"What a good soldier to block, what a clever plan to cover the water and earth!" Li Hao said with a sneer.

The year before, Li Hao led his troops to defeat the Turks and collect party items, and his style of acting has long been well known. That is, he never suffers a loss, but if anyone dares to provoke the Li Kingdom, he will not hesitate to fight back, and he will not care about any protest applications at all.

Li Shimin is not as willful and reckless as him, and he will not ignore Tuyuhun's protests.

That's why they never touched Lijiazhuang's business.

In this way, it not only affected the harmony between Lijiazhuang and the major merchants of the Tang Dynasty, but also broke the excuse for Li Hao to send troops to 'suppress bandits'. This plan is brilliant and not wonderful.

Li Shimin looked at Li Hao and suddenly slapped the table: "Xiao Li, the trouble is caused by you, you can't leave it alone, you have to give me an explanation for what you say today!" ”

Li Hao smiled dumbly, he had never seen Li Shimin's side so nonsense, and he never thought that through his influence, this Shengming monarch in Chinese history had also learned to behave as a street gangster.

"Okay, okay, this matter is very important, on the surface, my Lijiazhuang business is not damaged, but in fact it has suffered heavy losses, I naturally will not care. Lao Li first talk about your strategy! ”

Since Li Shimin has already invited him over, he must already have a countermeasure. Otherwise, wouldn't this eternal Mingjun become a joke?

Seeing that Li Hao was so good, Li Shimin suddenly had a feeling that he had finally won a game, and he couldn't help but feel good.

"Since they don't dare to touch Lijiazhuang's business, then we prefer to let them move, so that your King Zhen'an can be angry for the Yumen and raise troops to fight for thieves!"

"Okay, you Lao Li, you've been working with me for so long, how did you learn these hooligan measurements if you don't learn!" Li Hao laughed and complained.

Li Shimin shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black." Don't talk nonsense, I have already arranged for a troop to lurk on the jade road, you prepare a caravan in ten days, let's put on a good show! ”

"No!" Li Hao hurriedly shook his head: "After all, it is the territory of Tuyuhun, and they have more eyeliner than us." If you act there, you can only really fight, or you will be seen as flawed. Our people are staying to deal with the map, how can they be lost in vain on the land of Tuyuhun? ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Hehe, if the Li Kingdom wants to enter the game, it doesn't necessarily have to be robbed by the caravan. It's best to set up the stage in the territory of our brother federation, so why let others find flaws? Take care of the situation on the other side of Yulu, and leave the rest to me! ”

"With your words, I'm relieved!"

Li Shimin laughed and raised his glass to each other, and the gloom on everyone's faces emptied, and the happy atmosphere shrouded the imperial garden again.

Since that day, Lijiazhuang's business has suddenly encountered a bottleneck.

As they expected, the news of the alliance between Lijiazhuang and the bandits on the Jade Road spread far and wide, and the major merchants who suffered heavy losses began to resist Lijiazhuang.

Originally, many businesses that had business dealings with Lijiazhuang also gradually withdrew their capital and cut off supply, and there was a great momentum of isolating Lijiazhuang.

In just one month, Lijiazhuang's income fell by three percent.

Thirty percent of the income is a fatal blow to an ordinary businessman, if it weren't for Lijiazhuang's strong financial resources, I am afraid it would have been dragged down long ago.

In the face of such a crisis, Li Jiazhuang also actively responded, Li Hao sent envoys on behalf of the Li Kingdom to communicate with Tuyuhun many times, ordering them to quickly clear the bandits and maniacs on the Jade Road, and return the merchants to a bright sky.

But Tuyuhun still dealt with the Li kingdom like he did with the Tang Dynasty, claiming that the jade road ran from east to west, and the route was long and narrow. Gangs come and go without a trace, and it is difficult to eliminate them in a short time. I ask the Li Kingdom to bear with me.

After getting this answer repeatedly, Li Hao knew that the time was ripe.

He immediately convened a business meeting as the owner of Lijiazhuang, and brought together the leading merchants who had previously done business with Lijiazhuang and had withdrawn their capital and cut off supply because of the Yumen incident to discuss countermeasures.

At first, the leaders of the major merchants did not believe what Li Hao said, after all, so many caravans were robbed, but Lijiazhuang's business was not affected. Who doesn't murmur in their hearts?

At one point, the meeting reached an impasse.

Under the "forced helplessness", Li Hao proposed a bold strategy.

A month later, after the decline of the five surnames of Datang and Qiwang, the Wanli Chamber of Commerce, the newly promoted southern leading chamber of commerce, suddenly gathered a large number of resources and assembled a caravan to go to Yulu, wanting to renew the transaction communication with foreign countries.

As soon as this caravan entered the border of Tuyuhun less than 100 miles, it was attacked by robbers.

These robbers were strong and strong, with 3,000 troops, and they came overwhelmingly.

Originally, they thought that the Wanli Chamber of Commerce would plant another heel, but they were not afraid and resolutely began to fight back.

No one thought that the combat effectiveness of a caravan of only 1,000 people was extremely amazing, and even in the face of an enemy three times as large as their own, they would dare to face it head-on.

It wasn't until the two armies clashed that the gang of bandits saw that several flags marked with the word 'spirit' were suddenly erected in the caravan.

This banner is really the military flag of the Linghui Army, and since Li Hao led the Linghui Army to fight, the reputation of this team has resounded all over the world.

As soon as the three thousand bandits saw this banner, they were immediately frightened and the formation collapsed.

The Linghui Army took advantage of this opportunity to kill the generals.

With Yuwen Chengyu as the vanguard, the cavalry team of the Linghui Army turned into a sharp arrow and killed the 3,000 bandits and lost their armor. The bandits who wanted to escape also died under Zhang Qi's archers.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of Linghui troops swept over, escorting the caravan all the way, crossing the entire Tuyuhun border in a grand manner, and sending the team of the Wanli Chamber of Commerce to the destination.

Such a huge battle immediately attracted the restlessness of various forces, among which the most opposed voice was the Tuyuhun Kingdom.

They reprimanded the Li Kingdom for disguising the Linghui Army as a caravan and infiltrating the Tuyuhun Kingdom without permission, which was simply provoking the majesty of Tuyuhun.

The envoys of the other countries also stood on the camp of the Tuyuhun Kingdom and vigorously rebuked the actions of the Li Kingdom.

At the conference, Li Hao was not afraid and resisted the envoys of various countries.

On the grounds that Lijiazhuang's business has been affected in the past month, he insisted on his own approach.

And generated, if Tuyuhun is not able to protect the safety of the caravan, the Linghui Army will take on the responsibility of protecting the caravan.

As soon as these words came out, it was like a slap in the face of the Tuyuhun envoy.

Li Hao's words are almost equivalent to saying that Tuyuhun is incompetent, and even a gang of bandits can't solve it?

This meeting naturally broke up unhappily, and Tuyuhun immediately organized a large number of troops to be stationed at the border, refusing to allow all Linghui troops to enter.

The contradictions between the two sides escalated, and in the end they could only embark on the road of war.

On Datang's side, Li Shimin learned the direction of this meeting and couldn't help but be amazed.

"What a Xiao Li, he can make a fuss in business, his hooligan style is really unconvincing!"

Li Hao took such a bad breath for the major merchants of Datang, and Cheng Yanjin and others felt very happy.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "Our little Li brother is doing things, when have you ever reasoned with the enemy?" Your Majesty, Xiao Li has given us a sample, and we can't be idle! ”

Li Shimin nodded excitedly: "Since it is a brotherly federation, naturally we can't let the Li Kingdom fight alone!" Ladies and gentlemen, listen to orders! ”

"The minister is here!"

"I order you to send your own troops to put pressure on the borders of the surrounding countries and make room for our little Li brothers!"

"Yes!"