Wenyi was disdainful in his heart: It seems that the Japanese guys are not too stupid. They know that after telling us about the silver mine, we will definitely have wrong ideas.

But you didn’t expect me to be Jack Sparrow! Wenyi nodded and said: “Well, how many troops did you send in total?

I would also like to see how many reinforcements we need to send over."

Su Wobuxiang said truthfully: "Our country has carried out a total of 6 clearing campaigns, and the number of people has increased each time. In total, there are about 80,000 people."

Wenyi pretended to be solemn and said: "I didn't expect that these pirates had such high combat effectiveness. Although the Tang army was invincible, it suffered heavy losses in successive battles.

You can send troops, but the consumption of food and grass and the compensation for the fallen soldiers must be paid by your country."

Su Wobuxiang agreed: "No problem, this is what it should be. I wonder how many troops the Prime Minister is prepared to send?"

Wenyi thought for a while and said: "I need to think about it carefully. Brother Buxiang, please go back to Honglu Temple to rest for one night. I will give you an answer tomorrow morning."

Su Wobuxiang said goodbye very wisely after receiving a positive reply from Literary Art.

Wen Yi asked Wen Erba to invite people with the fifth surname and Qi Wang to have a banquet at his house.

He wanted to take this opportunity to tighten their relationship with the royal family. He was about to launch a comprehensive construction plan for the Tang Dynasty, but he could not allow any internal problems to arise.

Except for the extremely arrogant Zheng family of Xingyang, who refused because the head of the family was unwell, the other six families came as promised.

Wenyi had already prepared a banquet, and when everyone arrived, they could tell at a glance who was one of their own and who was a perfunctory being.

Among the six people who came, the Li family from Longxi was from the royal family, so Li Chengqian came here to count the number of people; the Li family from Zhao County came with Li Shouxu, the first member of the Dongzu family. As the eighteenth bachelor of the Prince of Qin's palace, he didn't know if he could withstand the disaster of death next year.

And Li Huaiyuan, who was in the first room of Xizu, was originally the prime minister of Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty. Now he is just a young man, and he should be sent by the family to see the world. Cui Minqian, the head of the Boling Cui family, was present in person. Now that Li Shimin has ascended the throne, he is the same as Li Shiji

One was renamed Cui Gan, and the other was renamed Li Ji. You can tell from his political consciousness that he is a smart person; the Cui family from Qinghe is also a young boy. Cui Gan introduced him as the second son of the Cui family in Qinghe.

What's Cui Hong? I've never heard of it in literature and art anyway; the person from the Fanyang Lu family is the head of the family, Lu Chengqing, who is currently the Duke of Fanyang and is also the minister of the military inspection department, and is properly one of his own; the person from the Taiyuan Wang family is definitely Wang Renyou, the father of the future Queen Wang.

! Wenyi couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Qi Wang, the fifth surname, is not so arrogant. Only the Zheng family in Xingyang dare not give him face, but everyone else is here, so it will be easy to handle now.

Wenyi raised his glass and said to everyone: "Thank you uncles for being willing to come to this banquet. I feel very honored.

I'll give you a drink first, uncle and uncles!"

After speaking, he raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

Others joined in for a drink. In the traditional Chinese wine table culture, drink first and then talk.

Wen Yi followed this principle very well. After drinking for a few rounds, Wen Yi said: "I have taken the liberty to invite my uncles tonight. The uncles are here to make some extra money with us.

There is plenty of oil and water, I wonder if uncles and uncles would like it?"

Cui Gan was the first to speak: "Everyone knows that Prime Minister Wen is the God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty and has the ability to turn stone into gold. How can we refuse the invitation of the God of Wealth?

Please also ask Wen Xiang to explain it in detail so that I can go back and step up preparations."

Wenyi Gong cupped his hands and said, "Uncle Cui is out of town, isn't he? It's enough to call me Wen Xiang in officialdom, why do you call me that in private?"

Uncle, if you don't mind, just call me Xiaoyi.

This matter is actually very simple, Japan wants us to send troops to help them eliminate a group of pirates."

Li Shousu said at this time: "We should bring in military generals to eliminate pirates. Xiaoyi, what's the use of calling us?"

Wenyi shook his head and said: "The whole story is this. When I was building a ship in Shanghai three years ago, I accidentally found a silver mine when I went to sea. So I pretended to be a British pirate and took possession of it.

This time Japan just wants us to send troops to destroy the British pirates."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

After a long while, Lu Chengqing said: "I see. No wonder His Majesty has been unable to spend all his money in the past few years. It turns out that there are mountains of gold and silver in his family! But Xiaoyi, you don't need our intervention in this matter, right?"

Wenyi nodded and said: "To simply eliminate pirates, uncles and uncles are not needed to take action, but this time we are sending troops to help the vassal country, how can we go in vain?

I calculated that we don't need to send real troops. We will temporarily recruit some local braves and scrape together 50,000 to 60,000 yuan to go and mess around.

When the time comes, you can easily ask Japan for tens of millions of taels of military pay and pensions, and we can all be happy for a while."

Wang Renyou stroked his beard and said: "Xiaoyi is very interested, but what if Japan doesn't admit it?"

Wenyi smiled evilly and said: "It's inevitable that he didn't agree. Originally, I didn't want to kill him, but when I asked him what was in the mountains, the special envoy actually told me that there was nothing in the mountains except herbs.

So this time I am going to send 200 old warships and 500 new black armor troops there. If he dares not to pay military expenses, I will get it myself!"

Wang Renyou wondered: "Why do we need to send so many ships there?

Also, is the number of this army a little small?"

Wenyi replied: "Now the Shanghai shipyard is stepping up the construction of new warships. Those old warships are too backward. I am going to sell them to Japan at a high price.

The number of troops is also large. The newly formed Xuanjia Army this time has only 10,000 people in total. This time I am just taking them out to see the world. If I really want to destroy Japan, I will stay there alone to guard the silver mines.

Five hundred people are enough! So I ask you to prepare more boxes with money and helpers when you go back. If nothing else happens, we will set off next spring."

Everyone was the top nobles of the Tang Dynasty, so how could they care about little Japan? The discussion here was just for discussion after dinner, and everyone quickly decided on the number of participants.

Not to mention how happy the family owners who came over this time were to make some extra money after having a meal. After they were full of wine and food, they all said goodbye and made an appointment to have a gathering at someone's house next time.

Only Cui Hong, the second son of the Cui family in Qinghe, was unhappy. At that time, Wenyi sent someone to inform his father that his father, Cui Zhiguo, thought Huang Mao Er was bullying others too much and dared to send his servants to invite him to come to the palace because his majesty wanted to see him.

We can't be so hasty! But we didn't want to have too much trouble with Wenyi, so we sent him, the second son, and even his brother Cui Jin wasn't allowed to come.

This is great, everyone is splitting it 50-50, but when it comes to him, he says, "The Cui family has a big business and doesn't care about these small amounts of money. Let's leave it to us poor people."

He was the person with the lowest status in the room, so how could he dare to say "no"! When Cui Hong returned home, he truthfully told his father what happened at the banquet.

Cui Zhiguo said in annoyance: "What a cunning boy! It's a lie to go to Japan to make money. The main reason is to see our family's attitude towards Li Tang! This is a sign that we will be squeezed out! By the way, you said

Which one haven’t you visited yet?”

Cui Hong replied: "The Zheng family in Xingyang said that the master of the family was unwell, so he didn't send anyone there."

Cui Zhiguo breathed a sigh of relief this time: "Fortunately, someone has helped us to be at the bottom. Zheng family in Xingyang, huh, we will be in bad luck in the future! Hong'er, go and prepare a few carts of gifts tomorrow and go to the Wen Mansion with your father to apologize."

On the afternoon of the next day, Wenyi, who was easily able to handle official duties, was once again stopped by Su Wo Buxiang. Wenyi put his arms around his shoulders affectionately and said: "Brother Buxiang, after my non-stop efforts day and night, I finally convinced all parties in the court.

I agreed to send troops to assist you, eh, it’s very hard not sleeping all night!”

Su Wo was not fragrant, but he couldn't hear the overtones of literature and art. He bent down like a prawn, quietly took out a box from his sleeve and stuffed it into the arms of literature and art.

Wenyi generously took out the box and opened it. What a surprise! There are 36 pearls the size of quail eggs! Not only are they the same size, but they also emit a faint pink color. They are definitely treasures in the world of pearls! Wenyi smacked his lips: "It doesn't smell good.

Brother, you Japanese are so poor that you can only use these little pearls to fool people?

Although I am young, I still have several boxes of pearls as big as goose eggs.

Forget it, who made us predestined, so I reluctantly accepted it."

After saying that, he closed the box and threw it to Wen Erba behind him. It looked as if there were several boxes of pearls at home. As a result, Wen Erba stumbled and almost missed the catch, which frightened Wen Yi so much that he almost revealed his true colors.

Su Wobuxiang's heart was bleeding. This box of pearls was the treasure of Emperor Shuming. It was second only to the three great artifacts in Japan. As a result, Wenyi felt that the gift was too light. He immediately said: "Wen Xiang is the most powerful person in the world."

How could such a powerful and powerful man be so knowledgeable and well-informed as we, the humble people from the feudal country?

Wen Xiang, please be patient and don't be impatient. The villain has deeply realized his mistake, so he will go back and reflect!"

After saying that, he bowed 90 degrees to the art and hurried away.

Wen Yi tilted his head and touched his chin and smiled at Wen Erba: "Erba, study hard. You see, many people are on the road. I have promoted you like this, but you have never given me any gifts. You almost killed me."

My pearl was smashed! Next time if this happens again, I will punish you by feeding the horse!"

Wen Erba said happily: "Young Master, can our relationship be comparable to that of a short Japanese boy like him?

I will go back and ask Lijian to make us a table of delicious food as an apology."

Wenyi was surprised and said: "Okay, didn't you have bronchitis before?

When did you revive your husband?"

Wen Erba patted his chest and said proudly: "Before, Li Jian was pregnant, so I accommodated her in every way. Now that the baby is weaned, of course I want to regain my glory as the head of the family!"

Wenyi nodded: "Okay, I'll ask if I want the sword when I meet you."

Wen Erba immediately became discouraged and said pitifully: "Young Master, you can't cheat your brother, I'm just making a joke, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously.
Chapter completed!