Early the next morning, Luo Zhang was called to the imperial study room after leaving the morning court.

In the imperial study room, Li Shimin was taking a rest on a recliner, and Luo Zhang stood respectfully. The atmosphere was a bit strange.

Although His Majesty didn't say anything, Luo Zhang had some guesses in his mind. But regarding this matter, Luo Zhang would not give in. If he gave in once, he would give in again and again. Once giving in became a habit, he would give in in the future. He became a groveling slave, not a human being.

After a long time, Li Shimin put down the tea cup and said, "Is this your solution?"

His Majesty said something nonsensical, but Luo Zhang could understand it completely.

After thinking for a while, Luo Zhang bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, this method is reasonable and reasonable. There is nothing transgressive. I wonder what your Majesty's problem is?"

"Is it reasonable? One person is given ten taels of silver a day, and a ship is repaired with fifty thousand taels. Do you think it is reasonable?" Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

"Of course, our soldiers worked hard to get these people and ships back, and they definitely needed hard-earned money. What I asked them for was not much at all. I even felt that what I asked for was less. In addition, the money Although I collect it, I won't take a dime. Ninety thousand taels of it are the taxes I pay, and the remaining two hundred thousand taels are given to the soldiers. The more I collect, the more taxes I pay. The more you get, this is something everyone is happy about, so why not?"

"Of course, there are also those who are unhappy, and that is the people of Koguryo. They must pay such a high price to redeem people and ships, so they must be resisting, so they came to you, but what does that have to do with me and your Majesty? "

"Whether it was the Koguryo people or the Japanese people, when they robbed our cargo ships and sank our warships, did they ever show any mercy? Did they ever bargain with us? These are all habits. Why should they? People have been captured, warships have been captured, and we are required to hand over people and ships? I, the Tang Dynasty, still want to bow to them? If they dare to say more, I will immediately behead and scuttle their people and ships. I will give you the money. No more, I won’t bring back any plunderers or ships in the future, it depends on what they say!” Luo Zhang said, and at the end he became a little angry and angry.

Old God Li Shimin watched Luo Zhang getting angry, but he was not angry at all. On the contrary, he laughed after hearing Luo Zhang's last words.

"Enough complaining? I haven't said anything yet, but you are even more excited than me. Do you think ten taels of silver per person a day is reasonable? Is it reasonable to repair a ship with fifty thousand yuan? What I said is unreasonable. The food of the Tang Dynasty is not for He Gaoguli, Japanese people need at least 50 taels a day to eat. How can it cost 100,000 taels to repair a ship? Is this reasonable? With your little income, you need so little money. It's too embarrassing for me. You're a man! Ninety thousand taels of tax, you can't say it out loud!" Li Shimin joked.

"Ah...this...your majesty is wise, long live your majesty, long live your majesty!" Luo Zhang immediately prostrated himself, even if he didn't admire him, it was his turn. Luo Zhang really admired him so much. Fifty taels a day, and it costs 100,000 taels to repair a ship. This means that if the people of Gaoguli want to get back their own people and ships, they will have to spend nearly 700,000 taels of silver, while he only needs 290,000 taels. , which is equivalent to saying that it is better not to look for His Majesty. This search is equivalent to spending an extra four hundred thousand taels of silver. If this is known to the people of Gaoguli, I wonder if they will vomit blood and die in anger.

But this is His Majesty's will. Now that he has a will, he is no longer afraid of the verbosity of the Gaoguli people, and he can also follow this method in the future. As long as the enemy wants to redeem the captured ships and people, he can bring money, and each person can pay five dollars a day.

You can ask for ten taels of silver, a hundred thousand taels for a boat, or even two hundred thousand taels, depending on your mood.

When Luo Zhang returned to the mansion, his servants came to report that several people from Gaoguli were visiting.

Upon hearing the report from his servant, Luo Zhang smiled slightly and said, "Tell them, I'm busy. If you want to see me, just wait!"

The servant followed the order and left, while Luo Zhang went to Sun Simiao's residence. The old man had not eaten well in the morning and was losing his temper. Luo Zhang naturally wanted to visit him. Compared with the people of Goguli, he was naturally more important to the old man.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I heard the noise of two old men.

"You're wrong, you shouldn't be sprinkling pepper at this time, look at what you've done, it's all mushy!"

"Are you okay? If you are okay, come and get it, I'll get it for you to eat, but you're still here picking and choosing, you can get it yourself if you want to eat it!"

"What, you said you can't do it? What you did is wrong, Luo Zhang didn't do it like this? Hey, why didn't you listen to me? You are just a stubborn donkey. Luo Zhang was busy early and didn't do it for you.

You can just make do with it casually, but you insist on doing it yourself, look what you are doing now!"

"I can do whatever I want, do you care..."

Listening to the quarrel inside, Luo Zhang was speechless. "Old boy, old boy, that's what I'm talking about. The older you get, the more troublesome you are. You can't say anything to him, but this is about him."

, fearing that the noise would get worse, I could only follow them.

After taking a few deep breaths, Luo Zhang stepped into the house. When the two people who were arguing just now saw Luo Zhang come in, they immediately stopped talking and went about their own business, as if nothing happened.

"Grandpa Sun, what are you doing so early in the morning?" Luo Zhang pretended not to know.

"Oh, I don't want to eat barbecue, but no one can cook it for me. I have to cook it myself. Oh, I'm so annoying. I want to eat barbecue and no one can cook it for me. It's really useless.

!" Sun Simiao complained.

"Pfft!" Old Poison couldn't help but laugh.

"Old guy, when did you become like this? If you are shameless, you are invincible. You are almost invincible!" Old Poison mocked.

"Go, go, go. I'm talking to my grandson. Don't care about your business. You are really nosy!" Sun Simiao said angrily after being exposed on the spot.

"Grandpa Sun, do you want to eat barbecue? Just tell your grandson if you want to eat, and I will grill it for you!" Luo Zhang said with a smile, looking at the two of them.

Without stopping, he took the skewers in Sun Simiao's hand, looked at them, put them aside, took another handful and put them on the fire to grill.

Seeing Luo Zhang grilling things smoothly, the old poisonous man exclaimed in admiration: "Look, this is barbecue, what kind of things are you grilling!"

"I didn't want to bake it for you. If I had baked it, wouldn't you have snatched it away and eaten it?" Sun Simiao said harshly.

"Should I take it away? As for the thing you baked, I guess no one would be willing to eat it. I'm afraid you'd have to spit it out after taking one bite, and you're afraid I'd take it away. You, don't be so stubborn. If you can't do it, you can't do it.
Chapter completed!