Chapter 72 Exponential asking price
Cai Hefan and Zhu Zhen are different. He likes to go all the way to the dark once he determines things. He is not as afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back as Zhu Zhen. He keeps thinking about how to live a comfortable life.
Cai Hefan's opinion is that he has been tired of having more than ten years of comfortable life, and what he wants is an unprecedented exciting battlefield.
He had no good feelings for Zhang Shicheng. This guy who was generous on the outside and was not a big deal at all. Sooner or later, the people under his rule would let the surrounding powers eat no residue.
What we have to do now is to race against time with Zhu Yuanzhang and other powerful peoples to make the King of Henan become stronger first.
Just like Zhu Zhen during this period, he was scattered and made the lord in trouble turn over.
Believe in what you do.
"Young Master, what are we going to the territory of Beiyuan?" The caring servant tied the mule to the horse leash and walked slowly behind."
Go and become famous all over the world!" Cai
He Fan glanced at the Yellow Crane Tower in front of him and climbed up the stairs.
After about an hour, an old man wearing a Confucian shirt and covered in silver hair sent Cai Hefan out of the temple.
He Fan embarked on the journey northward, tears couldn't help but shed tears, "Cai Yanwen, you gave me a life, now I will give you a life, and you and I will be cleared." Zhu
Zhen's body has almost recovered, so there is no need to pretend anymore, and the first peace talks with Zhang Shicheng started.
Zhang Shicheng was still very reserved and didn't want to see Zhu Zhen at all. Instead, he sent a young man named Zhang Chen, who is said to be Zhang Shicheng's adopted son.
Looking at Zhu Zhen’s servility a few days ago, but when the peace talks really started, Zhu Zhen became a nightmare for everyone in Gusu City.
This was unexpected by everyone in Gusu City.
For everyone in Gusu City, the young man in front of him should be very eager for peace, because Yingtian suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Longwan. If he continues to fight, it will not be beneficial to anyone.
As for Zhang Chen, he vaguely spoke up to return the prince to Zhu Yuanzhang.
As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is willing to sacrifice five cities.
Zhen didn't want to quarrel with Zhang Shicheng's people, although Zhu Biao was able to respond again was a good thing for everyone.
But he didn't want Ying Tian to leave a bad habit of having a peace talk with others. Cutting land and paying compensation is not something that a man can do.
Zhen knew very well that even if he ceded land and paid for Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be grateful to him, but would chop his head with a kitchen knife without hesitation.
The appointment has been planned by Yuhe long ago, and it is definitely a sky-high price.
Duanmu Yuhe looked at Zhu Zhen’s peace agreement. This was really a sky-high price. She asked Zhang Shicheng for twenty cities when she opened her mouth."
If you can't make the decision, let your master come out to talk!" Zhu Zhen looked at Zhang Chen with an angry face.
Zhang Chen couldn't help but press his hand on the hilt of the knife around his waist, "Boy, do you want to see if the little master's knife is sharp?"
Xu Liang said with disdain, "You have never done anything to abuse the envoy, you can kill me now! But my Yingtian's army is coming every day, and whether Li Bosheng's 200,000 troops can be defended is the matter."
How did you Yingtian do it? Li Wenzhong's troops suddenly doubled?" Hearing Zhu Zhen's threat, Zhang Chen's momentum became weak, but he couldn't help but ask.
Strategic planning is the business of the military boss. What's wrong with me, an envoy?" Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes.
"Boy, if the military did not tell you before you left, why didn't you start the peace talks early? It proves that you had planned it!"
"So what if you have premeditated? Just allow you, Gusu, to be despicable and shameless, to hijack other people's children, so we are not allowed to use some tricks and teach you some lessons!"
"Aren't you afraid that we will kill your young master?" Zhang Chen showed his fierce look.
"Kill our young master? Are you crazy or stupid? If our young master is sick, our Yingtian army will arrive every day and destroy Pingjiang, do you believe it?" Zhu Zhen did not care about Zhang Chen's threat at all."
Hum!" Seeing that the threat had no effect on Zhu Zhen, Zhang Chen was short of breath and could snort coldly.
"I still say the same thing. If you can't make a decision, hurry up and see your master. How do you know that your master cannot accept our conditions?" Zhu Zhen directly closed the door to the peace talks and ignored Zhang Chen.
Chen and Zhu Zhen were in a stalemate for another three days, and Zhu Zhen would raise the price every time he negotiated.
At first there were twenty cities, but in the end they turned into thirty cities, and the princess had to marry Yingtian.
Gusu is blamed for being unsuccessful. Since Pan Yuanshao's death, Zhang Shicheng has issued an order in anger, and anyone who dares to use evil techniques to harm others will be killed immediately.
The matters of evil spirits under Zhang Shicheng's rule not only did not improve, but instead, evil spirits harmed people frequently.
There are rumors of evil spirits harming people everywhere. Among the memorials reviewed by Zhang Shicheng, at least 70 of them were reported by officials. Someone was accused of evil spirits harming people's lives.
It makes the whole Gusu area have a headache.
Later, Huang Jingsheng came up with an idea, which was to provide relief to refugees. As long as the refugees were appeased, there would not be so many idle things.
The evil things have decreased, and Zhang Chen has become much more confident in negotiating.
As a result, when he saw Zhu Zhen again, Zhu Zhen opened his mouth and said five. Before he could say ten, Zhang Chen turned around and left.
Chen had no face to see Zhang Shicheng, and asked his adopted mother, Mrs. Liu, to present the peace agreement to Zhang Shicheng.
Recently, Zhang Shicheng has a headache and is not thinking about food and food.
The lady cooked herself and spent the whole morning. She made a wonton, hit it in a white porcelain bowl, and brought the food box to Zhang Shicheng's study.
Unfortunately, Zhang Shicheng was discussing a solution to the foreign war with Huang Jingsheng. Zhang Baoshou, deputy commander of the guard, was outside and refused to allow Mrs. Liu to go in.
"Zhang Bao, I personally made this chaos for the Taiwei. If I don't eat it now, it will taste gone in a while." Zhang
Bao was very respectful to Mrs. Liu, and bowed his fists and said, "Madam, you should not touch the brow of the Taiwei. Today, the Taiwei just killed a maid who made a little mistake and was angry. Lord Huang was summoned to the study room and was scolded. Why don't I send it to you?"
As soon as the sound fell, Zhang Shicheng's roar came from inside."
What's the situation? Didn't I just allocated food to Li Bosheng? Why did Li Bosheng cry and say that the frontline soldiers couldn't even eat a full meal?"
Zhang Bao, who was holding the food box in his hand, shrank his neck and immediately did not dare to move.
When you go in at any time, you will definitely be cursing.
Mrs. Liu frowned and listened to the voice inside. Huang Jingsheng said: "From Gusu to the front line, there is a lot of loss. When we arrive at the front line, one ten will not be left. The main force can no longer fight. The consumption of the army that maintains more than 200,000 on the front line is astronomical. Moreover, our rule has been in turmoil recently, the people are in panic, and the market is in a tight state. It is difficult for us to buy food even if we have money."
Didn’t you say that as long as you take out the money to help those refugees, the rumors about evil things will be self-defeating?" Zhang Shicheng frowned.
This is the case, but since the opening of our relief efforts to provide disaster victims, several times more refugees have come from Zhu Yuanzhang, Fang Guorui, and the south. I beg you to open an internal warehouse and buy some food to maintain stability. Otherwise, there will be a big problem within us when chaos arises."
Zhang Shicheng frowned and said, "You can't take any more money. This is a bottomless pit. It satisfies these newly influxed refugees. More refugees will enter my rule. They must be driven away!" Huang said, "
Jingsheng frowned and said, "No, Lord, these refugees have no support. If they are driven away, they will starve to death on the road. At that time, it will be unfavorable to Gusu's reputation." Zhang
Shicheng said helplessly: "What can I do? They are not the people under my rule, and they cannot bring me any benefits. My inclusion will only make my life more difficult. And who knows whether there are any of them who are ill-hearted and do evil things all day long, which makes people upset. So they drive them all away."
Huang Jingsheng advised: "The Lord, think twice."
Seeing that Huang Jingsheng opposed him, Zhang Shicheng still frowned and couldn't help but calm down. These people were living lives after all. Since he was a prince, he had to have a good reputation if he wanted to conquer the world.
They all expelled them, forcing them to die, and also making their reputation go bad."
You go down first. Don’t mention this matter to the public, I need to think about it again.”
After the end, Huang Jingsheng stepped down. Zhang Shicheng frowned and sat behind the desk, leaning weakly on the chair in a daze. Zhang Shicheng leaned on the chair with a weak head.
Bao appeared quietly at the table, placed Chaos on the desk, and whispered: "Master, you haven't had a drop of rice in a day. This is Chaos made by the wife himself. You can eat something." Zhang
Shicheng came back to his senses and looked at Chaos Q&A: "Where is Madam?"
"You were discussing the matter just now, so she went back first."
Zhang Shicheng took a bite of the wife's chaos, but it still had a familiar taste, and his worries suddenly disappeared.
You go and call your wife." Liu
After the lady saluted, she sat beside her and watched Zhang Shicheng eat up all the chaos."
I have been having a lot of troubles recently. I am busy with government affairs and alienated my wife. Don’t blame me for being a husband!" Zhang Shicheng said with a smile.
The family, what to do if they are alienated or not?" Mrs. Liu said with a smile.
How is your daughter doing recently? Is Pan Yuanshao's death a big impact on her?" Zhang Shicheng had a bad appetite, and after eating all the Chaos, he stood up and walked around, feeling his stomach bulging."
It's still the same, I've been dancing with her knives all day long, and I've talked about her several times, but I still don't repent."
When Zhang Shicheng's daughter was about to be raised, his face was always filled with smiles.
Zhang Shicheng laughed and said, "I just like my daughter's heroic spirit. I have been doing everything for too long. I have done too cautiously and lost my edge. I let Zhu Tuzi laugh at it."
Speaking of Zhu Yuanzhang, Mrs. Liu touched the peace agreement in her sleeve, looking like she wanted to speak but stopped.
Shi Cheng suddenly realized and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that Zhang Chen's child failed in negotiations, so he dare not come to see me." Liu
The lady sighed, "That's true. Yingtianren is really too arrogant."
Zhang Shicheng smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay! We didn't suffer any loss anyway. If we really can't do it, we will return Zhu Tuzi's prince to him. We just need two less cities." Liu
The lady smiled bitterly and said, "You'd better see for yourself."
Chapter completed!