Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 162
"It's okay, it's okay!" Wang Wenzuo returned the gift, and he noticed the dark circles under Hei Chi Changzhi's eyes: "What's the matter, is this room bad? You didn't seem to sleep well last night, and your eye circles are dark!"

"This place used to be a royal palace, right?" Hei Chi Chang Zhi gave a wry smile, "I don't know why, but I kept having nightmares last night and couldn't sleep well at all."

"Is there such a thing?" Wang Wenzuo stared at Heitou Changzhi's face, wondering if the other party was lying, but said in his mouth: "If so, why don't we change places tonight? The person who arranged it is also right, this palace city is broken I don’t know how many people died at the time, how can it be used to entertain guests when it’s so spooky!”

"It doesn't have to be!" Hei Chi Changzhi was not used to Wang Wenzuo's sudden enthusiasm: "I have been fighting on the battlefield since I was a child, so I don't care about it."

"So, General Black Tooth is a general's son!"

"That's right!" The black-toothed Changzhi didn't intend to hide this matter from the other party. After all, Baekje's military system is the military system, and officers who can achieve his level must be of noble origin. There is no need to hide it at all. He invited Wang Wenzuo to sit down. Next, I decided to get to the main topic: "Wang Canjun, there are two incidents when I come here this time: the first incident is the incident of Zhenxian City not long ago. You said you would withdraw the army to make peace, but you attacked us Baekje pass, what is the reason for this?"

"It turned out to be this matter!" Wang Wenzuo smiled all over his face: "I think General Black Tooth is a bit wrong. I only said that I would withdraw my troops, but I never talked about peace. Think about it, the highest official in Sibi City is It is Liu Dudu who decides whether the Tang Dynasty and Baekje will fight or make peace, whether it is the emperor, or the prime minister of the court, how can he be a fourth-rank organ to decide?"

Hei Chi Changzhi was taken aback when he heard the words. He tried his best to recall and found that Wang Wenzuo had never proposed a peace, and he couldn't help but feel slightly angry: "If you don't make peace, what's the purpose of your army doing this? Are soldiers not tired of deceit?"

"Of course it's a deal!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "What I said earlier is very clear, because our army is about to withdraw from Baekje and cannot take away all the things in the treasury in the city, so I want to make a deal with you. There is nothing else going on outside, everything is as usual. Then Zhenxian City guards the key points of Baekje and Silla, our army will naturally take it, otherwise how can we go back to China?"

At this time, Hei Chi Changzhi had calmed down, and he had already heard what Wang Wenzuo meant: trading is trading, and fighting is fighting. The two are like two ruts of a carriage, parallel and never intersecting.

"Then you are not afraid of annoying us, the deal is abolished?"

"The general is joking. The so-called transaction means that both parties get what they need, and it's a matter of getting the best of both worlds. It's not just us who benefit. If the transaction is abolished, we will at most save some money, and your loss will be great."

"It's just some armored equipment, why is our loss so big?"

"General, the Tang army is in Baekje for one day, and you have only one enemy; but what happens after we leave?" Wang Wenzuo's smile is meaningful: "No matter how good a friend is in these years, it is better than a friend with iron armor and a sharp knife in hand." , don’t you think so?”

Heizhi Changzhi took a deep breath, and the words of the man in front of him lifted the curtain to him, revealing the terrible truth hidden underneath.Yes, the withdrawal of Tang troops does not mean the end of the war, but the beginning of a new war, a crueler and sadder war between brothers.

"Since you don't speak, I'll take it as we have no objection!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "We can finalize the details of the transaction next!"

In the evening, the negotiation finally came to an end, and the two sides reached an agreement. Six days later, the first transaction was made at a hill about 1053 miles west of Sibi City. There are 800 arrows, and the price is 200 guan, of which [-] guan are copper coins, and the rest are calculated with gold, silver, fur, precious medicinal materials, etc. (Here is a reference for the purchasing power of copper coins at that time. During the Tianbao period of the early Tang Dynasty, the Tang central government’s income was about [-] million guan, of which grain, cloth, and silk were equivalent to about [-] million guan, and copper coins were [-] million guan. Of course, the actual income of the Tang government must be more than these, because There are also a large number of free labor levied, but it can be seen that [-] Guan was a huge property at that time.)
"Okay, my hard work was not in vain!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Come here, bring some food and wine, and let me have a few drinks with General Black Tooth!"

"Thank you very much!" Hei Chi Changzhi didn't have the mood to drink at this time, he bowed his hands to Wang Wenzuo: "I appreciate Wang Canjun's kindness, time is running out, I have to go back and report the matter to the Prime Minister."

"That's fine, then I won't keep you here!" Wang Wenzuo bowed his hands and returned the salute: "By the way, our envoy is okay, please treat me well!"

"That's natural!"

Saying goodbye to Hei Chi Chang Zhi, Wang Wenzuo let out a long breath.Taking Jinhyeon City not only opened up the passage to Silla, but also a test for the Baekje Restoration Army: if the deal can be carried out, it means that the internal contradictions in the Restoration Army have reached a very acute level. So much so that they no longer even regard Tang Jun as their primary enemy, and reserve their strength to deal with their current comrades-in-arms and future enemies. This is undoubtedly good news for Wang Wenzuo.

Dudufu.

"So, Wang Canjun thinks that the Baekje thieves will kill each other with the weapons we sold to them?" Du Shuang's voice had no cadence, as if it came from a machine without sound, but Wang Wenzuo could feel the sarcasm from it. Sour.

"Yes, Du Changshi, I think so, at least the possibility is very high!"

"It's very likely?" Du Shuang sneered, "Then I think it's very likely that these thieves will use it against us!"

"Du Changshi!" Liu Rengui said, his tone was very stern: "When Wang Canjun proposed this plan, everyone agreed, including you!"

"At that time, I only agreed to pretend to be weak and lead the thieves to kill each other, but I did not agree to hand over military weapons such as iron armor and crossbows to the thieves. You must know that the number of thieves is several times that of me. The reason why our army can repeatedly defeat the thieves is because The bandit's armor is crude, but now you want to hand over fine armored soldiers to the bandit, what's the difference between that and collaborating with the enemy?"

"The thieves are not fools. If they just made a verbal promise, how could they believe that our army is really going to withdraw? Du Changshi's talk is simply rotten talk!"

"Liu Inspector, you are a guilty person, you actually talk like this, aren't you afraid of the three-foot national law, set up by you?"

"Liu came here from across the sea, so he didn't think about his own interests, unlike some people—"

"You two stay here, stay here!" Seeing that Du and Liu were arguing more and more violently, reaching the point of personal attacks, Liu Renyuan hurriedly called a stop and interrupted the quarrel between the two: "You two, let's discuss the matter as it is Let's attack each other, so as not to lose face!"

(End of this chapter)