Chapter 180: Turning Conflict into Friendship
"Liu Zhengqu Shuai is really bold, go to the appointment alone, aren't you afraid that our two brothers will be unfavorable to you?"
When Jiang Qin saw Liu Zheng, he immediately said a word to Liu Zheng, and the tone in his mouth was quite proud.
Although at this time, there was quite a tense atmosphere on the ship, but Liu Zheng was not afraid, pretended to be calm and relaxed, walked a few steps towards Jiang Qin, slowly approached, and then responded to him.
"If I was afraid, I wouldn't have come, and I, Liu Zheng, am not a person who is afraid of death, if I were afraid of death, I would have died in the battle between the Yellow Turban Army and the Han Army, where would I have the opportunity to lead 10,000 people to Luoyang."
Liu Zheng said it lightly, but he was also telling Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai that he, Liu Zheng, was not a person who was afraid of death.
"Besides, although I haven't been in contact with you for a long time, Brother Jiang Qin, I don't think you are stupid, even if you attack me at this time, you can kill us in the end, do you think that with this little manpower, you can escape from here safely?"
It's not that Liu Zheng is confident, but Liu Zheng knows that Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai are both water thieves, although they live a life of licking blood from the knife, but it is nothing more than because of poverty, and they really swear to kill Zulang because of hatred, but they still won't.
Besides, on Liu Zheng's side, there are more than 1,000 people, counting the manpower on Zulang's side, more than 2,000 people.
And Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, after the battle just now, there are only more than 400 people left of the remaining 600 people.
With these more than 400 people, it is really not easy to kill Liu Zheng, Zu Lang and others.
Unless they really want to fight to the death and make trouble to the point of losing both.
But Liu Zheng believes that they should be so stupid.
Just after Liu Zheng finished saying this, Jiang Qin's face showed a hint of a smile, and he took the initiative to meet Liu Zheng to talk about the next thing.
"Liu Zhengqushuai, my brothers and I have already discussed, we can accept the peace and promise a temporary truce with Zu Lang, but Zu Lang must give us a satisfactory answer, and there is enough compensation."
Peace talks are the common goal of the two sides, after all, no one wants to make such a fuss.
If there is peace talks and a peaceful settlement of this issue, it must be acceptable to both sides.
"You can rest assured about this, I have already said before, I will bear all the compensation, you just need to make a price, just don't be too outrageous, I can accept it."
After Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai heard Liu Zheng's words, the two of them looked at each other, and then answered at Liu Zheng.
"Yes, we have killed and injured more than 600 brothers in total, and these more than 600 brothers will compensate us with 30,000 yuan, except for the odds, and if Zulang can compensate us with a total of 1,800 gold, we will promise to write off the grievances with him."
Zhou Tai said a word to Liu Zheng after Jiang Qin finished speaking, and put the amount of compensation at 1,800 gold.
That's a lot of money. After all, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, an ordinary family of five. The cost of a day is only a dozen dollars, and it doesn't even cost a gold in a year.
And Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and others opened their mouths for 1,800 gold, which was even more ruthless than Liu Zheng blackmailing Huang Zu and others at the beginning.
However, Liu Zheng did not refuse, and after hearing Zhou Tai's words, he agreed in one bite.
"Okay, 1,800 gold is 1,800 gold, as long as the grievances between you are written off and the conflict is turned into jade, I can still afford this money."
Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were also stunned when they heard that Liu Zheng agreed so happily.
They never expected that Liu Zheng didn't even bargain and repay the price, so they agreed directly.
According to the previous calculations of the two of them, they actually wanted the lion to open his mouth and offer an outrageous price, so that Liu Zheng would retreat because of the high price and give up protecting Zu Lang, after all, it was not worth spending such a huge fortune in order to protect Zu Lang.
Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai fought with this idea, wanting Liu Zheng to give up Zu Lang so that they could continue to fight with Zu Lang, but who knew that Liu Zheng actually agreed directly, and it was not easy for the two of them to continue to work together for a while.
The two looked at each other awkwardly, and even a little uncertain, turned their heads to look at Liu Zheng and asked tentatively again in confusion.
"Liu Zhengqushuai, what you just said, is it serious? Do you really want to compensate us for 1,800 gold? ”
"Hehehe, do you think what I Liu Zheng said seems like a joke?"
"Or do you think I can't afford to pay that much?"
"No, no, we didn't mean to be offended, we were just a little surprised, you actually agreed directly, in my opinion, you should bargain with us."
"Ah, can you still bargain?"
“……”
Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin looked at Liu Zheng awkwardly, and they were speechless for a while, without speaking.
After Liu Zheng agreed, the next negotiations were much simpler.
Liu Zheng promised to give money, and without a counteroffer, he decided to take out 1,800 gold to compensate Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.
In front of Qian, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin had nothing to say, so they could only temporarily fight with Zu Lang and become jade silk.
When this incident was made, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were impressed by Liu Zheng, first, they thought that Liu Zheng was honest, wealthy, and a trustworthy person.
At the same time, Zu Lang was also very grateful to Liu Zheng, and the huge amount of money of 1,800 gold was put up, but even Zu Lang, a famous water thief at the top of Poyang Lake, couldn't get the funds for a while.
But Liu Zheng easily opened his mouth and took it out to compensate Zu Lang. This is not to say that Liu Zheng has a lot of money, but that Liu Zheng believes in Zu Lang and feels that Zu Lang is worth this money, which makes Zu Lang feel that he is valued by Liu Zheng, even more than 1,800 gold, in Liu Zheng's heart, he values Zu Lang so much.
Naturally, Zu Lang was also full of gratitude to Liu Zheng, and decided to be loyal to Liu Zheng and repay him for his kindness.
Of course, Liu Zheng was actually not so rich at this time, although he had extorted more than 2,000 gold from Cai Mao earlier, but the money had already been spent by him to buy equipment and distribute it to his subordinates.
Later, although he robbed a large amount of money and grain in Luoyang, some of this money and grain was distributed by him to his subordinates and the other part was used to build Mingyue Cottage.
Coupled with some money left from Luoyang before, he barely scraped together 1,800 gold and gave it to Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai.
As a result, Liu Zheng has not much cash to use.