"Lord Yong, if you really want to put me to death, and send these directly to Your Majesty's dragon case, why waste your tongue so much." After the initial panic, Rong Zheng regained his composure and said.

Guo Qi smiled and said to Rong Zheng: "Lord Rong is worthy of being a member of the second rank of the imperial court, and this calmness makes this king admire it to the fullest; But Lord Rong, what would happen if you said I would kill you now! ”

After Guo Qi finished speaking, he pulled out Tang Bi's war knife hanging on his waist and put it on Rong Zheng's neck, the cold blade was next to Rong Zheng's neck, and blood flowed down the blade; Rong Zheng was really panicked at this time, for fear that Guo Qi's hand would shake and his life would be clicked!

Guo Qi whispered in Rong Zheng's ear: "Lord Rong, if you say that if my hand shakes, my little life will probably be gone, what do you say my father will do with me then?" I'm afraid this prince can't do it, and it's not good to make trouble and imprison this king, but this is better than losing his life!

The king of Yongzhou has inquired in private, it is said that there are often Xirong cavalry haunted in that place, and there are bandits everywhere, so the king took these more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to Yongzhou, I am afraid that it will not be long before this little life is gone; So this king is now barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, go to Yongzhou and die, it is better to slaughter you, and be escorted back to Beijing to be disposed of by my father, at least then this king can still save his life. ”

As soon as Guo Qi's words fell, Rong Zheng's legs and feet were weak, and he sat directly on the ground; Guo Qi continued to say to Rong Zheng: "Lord Rong, if you obediently cooperate with this king, this king may spare your life as soon as he is happy." ”

Rong Zheng grabbed Guo Qi's leg as if grasping the last straw and said: "Lord Wang, what do you say I should do, as long as you can spare my life, I will actively cooperate." ”

Guo Qi threw the paper in front of Rong Zheng and said, "Sign this first." ”

Rong Zheng reluctantly signed and drew on the pleadings, in addition to Guo Qi also forced Rong Zheng to hand over the account books of his transactions with Xirong and Beidi over the years, which involved a huge network of interests, not only in the entire Guanzhong Dao, but also some members of the imperial court; Guo Qi didn't expect that his whim would have such a huge gain.

The back hall of the Daotai Yamen.

All the evidence Guo Qi was handed over to Tang Bi for strict care, and now only Guo Qi and Rong Zheng were left in the entire back hall, Rong Zheng was uneasy at this time, and no one knew what kind of thing this prince who did not play cards according to the rules would do next.

Seeing Guo Qi smiling at himself, Rong Zheng's heart was furious.

"Lord Rong doesn't have to be nervous, this king has no malicious intent, there are only you and me here, why don't we talk?" Guo Qi looked at Rong Zheng with a smile on his face and said.

Rong Zheng said very interestingly: "If the prince has anything to do, just tell me." ”

"Actually, it's a little bit for Lord Rong." Guo Qi smiled strangely: "This Yongzhou is cramped and widowed, and it is difficult to support food, and it is often harassed by Xirong rangers; This king only has more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and it may be difficult to protect himself, so if he wants to borrow some food and weapons from Lord Rong, Lord Rong should not be embarrassed! ”

The corners of Rong Zheng's mouth twitched, and he said very painfully: "Lord Wang, you also know that Guanzhong has suffered a major drought this year, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get too much food!" ”

"Lord Rong, I took a look at your account book just now, you haven't made a lot of money over the years! To say the least, there are three million taels! ”

"I don't know how much food and armor the prince plans to borrow?" Rong Zheng asked with a painful face.

"It's not too much, let's get two million first!" Guo Qi opened his mouth and said.

"Lord Wang, you might as well kill me directly!" Rong Zheng said with a dark face.

"Just kidding!" Guo Qi said with a smile on his face: "What about this silver!" I don't want it, but I need you to prepare 100,000 stones, 5,000 pieces of armor, 10,000 spears, 10,000 swords, 3,000 bows and crossbows, 100,000 arrows, and 3,000 shields. ”

"Lord Wang, it's easy to talk about ordnance, but there are too many 100,000 stones of grain and grass, and the official really can't take it out!" Rong Zheng looked at Guo Qi and said; "This official can come up with a maximum of 10,000 stones."

"Eighty thousand stones, no less."

"Thirty thousand stones, this is the limit of this official."

"Fifty thousand stones." Guo Qi said too much, very toughly.

Rong Zheng gritted his teeth and said with blood dripping in his heart: "Okay! 50,000 stone is 50,000 stone. ”

Guo Qi's face immediately showed a smile and said, "That's right!" This king will write you an IOU......"

Guo Qi handed over the IOU he wrote to Rong Zheng, but Guo Qi played a trick on the IOU and did not write a specific return date.

After Rong Zheng left, Guo Qi handed a token to Tang Bi and said: "Immediately send someone to take the token of this king and order Hu Qiong to transfer the 10,000 young men to this king." ”

"No, I will be commanded." Tang Bi took the token and immediately sent someone to give the order.

Tang Bi sent out the herald out of the north gate of Jingzhao Mansion not long after, they met the team led by Hu Qiong, after receiving the military order of King Yong, Hu Qiong immediately sent Zhuo Yidao and Sun Guoqing to lead two battalions to Jingzhao Mansion to obey orders, only half an hour two battalions came to the Daotai Yamen, there was no obstacle on the way.

"Humble Zhuo Yidao (Sun Guoqing) see the prince." The two came to Guo Qi's front and greeted him on one knee.

"Get up!" Guo Qi said to the two: "Did everyone bring it?" ”

"Lord Wang, the two battalions of a total of 10,000 young men are all on standby outside the West Cang." Zhuo Yidao said to Guo Qi.

"Let the brothers first bury the pot and cook and eat enough, and then they will have physical work at night." Guo Qi said with a strange smile.

"Lord Wang, the brothers came in a hurry, and they didn't bring anything!" Zhuo Yidao said with a hard face.

"Tang Bi, go and invite Lord Rong to this king." Guo Qi smiled and said.

"No, I will be commanded."

After a while, Rong Zheng arrived with a reluctant face, and after seeing Guo Qi, he bowed and saluted: "Meet the prince." ”

"Lord Rong, please be seated." Guo Qi said with a smile: "There is another thing that this king wants to discuss with Lord Rong. ”

Rong Zheng said with a reluctant face: "Although the prince commands." ”

"So it is so, the king's men have arrived, and the number is not much, but there are more than 30,000 people." Guo Qi looked at Rong Zheng and said: "The people below don't know how to do anything, they just brought people, but they didn't bring anything else, it's about to be dinner, and the people of this king are still hungry!" This grain is easy to manage, and it comes directly from the king's grain, but this dish is a little difficult to handle, so I also ask Lord Rong to be generous and take out 30,000 taels of silver......"

"Thirty thousand taels?" Rong Zheng trembled with anger, stood up and shouted.

Guo Qi's face was very ugly and said, "Lord Rong can also choose not to give it!" However, if these more than 30,000 people make trouble in the city, I am afraid that this king will not be able to restrain it! ”

"I'll give it, isn't it 30,000 taels of silver!" Rong Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "My Rong family is still out." ”

"Then thank you, Lord Rong." Guo Qi got up and bowed to Rong Zheng; "In the evening, this king will hold a banquet here to thank the lords of Guanzhong Daotai and Jingzhao Mansion, and also invite Lord Rong to appreciate his face."

"Humph!" Rong Zheng congratulated him coldly and walked away directly: "Guo Qi, you wait for me, if you don't take revenge, I Rong Zheng will not be a person." ”