Wen Sanwu met Empress Shu Ming in the week, and after handing over Li Shimin's national letter, the two sides exchanged a few polite words. Su I Ezo felt that the time was almost up, and said with a light cough: "Your Majesty, there is no political matter today, it is better for you to retreat from the court first, and as for the matter of exterminating the pirates, you can leave it to Weichen to deal with." ”

Emperor Shu Ming nodded with a smile: "Then it's hard to love Qing, I will go back first." After saying that, he shouted "retreat from the court" and returned to the harem by himself. But none of the hundred officials moved, and they all looked at Su I Ezo.

Su I Ezo smiled at Wen Sanwu and said, "Your Excellency Envoy, let's discuss the matter of suppressing bandits first." ”

Wen Sanwu raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, Prime Minister, on the orders of His Majesty, a total of 100,000 troops have been sent to help your country. However, there were unforeseen circumstances, and more than 10,000 people were killed in a storm during the voyage. Now there are less than 90,000 left, and they have already headed to the Iwami Mountains under the leadership of General Xiao. ”

Su I's heart jumped, it couldn't be that Datang knew something, he went so fast! Hurriedly said: "The envoy should not underestimate the enemy, that group of pirates is very well-equipped, if they attack rashly, they are likely to lose their troops!" ”

Wen Sanwu said grinningly: "It's okay, it's just 500 pirates, and our army has 90,000 soldiers, and we will definitely be able to win!" ”

Seeing that the matter had come to this, Su I had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Okay, I wish the big ** team a big victory!" Now that your army has passed, we can't just enjoy the blessings here, and the prime minister is going to bring 30,000 troops to help, I wonder if the envoy is willing to go with him? ”

Wen Sanwu nodded: "Okay, in that case, let's go." I'd like to have some fun in Kyoto after the battle is over. ”

The two looked at each other, and couldn't help but show a look that a man understands, and laughed.

Xiao Rong's advance was very fast, and ten warships had arrived near the Iwami Mountains in a day and a night. After Xiao Rong ordered to be stationed on the outskirts of the mountain range, he began to order his subordinates to start "killing each other", come over to cheat money, and the scene must be done enough! A reward of ten taels of silver was issued, and the 1,900 "Datang elites" he brought turned into defeated troops who lost their armor in a blink of an eye. Xiao Rong was very satisfied, and ordered the whole army to stay in the camp and wait, and he walked into the mountain with his hands behind his back.

Wang Erhu, who was stationed in the Ishimi Silver Mine, had already received the news, and personally took Xiao Rong into the mountain to entertain him with good wine and meat, and also took him to visit the silver mine for a good visit. Now the boss of the silver mine is Wang Erhu, but the second is the little shrimp of the Dongying people who were captured at the beginning. The silver mine is guarded by 500 special combat personnel, but there are 10,000 laborers in charge of mining. Most of the laborers here are soldiers sent by Suga Ezo, and although they are not tall, they are still much stronger than ordinary Dongying people.

Literature and art did not exploit them like slave owners, but adopted a merit-based promotion system: all laborers must complete the prescribed tasks every day, and if there are fewer points, more points will be deducted; When the points reach a certain amount, you can apply for promotion to team leader, captain, and captain, and the captain is the household registration of the people of Datang on the top!

In the case that Wang Erhu and others tirelessly described how good Datang was and how happy the people of Datang were, those pawns who were usually oppressed by the Dongying aristocracy never had the idea of resisting at all, and were bent on performing well and being promoted as soon as possible! Datang! That's the land of heaven! It's the land of the gods! What a happy thing it should be to be a Datang citizen in this life!

As an example, Xiao Xiami is naturally the first candidate to get the Datang household registration. On the first day of becoming a common person in the Tang Dynasty, Xiao Xiami changed his name to "Wang Xingye", and the surname was the surname of Wang Erhu who was chosen, in the past few years in Dongying, Wang Erhu has never bullied Xiao Xiami but treated him like his own brother, which made Xiao Xiami grateful inexplicably, not only recognized Wang Erhu as the eldest brother, but also married his sister to Wang Erhu as a concubine.

Wang Erhu was originally a bachelor, and he stayed here in Dongying for a few years, which is the true portrayal of "Sow Racing Diao Chan", and he accepted Xiao Rou, the sister of Xiao Xiami. Originally, looking at Xiao Shrimp looking obscene, his sister should not be much better, but who knew that Xiaorou turned out to be a standard Dongying beauty, with a soft waist and easy to push down... Well, anyway, not only is he beautiful, but also gentle and virtuous, and he is a little happy to take care of Wang Erhu. Wang Erhu's original idea was to wait until he went back to marry a Tang woman as his wife, but he liked Xiaorou very much, and wrote to Wenyi to ask him to change Xiaorou to a Tang household registration.

Wenyi would refuse, and replied immediately: The special combat team members are allowed to find suitable women to marry in Dongying, but all the women who marry will be registered in Datang!

Wang Erhu was so happy that he held a large-scale wedding here on the day he received the literary approval, and Xiaorou became his real wife. The other team members were so hot that they asked him to help get more Dongying women. As a result, Xiao Shrimp was completely integrated into the special combat team.

Well, it's far away, let's get down to business. After Wang Erhu invited Xiao Rong to the banquet, the two officially sat down to talk about business. Xiao Rong said: "Captain Wang, I will come to exterminate you by the order of His Majesty. Let's plan this matter carefully, and we can't let the people of Dongying see the flaws. ”

Wang Erhu said with a smile: "General Xiao, don't worry, the Dongying people here are now bent on becoming our people as soon as possible, and they have already forgotten all about Dongying." ”

Xiao Rong nodded and said: "That's easy, I brought a total of 2,000 people this time, including 500 from the Xuanjia Army and 1,500 from various families." But what we said to Dongying was that 100,000 people came, so we had to fight before they came, and we had to lose more than 90,000 in any case. ”

Wang Erhu almost choked to death by his own saliva, coughed for a long time before relieving himself, and asked excitedly, "How many people died?" Ninety thousand? What's to be done? ”

Xiao Rong laughed and said, "It turns out that Wen Xiang didn't tell Captain Wang about the specific plan. The plan is like this, this time I brought a total of 2,000 people and 210 warships, of which 200 old-fashioned warships were sold to Dongying for 100,000 taels, which is 20 million taels of silver; Wen Xiang also agreed with them on a death pension of 100 taels per person, we claim to be 100,000 people, of course, more casualties, this is another 10 million taels of silver! ”

Wang Erhu was stunned when he heard this, the young master was too violent! If you come to suppress a bandit, you can get 30 million taels of silver! It is worthy of being the God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty! It's much faster to make money than mining by yourself!

Wang Erhu settled down and asked, "But what if Dongying defaults?" As far as I know, most of their silver comes from this silver mine, and now that this place is occupied by us, their silver should not be too much, and it is very likely that they will repay their debts. ”

Xiao Rong pouted and said: "If you rely on the debt, you will rely on the account, what else can we do except send a few letters of protest?" It's not a big deal. ”

Wang Erhu was stunned again: "Then don't we get nothing?" ”

Xiao Rong smiled pitifully: "Ben Jiang is in Dongying, but he represents the Tang Dynasty, and we can only protest if they are in arrears." But you don't represent the Tang Dynasty, you are a famous British pirate! How many trips to Kyoto will you get everything back? Besides, now we Datang just want to let our neighbors see how weak and bullying we are. What could be more convincing than sending troops to help the vassal kingdom and breaking 100,000 troops at once, and even daring to let out a fart? ”

Wang Erhu suddenly said: "I understand, isn't this the young master's plan to lure the enemy?" Haha, now Dongying has to play, General Xiao has anything to do with his junior brother's cooperation! ”

Xiao Rong nodded and said, "I need 90,000 urns, and they all need to be filled with ashes, and it is best to prepare them within two days." I wonder if my brother can handle it? ”

After Wang Erhu picked up the wine jar and filled it for the two of them, he picked up the wine bowl and touched it with Xiao Rong and said: "What's the point of worrying about trivial matters, I can hand it over to the general tomorrow evening!" ”

The two laughed and drank the wine in the bowl, and the matter here was settled. Just wait for the guests to come and watch this expensive show!

Su I Ezo was afraid that the Tang Dynasty would occupy the silver mines after defeating the pirates, so he issued an edict overnight to gather troops of all ethnic groups, and barely managed to gather 30,000 troops in three days. With Wen Sanwu, he hurriedly rushed to the Iwami Silver Mine.

When I arrived at the outskirts of the silver mine, I was dumbfounded, only to see that the entire Datang camp was burned to pieces, and there were intermittent puffs of green smoke around it. Wen Sanwu was even more panicked, and hurriedly sent his men down to check the situation.

About half an hour later, Xiao Rong, who was wearing tattered armor, led his equally embarrassed subordinates to be helped out of the dense forest in the distance. After seeing Wen Sanwu, he immediately opened his throat and cried bitterly, and he was really sad to hear and cry!

When Xiao Rong was almost done, Wen Sanwu asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?" Tell me in detail. ”

Xiao Rong wiped away the tears that were spicy from the ginger, and sobbed and told the truth of the matter: "The last general led an army of 90,000 to arrive here four days in advance, thinking that there were only 500 pirates, he didn't pay attention to it, so he ordered the whole army to attack on the same day. It was precisely because of the carelessness of the last general that he fell into the ambush of the other side, and more than 30,000 people were killed in the first battle. The last general was unwilling to fail after gathering his forces, and organized a strong attack, this time all the way to their cottage, just when the last general thought that they could take it in one fell swoop, they suddenly took out a kind of 'da-da-da' fiery weapon and wrapped us in dumplings. The last general also escaped under the desperate protection of his personal guards, and the camp was burned down by the pursuing pirates. Now there are only more than 1,900 people left, and the last general deserves death, please punish Lord Wen! ”

Wen Sanwu was furious after hearing this, kicked Xiao Rong to the ground, pulled out his sword and made a gesture to split, and shouted: "The army of 100,000 died 90,000, how can you still have the face to live in the world!" This official is going to take your head to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers! ”