Just as Li Tang was thinking about how to persuade Cao Bin, suddenly there was a commotion behind the deck.

At this time, a family member ran over to report:

"Master, it's not good, our soldiers are fighting with the Tanguts."

Li Tang looked panicked and said, "What's the matter?" ”

That family Ding glanced at Xixia Zhang Yanshou and said:

"I heard that it was the people of Yulongzhi who knocked over the breakfast of the Tangut people, and they wanted us to pay for it."

Li Tang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since this is the case, it is enough to compensate the others." ”

The Ding family was glutinous for a long time, and said: "My lord, let's go and have a look, the people of Yulongzhi don't want to pay ......."

Li Tang's face was full of gloom, and he said angrily:

"What am I looking at? Do you still need me to deal with this little thing, it is natural to repay debts, since you have done something wrong, you have to accept punishment. ”

The family Ding said: "But the Tangut people asked them to compensate 1,000 taels." ”

Hearing this, Li Tang was stunned for a moment, looked at Jia Ding incredulously and said, "Are you sure it's one thousand taels?" ”

At this moment, he is also a little speechless, you Xixia people eat gold, and you can accompany a thousand taels for a meal?

Zhang Yanshou was a little embarrassed and said:

"Maybe your deputy envoy was too generous, which made my soldiers a little red."

"Don't worry, Lord Li, I'll stop them."

When Li Tang heard this, he immediately reacted and hurriedly said:

"Lord Zhang doesn't have to care, it's just a little bit of silver, and the official can adjust one or two."

As he spoke, he hurriedly appeased Zhang Yanshou and followed the family to the place where the conflict broke out.

Isn't this just an opportunity to befriend the envoys of Western Xia, those Qiu Ba also like to show off, otherwise how could it arouse the covetousness of others.

Li Tang followed the family around the deck and saw that there was a confrontation between the two parties.

On one side is the Imperial Dragon Straight Soldier led by Di Qing, and on the other side is the men and horses sent by the Western Xia to the Great Song Dynasty.

He walked between the two parties with a gloomy face, and asked Di Qing, "What's going on, why did it conflict with Western Xia." ”

Seeing that Li Tang came in person, Di Qing was not stage frightened, and hurriedly said the matter:

"My lord, the lower officials are distributing rewards to the brothers."

"I never thought that the Xixia soldiers would directly bring people to bump into them, I think they deliberately provoked the incident."

After listening to this, Li Tang took a deep breath, and hated iron for not becoming steel:

"Commander Di, how can you be so ignorant of the importance and offend the Xixia people for a little silver?"

"Don't you know that our lives are in the hands of others?"

"If you delay the important affairs of the court because of this, can you take care of it?"

Di Qing was stunned for a moment and said, "What does Master Li mean, we will compensate according to their demands?" ”

He knew that Li Tang's words had some truth, but the evil fire in his chest couldn't be suppressed.

When the adjutant general beside him heard this, he became indignant and said:

"Master Li, those Western Xia people are obviously greedy because they see Uncle Cao rewarding us."

"This is the silver that Uncle Cao awarded us, why should we give it to them?"

Li Tang scolded angrily: "Presumptuous, are you talking to this official?" ”

After speaking, he shouted in a low voice:

"In the final analysis, this incident was caused by Cao Bin, he didn't know the stakes, and rewarded the soldiers indiscriminately, so that the Xixia people took the opportunity to make trouble."

"After this incident, I will bring his deeds to the court and punish him."

Then, he glanced at Di Qing, waved his hand and said:

"Okay, go and apologize to the Xixia soldiers, and pay them the full amount of compensation."

"If we return in vain because of this matter, this official will not be able to bypass you."

"Remember, the big picture counts."

In the end, he flicked his sleeves, stood sideways, and gave up the space behind him to Di Qing and the others.

Hearing his order, the soldiers behind Di Qing were about to grit their teeth.

It's clear that the other party has nothing to do, and you have to apologize to them?

The silver that had just arrived, I thought I would make a fortune, but I didn't expect to be half of it by these Xixia people in a blink of an eye.

It's too embarrassing.

Di Qing gritted his teeth and said:

"Lord Li, it's okay to be a low-ranking official, but it's impossible for us to apologize."

"We are the Imperial Dragon Guards, so it damages the majesty of my Great Song Dynasty."

Li Tang glared, and seeing that Di Qing was looking at him without timidity, he didn't dare to push too quickly, so he had to say:

"Okay, just do as you say."

As he spoke, he said earnestly:

"Commander Di, you have to deal with specific things flexibly, this matter has not risen to the majesty of the country."

"You have to have a mindful pattern, everything is focused on the overall situation, just a little silver, what is it compared to national events?"

After Di Qing asked people to hand over the silver to the Tangut people, those people immediately burst into laughter.

All the people in Western Xia were soldiers, and their armor and weapons were all prepared by themselves, and they did not have the same generous salaries as the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty.

This thousand taels of silver is a huge amount of money for them.

Seeing that things did not develop out of control, Li Tang also breathed a sigh of relief and left as if nothing had happened.

The lieutenant general behind Di Qing took a sip of "bah", and said with hatred on his face:

"Who the hell is this, and you still say that a thousand taels of silver is nothing? Why didn't he take out the silver to compensate the Tangut people? ”

"He's much richer than us ...... haha"

The soldiers behind him were also quite angry, and for a while, Li Tang's ancestors were greeted by them for eight generations.

Di Qing sighed, waved his hand and said:

"Okay, don't complain, it's a windfall."

"What Master Li said is right, everything is based on the overall situation, after all, we are just guards."

"We can't help much, but try not to cause trouble."

Although he said this, it was just to comfort his subordinates, and he didn't know how much fire he was holding back in his heart.

He didn't understand why the people of the Great Song Dynasty always had to be wronged, and the other party never had to take care of the overall situation.

At this time, Li Tang had already returned to the foredeck of the ship, and when he saw Zhang Yanshou waiting for him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"It's not a big deal, don't worry about Lord Zhang, Li has already taken care of it."

As he spoke, he said: "I see that Master Zhang is lonely on a lonely journey, so Li will go to talk to Uncle Zhongjing." ”

When Zhang Yanshou heard this, he immediately became excited, and grabbed Li Tang and said:

"Is what Master Li said true?"

"If this can be done, I don't know how to be grateful."

Seeing him so eagerly, Li Tang immediately made up his mind that this matter must be done for him.

At this time, Cao Bin was listening to Zhang Dian analyzing Yuan Hao's character.

Although he hasn't seen Yuan Hao yet, with some of Yuan Hao's actions, he can also figure out a little bit.

The soldier on duty at the gate suddenly came in to report that Li Tang had come to visit.

"Uncle Zhongjing, now hundreds of millions of people, the safety of the Great Song Dynasty is all in your hands......"