Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Walking up to Liu Bai in small steps, he bowed to the end, "Thank you Mr. Liu! Otherwise, the rest of the people here might starve to death in this forest."

These days, Qinling is still dominated by wild beasts. After a few days, they saw several giant pythons as thick as buckets.

Not to mention beasts like tigers and black bears.

Plus all kinds of weird poisonous insects.

Entering Qinling rashly without a lot of preparation is no different from courting death.

Liu Bai also knew why Cui Xiu was so anxious.

He waved his hand indifferently, "Envoy Cui, you are welcome."

Cui Xiu smiled shyly and said, "Young Master Liu, I have already found out the identity of the thief, why don't we go back to Jingyang together, and we will definitely give you justice!"

Liu Bai looked at him with a half-smile.

Could it be that he plans to give up Gao Tan?

"That's good, this trip is indeed a bit hard. After I pack up my things, I will set off to go back!"

Cui Xiu was overjoyed, and was about to thank Liu Bai again, when suddenly she was taken aback, as if remembering something.

"By the way, I don't know if Mr. Liu has ever seen the official messenger of Dali Temple?"

Liu Bai was also taken aback.

"What does Envoy Cui mean by this?"

Cui Xiu told what happened.

"Those officials were all sent by Mr. Dai Zhou. It's just that last night, he was separated from my group. If we can't find their traces, it's hard to explain to Mr. Dai."

At this time, Li Chengqian walked over with a limp.

"Brother Liu, when you went hunting just now, the people from Dali Temple came to find me. I don't think there is anything wrong, so let them go back to Chang'an first!"

Liu Bai nodded, and couldn't help but smile in his heart.

lost?

How can it be?

All the officials in Dali Temple are better than ghosts.

They were all elite old police officers who were drawn from various government offices. No matter in terms of skills or experience in living in the wild, they were not comparable to Cui Xiu and the group.

Probably because they didn't want to continue to endure hardships in the Qinling Mountains, so they deliberately left Cui Xiu and the others behind!

Liu Bai didn't point it out, and said with a smile: "Emissary Cui also go to rest for a while, we will go back in a while!"

Seeing Cui Xiu walk away, Li Chengqian came over again and said, "Brother Liu, do you want to take him?"

Li Chengqian made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Liu Bai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?"

Li Chengqian secretly pointed to the tent next to him.

The piece of Lantian jade dug out last night was hidden in it.

How could such a big secret be known to outsiders?

Liu Bai was speechless for a while.

After all, Li Chengqian is also a dignified prince, why did he become so petty?

I don't know who to learn from.

Don't ask if Cui Xiu has the guts to tell about the Lantian jade vein.

Even if he has covetous heart, so what?

Don't look at the lack of people in the Qinling Mountains, but the distance from Chang'an is only a short distance away!

The Goguryeo people in the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty can be counted on one hand.

Could it be that Cui Xiu has the ability to find a group of Datang people to mine ore veins for him?

"Just do what you need to do, don't worry about it here!"

Liu Bai glanced at Li Chengqian and made a movement of raising his foot.

Li Chengqian hurriedly dodged away, afraid that Liu Bai's feet would land on his buttocks.

A group of people set off and headed towards Jingyang.

Cui Xiu and the others were wearing the clothes of the guards of the Liu family, feeling uncomfortable.

But there's no other way, it's better than just being naked, right?

What makes them feel even more uncomfortable is that there are always many unkind eyes looking at themselves.

Especially when Quan Yanchi inadvertently approached an unoccupied carriage, including Li Chengqian, Cheng Chumo and others, plus a large group of masters from the Eastern Palace, they pulled out their knives in unison!

No matter how courageous Quan Yanchi was, he couldn't help being taken aback.

Hurriedly dodging, this is considered to have escaped.

"Boy, the Crown Prince warns you, if you dare to get close, be careful with your head!"

Li Chengqian was not being honest while sitting on the sliding pole, holding a knife, he kept making gestures at Quan Yanchi's head.

Regarding this, Quan Yanchi could only smile wryly.

Even if he had eighty guts, he wouldn't dare to speak ill of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty.

More than 200 miles were spent in this weird atmosphere.

Jingyang County, Liu Family Mansion!

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Bai got an invitation card from the porter.

"Di Zhixun is going to hold a hundred-day banquet again?"

Last time, Di Zhixun wanted to hold a [-]-day banquet for Di Renjie, but because of the locust plague, it was put on hold for now.

It seems that Di Zhixun didn't want to miss this great opportunity to please Liu Bai. As soon as the locust disaster was resolved, he planned to continue holding a hundred-day banquet.

Liu Bai didn't take it seriously, there are still two days left.

Go if you have time, forget it if you don't have time.

He casually put the invitation card on the window sill, ignored Cui Xiu and the others, and ran directly into the bathroom.

After taking a comfortable bath and changing into clean clothes, Liu Bai walked back to the hall refreshed.

Cui Xiu and the others also changed their clothes, and the wounds were all bandaged again.

Seeing Liu Bai coming, they all stood up.

"Master Liu!"

Liu Bai nodded, sat down and picked up his teacup, took a sip slowly, and said, "Envoy Cui said that the identity of the thief has been found out."

Cui Xiu bowed and said: "Mr. Liu, please forgive Cui Xiu's crime of laxity. The person who sneaked into your house to steal is one of Cui's subordinates!"

He said righteously: "I have already decapitated him! If there is any loss to your mansion, I will double the compensation!"

Although Liu Bai had already guessed that he would still say that, his heart still felt a little chilly.

This guy Cui Xiu is really ruthless, and he is not polite to his own people.

If you say give up, you will give up, without hesitation at all!

"Since Envoy Cui doesn't know about this matter, it's not good for Liu to continue to pursue the matter. After the loss is found out, he will naturally send someone to inform Envoy Cui."

"Thank you Mr. Liu for your kindness, the food matter"

Chapter 248 Several iron mines and ports, Goguryeo just gave it away?

500 million stones of grain!

If you buy it at the lowest grain price in Datang's history, it will cost you four guans per stone.

Add up, a full 2000 million!

Liu Bai didn't expect Cui Xiuzhen to pay all the money at all.

Not to mention Goguryeo, I am afraid that Datang will not be able to spend so much money without seven or eight years of recuperation.

Hearing Cui Xiu mention food, Liu Bai asked, "I don't know if envoy Cui has discussed this matter with King Rongliu?"

"Young Master Liu, before we leave, I have ordered you to take full responsibility for the purchase of grain, but can the price be lowered?"

Cui Xiu's face was full of flattery.

After the recent events, he has a comprehensive understanding of Liu Bai's status.

He knew that this young nobleman in front of him was one of the most difficult people to mess with in the entire Tang Dynasty.

"Then Liu will come to settle accounts for Envoy Cui!"

As he said that, Liu Bai really picked up the abacus and began to fight.

Cheng Chumo, who was talking nonsense outside, and the others were filled with question marks.

They all disliked the abacus for being slow, and they have long since used it. Can Liu Bai still use it?

After a cup of tea, Liu Bai typed a string of numbers on the abacus and pushed it to Cui Xiu.

Cui Xiu's face instantly collapsed.

"Young Master Liu, aren't you embarrassing me? You know, my annual income in Goguryeo is less than 100 million guan. If I really spend 2000 million guan to buy food, we don't need the people to rebel, and we will destroy the country by ourselves."

Liu Bai chuckled, "No hurry."

He scratched on the abacus again, scratching off the first few beads of the abacus.

Cui Xiu was taken aback.

Some looked at Liu Bai in disbelief, and then counted them line by line.

"One, ten, one hundred, two million guan?!"

He couldn't help the ecstasy in his heart, and his voice trembled a little.

"Young Master Liu, is this true?"

Direct discount? !

Don't say that Liu Bai is not from Goguryeo, even if he is really from Goguryeo, it can't be so interesting, right?

"Gaoguryeo is a vassal state of my Tang Dynasty. Your majesty has specifically stated that you must care for your subjects. Now that your majesty has spoken, even if Liu spends all his family wealth, he must show the majesty of my Tang Dynasty!"

Cui Xiu suddenly became serious, brushed off the folds of her clothes, and saluted Liu Bai respectfully.

"Goguryeo, everyone must be deeply grateful for Mr. Liu's great kindness!"

After finishing speaking, he hastily added: "There is also the great kindness of His Majesty Tang!"

Liu Bai was very satisfied with his attitude.

Since the atmosphere is so good, there must be some conditions, but Cui Xiu is too embarrassed to refuse.

"However, there is still one thing Liu wants to discuss with Envoy Cui!"

Cui Xiu patted her chest, "No matter what Mr. Liu wants, I will agree on behalf of my king!"

Liu Bai smiled and said, "Emissary Cui must also know that my Liu family started from the cast iron business in Youzhou, but after such a long time, the iron mines in Youzhou have been almost exhausted. I heard that there are several iron mines in Goguryeo. I wonder if it is true."

Cui Xiu didn't hesitate at all.

"I'm the master, I'll give it to Mr. Liu!"

He immediately asked for a pen and paper to write down the voucher, and finally, he stamped the big seal representing his emissary identity on the voucher!

It was just a few iron mines, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

Goguryeo is indeed rich in mineral resources.

But don't forget that Goguryeo is located in the extreme north, and it is full of wind and snow for eight or nine months throughout the year.

In other words, within a year, only two or three months can be mined.

Even so, under the mine, there is an ice layer that has been sealed for an unknown number of years.