In the eastern suburbs of Luoyang City, the emperor took hundreds of civil and military officials to Li Xiaofei to practice, and built a three-zhang high earthen platform to burn incense and read the edict.

The content of the edict was to serve the four provinces, make friends with other countries, protect the overseas trade of the Great Liang, pursue pirates, and so on.

In order to show the importance of the imperial court, Li Xiaofei was accompanied by 500 people from the forbidden army in front of the palace and 500 material vehicles.

The most obvious is the appointment of Li Xiaofei as the patrol envoy of the coastal defense of Daliang and the head of the Haixi City Shipping Division, the history of the Great Thorn of Dongyi Prefecture, and the canonization of the title of Fuhai County Duke.

The coastal defense patrol can mobilize the three naval divisions along the coast of Daliang, the North Sea Division, the Jiangnan Water Division, and the South China Sea Water Division; The head of the Haixi City Shipping Division means that Li Xiaofei is responsible for negotiating and deciding with other countries for all the trade in the open sea of Daliang; The history of the great thorn of Dongyi Zhuzhou is a new official position, and in the emperor's impression, there is still a continent east of the sea, and these places that will be explored and discovered in the future will be set up in the prefectures and counties of Daliang, and the newly established states in the future will be temporarily served by Li Xiaofei as the assassin.

However, these are all false, and what is actually is to find the elixir and immortality for the emperor. If you can't find it, you have to follow what the edict says: "If the trade is not smooth and the new state and county are not satisfied, Li Xiaofei will stay in the local area and not return to the court!" ”

However, the vast majority of court officials did not know the truth, and in their opinion, this was to let Li Xiaofei expand his territory.

In order to prevent the emperor from spending the treasury with military force, there were officials on the spot who admonished him, but they were all dragged away by the emperor's order.

The emperor helped Li Xiaofei offend a group of people, many of whom supported the crown prince.

As a result, most of the accounts of the deficit in the treasury were recorded in Li Xiaofei's name, and many ministers participated in the impeachment of the three ministers of the left, accusing the three ministers of the left of spending the savings of the treasury for several years. However, most of the ministers who participated in the impeachment of the three prime ministers were dismissed and demoted on charges of interfering in the military affairs of the imperial court and disobeying national policies.

After sending off Li Xiaofei and the team of 500 forbidden troops, the emperor sent a team of secret envoys to the west.

Starting from Luoyang, the soldiers of the forbidden army complained constantly along the way, Li Xiaofei knew that these people were asking for rewards, but he deliberately pretended not to know and ignored them.

Antonio, who was in the team together, didn't know what to do, and after drinking a few times with the forbidden soldiers, he came to Li Xiaofei for them to ask for a reward.

"Master Li, they are about to leave their hometown and go to the vast sea, why are you so stingy and refuse to give even a little reward? I don't understand, you weren't such a person before! Did you change when you returned to the girder? ”

Li Xiaofei looked at Antonio, who was full of wine, and smiled, "We have a saying in Daliang, no merit is not punished, and your hometown also has a saying, if you don't go on the road, you won't eat oats!" If we start to reward before we even go out of the sea, then when we get to the sea, ordinary rewards will not satisfy them! ”

"But they're really hard, you can't do this to them!"

Li Xiaofei looked at the few guards around him and coughed, "You are right, I will come back tomorrow and reward each one by one according to the size of their merits!" ”

However, Antonio did not relent, and he had to reward him tonight, and Liu Zhong, the commander of the forbidden army who heard Antonio's trouble, also brought a few people to watch.

If this matter is not handled well, it may lead to a mutiny, and the forbidden army and these guards also want to take the opportunity to ask for a reward, so they do not come to dissuade them, and some people even shout "Reward money!" outside the camp tent. Reward! Reward! ”

Since ancient times, it was Xiucai who met soldiers, and it was unreasonable to say, not to mention that it was not long after setting off, if he established his authority by killing people, it would make everyone feel cold. If they have one time, there will be a next time, and this soldier will not be able to take it with them in the future.

"Well, since everyone wants to get a reward, it's fine, but I'm still the same sentence, if you can say a convincing reason, I will never hesitate to give the reward!"

"We have never traveled so far to serve the emperor in the capital, and now we are sleepy and tired, and we don't even have a place to take a bath, can't we ask for some reward? The emperor has always rewarded us first when he sends us, aren't you, Lord Li, the emperor's courtier? ”

"Yes, along the way, we slept in the open and ate dry food, which day is not a good day in the capital? The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, but you, Lord Li, only need us to suffer, how can there be such a reason in the world? ”

"Master Li, if you don't give a reward today, we won't leave!"

"That's right! Don't go! ”

"If you don't give a reward, you won't leave!"

Li Xiaofei glanced at everyone, "Have you ever fought for Daliang before?" Or did you make some great achievements? ”

"I know that you, Lord Li, used to fight in the south and the north, and our military exploits were all set up by our fathers, we were all personally selected by the emperor, and protecting the emperor over the years is our greatest credit!"

"Master Li, if it's peaceful today, there is no war, don't you have to make it difficult for a strong man to make war exploits?"

"It seems that you are all the sons and nephews of the officials and generals of the DPRK and China, and you have never suffered hardship, no wonder this is the case! I'm sorry, Li is the prince of Fuhai County who was enshrined by the emperor, and the official position of the history of the big thorn is also a good product, so don't show off your family background in front of me! Li will say it again one last time tonight, without merit, and go back to the camp to rest, otherwise Li's eyes will recognize you, and Li's sword will not recognize you! ”

"Lord Li, this is threatening the brothers? Well, let's go back to the camp, we won't ask for a reward, and we won't leave! ”

"Lord Li is so powerful! We are just asking for rewards, and we have not violated military discipline, so does Lord Li want to kill his subordinates indiscriminately and kill soldiers? ”

"Now you are the general's subordinates, and the first rule of the general is that there is no merit and no punishment, and the rewards and punishments are clear! Hugh is going to make Ben draw his sword and set the rules! ”

"We haven't violated the laws of the imperial court, Lord Li is going to mess around! We'll not leave your tent tonight!" ”

"Yes, we're not leaving! Don't go! ”

"Let's see how Lord Li oppresses us forbidden army brothers."

"Yes, let's see how Master Li makes rules?"

Li Xiaofei didn't want to kill people, but at this time, if he didn't kill people, he couldn't stand up to his authority, and it was useless to talk to them about any rules.

With a bang, Li Xiaofei's long face had already been pulled out, and everyone continued to laugh and shout, "He doesn't dare, he can't kill all of us!" ”

"If he dares to kill us, tomorrow the court will punish him!"

"Hahahaha, he dares to draw his sword from the forbidden army!"

Antonio was a little sober at this time, and shouted: "Don't provoke him! It is not right for you to humiliate him like this, and you must apologize to him! ”

Where did everyone care, Li Xiaofei had already held the sword with both hands and began to put the sword up.

But in front of everyone, it was just a short old man drawing his sword and making a gesture, and they laughed even more.

Hearing the noise of the crowd, Hongrui also came out, and when she saw this situation, she hurriedly ran to Li Xiaofei over, "Husband, don't kill them, they are young and ignorant!" ”

"Haha, Master Li, if it weren't for your age, we would like to let you see the power of the forbidden army!"

Li Xiaofei looked at Hongrui, "Don't worry, I won't kill them, I have to teach them a lesson today!" ”

"Do you hear me, brothers, he wants to teach us a lesson!"

Everyone laughed together, and Antonio blushed so much that "You guys apologize to Lord Li, it's too late!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xiaofei swung his sword and cut off the flagpole and held it with one hand, and some people in the forbidden army began to exclaim, "Tut-tut, the strength is really great, it seems that you can still do some martial arts!" ”

"Kneel!"

Li Xiaofei swept the flagpole with his backhand, and more than a dozen people were knocked to the ground, and a few alert jumped away.

The people who dodged were still rejoicing, Li Xiaofei's sword had already been pressed against the neck of one of them, "Do you know that you are wrong!" ”

Most of them quickly knelt down to admit their mistakes, but a few people still shouted "him."

Don't dare to kill us, at most they just rely on their martial arts to bully us! You cowards! ”

Li Xiaofei touched his nose, "I'm sorry!" The old man has already given you a chance! ”

The sword light flashed a few times, and the few people who were still shouting just now were all cut off by Li Xiaofei's left arm, and they fell to the ground and screamed in pain.

"It is my promise not to kill you, and cutting off your arms is my lesson to you! Of course, the next time someone disobeys the order, the only thing they lose is their head! Carry them down for healing, send them back to the capital, and tell their father clearly that it was Lao Tzu who cut them! ”

At this time, the crows were silent, and everyone knew that this old man really dared to cut people, and these people couldn't beat him, and there was nothing they could do about him.

After walking for a while, a convoy was blocked on the muddy road on the road, Li Xiaofei gave an order, and everyone helped to pull out the broken car of the convoy and unload and repair it.

When the people in the convoy got in touch, they found out that it was Xiao Sheng's convoy.

Xiao Sheng wanted to thank Li Xiaofei, Li Xiaofei was unceremonious this time, "These are all forbidden brothers of the imperial court, they have always loved the people like sons and are happy to help others, if Xiao Gongzi wants to thank them, Li will thank you for them, let them not shirk this reward, just accept it!" ”

After everyone received Xiao Sheng's reward, Li Xiaofei took out some cloth and rewarded everyone, "Merit must be rewarded, you have done a good job today, and this will be the rule in the future!" ”

Everyone was convinced, and they all patted Li Xiaofei's ass.

Li Xiaofei exchanged pleasantries with everyone, and then went to find Xiao Sheng again.

"It's really a life where you don't meet, last time thanks to Xiao Gongzi's clever plan, Li was able to reunite with his family, and before Li had time to thank Xiao Gongzi, Xiao Gongzi went out again. Today is Xiao Gongzi's expense again, haha. It's rare to meet Xiao Gongzi again, this time when I go to Jinling, no matter what, let Li do the east and invite Gongzi to have a meal! ”

Xiao Sheng put away his fan and clenched his fists, "Lord Li is too polite, I am also for my own business." I'm a businessman, and I'm on the road for at least 300 days a year. ”

"Li admires the ability of the son very much, if you become an official in the court, you will definitely be able to surpass your father!"

Xiao Sheng shook the fan in his hand, "Master Li is too high-minded, he is not here, he likes to settle accounts and do business since he was a child, and he has no interest in being an official." What's more, the danger of officialdom is not something that people like me can deal with. If the business loses, there is still a chance to turn over, but if the head falls off, there is no chance to grow it again! ”

Li Xiaofei had to admire: "It's rare that Gongzi can see it so thoroughly at a young age, Xiao Gongzi is not a mortal!" Jinling is ahead, I don't know how many days the son will stop in Jinling? ”

"Spend tonight in Jinling, and cross the river to Qiantang tomorrow morning!"

"Childe is so hard, you still have to be careful of your body, Li thought that he was in a hurry, compared with Childe, I was just playing in the mountains and rivers, and I planned to stay in Jinling for three days before leaving!"

"There is no way, we businessmen pay attention to faithfulness, and I can only arrive in advance on the appointed day, and I must not be late. Lord Li is so blessed, just have a good time with his wife in Jinling. To be honest, I have been to Jinling countless times, but I have never seen this Jinling City well, so every time I come, it seems like a new arrival! ”

Looking at Xiao Sheng's pale face and dark circles, Li Xiaofei suddenly felt a little pity.

Who said that the sons of the prime minister's families are useless people, this Xiao Sheng is more desperate than many children of poor families, and the hardships he has paid are difficult for ordinary people to do.

The business east of Luoyang and south of the Huai River is all taken care of by Xiao Sheng, and Xiao Sheng also has to worry about shipping.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofei took out a bottle of Heart-Saving Pill from his arms and handed it to Xiao Sheng, "Childe, this is the Heart-Saving Pill refined by Li himself, if Childe has symptoms of sudden fainting or palpitations, you can take a pill of Heart-Saving Pill to save the emergency!" However, I advise my son to rest more in the future! ”

"Lord Xie Li, I have accepted this Heart-Saving Pill, and when my brothers are older, I will find a beautiful place to recuperate!"

Li Xiaofei no longer persuaded him, waved his hand and drove forward.