bullyxtreme Chapter 1019
Chapter 1019
Chapter 1019
Mu Tianyan and Liu Guoquan looked at each other in dismay. The eagle-eyed man in front of him was undoubtedly the de facto leader Zai Sai of the Five Departments of Nekhka.
However, it seemed that the other party's attitude was not as fierce as imagined, and it could even be said to be kind. This made both Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan feel a little more relaxed.
Although they also felt that killing their own people would be of no benefit to the Nekhka people, they were used to being pampered in the capital city and had never dealt with these tribes on the grassland, so they were still a little scared.
In particular, the Nekhka people are not the representatives of the Chahar and Tumot people on the left and right sides of Mongolia who often deal with the Great Zhou. They live in the Liaohetao and Tuhe areas outside Liaodong. It is said that many of them have never even heard of these places, let alone know where these place names are.
What made them feel more at ease was that Zai Sai could speak Chinese. Although it was not standard and a bit blunt, he could probably understand it.
"Since you are the chief and deputy commanders-in-chief of the Beijing camp, I think you can make the decision if I talk to you?" Zai Sai knew that he didn't have much time, and he needed to settle the negotiations in the shortest possible time, and deal with the tens of thousands of burdens as soon as possible. A captive in his own hands.
"I don't know what General Zaisai wants to talk to us, but since we have been defeated and become prisoners, we have no right to express our position on behalf of the court. It is useless to promise anything..." Liu Guoquan was very cautious. Since the other party had no intention Kill them, then this big rock will be put down, and the rest will be much easier.
"Well, Lord Liu, Lord Mu, do you mean that the Great Zhou court will not care about you?" Zai Sai smiled, "That also means that I can deal with tens of thousands of you at will, just like the history of your Han people. What did Bai Qi do during the Battle of Changping? I will not send Zhu Qizhen back to the Ming court in vain like Grand Master Ye Xian did."
Both Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan couldn't help shivering. How could this Neikalkha know about the Han people's murders in history?Although there was some teasing in the other party's words, the two dared not believe it. Their lives were at stake, so they dared not gamble.
"General Zaisai, I can only say that the court has its own face, and it is impossible to accept your blackmail, but if you can let us go, we are absolutely grateful..."
Before Mu Tianyan finished speaking, Zai Sai waved his hand and interrupted, "No, no, Master Mu, I can't do this kind of thing. You Han people have never kept your promises. You should know that we lost money in the battle under Qian'an City. It is terrible, I must get compensation and return, you more than 5 people are the weight, if the Great Zhou court refuses to pay compensation, then I can't really kill you all, but I will bring you back Going to the grassland, you should know that from here you can cross the Hongshan Pass or Panjiakou, or Xifeng Pass, our grassland is not far away, this is nothing to my sons and daughters, but maybe you people can have I can't guarantee how many survived over the mountains and reached the grassland."
Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan exchanged glances before slowly saying: "General Zaisai, you mean you went to Qian'an City?"
Zai Sai didn't intend to hide anything, because sooner or later people would know about it, so he nodded frankly: "The elite firecracker battalion in Liaodong Town ambushed in Qian'an, and they really caught us by surprise. We will settle this account with Liaodong Town sooner or later. Came back, but now we have to settle the score on your side."
Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan didn't expect that the Nekalka people would suffer a disadvantage under Qian'an City, and the firearms army in Liaodong Town went south?Feng Tang is so bold?
But now is not the time to discuss this, they are more concerned about their own fate: "General Zaisai, what do you mean...?"
"I don't intend to embarrass you. The two countries are at war, and each is the master. The winner is the king and the loser. Now you are defeated and fall into my hands. If you want to go back, it's very simple. Take money or goods to redeem people..." Zai Sai said lightly.
"What kind of redemption?" Liu Guoquan asked tentatively.
"You two, each of you has 5 taels of silver, and there are several generals, each of whom is 3 taels, and each of the guerrillas is 1000 taels. Thousands, two thousand, and 500 taels, as for those under a thousand, it also ranges from 100 taels to 50 taels, and [-] taels for ordinary soldiers,..."
Zai Sai took out a rough list, "Now I have a total of more than 350 captives including all of you. Let me do the math. If you want to redeem these people, you will need about [-] million taels of silver. ..."
Hearing Zai Sai's calculation, Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan couldn't help but gasp.
For the two of them, although 5 taels of silver is a lot of heartache, it is nothing compared to their lives.
Whether it is 3 taels or 2 taels for the other few, it is not a problem, but now it costs 350 million taels of silver, which is too shocking.
And since the other party said so, I'm afraid they won't accept a separate ransom.
As expected, Zai Sai continued: "I can give you a discount, 330 million taels of silver, and everyone will be released. If there is not enough silver, gold, horses, silk, tea, salt, porcelain, cloth, food, medicinal materials, everything All can be used to offset, but I don't accept the ransom from a certain person or a few people, if I want to redeem it, I will redeem it all."
Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan looked at each other, and in the end Liu Guoquan said with a wry smile: "Master Zai Sai, your 350 million taels, or 300 million taels, is too big, no one can afford such a large sum." If the money comes, even if the imperial court is willing, it will not be able to take it out."
"As I said, it is not necessary to use silver, gold, cloth, grain, salt, horses, iron materials, silk tea, everything can be discounted according to the current market price. Is this not embarrassing you?" Zai said calmly: "The imperial court If you can’t get it out, you can’t get it out yourself? Is it true that the lives of these soldiers in the Beijing camp are not worth 50 taels of silver? If you can’t get it out for a while, I can help you contact your merchants in Dazhou. They often travel to and from us. The grasslands and the hinterland of your Central Plains, you should be able to borrow money from them, right? Without money, the goods they have in our tribe can be exchanged for us, no problem."
Liu Guoquan and Mu Tianyan almost suspected that the leader of the Inner Kalkhas was not a Mongol. Why was he so businessman-like, and so familiar with such routines, that he even thought of finding a merchant to borrow money for himself.
The most popular people on the prairie are naturally the merchants from the Shanshan Chamber of Commerce. They all have their own fixed business channels and partners, and these tribes on the prairie cannot do without them.
The long-term cooperation has also allowed them to establish a good reputation among these grassland tribes. In the long run, they will not allow situations that destroy their reputation to happen. Similarly, these tribes on the grassland are absolutely unwilling to destroy their reputation. .
If this group of merchants were recruited, it might be possible to lend several million taels of silver.
So what if it was just borrowed?How to deal with the money of these soldiers?The merchants will definitely not trust them, and in the end they have to fall on the generals, including themselves, to guarantee them.
But after these people go back, when can they pay off?
Some people are definitely fine, but some people are not.
Not all the soldiers in the Beijing camp are rich, and there are also a large number of poor ghosts who are idle.
"General Zaisai, for the ransom of us people, if you can invite Shanxi merchants to come, I think we can borrow from them, and there shouldn't be a big problem, but these ordinary soldiers, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult." Mu Tian Yan frowned and said, "Their situations are different. The merchants may not be willing to lend them money, nor would they be willing to guarantee them,..."
Zai Sai said with a straight face, "I said, deal with it together, otherwise you guys can't leave with tens of thousands of taels of silver, anyway, you are also famous figures in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, you should think about it carefully." Zai Sai With a wave of his hand, he signaled his subordinates to take the two of them down.
After Liu Mu and the others left, Zai Sai said to the few people who had been silent all the time with a sullen face: "Everyone has seen that the situation is not as simple as we imagined. These generals are not willing to pay the ransom for their soldiers. no!"
"These Han people are selfish and cunning, and they only want to take care of themselves, and ignore the tens of thousands of soldiers who worked hard for them. Zaisai, what should we do?" Bi Lingtu was a little anxious, "They The total of these generals is only 50 million taels of silver, how can we really escort the tens of thousands of soldiers back to the grassland?"
"How is that possible?" Makeup Rabbit shook his head repeatedly, "It's not hundreds or thousands of people, but more than 5 people. Even if we set off immediately, it will take ten days to reach the grassland. What do they eat? We have to walk all the way , what if there is trouble in the middle?"
Hong Guoer hesitated for a moment, "Zai Sai, did Busia Mara tell you about this that day, and did she have any solutions?"
Zaisai shook his head, "Busia Mara mentioned it, but she didn't say how to solve it. I didn't expect her to be sure. It's easy to win this battle, but how to deal with it has become a troublesome thing." Son."
"Then why don't you just ask Busia Mara to see if she has any good ideas, and then you might as well give them Ye Hebu a proper share." Hong Guoer now just wants to go back to the grassland as soon as possible, Even if it is a little less, it will save you from worrying about it here. After all, this is in the territory of Dazhou. If Jizhen soldiers catch up, it will be a failure.
"That's all there is to it." Zai Sai sighed, and he also estimated that Busia Mara might be waiting for him, and there must be a person surnamed Feng standing behind the other party, who must have a plan, "I'm afraid we will let him To contribute a part of the benefits, everyone must be mentally prepared for this, and don't always think about eating with one bite."
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