Chapter 878

Li Er helplessly proposed the suggestion of cooperation between the Qin and Tang countries.

Given the current situation, not bringing Great Qin along definitely wouldn't work.

Great Tang had finally had such an opportunity to take advantage, but having to split it equally with Great Qin made Li Er's heart ache.

But he had no choice.

Qin Mu, however, shook his head.

"If it's just an equal split, Great Qin loses too much. Your troops are in Jiaozhou, and you can reach the Siamese capital by walking just a hundred miles. But Great Qin is separated from Siam by thousands of miles; the consumption on the road alone is much higher than yours."

"You tell me, is Great Qin losing too much?"

This logic left Li Er and Fang Xuanling speechless for a moment.

Too damn ruthless!

There's such a way to calculate accounts?

Li Er was so stifled he just wanted to spit a mouthful of old blood.

But this was the Great Qin court, and he really didn't dare to be presumptuous.

"Your Majesty of Great Qin, Great Qin can completely choose not to send troops. Wait until my Great Tang takes down Siam."

"In this way, Great Qin avoids consumption; wouldn't that be a big profit?"

Li Er was forced to come up with such a countermeasure.

Even if Great Qin didn't send a single soldier, Great Tang would still offer half the benefits.

They would naturally transport half the benefits to Chang'an.

In this way, on the surface, Great Tang was at a loss, but in reality, they could at least keep half the benefits.

Occupying an entire Kingdom of Siam; the benefits obtained would naturally be much, much greater than the consumption of sending troops!

Who would still be nitpicking about calculating consumption?

Even so, Qin Mu still shook his head.

His face was full of disdain.

"Great Qin must send troops; relying solely on your Great Tang, I'm afraid this matter won't be taken down."

Naked contempt!

Li Er had already been angered by Qin Mu to the point where his heart started to hurt.

Although Great Tang's national power was declining now, it was still much stronger than Siam's.

The only thing to worry about was that Siam also had elephant troops.

For Great Tang, they still had no confidence in dealing with elephant troops. Therefore, they chose the assassination method to avoid direct conflict with the elephant troops.

Li Er's heart had originally been very confident.

Now, having been hit by Qin Mu, he also started to worry a little.

"Although Great Tang can't compare to Great Qin, dealing with a mere Siam should still be doable."

Qin Mu laughed out loud.

He seemed to enjoy this feeling.

Things that Great Tang felt very confident about, in the end, were hit by him until they had no confidence left.

"Siam is small, but it occupies a strategic location. The environment there is hot and humid, with many miasmas."

"Great Tang's soldiers don't have a good way to deal with miasma. After going there, maybe they won't even need to fight; they might all die inexplicably overnight!" This was scaring Li Er.

But it was also the truth.

Throughout the dynasties, there had been emperors who wanted to completely recover Siam. Many times, they suffered great losses from the miasma.

Because Li Er knew that what Qin Mu said was the truth, he became even more worried.

"Great Tang has no way to deal with miasma, does Great Qin have a way?"

"Great Qin's soldiers are all northerners; I'm afraid they don't understand miasma even more, right?"

Such bickering left the officials in the court stunned.

They watched the Tang envoy's expression getting worse and worse, and they were truly worried that if this continued, he would be angered to death!

If he were truly angered to death, he would be the first envoy in history to be angered to death.

Just at this moment.

Li Shizhen stood out.

"Your Majesty, I have an ancient book, a unique copy in the world. It records a prescription, the 'Wuhou Marching Powder', which can resolve miasma and prevent heatstroke."

This...

Li Er was so jealous his eyes turned red.

Great Qin was going too smoothly now; they had everything they wanted and everything they thought of.

And his Great Tang was struggling, and no matter what he wanted to do, he had to face heavy difficulties.

Now it was good; he had no way to fight for it.

Great Qin had medicine that understood miasma, so fighting in Siam wouldn't be a problem.