Ao Jingshan felt a little reluctant.
"Your Highness, it is not difficult to protect the people. All we need to do is to fortify our defenses and clear the fields, and ask the court for permission to move the coastal residents inland..."
At this point, he glanced at Rui Yuankai.
The latter immediately understood.
"Ten miles inland from the coastline, there are no more than 300 households and 5,500 people, so the impact is not significant."
In fact, the two were talking about impossible things.
The biggest problem is giving up territory, not to mention the relocation of coastal residents to inland areas, the change of household registration, and the loss of jobs.
Because the coastal areas will become long-term bases for pirates.
The reason why Ao Jingshan and Rui Yuankai said this is actually a rhetoric.
The Seventh Prince was given four options on the table: A, B, C, and D. Three of them were extremely absurd and obviously impossible to implement, so he had no choice but to choose the fourth one.
did not expect……
"According to your suggestion, I will ask the Qi-gazer to pass the message to my father."
The Seventh Prince looked excited.
Ao Jingshan and Rui Yuankai's faces turned red, and they looked like they were about to vomit blood.
Li Qingcha couldn't help but sigh, thinking that these two people were really too clever for their own good.
When dealing with the emperor, one may have to be more reserved in one's speech;
As for the Seventh Prince...
This guy is a very straightforward person, the kind that can get a stick stuck into his anus from his throat. Playing around with him in all these roundabout ways is really a compliment to him.
Li Qingcha quickly guided the way forward.
"I'm afraid this trick won't work. Bozhou Prefecture is moving people from the coastal areas inland. What about other areas? You should know that Gu She can follow the ocean currents and move north."
Someone came to his rescue, and Ao Jingshan immediately stopped and slapped himself in the face.
"That's what sir said."
Rui Yuankai also followed suit.
"We didn't think it through. Relocating people to avoid the enemy is definitely not a good idea. Where is the prestige of our Great Xia?"
Seventh Prince: ???
The ministers in the court always argued with reason. Looking at the way they were arguing with each other, it seemed that they wanted to drown their political opponents with their spit.
Ao Jingshan and Rui Yuankai's attitudes softened so quickly that something was obviously wrong.
The Seventh Prince felt that he had been tricked.
He frowned and asked, "Can you guys do this?"
Ao Jingshan and Rui Yuankai wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, so they could only pretend to be stupid and look out the window.
"The wind is quite noisy today."
Seventh Prince: "..."
He was now certain that he had been fooled.
Li Qingcha managed to hold back his laughter and seriously interrupted the conversation, "Your Highness, there is actually an even simpler method, which is to ask Gu She to pay tribute."
The Seventh Prince shook his head subconsciously.
"The Ministry of Rites is responsible for paying tribute, and I have no right to interfere."
"Your Highness, the Emperor's order is for you to 'overview all the pirates and bandits in Bozhou', is that correct?"
"Hey, I thought you were so powerful, but you don't even know this basic posture. Once Gu She succeeds in paying tribute, he will be transformed from a pirate and smuggler to an envoy. How can I manage it?"
"..."
"..."
Eerily quiet.
The Seventh Prince looked around and found that everyone had a serious expression.
He slowly came to his senses.
"You mean... to deceive Gu She?"
Li Qingcha didn't respond.
But this attitude is almost equivalent to acquiescence.
The Seventh Prince couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, thinking that Li Qingcha was really cruel. In order to completely solve the pirate problem, he actually wanted to use tribute as bait to wipe out the Gushe Group.
He said, "How can we contact Gu She?"
Li Qingcha immediately replied: "Before, Jian Zengren gave me an address, which I think is Gu's contact office on land."
"In that case, then I'll do as you say... um..."
"Your Highness?"
The Seventh Prince looked around.
He found that all the officials were looking at him, as if they were waiting for this result.
Emmmm......
The feeling of being tricked became stronger.
Chapter 238: Big Heart
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After coming out of the Imperial Envoy's Office, Gong Lianxue and Xiang Nanyu looked at each other.
puff~
They laughed out loud.
Li Qingcha was puzzled.
"what?"
"No." Gong Lianxue sneered, "I just think it's too interesting to see the Seventh Prince being manipulated by my senior brother."
Manipulate...
Li Qingcha waved his hand.
"Don't dare say such things carelessly. If someone hears them, you will lose your head."
"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk~~ you did it and still won't admit it, you coward!"
The girl was too lazy to talk any more nonsense.
Xiang Nanyu said: "What should we do next?"
Li Qingcha pondered for a moment and replied, "If we want to lure Gu into a trap, we need to lure him with benefits and scare him with force. If we only send the tribute documents, there will be no hope."
"Want to fight?"
"Well, I guess we'll have to fight a war along the coast. What we can't get on the battlefield, we'll never get at the negotiation table. If we don't defeat the pirates, they won't... Let's not talk about that for now. Let's send the Seventh Prince's document over first."
According to the address given by Jian Zengren, the contact office is in the north of the city.
Because Bozhou is in the south, most people enter and leave the city from the north gate, so there are many wine shops and inns in the north of the city. It is indeed a good place to hide in the city.
At this time, the area had been taken over by troops from the Beijing camp.
The three of them prepared to set off.
At this moment, Luo Weiyang chased out from the gate of the imperial envoy's office.
The little gray in her arms called out: "Meow~"
The cat jumped into Li Qingcha's arms.
Step on milk.
Li Qingcha felt very strange. It seemed that every time the cat saw him, it wanted to confirm whether he had a flat chest, as if it had become a spirit.
She scratched Xiao Hui's chin and looked at Luo Weiyang.
"Miss Luo, what's the matter?"
Luo Weiyang handed over the note,
"This one……"
Li Qingcha took it in surprise, unfolded the note, and found that it seemed to be written by Sirou.
……
Instructor Li:
Banditry is rampant in Bozhou. If we want to eradicate it, we must use drastic measures.
But we must be extremely careful, as the smuggling forces have been operating in Bozhou for a long time and are very powerful. It is difficult for the soldiers of the garrison to defeat them, so we must divide and divide them and rely on the right time and place to defeat them.
Although you have the ability to judge ghosts and gods, and determine yin and yang, you are outnumbered after all. You must make good use of (crossed out), assist your seventh brother well, and never act rashly.
……
I can only say that she is worthy of being Sirou.
He even thought of using the Seventh Prince.
Li Qingcha continued reading.
As a result, Sirou changed the subject in the letter:
……
I heard that Instructor Li has two cousins. I wonder when they were conquered?
I wonder if these two cousins also have the surname “Li”?
what……
I am confused.
The daughter of an uncle who is younger than oneself should be called a cousin, because she is the one with the same surname.
Thinking about it this way, my cousin should have a different surname.
I wonder what the names of Instructor Li’s two cousins are?
I would also like to remind Instructor Li that a gentleman does not take away someone else's love. Although you are not a gentleman, you should not steal my cousin~
……
hiss……
When Li Qingcha read to the end, he couldn't help but sniff.
She covered her left cheek, feeling the pain at the root of her tooth.
Luo Weiyang was puzzled.
"Brother Li, what's wrong with you?"
As a result, before the main person could answer, Gong Lianxue at the side spoke first and said, "It's lunch time now. Our instructor Li must have smelled the fragrance~"
The girl deliberately added emphasis to the three words "Instructor Li".
She pointed to a stall nearby.
"Look, there's vinegar meat for sale."
Vinegar pork is a local dish in Bozhou, and its characteristic is that it uses more black vinegar.
The girl's implication must be that she smelled a sour smell when she read Sirou's letter.
Li Qingcha: ￣□￣｜｜
