"The envoy of the Great Wan Kingdom? Who is it? ”

For the envoys sent by Dawan Kingdom, Wang Mang naturally knew their intentions.

"It seems that her name is Mandrola, and she is now accompanied by Master Li's chief bookkeeper. They said they were in a hurry and wanted to see you as soon as possible. The maid said.

"Okay, I got it."

Wang Mang glanced at Shangguan Ning Xuan and said with a light smile: "Ning Xuan, this time I want to take advantage of your injury to talk to that messenger, don't you mind?" ”

"You're trying to take advantage of them, aren't you? I'm hurt, and those people will definitely think you're in a bad mood, and then you make some conditions, and they're not going too far to bargain because of your anger. I still know what the hell you think. It's just how would they know we're here? After all, we just arrived yesterday? ”

"Uncle must have told them, right? When we came, we talked to my uncle about the itinerary. This also avoids a big incident over there, and my uncle can't contact us. Wang Mang smiled: "I said it before, you can understand me best." You see, it's true. As soon as I had an idea, you guessed it right away. ”

"Well, don't say anything about the poor mouth. I am your man, and everything belongs to you. You can come as you want, where do I have any opinions? ”

Wang Mang said to the maid: "You tell the messenger that I can't leave now." Let him come here and talk to me. ”

"Okay, sir, I'll do it!" The servant girl received the order and quickly retreated.

Wang Mang also got up from the edge of the bed, put down the curtain, came to the table next to him, and sat down with Wang Jingyan.

About ten minutes passed, and the maidservant who had just gone out led a burly middle-aged man in.

When Wang Mang saw it, he got up and greeted him, "General Mandrola, why did you come in person?" ”

Mandrola smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, I can't do it if I don't come, otherwise you will be angry." ”

"Where do you say it?" Wang Mang waved his hand at the maid and asked her to retreat, and then asked, "Mandrola, I only arrived here yesterday, and you are here today, this is really a coincidence." I wonder where you got my whereabouts? ”

Mandrola said: "About ten days ago, I arrived at the Mighty Pass. You weren't there at the time, so I found your uncle, General Wang Xianzhi. He said you might be in Dingxiguan, so I came. Lord Wang, when I first entered the city, I found that the inspection here was very strict, what is going on? Could it be that you're going to war with the other princes? ”

"So my uncle told you." Wang Mang nodded, and then showed a look of annoyance, "I just arrived here with my wife and sister-in-law yesterday, but who expected that the master of the Ji family would attack and kill me in the middle of the night." After a fight, I was lucky to be fine, but my sister-in-law was seriously injured. Therefore, I just ordered the whole city to be under martial law and arrest the master of the Ji family. ”

"Oh? The people of the Ji family stabbed you yesterday? Are your sisters-in-law seriously injured? Mandrola was slightly startled, and her face was a little bad.

He looked in, and vaguely saw a woman lying on the bed, with a strong smell of medicine.

Seeing this, he looked at Wang Mang again, his brows furrowed slightly, and he felt that it was really unfortunate to come here today.

Wang Mang said: "General Mandrola, you and I have also had some dealings, so I won't talk nonsense, it's a waste of time, I don't know if you king will agree to the conditions I put forward earlier?" ”

Mandelola shook her head and said, "Lord Wang, your request is really too big, and my Dawan Kingdom really can't make up the compensation you want." Otherwise, our Dawan country will definitely fall into chaos, and the people will not be able to make a living.

Of course, I came this time with sincerity. And when I came, I met Da Shan Yu, and he also wanted you to take a step or two back. ”

As Mandrola spoke, she took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Wang Mang: "Lord Wang, this is a letter from my Majesty, and I would like to ask you to take a look at it." ”

Wang Mang took the letter, glanced at it, and his face looked a little better, "Judging from the letter, your majesty is indeed sincere." But General Mandrola, I guess you also know something about Princess Shi Xiuying.

When I caught her, I didn't treat her badly at all, and gave her quite a lot of freedom. However, look at her, she actually bewitched Murong Xiao at a critical moment, made him rebel, lose my face, and leak my military affairs.

On this matter, the people of the Ji family have been laughing at me. Even some other princes took advantage of it to make a living. Because of this, I have lost a lot of face. Before, I really wanted to send troops to the Great Wan Kingdom and wanted to destroy you. But Da Dan Yu formed an alliance with me, and I had to back down a little because of his face. ”

"I know all these things, and my majesty has also punished the princess." Mandrola said, "Lord Wang, I don't know if you have any other opinions on my majesty's statement?" ”

"Your Majesty proposed to let Shi Xiuying marry me, and this proposal is okay. This woman has always been arrogant, and I want to see how proud she is after marrying me this time. Of course, just one Shi Xiuying is not enough. ”

Wang Mang pointed to the letter and said, "You go back and tell your king that my final bottom line is, one, Shi Xiuying wants to marry me." Second, five million quintals of grain, and third, three hundred thousand taels of silver. Fourth, Murong Xiao must be handed over for me to dispose of. If these conditions are agreed, I can not send troops. If you don't agree, then don't say I won't give you face. ”

"Well..." Mandrola's face was embarrassed, she looked at Shangguan Ningxuan on the hospital bed again, and said cautiously: "Lord Wang, your requirements are really too high. The first and fourth points, we completely agree. It's just the second and third points, I think you can back down a little bit. ”

"And how much do you say to back down?" Wang Mang said coldly.

"One million deniers of grain, no, two million deniers. One hundred thousand silver. ”

"Hmph, are you kidding? General Mandraola, this time I took a big step back because you came here in person, and you didn't give me face like this, you are too much, right? ”

Seeing Wang Mang's anger, Mandrola couldn't help but have a lot of beads of sweat on her forehead, "Lord Wang, my place in Dawan is not as good as your Gansu. We still have so much food there, huh? If we do what you ask, I'm afraid that the people of my Dawan Kingdom will really starve to death. You don't want to see those innocent people starve to death, do you? ”

"Well...," Wang Mang thought about it for a moment, "Your Dawan Kingdom has been in good weather and excellent harvest in recent years, and I know this very well. Now don't let you take out five million deniers, even if you take out six million deniers, you can take it out. ”

"We can take it, but we also have to think about it later. What if the harvest is bad next year or the year after? Mandrola said.

(End of chapter)