This warrior is so fierce

Chapter 581
Lan Yu was confused by Cao Su.

Guilty or not?

He probably understood what Cao Su meant.

All in all, whether he is guilty or not is a matter of Cao Su's words.

He said that if you are guilty, you are guilty, and if you say that you are not guilty, you are not guilty.

Lan Yu lowered her eyes, not daring to look directly at Cao Su anymore, feeling extremely bitter in her heart.

"I hope the general will forgive me."

Sapphire admitted her mistake in a deep voice, and her attitude was here.

Cao Su sat up straight.

Looking directly at Lan Yu with oppressive eyes: "Lan Yu, the life and death of Piao Xuezong are only in your one thought."

Lan Yu raised her head and looked at Cao Su in shock.

Cao Su's face was indifferent, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

That involved thousands of lives.

Lan Yu showed a bitter expression: "What does the general want Piao Xuezong to do?"

This sentence is tantamount to being subdued, and the high-level leaders of Piaoxuezong headed by Lan Yu finally appealed to Cao Su for peace.

Although seeking peace is aggrieved, it is better than seeking death.

After experiencing the madness of yesterday night, Lan Yu is almost exhausted at this moment, he himself doesn't know how long he can live, how long he can protect Piao Xuezong.

With Yun Zhengxin's death, it will be difficult for Piaoxuezong to become the overlord of Youbei, and its decline in the short term is a foregone conclusion.

Cao Su smiled faintly: "It's not what I want Piaoxuezong to do, but what Piaoxuezong is going to do."

Cao Su emphasized the initiative of Piaoxuezong. Just like what he said just now, Piaoxuezong didn't realize from top to bottom that even if it was Piaoxue City, it belonged to Qianyuan, not Piaoxuezong's family. place.

The land of a family and the land of a country are two different concepts.

Lan Yu was silent for a while, then replied: "Piaoxuezong has closed the mountain for 20 years, within 20 years, there will be no more disciples of Piaoxuezong walking in the rivers and lakes."

Close the mountain for 20 years?
Jianghu Zongmen has followed the usual routine. Once something can't stand it, they will start the trick of sealing the mountain and sealing the Zongmen.

Cao Su has seen this kind of method of retreating to advance a lot. Can this be regarded as Piao Xuezong's punishment?

He stared at Sapphire coldly, without saying a word.

Lan Yu's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was flustered, so she took the initiative to increase her bargaining chips: "In addition, I, Piao Xuezong, are willing to bear all the losses of the Youzhou Mansion's renovation."

Self-closing the mountain and adding compensation sounds very sincere.

But this is not the only thing Cao Su wanted, his eyes flashed, and his aura became more and more aggressive: "You bear it? How many people died in Youzhou Mansion because of your Piao Xuezong this time, have you counted?"

"You bear it, you Piao Xuezong, what responsibility do you take?"

Sapphire's heart skipped a beat, and she fell silent when she heard the words.

Cao Su just stared at him coldly.

After a while, Lan Yu said in a deep voice: "There are people from Piaoxue Sect who are able to contribute, and who have money to contribute. We will try our best to restore Youzhou Mansion to its original state."

Cao Su raised a finger and looked at Lan Yu quietly.

Sapphire's face changed slightly.

What does one finger mean?
100 million denarii, or 1000 million denarii?

His heart shook, he didn't dare to speak first, and quietly waited for Cao Su to give the final answer.

Cao Su stretched out his hand, tapped the table with his fingers, and said calmly: "Sapphire, ten million taels of silver, not a penny less."

"Ten million?"

Sapphire screamed, her mind burst.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

It is impossible to sell the entire Piaoxuezong for [-] million taels of silver.

Cao Su didn't open his mouth like a lion, but directly wanted Piao Xuezong's life!

"Ok?"

When Cao Su saw Lan Yu's reaction, his face turned cold instantly, and his eyes burst into an oppressive light. When the purple and red colors flowed, there was no doubt that a dangerous signal was released.

Sapphire just felt that a basin of cold water drowned out his excitement in an instant.

He was silent for a while, and said very sadly: "General, Piao Xuezong can't afford ten million taels of silver."

"No, no, how could it not be taken out?"

Cao Su immediately shook his head and interrupted Lan Yu's words. He changed his previous aggressive attitude and said with a smile, "Lan Yu, how about I help you settle the score?"

Lan Yu looked at Cao Su warily.

Cao Su raised his finger: "Piaoxuezong is now the sect of a mountain. The inner sect and outer sect disciples in the sect add up. There should be 1 people, right? Let's count as 1 people. .”

"The eating, drinking, and scavenging of these ten thousand disciples must have more than ten taels of silver a month, right? Let's use the average of ten taels to calculate, and that would consume 10 taels of silver a month. Then calculate the consumption of martial arts. Disciple Wan's martial arts resource consumption, no matter what, he has to consume a little Qi, blood, pills, solid spirit pills and the like every month. For these martial arts resources, I will calculate them on the basis of an average of 200 taels a month for each person."

"You spent 520 million taels a year on disciples alone."

"And then there are the salaries of the disciples, the income of the elders, and the management of many offerings. Calculated, each person pays an average of 500 taels of silver a year, so that is 6000 million taels of silver, right?"

"Your Jianghu sect is no better than my impoverished imperial army. The repair of the sect's resident, the maintenance of spirit beast mounts, and the cultivation of medicinal herb furnaces all cost nothing. Ten million taels a year is not too much, right?"

Lan Yu stared at Cao Su dumbfounded, Cao Su settled the score with him solemnly.

"This is just your annual working capital expenditure. In addition, you Piaoxue Sect is also a sect of the mountain, and you claim to own Piaoxue City. Well, even if Piaoxue Mountain and Piaoxue City are under your management for the time being, then your fixed assets The expenditure is probably not a small amount."

"Piao Xuezong wants to maintain the operation of such a large sect, so it is impossible for the annual income to be lower than the expenditure, right?"

Cao Su didn't even count the income of Piao Xuezong, only counted their basic expenses, and instantly made Lan Yu speechless.

This conversion is obviously not correct. For example, some martial arts resources of Piaoxuezong are self-produced and sold within the sect itself, and the cost is lower than those on the market. As for the maintenance of some fixed assets, there is actually no so many.

But these are not important anymore. With Cao Su's algorithm, it seems that Piaoxuezong can really get so much money.

But what is the use of Cao Su asking for so much money?
Is it used to comfort the civilians in Youzhou Prefecture who were injured and died in battle?
Lan Yu didn't understand at all, and gradually couldn't keep up with Cao Su's thoughts.

The conversation between two people was not a fair confrontation in the first place, and now Lan Yu was restrained everywhere, and Cao Su completely controlled the initiative of the conversation.

Lan Yu smiled wryly and shook her head: "General, the Piaoxue Sect really can't afford ten million taels of silver. We can exchange it with other things."

"unnecessary."

Cao Su rejected Lan Yu's proposal, and he was determined to ask for the tens of millions of taels of silver.

Lan Yu was also angry, and said angrily: "General, if you don't have that much money, why don't you just kill us all, because you don't have that much money if you kill us."

"Why should I kill you?"

"If I kill you, what good will it do me?"

Cao Su shook his head again and again, and made his words very clear. He gave Lan Yu another way: "If you can't get this tens of thousands of taels of silver at once, you can pay it in installments."

Pay in installments?

Sapphire was stunned, what is installment payment?
Cao Su patiently explained to the old man who lived for a hundred years: "Instalment payment means that you can pay in ten months, so that you only pay 1000 million taels of silver every month. Relaxed?"

As soon as Lan Yu's eyes lit up, she instantly understood what Cao Su meant.

Cao Su smiled very happily: "Of course, this installment payment also increases the procedures for our exchanges. Many staff members find it very troublesome, and the pressure on the grassroots has obviously increased. Is it necessary to pay part of the procedures accordingly? fee?"

Sapphire:? ? ?
Cao Su said sternly: "The handling fee doesn't need to be high, it's calculated at [-]%."

One percent, that is, an extra 10 taels of silver per month. Compared with the 1000 million taels of silver per month that Cao Su calculated before, it is indeed a drop in the bucket, much cheaper.

Lan Yu's heart widened, if that's the calculation, the Piaoxuezong should be able to support it after a squeeze.

After all, he is an old fritter who has lived for more than a hundred years, and he can draw inferences from one instance.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and blurted out: "Then what if the payment is divided into one hundred months?"

One hundred months, that is a little more than eight years, according to Cao Su's calculation, that is, only one million taels of silver is needed every month.

One million taels of silver, although it was a large expenditure for Piaoxuezong, it didn't have to be that hard.

And the handling fee is also much cheaper. You only need to pay an extra 1 taels of silver as a handling fee every month, which is equivalent to paying 1 million taels of silver every month.

Lan Yu looked at Cao Su with fiery eyes.

Finally, in his expectant eyes, Cao Su nodded and said: "Yes, this is within the scope allowed by the rules."

A big stone in Lan Yu's heart finally fell to the ground. If she only needs to pay 1 million taels of silver every month, then for the Piaoxue Sect, it can completely withstand it.

Cao Su said with a smile: "So the Great Elder is going to pay [-] million taels of silver in one hundred months?"

"Can it be extended?"

Lan Yu felt that [-] million a month was quite a lot, so she asked Cao Su tentatively.

Cao Su frowned and said, "Giving you a hundred months is already a great kindness. Don't push yourself too hard."

Sapphire smiled, and stopped pursuing more.

Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Since the matter of compensation from the Youzhou government has been settled, then Piaoxuecheng"

Lan Yu didn't expect that this was not the end, Cao Su still had plans.

His heart sank, and he listened carefully to what Cao Su said.

"Piaoxue City cannot be left alone for a day."

Lan Yu was extremely shocked, Cao Su's implication was very clear, Piaoxue City does not belong to Piaoxuezong, and the current state is unreasonable.

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "General, Piaoxue City was built by the ancestors of Piaoxuezong in the past."

Cao Su directly interrupted Lan Yu's words: "At this time, at that time, when Piaoxue City was established, is there a Dan book iron certificate to prove that Piaoxue City is the territory of Piaoxuezong?"

Sapphire was silent, this kind of thing is very common in Jianghu.

There are many martial arts cities like Piaoxue City in the rivers and lakes, and the imperial court has always ignored them.

Cao Su said lightly: "I don't want to care about you, but since it is our Qianyuan city and our Youzhou land, it belongs to the imperial court. Private ownership of land is absolutely impossible, at least it doesn't work here."

"During the days when my army was in Piaoxue City, Piaoxue City had to set up a new city lord and open a city lord's mansion. This matter cannot be discussed."

Cao Su said decisively, revealing a trace of domineering, beyond doubt.

Lan Yu smiled wryly, but also felt Cao Su's determination, and dared not say any more.

Seeing that Lan Yu stopped talking, Cao Su softened his tone: "Of course, we still need to listen to everyone's opinions on the governance of Piaoxue City. All the people in Floating Snow City come up with suggestions."

Cao Su eloquently talked about a lot of ideas, summed up in five words "Piaoxue people governance".

This point is somewhat incompatible with Yun Zhengxin's previous idea of ​​driving Cao Su away.

After Cao Su paused, he said slowly, "As for the identity of the first Lord of Piaoxue City?"

Lan Yu looked at Cao Su, this is the point of the topic, who will be the city lord?
Cao Su knocked on the table with his knuckles: "I am not talented, but I am willing to be the first city lord of Piaoxue City. I don't know if Elder Lan Yu is willing to be the chief secretary of my city lord's mansion?"

Lan Yu didn't expect such a result, Cao Su actually wanted to be the Lord of Piaoxue City by himself.

He, isn't he afraid that the people of Piao Xuezong will be unfavorable to him?

"Of course, I usually don't have that much time to manage the city. I still have to rely on Master Lan to complete the specific work arrangements. At the same time, I already have a candidate for the executive deputy city master in my mind."

Cao Su had arranged many things properly, and Lan Yu had nothing to say, so he could only nod silently.

He was even a little confused, and he didn't know how he finally got out of Cao Su's tent.

Outside the tent, many elders of Piaoxue Sect waited hard, and finally the Great Elder came out of the tent.

The Great Elder has been gone for such a long time, and his expression is even more strange than before he went in.

I can't tell what kind of expression it is, it seems to be very painful, but it seems that there is a little relief in the pain.

"Big elder!"

"Big elder!"

All the elders hurried forward and supported Lan Yu.

Sapphire was top-heavy, and after being supported by everyone, her face regained a little color.

He didn't dare to stay too long, and said in a low voice: "Go, let's talk when we go back."

Under the watchful eyes of Wang Qing and others, all the elders quickly set up the blue jade and turned into a stream of light to escape.

It was much faster than before, and disappeared into the camp in the blink of an eye.

Wang Qing and others thought what was going on with this old man, our general probably didn't do anything to him, right?Why do you look like you've been hollowed out?

A few people looked back curiously, just in time to see Cao Su coming out of the tent.

This was the first time they saw Cao Su in a few days.

Cao Su came to Piaoxue City this time to finish many things, and he was in a good mood.

He said to Wang Qing: "Brother Wang, call back your vanguard generals immediately, call for gold to withdraw troops today, and don't attack Piaoxue City for the time being."

Wang Qing hurriedly bowed his hands and took the order to leave.

After Wang Qing and others left, Li Li, who was in charge of logistics, came to Cao Su's side.

"General, all the supplies have been delivered."

Cao Su took the lead: "Where is Ma Chao?"

"Ma Chao is here!"

In the camp, when Ma Chao heard Cao Su's call, he hurried over and got off his horse to salute.

Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Gather the tiger riders immediately and prepare to follow me into the city."

"Going into town?"

Ma Chao was a little surprised and puzzled. He had just run under Piaoxue City, and it was over before he shot an arrow?
But he was used to obeying Cao Su's orders, he followed the orders, and rushed down, preparing to deploy troops.

On the other side, Elder Ge, Elder Lu and the others supported Lanyu and flew back to Piaoxue City as if fleeing.

Along the way, all the elders were very puzzled, not knowing what Cao Su had said to Lan Yu.

As soon as she stood on the city wall, Lan Yu gave an order: "Everyone, there is no need to guard this city anymore. General Pingbei will lead his own troops into the city today."

Sapphire's first sentence made everyone's expressions change drastically.

Elder Ge hurriedly said, "Grand Elder, what does this mean?"

Sapphire's eyes swept across the crowd, and the faces of the crowd were puzzled, puzzled, and relieved, and he said lightly: "Don't you understand?"

"This battle is over, let's not fight anymore."

(End of this chapter)