Chapter 43: Blackmail (3)
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Seeing that the beautiful Scelis had arrived in the hall before herself, the fat man who had led her subordinates in had an embarrassed face, bowed with an embarrassed face, made a noble hand salute, and sat on the chair arranged in advance
"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect Miss Sélise to come so early, although our two countries are now hostile, but after all, you are our Samore guests, it is very rude to let guests wait for the host in our Vikia, in order to express our Samorian apologies, we are willing to reduce the original price by one percent, I hope Miss Sélise will not refuse"
The fat man not only did not blush when he told a lie, but his face was sincere, and when he heard that the fat man was willing to reduce the original price by a tenth of the original price, the straightforward Celess almost jumped up with joy, and found that this dead fat man was not a philistine lord who only recognized money as he thought
Just to apologize to himself, he was willing to reduce the amount of food by tens of thousands of gold coins, and he also saluted like himself in a knightly manner, which made Scelis's heart feel a strange sweet feeling, fluttering like in the clouds,
Celelise asked, blushing slightly
"My lord, but seriously, it won't be a joke on me, are you really willing to lower the price by one percent?"
The fat man laughed secretly, this stupid girl is just a fool!, and he doesn't even know the strategy of retreating
In fact, the fat man had already secretly arranged it last night,
It is necessary to show your military strength in front of the Kujits, and not to drive the Kugits to death
This time, the Kugit people did not hesitate to use the national treasury to buy grain, which shows that it has reached the most critical time.
If you don't sell your life-saving food, or if the price is too high for the Kugit people to afford,
The dying Kugit were cornered, and 20,000 elite Kugit cavalry abandoned the royal capital and stormed the Samore fortress, which contained a large amount of grain.
Even if he has tens of thousands of troops and a strong fortress, he can't withstand the all-out attack of the 20,000 Kujits who are not afraid of death.
When the time comes, the chickens will fly and the eggs will be beaten, and the people and money will be empty, not only will the food not be saved, but they will also be unable to escape the fate of fleeing in a hurry.
Instead of this, it is better to sell half of the grain in your hand to the Kujits, which can not only exchange for the warhorses, gold coins and other materials needed to strengthen their strength, but also allow the Kujit people to better consume the strength of the royal capital.
Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, why not do it with two birds with one stone,
If you lower the price first, the Kugit people will not take risks if they can buy basically enough food, and they can also use the gold coins paid by the Kujits to buy it back from the poor rural nobles in the south who only have food left
No matter how fierce the Kujiit are, they are all like this, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one wants to break the jar and break it.
With this realization on the fat man's side, the negotiations naturally advanced quickly.
The 10-day talks, originally planned, were largely settled on the third day
On the drawbridge of the Samore Fortress, Scelis, dressed in fiery red scale armor and with a great image of the fat man, crossed her hands and bent down to perform the most noble namaste of the Kugit to the fat man
"Honorable Marquis Dustan, thank you for your kindness in helping our Kugits in the most critical moment, we Kugits respect the most for our friends who are willing to really help us, and I can assure you here that our army will withdraw from the sixteen villages and towns around the Samore fortress according to the agreement, and hand over the northern border of Saymour to your lord intact!"
Watching Scelis's graceful figure disappear into the depths of the Kugit barracks outside the city,
I'm so tired, it's really not easy to fool this Kugit woman."
Standing on the suspension bridge, Du Yu, who saw salivating and drooling, wiped the large beads of sweat on his forehead with the handkerchief that was penetrated by the cold water in his hurriedly right hand.
A pair of large hands ripped off the straps of his armor, allowing the cool breeze to cool down the temperature of his armor comparable to that of a sauna steam room
It's a man who has to talk about face, especially in front of a beautiful woman,
The fat man, who has never worn full body armor, rarely wears full armor today, and wants to finally put his general's score in front of Scelis, who knows that this inadvertent decision will kill the fat man,
Today's weather is particularly hot, and the airtight armor makes the fat man feel like he is squatting in a steaming sauna, and streams of sweat gushed out of his body.
After three days of bargaining, the fat man and Scelis finally reached an agreement,
The Kugits exchanged 400,000 gold coins and 2,000 warlike horses, 5,000 common pack horses captured from Vecchia, and sixteen villages and towns north of the Samore fortress for 500,000 stone of grain from the Samore fortress.
As for the nobles who were captured, the fat man's attitude was clear, ransom was impossible, food could be considered,
According to the standard of 500 stone of grain per person, whether you want to change it or not, you can do it as Kugit people,
Anyway, those losers are also raised by you Kugits, and no one is rare if you love them or not.
Such a low standard was difficult for Celestia to accept, and immediately rejected this possibility, and finally after a moment of hesitation by the obscene fat man, he ransomed all the captives at the price of 100,000 stone of grain
"My lord, if we supply the Kugit people with such a large amount of food, if the king knows about it, my lord is not afraid that we will be held accountable for the crimes of our financial enemies?"
Caesar Zoro asked with a worried look at the fat man who was leaning on the battlements and fanning himself with a handkerchief
"We sacrificed our 600,000 stone of grain in exchange for the noble lords of the north, this should be a noble character worthy of praise
We are noble knights, how can we do such a disgraceful thing as an enemy!
The fat man looked at Caesar Sauron, who had a big mouth and could swallow eggs, and continued
"It's not to find someone to carry the black pot, what do I want to do with those wastes that just eat and don't work? 100,000 stone of grain, it's enough to feed pigs for about 2,000 heads."
The fat man's face was full of pain, as if he had suffered a huge grievance,
I don't think that I have taken advantage of the Kugit people by exchanging 100,000 stone grain for 156 big nobles.
In peacetime, the captives would be worth at least 1.5 million gold coins.
Now it is spread over the price of the fat man, which is basically the price of one person for ten heads of pork
Caesar Sauron shook his head with a wry smile,
To explain the value of these adults to the fat man in front of him who only takes advantage and does not suffer losses is simply to play the piano to the cow,
If those self-conscious and noble bigwigs knew that they were about the same price as pork, they didn't know what the expressions would be on their faces.
Misfortune leads to the east,
The well-fed Kugit should make a move
Now the headache should be the honorable adults of the royal capital
The Kugit are indeed very trustworthy
Three days after Celis left Samor, 3,000 Kugit cavalry drove thousands of horses and 400,000 gold coins to the border of Samor, and the exchange process went smoothly, followed by 3,000 Kugit cavalry and 1,000 Kugit defenders in 16 villages and towns
In addition to money and horses, Chrolysatre brought back a bunch of ragged beggars
Outside the fortress of Samoor, there was a sea of people, crowds, and tens of thousands of people were pressed by the black
Hundreds of battle flags embroidered with three-legged falcons of the Falcon family flutter in the wind,
2,000 heavily armed spearmen in iron scale armor and three-meter spears in their hands divided into ten long phalanxes to isolate the tens of thousands of villagers watching the bustle at a distance of 20 meters, and 1,000 heavy infantry in heavy armor and holding tall shields stood on the inside of the road like two steel fences
"Are you ready? Remember to make the atmosphere a little warmer, and it is best to make the whole of Vikia know how much we value the high-ranking of these kingdoms, how much we abide by the knightly rules of caring for the nobles, how noble we are, and how willing to give 600,000 stone of grain to redeem these big people, after all, we have to rely on them to bear the black cauldron of this "capital enemy","
The fat man stood on the suspension bridge of the fortress of Samori in heavy armor, wearing a long red velvet cloak that represented the commander's identity behind him, stretched his neck like a fat goose to look into the distance, and whispered to Caesar Sauron, who was accompanying him
"Please rest assured, according to your lord's orders, your subordinates not only arranged the highest and top 3,000 military formations, but also mobilized all the nearby villagers to come and watch, I believe that in less than ten days, the news that Satsuma redeemed 156 big men from the Kujit people with 600,000 stone of grain will spread throughout Vikia!"
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