The first condition put forward by Liu Zheng was naturally to ask Liu Biao and others to release Cai Yao's mother and son.

This is the most critical issue, and if none of these provisions can be satisfied, then there is no need for this negotiation to continue.

After Liu Zheng said his first request, Liu Biao on the city tower also seriously considered it, after all, Cai Yao was the focus of their negotiations, and Liu Biao also knew that this could not satisfy Liu Zheng, and the entire follow-up negotiations would not be successful.

So after hesitating again and again, Liu Biao nodded and answered Liu Zheng.

"Yes, we can release Cai Yao and this child, but how can you guarantee that after we release people, you will retire?"

In order to keep Xiangyang City, Liu Biao can still choose to make concessions when necessary, as long as Liu Zheng really lets Xiangyang City go.

"I, Liu Zheng, have said it, how can I regret it? He said that he would not attack Xiangyang, and he would not attack Xiangyang! If you can't even believe this, then what's the point, wouldn't it be better to wait for death in the city? ”

Liu Zheng did not regress, and did not guarantee Liu Biao anything at all.

Liu Zheng's answer made Liu Biao stunned, looked at Liu Zheng silently, and couldn't say anything for a while, after hesitating for a while, he still agreed with Liu Zheng's statement, after all, he had no choice.

"Well, I believe you."

"Since the first condition has been agreed, let's talk about the second condition, my people have traveled thousands of miles from Yuzhang County, do you think I will go back like this, how can I explain to my brothers? And thousands of brothers have died outside this city, where can I ask for the pensions of these brothers? ”

Liu Zheng said this, and it has been said very clearly, there are many such things in history, the defeated side will cede the land and pay compensation.

Even if the land is cut, Liu Biao's men have no territory to be ceded to Liu Zheng, Changsha County will be Liu Zheng's sooner or later, Nanjun is now Xiangyang and other places, and Jiangxia, whether it can be guarded by Huang Zu now, or two things, Liu Biao can't cut the land, so he can only pay compensation.

Anyway, there are many big families in Xiangyang, and there is a large population, and in general, there is no shortage of money. 、

Liu Zheng means this, it is not easy for him to come here, go back empty-handed, but it is not his style, how to ask for some benefits from Liu Biao's hands, so that he can go back to Changsha County with satisfaction.

"You mean to ask for money and food?"

"There is no need for grain and grass, I am afraid that you will poison the grain and grass and give it to me, and I don't dare to eat it, you can just discount it, my requirements are not high, I have 20,000 horses, and it is enough for you to give tens of thousands of dollars alone."

"One person gives tens of thousands of dollars, your 20,000 people, even if one person gives 10,000, it will cost 20,000 yuan, so much, how can we take it out?"

Liu Biao originally thought that he could settle these things with money, but who knew that Liu Zheng was actually a lion with a big mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for tens of thousands of gold in compensation.

You must know that 10,000 gold is the income of a big family for several years, even if it is a wealthy family like the Cai family in Xiangyang, although the family has a lot of money, but it is all real estate, land and some real estate value, real liquidity, it is impossible to have tens of thousands of gold, just like Cai Mao, the head of the family.

It was more difficult to come up with 2,500 gold back then, not that the Cai family didn't have such a little money, but it was not easy to take it out in a short period of time.

Although there are many big families in Xiangyang, each family has some money, and even Liu Biao himself can easily come up with a few thousand gold, but a few thousand gold and tens of thousands of gold are not the same thing.

It is absolutely impossible for Liu Biao himself to come up with so much money in a short period of time, even if it is to embezzle the taxes of the imperial court, it is difficult to come up with so much money.

"Impossible, tens of thousands of gold, you will definitely not be able to come up with it, if you really want so much, then our negotiations will not be negotiated."

After thinking about it again, Liu Biao was sure that he couldn't come up with so much money, so he immediately expressed his position.

Liu Biao's direct refusal made Liu Zheng also realize that he had opened his mouth, after all, his fleet was doing business, and he would earn more than 20,000 gold in a year, which was the result of opening up many routes.

And it's just the money earned, and the cost and other expenses have not been removed, and the money that can really be earned in a year is actually just more than 10,000 gold.

Although Liu Biao is the governor of Jingzhou, he occupies only three counties in Jingzhou, which is much smaller than Jingzhou in history, so it is normal to have no money.

After all, he still has to feed hundreds of thousands of troops, these armies are a bottomless pit, even if Liu Biao can receive a lot of taxes, he can support hundreds of thousands of troops, and the money spent is also a lot. This made Liu Biao unable to come up with much money at all.

"Alright then, then reduce it some, ten thousand gold! It couldn't be less. ”

Liu Zheng took a step back.

Liu Biao on the city tower fell into deep thought, although the amount of 10,000 gold was within the range he could bear, but if he wanted to take it out directly and give it to Liu Zheng, it was also something that made him feel painful.

Li Yan, who was standing beside Liu Biao, suddenly walked to Liu Biao's side, and after saying a few words into Liu Biao's ear, Liu Biao nodded.

"Okay, I promise you, but 10,000 gold is still too much, I can't take it out for a while, you give me two days to raise money, two days later, I will send the money and people outside the city, you leave from Xiangyang City, how about it?"

Liu Biao agreed, but he was playing his own tricks.

Although it was two days to raise money, his real intention was to delay the two-day time, after all, it was now the sixth day, and in two days, by the eighth day, the reinforcements from Changsha would definitely have arrived.

When the reinforcements in Changsha were in Xiangyang, the attack and defense reversed, Liu Biao would not be so passive, and then he would be in an advantageous position, and he could bargain with Liu Zheng, not even bargain with Liu Zheng, but directly besiege Liu Zheng and eliminate Liu Zheng outside this Xiangyang city.

Although Liu Biao's abacus is indeed very good, this kind of little trick was still seen through by Liu Zheng at a glance.

However, Liu Zheng is confident, let alone two days of hard work, even if he is asked to wait a few more days, Liu Zheng believes that Cai Mao's reinforcements will not be able to reach here, because he believes that Wen Ping and Gan Ning can definitely block Cai Mao.

If they couldn't stop it, they would definitely have sent someone to deliver a message to Liu Zheng.

Now that he hadn't received the messenger sent by the two of them, it naturally meant that Cai Mao's army was blocked by them and could not advance at all.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you here for two days!"