Two days later, Zhu Xiaotian came.

After Li Yunxiang received the news, he first asked Gonggong Wei to summon Li Yunyi, and then went to meet him. Li Yunyi soon came to the news, and asked Li Yunxiang to accompany him to chat first, ask about his intentions, and don't rush to agree to anything.

After the state banquet, Zhu Xiaotian and Li Yunxiang sat together and chatted nonsense. Zhu Xiaotian euphemistically said that he hoped to be a peacemaker, let Jingguo and Cai Guo truce, and sign a non-aggression agreement.

Li Yunxiang was perfunctory, and then said that a court meeting needed to be held, let the ministers discuss, and let Zhu Xiaotian wait for a day or two. After Zhu Xiaotian left, he passed the news to Li Yunyi.

"Sure enough, he came to make peace, Cai Lu is too timid to stand the fright. ”

Li Yunyi said with a smile, and then summoned Li Yunxiang to negotiate on behalf of Jing Guo, and asked for the price to the death, how much he could get.

This time, Li Yunyi didn't want to fight at all. Simply make some movements, so that the eyes of the major forces of Southern Chu will once again gather on Jingguo's side, and let Zhu Gui and Sima Yue throw into the mouse trap.

A pig took the initiative to send it to the door for him to slaughter, and he was naturally unkind. Jingguo is also poor now, so why not get some silver taels?

Li Yunxiang was happy after receiving the news, Cai Guo was an enemy to the entire people of Jingguo, he had fought with Cai Guo for many years, and now he had the opportunity to personally slaughter Cai Guo, he was excited.

At the court meeting the next day, he threw out the topic, saying that there was a big man in Nanchu who wanted to make peace, and hoped to settle the dispute with Cai Guo through negotiations, and not talk about war lightly. Some conservative officials in the court were overjoyed when they heard this, but before they could speak, Cao Li was the first to speak and insisted on fighting.

Then the two princes also came out, resolutely ostensibly fighting, and the generals of the military also expressed their stance that this time Cai Guo would be destroyed.

To the consternation of those conservative officials, Zhang Muzhi and the right prime minister, as well as the four Shangshu, all expressed their stance that they wanted to fight to the death.

These words made those officials dumbfounded, and it is easy to understand that the military ministers want to fight. Zhang Muzhi, why they are like this, this is a little incomprehensible. Of course, these officials have such an opportunity, so they naturally want to seize it, and they have come out one after another to speak out and express their desire for peace.

After a noisy morning, Li Yunxiang did not express his position, and after the dispersal of the court, Li Yunxiang met Zhu Xiaotian, told him about the situation in the court, and vaguely showed that he actually wanted to fight.

The main thing is that Li Hongtu died in battle, as a son of man, how can he not avenge his father?

Zhu Xiaotian hurriedly persuaded him, and Li Yunxiang finally reluctantly spoke: "If Cai Guo is willing to cede the three counties and compensate us for the loss of 100 million taels of gold, it is not impossible to reconcile." ”

"Three counties, 100 million taels of gold?"

Three invisible black lines appeared on Zhu Xiaotian's forehead, and he couldn't help but say: "Regent, if you mention this condition, it means that you didn't mention it, how could Cai Guo agree?"

The territory of Cai Guo is about the same size as that of Jing Guo, both of which are six counties, and what is the difference between the three counties that have been ceded and the destroyed country? 100 million taels of gold, that is, 10 billion taels of silver, even if the ancestral tomb of the royal family of Cai Guo is dug up, it will not be enough to make up this number.

"Then don't talk about it. ”

Li Yunxiang stood up and said: "Xiaotianhou walks slowly, this king will not send it, if Cai Lu refuses to cut the land, then we will go and get it in person." destroyed Cai Guo and dug up their ancestral graves, and I believe that this 100 million taels of gold was made up. ”

Li Yunxiang left directly, Zhu Xiaotian was trembling, he didn't leave, and when he returned to his place of residence, he summoned Zhu Gui.

After Zhu Gui received the summons, he summoned Cai Lu and handed him the content of the summons. Cai Lu was also trembling with anger when he saw it, he directly tore up the letter paper, and said in a cold voice: "Li Yunxiang is too deceitful, what else is there to talk about?"

"Brother Cai, calm down!"

Zhu Gui waved his hand and said, "He is asking for a sky-high price, you can sit on the ground and pay back." Since he made an offer, there is a basis for peace talks, and you can offer your price and negotiate step by step. ”

"The earth cannot be cut!"

Cai Lu said with certainty: "Don't talk about three counties, not a single town can be cut, there are too many silver taels, at most 50 million taels of silver, 100 million taels of gold?

"So be it!"

Zhu Gui took a sip of tea and said, "You can contact Zhu Xiaotian directly and let him be your negotiator." Or...... You can send someone yourself, anyway, let's talk about it first, and see what the result can be in the end? The old man has a lot of things to do, so he won't be involved in this matter. ”

"Okay!"

Cai Lu got up and nodded: "Thank you Prime Minister Zhu for your help, I will contact Xiao Tianhou on my own in this matter, there is no need to send people, I believe in Xiao Tianhou's personality." ”

Cai Lu left, taking away the communication flying bat that contacted Zhu Xiaotian, and he sent a message to Zhu Xiaotian to give his bottom line. Zhu Xiaotian went to Li Yunxiang overnight and informed Cai Lu's conditions. Li Yunxiang directly said that he would not talk about it, and he would talk about it first.

Zhu Xiaotian knew that Li Yunxiang was acting, but he had to persuade him bitterly, and after talking for an hour, his saliva was dry, and Li Yunxiang finally relented.

Three counties became one, and one hundred million taels of gold became fifty million taels of gold. He also said that this was for the sake of Zhu Gui's face, otherwise he would definitely not talk about it.

The news reached Cai Lu the next day, Cai Lu thought about it all night last night, and he knew in his heart that he would definitely bleed heavily this time, Li Yunxiang's temperament was so straight, he would definitely not give in easily. When he saw the letter sent by Zhu Xiaotian, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yunxiang only needs one county, which shows that it is possible not to cut the land if he continues to talk. As long as he doesn't cut the land, he is not selling his ancestors, and he will not leave too much stain in history.

He thought about it for an hour, summoned Zhu Xiaotian, and asked him to submit the price - the land could not be cut, and the compensation could be turned into 300 million taels of silver.

Li Yunxiang went to the court early, and Zhu Xiaotian waited until noon to see Li Yunxiang and threw out the price. Li Yunxiang resolutely refused to do it, Zhu Xiaotian persuaded him for more than an hour, and finally Li Yunxiang gave in, the land could not be cut, and the silver could not be less.

Zhu Xiaotian could only summon him again, and Cai Lu was relieved when he heard that he didn't need to cut the land. The compensation can be carried out in secret, anyway, if he borrows money from the Purple Dragon Palace, this matter will not be spread outside, and if Cai Guo suppresses it, it will not be too ugly in the history books. On the contrary, he can still write that after his maneuvering, the Jingguo army retreated, which is still a glorious deed.

He raised the price again, and 300 million became 1 billion, which is not a small amount, and it is almost a year's tax for Cai Guo. Cai Guo seems to be a country, and his income is similar to that of the top wealthy families in Southern Chu, and Cai Guo also raises so many troops and officials, which all require expenses.

Zhu Xiaotian went to Li Yunxiang with the latest price code, this time Li Yunxiang didn't give face, he left directly, and didn't talk about it. And give a time limit, if you don't agree to this condition within half a month, the army here will attack Cai Guo.

Cai Lu was anxious after getting the news, Cai Guo didn't have any preparations for war, and the border army's salary had been owed for several months, and they were about to mutiny. What can the army rely on to resist this side? Although Wang Tai is in Yuncheng, he can only rely on Wang Tai alone to stop it? Jingguo's side only killed four grandmasters not long ago.

Cai Lu can only continue to raise prices, one billion becomes 1.5 billion, and 1.5 billion becomes 2 billion. It's just that the news reached Zhu Xiaotian, and Zhu Xiaotian went over to ask to see Li Yunxiang, and the latter asked Gonggong Wei to come out and say that if it wasn't for the original conditions, there would be no need to see him.

Li Yunxiang didn't talk about it directly!

In the next few days, Zhu Xiao scolded his mother every day, and he was almost so angry that he took the flying beast back to Nanchu directly.

Originally, he thought that this was a good errand, and he could get some benefits by being a middleman to please both sides. But he didn't expect to be so angry? After asking to see him a few times, even Gonggong Wei didn't give him a good face...

Seven or eight days passed quickly, and Cai Lu received news that the Jingguo army on the border had pressed the border, and it seemed that it was ready to attack at any time. Here, Cai Guo has not made any preparations for war, and the DPRK and China are arguing.

Cai Lu continued to give in, and the price was raised to three billion. It's a pity that Li Yunxiang didn't take half a step, and he couldn't see Zhu Xiaotian anymore, which made Zhu Xiaotian jump to his feet and scold his mother.

After three days again, Li Yunxiang still refused to give in, and finally Cai Lu compromised and agreed to Li Yunxiang's request. Li Yunxiang saw Zhu Xiaotian and asked him Cai Lu to send the silver ticket within a month, otherwise it would still be considered a breach of contract, and he would not only announce the matter, but also continue to send troops to attack Cai Guo.

Cai Lu went to the rudder of the Purple Dragon Palace in Chujing the next day and went to talk about it in person. The Purple Dragon Palace replied on the same day, the money can be loaned, but the specific terms need to be discussed by their elders in person, after all, the amount Cai Lu wants to borrow is not a small amount, but tens of billions of taels of silver.

After another three days, the elders of the Purple Dragon Palace came, and Cai Lu brought a squire from the household department over and chatted for a morning, and the main conditions were settled.

The Purple Dragon Palace borrowed 30 billion silver taels to Cai Guo, Cai Guo used the national tax as collateral, and all the taxes after the reconstruction of the Silk City were collected by the Purple Dragon Palace, and half of Cai Guo's annual tax was used to repay the loan.

The specific terms of the latter were specific negotiations between the head of the household and the relevant personnel of the Purple Dragon Palace, and two days later, the two sides signed an agreement. Cai Lu personally signed it and stamped it with a gold seal.

At the moment when the gold seal was stamped, Cai Lu's whole person felt collapsed.

He knew very well that once this agreement was signed, the Purple Dragon Palace would become a vampire attached to Cai Guo, and Cai Guo would have a hard life for the next ten years. It will take at least twenty years to fully recover, and nothing major will happen in those twenty years...

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PS: Thank you Yun Xiaoshuai's alliance leader for rewarding, Yun Shuai is mighty.