"Can he agree?"

Zhang Yurou didn't finish speaking, so she put away her head.

This is not a matter of Gu Yitong's disagreement, but the power and responsibility of tracking down the Eight Divisions of the Demon Dragon are now in the hands of Li Shimin.

Even if the bones of this iron-clad emperor are very hard, he still has to forcibly track down the case. Li Shimin can also use the banner of the Son of Heaven to interfere with the actions of Jingzhao County.

Zhang Yurou couldn't help but sigh again, the person she liked was indeed different from before. A year ago, it was hard for her to imagine that lazy and ambitious teenager with a full sense of justice would use the authority in his hand to openly do this kind of revenge for personal gain, public use for personal use-

However, Zhang Yurou then shook her head again, comforting herself, in fact, there was nothing wrong with Li Shimin's 'communiqué personal vendetta'.

The current Duke of Chu has a suspicious appearance, and most of them are really opposed. Li Shimin, as an embroidered general, the eagle dog of the Son of Heaven, naturally needs to use unscrupulous means to crack down on these wolf ambitions.

But—

"But I advise you to take a break from the rest. ”

It's just because this will not only anger the Great Sui Dynasty and the opposition, but also force the bone instrument to the extreme of the cliff. The character of the latter is bound to exhaustively investigate the root cause and swear not to give up.

"You have so much money to spare when we do?"

Li Shimin shook his head: "Although Ling Zun is generous, we can't take his money and squander it at will." This kind of large-scale assassination is only once. If you continue, it's not very cost-effective. ”

At this time, Daxing City must have been in a state of martial law in the whole city. If he were to hire another murderer, those killers would surely sit on the ground and raise the price. In addition, the risk of exposure to those under his command will also increase greatly. So whether from the perspective of safety or cost performance, it is not cost-effective.

"In other words, this time it's just to contain the Duke of Chu?"

Zhang Yurou thought to herself that she was so stupid, isn't Li Shimin's intention obvious?

After experiencing this large-scale assassination, most of the Yang Xuangan family no longer had the strength to participate in the war between Li Shimin and Xue Ju.

At this time, as long as there is one 'Shadowless Arrow', it is enough to contain all the energy of the Duke of Chu in Guanxi. Unless it was Yang Xuangan, who planned to ignore those subordinates in his own family.

"There is a folk saying that porcelain is more expensive than pottery, and those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes. ”

The corners of Li Shimin's lips were slightly raised: "Although I am lonely and weak now, I also have no weaknesses, except for Jiuquan Villa, there is nothing else to worry about." What's even more rare is that thanks to the Holy Grace of the Son of Heaven and the help of your Qinglong Villa, I have the strength to lift the table directly. If they think that one Xue Ju can push me into a desperate situation and trap myself to death, they are thinking too much. We have to let them know that whoever dares to provoke you and me at this time must be prepared to be dragged into hell by me. ”

As soon as Zhang Yurou raised her eyebrows slightly, she liked Li Shimin's courage and arrogance in the world.

"Speaking of which, Uncle Luo and that Zheng Rentai have no news yet. At this point in time, it should be soon, right? Can you tell us about who they're targeting?"

Li Shimin smiled, and didn't mean to hide it at all: "Because of the city Qi Longyue, and Ning County Wei Ji, two insignificant little people, Yurou, you probably haven't heard of it." ”

Zhang Yurou looked relieved: "It's them?"

In fact, the status of these two people in Kansai is not small at all. One is an elite horse thief with three to five hundred people, who has been active in Yan'an County for a generation and has dozens of robberies, and the other is a salt lord in Beidi County, who takes goods from Xue Ju's hands and is in charge of nearly forty percent of the private salt share in Beidi County. There are also several second-grade masters under him, with nearly a thousand minions.

"But the strength of these two people is not weak? Wei Ji is just that, but Qi Longyue of Yincheng is said to be a great master of strength, and it is said that the imperial court has also encircled and suppressed it several times, but it has failed. Jiro, how much money did you spend this time, and will you be able to succeed?"

She thought that Li Shimin would not only send these two people, just like the previous Daxing City. It is necessary to hire killers to have any hope of success.

"It cost about 200,000 yuan, mainly to give them a hand. ”

Li Shimin still devoted most of his attention to the 'Divine Evil Heavenly Pole' assembled in front of him.

"This time it's just a matter of trying to see, and it doesn't matter if it fails. The two of them are never the focus, and they don't need to be too concerned. ”

Therefore, the orders he gave to Luo Li and Zheng Rentai were also 'do what the opportunity did', which was no better than the previous instructions to Yang Yun. It's best if he can succeed, and he doesn't care if he doesn't succeed, it's nothing more than spending a little money in vain. 200,000 guan, which is the price of two sets of handsome ink armor, and in terms of the overall situation, this is also a necessary expense.

"That's right—"

Zhang Yurou couldn't help but fall into contemplation, thinking that the death of these two people could hit Xue Ju's forces. But if Li Shimin's move can force Xue Ju to withdraw the siege of Tongguan, it is obviously impossible. For Xue Ju, who is rich and powerful, this is not a particularly big blow.

"So your heavy bet is still on the Yuwen family, right?"

After all, she had witnessed Li Shimin all the way and what kind of deal she had made with that Yuwenshu.

But that lord only promised to support Li Shimin at the central level. As long as the latter's behavior is not too out of line, Yuwen Shu can be the bottom line. In addition, it was just a promise to mobilize the border army and strictly investigate the caravans related to Xue Ju in the name of border salt and iron smuggling.

It was for these two promises that it cost them millions,

If Yuwen Shu can really do it, then there is no doubt that this is a heavy blow to Xue Ju's forces.

can be judged by Zhang Yurou, the actual effect of this should be greatly reduced. After all, Xue Ju has been operating in the border for many years, and it is not that he does not have his own connections.

This is even more of a wealthy man in Kansai, and his overall financial resources may not be as good as Qinglong Villa, but if he is limited to this dispute in Kansai, he is enough to be on par with them.

And although Yuwenshu is one of the five nobles and is the head of the government army in the world, it is still worth considering how much influence this high base has on the border army in the central place.

In addition, there is also the Taiyuan Wang family, although this northland family has agreed to Li Shimin to put pressure on Xue Ju. But it is impossible for them to give up this source of money.

"It seems that you still lack awareness of the influence of this Yuwen general. ”

Li Shimin shook his head: "General Zuo Yiwei is the head of the generals of the prefectures, the general affairs of the government, and the command of the Yingyang Mansion. Nowadays, there are nearly half of all the generals above the rank of lieutenant in the world, and they are inextricably linked with him. Other than that—"

His voice paused, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes: "You also underestimate the Great Sui generals in this world, and you are greedy for money." ”

"Greed for money?" Zhang Yurou frowned, he realized that he might have overlooked some of the keys in Li Shimin's layout.

"All men love money, and especially generals in the army. If you just want to keep the good deeds, it will be enough, but those who are not willing to be dull and want to make a fuss about military exploits and win the shadow of their wives will inevitably have to fight hard. But without a certain amount of financial resources, there is no way to support too many tigers and wolves in the army. And although the money allocated by the imperial court is abundant enough, how much money can be left after it has been wiped out from top to bottom, and it falls into the hands of the border military and government troops everywhere? For them, the money is far from enough. ”

When Li Shimin said this, he laughed at himself again: "Just like me, how much money has I put into the Xuanjia and the Great Cause Hall under my command in the past year? This is still a forbidden army, and under the nose of the Son of Heaven, no one dares to be too presumptuous." But in the border army and the government army, it will only be more excessive. Of course, there are many real greedy people. The reason why they usually restrain themselves is that they have scruples about the law and discipline of the imperial court, as well as those powerful family lords, and they dare not act rashly. ”

"Jiro, what do you mean?"

Zhang Yurou's eyes flashed, and she already roughly understood Li Shimin's intentions.

The effect of Yuwenshu's mobilization of the border army may be limited, but this move is undoubtedly a signal to the Yingyang Mansion and the border army towns in the north.

So the way she calculated the financial resources of both parties before was actually outrageously wrong.

The private salt, tea, iron fur, etc., which Xue Ju operated, also had to be counted in their bargaining chips.

"The three million yuan we spent on this General Yuwen was to untie those dog chains around their necks. ”

Li Shimin finally looked away from the mutilated ink armor, and looked at Zhang Yurou with a smile: "Do you still think that these three million yuan are not worth it?"

Zhang Yurou shook her head, she actually never felt that Li Shimin spent unjust money on Yuwenshu's side.

Even if it was just the things promised by the latter, it was actually worth the three million yuan.

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What Zhang Yurou didn't know was not long before she discussed with Li Shimin. Located on a certain nameless hill in the dense jungle of Shangdang County, Liu Zhenghui, the general of Longquan County, was holding a clairvoyant mirror, looking at the galloping road in the valley in the distance.

At this time, it was raining heavily, but there was no interference in the slightest for Liu Zhenghui's sight. In the midst of this man's gaze, a large caravan was marching in the rain on the gallop road.

The carriage was endless, there were more than 100 cars, all of which were pulled by two Qin Xilong horses. However, the surrounding guards were also numerous, with three hundred armored men, escorting the caravan on either side.

Liu Zhenghui has a lot of experience, just looking at the behavior of these people, you can know that they are all elites who can be compared with the forbidden army. Even the guys and coachmen inside are all athletic and ready to fight at any time.

But at this time, his expression was not surprised.