Both Li Yuan and Yu Xin knew very well that if they wanted Zhao Guo to help this time, then Chu State, or Li Yuan, must pay a price that could satisfy King Zhao.

Yu Xin said in a deep voice: "If you want to satisfy the king, it's actually very simple. First of all, in addition to the Korean land occupied by the Chu State in the last war, the Chu State had to pay the price of at least two counties. Secondly, it is definitely impossible for you to get the command of the army, if the army enters the territory of Chu, then how to act is the matter of the general of the army of Zhao State, and you cannot interfere in any way. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he was quite dissatisfied, and immediately said angrily: "Two counties? Today's Chu State is only the land of six counties, if two counties are ceded to Zhao State at once, then how can I gain a foothold in the court of Chu State in the future? And if Zhao Jun does what he wants after entering the country, do I know that Zhao Jun will not directly destroy me after destroying Jingtong and the other three major families? ”

Yu Xin shrugged his shoulders, put on a helpless expression, and said, "I can tell you very clearly that your plan has succeeded, and I will indeed help you speak in this matter." But the premise of helping you speak is that your conditions cannot be too different from those prescribed by Jingtong, otherwise, even if I strongly support you, the king may not necessarily adopt my opinion. ”

Li Yuan's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, then I can cede a county to Zhao State, but I don't need Zhao State to send troops, I only need Zhao State to return the Chu army captives captured in the past few years to me." ”

Yu Xin was silent for a moment and said, "If this is the case, these captives must be redeemed with money, and the maximum number of redemptions cannot exceed 20,000. ”

"Twenty thousand?" Li Yuan stared at Yu Xin viciously, and said, "Now that Jingtong and I each have nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses, what use can you say about these 20,000 people?" No, at least 50,000 people! Otherwise, you will wait for the news of your affair to appear on the desk of King Zhao of Longtai in Handan! ”

Yu Xin snorted, obviously dissatisfied with Li Yuan's outspoken threat, but finally relented and said: "Then it's just 30,000 people, no more, I can persuade the king and ask the king to send them some armor and weapons." You must know that all the stragglers under your command are now, how can your combat effectiveness be comparable to those battle-hardened Chu army captives? With these 30,000 men, you are already enough to sweep the strength of the three major families. ”

Li Yuan saw that Yu Xin had also relented, and naturally he was unwilling to persecute too much, so he also slowed down his tone and said: "That's fine, you say, can such conditions satisfy your King Zhao?" ”

Yu Xin thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Whether this condition can satisfy my king depends on what chips Jingtong can see." ”

"This damn Jingtong!" Li Yuan slammed his fist on the table angrily.

What Yu Xin said is indeed the truth.

Now the people of Zhao Guo clearly want to wait for the price and sell, see which side of the two sides has a higher bid, and then send troops to help which side.

This made Li Yuan even if he calculated Yu Xin, but he was still very passive, because Jingtong's bid was not something that Li Yuan could decide and influence.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan said a little unwillingly: "Zheng Zhu is your deputy envoy, can't you communicate with him and hide the chips of the three major families?" ”

Yu Xin snorted, looked at Li Yuan with idiot eyes, and said, "Don't you know that this mission is full of Hu Yiwei's eyeliner?" It is impossible to hide this matter. Besides, Zheng Zhu and you are not of the same mind, otherwise how could the king send him as a deputy envoy to accompany me? ”

……

The two discussed, and before they knew it, it was already lunchtime.

To Yu Xin's surprise, or rather embarrassment, when he was eating lunch, the Empress Dowager Li of Chu State, who had spent the Spring Festival with him last night, actually appeared.

Of course, this time the Empress Dowager Li did not appear as a singer or a palace man as before, but appeared with the young Chu Wang Han in the name of having lunch with the envoys of Zhao State.

During the whole lunch, Yu Xin could always feel that Empress Dowager Li's eyes were firmly fixed on him, as if he wanted to eat and wipe himself clean.

This made Yu Xin suddenly aware of the fact that it has been almost a year since the death of Chu Wangyuan, and as a woman, Empress Dowager Li is now at an age like a wolf and a tiger.

"It's no wonder she was so crazy last night......" Yu Xin thought about last night's charm, and unconsciously felt a little hot in his heart.

But Yu Xin quickly suppressed this feeling, because Yu Xin also knew very well that the reason why Li Yuan moved the Empress Dowager Li out again was actually to use the Empress Dowager Li's beauty to the extreme, so that he could be fascinated, so as to make the situation more favorable to Li Yuan.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Xin left the palace city of Chu after eating in the name of consulting with Zheng Zhu.

Yu Xin soon met Zheng Zhu.

Judging from Zheng Zhu's red face and a smile on his face, and his appearance as he walked a little vainly, Yu Xin's heart suddenly had some malicious speculation, maybe Zheng Zhu should have experienced a long and comfortable night like himself yesterday.

It's just that even if Zheng Zhu sleeps with a few more women from the three major families, the three major families will not be able to use this matter to blackmail Zheng Zhu, but Yu Xin ......

Yu Xin coughed, suppressed his complicated feelings, and then said to Zheng Zhu: "Zheng Qing, let's talk about the information you got from the three major families. ”

What surprised Yu Xin a little was that the conditions that Zheng Zhu got from his side were not much different from the conditions that Yu Xin got from Li Yuan's side.

It was also a matter of ceding a county, and it was also a requirement that the Zhao army could not enter the territory of the Chu State, and it was also a request that the Zhao State release the prisoners.

It's just that the three major families seem to be more generous, and they are willing to use money to purchase a sum of equipment from Zhao to arm these captives so that they can return to the battle as quickly as possible.

Yu Xin pondered for a long time and said: "It seems that this should be the bottom line of the people of Chu, and the people of Chu are still very worried about the entry of the army of my Zhao State." ”

Zheng Zhu said with a smile: "That's natural, if it weren't for the Qin army making waves on the western border at this moment, General Lian Po only needs to lead an army of 100,000 to the south, and it must not be difficult to destroy the Chu State." Yu Qing, in your opinion, which of these two factions does you support? ”