Annam, Hanoi City.

"Your Majesty, the messenger has returned, waiting outside for summons!"

A eunuch walked in from outside the hall and reported to Chen Zheping, the monarch of Annan.

Chen Zheping first looked at the prime minister Hu Jichen on the side, and then instructed the attendants:

"Pass him in!"

"Yes!"

After a while, the envoy walked in with a dejected face and made a respectful salute to Chen Zheping and Hu Jichen.

Hu Jichen waved his hand at him and asked:

"Get up, how are things going?"

"Did Da Ming agree?"

The envoy shook his head, and then relayed Li Jin's words as they were.

After Hu Jichen heard this, he was furious on the spot, and scolded:

"They are so deceitful that they have to make every inch, and they even want to ask us for five million taels of silver, this is naked blackmail, blackmail!!"

"Daming is a heavenly state, acting like this, aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the world?"

That's five million taels of silver, Hu Jichen couldn't help beating when he thought of taking out so much silver, even if he was powerful, Annan couldn't make up this silver!

Compared with Hu Jichen's anger, although Chen Zheping, who was sitting at the top, had a sad face, his heart was really ecstatic.

After all, he is just a puppet, if Da Ming fights, as long as he can destroy this Hu Jichen, he will definitely be able to regain power.

After all, Annan is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely support himself to sit on the throne.

The envoy hung his head, listening to Hu Jichen's angry scolding, and didn't dare to say a word, for fear of provoking the fire, after all, he still wanted to live longer.

After Hu Jichen scolded a few words, his expression gradually turned cold, and the entire hall suddenly fell into a strange silence.

After a while, Hu Jichen spoke coldly and instructed the envoy:

"You continue to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty and tell those people that our country does not have so much silver, and we are only willing to compensate 50,000 taels of silver."

"But we can apologize, and even issue a holy decree to formally apologize to Daming's crew, I hope Daming doesn't push people too much, otherwise I, Annan, am not afraid to fight to the death."

"When the time comes, my 500,000 Annan army will definitely meet the Ming sword soldiers."

In the face of Hu Jichen's instructions, the envoy had a sad face, and he had to say cautiously:

"My lord, what if Da Ming still doesn't agree?"

When he said this, the envoy suddenly thought of the two Ming officials from Li Jin and Fu Youde before, and he felt that the Ming would definitely not agree, and I am afraid that this time it would be more than lucky.

Hearing this, Hu Jichen's face was gloomy, and he said murderously:

"Disagree? Then fight! ”

The envoy was so frightened that he didn't have time to salute, so he hurriedly turned around and left, and walked towards the Ming military camp without stopping.

...

Daming military village.

"My lord, that Annan envoy is here again!"

The herald reported to Li Jinyu again.

Fu Youde said with a disdainful face:

"It's like a dog's skin plaster, he came so quickly, it can't be the king of Annan who agreed to our request, right? So are we still fighting? ”

Li Jin shook his head, then looked at the herald and ordered:

"Let him in!"

Fu Youde asked uncertainly:

"Do you think Annan can really give us so much silver?"

"Of course they won't give!"

Li Jin is very sure that Annan will not give it, because the person in charge of Annan at this time is not the monarch but the traitor Hu Jichen, if he really gave Daming five million taels of silver, what is the difference between it and cutting his flesh?

Moreover, whether there are five million taels of silver in the treasury of Annan is not a question sentence at all, after all, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty did not have so much silver before!

When the envoy entered the Ming army camp again, as soon as he saw Li Jin, he knelt directly on the ground and made a big salute, and never dared to raise his head.

Seeing this, Li Jin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing:

"The envoy saluted so solemnly, there must be good news to tell the official."

"Has your country already agreed to my request? If that is the case, the next day after I receive the money, the troops will be withdrawn. ”

The messenger pale, and explained in a trembling voice:

"Lord Qiqi, my king is willing to apologize, and he is also willing to issue an edict to make amends to the Ming merchants."

"It's just... It's just that the five million taels of silver are too much for Annan, and the small people of Annan are weak, so they can't take out so much silver, and I hope that the adults will forgive their sins. ”

Li Jin nodded after hearing this, didn't look angry, just patiently asked:

"Oh? I wonder how much money you are willing to give? If it's not much, I can forgive you. ”

The messenger bowed his head, unable to see his expression, but replied as if his tongue was knotted:

"Five... Five... Five..."

Seeing the envoy's cowardly look, Fu Youde, who was sitting on the side, immediately scolded impatiently:

"Five-five-five-five, what? Is it 500,000 taels? Are you sending Hanako? ”

The messenger swallowed his saliva, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, so he had to close his eyes and force himself to say:

"It's fifty thousand taels."

Fifty thousand taels?!

Fu Youde instantly jumped like thunder, and his rough voice exploded in the tent:

"Dog thing, you dare to despise me so much, accept your life!!"

As he spoke, he drew his sword and chopped off the messenger.

was stopped by Li Jin, and the envoy was so frightened that he sat on the ground.

At this moment, Li Jin's face was also extremely gloomy, and he said coldly:

"50,000 taels of silver, not to mention that the official can't agree, even the 100,000 troops behind the official can't agree."

"Go back and tell you the king and the prime minister, wipe your neck, and wait for death!"

After speaking, the envoy was driven out by Li Jinqi, and the envoy stood outside the camp for a while, and after reacting, he still looked like he had palpitations.

The messenger couldn't help but reach out and touch his neck in fear, just now, he was almost beheaded.

Looking back at the Daming camp, the envoy did not dare to stay any longer, and fled south with a smoke.

...

With a melancholy mood, the envoy rode all the way back to the palace of Annam.

"How? Did Da Ming agree? ”

As soon as the envoy entered the inner hall, before he had time to salute, he was asked anxiously by Hu Jichen, who was at the top.

The messenger was stunned for a moment, then bowed down and responded with a complicated face:

"They said that without five million taels of silver, they would definitely not withdraw the army!"

Chen Zheping couldn't stop the excitement in his heart for an instant, but with sadness on his face, he opened his mouth and didn't say anything.

And Hu Jichen on the side directly slapped his palm on the table, gritted his teeth and said:

"Fifty thousand taels is already worthy of their Daming, they lions opened their mouths widely, and regarded my Annan army as nothing, and if they didn't have five million taels, it was a big deal to break the net in the end."

The more Hu Jichen thought about it, the more the anger in his heart rose rapidly, and then he directly clapped his hands and said:

"Go and recall all the garrisons in the south and east to Hanoi, today I will definitely make these arrogant Ming troops pay the price of blood!"