Qingji beckoned, and Tingwei Bo, who was on the side, took out a sheepskin map with understanding, and asked Qingji to draw circles on the map with a wolf pen.

Each place in the circle represents the country that has been divided into the land of the city.

This map, Qingji is not only for Cai Houshen, Zhong Wujun and Xu Jun Yingzhangyu, but also for the princes of the Central Plains to see!

"Ahh How, Lord, does this work? ”

Cai Houshen was shocked when he saw the circles drawn on the map.

Even the other princes on the quadrangle platform couldn't help but change their color when they saw the circles on the map.

Why?

It's not that it's unevenly divided, it's too even!

I saw that Qingji divided the land of Suishui on the map into four, Wu, Cai, Xu, and Zhongwu, each got a share, no more, no less!

As the saying goes, it is human nature to suffer from widowhood and not to suffer equally.

The princes only thought that Qingji would allow Wu to occupy half of the land of Suishui, and the other half would be divided into the three kingdoms of Cai, Xu, and Zhongwu.

I didn't expect Qingji to be so generous!

"Wu Jun is really fair and just, and he is selfless."

"The land of Suishui was completely conquered by the Wu army, and it is understandable that the Wu State will occupy it exclusively."

"However, in order to repay Cai, Xu, and Zhongwu, Wu Jun took out three-quarters of the land of Suishui to divide it, which is really unexpected!"

"Wu Jun has the wind of the Holy Lord!"

The princes couldn't help but look at Qingji with admiration and awe!

And this is exactly the effect that Qingji wants to see.

He doesn't care about the gains and losses of one city or one place.

Anyway, in the end, it will belong to Wu Guo, why can't Qingji be generous, be more open-minded, and gain a good reputation for himself?

Xu Jun Yingzhangyu hurriedly said: "King, this kind of division of Suishui land really makes the widow embarrassed!" ”

"I, Xu, Cai, and Zhongwu, did not make much effort in the process of the Wu army capturing the land of Suishui. As the saying goes, how can you accept such a generous reward from the king? ”

"Exactly!"

Cai Houshen also nodded and said, "King, what Xu Jun said is extremely true. The widow really didn't dare to accept such a generous reward from the king! ”

"Please take back your fate!"

Xu Jun, Cai Hou, and Zhong Wujun have already called Qingji "the king".

It is conceivable that Qingji's influence in these three kingdoms, at least three monarchs, are very respectful of Qingji.

"The widow has made up his mind, no need to say more!"

Qingji waved his hand and said: "As the so-called king has no jokes, since the widow has promised this, he can't break his word and get fat." These cities and lands are all due to you. ”

"Thank you, King!"

After seeing Qingji's resolute attitude, Cai Houshen and the others agreed "reluctantly".

This made the princes present very envious of them.

Following a boss like Wu Guo is really a great benefit!

As before, whether it was following the Qi State, the Jin State, or the Chu State, the princes basically didn't take much advantage.

Not to mention the loss of soldiers in vain, it also caused a commotion, and there is a risk of losing the country!

Now Qingji is so generous, how can it not be convincing?

"Ahem."

Qi Hou coughed lightly, and instantly attracted the attention of the princes present.

"Wu Jun, the widow has a saying, I don't know if to say it or not?"

"Qi Hou, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Pestle's face was a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly said: "I heard that in the battle of Huaishui, there were tens of thousands of prisoners of the Wu army? ”

"Exactly."

It's no wonder that an embarrassed look appears on the face of the pestle.

The princes allied 150,000 people, but were defeated by the Wu army with only 50,000 foot cavalry, how could this make the pestle embarrassed?

In the Battle of Huaishui, there were 80,000 enemies captured by the Wu army!

That's not a small amount!

The reason why the monarchs of the Song, Lu, Wei and other vassal states risked offending the Jin State and participated in this alliance was precisely because they wanted to return these pawns.

"I wonder if Wu Jun can release those tens of thousands of soldiers?"

Hearing this, Qingji just smiled and said nothing.

Bo Yan, who was standing on the side, said loudly: "Marquis of Qi, my Wu State unconditionally released the captured monarch and the secretary of the world, and it is already benevolent and righteous. ”

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate to release those 80,000 soldiers again!"

Bo Yan "sang with a black face" and said: "In the battle of Huaishui, the soldiers, grain, baggage, etc. lost by my Wu State are innumerable. Is there any reason for unconditional release of the pawn? ”

"Throughout the ages, there has been no such reason!"

"Besides, according to the consistent style of my Wu country, for the surrender of soldiers, it is only to settle Tuntian, and then transform into Li Shu, which should not lose humanity."

When the princes heard this, they all bowed their heads in disagreement.

Truly!

From ancient times to the present, there is really no reason to unconditionally release the pawns.

You must know that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, captives were generally treated as slaves, or used as sacrifices in large-scale sacrifices.

Some were even killed directly, and the end was very tragic.

Wu Guo's treatment of the soldiers like that is indeed very humane!

Moreover, the state of Wu has unconditionally released the captured monarch and his ministers, which can be regarded as very kind.

"I don't know what conditions Wu Jun needs to have before he can be released?"

Qi Hou asked suspiciously.

Qingji just smiled and said, "If I let Wu Guo return to surrender, it will not be difficult." ”

"The widow's will, every pawn is worth one tael of gold, and it can be traded in cloth, silk, jade, corn, horses, etc."

This is exactly what Qingji intended.

A pawn is worth a tael of gold, no more, no less, just right.

Gold, that is, brass.

A tael of gold is worth a lot of money, and according to the price of this era, thirty copper coins and one stone of grain.

The yield of one acre per acre of land is only one stone, and it comes to buy one acre of land in thirty years.

An acre of land costs only 900 copper coins!

As far as Wu is concerned, one tael of gold is equivalent to 10,000 yuan (five baht)!

It can be seen that the purchasing power of gold is indeed very strong.

Moreover, gold was traded between wealthy nobles and merchants, and was rarely used by the common people.

It is estimated that the gold reserves of the countries are not much, so Qingji retreated to the second best thing and traded other things of equal value.

The princes exchanged their heads and whispered.

In their eyes, untouchables are worthless.

But the soldiers who were captured by Wu were all combatable soldiers.

It's not unworth trading a gold tael back.

80,000 pawns, that's 80,000 taels of gold!

This time, Wu Guo has made a lot of money!

At least for a long time, Wu Guo was completely unable to digest the 80,000 taels of gold.

The wealthy Qi Hou immediately bowed his head slightly and said, "Good! In this case, our Qi country is willing to exchange one or two gold equivalent things for a soldier. ”

"The widow is also willing to trade!"

"Teng Guo is also willing to ......"

The princes had no better choice.

Some of them were captured by more than 1,000 people, and some were captured by thousands, which made the situation even worse for the country, which was itself a small country and a widow!