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Chapter 160 Private Banquet
During this period of time, Li Jing led the army to sweep Jiangnan, and the Song Clan sent troops to help, it was only a matter of time before Jiangnan was pacified.

Once Yangzhou has pacified the south of the Yangtze River, Wagangzhai will bear the brunt of raising troops to the north in the future.

Whether it was Zhai Rang or Li Mi, both of them could deeply understand Li Yizhi's threat, and they also wanted to send troops to participate in the siege, so as to completely eliminate the threat.

However, they are now facing an important juncture, and they are really helpless.

On the one hand, they wanted to capture Luokou Cang in order to obtain enough food to recruit soldiers and horses, so as to capture Luoyang.

On the other hand, the struggle between them has become increasingly fierce, and they have no energy to deal with Li Yizhi at all.

Of course, they also hoped that the combination of Xiao Xian and Lin Shihong would be able to hold Li Yizhi back until the two of them decide the outcome, or even until they capture Luoyang.

However, things backfired.

Facing the sharp and invincible Yangzhou, Li Mi finally sent some people to Yangzhou to take the opportunity to get rid of the threat of Li Yizhi.

"Naturally, it is impossible to lose money. The silver content in this silver coin is about [-]%, and the remaining [-]% is the profit margin. Even if a certain cost is removed, there should be more than [-]% of it." profits, otherwise Li Yizhi would not be able to promote the new coins with all his strength."

Shen Luoyan shook her head, and said worriedly: "What I'm most worried about now is that in the future, this new type of coin will flow to our Wagang village on a large scale, which means that a lot of our wealth will be plundered by Li Yizhi out of thin air."

Zu Junyan sneered and said: "Luoyan, you worry too much, Li Yizhi doesn't have this chance. Let's not say that he will probably die in the hands of Yu Wenshang, but no one in the world is willing to watch him walk out of Shaobo Lake alive Among the hundreds of warriors watching the battle in Yangzhou, I don't know how many of them belong to them."

Wang Bodang said casually: "Jun Yan is right. Although Li Yizhi is powerful, he is still too young. How can he be Yu Wenshang's opponent? And, even if he wins by chance, I am sure to kill him with one arrow." he."

However, Shen Luoyan was a little restless. Last time, they also joined forces with rebel forces from all sides, and in the end they did not lose their halberds and suffered heavy losses.

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Night is coming.

A living room in the Duke's Mansion was brightly lit.

This time Li Yizhi invited Song Shidao and Song Zhi to a banquet, because the matters discussed were more sensitive, and if not done, the relationship between the two parties might become stiff, or even confrontational.

Therefore, Li Yizhi didn't ask anyone else to accompany him, only the three of them.

Five tastes of food, three rounds of wine.

Li Yizhi put down his chopsticks, organized his words and said, "Second Uncle, Master. This time I invite you to talk about marriage?"

Song Zhi didn't show any surprise, in fact, when he just took the seat, he noticed the strange atmosphere.

Because in terms of etiquette, no matter whether it is public or private, this banquet should be accompanied by someone.He had already guessed this kind of unusual place, probably Li Yizhi had other ideas about the marriage.

Therefore, such a relatively relaxed and private place was created to discuss this matter so as not to freeze the relationship between the two parties.

Song Shidao didn't notice this, he said happily: "Yizhi, we will be a family in the future, maybe after a while, you will have to call me second brother instead, haha."

Li Yizhi smiled awkwardly, but didn't answer.

Song Shidao suddenly realized, he looked at Li Yizhi, then at Song Zhi, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Song Zhi just smiled politely, and said, "You can speak out what Chu Guogong thinks about this matter. Although my Song family lives in the south of the Five Ridges, I still have the tolerance that a big family should have."

He was very tactful in his words. To put it bluntly, if you look down on us, we will not flatter you. We will wait and see in the future.

Li Yizhi shook his head and said: "Perhaps in your opinion, marriage is indeed a good way to deepen our relationship and make our cooperation closer. But you and I both know that in the face of real interests, any marriage is a good idea. It's just a piece of waste paper that can be torn off at any time."

"True close cooperation should be a community of interests. We have the same goals, the same interests, and can also make up for each other's shortcomings. And you and I actually have such conditions."

"That is to say, you help me complete the unification of the world, and finally get the corresponding rewards, including high officials and rich salary, gold and silver treasures. And I need to rely on the background and influence of your Song family, especially in terms of talents. Therefore, in my opinion, we are not There is no need for marriage to achieve close cooperation."

Song Shidao was furious, and said in a deep voice: "Yizhi, you should be able to see that Yuzhi has fallen in love with you for a long time. Could it be that you don't like Yuzhi, or is Yuzhi not good enough to match you?"

Li Yizhi sighed: "Master, I don't want to mix other things in my love. Yuzhi is very good, whether it is appearance or character, but we are not suitable. Even if I agreed today, for her It's not a good thing to say, she is not a tool."

Song Shidao heard that, although he was still angry, he had to admire some of Li Yizhi's views, at least he respected Song Yuzhi very much.

Song Zhi is more rational and will not listen to Li Yizhi's one-sided words.

Since Li Yizhi didn't agree with the marriage, he naturally didn't want to cooperate with the Song family, and he would definitely be an enemy rather than a friend in the future.

He stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Duke Chu, for your hospitality tonight. It's getting late, so we'll go back first."

Li Yizhi also hurriedly stood up, apologizing: "I was at fault for this matter. No matter whether we will unite in the future, as compensation, I will not take any money from drying the salt in the future, and it will all belong to the Song family."

Song Zhi raised his eyebrows, shocked.

He is very clear about the profit of drying salt, which is tens of millions of taels a year, or even more.

Li Yizhi actually gave up when he said he would give up, at least his attitude was very sincere, and he didn't look like he was going to be an enemy of the Song family in the future.

This made Song Zhi calm down a lot, and at the same time, he was thinking about the reason why Li Yizhi didn't agree with the marriage.

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he said immediately: "Yizhi, if you have other loves in your heart, you don't have to worry about it. Even if you marry Yuzhi, you can marry him in the future and give them the same status."

Li Yizhi shook his head and said, "That's not the reason."

Song Shidao was still angry, he didn't care how much the Song family benefited, he cared more about his sister's happiness.

So, he asked: "What is the reason? Yuzhi didn't marry you for the future queen position. I believe that even if she is a noble concubine, she will be very happy. If you really like a woman, the big deal is to make her your queen." The queen is."

Hearing this, Song Zhi couldn't help but glared at Song Shidao.

He is the first daughter of the Song family, so she will naturally be the queen.

However, they can take a step back and allow Li Yizhi to have one more queen. Anyway, there are precedents in ancient times.

Nearby was Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who had five queens in total; far away was the last emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, who would immediately be named queen as long as he liked anyone, and there were innumerable numbers in the end.

(End of this chapter)