Takahashi Kumiko was still wary of Li You, and said very little about her family's affairs, but Li You knew about them through what he learned from the other pirates and the information revealed by Takahashi Kumiko's words.

The Takahashi Kumiko family was originally one of the most powerful families in the Wano Kingdom, but they were later defeated by another of the most powerful families in the Wano Kingdom, and they fled to the island of Kyushu, borrowing the name of the Takahashi family, a small nobleman on the island, and after decades of hard work, became one of the largest forces on the island of Kyushu.

As the family's power grew, Kumiko Takahashi's father and brother began to develop ambitions to take revenge and restore their family's former glory. In order to speed up the growth of the family's power, they not only secretly colluded with other powerful people in the Japanese slave country, but also wantonly plundered all kinds of talents to improve the overall scientific and technological cultural level of their own clan.

In this case, the Tang Dynasty, which is prosperous in culture and technology, has become their preferred target, which is the main source of pirates.

At this time, Li You suddenly had a long-term strategic idea of dismantling the Japanese slave state.

The people of the Japanese slave country were stoic and tenacious, and the combat effectiveness of the army was also very strong, and if they wanted to conquer the Japanese slave country, relying solely on force would make the Tang Dynasty pay a huge price. The best way to weaken the Japanese slaves is to provoke civil strife in their own country, and it would be better to form a civil war. Since the Takahashi family has huge contradictions and conflicts with other forces in the current ruling Japanese slave country, it is a condition that can be used.

Thinking of this, Li You had a complete plan in his heart.

He said, "Miss Kumiko, your hometown is so beautiful, and you have a father and brother who love you, you must want to return to your hometown and your relatives."

The people of the Tang Dynasty who were arrested by you, they all have their favorite hometowns, and they also have parents, brothers, wives and children who look forward to their return.

I suggest that you write to your father and brother to release those innocent people in the Tang Dynasty, and I will also let you go back to your hometown. ”

Takahashi's heart had begun to waver, but she knew her father and brother, and they would not sacrifice the interests of the family in exchange for their own people.

She shook her head and said, "Your Highness, I understand what you said, but my father and brother will not agree. ”

Li You said: "I know the character of your nation, and this matter is indeed very difficult. But as long as you agree, I will have a way to convince your father and brother. ”

Kumiko Takahashi said, "What can you do? ”

Li You said: "In order to save the people who were captured by you in Datang, Datang organized the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and now it is heading to your Kyushu Island, and a big war is about to break out." The Crusade Army's powerful fleet, its elite army, and how powerful their combat effectiveness is, you have now seen.

If we go to Jiuzhou Island, what are your odds of winning? Even if you occupy a favorable position and can't defeat your Kyushu Island, or even if our army is completely annihilated, how much will your Takahashi family pay?

I can guarantee that after this battle, it is unknown whether your Takahashi family can exist, even if you are lucky enough to win, but your family's strength will be greatly weakened, do you still have the ability to defeat your already powerful old enemy? ”

Takahashi Kumiko knew that Li You's words were not alarmist, and the Tang Army's strong combat power was enough to destroy the power of their Takahashi family, and she agreed with Li You's words. She asked, "What do you have in mind?" ”

Li You said: "Let's make a deal, you put the captured Datang people back, and then compensate our army for the military expenses and the resettlement fees of the Datang people captured by you, and I will put you and your men back, even if we have established a friend relationship, if your family needs help, I can lead the army to help you defeat your old enemy, what do you think?" ”

From an early age, Kumiko Takahashi listened to her father and older brother talk about their desire to defeat their old enemies and restore the glory of their ancestors, and all their efforts were aimed at this goal. Lee Woo's suggestion, Kumiko Takahashi thought her father and brother should be interested.

She said: "I am willing to tell my father and brother what you said, but what do you mean by military expenses and resettlement expenses? ”

Li You said: "You have captured so many people in our Tang Dynasty, and the government and the opposition hate you very much, so the Eastern Expeditionary Army was formed. It takes a huge amount of military expenses to form an Eastern Crusade Army, and the people of the Tang Dynasty that you captured returned to the Tang Dynasty, and in order to appease them, the imperial court also needed to pay a fee. These expenses are due solely to your piracy.

Before this time to send troops, I have already made a military order to snatch this fee back from you, and if I can't get this fee back, there is no way to explain it to the imperial court.

Besides, if you can take the initiative to provide this fee, it shows that there is sincerity in cooperation between your Takahashi family and Datang, and I will be able to speak when you need help in the future. ”

Although Takahashi Kumiko was reluctant, she knew that what Li You said made sense. She asked, "How much are you going to spend on military and resettlement?" ”

Li You said: "Since the two of us are talking so speculatively, I don't want more." Before the expedition, I raised 2 million guan, and the people who needed to be resettled should be counted as 5,000 people, 50 guan per person, a total of 250,000 guan, and all of them added up to a total of 2.25 million kan. In order to make it easier for you to pay, you can give us silver, a total of 54,500 taels. ”

Silver in the Tang Dynasty was more expensive than gold, one tael of gold was worth about 20 taels, and one tael of silver was worth about 2.5 taels of gold.

Li You checked it with the science and technology library, the silver reserves on Kyushu Island are not small, and the Takahashi family paid for this silver, and he didn't plan to ask for too much, and if he ran away, he wouldn't get one or two.

Seeing Takahashi Kumiko hesitating, Li You threw out another bait, and he said: "Your Takahashi family lost a lot of warships during the Battle of Dengzhou. This time on Jeju Island, we captured a lot of Baekje warships. If you need it, I can sell it to you very cheaply. ”

This sentence aroused the interest of Kumiko Takahashi, as the island of Kyushu surrounded by the sea, what is most needed is warships, and if you want to build so many warships, it will not only cost a lot of money, but it will not be completed overnight. She silently agreed with Li You's opinion in her heart.

Kumiko Takahashi said, "Your Highness, I can try your proposal, but I can't guarantee that my father and brother will accept it, and if so, I can't help it." ”

Li You said: "It's good that you agree, I'm sure your father and brother will respect your opinion." ”

The two negotiated the conditions, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Soon after, Kumiko Takahashi wrote a letter and handed it to Ayumi Kawasaki, and Li You specially sent a fifth-class sail battleship to send Ayumi Kawasaki to Kyushu Island.

Li You instructed Takahashi Kumiko to be unshackled, and took her to the "Yangzhou", and arranged for several female soldiers to serve her. In his free time, he went to talk to her and learn about the situation inside the Japanese slave kingdom.

Li You told Cheng Yanjin, Zhang Guigui, Liu Renliang and Xue Rengui about his long-term plan and the agreement he reached with Kumiko Takahashi, and everyone had no opinion on this plan.

Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, I don't have any problems with anything else, but you want too little money, why don't you order more?" ”

Seeing Zhang's precious wealth obsession, everyone felt funny.

Li You smiled: "You, when did I ever make a loss-making transaction?" Let's get back the cost of this expedition from the Japanese slaves. What are we going to do now? Isn't it to Baekje? I'm going to ask them for money. ”

Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "Your Highness is right, with the cost of getting from the Japanese slaves, the money from Baekje is pure profit." Ha ha. ”

Soon after, the Crusade Army came to the seas of Baekje.