Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

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"Is it really the Patriarch's arrangement?"

"With such an arrangement, why didn't you tell us in advance?"

The boats docked directly on the river bank made them feel puzzled, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

At this moment, thousands of fully armed archers and soldiers appeared in front of everyone on the river banks on both sides.

"Stop the ship, surrender without killing!!"

Countless people on the river bank were shouting to surrender, and for a while all the knives and axes on the boat panicked.

"Oops, there is an ambush!!"

"You ask me, what should I do?"

"Quick, quickly ask the leader of the vanguard ship what to do!!"

The knives and axes on the other ships seemed to be terrified, just thinking about calling out to the avant-garde ship.

But he saw that the plank was put down on the Qianwei boat, and someone got off the boat.

When they took a closer look, they were neither their own nor the Persians, but fully armed soldiers in armor and holding long knives.

They watched this scene in disbelief, and they knew in their hearts that the people in the vanguard ship were probably dead, and they led them into a well-prepared trap.

"How to do??"

"What to do, turn the sails, turn the bow, and drive back!!"

"Row the boat quickly, and move backward." The knife and ax hand held the knife on the boatman's neck.

"No!" Said the boatman tremblingly.

"Why not, are you tired of working?" the swordsman roared with a ferocious face.

"There is our own boat behind, and the river is blocked!!" The boatman cocked his head and motioned the other party to look at the stern

"what?"

The knife and ax hand looked towards the stern, and the boat in the middle was blocked by the boat behind and couldn't move.

And in the farther rear, another fleet was slowly approaching them, and heavily armed soldiers could be vaguely seen on board.

"It's over, it's over!! There were interceptions before, and soldiers were chasing after them. There are still heavily armed soldiers on both sides of the river. They want to take us all!!"

For a moment, all the swordsmen felt panic and despair, not knowing what to do.

"Stop the boat, surrender without killing." The people on the river bank were still shouting.

Many swordsmen wanted to put down their weapons and surrender.

"Those who jump into the river and come back alive, hurry back and report to the Patriarch what happened here."

"But, this river..."

A swordsman looked at the river hesitantly. It had just snowed a few days ago, and the river was freezing cold at this time. Jumping into it was no different from dying.

This scene was clearly seen by Li Tai and Wu Meiniang on Qinghua Mountain.

"They can't escape!" Li Tai said as he watched the two fleets approach gradually.

"At this moment, the river is icy cold. There are interceptions in front and pursuers in the back. Both sides are fully armed. It can be said that they are besieged on all sides, and no one can escape." Wu Meiniang said with a smile.

While speaking, Li Daozong approached the fleet from behind, and the fleets of both sides got closer.

Then the planks were lowered, and the boarding battle began, which was not so much a boarding battle as a unilateral surrender and massacre.

Even if the swordsman has weapons, how can he beat a well-trained army?

Li Daozong hardly met his opponent, and the whole boat and the whole boat began to surrender. The boatmen and swordsmen were all in order to capture them.

This result has already been met at the beginning of a battle.

Then countless people began to seize the loot, bags of food and weapons were unloaded from the ship, the captured ship was taken over, and the floating corpses needed to be salvaged...

Li Daozong proceeded in an orderly manner, after all, this was already the fourth time.

As the sky darkened, all the cargo of the fleet was unloaded, and the fleet set sail again as the night darkened, heading for the hiding place.

The ship of the samurai was also leaving with a full load of cargo.

With the departure of the fleet, everything has returned to its former tranquility

Li Daozong came to Li Tai with a counted number of supplies and said with a smile on his face, "Nephew, it's a bumper harvest, this time it's another bumper harvest."

"Yes, how many supplies were seized this time?"

"Dozens of ships, 30 shi of grain, 400 taels of gold, and four to five hundred sets of weapons." Li Daozong shouted excitedly towards Li Tai while trotting all the way.

"It's been a hard day, Uncle Tang. Feel free to mention anything Tang Uncle wants. If my nephew has something, I will definitely be satisfied."

Li Tai got up and said to Li Daozong boldly.

The deception and abduction of jade seals made of glass is basically over, and it is time to reward meritorious deeds.

Talking about the disposal of the loot, Li Daozong said a little embarrassedly: "Can my nephew give my cousin a phoenix made of colored glaze?"

Li Tai and Wu Meiniang looked at each other, a little speechless: "Cousin, why do you want this thing? It's worthless."

"Hi...I'm not a person who is short of money. I just saw that Liuli looks good and wanted to put one at home."

Li Daozong smiled vaguely, but secretly despised him in his heart.

Four pieces of colored glaze were exchanged for millions of grains!You call it worthless? ?

You are my cousin, I am stupid! ?

"Uh...Tang Bo, how about giving you some gold?" Li Tai looked at Li Daozong expectantly.

Li Daozong's expression was as expected, and he quickly began to sell miserably, pointing to the wound, "Nephew, look, I'm covered in blood."

"For the sake of my uncle's hard work... give my nephew one!!"

The tone of the speech was begging, and he thought to himself, do you think I am stupid?If it is not precious, how can you be reluctant?

"Hey..." Li Tai looked at Li Daozong speechlessly.

These days, I don't even want gold as a reward, I want glass... I don't want to give it up, and I don't know if it's really stupid or fake....

"Since that's the case, well, then give Tang uncle a big phoenix!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!!" Li Daozong saluted formally and said with a smile on his face.

"We're all a family, why bother to be so polite, get up and find a doctor to bandage the wound." Li Tai hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Daozong up and said.

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way, it's all other people's blood." Li Daozong said treacherously.

Li Tai was speechless about this, what a talent! !

"Since there is nothing wrong, my uncle quickly changed his armor and returned home with his nephew. My nephew must treat my uncle well."

"Okay." Li Daozong readily agreed.

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Palace, study.

Wu Meiniang took the abacus and reported the result again and again, while Yan Wan recorded it.

The two exclaimed and discussed from time to time.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the abacus finally stopped, and Yan Wan also heaved a sigh of relief and put down the pen, shaking her hand.

Li Tai, on the other hand, looked at the two drunkenly, and asked, "How is it? How much are all the benefits?"

"The caravans from various countries, together with the major families, harvested a total of 150 million shi of grain, a total of 1 taels of gold, countless medicinal materials and skins, and even more rare treasures..."

Wu Meiniang's face was flushed with excitement, and her eyes were crescent-shaped: "Husband, Meiniang is amazing!!"

"Amazing!" Li Tai admired him sincerely.

150 million shi of grain, which is 5000 million catties of grain, can support countless troops.

"With the grain of 150 million shi, no one can underestimate the Wu family." Wu Meiniang smiled slightly.

"It really shouldn't be underestimated." Li Tai nodded in agreement.

Among the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, there is no Wu family. Although the Wu family is very rich, it is much worse than the thousand-year-old five-surname family.

For example, the right to speak in the court, the influence on the local area, and the cultivation of talents are all inferior to the five-surname family.

The role played in Datang is like the lucky cat of the Li family, who will please the Li family and contribute money at the same time.

But under Wu Meiniang's operation, they possessed a large amount of food and money, and with the help of Li Tai's influence, the Wu family gradually revealed their ferocious minions.

Now that she has the status to talk to the family of the five surnames, this is only the first step for Wu Meiniang to form a chamber of commerce, and it is also the most important step!

Only by standing in the same position can we have the qualifications for dialogue, otherwise, how can we establish a chamber of commerce to convince the public?

Because you have money?Have a recipe?This is obviously not acceptable!

Without soldiers and horses, there will be no fear, and without equal status, it will be difficult to convince the crowd.

Chapter 109 The First Business Conference

Lou House.

Lu Chengqing carefully held the glazed jade seal and placed it in the sun, with an incomparably satisfied expression on his face.

At this moment, the housekeeper broke in panting, and shouted in panic, "Master, something has happened!!"

"What happened in such a sudden surprise?" Lu Chengqing hurriedly put away the glazed jade seal, and asked with a displeased expression on his face.

The housekeeper hurriedly lowered his head, hesitating in fear, "The boat... the boat is gone!!"

"The boat is missing? What does it mean? Please explain clearly." Lu Chengqing looked at the housekeeper and asked with a frown.

"The night before yesterday, according to the master's order, I arranged for swordsmen on the boat.

As soon as the fleet leaves Chang'an, we will get rid of the Persian prince, and then our people will drive the ship back, but...but..."

"But what?"

"But, it's been two days, and the boat hasn't returned yet!!"

"It's been two days and you haven't come back?"

Lu Chengqing frowned, now is the wind, two days is enough time for boats to go back and forth to Chang'an several times.

I haven't come back for so long, so I don't need to think about it to know that something happened! !

Thinking of this, he immediately yelled angrily: "Trash, you can't do a little thing well! If you lose the goods, you won't be able to pay for it if you sell it."

"The small ones are trash, the small ones are guilty..." the butler hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"What are you still doing here? Hurry up and send someone to look for it!" Lu Chengqing said angrily, frowning.

"The little one has already sent someone to look for it, but they can't find it..." the butler met Lu Chengqing's gaze, shrank his head and said.

Lu Chengqing immediately laughed angrily, and said with cruel eyes: "Such a large fleet, could it possibly disappear out of thin air?

If one person can't find it, send ten people, if ten people can't find it, send a hundred people, a thousand people! !

Even if the ship is scuttled, you have to find out who did it! ! "

"Yes!" The butler replied sweating profusely after being scolded.

With an order, countless people were sent out to inquire about the news.

"Your family also lost their boat?"

"Lost the boat too? Could it be that your Wang family also lost the boat?"

"yes!!"

"You lost the boat, why are you not in a hurry?"