After Qin Kongyun and Shen Chong were stunned for a long time, Shen Chong swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and stammered and asked, "Brother Yang, you mean...... After the discount of 10,000 taels, it is equivalent to 20,000 taels of capital in addition to you,...... Do you want Brother Qin to compensate you 100,000 taels? ”

Qin Kongyun sighed: "For 100,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver is really nothing. ”

It wasn't until he was forced by Yang Zhi to the point that he had nowhere to retreat, and he personally admitted that what the Qin family really wanted to transport from Jinling to Chang'an this time was 100,000 taels of gold!

Qin Kongyun tore off a piece of clothing, dragged a corpse with his hand, and wrote an IOU with ready-made bloodstains: 120,000 taels of silver are owed. Chang'an Qin Kongyun charged. He also took out a small seal from his personal collection, and solemnly stamped the seal at the beginning and end of the IOU.

"Brother Yang, I can't get together 120,000 taels of silver for a while, so I can only compromise like this." He knew that Yang Zhi was not easy to fool, so he specially explained: "With this IOU, Brother Yang can go to any branch of the Qin family to withdraw cash or silver tickets until it is full. ”

Yang Zhi accepted the IOU without looking at it, and secretly praised it in his heart: Qin Kongyun was unscathed in such a tragic battle, and his skills were strong enough. The brain is clear, the action is decisive, the scheming is both heavy and deep, and he is ready to defend his own interests to the greatest extent. can bend and stretch, and can afford to win and lose. The Qin clan was able to cultivate such an outstanding talent and become the richest man in Great Xia by no means just by relying on invincible financial luck.

Qin Kongyun shook him to the end again, and said sincerely: "Brother Yang, this matter is related to the national fortune of Great Xia, and the rise and fall of the Qin family, I am really helpless to be cautious and cautious." If you are offended, please Haihan. ”

Yang Zhi said coldly: "Don't be busy apologizing first. I've just said so much, now it's both of you's turn. lest if anyone seeks revenge on me, he will be a fool in vain. ”

Qin Kongyun and Shen Zhong looked at each other, both of them were full of hesitation, and they didn't know how to tell him.

At this time, the bearded man who had an argument with Yang Zhi in the World Dart Bureau came over and reported: "Young master, the scene has basically been counted. Not a single caravan carriage was lost, but sixty-one wagons were burned. One hundred and forty-five of our men were killed, sixty-two were wounded, and one hundred and four were intact. The Nanchu dog thieves left behind two hundred and nine corpses, and another 17 were alive. Young master, do you want to be taken for interrogation? ”

If you count the casualties of the red-clothed men led by Shen Chong, the Qin side will only win a miserable victory.

Yang Zhi said gloomily: "People themselves say that they are the elite dead soldiers of Nanchu, what else is the trial?" Brother Qin, I might as well give you another suggestion for free: kill all the enemies immediately! ”

Shen Zhong and the bearded man were shocked, and the bearded man said angrily: "The brothers fought desperately and sacrificed so many lives to capture these seventeen people. How can you be so easily killed without even asking? Even if you can't ask anything, it's a great achievement to escort back to Chang'an! Young master, don't listen to this nonsense! ”

Yang Zhi smiled faintly at Qin Kongyun and said, "I still say the same thing, whether I listen to it or not can only be up to you." ”

Qin Kongyun pondered for a moment, and suddenly his expression changed: "Qin Zhen, do what Yang Ye said!" Just go! ”

Puzzled, he asked, "What kind of dumb riddle are you playing?" Qin Zhen's words are reasonable! ”

Yang Zhi couldn't help but scold: This mentally handicapped brother-in-law is simply a political idiot!

Qin Kongyun said coldly: "Brother Shen, have you ever thought that if it were you, would you claim to be a dead soldier of Southern Chu?" What if not? Is it a great achievement or a catastrophe to escort back to Chang'an? As long as there is no living mouth, they are not the dead soldiers of Southern Chu but also the dead soldiers of Southern Chu. ”

As soon as it was broken, Shen Zhong seemed to have thought of something, and said in a cold sweat: "Yes, yes." ”

Yang Zhi said impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense!" I don't care how big the backstage is behind you, but I have to figure it out, what the hell is going on? ”

Qin Kongyun said solemnly: "My Qin clan is first the people of Great Xia, and then the merchants. The Qin family has been a merchant for generations, and only a little bit of money has been made in the grandfather's generation. If it weren't for the coincidence of my father's chance, who was fortunate enough to be appreciated by the current Emperor of Great Xia, how could he have today's fame and achievements? Now he is not only responsible for managing the wealth on behalf of the sky, but also has the important task of spying on military aircraft and collecting talents for Daxia. Even if there is no government officer, you can only serve loyally. Since Brother Shen can fight the enemy side by side with me, this section should have been known for a long time. ”

Shen admitted solemnly: "Otherwise, Yu'er and I would not have gone to Jinling to go to Brother Qin for an excuse." ”

Yang Zhi couldn't help but be surprised: Qin Kongyun's words seemed vague, but they were actually clear enough. The Qin family is not only a joint-stock group company with a public-private partnership, but also a secret spy agency that is not officially recognized by the Great Xia government, and the whole is a copycat version of the CIA!

Qin Kongyun continued: "The current Emperor of Great Xia is the master of great talents, and under the situation of being deeply troubled by the Turkic containment, he has gained the upper hand in the struggle for hegemony with Southern Chu in recent years. However, the cost of the long-term war was huge, and it was necessary to pay a large amount of tribute to negotiate peace with the Turks, and the financial resources were already stretched. If taxes are raised, it is feared that it will lose the will of the people and shake the country's foundation. Therefore, the Qin family was ordered to send 100,000 taels of gold back to Beijing, which could not only fill the treasury and relieve the urgent need, but also let the emperor plan the battle to destroy the Tang Dynasty. ”

The world was in turmoil, and the warlords divided their territories, and all countries indiscriminately issued copper coins to loot the people's fat and ointment, so that copper and silver were generally cheap, and gold was more valuable. One hundred thousand taels of gold is equivalent to eight million taels of silver!

Yang Zhi sneered: "If it weren't for the money, the emperor wouldn't be in a hurry to destroy the Tang Dynasty." ”

Qin Kongyun nodded and said: "The land of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue, Fujian and Zhejiang has been the world's wealth since ancient times, and if you want to dominate the world, you must take it first." ”

Yang Zhi asked coldly, "Brother Shen, who do you represent?" ”

Shen carefully took out a waist card: "I am the outer guard of the Inner Court Guard's Mansion, and this time I secretly escorted the caravan, but I acted on orders." Presumably Brother Qin had already guessed it. ”

Qin Kongyun smiled bitterly: "Because the matter is confidential, it is inconvenient for Great Xia to openly send troops to escort it. My father originally said that there would be a master of the forbidden army to answer secretly, but I thought that Brother Shen was serving in the army, and I didn't want to be the big internal guard of the Inner Court Guard. Brother Yang, this robbery and killing incident is too mysterious, it's not that I want to deliberately deceive you, but I don't even have a clue. It's not that I underestimate Brother Shen, and he may not have the weight to understand this matter. ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was tantamount to a 100% determination that it was definitely not the Southern Chu dead who robbed and killed the caravan. No matter how powerful an emperor is, there is no guarantee that all his subordinates will be united. What do the various forces of the Great Xia Imperial Court think, who can say?

Hearing the two of them say this, Yang Zhi was already as big as a fight, and he even regretted it in his heart: Qin's background is complicated enough, and now not only is it involved in the Inner Court Guard's Mansion, but even the Great Xia military has also intervened in ......, plus Nanchu, neither side is vegetarian. I just want to make a little money and be a rich man who keeps to himself, who the am I messing with? What kind of dart game did you go to find in the first place?

While the three of them were talking, Dongfang was already white. The more Yang Zhi thought about it, the more depressed he felt, and scolded irritably: "I'm afraid that Lao Tzu will be miserable by you this time!" This is the end of this matter, you should have never known me, and I don't want to see you again! ”

Shen Zheng hurriedly caught up with him and asked, "Brother-in-law! …… Brother Yang, where are you going? ”

"Where else can I go? The goods are gone, and the money is lost, can you two bastards celebrate the New Year here? Go home! ”