"Ladies and gentlemen, please forgive me for speaking in the next place, Li's distribution plan is that the flags and ceremonial rods and other items captured by our army will all belong to the princes, and these 467 Jurchen Tartar heads will be sold to you at a fair price. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

When Li Xiao calmly told the officials in the living room his thoughts, the originally peaceful living room suddenly felt like a boulder was thrown into it, causing an uproar.

The face of the superintendent Wang Kun was full of joy, he knew that the head of the Tartar was a thing to evaluate military merits, but it was not very beneficial to a eunuch like him, but with these flags and ceremonial staffs, he would increase the weight in the emperor's heart.

On the side, Lu Baozhong, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, Liu Bangzhen, the commander of the Longmen guard, Du Shi and others, all had expressions of shock and anger on their faces.

"Li Xiao, what do you think of this barracks! Do you think this is a wet market? This first-level military merit can also be bought and sold by you, which is really a strange story! Du Shi, the commander of the dragon gate guard, took the lead in jumping out and loudly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Xuanzhen General Soldier Lu Baozhong also shook his head and sighed: "Li Qianhu, you are too young to know anything. This head is a thing of military merit evaluation, how can it be interpolated to discuss the price, I have never heard such a strange story since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Liu Bangzhen didn't speak, but frowned deeply, looking at Li Xiao's gaze, which was very complicated.

Li Xiao couldn't help but sneer when he saw that everyone was expressing his stance one after another: "Your Excellency, you also know that this Tartar head was obtained by our army in the bloody battle of nine deaths and a lifetime, and thousands of soldiers of our army were killed or wounded, so they could behead these Tartar heads. The lords of the rank sit on their backs and want to get these heads for nothing, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world! ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, Du Shi's face turned pale with anxiety, while Lu Baozhong and Liu Bangzhen obviously felt a little fever on their faces.

I'm ashamed.

The dignified Governor of Xuanda, the Governor of Xuanda, and the General Soldier of Xuanda, such a high-ranking official, can only seek the first rank from a small thousand households, thinking that it is the rank of promotion, this thing is not to say and do, even if it is said, it is also ashamed.

I only sigh that now that the Ming official army has been defeated repeatedly, in the entire Xuanfu Town, only this Li Xiao has achieved this miraculous victory, and if he doesn't seek the first rank from his side, where will he get Funeng from?

In the living room, there was a sudden awkward silence.

Du Shi suddenly sneered: "What if the official doesn't give money?" ”

"Then you don't have to think about any of these heads." Li Xiao glanced at him and replied calmly, then he looked at Wang Kun with a smile and said, "I believe that the prince will also tell the emperor what happened in this battle." ”

Li Xiao turned his head to look at Wang Kun and gave him a look.

The chief eunuch of Xuanfu Town, seeing Li Xiao's hinting eyes, he had just received Li Xiao's favor, and he immediately understood Li Xiao's intentions in his heart.

Wang Kun coughed twice in his seat, and said calmly: "Li Qianhu's words are also reasonable. These heads were all obtained by Li Xiao's soldiers in bloody battles, and they were not easy to come by. If the rank wants to get these heads in vain, but it can't be done, our family will never agree. ”

Listening to Wang Kun's obedient words, Du Shi's face was red and white for a while, but he didn't dare to say anything more. Lu Baozhong and Liu Bangzhen's faces became more and more embarrassed.

Du Shi, the commander of the Dragon Gate Guard, was full of evil fire, and he scolded secretly in his heart, You, a dead eunuch, have these Tartar flags and ceremonial staff and other items given by Li Xiao, which are very useful, right, I guess you can praise your own merits in front of the emperor. Hmph, you are neither male nor female, you are really a fucking monkey who climbs the pole when you see it, and you don't know shame when you show your red belly.

Li Xiao bowed to everyone, sighed and said: "Please understand Li Xiao's difficulties, Li Xiao sold the first rank, not for his own profit, but to make a proper explanation to the officers and soldiers of his army, the sacrificed soldiers and the wounded officers and soldiers need to be paid in silver." There is no financial source now, so this money is extremely important to our army. ”

After he finished speaking, there was still silence in the living room.

Lu Baozhong and Liu Bangzhen, although their faces were already moved, they were still thinking carefully, and Du Shi also had a bitter face and sat on the chair.

Zu Dale, who had never spoken, saw that the atmosphere on the ground was awkward, so he laughed dryly and said, "Rank, I understand your feelings. It's just that Zu also thinks that if he can buy the first level from Li Xiao, it is still a very cost-effective thing. Now the dynasty is fighting with the Tartars, nine defeats and one victory, this Tartar head is really rare and rare, and the court attaches great importance to it. If you get the rank, you can be promoted to the rank of knight, and you can be favored by the emperor, so why not do such a good thing? ”

Seeing that Zu Dale also helped Li Xiao speak like this, Lu Baozhong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, sighed and said softly: "That's it, Li Qianhu, then you can make a price, see how your fair price is?" ”

After Lu Baozhong finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiao with a complicated expression.

Now Lu Baozhong has basically seen Li Xiao's path clearly.

At the beginning, he gave this flag and ceremonial staff to the dead eunuch Wang Kun, which was deliberately invited to buy this person, so this dead eunuch who had no merit received this heavy gift and was willing to come forward to fight for Li Xiao's interests. Next, with the support of this Wang Kun, and this Li Xiao is now proposing such conditions, then, unless he doesn't want military merits, he has to obediently do what Li Xiao wants.

Originally, he wanted to use the power of Shangguan to forcibly seize Li Xiao's first-level combat exploits, but it seems that it will not work. Otherwise, Wang Kun's recital is enough to bring his career to an end.

This Li Xiao is really a cunning and shameless man, and this fox and fake tiger strategy is very skillful!

Li Xiao smiled and stretched out three fingers.

"Each head was calculated at 200 taels of silver, for a total of 93,400 taels of silver. Please decide how much you want. Li Xiao's tone was calm and clear.

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, Lu Baozhong and Liu Bangzhen's faces instantly flushed, especially Lu Baozhong, who quietly pinched the tiger's mouth with his fingers and endured it without having a seizure.

Du Shi jumped up from his seat again, his face full of soaring anger: "Li Xiao, you greedy man!" Why don't you grab it! The reward given by the imperial court is 50 taels per head, and you dare to sell it for 200 taels! Your lion is too big to speak. ”

Li Xiao sneered and said loudly: "Since Commander Du feels that he is eating, then he will settle accounts with you in the future." 467 heads, if calculated according to the reward of 50 taels, should be 23,350 taels of silver. If so many Tartar heads are reported, the emperor will be overjoyed, and there will be a great reward, and now the Tartar heads are rare, and the court's rewards will not be less, and these 467 Tartar heads are estimated to have at least more than 20,000 taels of silver, as well as rewards such as silk and satin cloth. In this way, the rank lord only needed to spend more than 40,000 taels of silver to buy as many as 467 tartar heads, and the average cost of each head was less than 90 taels of silver. And with these heads, in the context of today's victory and defeat of our great official Ming army against the Tartars, the military exploits of the rank of the lord can be described as very glorious, and this official position and Jue Lu will be rewarded. The rank of the lord does not have to be weak at all, just spend so much money, you can be promoted to the official position, in this world, but it is rare to have such a good deal. ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Lu Baozhong, Liu Bangzhen and the others with a smile.

Wang Kun on the side saw the embarrassment of Lu Baozhong and the others, and unconsciously stroked his palms and laughed, his voice was sharp and harsh. There was a look of admiration and admiration on his face.

"Li Xiao, Li Xiao, you are really a wonderful person, you really opened our eyes." Wang Kun said with a smile.

Zu Dale also interjected with a smile: "Li Qianhu's words, if you think about it carefully, are also reasonable. After all, money is easy to obtain, and this Tartar head is hard to find. This Li Xiao is a guest army in Shandong, if he returns to Shandong in a few days, there will be no store in this village. Of course, if the adults feel that the price is too high, it is okay not to buy it. ”

Hearing that he and Li Xiao are two, one sings with a red face and the other with a white face, no matter how stupid Lu Baozhong, Liu Bangzhen and others are, they also want to understand what is going on.

The two glanced at each other meaningfully, Lu Baozhong let out a long sigh, and said loudly: "That's it, that's it, for the sake of Wang Jianjun and Xingyu, I will wait according to Li Qianhu's wishes, so let's do it, I want a hundred heads." ”

Lu Baozhong calculated clearly, with these 100 heads, his own military position is already the chief soldier, although he can not be promoted again, but the military rank can be promoted from the commander of the capital to the right governor, and Wuxun should also be added as a protector.

"Okay, General Lu wants a hundred heads, and you have written it down." Li Xiao couldn't hold back a laugh, called Guan Yi, and asked him to write it down.

"Students understand."

"And I want it too, I want 40 heads." Du Shi on the side also interjected urgently.

Du Shi's abacus is also very good.

Du Shi as the Dragon Gate Guard, the main fort of the Dragon Gate Guard was captured by the Tartars, and was burned and looted, losing a large number of ordnance, grain, grass and silver, this loss of the city is not effective in defending the land, it is a major crime, and because of the fear of war not to save the friendly army, it is also a big mistake. Therefore, Du Shi now ******** how to keep the position of commander of the Dragon Gate Guard, of course, if he can be promoted, it is the best.

If there are these 40 heads, there is no doubt that many of his own major crimes can be covered up, and the position of the commander can be successfully maintained, and the emperor is happy, and it is very likely that he will add a light car lieutenant to himself who has not had martial arts, even if he does not add martial arts, this loose rank will definitely not run, but it is completely possible to lower the first rank to award a general Huaiyuan.

Damn, if it weren't for the Tartars who robbed the silver treasury and made Lao Tzu so embarrassed, the envoy would have wanted to buy more heads. This is good, all the private money has been contributed to Li Xiao.

Du Shi thought hatefully.

"Okay, make a note, Commander Du wants 40 heads." Li Xiao smiled and said to Guan Yi on the side.

"Well, the student made a note of it."

At this time, Liu Bangzhen, who had not spoken, stood up, straightened his sleeves, and said indifferently to Li Xiao: "Li Qianhu, the remaining 327 heads, Liu Mou wants them all." It's just that now Xuanfu Town has been exhausted by this military disaster, and Lord Yang and Lord Chen have no money to spare, and if they want to buy these heads, the financial resources are difficult to reach for a while, I don't know if Li Qianhu can be lenient for some time? ”

Li Xiao smiled and said: "I know that Lord Liu is here on behalf of Lord Yang, the governor of Xuanda, and Lord Chen, the governor of Xuanda. Li had a compromise plan, and asked Lord Liu to listen to me. ”

"Li Qianhu, you can tell me." Liu Bangzhen said busily.

"I will think about it for a long time, and I feel that this Jinjiazhuang Fort is really an extremely important strategic place on Xuanfu Road North Road. Li Xiao, as an official of the Ming Dynasty, is willing to guard this fort for a long time. If the adults wished, they could have exchanged the long-term garrison within a radius of twenty miles of this fort for 100 tartars and gave them to the two adults. Adults only need to pay 227 Tartar heads. ”

"What Li Qianhu said, but it's true!"

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Liu Bangzhen was simply overjoyed.

Garrisoning this barren North Road Fort has always been regarded as a daunting drudgery for soldiers from all over the world, and this Li Xiao is willing to use the garrison right to garrison this Jinjiazhuang Fort to exchange it for 100 Tartar heads, which is simply a two-end profitable deal!

In these years, it is unbelievable that there are such loyal and diligent generals for state affairs.

Lu Baozhong and Du Shi on the side, their faces were also full of surprise.

Liu Bangzhen was overjoyed, but couldn't help but have a trace of doubt, this Li Xiao, who is also a shrewd person, and is not a good man and a woman, how could he do such an obviously loss-making business.

"Li Xiao, then you garrison this fort, but you want my Xuanfu Town to provide grain and grass?" Liu Bangzhen asked casually.

"Lord Liu, our army is stationed here, it is still a Shandong soldier and horse, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Longmen guards, so there is no need for your town to provide grain, grass and silver, Li only asks for one point, my Li Xiaojun is stationed in this Jinjiazhuang Fort within a radius of 20 miles, and the officials of Xuanzhen are not allowed to send people to interfere, and let our army manage it freely." Li Xiao said calmly with an unpredictable smile on his face.

Liu Bangzhen fell into a deep groan.

What does that mean?

What is Li Xiao trying to do like this?

Liu Bangzhen thought for a while, a smile appeared on his face, he nodded to Li Xiao, and said, "Li Qianhu, you are so loyal and diligent to the country, which really moved Liu. In this way, Li Qianhu's plan suggests that Liu will communicate to Lord Yang and Lord Chen as soon as possible, and after the two adults decide, they will tell Li Qianhu again, you see, how is this matter? ”

"Very good, then Li will wait for the two adults to reply." The smile on Li Xiao's face was still bright.

After all the things were discussed, Li Xiao, who was in a good mood, set up a feast and feasted everyone.

Everyone staggered and persuaded each other to drink, and for a while, the atmosphere was much better.

Lu Baozhong was so drunk that he stood up, shook, snorted, patted Li Xiao's shoulder and said, "Li Xiao, you are such an outstanding young general, Lu has not seen him for many years." From the official's point of view, I am afraid that your future will still be above Lu. ”

Li Xiao's heart moved, and he hurriedly smiled: "Lord Lu has praised it falsely, and he is only mediocre in the future, and in this Xuanfu Town in the future, he still needs a lot of support from General Lu Bing." ”

Lu Baozhong laughed and replied: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, come, let's do this bowl again." ”

The two laughed loudly, and their eyes were full of deep meaning, and the two of them knocked their wine bowls together, and drank them together.

During the banquet, Commander Wei made Du Shi couldn't help but ask Li Xiaodao why he had not seen President Du Shaoru for a long time in the fort.

Li Xiao said casually, now that the Tartars have gone out of the customs, he has just sent Du Shaoru to inspect the damage around Jinjiazhuang Fort, so it will take a few days to return.

Du Shi, who was so drunk that his face was dark red, couldn't help muttering: "Shaoru is true, the tartar has retreated, and he doesn't know how to come to my place to say hello first, but it makes the envoy very strange." ”

Li Xiao smiled and didn't say anything, but just poured another bowl of wine for this person.

After a short time, the banquet was over, and Li Xiao sent everyone out of the fort.

Before the two of them went out, they repeatedly told Li Xiao that they would send someone to buy the head as soon as possible, and asked Li Xiao not to sell the head to others during this time, Li Xiao hurriedly smiled and agreed.

When the overseer Wang Kun got on the horse, Li Xiao had already asked people to tie up all those Tartar flags and ritual rods and so on, and handed them over to his entourage to bring back. Wang Kun saw that Li Xiao was so thoughtful and understanding, and on his slender face, he smiled like a wrinkled eggplant.

However, Liu Bangzhen, the patrol of the imperial history, still had a complicated look on his face when he got on the horse and left. Li Xiao knew that this person must still be thinking about what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

Hmph, you just want to go. Now that the head is with me, Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia, even if they have doubts, they can still stop it. Li Xiao is already full of confidence in winning this Jinjiazhuang Fort.

In front of them, Lu Baozhong and the others disappeared into the distance, and Li Xiao and Zu Dale stood silently on the lookout hall.

At this time, the weather has gradually cooled, and the cool breeze in the afternoon is blowing on people, which feels very pleasant.

"Li Xiao, you have made up your mind to defend this Jinjiazhuang Fort, but why?" Seeing that there was no one around, Zu Dale asked in a low voice.

"Your Excellency, because this place can be used as a fortress to choke the main road into Tumut Mongolia, it is really a rare strategic place, and there are many mineral deposits, which are very valuable. In the future, it is planned to build a large border city, which will become the most solid defense place on the Xuanfu North Road, and will also excavate minerals and operate commerce here, making it a solid economic cornerstone of our army. In front of the future father-in-law, Li Xiao did not hide it and said it very bluntly.

"Haha, Li Xiao, your ambition, the old man really admires it! A good man should be determined to be thousands of miles, and Encore is confined to one place and one corner. Zu Dale nodded in praise.

Li Xiao smiled silently.

"So, what are you going to call this new border city in the future?" Zu Dale thought for a while and asked.

"My lord, I have already thought of the name, this place is called Jinjiazhuang Fort, and the north is the Tangquan River, so take two words under it, and name the city that you want to build in the future." Li Xiao replied angrily.

"It's a good golden soup city, and it has momentum! The old man is thinking, this border city will definitely be able to be defended in the hands of you Li Xiao! Zu Dale nodded in admiration, his eyes full of appreciation.

Both of them laughed, and the autumn breeze blew across the endless dark yellow earth, blowing up their clothes. The hearty laughter of the two came far away. (To be continued.) )