Chapter 230 Collecting Money

With Zhao Xuanji, Zhao Beiwang and others, after returning to the meeting with the Khitan Khan, and discussing some follow-up matters, when Zhao Ning came out of the Chinese army's big tent, it was already half an hour later.

Prince Dadan, who was squatting on the ground, came up like a monkey, grabbed Zhao Ning's sleeve hard, and pleaded pitifully: "General Zhao, Zhao Gongzi, please, give me a way to live!"

Zhao Ning shook off Prince Dadan's hand in disgust, didn't look at the other party, and walked towards his tent.

Seeing that Zhao Ning did not refuse, Prince Dadan was overjoyed, where could he still take care of Zhao Ning's attitude, and hurriedly followed behind him, and said with a flattering face:

"What conditions does General Zhao have, but it doesn't matter, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do it! Even if I can't do it, I will try my best to persuade the Great Khan and promise to satisfy General Zhao, how about it?"

Zhao Ning knew in his heart that no matter how he treated Prince Dadan now, whether he was kind or vengeful, this kind of attitude towards him afterwards still depended on whether he was good for Prince Dadan.

For those who only look at interests, then only talk about interests, Zhao Ning said expressionlessly: "Ten million gold." ”

Prince Dadan was stunned, and there was a look of hesitation and pain in his eyes. Immediately, he immediately figured out that these things were all from Dadan, and he was not a khan now, so it had nothing to do with him.

"Okay, don't say 10 million gold, even if it's 1500...... I'll go back and discuss with the Great Khan, no, let the Great Khan agree!"

Prince Dadan's words changed, and after speaking, he looked at Zhao Ning with a blank eye, he knew that Zhao Ning must still have requirements, "What else does General Zhao command?"

"Thirty thousand war horses, excellent war horses. Zhao Ning said without squinting.

During the battle of the cavalry of Fengming Mountain, the losses of the war horses of the Yanmen army were not small, and for the cavalry, the war horses were more expensive and scarce than ordinary soldiers. Now that there is an opportunity to add, he certainly will not let it go.

After all, no one knows whether the imperial court will make up for the losses of the Yanmen army afterwards.

"Okay, 30,000 war horses!" Prince Dadan hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Ning glanced at Prince Dadan, "Don't forget, you have to apologize to me in front of everyone in the royal court." ”

Prince Dadan opened his mouth, only to feel that his mouth was full of bitterness, he knew that he would have to kneel when the time came, and when Zhao Ning had just returned to the camp before, he would not kneel, "It's all ...... Listen to General Zhao. ”

"Go back, I'm going to cultivate, don't bother me if it's okay. ”

Watching Zhao Ning enter the tent, he unceremoniously lowered the curtain, and Prince Dadan, who was hanging outside, had a blue and purple face. As a crown prince, how could he have been treated like this?

However, he was not in the mood to be dissatisfied with Zhao Ning now, but was greatly relieved, after all, his position as crown prince was temporarily retained and would not be taken away by Batu.

If Batu becomes the crown prince, with the relationship between the two of them, he doesn't dare to image what kind of life he will live in the future, and whether he can survive after Dadan Khan Bintian.

Quickly returning to the royal court, Prince Dadan returned the situation of meeting with Zhao Ning and the conditions proposed by the other party to Dadan Khan word for word, hoping that the other party would do so quickly.

Hearing about "10 million gold" and "30,000 war horses", Dadan Khan shook the wine glass in his hand, and almost smashed it on Prince Dadan, he first felt a pain in his flesh, and then his face was full of anger:

"In Daqi's words, you really don't feel distressed about selling Ye Tian! What does 10 million gold mean, don't you know? 30,000 war horses...... You don't know how many horses we've lost in this battle?!"

Although the prince of Dadan was afraid of Dadan Khan, he still mustered up his courage and said righteously: "Great Khan, now is the autumn of life and death, it is important to save your life and the royal court first, and you ...... some property."

"Is this some possessions?!"

Dadan Khan's fat face was flushed, "Ten million gold...... The extra two million gold, you come out! After so many years of prince, you have also accumulated a lot of family funds, and now it is a life and death crisis in the royal court, take out some of it!"

Prince Dadan's hands and feet froze suddenly, his eyes dodged, where was there still half a point of righteous and awe-inspiring appearance just now, "Minister, how can a minister have so much wealth......

He is the crown prince, and he may not be able to get out two million gold, after all, there are many nobles under his command, and it is definitely not a problem to get together, but it is too nerve-wracking.

A khan and a prince were at a stalemate, and the question of where to go from with 10 million gold and 30,000 war horses was not unanimous.

Then they called a lot of nobles over and asked everyone to share their share.

As a result, these princes and nobles, whose lives are still in a dilemma, regard wealth as their fate one by one, and argue with each other about how much you give and how much I give.

The amount of 10,000 gold will be red and red for a long time, and some people even beat their chests and scold.

This kind of controversy lasted for a day and night, and there was no real result.

The nobles were engrossed in the battlefield of wealth calculation, fighting and forgetting themselves, sometimes forming alliances with each other, sometimes tearing each other down, sometimes crying out for injustice, sometimes forcing each other to die, with many means and wonderful struggles.

If the two armies of Tian Yuan and Khitan could work together and put the ingenuity they showed at this time into the war, the two armies of Tian Yuan and Khitan would never have come to the royal court so quickly.

And the nobles who are fighting each other right now are blushing and thick-necked, and their eyes are glowing green, they are so distracted, as if the Tianyuan and Khitan armies have retreated.

This battle lasted for two whole days.

On the third day, Batu rushed into the king's tent, ignoring the etiquette of the nobles, and cried out to everyone:

"The envoys of the Tianyuan and Khitan armies have frequently entered and exited the Yanmen army camp in the past two days, and today, they have a team of envoys, escorted by the Yanmen army, to the south!"

As soon as the words came out, the noise was like the king's tent in the vegetable market, and it was suddenly silent. The nobles who were still in high spirits and high morale just now seemed to have their souls drained, and one by one the six gods had no owner, and they stood on the spot.

Fear, pulled them back from Vanity Fair.

"Ben Khan gave five million gold, the prince gave one million gold, and the rest of the people present divided it equally, and immediately went back to carry out the property, and those who did not arrive after three quarters will be killed!"

"30,000 war horses, 10,000 from the royal court, you divide the rest equally, within one day, you must send them to the Yanmen army camp, those who delay, behead!"

Dadan Khan stood up and roared anxiously and angrily, his eyes fixed on everyone present. Looking at his appearance, if anyone dares to say more, it is obvious that he will be pushed out and beheaded immediately.

The nobles were shocked, and when they came into contact with the eyes of Dadan Khan eating people, they knew that the other party was already angry, and if they said more, they would only ask for their own hardships, and they could only receive their orders.

When the nobles rushed out, the angry Batu thought to himself:

If the Great Khan had been so strong, why did the argument last so long? The knife was on the neck, and I didn't know how to work together, and I had to move my head to wake up, but what was the use?!

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Looking at the mountains of golden ingots in front of him, and boxes of colorful and dazzling treasures, Zhao Ning felt that this big tent had become the most powerful miracle soldier in the world.

He smiled so hard that he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth for a moment.

In his eyes, these riches are not gold and silver, but powerful cultivators, extraordinary talismans, the bloody heads of the enemy, the Taiping of the Great Qi, and the prosperity and strength of the Zhao clan!

Coming out of the tent, looking at the soldiers of the Yanmen Army, happily pulling groups of war horses to the stables, listening to their eager and exciting conversations, Zhao Ning's heart was extremely open-minded.

The harvest of this battle was far greater than previously expected.

30,000 war horses entered the Yanmen Army, which was actually confiscated, and it was the combat power of the Great Qi Army that was improved. If the court doesn't praise it, it won't be unprovoked, and it won't be attacked.

It's just that this confiscation is the duke of the Yanmen Army, and the power is in the hands of the Zhao family.

As for the wealth totaling 10 million gold, of course, it must go to the Zhao family's treasury.

Although there are more of them, it will inevitably cause people to be angry, but after all, this is a voluntary contribution of the Dadan Ministry, and it is not a plunder, even if the civil officials attack, the effect will not be great.

Historically, the army has been fighting, and the Jiangmen family will take the opportunity to profit.

In battle, people will die, the generals will die, and the Fu soldiers will also lose, and there is nothing wrong with collecting spoils, and the emperor cannot not only want the horses to run, but also not give the horses grazing.

The imperial power and the family share the world, this is what it looks like. Although no one will say this in the open, the rules are such rules.

If the family can't grab wealth from the war and strengthen itself, who will be full of food and support, lose their hearts and go crazy, risk life and death, and take the children of the clan to fight on the battlefield?

Isn't it good to be a safe and secure civil official?

When civil officials are in office, they use the power in their hands to earn wealth, and it is not convenient to earn wealth?

In the same way, this is also the reason why the current civil officials of Daqi resist the war in every possible way, and advocate "swords and soldiers are put into the warehouse, and horses are put in Nanshan", which is the reason for the peaceful and prosperous era.

Because once there is a war, as long as the shomen wins, he can quickly strengthen himself.

There are many ways to buy and sell in this world, and there are countless ways to obtain wealth, but none of them are as direct and efficient as war.

The essence of war has always been to grab money, grain, and territory. It's just that the grassland army is blatant, and the Central Plains Dynasty's war against the grassland is mostly to protect its own money and grain territory.

The least pursuit of war is profit, Zhao Ning ran to Yanmen Pass this time, planned and participated in this war early, naturally not for the sake of soldiers dying in battle and losing the clansmen.

It is to let the Zhao family take this opportunity to grow stronger.

If the court does not give it, he will get it himself, and if the emperor does not give it, he will take it himself.

"Brother Ning, the property of the Tianyuan and Khitan armies has also been sent. Zhao Xin ran to Zhao Ning with a spring on his face and handed over the gift list in his hand.

He has now confirmed that the war is over, and the two departments of Tianyuan and Khitan will withdraw their troops, and the doubts on the road before have been swept away.

Glancing at the gift lists of Tianyuan and Khitan, Zhao Ning chuckled.

Although Meng Chi and the Khitan Khan wanted to write to the emperor, Zhao Ning and the Zhao family were not easy to stop. But after all, they want to do things through the Yanmen Army, there is no benefit, why should the Yanmen Army open the door to convenience?