"Good news, great victory in Nine Bends, make way, good news …"
The sun slowly set in the west. In the afterglow of the sunset, five horses were galloping, and the people on the horses were shouting.
The people on the road made way in advance. Their eyes followed the movement of the troops, and they turned to look at the others with joy.
Another great victory, great victory in Nine Bends. Where was Nine Bends?
"It's going to be a sunny day tomorrow." A passerby looked up at the charming sunset and said with a smile.
The cavalryman who reported the news rushed into Chang 'an City and shouted in the middle of the road.
Bi Goo and the others, who were about to get off work, heard the sound and quickly went to find the person.
They knew where Nine Bends was. It was closer than Hugestone City.
The courier probably took two days to get back. This speed … was good.
"Xiao Yi's Ten Li Relay Station. If someone else came up with the idea and found a way to make the relay station not lose money, they would at least get a fifth-rank merit."
Bi Goo told the truth. There were still livestock sent out by the Li Family Zhuangzi in the relay station.
Xiao Yi always had a way to solve a problem when she raised it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned it.
"Third-rank." Su Yi thought that fifth-rank was low. The relay station could make money, and it was convenient for the people. The people could find a place to rest after walking ten li.
Merchants needed the relay station more. Before dark, they could rest at the relay station and feed the horses, mules, and donkeys pulling the carriages.
At that time, there would be no robbers on the official road. The relay station was too close, and if people in the caravan ran to the relay station to call for help, would the robbers dare to kill the courier?
If they were caught robbing merchants, they would be killed. If they killed the courier, their families would not be able to live.
Thinking about this, Su Yi smiled. "The more caravans there are, the more the relay station earns. The Ministry of Revenue is rich."
"Where will the Ministry of Revenue get the money? The money will be given to Her Majesty and the Li Family Zhuangzi to make a profit. "Bi Goo was most unwilling to hear about money.
The Li Family Zhuangzi was exempt from all taxes. They said that they could only continue to collect money when the tax revenue was equal to the money donated by Li Yi.
Bi Goo knew that Xiao Yi would continue to donate.
Song Jing didn't say anything, but his expression was a little ugly. Fighting a war was such an important thing, but he couldn't get any credit.
When the common people talk about the war, they will first mention the Li Family Zhuangzi.
After praising Li Yi, praising His Majesty, praising His Majesty, praising the generals, praising the generals, praising the generals, praising the generals, then going home to eat something good to celebrate. No one praised the Prime Minister.
How depressing would it be for the Prime Minister to leave his name in the annals of history after a great victory?
As the two of them chatted, the three of them found the informant.
The informant was in a good state of mind. It had been less than two days and two nights, more than four hours.
After the battle in Jiuqu during the day, they set off with Guo Zhiyun's military report before noon.
The five of them sat there, enjoying the service of the eunuchs massaging their legs and the palace maids serving soup.
The palace maids could not rub his legs. Once they did, the soldiers would have a reaction and would not be able to control themselves.
"No need to stop." The three of them came in and saw that the eunuchs had stopped fawning. Song Jing motioned for them to continue.
The five of them were about to stand up and salute when Bi Goo waved his hand. "No need."
Su Yi went to receive the battle report. He was the Minister of War.
He looked at the lacquer seal. It was intact. He took out a knife and cut it open.
"A great victory, indeed a great victory. We killed many enemies and captured many prisoners. We can exchange them for the people of the Tang dynasty who were taken away."
After reading it, Su Yi handed it to Song Jing.
Song Jing read it again and then handed it to Bi Goo. "Hot air balloons, packs of explosives, and sky-scraping monkeys. They directly broke up the formation of Tubo Zasykuzé's troops."
"It's money." Bi Goo knew the cost of production.
Not counting the labor costs, the imperial court sent people to transport the gunpowder and sulfur, which were then sent to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Charcoal was not needed. The Li Family Zhuangzi burned it themselves. It was said that they wanted to purify it.
The gunpowder and sulfur were not money? After the explosion, the money was gone.
After Bi Goo said this, he immediately added, "Of course! No matter how much money is spent, it's not as important as the lives of the soldiers. "
He realized that he could not be stingy about the money. The soldiers who delivered the news were here.
Li Longji came in at this time. Everyone greeted him.
He did not take the battle report from Bi Goo and sat directly in front of the five people. "How are the casualties of our army?"
"Your, Your Majesty, answering Your Majesty's question, no, not at all." The soldier who Li Longji looked at was excited and trembled all over.
The soldier next to him said, "We will be careful next time. This time, when we were chasing, there were still Tubo people who dared to resist."
"Your Majesty, when we blew up the front lines, the Tubo people were defeated."
"When the first batch of hot air balloons flew over, the Tubo commander, Zasykuzé, was running all over the place. However, we blew up the rear lines of his army."
"I don't know how much money we spent. If the imperial court does not have enough money, we can charge."
The soldiers all spoke out. As soon as the soldier who said that he wanted to charge finished speaking, Li Longji said, "No matter how much money is spent, it's not as important as the lives of our brothers. I have money."
"I have money." Bi Goo knew that the soldier heard what he said and felt guilty that he did not have enough money. Money could be earned.
If he did not have the ability to earn money, he was not afraid. He could look for Xiao Yi.
Li Longji said gently, "Did you meet the Winged Knights on the way?"
The five nodded, "Yes, we saw them. There were 2,000 of them. They made way for us."
"They sent us diesel and dynamite packs. There were also two faster boats carrying sky-scraping monkeys." Li Longji explained the situation.
Every Winged Knights brought one dynamite pack and 50 catties of diesel. Li Yi gave them three days, and they estimated that they would arrive in less than three days.
They were sent to the front. There was a long stretch of road that was not easy to travel. The horses needed to rest.
Li Longji told them the numbers, and the five soldiers looked at each other happily.
"Your Majesty, that's too much. With 2,000 dynamite packs, we can blow the Tubo army a thousand miles away."
"With 100,000 catties of diesel, the hot air balloons can fly freely."
"Your Majesty, how much money did you spend?"
"For mining and transportation, the imperial court made one dynamite pack, 50 catties of diesel, and 200 catties of diesel.
For each dynamite pack, the Li Family Zhuangzi contributed one dynamite pack, 50 catties of diesel, and 100 catties of diesel. "
Li Longji gave a rough estimate. There were some discrepancies. It depended on the transportation time and the difficulty of mining.
The dynamite packs needed to be purified and detonated. It took a lot of time and effort to make them.
For diesel distillation, it needed to be burned, packed, and packed in iron drums. The depreciation of the equipment was not included.
When the iron drums were empty, they could still be used to fill water for the troops.
"Li Dongzhu contributed money?" The person who stuttered before was no longer stuttering. Instead, his voice was trembling.
"Li Yi has always been thinking about the soldiers at the border. The Li Family Zhuangzi has some savings." Li Longji nodded.
Bi Goo secretly curled his lips. He admitted that Xiao Yi contributed a lot of money.
However! When the oil was shipped, it was not only diesel and gasoline. There were also paraffin and asphalt.
Kerosene was being sold, paraffin was also being sold, and asphalt was being made into linoleum paper.
This included those who had gasoline lighters. They also bought gasoline.
Li Yi did not spend money to buy the oil. The imperial court collected it and sent it directly to Zhuangzi.
The money spent was definitely not as much as the money earned.
Bi Goo knew, but he could not say it out loud.
The soldiers did not know. They were all touched. It turned out that Li Dongzhu had always been contributing.
When he went back, he had to tell the Provincial Governor to use the weapons well.
He could not just throw them around. Otherwise, he would be letting down Li Dongzhu.
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