Late Tang

"Very good, since you are so loyal and willing to return to the rule of the Tang Dynasty. Then we will be colleagues in the same dynasty as officials in the future. If so, I will not make things difficult for you." Li Jing chuckled softly, but this smile is always It made Zheng Jiezhi think of a weasel, and he became the lonely and poor chicken that was targeted by the weasel.

"Listen well, the following are my formal conditions." Li Jing said loudly: "First of all, Duli Town will hand over all the Feng clan of Duli Town to my Shamen Town by the lobbying you said. We will deal with it. Secondly, you first provoked this war, and our Shamen town has suffered a great loss, including many warships, many houses and shops on the pier, and many soldiers and civilians were killed and seriously injured. In addition, we also consumed A large amount of ordnance was damaged. These are the losses of my Shamen Town, and you must bear them all. Zhang Bingcao, how much is our loss?"

Li Jing asked Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong immediately stood up from his seat, and took out his account book from his body.His face was flushed with excitement, and his tone trembled a little.This is a good opportunity to blackmail, and when he thought of the money and food that he was about to get, he became excited as if he was old enough.

"Our losses were very large. In this battle, 370 people were killed, 350 people were seriously injured and disabled, and there were 420 people who were slightly injured. General, the loss is too great." Zhang Hong's voice was distressed, but his expression was almost beaming.

Zheng Jiezhi on the side almost spat out a mouthful of old blood and fainted in the hall.You bastards, these bastards from Shamen Town!Although he was already prepared to be blackmailed, but blackmail is not like this.It is said that Duli Town is a group of businessmen, they are very shrewd and cunning in doing things, and they never suffer a loss.But now compared with these shameless guys in Shamen Town, they are simply good people.

There were 370 and 350 people killed in battle, 420 and 1 people were seriously injured and disabled, and [-] and [-] people were slightly injured.Bastard, how could there be such a large number of casualties? According to this calculation, there are almost [-] people killed and injured in battle alone.It is estimated that there are only so many people participating in the battle in Shamen Town and Qingnipu this time. It is possible that Shamen Town will either die or be injured.

There are still zeros and zeros, what 78, what 56, what 27, why don't they just say that [-] were killed in battle, [-] were seriously injured, and [-] were slightly injured? There must be a limit to extortion. , I estimated that the number of casualties in Shamen Town was very likely to be ten times higher.One hundred and thirteen were killed in battle, and two hundred and three were seriously injured. This number seems to be somewhat reliable.

But knowing that the other party is blackmailing, what can he do?He was the one who sent it to the door by himself. If the other party refused to blackmail, it would be a big trouble.Now that the other party is willing to blackmail, it shows that there is still room for discussion.Suppressing the urge to fling his sleeves and leave in his heart, Zheng Jiezhi bit his lower lip tightly, I bear it.He spit out two words, "I am very sorry and sorry for this, and we are willing to make compensation for this."

"Okay, okay, okay." Zhang Hong almost danced.When Li Jing asked him to extort ten times more, he still felt that it was too much.Unexpectedly, just like that, the other party endured it. "Our pension in Shamen Town has always been very high. Our generals have a kind heart. When we think of those orphans who died in battle, they have no parents and widows. They have no husbands and will be widowed for the rest of their lives. Think about those soldiers who died in battle. Elderly old parents, hey, white-haired people give away black-haired people, the days after that will be sad."

Now Zheng Jiezhi clenched his fists in his sleeves, and kept telling himself in his mind to restrain himself and be patient.If the other party spits on his left cheek, he has to send the right cheek to him.

"As you know, our Shamen Town has always been a responsible military town. Brothers who died in battle have to be given pensions, and their parents, widows and orphans have to bear all the responsibility for supporting them. The old people have to help die, and the children have to help Adults, this is a huge expense. In addition, it is not easy for those who are heavily disabled. They have lost their hands and feet, or even blind and deaf. Not only will they not be able to marry a wife, but they will also be unable to work. Life is worrisome. We have to support these people and pay allowances until they die. It will take three to fifty years, and it is a lot of money. In addition, it is those who are slightly injured."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Zheng Jiezhi couldn't bear it any longer, and quickly interrupted Zhang Hong's chatter: "Zhang Bingcao, report the number directly."

"Ah. Let me take a look!" Zhang Hong pretended to look through the account book, and finally reported: "All the pension subsidies add up to 270 and 650. Look, this amount , can you all report it?"

A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of Zheng Jiezhi's mouth, and this time he really spit it out.The lion opened his mouth wide, naked blackmail, so shameless.Even if 1 people were killed in battle, seriously injured or slightly injured, it is impossible to have more than 270 million pensions.Not to mention that there were only more than 1000 people killed in battle, even 1 people died, and each person received ten guan, which was only 50 guan.If it is repeated five times, it will only be 1 guan.By the way, the family members of these 1 people, with an average family of five, are subsidized by ten guan for each person. Calculated, the pension of 100 guan for each person is only 270 million for [-] people.These bastards dared to offer a price of [-] million, and once again there was a lot of money.

"50 million!"

"Oh, 50 is not enough, you see, they still have old parents, young orphans and widows"

"One million!" Zheng Jiezhi was really outraged this time: "Including the compensation for damage to your military equipment and shops and houses, all together, we will compensate you a total of one million." He really didn't want to be Zhang Hong again. If you keep talking, if you talk about it with that mouth, what kind of ordnance is wasted below, the houses and shops are damaged, and so on, it is very likely to be able to say millions more.Duli Town is rich, but the richness is not brought by strong winds.No matter how rich they are, they can't resist a lion like them talking loudly.

Li Jing coughed twice, stood up from the iron seat, and said: "It can be seen that Vice City Lord Zheng is a straightforward person, so I will be more straightforward. How about this, you can take out 100 million of my soldiers' pensions, City Lord Li Lingfu and I share 50 yuan equally. In addition, if you attack our town of Shamen and destroy our docks, shops, houses, etc., you will get another 50 yuan. Battleship, etc., you take 100 million, and me and Brother Zhongmou's family have 50."

"Of course, those are just compensation for losses. In addition, as a punishment for starting a war for no reason, you can take another 250 million as compensation for our two families. 500 million, no second price, you think about it yourself." Li Jing Very straightforward.

Zheng Jiezhi was awakened by Li Jing's tough words, and then he remembered the purpose of coming this time, which would not quell the flames of war.Immediately, he couldn't help but said with a bitter face: "General Ji Yu, Zhang Jianjun." He sighed and said, "500 million, this is 500 million yuan, not 500 million yuan. No matter how rich Duli Town is, it's just a matter of moving all the treasuries. It's empty, and you can't afford to raise so much money. You are not sincere at all when you ask such a price."

"General Li Lingfu doesn't want to truce with you at all. He has a century-old grievance with you, and he has long wanted to take this opportunity to join hands with me to conquer Duli Town. To be honest, I don't intend to truce with you at all. Although I, Li Jing, are young , but he is also full of blood. If anyone hits me on the head, then I will never be polite, and I will definitely fight back. This will be my favorite sentence of the big man, whoever offends the power of the big man, will be punished even if he is far away. Although Shamen Town is not the Han Dynasty, if anyone dares to provoke us, we will definitely not make it easier for them." Li Jing said that he was moved, and drew out a seven-foot long sword to cut off a corner of the old case, and said passionately: "Go back and tell us Wang Pu and representatives of your various families, Song Jieshuai and family teacher Cui Sima of Ziqing Town, are very angry at Duli Town's cross-border attack here. Song Jieshuai has ordered to mobilize a large army, It will be marching soon. My teacher will personally lead this army to support me and attack Duli Town together."

"In addition, I can tell you that General Li Lingfu has persuaded more than a dozen allied forces in the southeastern part of Liaodong. They have agreed to send troops to form a large army with General Li Lingfu to attack Duli Town from the north to the south, and destroy you in one battle. "

As soon as this remark came out, Zheng Jiezhi almost fainted.Right now, he really doesn't know whether Li Jing's words are true or not.Maybe it was just Li Jing's false threats, but he didn't dare to take that risk. If it was true, no matter how strong the Duli Town Castle was, it would not be able to stop many forces from uniting to kill.

"General, we in Duli Town really want to stop the war. General, why start a war again. I believe that the generals and others can join forces to destroy our Duli Town, but you will also have to pay a huge price. It's not worth it. It is better for us to sit down and negotiate a treaty here to eliminate the flames of war."

"I made an exception and made a condition earlier, but you are unwilling to accept it."

"I'm willing to accept it, but we really don't have that much money. Can you give in a little bit? We are willing to hand over Feng Changgui, the head of the Feng family in Duli Town, to you. In addition, we can give up 100 yuan at most. Tens of thousands of dollars, no amount of money is really enough.”

"No, my conditions are not negotiable." Li Jing's words made Zheng Jiezhi despair. "However, you can also make a little change. It doesn't have to be rich, you can use other materials instead. Gold and silver, silk, even linen, silk, and even weapons and armor, even slaves and prisoners of war And livestock, cattle and sheep, war horses, mules and donkeys. Iron ore, copper ore stones, as well as tin, lead, sulfur, saltpeter, etc., as long as they can be valuable."

In the end, after half a day of negotiations, surrounded by bureaucrats such as Zhang Hong, Zhang Chengye, Du Zhongwu, Cui Zhiyuan, Li Chun, and other generals, such as Lin Wei and Wang Zhong, interrupted at every turn to stop the negotiation. Under the threat of sending troops to attack Duli Town, Li Jing mediated several times.

Finally, an armistice agreement was negotiated. When Zheng Jiezhi signed his name on behalf of Du Lizhen, looking at the black and white words and his bright red handprint, his chaotic head suddenly woke up. How could he be confused? Li signed such a contract in a daze.Especially looking at the cannibalistic agreement, it is completely a treaty that loses power and humiliates the teacher.For a moment, blood surged up, and Zheng Jiezhi finally spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted to the ground.

Li Jing looked at Zheng Jiezhi who fell to the ground, and sneered mockingly: "Ask two people to send him back to the inn."

Picking up the agreement in his hand, Li Jing couldn't help feeling excited, and the deal was concluded.The final truce agreement even exceeded Li Jing's expectations.Duli Township compensated Shamen Township with 100 million guan, and Qingnipu 50 guan.

In addition to this monetary compensation, there is also a large list of material compensation.The agreement states that Duli Town will deliver 20 war horses, 30 draft horses, 50 cows, [-] mules, and [-] donkeys to Shamen Town in the next month. One hundred thousand sheep.In addition to these livestock, there is also a compensation of [-] strong slaves and [-] servants in Shamen Town.[-] jin each of iron, copper, lead, and tin.Grain is [-] shi, fodder is [-] shi.[-] bolts of linen and [-] bolts of silk.Another hundred merchant ships of five hundred shi, one thousand spears and one thousand knives each.

Zhang Hong did some calculations and found that these materials were worth at least 60 million. If calculated according to the market price, they could even be discounted to 200 million.In addition to the previous 100 million in cash, after talking for a long time, it is the same as the 500 million that Li Jing initially requested.Because of the 500 million, Li Jing was 300 million, and the other 200 million belonged to Qingnipu.

Li Lingfu from Qingnipu didn't come at all today. He said that he was afraid that after seeing the envoys from Duli Town, he would not be able to control himself and kill them.So he simply continued to stay in the gentle village of Jianwu Pavilion, and handed over all the negotiations to Li Jing.Li Jing did not treat him badly. In the end, Li Jing got 100 million coins and nearly 200 million various supplies.Qingnipu is not bad either, he got 50 guan in cash and more than [-] guan in supplies.

Adding them up, Li Jing got 300 million and Qingnipu got 100 million, totaling 400 million. This is a heavy blow to Duli Town. 400 million yuan in money, food and materials, this is not just cutting flesh, it is cutting off limbs.Even for a wealthy power like Yiduli Town, this was a considerable blow.

Zhang Hong's face was flushed, and he was still in the excitement of extorting a huge sum of money just now.Previously they took out more than 100 million to give away.Now all of a sudden, it was all recovered from Du Lizhen, and he made a lot of money.However, he was also a little worried. The extortion was so ruthless. Although Zheng Jiezhi had signed the peace agreement, would Du Lizhen go back on his word in the end.

"Don't worry, there is little possibility of repentance. But we can't be happy about it, we have to do enough tricks, otherwise they might not pay the full amount." Li Jing chuckled lightly, if you want to get To spend such a large amount of money, food and supplies, Du Lizhen had to think that Li Jing really wanted to retaliate against them.So now Shamen Town has to continue to mobilize soldiers and horses, and it has to make enough momentum to put the opponent under the pressure of being attacked at any time, so that it is possible to obediently send the money.

300!Standing there, Li Jing couldn't help laughing out loud, unable to calm down.Duli Town is really rich and stupid, but there is a big fat sheep, and it was a happy slaughter.

(To be continued)