At this time, even if Li Xijue didn't want to believe the pirates' statement, there was no way, so with the pirates' ability to build roads, if he really fought with these pirates again, they could repair the road to the city within ten days and half a month, and bring heavy grain and grass and siege equipment. At that time, there are no soldiers in the city, not to mention, even if there are soldiers, they will definitely not be able to hold on to the dense and accurate shooting of the pirates just now, if it really comes to that point, Zhou Jinfeng can only die in the city, and he has no way to escape. What's more, after a cursory look at the terms just now, it seems that the things mentioned above do not harm the Wu Dynasty, they are nothing more than open trade, allow hired labor, and don't even have to pay a single copper. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuan and asked: "At this time, I can't make the decision, I need to hand it over to the county order, I don't know if I can be graced for two days?" ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "I didn't plan to pass it today, you can leave it to the county order to deal with." But I remind you that there must be a reply within three days, otherwise the compensation will rise by eight hundred taels per day, and at that time, you may not be able to compensate An Yuncheng for a fraction. ”

Li Xijue couldn't help but secretly slander at this time, it was not enough to lose An Yuncheng at this time, he was very clear about how much silver and other property there was in the county treasury, but it was four thousand three hundred taels of silver, fifty stone of official salt, and ten pieces of silk and satin, cotton cloth and anything else were not very valuable. The compensation of 60,000 taels is simply not compensable, and it seems that these pirates have made up their minds to accept this treaty on their own. Thinking of this, he nodded at Zhang Yuan, "Don't worry, there will be an answer within three days." ”

A few people chatted about the strange things in the world for a while, and gradually some people mentioned the customs and customs of the United States, and these guys knew what the United States was, so they had to tell the situation of the place where they came. Although they think of their own world, which is full of smog and pollution, and they can touch gutter oil when they eat, they have nothing to recall, but they can't show their own shortcomings, right? So they could only boast about those planes, large cargo ships, televisions, telephones, skyscrapers, and the like, and when they heard about cars and highways, these natives looked straight at each other, and it was like traveling 80,000 miles a day.

"Is the highway as smooth as your roads?" Zhang Rusong couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhang Yuan sneered and said. "Our road is a world away from the highway. The highway can take off and land heavy aircraft, and can also run overloaded trucks, and as long as we run a car of about 20 tons on this kind of road, it is very likely to damage the road surface. ”

Well, this guy is running trains with his mouth full, and how can these natives understand what is called a heavy plane and what is called an overloaded truck? It was not until many years later that the natives first learned what a big truck was, and they could only stare at each other with wide eyes, not knowing what to do. But as far as they can understand, in medium-sized cities with a population of hundreds of thousands, a ten-story house with six or seven hundred rooms is already shocking to them. Li Xijue listened to these Americans boasting about the place they came from like a fantasy, and couldn't help but be secretly amazed in his heart, wondering why these Americans left their country and ran to this poor country, and couldn't help but secretly yearn for how good it would be if these Americans could build this place like they were like heaven.

After chatting for about twenty minutes, Zhang Yuan raised his hand and looked at the quartz watch he brought, and said in amazement: "I'm going, and I've been sitting for more than two hours unconsciously, we should go back, and we have to go back to the camp!" "The Executive Committee is now color-coded in the same way that the U.S. military is in the Iraqi theater of operations, with green zones within the beach camp and several other strongholds of the traverser, indicating safe areas; The zone close to the green zone is the yellow zone; Finally, the rest of the world was uniformly classified as a red zone. Although the port of Champa was friendly at this time, and a trade agreement was signed, it was only classified as a red zone because the infiltration of the traversers was not enough to know the local intelligence to confirm the security status. According to the EC's regulations, overnight stays in the Red Zone must be accompanied by at least 10 members of the military team and must also carry tents to avoid parasitic infections. So if you don't start preparing to return tonight before nine o'clock, with the road conditions on the official road, even if these guys drive two all-terrain vehicles, I'm afraid they won't be able to get back to camp overnight.

A few squires symbolically retained, seeing that these pirates refused to stay overnight, and there were pirates on the mountain who "did not accept it at night", and did not force them to stay. Li Xijue sent them away, and immediately called the sedan chair man to rush back to An Yuncheng to report the meeting to Zhou Jinfeng, he just sat in the sedan chair, he heard a roar near the official road on the side of the mountain in the distance, and hurriedly stretched out his head to look, and watched the two pillars of light leave along the direction of the official road to the beach, like the speed of riding a horse, this needless to say must be a strange thing for these pirates. He couldn't help but lean on the back of the sedan chair and sighed, thinking to himself, there are so many good things in these pirates, if he had known that this would be the case, how could he send Xiang Yong to attack them? It's really hard to feel like a mantis arm as a car. Thinking of this, he shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said to the outside, "Get up the sedan chair and go back to the county office." Then I watched a small official with a lantern carefully leading the way in front, and the sedan chair driver lifted the sedan chair with a soft cry and began to move rhythmically in the direction of the county office.

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"That's what those pirates are like?" Zhou Jinfeng looked at the agreement in hand, and wrote dozens of articles on it, but it involved almost all aspects, whether it was the compensation that the Wu Dynasty government needed to make, the method of compensation and the conversion method of the bargain, there were detailed explanations and division of responsibilities in it, so that the officials who grew up reading the books of sages felt that they were like tigers biting hedgehogs, and they couldn't get anywhere. However, if you look closely, although the compensation proposed in it is as high as 60,000 taels, the other party proposes that he An Yuncheng can provide part of the power as compensation, and this compensation is also time-limited. For example, captives were required to work with them for four months as compensation for the damage caused to the pirates, but during this time the pirates were responsible for all food, lodging, and clothing. This point is very humane, at this time it is already winter, what crops can not be planted in the field, these farmers have no food, and there is no labor and no income, which winter will not starve a group of peasants to death? These pirates made such a fuss, but it solved the problem of starving the peasants to death in winter, which was also a good deed, and when the spring came, these captives could go home and farm, without delay. Thinking of this, this week, Jin Feng couldn't help but nodded.

"Yes, after carefully reading it twice, the way the pirates demanded compensation was unheard of in Xia, and they only needed to detain the captives for labor compensation. Then there is the demand for the purchase of land and the free employment of labor. Li Xijue hurriedly replied.

Zhou Jinfeng suddenly felt very inappropriate when he heard this, "These pirates are always outsiders, not long-term people, if they hire long-term workers here, they must follow them, if one day this group of pirates leaves this An Yun and returns to their outer land, it is not a matter of leaving the flesh and blood of the people of the Wu Dynasty to die in a foreign land?" ”

Li Xijue couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This group of pirates has occupied the beach and built a city, not to mention that we have no soldiers now, even if the imperial court soldiers arrive, I am afraid that they will not be able to drive away this group of pirates, not to mention that the imperial army moves, and the soldiers, horses, grain and grass are tossed, and it will be two years before they come here." In my opinion, it is better to allow it directly, anyway, it is these pirates who will leave people's flesh and blood at that time, who will let these people covet the benefits given by the pirates to sell themselves to take refuge? Next year, the performance will be evaluated, and the lord will strive to put some money up and down and transfer him out of this poor country. This hot trouble is naturally the next thing, so it's better to allow it at this time, and if you don't sign the certificate, you won't blame the adult. ”

Zhou Jinfeng inadvertently smiled when he heard this, and only heard Li Xijue continue to speak. "This group of pirates will continue to buy land, not to mention that the land purchased by this group of pirates was originally a dense forest hillside and other uncultivable land, even if it is a mature field, it is necessary to pay a sum of silver to the government. Judging from tonight, although these pirates act and speak with arrogance, they seem to be law-abiding and kind-hearted, and they should not cause any adverse effects in An Yun's territory. ”

Zhou Jinfeng couldn't help but laugh twice, now this group of pirates has now occupied the beach and built a city, and also beat some expelled townspeople, this style of action is actually not like a law-abiding person, but now the pirates are powerful, even if they are extremely vicious, they have no way to do it, and this document can only be signed. I can't annoy these pirates and let them attack the city, I have the responsibility to defend the land, I can only live and die with the city, I have been studying hard for more than ten years, and the title of the gold list is not self-killing when I came to this poor country to be the county commander. Thinking of this, he looked at Li Xijue and asked. "Then this matter will be handled by the master."

Li Xijue knows that this old man is a sleek man, and he can be regarded as an old loach who does not keep his hands, Zhou Jinfeng's meaning could not be clearer, that is, let Li Xijue go to handle this time, so as not to leave a handwriting to give people a handle, which will become evidence of being attacked in the political career in the future. hurriedly made a gesture to Zhou Jinfeng, "I will not disgrace my life." ”

So the next day, a Tang horse rushed to the beachhead and delivered a document, under which was Li Xijue's signature. At the same time, the title deed of the area occupied by the traversal was also delivered, but the ink on it can be seen that it was made last night, and the traversal was also granted the right to buy the surrounding land, and was allowed to trade freely and hire local labor. The most important point is that the Crossing Crowd also gained the power to form a village warrior with a constant number of 200 people, which means that the formation of military forces has been put on the agenda.