Fu Tang

When Li Congjia got the military report, he was also puzzled. For a while, he was a little hesitant, whether to let Shi Xueting go or not?

On the contrary, Zhou Zong and the others felt that they needed to go to the past. Although they also wanted to promote their own people, who made those new weapons only Shi Xueting could use?

Song Qiqiu's reasons were sufficient: "What if the other party is a false surrender?"

Therefore, no matter how reluctant Li Congjia was, he had no choice but to let Shi Xueting go.

After sending Shi Xueting away, Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, you trust Guru so much. I wonder if Guru can repay your trust?"

Li Congjia frowned, Xiao Yan was questioning Shi Xueting, which made him very unhappy.

As soon as Xiao Yan saw Li Congjia frowning, he couldn't help beating his heart. Li Congjia's appearance was similar to Li Jing's, especially the eyebrows. In the past, every time Xiao Yan saw Li Jing frowning, all kinds of relegation awaited him. .

Fortunately, Li Congjia quickly adjusted his expression and asked: "Why did Xiao Qing say that? Master has made great contributions to Anning City, isn't it a reward for my trust?"

Li Congjia didn't understand what they were worried about at all, Xiao Yan quickly answered his doubts: "Master Tianzong is a genius, but he is a Buddhist. It's a good story, but...what if there is an accident?"

Li Congjia realized in an instant that Xiao Yan was worried that there would be no interest in binding Shi Xueting, and Shi Xueting could change courts in minutes.

To be honest, Li Congjia was also very worried. Every time Shi Xueting made a contribution, he wanted to give him a lot of good things, but after much deliberation, he didn't know what to give. If it wasn't inappropriate, he really wanted to discuss it with others. How to reward the monk?

But now he can't say it, instead he wants to give Shi Xueting the answer. The general is leading the army, but he is suspected by the important officials in the court. He really knows what the result will be without guessing. Li Congjia will never allow this to happen, or don't hand over the military power. Go out, or trust wholeheartedly.

So Li Congjia said with a smile: "People in Buddhism may not all have desires and desires."

The ministers of the cabinet did not speak, but just looked at Li Congjia quietly, Li Congjia had no choice but to explain: "No matter what religion you want to preach."

Seeing the sudden realization of the crowd, Li Congjia felt that it was time for him to talk to Shi Xueting, and don't let him tell the truth when he comes back.

Zhou Zong asked again: "But...the master has only one disciple who is still a layman, and I don't see him accepting disciples to preach."

Li Congjia sighed pretentiously: "It's my fault. Now I can only live in the Western Regions. Whether it is Khotan or Suzhou, most of them believe in Buddhism. As for the Ganzhou Uighurs...the barbarians may not be To be able to understand Buddhism, the place where the master really wants to preach is the Central Plains."

Everyone believed it now. Their understanding was that Shi Xueting invested in a potential stock in advance. The initial investment has already been invested, and the follow-up will naturally continue. As long as it succeeds, there will naturally be profits.

This is also another aspect of the bondage of interests. As long as there are interests, it will be much easier to handle.

Han Xizai stroked his beard and said, "Since that's the case, isn't the master's master also in Anning City? If that's the case, then it's okay to allow them to recruit more disciples, but...you have to be careful. Guo Rong's extinction of the Buddha is not far away."

Li Congjia understands that they are worried that Shi Xueting won his trust again, and that a second Shaolin Temple will be built in the future. If things like religion are not properly managed, it will easily cause various losses. The loss of money is small and easy to let Social instability.

Of course Li Congjia knew it in his heart, but he just said: "It's not the time yet. We don't have many people on hand. They have all become monks. Who should we send to fight? And in the future, we must consult with a few people. It is best not to exempt the land from tax in the future.”

Xiao Yan immediately said: "That's fine, it's better to set this rule now than to change it in the future."

Their current situation is very complicated. Although there are all kinds of regulations and books, and the institutional system is still there, strictly speaking, it is no different from rebuilding the country.

Li Congjia smiled and said: "This is a matter for the future, let's worry about it in the future."

Li Congjia was relieved to let these people no longer be suspicious of Shi Xueting.

As soon as Shi Xueting left, Yang Xin brought a person to see Li Congjia.

Li Congjia was still very familiar with that person.

"The thirteenth prince?" Li Congjia was a little surprised, the thirteenth prince was much more haggard than before.

However, the man was haggard, but his aura remained undiminished. The thirteenth prince raised his chin and said, "Marquis An Ning, this prince needs your help."

Li Congjia almost didn't laugh. When he saw the thirteenth prince, he knew what the thirteenth prince wanted, but he didn't expect that even if he was asking for someone, the thirteenth prince could be so arrogant.

It's just that he doesn't have the same knowledge as a kid, so he asked someone to show him a seat and said, "Need my help? Does the prince want the position of Dragon King?"

The Thirteenth Prince didn't expect Li Congjia to be so direct, so he said in a deep voice, "That's right."

Li Congjia looked at him playfully: "Why should I help you?"

The thirteenth prince proudly said: "Only I can rescue you from the predicament."

Li Congjia asked curiously, "Oh? What can you do?"

The Thirteenth Prince smiled and said, "You must have received the battle report, right? How does it feel for the enemy to flee without fighting?"

Li Congjia's eyes flashed: "It's you? You instigated Long Lei's subordinates?"

The thirteenth prince curled his lips: "His subordinates? What kind of subordinates can he have? Those who were originally mine were lent to him by me!"

Li Congjia couldn't believe it: "Long Lei, you can't even send your own people?"

The Thirteenth Prince snorted: "He can't send it out, he doesn't want to send it at all, he wants to use up our strength through this battle, and when our people lose both sides in the fight with you, wouldn't he just do it? Sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman?"

Li Congjia really wanted to look at Long Lei with admiration, but he didn't expect him to know what it means to kill with a knife.It's a pity that it was so obvious that it drove people into a hurry, otherwise, when Long Lei came to power, the news Li got from Jia had always been that the seventh prince was about to move, and the thirteenth prince seemed to be resigned to his fate.

However, rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention that the thirteenth prince is not a good-tempered person in the first place?

"You want me to help you, and you should also tell me what you can do for me. If you are a fool after helping for a long time, wouldn't my efforts be in vain?"

The thirteenth prince originally thought that he would give Li Congjia a lot of face by coming here in person. As long as he said it, Li Congjia would definitely be grateful for giving him this opportunity. However, he never expected that Li Congjia could win Joe even more than him!

The thirteenth prince looked at him in disbelief: "Do you know what your current situation is? How dare you negotiate terms with this prince?"

Li Congjia asked, "Do you think I'm doomed?"

The Thirteenth Prince snorted coldly and said, "Although Long Lei is not very good, I, Erlang of Suzhou, are all heroes. You people in the south..." His face did not hide his contempt at all.

Li Congjia didn't care too much, just smiled and said: "Then please stay here and wait to see if we will lose. Presumably the Thirteenth Prince also has his own news channel."

The thirteenth prince was angry and wanted to leave. However, he has matured a lot. Instead of leaving, he stayed. He wanted to see what Li Congjia could win!

Li Congjia is also considering the possibility of cooperating with the thirteenth prince. The seventh prince is too stupid. Although the thirteenth prince is also stupid, he is at least cuter than the seventh prince. The courage to enter the tiger's den alone is commendable. He thought about it and asked : "Where are your soldiers guarding? I won't let anyone fight. What if all your soldiers are wiped out?"

The Thirteenth Prince was so angry that he wanted Li Congjia to fight, but he didn't believe how powerful Li Congjia's subordinates were, they were all elite soldiers!

But just to be cautious, he still informed the location, and Li Congjia immediately sent someone to send a message to Shi Xueting and Li Hongji, telling them to avoid that place as much as possible. Fortunately, there were not many people in the hands of the Thirteenth Prince. Long Lei almost died of anger, Long Lei directly threw them all where they were not needed.

After Shi Xueting arrived at the front line, he worked with Li Hongji in a division of labor. Li Hongji had never seen thunderboxes and multi-barrel cannons before, and it was not easy to experiment here. Shi Xueting simply used actual combat to demonstrate how to use these two things.

The way to use the thunder box is relatively harsh, it is suitable for defending the city, and it is thrown directly from the city wall. However, the inexplicable loss last time made Long Lei very irritable, and directly ordered a strong attack. city.

Li Hongji followed Shi Xueting and stood on the city wall, with worry on his face: "Really let them come here? This city wall...can't resist it."

Mule is a small city, the height of the city walls is only two or three meters, and there are almost no defensive measures. Li Hongji is very worried that if people are released, they will not be able to defend the city.

Shi Xueting said firmly: "No problem, even if the general doesn't trust me, he should trust my husband."

After hearing this, Li Hongji smiled and said, "That's true, but why do you still call him Mr. Lang Jun? It's time to change the name."

Shi Xueting thought to himself, I don't call you the same as you, how can it be special?What's more, Li Congjia didn't feel unhappy either.

Of course, on the surface, Shi Xueting still said righteously: "The monks don't care about these worldly etiquettes, the gentleman is him, the city lord is him, and your highness is also him, so why are they called differently?"

Li Hongji thought it made sense, but he also felt that something was wrong. Monks... don't care about worldly etiquette at all, right?Buddhism has its own specific level and title, where can one go after leaving the world?

But before he could refute Shi Xueting, he saw the sky full of dust in the distance, and couldn't help but feel tight: "Here we come."

Shi Xueting responded, turned around and gave some instructions, and Li Hongji saw the pitcher brought by Shi Xueting in place.

When Ma Pingchuan of the Suzhou Army came over, their leader was still very excited, shouting: "Boys, those southern barbarians are scared out of their nerve by us, everyone rush."

The general also thought that the opponent might set up an ambush, but on the Gobi, how to set up an ambush?It is impossible to bury it underground.

This is a great credit given to him by God. The general was very excited and kept urging everyone to rush up. In his eyes, the thin city wall was almost like nothing. He had even begun to fantasize about winning the battle. What kind of reward can I get.

However, before his fantasies were over, the huge explosion knocked him out of his wits, and the sky was filled with dust for a while, and people probably didn't know where they were when they met each other.

Li Hongji frowned and stood on the city wall. Black powder is not a very rare thing at this time. Li Hongji can even judge that the power of the explosion is not very powerful. impossible.

When Li Hongji asked his question, Shi Xueting smiled and said, "The most powerful thunder box is not gunpowder. Please wait for the details, general."

Li Hongji stood on the city wall full of doubts and looked at it. He had to say that no matter how lethal the thunder box was, at least it really stopped the opponent from attacking the city. So far, no one has been able to attack the city wall.

After the dust gradually disappeared, Li Hongji couldn't help but widen his eyes. He found that the enemy army was lying on the ground tens of meters away from the city wall. Not only them, but also the horses. Moaning.

Some were blown up by gunpowder, and more were injured by the metal pieces in the thunder box.

Mule City suddenly became a hell on earth. Li Hongji swallowed, turned his head to look at Shi Xueting, and found that Shi Xueting's expression did not change, and he bowed his head compassionately and recited a Buddhist mantra.

If it weren't for Li Hongji standing beside him and seeing him give orders with his own eyes, he would have suspected that Shi Xueting was just passing by, a very compassionate eminent monk.

Li Hongji was about to say something when he heard Shi Xueting chanting something in a low voice. When he listened carefully, he found out that it was the Diamond Sutra.

Li Hongji: ...

Monk, master, what should be recited at this time... Shouldn't it be the mantra of rebirth?What does the Diamond Sutra mean?

Even Li Hongji couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to him for a while.

After Shi Xueting finished reading, seeing Li Hongji standing aside and watching him silently, he couldn't help smiling: "General, it's time to clean up the battlefield."

Li Hongji discovered with some despair that he actually felt that Shi Xueting looked special... the light of Buddha?

Li Hongji wiped his face, and said weakly: "All listen to the master."

Unaware that he had provoked Li Hongji, Shi Xueting raised his eyebrows and said, "You can try the multi-barrel cannon tomorrow."

Li Hongji looked at the city, and thought of what Shi Xueting said before, the power of the multi-barreled cannon was much greater than that of the thunder box. It won't leak, will it?"

Such a big killer in his own hands is naturally good, but if one is accidentally obtained by the enemy, it will be a nightmare.

Shi Xueting said: "Don't worry, General, Mr. Lang knows it well, you should trust him."

Li Hongji thinks that these two things can be used directly. Before he went out, there was no rumor at all. If Shi Xueting hadn't brought them here, he would not have known that Li Congjia had made these things. "It's my overthinking, let's go, go back and reward..."

Li Hongji got stuck in the middle of his speech. According to the usual practice, the soldiers must be rewarded after winning the battle. However, winning this battle is too inexplicable. I want to reward them based on their merits... Except for those pitchers, Who still has merit?And how to count this head?

Li Hongji felt a headache instantly, looked at Shi Xueting and asked, "What should we do now?"

It's not that he has no idea, the main reason is that Shi Xueting and his subordinates are responsible for the meritorious service this time. He and Shi Xueting are basically in the same status. There is no one who leads the other. Shi Xueting came here just to demonstrate to Lei The use of boxes and multi-barreled cannons will have to be done after a while, so this time the reward for meritorious deeds must be handled by Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting was also calm: "After cleaning the battlefield, let's see how many heads there are, the average score."

This is the first time to use this. If it wasn't for Li Hongji and the others as a demonstration, he would have sent someone to chase after those people who were scared away, and then he would naturally be able to tell who deserved the most credit, but this time... just like this Bar.

There was nothing wrong with Shi Xueting's method, Li Hongji nodded in agreement, and slapped his thigh after getting off the city wall: "It's broken, I forgot to send the military report."

Shi Xueting said: "I have already sent someone to deliver it."

Li Hongji: You are really active.

It took Li Congjia a day and a half to receive the military report. He knew he would win the battle, but when he saw that there were no casualties, he couldn't help laughing.

He was quite calm, Han Xizai and others almost had tears in their eyes, Li Congjia felt sorry for Shi Xueting's reminder, and felt that it was not easy for these old officials to work under his father's command.

After everyone came back to their senses, Li Congjia said: "It's just a small victory, so we won't hold a light work banquet. Let's talk about it when they come back."

To be honest, Li Congjia knew that the other party must be scared when he saw the head count, except that those behind the vanguard must have turned around and ran away when they saw the explosives, but they couldn't say it directly, so they had to say don't worry.

Fortunately, Han Xizai and the others had their sense of propriety and didn't ask the whole city to put up lights and festoons, but everyone in the upper echelon was beaming, and this kind of joy was contagious.

Li Congjia estimated the time and felt that the thirteenth prince had probably gotten the news, so he met him and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

The thirteenth prince looked like he had seen a ghost, but he still said stubbornly: "What does it mean to win a game?"

"It doesn't mean anything." Li Congjia said slowly, "But a complete victory can explain a lot of things."

The thirteenth prince's face turned pale, and he also thought of the news that no one under the Marquis of An Ning was injured or injured. This seemed to him almost impossible, but Li Congjia did it.

The thirteenth prince didn't know what the people below said would explode and shoot out many hidden weapons, and he couldn't even imagine it, but seeing Li Congjia's confident appearance, he knew that he was really sure.

Thinking of this, the thirteenth prince was a little dejected, thinking that the god probably really didn't bless him, did he usually recite scriptures less often?

Seeing his disappointed look, Li Congjia couldn't help feeling amused, and asked, "Now, do you still think you have an advantage?"

The thirteenth prince is not stupid after all, he looked up at Li Congjia and asked, "You...are you still going to help me?"

Li Congjia pointed to the case and said: "I have always loved peace, and I don't like war. If there is a chance, I will naturally want to turn war into friendship."

The thirteenth prince had a look of disbelief. Who could be a peace-loving person to create such a powerful weapon?However, he wisely didn't say anything, just asked: "What is your request?"

Li Congjia didn't speak, Zhou Ye next to him took out a document and handed it to the attendant next to the thirteenth prince, after the thirteenth prince took it, his face became darker and darker, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Let me serve you as master? This is impossible!"

Li Congjia simply said: "That is nothing to talk about."

The Thirteenth Prince's chest was heaving and he was obviously very angry. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "If I can't become the Dragon King, why should I come to you?"

Li Congjia shook his finger and said, "You still don't understand that I'm from the Central Plains, and I can't stay in the Western Regions for a long time. In the future, this place will still be yours, only temporarily."

The Thirteenth Prince snorted coldly: "Anyone can say big things, even if you want to go back to the Central Plains, have you asked the Uighurs?"

Li Congjia smiled and said, "Then what do you think they will do when I bring the thunder box to comfort them?"

The Thirteenth Prince: Shit, I forgot that he still has this big killer.

However, he hesitated after all. Li Congjia just drew a big cake for him. Whether this cake can be eaten in the future is another matter.

Seeing that he was silent, Li Congjia said again: "Please answer me after you think about it, you don't have many choices."

The thirteenth prince was shocked. Indeed, if he had other choices, why would he bow his head to Li Congjia?Now he has nowhere to go, Long Lei is pressing every step of the way, and the Seventh Prince can't count on it...

The Thirteenth Prince did not disappoint Li Congjia. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, as long as you can save my life, I will take the throne with you in the future when I stand in the way of the Dragon King!"

With a flash of light in Li Congjia's eyes, he decisively asked the Seventh Prince to write a handbook, and overwrote all the official and private seals.

Li Congjia then said: "I will send someone to negotiate with you on this matter."

The Thirteenth Prince's eyes widened: "Don't you care?"

Li Congjia looked at him strangely: "I have so many things to do every day, how can I just stare at you? Don't worry, I will let the minister of Honglu Temple contact your people. If you are not at ease, you can stay in the house first." Post house, it’s better to go back after the dust settles.”

The thirteenth prince couldn't help asking: "Master Honglu Temple? Who is it? Why haven't I seen him?"

Li Congjia gave a hand, it's broken, this official position is still vacant.

He coughed lightly and said, "You will see him in two days."

The Thirteenth Prince: I feel a little cold.