Luo Yi fell silent, walked to the map, and said: "Your Majesty, please see, in the southwest of Longxi, there is a lake called Surabaya, with a radius of more than forty miles, crossing two counties under the jurisdiction of Wuyang County, and intercepting the four counties in the southwest of Longxi, dividing Longxi and Wuyang into two, I want to... Can you give me this lake, if the king can answer, the minister will be grateful. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhou Gandang didn't even look at the map, and shook his head directly: "Luo Yi, your appetite is too big, this king has already given you a county, but you are not satisfied, Surabaya Lake is already under the jurisdiction of Wuyang County, far away from Longxi, with a gap of more than two hundred miles, you haven't gone to Longxi yet, so you want to expand?" ”

"Hehe... Your Majesty, you misunderstood. ”

Luo Yi chuckled and said: "I see that this scenery is good, and I want to build a few houses by the river, if I don't divide this land, how can I build it, I can't run to Wuyang County all day long, if that's the case, you should have an opinion." ”

Zhou Gandang said: "Build a house? It's to train a water army, right? ”

Luo Yi's expression was slightly shocked, Zhou Gandang did say in his heart, to come to Surabaya Lake, it is indeed to train the navy, and the most important point, the geographical location of Surabaya Lake is very important, and there is a natural barrier to it, if it is conquered one day, it will definitely play a big role.

Therefore, no matter what the price is, Luo Yi must get his hands on this natural barrier.

After a pause, Luo Yi stretched out five fingers and said with a smile: "King, how about giving you this number?" The three prefectures west of Lake Surabaya, including Lake Surabaya, were all divided into fiefdoms of the vassals. ”

"Fifty thousand taels?"

Zhou Gan looked disdainful in front of him. Although Qian loves people, he doesn't dare to joke with his life, the Surabaya Lake within a radius of 40 miles, plus the three counties to the west of the lake, is a large piece of territory.

Luo Yi shook his head again and again, and said with a smile: "Of course it's not money, but food, you are so short of food now, of course the minister has to help." ”

"Fifty thousand quintals of grain?!"

Zhou Gandang's expression was stunned, and he was obviously moved.

Compared with 50,000 taels of silver, 50,000 quintals of grain and grass are more desirable, and if you can have another 50,000 quintals of military rations when you go on the expedition, the chances of victory will be greatly increased.

However, although 50,000 loads of grain and grass are lovely, Zhou Gandang still didn't dare to agree, after all, this is also a big deal.

After thinking about it, Zhou Gandang said: "You go back first, this king has to think about it, you can prepare 50,000 loads of grain and grass first, and listen to this king's letter at any time." ”

"Yes, the minister retired."

Luo Yi smiled slightly and slowly exited the study.

Luo Yi is not in a hurry at all, Zhou Gandang even said this, he will definitely not give up the 50,000 quintals of grain and grass easily, Luo Yi believes that Zhou Gandang will definitely agree after calming down.

As soon as Luo Yi left, Zhou Gandang sent someone to invite Li Heng, ready to ask for Li Heng's opinion.

"Prime Minister, what do you think?"

Li Heng looked at the map, was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "I think I can give it to him." ”

"What? Do you agree? ”

"Yes."

Li Heng said: "Judging from the map, the three counties of Wuyang County are all in the west of the Surabaya Lake, connected to Longxi County, which is like an old cat pillow salted fish, if Luo Yi wants to rebel in the future, he can eat these three counties at any time, and it is effortless, in this case, why don't we take advantage of the present to ask him for a little more food?" ”

"There is also this Surabaya Lake, which is a dead lake, which cannot be connected to the Western Regions or the Yangtze River, even if Luo Yi trains the navy, he can only protect himself, and cannot be used to attack us, and it will consume a lot of his resources, which will do all kinds of harm but no benefit. The minister felt that he should simply give him the three counties and Surabaya, one is to do favors, and the other is that we can also make profits, and hoard more grain and grass for the attack on the Central Plains, and the chances of victory are greater. ”

Zhou Gandang was originally a person without opinions, but after Li Hengyi said it, he was shaken again, plus 50,000 loads of grain and grass were indeed lovely, and the idea of retreating in his mind was even worse.

After thinking for a long time, Zhou Gandang slapped the table and said, "Okay, go and tell Luo Yi and let him add another 20,000 loads of grain, the three counties of Wuyang and the Surabaya Lake, this king will give it to him!" ”

Li Heng's face was a little happy, and he arched his hand and said, "The king is wise!" ”

............

On the ninth day of the winter month, it was the day when Luo Yi and Zhou Qiao held their wedding, and on this day, all the officials of Xiliang came to congratulate Luo Yi and Zhou Qiao.

After the worship, Luo Yi toasted each table of guests, and took this opportunity to get to know all the officials in Xiliang.

Because the expedition is imminent, most of the people who come to the reception are military generals, and they are very bold. Luo Yi found that when Zhou Gan was his subordinate, there were many capable people, and there were no less than five people who seemed to be more than capable of Wang Buchao. This made Luo Yi very frightened, you must know that Wang Buchao's ability is on par with Luo Tong.

Luo Yi said in his heart, no wonder the king of Xiliang is not dead, with such courtiers, everyone wants to dominate the world.

After drinking, Zhou Gan, the king of Xiliang, announced in public that Luo Yi was named the general of Zhenxi and the minister of the interior of the Western Regions, and was given a county in Longxi, three counties west of Surabaya and Surabaya.

After announcing this incident, the king of Xiliang announced that soldiers from all over the country would gather in Jincheng to sacrifice to the sky, the earth, and the ancestors at the beginning of the year, and set off from Jincheng, gathering 350,000 troops from Xiliang, and marching south.

As soon as the two explosive news were announced, they immediately caused a wave of enthusiasm among the crowd.

First of all, Luo Yi was rewarded, it is really inexplicable, there is no merit, no way, no talent and no virtue, why is there such a reward, is it because he married Princess Qiao? Xiliang has always had clear rewards and punishments, but this is obviously not clear. Although it was not bad for them to drink with Luo Yi just now, they really couldn't see it when they wanted to reward Luo Yi so much. Immediately, many generals spoke out and asked the king of Xiliang what was going on, and the king of Xiliang only said one sentence and blocked everyone back.

"Who said Luo Yi was useless? He gave this king 150,000 loads of grain and grass, and 50,000 taels of silver, and if any of you can give it to me, I will also reward him with a county, will you? ”

it!

Who can have this, that's 150,000 loads of grain and grass!

Suddenly, everyone understood, it turned out that Luo Yi spent money to buy an official, and they all said that Luo Yi was a local tyrant, they didn't believe it before, but now they believe it, as soon as they make a move, it is hundreds of thousands of loads of grain and grass, not what a local tyrant is, I am afraid that it is richer than the Tang Dynasty treasury.

Immediately after that, there is the second thing, when the year begins, it will be a southern expedition.

This is really a great news for the generals who are accustomed to marching and fighting, they look forward to it every day, every day, they look forward to leading the troops to the battle, if nothing else, the war together, they can be added to the ranks.

The generals of Xiliang can only be rewarded for their merits after the war, and they can only stare dryly in peacetime.

Of course, there is a danger in fighting, maybe hundreds of thousands of people go out, and none of them will come back, but the soldiers are still very confident, and the generals are even more confident.

Every time there is a big war, there are always many soldiers who are promoted to generals, and there are many small officials who are promoted to big officials, this is their opportunity, maybe after this war, they will be able to make a name for themselves in history, and they will be respected by the King of Xiliang, just like Wang Buchao, no need to fight, and they are also valued by the King of Xiliang. Future generations will benefit immensely.

Congratulations on the upcoming battle, all the generals shouted loudly, and the joy in their eyes was fully revealed.

Seeing this, Luo Yi sighed secretly, Xiliang is really a fighter, no wonder he has not been calm all these years, I am afraid that only iron-blooded means can make the world truly ****ing.

After announcing two major events, the wedding is over; King Xiliang returned to the palace, and all the generals returned separately, while Luo Yi and Zhou Qiao entered the cave room, and on Wang Buchao's mansion, he closed the door of the cave room with Wang Buchao's complaining eyes.

Wang Buchao snorted, out of sight and out of mind, and went back to his house angrily.

............

Chang'an, inside the Imperial Palace.

The news of Luo Yi's marriage in Xiliang spread rapidly, and before the Chinese New Year, it had already reached Li Shimin's ears.

This news originally came from Luofu, because Zhao Wenxian came back and took all the people of the Luo family away, and many of them were unwilling to follow, so Zhao Wenxian was not reluctant, but he didn't expect that these people would spread the news.

Of course, these people are not so unconscientious, and they didn't spread it immediately, but half a month after Zhao Wenxian picked up the people from Luofu, when there was a little wind in Xiliang, these people came out to cater to them.

At this time, Zhao Wenxian and the other Luo family members had already gone away, and even if they chased them, they couldn't catch up.