Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 457 A Covenant Beyond Paper

Dazong Bomochi immediately promised ten million taels of silver.

Xu Zhiqiong was deeply skeptical about this, because the number of [-] million taels was beyond the tolerance of many kingdoms.

When Daxuan was in normal operation, there were always [-] million taels of silver and [-] to [-] million gold in the treasury. According to Emperor Changle, during the heyday of Daxuan, the treasury had reached [-] million taels of silver.

On such an economic basis, ten million taels of silver might really be nothing.

But this is Da Xuan, not Yu Xian.

How can Yu Xianguo, whose territory is torn apart, get ten million taels of silver?
Even if he can get it out, can this man named Mochi be the master?

Xu Zhiqiong blinked and said, "It's best to discuss this matter with King Dayu before making a decision."

Mo Chi smiled: "Mr. Yun can't trust me?"

"Ten million silver, I agreed and agreed, and said that I would send five million within three days. Uncle Da Zong, Dayu Kingdom is not your family. If someone else told you about this amount, would you believe it?" Believe it or not?"

Mo Chi didn't make a sound, Shan Yan said from the side: "Your Honor, you probably don't know the identity of Uncle Da Zong."

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Shan Yan in surprise.

Da Zongbo's identity is Da Zongbo, what other identity can he have?
Shan Yan looked at Mo Chi, who nodded slightly, indicating that she could speak out.

Shan Yan said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Master Mo Chi, he is the third son of Emperor Da Yu."

Xu Zhiqiong's eyes twitched, and he stared at Mo Chi for a while.

He is the prince?

The prince went to Daxuan to be the great uncle?
And when the two countries were fighting against each other, he was sitting on the cusp of the storm?

Is Yu Xianhuang really willing?
Isn't he afraid that Emperor Xuan will get angry one day and directly kill his son?
Presumably he has many sons, so he doesn't care about breaking one or two.

"Excuse Xu for taking the liberty, how many princes are there in your country?" Xu Zhiqiong really asked, if Emperor Yu Xian had a hundred or eighty sons, this prince might not be of real value.

This question is indeed presumptuous, and even Shanyan is a little embarrassed.

Mo Chi didn't mind, and said frankly, "The elder brother passed away early, leaving only two sons under the father's knees."

Just two sons, but one more?
Xu Zhiqiong became more and more suspicious of this.

Mo Chi smiled and said, "If Marquis Yun still doesn't trust me, you might as well wait for three days, and wait until the five million silver arrives, and then it won't be too late to do the screening!"

After chatting for a while, Xu Zhiqiong retired, returned to the palace, and told Emperor Changle the news.

Knowing that the other party was willing to bid ten million taels of silver, Emperor Chang Le was very happy, but did not see much surprise: "Brother, I knew that you are a person who can do business, but this battle is a big profit!"

Xu Zhiqiong looked at Emperor Chang Le inexplicably: "Ten million taels of silver, you are not surprised by such a sum?"

"What's so surprising about this?" Emperor Chang Le puffed up his chest, straightened his hair crown, "I am the king of a country, so it's possible that I haven't seen money yet?"

The king of a country can't even afford the money to repair the river embankment. At this level, it still doesn't affect your bragging rights.

Emperor Chang Le took a sip of tea and said: "If King Tu Nu said that he gave out [-] million, I definitely don't believe it, but if it is said that Yu Xianhuang gave [-] million, it really is not difficult."

Xu Zhiqiong asked in amazement: "Emperor Yu Xian is richer than Emperor Tunu? No matter how bad Tunu is, the territory is complete after all."

Emperor Changle smiled and said: "Yu Xian is much richer than Tu Nu, Yu Xianhuang is the orthodox place of Suzaku's way of life, there are a lot of Suzaku cultivators in the country, and there are also a lot of secret techniques of praying for abundance,
In addition, Yu Xianguo's land is fertile and the climate is suitable. The yield per mu of land is more than twice that of our Daxuan.
This is because we have won the support of Suzaku Palace. Compared with other countries, Yu Xianguo's yield per mu of land is four or five times that of theirs. "

Four or five times?
Xu Zhiqiong said in amazement: "In other words, Yu Xianguo has never experienced famine?"

"Why do they have famine? Even if one area is hit by a disaster, the food in other places can be turned around immediately. After three to five months, the new crop of grain will be harvested again.
Yu Xianguo has never been short of food, plus the rivers in the country are intertwined and the shipping is developed. The income from selling grain alone has [-] to [-] million taels in the warehouse every year. Fanxiao and Lieyang have bought grain from them.
Our harvest was not good last year. If the grain turnover is really too high, I will also buy some grain from Yu Xian. "

Xu Zhiqiong was even more incomprehensible: "If you are so rich, why is Yu Xian's national power so poor?"

"They don't lack money and food, but this country lacks two things, one is people, and the other is iron."

Xu Zhiqiong knew about Yu Xian's lack of iron. There were no iron mines in his country.

But Xu Zhiqiong couldn't understand the lack of people.

"Where there is no shortage of money and food, how can there be a shortage of people? Isn't it over if you work hard?"

"Because they are always fighting. Although there is enough money and food, it will take at least fifteen years to raise a group of young and strong men. But after one battle, [-] to [-] people will be wiped out in a month.
Yu Xian fought year after year, and young and strong men fought less and less. Some families gave birth to boys and didn't want to send them to the battlefield, so they all sent Daxuan. Most of the Suzaku cultivators in Suzaku Palace came from here. "

Holding a teacup, Xu Zhiqiong said, "You don't fight every year, do you?"

"It's true that there are wars every year. Yu Xianguo is torn apart. Under Yu Xianhuang's influence, the land is the most fertile and the Suzaku cultivators are the most. Naturally, they become the target of public criticism. Years of wars have been raging, and there are very few men left.
We declare that the number of men is basically the same as that of women, but in Yu Xianguo, there are ten men and nine women. At the most embarrassing time, Yu Xianguo did not allow adult men to marry. "

"What's the reason? Knowing that there are few people, you still don't allow men to get married?"

"Adult males should be gathered together and kept as blood for breeding. Each household will go to the government to collect the seeds every year. Yu Xianguo folks call it human race."

puff!

Xu Zhiqiong spat out a mouthful of tea.

There are such things in the world.

Emperor Changle said: "Don't believe me, not to mention the children of ordinary people, even Yu Xianhuang's eldest son died on the battlefield. As the third son of the emperor, Mo Chi, even if he cannot inherit the throne, he is still an important figure in the entire Yu Xian Kingdom. Emperor Yu Xian's willingness to send him to Daxuan is enough to show that he is a person who can accomplish great things."

Regarding business matters, Emperor Chang Le agreed, but the date of delivery and dispatch of troops still needs to be discussed.

"He said to send five million silver first, but I can't get out that much ordnance for a while, and the stocks of each battalion can't be moved lightly. First, transfer Zhong Shen to the penance workshop and let the workshop start working at full capacity.
In addition, the soldiers and horses in Yunzhou have been scattered for a long time, and they don't know what they look like, so someone needs to take care of them. "

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "We still have to choose a suitable person to be in command."

……

Three days later, Xu Zhiqiong arrived at Suzaku Palace, and Mo Chi greeted him at the palace gate.

After entering the hall, Mo Chi directly placed five million taels of silver in the hall.

Fifty taels of official silver, two hundred taels of silver, and a whole box of [-] taels, the five hundred boxes of silver almost filled the hall.

"Yun Hou, can you trust Mo Chi this time?"

I must believe it!

He has evidence!

Five hundred boxes of evidence are here!
Xu Zhiqiong nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Highness really promises everything, I will ask someone to inform the emperor in a while, and move the money to the treasury."

Mo Chi smiled: "Marquis Yun, I'm not busy here, let's talk about the covenant first."

Xu Zhiqiong took out the covenant and placed it in front of Mo Chi.

In three days, Emperor Chang Le successfully persuaded the cabinet that Yan Anqing personally drafted the covenant, clearly writing down the details of this alliance.

As for the ordnance, it is clearly written in the covenant that [-] people will be delivered within two months, and all the ordnance will be handed over within five months.

Under Yu Xianhuang's command, there are only more than [-] troops capable of combat, which is acceptable at this time.

As for the dispatch of troops, Da Xuan will be given three months to reorganize the army. After three months, depending on the situation of the battle, the two parties will discuss and decide on the timing of dispatching troops.

This condition was reasonable, but Mo Chi didn't seem satisfied.

"In the covenant, it didn't say who would lead the army."

Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Your Highness, everything cannot be mentioned in the covenant."

Mo Chi sighed: "I'm also worried about this matter. Some things are not mentioned in the covenant, but they will become disputes in the future. In the end, they will be settled, but I will be the one who suffers. After all, the war is not yours. inside."

This sounds harsh, but it is true.

It is not the first time that Yu Xian forms an alliance with Daxuan, but because of his difficult situation, every time he begs Daxuan to fulfill the covenant almost in a state of begging.

In the past, the attitudes of the previous emperors were good, but in Emperor Zhaoxing's reign, every time Yu was in trouble, Emperor Zhaoxing would take advantage of the loopholes in the covenant and refuse to help. Mochi knew that his country had suffered too much. He was really terrified of suffering.

"Yun Hou, in my opinion, since we are forming an alliance in good faith this time, the alliance cannot just stay on paper."

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said, "Then let's carve a stone tablet, what do you think?"

Mo Chi smiled and said, "Young Marquis is really funny. I mean, this covenant must be serious. I don't know if Daxuan is willing to confront me, Dayu?"

Cross talk?

What does interrogation mean?
Xu Zhiqiong brought several entourages who knew diplomacy, and one entourage explained: "Exchanging hostages means exchanging protons."

Proton swap?

Is this advanced physics?

The follower explained it again, and Xu Zhiqiong understood the meaning.

The so-called proton swap is to exchange hostages with each other in order to maintain the validity of the covenant. This is a common diplomatic method.

Mo Chi said: "When the two countries sign the covenant, I would like to stay in Daxuan, and this life will be handed over to Daxuan. Will Daxuan be willing to hand over the life of a clan member to me, Dayu?"

As the prince, Mo Chi is a hostage of high value and weight.

If Daxuan was asked to send out a hostage of equal weight, who could it be?

Xu Zhiqiong didn't want anyone to come out.

If it wasn't because Daxuan was anxiously waiting for the money, if it wasn't because the Nufu Cult was too threatening, Xu Zhiqiong wouldn't even want to do this business.

He told Emperor Chang Le the news, but he did not expect Emperor Chang Le to express his understanding to Mo Chi's request.

"Yu Xianhuang has been deceived by Daxuan too many times. It is reasonable for him to want to confront him, but the key point is that I have no children. What can I give him in exchange?"

Emperor Chang Le insisted on making the business, Xu Zhiqiong said helplessly: "Let's list the members of the clan one by one, and see which one is worth as much as Mo Chi."

The first one included in the list was Liang Jixiong, Xu Zhiqiong denied it on the spot.

Liang Jixiong's significance to Daxuan was far greater than that of Mo Chi. If something happened, ten Mochi would not be able to exchange for one Liang Jixiong.

The royal male was completely killed by Emperor Zhaoxing, and the only thing left to consider is the princesses.

Among the princesses, the most prominent ones are Liang Yuyao and He Fang.

Neither of these two people should leave Daxuan, they are now an important part of Daxuan's regime.

But if you don't choose one of them, the identities of the others won't match Mo Chi's.

Having no other choice, Emperor Changle discussed with Liang Yuyao first.

"Sixth sister, that's the way it is. You know my difficulties. I can't wait to go to Yu Xianguo as a hostage.
I promise you that I will let you go for at most one year. After one year, I will bring you back personally.

Sixth sister, you nodded your head, you have agreed to this matter,
Sixth sister, why are you crying...

Sixth sister, I, I am not trying to harm you...

Sixth sister, what are you doing with the rope?
Sixth sister, listen to me, no, no, why not let you go? "

(End of this chapter)