"Six...... Sixty thousand taels? Li Xijue couldn't help but stammer while taking the list. He carefully examined the items on the list, but the simplifications above made his head a little dizzy to read, not to mention that he didn't know what the words behind meant. But now the pirates are the winners, they say that how much is how much, and the meaning of people's sky-high asking price must be to let themselves sit on the ground and pay back.

"That's right, your army has inflicted huge losses on us, and we later used a lot of precious medicine in treating your wounded." Zhang Yuan said righteously, as if he had really used a lot of drugs. Zeng Zhigang couldn't help but want to laugh, but his subtle movements made Xue Ziliang on the side see the clue, and hurriedly pulled him to prevent him from laughing. Zhang Yuan ignored the others who were pretending to be serious, and continued, "In addition, the cost of the rice and grain eaten by your captives and the cost of building lodging and shacks during this period is indeed this price, and if it is not liquidated now, it will rise at the price of eight hundred taels per day." ”

At this time, Li Xijue couldn't help but sit back on the stool. He originally thought that it would be only about 3,000 taels at most, but who knew that these pirates actually proposed more than 20 times the compensation he thought, even if he could repay the money on the spot, even if he was clever enough to repay half of it, it would cost 30,000 taels. He is a master in this Anyun County, so he naturally knows the amount of grain that An Yun collects in a year, although this amount is quite considerable, but because An Yun has always had a good harvest. Even if there have been natural disasters in the past two years, but the southern Champa city has also continuously transported grain, so the price of rice has not been very high, even if all the grain collected this year is exchanged for silver, it is not enough for the pirates to put forward a fraction of the figure, not to mention the expenses of the officials and local funds, such an indemnity is not good, and it will not be able to make up for ten years.

"This ......" Li Xijue stammered a little, "This sixty thousand taels is too much, and I, An Yuncheng, don't have the financial resources to pay for it at all......"

Zhang Yuan was secretly happy in his heart, he discussed the issue of the amount of compensation with the Executive Committee and the Civil Affairs Committee at that time, in order to make An Yuncheng accept his request, he had to propose an extremely high amount of compensation, and once the other party could not pay, he could only accept other conditions. Thinking of this, he hurriedly straightened his face, coughed lightly, and took out another document from the document bag he carried, this document was much thicker than the list just now, he handed this document to Li Xijue, who was sitting aside, and said: "We have considered that your land should not be able to bear such a cost, so we specially prepared a second set of claim plans, and asked Mr. Li to take a look." ”

Li Xijue looked at this document in amazement, and took it sleepwalking, gushing out a feeling of despair. When he opened the document, he couldn't help but pause, and the clause in it was no longer related to money, but some various requirements. For example, the market was opened, the locals were allowed to trade freely in the port of the East, and the Americans were allowed to freely hire and allow the locals to work, and the wages were provided by the Americans themselves...... Seeing this, these are not too troublesome clauses, but it is not unacceptable. Look at the last page, which says that the Americans were allowed to buy land in An Yun, and the land in Oriental Port, which has now been occupied and completed, will continue to be used by the United States as an indemnity, but the sovereignty belongs to the Wu Dynasty. Seeing this, he couldn't help but pause, and hurriedly turned to the first page, on which there was a row of words that read, "The United States recognizes the legal status of the Wu Dynasty." Seeing this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and a literati style spontaneously emerged. Why should the legal status of our Wu Dynasty be recognized? For more than 200 years since the founding of our Wu Dynasty, we have always resisted the barbarian invasion of civil and martial arts, and you are nothing more than barbarians with sharp weapons, and this condition can never be discussed! Speaking of this, he stuffed the document back into Zhang Yuan's hand, got up and made it look like he was leaving.

Sun Wenbin didn't say much, this was originally within the expectations of the Executive Committee, and it did not exceed their expectations. I saw him calmly take out a walkie-talkie from his pocket and say into it: "Do you see the torch on the far left side of the house we are in?" ”

The natives watched in amazement as Sun Wenbin was talking to himself to the small box in his hand, not knowing what he was talking about at all, and in the midst of the strangeness, they heard a voice suddenly coming from inside, crisp and loud. "See, is it on the third pillar on the left side of the doorway?"

"That's right," Sun Wenbin said, pressing the intercom. "Kill me with a machine gun."

Then there was a sound of "understood" from inside the box, and then a sudden burst of fire from the distant mountain, and then more than a dozen projectiles hit the place where the torches were, and in the blink of an eye, the torches were broken together with the pillars.

"After shooting, please indicate if you need to transfer the firing position!" He Yayun solemnly asked.

"No, I don't." Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "They can't find your location at all, and I will report the situation of Xiangyong outside!" ”

"The townspeople outside Zhuangzi have retracted back to Zhuangzi, and many people have poured out from the mountain east of Zhuangzi, I don't know who they are, please ask if there is hostility." He Yayun reported inside.

Sun Wenbin asked several indigenous squires present with a disapproving expression, "I don't know what those people in the mountains east of Zhuangzi do?" ”

"That's just the banker in the village, please raise your noble hands and don't do it." Zhang Rusong hurriedly stood up and explained, "I was afraid that there would be too many bankers in the village to affect all the heroes, so I specially drove these bankers to the mountain for the night." ”

"Please check if those people have weapons in their hands!"

"No weapons, not even farm tools." He Yayun's voice is still crisp and clear.

At this time, the squires were already looking at these "pirates" like gods. First, from the position where they had just seen the light of the fire to the broken torches and pillars, there were at least two miles, and the other party was able to accurately shoot at the target in such a situation when the sky was already completely dark, which was a miracle as accurate as Lei Gong's lightning for them; Second, this kind of non-torch is the case of not seeing the five fingers, and being able to see these bankers who do not have torches to expose their targets from a few miles away, this kind of observation ability has nothing to prevent at all, and they are not like a bare ass being monitored! In addition, from the tone of these people, it sounded as if there was no pressure to hit them at this distance, but it could be seen from the dense accumulation of shots before.

These pirates are completely fearless, not to mention these townspeople, even if the imperial army comes here, only with the muscles that these pirates show at this time, there is no way to exterminate them, and the best result is just to drive the other party to the sea.

Li Xijue didn't feel that his legs and feet were a little trembling, so he hurriedly took the opportunity to sit back on the stool again, and took several deep breaths before he forced the trembling feeling down. He couldn't help but point to Zhang Yuan, who was sitting next to him, and shouted, "Wait...... Wait for the rebels and thieves! Dare to attack the imperial court officials......" The words couldn't help but end, and he suddenly remembered that he was not an official master, just a master, and there was no official among the people present, not even a Xu official.

"We're not thieves." Zhang Yuan picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip indifferently and said, "We originally came from overseas, admiring China and coming here, admiration does not mean submission, if we have to surrender, then please Master Li lead the imperial army to fight with our American army." It is absolutely impossible for us to leave at this time, and the only solution is for the two sides to coexist peacefully, develop together, and be friendly between the United States and the United States, and coexist and prosper...... Yes! While speaking, Zhang Yuan was kicked under the table by Sun Wenbin.

The other traversers had to shake their heads secretly at this time, and they were stunned by Zhang Yuan to say that it had become the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle...... Sun Wenbin took the document in Zhang Yuan's hand and handed it to Li Xijue again, "Mr. Li might as well take a look at this peace agreement, although we hope to be able to coexist peacefully with everyone in An Yuncheng, but if Your Excellency feels that you can use force to deter me and the United States, then we will not be afraid, but at that time, both sides will lose, and it will not be good for other neighboring countries to benefit, right?" ”

Li Xijue looked at this pirate leader in amazement, although his words were a little incomprehensible to him, but he could fully understand the loss of both sides. He took the document and looked at it again, and couldn't help but ask with some apprehension: "This thing is just a document, how can you guarantee that this thing will never violate the above regulations?" At this time, you also know that the difference in strength between the two sides is so big, if you violate the regulations, what can we do? In the next view, there is no difference between signing and not signing! ”

"Your Excellency, this is a big mistake." Xue Ziliang interjected: "The United States is founded on industry and commerce, whether it is production transactions or between countries, they are bound by treaties, and if either of the two sides violates the treaty, they need to compensate the other party." ”

"How can you testify if you have no teeth?" From the point of view of the ancients, it is natural not to believe that the importance of the treaty can even rise to the status of a country, Li Xijue couldn't help but ask loudly. "I can't beat it, can I get justice with a paperwork? How can this be trusted? ”

"Don't be impatient!" Sun Wenbin hurriedly pressed his hands so that the two sides would not quarrel, and asked Li Xijue: "Your Excellency always knows the deed, right?" A deed of identity is also an instrument, and our treaty has the same effect as a deed of identity. ”

Li Xijue was a little stunned, could they compare the deed of buying a slave with a treaty between countries?