After some careful consideration, the Tajik kings of Shule finally accepted Narijie's proposal and decided to invite representatives of the Zhenjiang Army's Metasequoia Military Government to come over and conduct a tripartite consultation.

Tajikistan has its own calculations for such a decision.

On the one hand, he took into account not only the question raised by Narij about the security of the transportation of funds, but also the reaction of the Turks and the Western Frontier Alliance.

If a huge amount of money is transported to Metasequoia by his men, then even if a large number of prisoners of war can be successfully redeemed in the end, once the news leaks out, Shule will still face a dilemma that it will be difficult to explain to all allies.

If not, Alikjiang will also take the opportunity to label them as traitors who collaborate with the enemy and incite the Turks and other allies in the western Xinjiang to join forces against Shule, and then the trouble will be even greater.

On the other hand, if Tajikistan convenes a tripartite agreement to allow the Persian merchant mission to directly connect and deliver with the Zhenjiang army, then even if there is any problem in the middle, or if the Turks and Alikjiang make trouble afterwards, he can push it all away, saying that he has no knowledge of it.

So, early the next morning, Tajik went to the post house where Ai Fenqi's teeth were located, expressed his willingness to accept all the conditions offered by the Zhenjiang army, and suggested that the other party discuss the specific plan of paying for the replacement with his ransom provider.

Effantia had long expected that her father's right-hand man, Uncle Narijie, would have a way to deal with the old Tajik fox, but she still said that she was embarrassed and said that she did not dare to do this for General Li Jiangyao when multiple intermediaries came out. After hesitating again and again, she almost killed Tajikistan, but in the end, Yudra came forward to do a favor and persuaded her to agree to the proposal of the tripartite consultation.

At this point, decisive progress was finally made in the negotiations.

In the presence of the Shule king, Effantia and Narij put on a pretense of bargaining, and finally determined the deadline for the full payment to be paid, and the time, place, and manner of the release of Tani and the 40,000 Shule army.

Finally, the representatives of the three parties signed and signed the parchment scroll prepared by Effentia, and successfully concluded the important negotiations on the release of the prisoners of war.

Under the pretext that he wanted to go back immediately to raise funds and capacity, Narij hurriedly returned to the Chechi royal court, not far from the town of Lem, after saying goodbye to Tajik and others.

When he arrived at the place, he reported the situation of the trip to Aimeni clearly, and finally boasted: "Master, it's not that I deliberately compliment, this time Miss is really a five-body throw that I admire." Whether it is the idea she put forward or the negotiation in front of the Tajikistan, she has definitely inherited your style. We didn't spend a penny, and we got the tax rights and interests of the Shule Kingdom for more than 20 years, which can be called a stroke of genius, hahaha. ”

When Ameni heard his most powerful business executive praise his precious daughter, his heart naturally blossomed, and he smiled and waved his hand: "Hey, Narijie, don't praise her so much. Effantia is still young, and she is far less experienced than you old brothers. Besides, we are not without cost, the 20 million silver coins are still for General Li. ”

Narijah explained: "Master's clear and honest style is exactly the magic weapon of our business across the Western Continent, and my subordinates are very recognized. However, the Zhenjiang Army has other plans for this. Mademoiselle asked me to convey to you that General Li proposed to temporarily deposit the ransom of 20 million silver coins with us, and there is no need to pay it immediately. Our side can gradually deduct this huge amount of money by providing weapons, armor, war horses, food and medicine to the Zhenjiang army. ”

"That's a good dare! General Lee's idea was brilliant. Ameni said with a smile: "This operation not only saves a lot of trouble and risks, but also effectively solves the most urgent problems of the Zhenjiang Army." ”

Narijie replied with a smile: "The master agrees, then the subordinates will do it immediately!" ”

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While Narij and Ameni were discussing how to mobilize supplies, Effentia and Shetanzhi had already returned to the camp of the Zhenjiang Army.

They were accompanied by ten carts of gold and silver treasures that Duke had received from Narijah, all of whom had been improvised from the various firms of the Western Frontier by Emmeni. This money was decided by Effentia to be used as a commission bonus for the huge settlement interest and distributed to the Metasequoia soldiers.

Effentia explained that the reason why the Amini consortium was able to obtain the interest income of the Shule Kingdom for twenty years was completely due to the bloody struggle of thousands of Metasequoia soldiers. In other words, there is also their credit for this lucrative business return. From a businessman's point of view, merit will be rewarded. In order to thank everyone for their previous contributions and to motivate them in the future, they should be compensated accordingly.

Thus, the first large-scale cash reward in the history of the Metasequoia Legion of the Zhenjiang Army was officially kicked off at the initiative of Effentia.

The first to be rewarded was, of course, the senior commanders of the armies. Including Xu Youchang, Huo Liya, Lin Feng, Du Jian, Palertahong and others, each of them received a small box of gold.

This windfall, even if it is placed in the imperial capital or Luoyi, is enough to make people rank among the rich, not to mention that in a bitter place like Western Xinjiang, several generals who were originally comparable to poor ghosts immediately turned into rich people.

Xu Youchang's long-cherished sweaty BMW has finally landed this time, and Mei Zizi is thinking about how to show off with Murong Xue in the future; Horia also immediately placed an order for the best blacksmith shop in Metasequoia City, "Jin Ge Fang", to book the magic weapon of the year "Frost Blade"; Lin Feng kept silly playing with the book list in his hand, all of which were written in the list of out-of-print ancient scrolls; Du Jian pulled a few of his subordinates and had a heated discussion while drinking fine wine, which lane in the imperial capital city should be used to invest in real estate and buy a house.

The next to receive awards were the mid-ranking officers of each battalion and team, who also received a generous gratuity. Although it is not as much as a few main generals, it is still a lot of income for the soldiers of the Metropolitan Protectorate who are used to being poor. All of a sudden, everyone bought a house, land, and married a daughter-in-law, and they all had hope.

In the end, the junior officers and ordinary soldiers also received bounties mainly in the form of silver and copper coins. Whether it is the veterans of Shengtang or the soldiers of all ethnic groups in Western Xinjiang, they have never had such an experience before - after the battle, they can still share the money? All of a sudden, the Metasequoia Legion, up and down, were all overjoyed by the windfall.

Everyone held a lot of silver and copper coins, and expressed their gratitude to the commander Li Jiangyao with a smile on their faces.

"It's nonsense!" Li Jiangyao reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "As a soldier, defending the family and the country, life and death, how can it be like a business?!" ”

Effentia smiled indifferently, and ordered someone to carry the largest and heaviest gold box into the tent, and the commander of the Metasequoia Army, who was full of a sense of justice, immediately showed a gentle smile: "Oh, there is still mine?" Effentia, you're too much of an outsider, don't do that next time. Hahaha, don't say it, this is really a morale boost, I feel full of energy, and I can't wait to go to the battlefield immediately! ”

Although Li Jiangyao's wealth obsessive mentality was exposed, his words were really not wrong at all.

Effentia's move to issue bonuses is just a business practice, and it is natural to earn money and dividends for everyone. But no one could have predicted that the incident itself would have a profound impact on the entire history of later generations.

According to the records of the "Western Xinjiang Chronicles" and the "History of the Holy Tang Dynasty" written by later historians, the Zhenjiang army that was powerful in the world once had a unique combat style, and it was spread for thousands of years.

That particular style of combat is "taking prisoners".

It is worth noting that the "capture of prisoners" mentioned here does not refer to the objective results of operations, but to a top-down habit of high-frequency operation full of subjective tendencies.

That is to say, in the counterinsurgency war in Western Xinjiang in the following years, the main army of Metasequoia must pursue large-scale capture of enemy troops in almost every battle, rather than killing enemy troops on a large scale.

This distinctive combat style, in the western Xinjiang and even in the Central Plains, has won the Zhenjiang army the reputation of "the division of benevolence and righteousness", "the division of kings" and "the division of civilization".

However, what people don't know is that for the Metasequoia soldiers, "benevolence and righteousness, civilization and uncivilization", these are not important, the important thing is - the capture of prisoners is valuable!

Compared with the Turkic Golden Armor Army and the Blood Wolf Army, who were accustomed to cutting off heads and hanging them around their waists to show off their achievements, the Metasequoia soldiers preferred to use gentle movements to tie up enemy prisoners into a string, bring them back to the camp happily, and then offer them delicious food and drink.

When the commercial representative, Miss Effentia, came to pick up the people, it was natural that a lot of gold and silver treasures would fall into the pockets of everyone.

After a long time, the armies of the countries in Western Xinjiang gradually developed a corresponding tacit understanding.

Fighting with the Zhenjiang Army, in fact, you don't have to work too hard. When you can't beat it, just throw the knife and gun honestly and let the other party take it away.

Anyway, the benevolent kings will always find a way to bring them back.

And those so-called "benevolent kings" refer to Shule, Loulan, Chechi, Qiuzi, Hami, and so on.

Of course, they were also old clients of the Persian merchant mission, Lord Emmeni, who borrowed money.

"Western Xinjiang Chronicles" once pointed out sharply that the counterinsurgency war in Western Xinjiang has developed later, and it is no longer a battle of swords, guns and halberds, but a war of money represented by debts and interests.

Starting from the demand for the redemption of prisoners of war, and then developing to the replenishment of equipment, urban construction, economic and commercial trade, and royal expenses, all the countries in western Xinjiang are constantly borrowing money from foreign consortia. And such changes have also made them become slaves of debt step by step, and gradually lose the leading power of decision-making.

The great creditor standing behind them was the business genius of the Persian Empire, Lord Amyne.

At the same time, Master Emmeni owes Master Li Jiangyao a huge amount of savings.