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    Li Min left the main hall and looked back at the Wu mother and daughter who were talking and laughing. He suddenly felt as if a big stone was missing from his heart. After all, he was really sorry for Mrs. Yang when he kidnapped Wu Meiniang.  Moreover, over the years, he has been unable to tell the other party that Wu Meiniang is still alive, which makes Li Min feel a little guilty. Now that Mrs. Yang finally meets Meiniang, and will have a long relationship in the future, this also gives him a chance  Make up for the harm done to the elderly.

    After leaving Wu Meiniang¡¯s small courtyard, Li Min went to the front yard of the palace. There were many courtyards here prepared for guests, among which Li Zhen and Li Yun were arranged to rest here.  But now Li Yun's princess and Wen Xin are visiting the palace together. Wu Meiniang is very happy to see her second sister. She may not come back tonight, so there is no one around Li Yun and Li Zhen now. When Li Min finds them, the two of them  I'm drinking tea in the front garden to relieve my hangover.

    Although Li Zhen pretended to be drunk before, he did drink a lot. When he came back, he lay down for a while, but couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up, ran to Li Yun and pulled him up, and then the two of them came  Drink tea in the front garden.

    "Eighth brother, I think there's something going on between you and Sixth Brother. Otherwise, with your drinking capacity, I'm afraid you won't get drunk even if I get drunk. And looking at you now, you don't look like you're drunk at all."  Li Yun looked at Li Zhen with a half-smile but said, before at the banquet, he could tell that something was wrong with Li Zhen and his sixth brother Li Min, but since they didn't say anything, he couldn't ask more questions. Now it was just him and Li Zhen.  , so I asked.

    When Li Zhen heard this, she smiled and said, "Seventh brother, don't ask. I guess sixth brother is being scolded now."

    Li Yun was even more confused after hearing this. Sixth brother Li Min is the master of this place, and the whole of Taiwan is his territory. Who dares to scold him? Even if he goes through the entire Tang Dynasty, who is qualified to scold him?  I'm afraid there are only a few of them, and these people are still in Chang'an. In this case, who else dares to scold Li Min?

    Seeing that Li Yun didn¡¯t understand.  Li Zhen didn't explain. It wasn't that he didn't trust Li Yun, but that the matter was too sensitive. Naturally, the fewer people knew about it, the better.

    At this moment, Li Min finally found them. He walked into the pavilion with a big smile and said, "Why, you two have been on the boat for so many days. I don't know how you came here to drink tea if you had gone to rest early."  Already?"

    After hearing this, Li Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Sixth brother still knows how to care for people. I was almost asleep, but eighth brother insisted on dragging me to drink tea. I really don't know where he got the energy?"

    After hearing this, Li Zhen rolled her eyes at Li Yun, and then said to Li Min with a smile: "Brother Six. Don't listen to Brother Seven's nonsense. When I went to find him just now, he still had the energy to have sex with his concubine  ¡­¡±

    When Li Yun heard Li Zhen reveal his lies and also told about his affair with his concubine, he immediately rushed forward with some embarrassment and wanted to stop Li Zhen from talking, but unfortunately Li Zhen was very quick in his movements.  He dodged away with a smile, and while dodging, he still had time to ask Li Min: "Brother Six, have you finished your work?"

    Li Min smiled and nodded, then poured himself a cup of tea. Because Li Yun was there, he didn't say anything.  Li Yun also seemed to only focus on blocking Li Zhen's mouth and didn't ask anything else.

    After finally waiting for Li Yun and Li Zhen to calm down, Li Min put down his tea cup.  Then he smiled and said: "Seventh brother and eighth brother, I am very pleased that you can abandon everything in the Tang Dynasty and develop overseas like me. I have also been ordering people to collect information on Tianzhu. Some time ago,  All the information has been sent to you, and there is some new information during this period. I will have someone send it to you in a while. If you have any difficulties, feel free to mention it to me, as long as I can help.  I will definitely not refuse!¡±

    At the banquet just now, the three of them were talking about private matters, but now they really talked about business.

    When Li Yun and Li Zhen heard Li Min's words, they immediately sat upright. Li Zhen was the first to speak: "Thank you, Sixth Brother. The information you gave us was of great help. As for the difficulties"

    Li Zhen said this, looked at each other with Li Yun, and then said: "As for the difficulties, there are indeed many, the most important of which is that we need a batch of firearms, including artillery, muskets and grenades, in addition to  There are some weapons such as sabers and leather armors that need to be purchased from Brother Six."

    "Firearms?" Li Min frowned after hearing this. He didn't know that Li Shimin leased Datang's firearms troops to Li Zhen and Li Yun, so he said with some confusion, "You want grenades, no problem, but  Both muskets and artillery require specialized arms, and training is very time-consuming. It takes at least half a year to form an army. You don't have time at all. In addition, you have very few Han troops in your hands. The others are just prairie people. You don't know how.  Do you want to train these prairie people into firearms troops?"

    Li Min was wary of ethnic groups other than the Han people. Even if he implemented the Hanization strategy in his territories, he would never give up important power to those foreign ethnic groups before they were completely integrated into the Han people.  They, such as the composition of the firearms unit??, the most important thing is that all soldiers must be Han nationality.

    Li Yun and Li Zhen were a little proud after hearing this. Li Yun then laughed and said: "Brother Six, you don't know something. We now have a ready-made firearms unit in our hands. It's just because this unit is special that it is still in Chang'an.  It is estimated that it will arrive in Taiwan in three months."

    As Li Yun spoke, he told the story of Li Shimin's agreement to lease the firearms troops of the Tang Dynasty. However, Li Min shouted that it was unfair. When he attacked Silla and Baekje, he only leased ordinary troops to Zhang Jian.  But now that the two younger brothers have come out, Li Shimin has taken out Jin Gui's firearms unit. They are both sons, so why are they treated differently?

    However, Li Zhen and Li Yun both curled their lips in response to Li Min's complaint. No one in the entire Tang Dynasty knew that their father's favorite was the sixth brother in front of him. If nothing else, he was just a Ren.  The policy of Liu Ge's immigration made their brothers jealous. Unfortunately, the population of the Tang Dynasty was not large. Li Min's immigration had already made many ministers dissatisfied. If the two of them were added, it would definitely attract the attention of the ministers.  Impeach.

    Of course, Li Min wasn't really jealous, it was just a little joke. However, seeing that his two younger brothers didn't give him any face, he smiled sheepishly, then put away his smile and said, "Well, since you both already have  If you are a member of the firearms unit, if you need any firearms, make a list and I will ask someone to quote you a price, but you must be mentally prepared. All firearms are not cheap. Even if I only ask for a cost price, it is definitely not the same.  A small amount."

    Upon hearing Li Min's words, Li Yun and Li Zhen immediately had bitter expressions on their faces. Among them, Li Zhen even cried and said: "Brother Six, you also know that we two brothers have to follow you to earn all the property in our house."  Some pocket money. Although we sold all those properties this time, we are very poor overseas. We need money to do everything. We have already spent a large part of it just to raise various supplies, and there is really not much left. So you  Let¡¯s see if we can give the brothers a batch of firearms?¡±

    Li Min didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Eighth brother, if you want food, cloth and other things, it's okay to give them to you, but firearms are not ordinary weapons, and I also know that my father has them  If you rent all the artillery and musketeers, you will need at least 200 artillery and 5,000 muskets. I don¡¯t have much inventory now. If I want to arm all your firearms troops, then I will have to  The firearms in my own army will be given to you first, and so many artillery and muskets, the total cost is at least more than one million guan. Such a large amount of money is also a huge number for me, and I really can¡¯t afford to give it away to you.  ah!"

    "Hiss~" When they heard the cost of the required firearms, Li Zhen and Li Yun also took a breath. They only knew that firearms were expensive and equipped with not many troops, but they did not expect that they were so expensive, more than one hundred.  Wan Guan, this is also a huge number for Datang, let alone their two poor princes.

    Seeing Li Zhen and Li Yun looking downcast, they secretly smiled in their hearts. There was some moisture in what he just said. Last year, the Perak Institute developed a new type of muskets and muskets. Although they were not much different from the old ones,  But it is easier to operate than before, and the accuracy has increased. Therefore, his firearms unit is being replaced during this period, and the replaced firearms can just be given to Li Zhen and Li Yun. However, although they are old firearms, they are actually  The maintenance is very good, and although the price is a little clich¨¦, it is at most 10% or 20% more than the actual price.  And the reason why he said this was naturally his intention.

    "Sixth brother, one million guan is too expensive. To tell you the truth, seventh brother and I only prepared a total of 1.5 million guan this time, and most of them were exchanged for supplies. We don't have much cash in cash.  Although my uncle helped me prepare some money, it is all for military expenses and fortress construction expenses to go to Tianzhu, and it cannot be touched at all now!" Li Zhen cried bitterly again.  Li Yun next to him also smiled bitterly.

    Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Min lowered his head as if thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said: "Well, Brother Six also knows that it is not easy for you, and this time you go to Tianzhu, you  It¡¯s also a big risk, so this time Brother Six takes the decision and gives you the firearm in his hand!¡±

    Li Min said, pretending to be very sad and waved his hand, as if someone had cut a piece of flesh from his body.

    Li Zhen and Li Yun were overjoyed when they heard that Li Min gave them the firearms. However, seeing Li Min's distressed look made them a little embarrassed. Among them, Li Yun said: "Brother Six, what do you want?"  Otherwise, we¡¯d better contribute some money, otherwise we¡¯ll feel bad about it.¡±

    I¡¯m just waiting for your words!  Li Min secretly rejoiced in his heart. Although he wanted to help Li Zhen and Li Yun, asking him to give away 800,000 firearms at once was enough to make him feel distressed for a long time.  In fact, although Li Zhen and Li Yun do not have the ability to pay the money now, it does not mean that they will not have it in the future. At least they have a huge treasure in front of them.

    ps: Thank you book friend Jie Xi for the reward, and also thank Jie Xi for becoming the second person after Tian Hai Xiang Yun.Sir, Laoyu will definitely thank all book friends for their continued support with greater enthusiasm!  !  !
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