Xiao Wenlong thought for a while and said: "If you want to win the battle, there are no more than two points, first, it is to rely on strategy, win more with less, and nothing more; Second, it depends on a large number of troops, and a strong force is often the first opportunity to determine victory. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Needless to say the former, we are not the opponent of the Tang Army, that Xu Maogong is really clever, I sigh to myself; Therefore, let's increase our troops, and if there are more soldiers, everything will be easy to do. ”

The bull was stunned for a moment and asked, "Bing?" Where did the soldiers come from? ”

Xiao Wenlong said: "I will personally write to my sister, let her persuade the king, transfer 100,000 elites, secondly, I will order the county soldiers of four or five nearby counties to gather here to form a force, although the soldiers are few, but they can always help." ”

There is nothing to say about the brute bull, and what Xiao Wenlong says is what it is.

After deciding on the plan, Xiao Wenlong said that he would do it, went to the study to write letters, and asked the soldiers to go to several nearby counties to give orders, and all the soldiers gathered in Black Rock City.

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

Sleepy Yang City, in a certain courtyard, Luo Yi and Wang Yan live here.

As early as two days ago, Luo Yi brought an army of 30,000 to Sleepy Yang City, and this courtyard was found by Cheng Yanjin, where Luo Yi and Wang Yan lived temporarily.

Since leaving Chang'an, another two months have passed, Wang Yan's belly has been more than five months, and she has been completely pregnant.

Luo Yi invited two old mothers outside, and invited two little maids to serve Wang Yan closely.

For Wang Yan, who is from a large family, this is also used to it.

"Is the little marquis here? Is Little Marquis Luo here? ”

A soft, gentle cry came from the courtyard.

Luo Yi was drinking tea in the back room, and when he heard the words, he poked his head out, and saw a big-headed soldier standing in the courtyard.

Luo Yi asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier said: "Little marquis, the emperor is invited." ”

"Got it, lead the way."

Luo Yi, who had long guessed that the emperor was going to summon him, was not too surprised, and after instructing Yahuan to take care of Wang Yan, he followed the soldiers to the city guard mansion.

It is not far from the courtyard to the castle guard's house, and you will arrive after two streets.

Walking into the mansion, I saw that Luo Tong was also there, as well as Xu Maogong and Li Shimin sitting above.

"See the Emperor."

"Here you are, sit down."

"Your Majesty."

Luo Yi was also polite, found a place to sit down, and sat next to Luo Tong.

Looking at Li Shimin's complexion, he seemed to be in a good mood, always with a smile on his face, sometimes eye-to-eye with Xu Maogong, and sometimes at the scroll in his hand.

"Your Majesty, summoning the ministers, is there something wrong?"

Li Shimin said: "I have heard of your name a long time ago, and the drunken immortal wine that is famous in Chang'an is from you, it is really hard to believe, but now I believe it." ”

"I recruited you to confirm that the drunken immortal wine was indeed developed by you?"

didn't know what Li Shimin meant, Luo Yi didn't dare to answer rashly, so he turned his eyes to Luo Tong on the side.

Luo Tong was expressionless and didn't give Luo Yi any hints.

After thinking about it, Luo Yi replied truthfully: "Back to the emperor, it was indeed developed by the ministers. ”

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Sleepy Yang won a big victory, I tasted the drunken immortal wine last night, it is indeed unique, it can make people feel the feeling of stepping on the clouds, it can be called a rare good wine, and even the royal elixir in the palace cannot be compared." ”

"Luo Yi, are you willing to become an official?"

Entering the official is essentially different from a simple title, the title of marquis is just a false name, and there is no substantive right, as long as it is a national duke, it can be inherited.

But it is different to become an official, even if it is a small county order, it is also a huge land of hundreds of miles.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin wanted to find him as an official, which made Luo Yi a little flattered, he thought that he was already in business, and it was impossible for him to stay in the court, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to take the initiative to propose it.

Luo Yi looked at Luo Tong again, as if he was asking Luo Tong's opinion, this time Luo Tong was a little different from before, his face was full of expectation, Luo Yi understood, and hurriedly said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the ministers are thinking about serving the court all the time. ”

Li Shimin said: "Okay, I have asked Luo Tong and Cheng Yanjin, and I know that you are knowledgeable and good at business, and I am ready to make you ... Captain of the Commercial Bureau. ”

Hey?

Did the Tang Dynasty still have such a strange official position?

Luo Yi didn't come back for a while, in the Tang Dynasty, wasn't a businessman a low-level identity, how could he still have a business bureau and still be an official?

Don't talk about Luo Yi, even Luo Tong and Xu Maogong frowned, both of them had official positions large and small all night, but they had never heard of any general lieutenant of the business bureau.

Xu Maogong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I don't seem to have this official position in the Tang Dynasty, right?" ”

Li Shimin said: "It's really not, I will set one up today." After returning to Chang'an, he established a business bureau in the name of the imperial court to manage the world's commerce. One is to suppress and control the merchants of the world, and the other is to collect wealth for the imperial court. ”

"Every year of war, the treasury is already empty, it is difficult to rely on taxes alone for a long time, and in extraordinary times, when extraordinary means are used, as long as they are harmless to the people, they can be used in any way."

"Luo Yi, don't underestimate the title of the chief lieutenant of the business bureau, his grade is not low."

Luo Yi really wanted to ask, how tall it was, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it again, and it was too bad to ask like this.

Luo Yi has never resisted being an official, let alone a businessman who is in charge of the world, so he should agree, if nothing else, just to make Mrs. Luo happy.

Luo Yi got up and walked to the middle of the hall, saluted and said, "Thank you, the emperor is willing to share the emperor's worries." ”

"Okay."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction.

Xu Maogong, who was on the side, asked curiously: "Your Majesty, I don't know how big the position of the chief lieutenant of the commercial bureau is, is... How many products? ”

Li Shimin said: "The so-called commercial bureau should be in charge of and supervise the businessmen in the world, and most of these businessmen collude with local officials to evade taxes, evade taxes, and defraud the people of money by illegal means. ”

Bigger than the magistrate? That soared directly to the second grade.

Xu Maogong asked, "What does the emperor mean by the second grade?" ”

Li Shimin said: "No, it's no taste." ”

Yes?

Li Shimin changed his words again: "What I mean is that I don't set a grade for the commander-in-chief, because if it is set up, it will be in vain, there will always be officials who are bigger than him, and many local officials will collude with the officials of the DPRK and China. It is better to give the general lieutenant a very special grade, that is, there is no grade, but whenever he sees an officer, he is one level older than them. The official rank is five words: 'see the official level at the first level'. ”

Seeing the official level, what a heavenly official position! It is also thanks to Li Shimin that if this kind of position is handed over to lawbreakers, the absolute consequences will be unimaginable.

Being able to hand it over to Luo Yi shows that Li Shimin has a lot of trust in Luo Yi.

Luo Yi didn't hesitate any longer, and arched his hand: "Thank you to the emperor, the ministers must share the emperor's worries." ”

"It's not for me, it's for the people of the world."

Li Shimin said: "When you return to Chang'an, the first thing you will do after you take the throne is to check, check the taxes of those merchants, especially the salt tax, the salt tax in Jiangnan should have been rectified a long time ago, and most of it went into the pockets of profiteers." ”

"Yes, for the sake of the people."

Luo Yi smiled, in fact, he didn't care about these things in his heart, what he wanted was this title, with this title, he could also give Mrs. Luo an explanation, and he would no longer have to worry about the exposure of the Drunken Immortal Residence in the future.

When Luo Yi returned to his seat, Cheng Yanjin walked in from outside: "Your Majesty, I just received news that several nearby counties are increasing troops to Black Rock City. ”

The news brought by Cheng Biting Jin made Xu Maogong laugh and said: "Lu Guogong, don't worry so much, how powerful the county soldiers can be, besides, there are not many county soldiers, and it is already impossible for each county to produce a thousand people, so don't pay attention to it." ”

Li Shimin said: "Lu Guogong, sit down." ”

"Your Majesty."

Regarding the news brought by Cheng Yanjin, Li Shimin's thoughts are similar to Xu Maogong's, those soldiers in the county government are not regular soldiers, and they have not undergone strict training, how much combat effectiveness can they have? No matter how much it is, it will be in vain.

Even Xiao Wenlong's 200,000 army was defeated, so why worry about this.

"But..."

"But what?"

Luo Yi said: "But Xiao Wenlong's move has made it clear to us that he wants to fight to the death with us, and he is increasing his strength at the moment, and the nearby counties are indeed not enough to worry about, but what about Xiliang Wangcheng, he must also ask for help from Xiliang Wang, as long as Xiliang King is determined to fight this battle, he will definitely give Xiao Wenlong more troops, and by then, it will not be just a few thousand, at least 100,000." ”