I saw that Zhao Quan didn't answer, stood up and walked out, and said as he walked: "Since you don't repent of death, then the official won't ask, you also know how the 'Meng' ancients tortured slaves, your wife should still be very young, Altan Khan will definitely treat her well, as for your children to herd sheep for the 'Mongolian' ancients can also feed themselves." ”

As soon as he walked to the 'door', Zhao Quan behind him said: "Lord Lan stays, you have to swear to take care of our family, I will tell you everything you want to know, but what if you deceive me?" ”

I stopped and turned back to Zhao Quan and said: "You think we are all like you, I don't know what shame is, we put faith and righteousness first, not the kind of villain who forgets his ancestors." ”

I also told Zhao Quan about this work, but Zhao Quan was also a very thick-skinned person, so he didn't react at all, and continued: "Lord Lan, whether it's a villain or a traitor, I know that I can't survive." As the saying goes: people are dying and their words are good, I Zhao Quan has come to this point, and it is not my fault, if it were not for the imperial court's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people would not have a good life, I would have gone to the 'Meng' ancients to pretend to be grandchildren, you are an official, you have a servant, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, you didn't go to see how our small people lived, in the next life, if I Zhao Quan was still born in such a court, I would also be a Han 'traitor', people don't kill for themselves, this is the truth. ”

I returned to the stool and sat down and said: "I don't listen to your fallacies, the court is too big, and there may be omissions in the affairs of the small people, so that those corrupt officials and corrupt officials have been disturbed, your parents beat you a few times, and you still can't kill them, now I ask you, do you want to cooperate with me, in exchange for the peace of your family." ”

"Okay, for the sake of my family, I'll cooperate with you once, Lord Lan, as long as you ensure the safety of my family, I'll say it all."

"Then let me ask you, have you called a person named Lan Yong there, and whether the team that attacked us was sent by you."

"Lan Yong, that guy was killed by me, he came to me and wanted to give me 500,000 taels of silver to bribe the 'Meng' ancients and let them raise troops to go south, I sent someone to follow him, and found that he still had 500,000 taels of silver, so I found someone to kill him, but unfortunately those silver, Lao Tzu just 'get' it, and before he was willing to give up the 'flower', he was going to become the 'Mongolian' ancients. As for sending troops to attack you, I didn't do it, but I know who did. ”

"Then tell me who did it, aren't you willing to tell it all?"

"Is this, is this the case, a few days ago, Lan Yong brought a person over, saying that the head of their Lan family wanted to borrow troops, how dare I lend troops to them, so I sent them away, it is estimated that these people, I don't know who went to borrow troops to attack you, I know this, I don't know anything else, does Lord Lan have anything else to ask?"

"Let me ask you, your one million taels of silver won't be placed on your board, with your person, it must be hidden, can you tell me."

"Lord Lan, you have a lot of appetite, you can't get this silver. Remember to fulfill your promise and take good care of my family, or the old man will not let you go even if he is a ghost. ”

"Zhao Quan, I won't get what I want to get, since you don't say it, I will also find a way to find your silver, I mean what I say, your family will take them to our Central Plains, if your wife wants to remarry, she will remarry, and I will also raise your children, so I am worthy of you."

"Okay, then thank you Lord Lan, for this, I will give you a big gift, you come over and I will tell you alone." Zhao Quanshen said mysteriously.

I came to Zhao Quan's side, and Zhao Quan whispered: "Lord Lan, I thought about it, I'll tell you about the million taels of silver, my wife knows where it is, but you have to promise me to leave tens of thousands of dollars for my wife, some for the children, and Lord Lan, are you with Na Lan Yong, haha, if you are together, then we are in the same way." ”

"Okay, I promise you this, since you are so cooperative, I will not be a villain who doesn't talk much, you can rest assured. You said that I and Lan Yong, are we together, you think wrong, Lan Yong is the original slave of my family, 'privately' escaped, I've been looking for him, I heard that 'Meng' Gu came, that's why I asked you so, the official has resigned, don't tell others what I ask you. ”

When he got out of the dungeon and saw that there was no one around, Liu Lianjiang said: "My lord, I think this Zhao Quan is too 'insidious' and wants to be killed." ”

"Now don't worry, there will be no punishment here, they are also afraid that he will not be able to go back to 'pay' the errand if he is killed, but they are afraid that when he arrives in the capital, he will not be able to endure the punishment of Dongchang and Dali Temple." This is also what I'm worried about, if Zhao Quan tells me, this matter will definitely attract the attention of the emperor, it seems that he is still young and careless, and he can't come to Zhao Quan to ask this, and it is also a big problem for him to seize the handle and blackmail me.

"My lord, I think this person is too cunning, I have to guard against it."

"I've counted this, and when I'm on the road, find a time, I'll go and 'get rid of' his soul, even when I get to the capital, I will make him a fool and won't say anything.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Ayin Baki came early in the morning and found Zhang Juzheng to send Altan Khan's minister Nagong's Shun Table. Zhang Juzheng looked at Shun Table with satisfaction, the joy on his face could not be concealed, if it weren't for Ah Yin Baji hadn't left, he would have jumped up a long time ago, this is a great credit, the successful negotiation is over, and there is a very satisfactory result, this is not as difficult as I imagined at the beginning.

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng had finished reading the order, Ah Yin Baji asked: "Lord Qincha, yesterday my Great Khan proposed to exchange our war horses for your food, I don't know how the Great Khan of my family discussed, my Great Khan is still waiting for a reply, if Lord Qincha says it doesn't count, we will withdraw our troops early." ”

"Is this, Leader Ayin Baji, you wait a minute, I will ask Lord Wang and Lord Fang to come over, I am just a temporary messenger, they still have the final say here, and I don't know how much military rations there are in Xuanfu."

Zhang Juzheng sent the soldiers outside to invite Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi, and after a while, the two of them came to the hall, and after the salute, Zhang Juzheng repeated the words of Ayin Baji, Wang Chonggu asked: "Leader Ayin Baji, I don't know how many horses you can take out in exchange for our food, and what price are you going to exchange for it." ”

"Lord Wang, my Great Khan said that you can take out 10,000 good horses in exchange for your grain, is this price, we all know, now a good horse can be sold for more than 20 taels of silver in the Central Plains, and your grain in the Central Plains is now one stone for one or two cents, so that our 10,000 horses are sold for 200,000 taels of silver, and the exchange for grain is 180,000 stones, my Great Khan said, you can give us a discount, you can give us 160,000 stones, what do you think?"

"Is this, don't hide it from the leader, we also went to check the granary yesterday, there are 200,000 stone grain in total, if you take out 160,000 stone at once, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, this Xuanfu also has a population of more than 100,000 people, and it's too late to make temporary allocations, so let's go back and talk to Altan Khan, can you do it less, I'm also good here, now it's all a family, what's yours is mine, and mine is yours." Wang Chonggu is also very cunning, knowing that the 'Mongolian' ancients are in urgent need of food, which is to bargain on the ground.

"Lord Wang, it's easy to say, my Great Khan also knows your difficulties, so much food at once, so let's see how much food you can come up with, I'll go back and tell the Great Khan, these 200,000 people are here, and it's also a great consumption for people to eat and chew, after discussion, we will quickly retreat, it's cold, I'm afraid it's not good for the soldiers."

"Leader Ayin Baji, we can't lose you, so let's do it, just 150,000 stones, and we will tighten it on our side."

"Okay, Lord Wang, it's decided, tomorrow we will 'hand' over, you send someone to see the horses, and I will send someone to see how the grain is." Looking at Ah Yin Baji's impatient expression, Wang Chonggu muttered in his heart, ***, I killed him again, it seems that 140,000 can be done. But the words have already been spoken, and they can no longer regret it, Ayin Baki is also very satisfied, Altan Khan told him when he left, as long as it is not less than 150,000 stones, he can agree, they are in a hurry to go back now, it doesn't matter if there is more or less, as long as the emperor agrees to open a mutual trade, the 'Mongolian' ancients have good horses, and they are afraid that they will not be able to exchange for food.

The two sides agreed on the price, and now everyone is happy, and after discussing the issue of sending officials to participate in the mutual market, Ah Yin Baki said goodbye to each other with satisfaction. After sending Ah Yin Baki away, the three of them laughed in the hall, and Zhang Juzheng joked with a smile: "Lord Wang is the governor, and he has also been a businessman, and he will bargain, it's not easy." ”

"Haha, yes, it's the first time I saw Lord Wang bargaining, it's quite interesting." Fang Fengshi also said with a smile.

"There's no way, if you can save a little, I feel sorry for these 'Mongolian' ancients to eat, but then again, with these 10,000 war horses, Lord Fang can form a good cavalry team, and I don't know how much the imperial court can leave for you."

Wang Chonggu is telling the truth, if this matter is reported to the above, everyone is staring at this little thing, there will be enough points, the dignified Ming Dynasty, there is no decent cavalry team, don't look at the people's 'Mongolian' ancients took out 10,000 war horses, there is no loss, they come out with two or three horses.

Everyone saw that the matter had been successfully concluded, waiting for the emperor's excerpt to come, Zhang Juzheng put on another excerpt, to see what the emperor meant, it was time to leave for home, no one thought that this negotiation would be so smooth, this is unexpected, that Altan Khan's cooperation, not like the 'sex' character of the ancients. Thanks to this Zhao Quan, if he hadn't been making trouble behind his back, Altan Khan would not have ended the negotiations so quickly.