in front of an imposing building opposite the Taiyuan Royal Bank of the Tang Dynasty.

However, the festive and lively sounds could not drown out the intense noise inside the "Great Tang National Stock Exchange".

We are currently in a huge conference room.

One by one, high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants of the Tang Dynasty were crowding together, waving stacks of royal bank notes in their hands.

"The Duke of Lu's Mansion will subscribe to 50 shares!"

"Luwang Real Estate subscribes to 120 million shares!"

"Don't push, don't push, one at a time... This is just the equity subscription for Datang Railway. There are other projects later. Everyone, please prepare your documents and receipts. You can all buy them!"

At that moment, Prince Li Zhi of Jin, not far away, was watching this scene with a smile on his face, casually placing one hand on Wu Zetian's head.

"Well? I told you so! With my brother's support, forget about the stock exchange. If my brother just said something about how delicious shit is, there would be tons of people rushing to try it. Let alone this stock... oh dear!"

Li Zhi's smugness lasted only three seconds before he was suddenly kicked in the buttocks.

Turning around angrily, she immediately met her elder brother's eyes, which seemed to be both smiling and not smiling.

"Oh? I didn't expect that I would have such great prestige in your heart, Zhi Nu. Then I'm curious... would you like to eat that shit, Zhi Nu?"

Li Zhi's expression froze instantly, as did Wu Zetian and other officials from the stock exchange beside him.

They all hurriedly bowed and paid their respects.

"Your subject pays respects to Your Highness the Crown Prince. May Your Highness be well!"

Li Chengqian waved his hand and glared at Li Zhi with annoyance. This ninth prince actually dared to speak ill of the crown prince behind his back.

It seems that tomorrow will be a good time for the Siberian "sandbag" to rest and recuperate.

They've switched to a different sparring partner.

Sensing the dangerous glint in his elder brother's eyes, Li Zhi couldn't help but shudder.

Perhaps because he had been beaten so many times, he could instantly estimate the beating he was about to suffer from just a glance from his father, Emperor Li Shimin, his mother, Empress Zhangsun, or even his own elder brother.

How many days do I need to stay in bed?

"Ahem, Your Majesty, what are you saying? Of course I'll take it! In my eyes, whatever Your Majesty says is right, and even if it's wrong, I will do my best to make Your Majesty's words right!"

Seeing Li Zhi's obsequious manner, Wu Zetian couldn't help but curl a gloating smile at the corner of her mouth.

This guy has been busy doing a lot lately, which has made him even more arrogant.

He would always go to the Duke of Ying's mansion to give her strange clothes...

"This humble woman greets Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Wu Zetian stepped forward, her eyes filled with admiration for her future brother-in-law, the Crown Prince, and excitedly handed him a document that was not yet fully recorded.

"Your Highness, as things stand, the issue price of Datang Railway at 31 cash per share is absolutely no problem, and the demand far exceeds the supply."

"In just the first round of on-exchange subscription, 50 million shares were sold out."

"Once the second round of official sales begins and is made available to the people of the Tang Dynasty, the price of 31 coins will definitely be even higher!"

Li Chengqian looked at the document in his hand and nodded slightly.

Capital, if kept under control, can be the steam engine of economic take-off.

Fifty million shares were sold out at a price of 31 cents per share.

In other words, even before Datang Railway went public, it had already raised 155 million guan of funds for its future expansion and development.

If we also include the 100 million shares that will be issued in the secondary market later.

As long as the stock price is stabilized, that's another three million strings of cash.

“Very good. I will have my seventh brother prepare the budget for this fund. At the same time, the Tang Dynasty News will also give it a big shout-out. Although the Tang Dynasty Railway is just a startup, everyone is very clear about its future development.”

"Furthermore, the mandatory requirement of at least one dividend per year can allow some slightly wealthier people to have more money to allocate."

Afterwards, Li Chengqian and the others who followed him, including Murong Shun, witnessed the terrifying effects of capital.

The first batch of listed company share subscriptions at the Datang National Stock Exchange has concluded.

Datang Railway issued 50 million shares in the open market at 31 cash per share, and all shares were sold out.

Datang Bookstore issued 30 million shares through internal subscription at 14 cash per share, and all shares were sold out.

Datang Royal Paper Industry issued 50 million shares through internal subscription at 102 cash per share, and all shares were sold out.

Bingzhou Fenjiu issued 50 million shares through internal subscription at 155 wen per share, and all shares were sold out.

Taiyuan Shipyard issued 10 million shares through an internal offering at 131 cash per share, and all shares were sold out...

Previously, those powerful and wealthy individuals who had large sums of money in hand but few projects to invest in did not put their money into the Royal Bank.

However, this changed with the emergence of stock exchanges.

They invested their money in the Tang Dynasty, which is now one of the world's first stock markets.

Wu Zetian's face flushed as she looked at the statistical data in her hand.

Her little mouth murmured excitedly over and over again.

"It's rich! It's rich!"

The Datang National Securities Exchange charges a transaction fee as high as 5%.

Today's total transaction volume has reached a staggering 1500 million strings of cash, which can be said to be enough to cover all the powerful families in Guannei Road, Longyou Road, Hedong Road, Henan Road, and even Jiangnan.

They were all attracted by their promotional campaign, which they had been building up since last year.

Li Zhi looked at the receipt and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"From now on, our royal family will hold two great treasure troves: a bank and a stock exchange, bringing the world's wealth under our control..."