Chapter 23: Blessings hide misfortunes
After Wukong and Xie Xiaoyu and the others reconciled, he found Tian Qingwen and Xu Yueye again, and they both gave a bag of treasures. Then, he returned to the hall again and started a secret talk with Bing Yuanzhen.
The main content of the two of them was how to deal with the Prince's Underground Palace. Wukong's meaning was very simple. After finding someone to record the structural diagram of the entire underground palace and all the formations in the underground palace, he demolished the entire underground palace. Then, using the materials from the demolition of the underground palace, he built a palace for his father-in-law Li Yuan, which was regarded as a New Year gift to his father-in-law.
So, Bing Yuanzhen happily left the Prince Consort's Mansion with the billion gold coins given to him by Wukong.
The reason why he gave Bing Yuanzhen so much money was because the 500 million gold coins in it was Wukong who asked him to send him the New Year red envelope to the entire Li Tang and all the people!
The remaining 500 million gold coins are rewarded to all Li Tang officials, and 300 million is used to build various infrastructures of Li Tang.
After all, Li Tang, who is so big, has been a bit unlucky in the past two years. Wukong is rich now, so of course he has to give back to the people.
After Bing Yuanzhen left, Wukong saw that it was almost seven o'clock when he saw the sky. So he left the Prince Consort's Mansion alone and walked towards the Manxing Tower in the west of the city.
Logically speaking, Wukong had just experienced a kidnapping incident and should never go out alone.
However, firstly, his cultivation has soared, and he believes that even if the waves come over, he will definitely not be able to control him. Secondly, Wukong believes that Zhao Min and others have long left Chang'an City and there is no danger at all. The last point is that he feels that it is not appropriate to go to drink with his father-in-law and lead a bunch of people to the appointment.
Therefore, after Wukong said something to Xie Xiaoyu, he walked onto the street alone.
After all, Chang'an is the first heroic city in Dasui. Although the past two years have not been smooth, it is still very lively during the most important festival of the year.
In addition, the ban in Chang'an City had just been lifted, so the Youzhou people who already liked the bustling ones walked out of their homes happily. The streets and alleys were decorated with lights, and all kinds of beautiful banners and long flags were flying in the air. The festive atmosphere was very strong.
Wukong did not ride a horse, so he wore a black hat and a maroon brocade robe. He walked along the flow of people with a smile, watching the beautiful colorful lanterns hanging in front of various merchants along the way.
When he saw something he was interested in, no matter how much the price was, he would put down a gold coin and take it away. When he met a child from a poor family, he would take the initiative to go forward and give the children a gold coin of New Year's money.
In this way, Wukong sprinkled gold coins all the way and came to the front of the Manxing Tower.
He knew about this restaurant. In addition to the remoteness of the place, it was quite good in terms of the taste of the dishes and the quality of the service.
So Wukong slightly tidied his clothes and walked into the starry building with no guests.
The guy asked about the situation and knew that Wukong was Pei Shiju who had booked the entire Star Tower. After he invited important guests, he enthusiastically took him to the second floor.
After ordering two fruit plates and a pot of tea, Wukong sat in the seat facing the street, looking at the scenery outside while waiting for his father-in-law to arrive.
After about ten minutes, Pei Shiju finally smiled and walked into the Star Tower.
"I wish my father-in-law a new blessing and a longevity." After getting up and smiling, Wukong bowed respectfully to his father-in-law.
After Pei Shiju happily replied the gift, the two sat back on the dining table together.
After ordering a few good dishes carefully, Wukong started chatting with Pei Shiju, but it was impossible to say that they were all chatting. The main topics of the two of them were almost all about Pei Lingsu. Wukong almost told the acquaintance process of him and Pei Lingsu in detail.
After all the wine and food were served, the two of them went back and forth and had a hearty New Year dinner.
After almost having enough wine and food, the two of them picked up a cup of tea and started talking about the main things.
"Xiao Dan, you can take the initiative to send half of the Beiliang out. Although this move is very dangerous, the possibility of walking is very high." Looking at Wukong calmly, after smiling, Pei Shiju picked up the teacup and tasted the tea.
Pei Shiju didn't know whether half of the Beiliang was sent by Wukong, but he also saw the opportunity to turn the tables from this incident.
After hearing Pei Shiju's words, Wukong was shocked and smiled and replied: "Actually, I'm just walking around. Do you think this step... can really work?" After that, he looked at Pei Shiju calmly, waiting for the other party's answer.
Seeing that Wukong didn't want to say anything, Pei Shiju sneered in his heart, then thought for a moment, and said slowly: "The Rabbit Rice Empire has annexed the Rabbit Rice Empire and accepted half of our Beiliang land. It is definitely impossible for us to give up easily. However, even if the Rabbit Rice Empire is weak, it can bite a piece of meat from the Rabbit Rice Empire when it is dying! Half the Northern Liang land and the Rabbit Rice Empire can double the territory of the Rabbit Rice Empire. However, with the current national strength of the Rabbit Rice Empire, it is already very difficult to defend its original land. If the Rabbit Rice Empire is divided into two groups to defend the new territory after losing troops, then the entire Rabbit Rice Empire... will inevitably be empty!" He said coldly here, and before Wukong could speak, Pei Shiju continued quickly.
"I believe that the knowledgeable people of the Rabbit Ethnic Empire are also very clear about this. However, in the face of such great interests, the Rabbit Ethnic Kingdom will definitely not give up! At the beginning, they might have taken care of it and only arranged a small number of troops to defend. However, after a year and a half, if we still hold on to the troops, then... the Rabbit Ethnic Empire will not continue to endure it. At that time, when we send troops from both sides of the north and south at the same time, then... the Rabbit Ethnic Kingdom will definitely be destroyed!" After staring at Wukong's eyes and finishing word by word, Pei Shiju waited for Wukong's answer.
This is the reason why Pei Shiju concluded that Dasui could destroy Rabbit Rice within two years. He made an accurate judgment based on Rabbit Rice's existing national strength to carefully calculate the development within the next two years.
Unless the Rabbit Empire can double its own military strength within two years, the Rabbit Empire, which has a territorial 100% increase in territory, will surely become a sick man with extremely weak internal strength!
On the other hand, the Dasui Empire, after two years of accumulation, will only be stronger than it is now. Therefore, as long as you endure it for two years at most, killing a rabbit rice empire like a sick man will only be easier for Dasui than now...!
Chapter completed!