"The total is 54,900 prisoners?" Li Longji asked again in disbelief after hearing the reported data.

"Yes, we will treat the prisoners' injuries, and everyone said they would give them to Lijiazhuangzi in exchange for alcohol, diesel, explosive packs, and grenades."

The leader nodded vigorously, indicating that the data was accurate and not adulterated.

The prisoners will be sent over later, and there will be no excuses.

"Zhang Xiaosong!" Li Longji repeated his name.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask Li Yi to be promoted to an official, and Wu will be dismissed from the official position." Wei Zhigu took two steps forward, wearing a mask.

He has a heat cold, with a runny nose, no fever, and no tears. His condition is relatively mild and he is taking medicine.

The mask is a thin one given to him by Li Yi. He wears another one at night, covering his nose and eyes. If he breathes through his mouth, he will snore.

However, I was given a lozenge, but my mouth couldn't open when my tongue and palate pressed the lozenge. I could only breathe through my nose, and my throat didn't hurt.

Three years ago, Wei Zhigu would be very afraid of catching a cold, oh, everyone would be afraid of it.

Nowadays, fever and cold are not a serious problem. Unless you have fever and cough, cough is not a cold, but fever and cold.

"Which one should I be promoted to?" Li Longji asked.

Su Ting looked at Bi Gou and Song Jing, and they gave him encouraging looks, so he came out and said, "I would like to ask Li Yi, the deputy lieutenant of accompanying the Rong, to be the commander of the accompanying Rong."

"I second the proposal." Everyone agreed together.

The twenty messengers were stunned. Damn it, you have so many ministers, just to promote one person?

The key is... Peirong Lieutenant is a little higher than Peirong Deputy Lieutenant. Peirong Deputy Lieutenant is from the ninth rank, and Peirong Lieutenant is from the ninth rank.

A ninth-grade Wu Sanguan, while the entire court is running, are you free?

Do you dare to come to our place and tell the soldiers what you said? Brothers, I will beat you to a pulp.

Don't tell others, if your intestines come out and are stuffed back alive, you can be pierced with a knife.

How much benefit has Li Yi given us? For such great contributions, you give him a half-grade promotion?

Eh? No, isn’t this Zhang Xiaosong? How did it become Li Yi?

Twenty people were thinking about it, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Is this the normal operation of the court? Talk about Zhang Xiaosong, and then a minister comes out to promote Li Yi to a military official.

A group of ministers agreed to promote Wu Sanguan from the ninth rank to the ninth rank.

There were more than 50,000 prisoners over there, as well as the enemies they killed, and in the end, they got such a small thing for one person?

"Your Majesty, there are more than 54,900 prisoners." The leader who reported the news couldn't help but emphasized the number.

"There is a reward, and I will give it to you. I know that you need weapons, alcohol, anesthesia and anti-inflammatory drugs, and they will be fine."

Li Longji understood what the twenty people meant, but the twenty people did not understand Li Yi's situation.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty promoted Li Yi to a half-rank official position. This was not actually a promotion, but an expression of everyone's recognition of Li Yi.

Li Yi didn't care about official positions. He wanted to clean up people, and all the loose officials and prime ministers from the first rank had to join the Tuan'er.

Is it useless for him to get more salary?

For other officials, one month's salary is enough to support their families, which is enough to feed and clothe them.

Give Li Yi a first-grade official salary, which is one meal. Li Yi not only has farmers, but also nearly 12,000 captives.

With the monthly income of a first-class official, if you make porridge and make it thinner, you can probably have a meal without eating pickles, which is not enough.

The purpose of the ministers was to express their thoughts to Li Yi: OK, you Li Yi are great, we are convinced and will give you a promotion!

"Your Majesty, I would like to send the Prime Minister's letter to Tubo to inquire about the number of people in our dynasty for exchange." Bi Gou looked at Song Jing and spoke.

"I second the proposal!" Song Jing followed.

"I second the proposal!" Su Ting also cooperated.

The Prime Minister's Letter can only be issued by the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister should not involve the highest-ranking people on both sides.

This was the tradition of the Chinese government and continued until the time of Li Yi.

Li Yi At that time, who saw the tallest person standing up and shouting at other countries like a madman?

No, never.

They are all handled by the diplomatic spokesperson, and the person at the top never directly targets a certain matter.

Civilization heritage, cultural inheritance, and the style of a great country.

Otherwise, what's the difference between being a gangster? As the leader of a country, shouting and screaming all day long can only explain one problem.

That is, there is no civilization, no etiquette of the country, no heritage, and no rules.

To put it bluntly, people with fair skin like that need little education. I don’t know if they are educated or not, or if they are not taught strictly.

Not so in the Tang Dynasty. Even though Li Yi was usually very casual when talking to him, when it came to state affairs, everyone knew what to do.

Of course, what the ministers in the court were most afraid of was Li Yi's written letter. It's not that Li Yi didn't know how to do it, he had a good literary talent.

He usually writes a limerick or simply states what he means. This is negotiable.

If Li Yi suddenly writes in a formal format, things will be terrible and scary.

"Yes!" Li Longji nodded, you go ahead and write it, and send it to Tubo after you finish it.

As for Sulu, bah! Wait, wait until I have my hands free.

I just don’t want Brother Yi to go there in person, otherwise I will massacre you. It would be too easy for Brother Yi to kill people if he wants to.

Twenty messengers left the letter and were carried out.

They were excited before and took the wrong path, but now their legs are cramped.

They looked at the palace maids, who pursed their lips and smiled. Some of the palace maids were bad and flirted with each other.

"Don't do this, otherwise the benefits in the palace will be reduced." Taohong from the second class came over to talk about something. Seeing the looks of the palace maids, she warned.

The maids immediately bowed their heads, they were afraid, the welfare was the welfare of the Li family, it was extra.

"Thank you for your hard work," Class Two Taohong said to the twenty people.

Twenty people woke up instantly, and what they felt was dignity.

No matter which class of palace maids and eunuchs, their temperament will be revealed when they interact with others.

In each class, they will share what Li Yi taught with others, and they will learn different knowledge.

They belong to a state of being full of poetry and calligraphy. They understand economics, people's livelihood, military affairs, and politics.

…

"Brother Yi, there is good news in the court today. It is said that there are nearly 55,000 prisoners in that one place."

Before evening, Li Longji came back without looking for other women.

It's noon now. There are most cold dishes in Zhuangzi, but there are also hot dishes, but the quantity is smaller.

Today’s staple food is water-treated indica rice. Indica rice has a short growth cycle and is available in Huazhou and Tongzhou.

This kind of rice has no gluten and has a bad texture, but when it is made into boiled rice, it has the same texture as rice with gluten.

There is no need to make rice noodles and rice cakes, or boil rice. Where can the rice have gluten?

What goes through is water, which is used for livestock to drink.

Li Longji filled a bowl, sat opposite Li Yi, and talked about happy things.

"Change it back." Li Yi used chopsticks to stir the garlic and eggplant. The steamed eggplant is best paired with rice.

In fact, the potato and eggplant stew is also delicious, but it doesn’t have potatoes.

If there were potatoes and corn, the entire Tang Dynasty would rise in one fell swoop.

Especially in Inner Mongolia at the time of Li Yi, in the current area, growing potatoes not only yielded high yields, but also grew noodles.

"There is not enough replacement, and the number of people in the Tang Dynasty is small." Li Longji mentioned the data.

"Replace the cattle, sheep and horses. They have no fighting capacity. This year is basically the end. Next year our muskets will come out. Now we will replace them with more useful things."
Chapter completed!