Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

"How much?" Li Xiao asked curiously.

"200 taels!" Li Yuan was almost hysterical, "My annual salary is only 200 taels of silver, you want me to give you 50 taels?"

"Isn't there still employment, miscellaneous expenses, and military expenses? I haven't had a penny of salary in these years. Who can I ask for reason?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"It's impossible, not even a copper coin!" Li Yuanze turned around and said with a straight face.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xu Zian and said, "Sir, there is no need to say more, I can't agree to this!"

Li Xiao stared at Li Yuanze angrily: "Uncle Wang, how can you do this? Didn't you say that we are on the same front? Didn't you say that we want to help each other? Without money, how do you let me in Qiongzhou resist Qinzhou? attack?"

Xu Zian smiled wryly, and said, "His Royal Highness, please change your request. 50 taels of silver is too much, and Leizhou can't even get it."

"Aren't you bullying honest people?" Li Xiao said angrily.

After a pause, Li Xiao continued: "I have done the calculations for you. Leizhou has a vast land and abundant resources, with a total population of about 130 million. Among them, there are three prosperous cities including Leizhou City, eight second-tier cities, and townships and counties. That's more."

"Fiscal revenue is mainly based on official salt and grain transportation and sales. After this year, taxation alone will have income of millions of taels of silver."

"You know that too?"

Li Yuan was dumbfounded.

Although there are discrepancies, the situation in Leizhou is almost the same as what Li Xiao said.

"His Royal Highness, it is true that the income of millions of taels of silver is not fake, but the silver does not belong to the prince alone. He still needs to support the army, and it has to be handed over to the imperial court to distribute salaries, city defense maintenance, disaster relief, etc. His Highness is the leader of Qiongzhou. Lord, you should understand this!" Xu Zian said slowly.

"It seems reasonable for you to say that. Since this is the case, I am not an unreasonable person, so how about 40 taels?" Li Xiao thought for a while and said.

"40 taels is still too much, how about 20 taels?" Xu Zian asked with a frown.

"Seeing that you are also a sincere person, let's discount it, 30 taels." Li Xiao thought for a while and said.

Xu Zian pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Yuanze: "My lord?"

"Sir, think about it clearly, do you really want to give the 30 taels of silver?"

Li Yuanze looked at Xu Zian solemnly, his eyes full of perplexity.

Xu Zian nodded calmly and didn't say much.

Seeing this, Li Yuan took a deep breath, and then said helplessly: "In this case, then give my nephew another 30 taels."

"Uncle Wang is really generous. The 30 taels will be delivered together with the supplies and horses in three days. How about I send someone to Leizhou City to get them?" Li Xiao said with a smile on his face.

It's really interesting, whatever you want.

This old man is really considerate.

He estimated that Li Yuan would not really give it in all likelihood.

But it would be naive to want to write him a bad check.

"I gave it to the man, I gave it to the horse, and I got the silver, so my nephew won't have any difficulties, right?"

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and stared at Li Xiao.

"When Uncle Wang mentioned this, I suddenly thought that there is really something..."

"see a visitor out!"

Before Li Xiao could finish speaking, Li Yuan hurriedly waved his hand and turned around.

"Don't get excited, can't I go?"

Li Xiao chuckled, then turned around and prepared to leave.

Li Yuan glanced secretly, and was relieved when he saw this.

It wasn't until Li Xiao gradually walked away that he asked Xu Zian next to him in a puzzled voice, "Sir, why is this so?"

"My lord, what is the strength of Li Xiao's subordinates?" Xu Zian asked suddenly.

"The specific situation is not clear, but if he can defeat Lin Yang and wipe out 3000 Xu Shang in a sneak attack, he must have an extremely powerful army under him, with at least [-] people." Li Yuanze said after thinking for a while.

"There are 5000 people, but the prince's spies haven't found them. This can already explain a lot of things." Xu Zian said lightly.

"There are only 5000 people, why should I be afraid? Why do you have to bow your knees to please him?" Li Yuan was puzzled.

"First, Li Xiao's strength is unknown. At least 5000 people, that is to say, tens of thousands are also possible. The fact that he has developed to this day in just three years is enough to prove that he is not a mediocre person."

"You mean, he broke into our barracks alone, did he have a backup plan?"

"Yes, if there is no way out, how dare he come in? So you can't touch him." Xu Zian continued, "Secondly, dare to ask the prince, how strong is Qinzhou?"

Hearing this, Li Yuan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The Ning family is deeply rooted in Qinzhou and has been operating for decades. The power is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface."

"That is to say, if we in Leizhou want to capture Qinzhou, we must pay a heavy price."

"Yes, Not Bad."

"Then the old man asked the lord again, if two thousand soldiers, two thousand horses, and 30 taels of silver can be exchanged for Qinzhou, is this deal more cost-effective?"

"Ok?"

Li Yuanze suddenly came to his senses, opened his eyes wide, and said, "Are you trying to drive away tigers and devour wolves?"

Chapter 319: Treasure

"How can war not consume financial, material and manpower?" Xu Zian said slowly.

"If you follow the usual way of thinking to fight for world hegemony, Leizhou's family will not be enough to fight."

After a pause, he continued: "My lord, do you think that if we want to defeat Li Xiao and capture Qiongzhou, how much troops will we need to spend in Leizhou?"

"Afterwards, we will march into Qinzhou. After these two battles, Leizhou is about the same. If someone takes advantage of the fisherman's power, has the prince ever thought about it, what should he do then?"

"But even if Li Xiao is given so much supplies and money, can he listen to me and attack Qinzhou obediently?" Li Yuan looked puzzled.

"You don't need to worry about it, the old man has his own plan." Xu Zian said with a mysterious smile.

"If this is the case, this strategy can kill two birds with one stone. If Li Xiao can fight Qinzhou, both sides will suffer. When the time comes to attack Qiongzhou and Qinzhou, it will be effortless. Wonderful!"

Thinking of this, Li Yuanze showed a bright light in his eyes: "Mr. is still far-sighted, and I admire you!"

"It's good that the prince can figure it out." Xu Zian chuckled, stroked his beard and said, "Besides, if the plan goes well, maybe there is no need to hand over these supplies, war horses and silver."

"Sir, can you tell me how you plan to make Li Xiao fight Qinzhou?" Li Yuanze asked eagerly.

"It won't work if you say it. What the prince has to do now is to make friends with Li Xiao as much as possible." Xu Zian showed a mysterious smile.

"I understand." Li Yuan nodded.

Speaking of this, Li Yuanze finally untied the knot in his heart at this time.

I just feel that the whole person is much more carefree.

"Fortunately, this king held back and didn't do anything, otherwise it would ruin the master's plan!"

Li Yuan sighed.

Suddenly, a sudden change occurred.

A shout suddenly sounded in the distance: "Your Highness has an order to kill Li Xiao, and whoever takes his head will reward you with a thousand taels!"

At this time, Li Xiao was only halfway away from the gate of the barracks.

I don't know who shouted this in the surrounding barracks.

The next moment, countless soldiers from Leizhou swarmed in, surrounding Li Xiao and the two of them.

Later, when Xu Zian and Li Yuan heard this, their expressions changed immediately.

"what happened?"

Xu Zian frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Is this the prince's arrangement?"

"not me……"

Li Yuanze also looked confused at this time.

The two looked at each other and rushed forward without saying a word.

At this time Li Xiao was surrounded.

Looking at the Leizhou soldiers around him, Li Xiao's face was gloomy: "Is your prince trying to rebel? Are you afraid that the news will leak to the court?"

"Humph!"

Right in front, a general wearing Leizhou armor snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "So what? As long as you two are killed, who would know that the prince did it?"

After finishing speaking, the general of Leizhou blinked at Li Xiao.

This person is Ye Tianchen who pretends to be the general of Leizhou.

Many Leizhou soldiers around were also pretended to be members of the Longxiang Legion.

Of course, half of them are real Leizhou soldiers who don't know the truth.

There was deep confusion in their eyes.

They had never seen the general in front of them.

But it might be the secret master beside the lord, anyway, so many soldiers followed suit, so naturally they dared not move.

"What a Li Yuanze, on the salary of the Tang Dynasty, he dared to plot rebellion!"

Li Xiao, on the other hand, looked angry, and shouted loudly: "You have to think about it clearly, rebelling with Li Yuanze is a capital crime, and you will be executed by everyone!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? The prince said, your head is worth thousands of gold, go to hell!"

Ye Tianchen grinned ferociously, and rushed forward as he spoke.

He jumped up, and the blade was sharp, and he slashed down quickly.

Li Xiao just wanted to dodge when he saw the blow land on the open space beside him.

Ye Tianchen, who was pretending to be a hit, lost his body when he missed a neutral blow, and his face showed a look of shock: "What a powerful movement! You can even avoid my inevitable blow, how did you do it?"

ha?

Li Xiao was stunned.

I'm afraid it's not a living treasure, is it?

He didn't move.

Even if you want to act, you have to act more realistically, right?

Li Xiao took a deep breath, and then shouted: "Li Yuanze, you are too young to kill me!"

After speaking, Li Xiao immediately turned around, ready to break out.

"stop!!!"

Li Yuan rushed over and shouted hysterically.

This shout shook the world and resounded through the sky.

But at this time, Li Xiao and Li Junxian had rushed into the camp of Leizhou soldiers.

Li Xiao is like a tiger in a herd of sheep, no one can stop him wherever he goes.

None of the Leizhou soldiers who stood in front of him could take one of his moves.

Often when punching, you will see Leizhou soldiers flying upside down, and they will not stop until they hit a group of soldiers behind them.

This posture, as if the god of war descended to earth.

The eyes of all Leizhou soldiers stared straight.

Is that human being?

This is Yue Wang Li Xiao?

It wasn't until they heard Li Yuanze's yell that Leizhou soldiers swallowed their saliva and quickly moved out of the way, not daring to stand in front of Li Xiao again.

In an instant, the people around Li Xiao dispersed, leaving only dozens of people lying on the ground crying continuously.

Li Yuanze just came over and saw a dozen Leizhou soldiers in the sky smashing into the crowd next to him.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, dumbfounded.

This is Li Xiao's own force?

so strong?