The next day, in the afternoon, in Jiu'an City, Zhang Shaozong, dressed in a military uniform with a large cloak, was sitting on the commander's seat, looking at the middle-aged man in his forties who was standing respectfully in front of him.
"Master Huang."
Zhang Shaozong slowly opened his mouth and said that the man in front of him was none other than Huang Wanshan, the head of the Huang family in Jiu'an City, who was also Huang Bingcheng's father.
However, after Zhang Jiucheng and Zhang Shaowu led their troops to Jiu'an City at noon and carried out the bodies of Zhou Mazi and Huang Bingcheng, Huang Wanshan, who was in charge of Jiu'an City, directly chose Kaicheng to surrender.
This led to the current scene.
"If Zhang Shuai has any orders, please tell me, please tell me..."
After hearing Zhang Shaozong's words, Huang Wanshan spoke repeatedly, with a flattering tone and a somewhat frightened expression.
He knew that the life and death of himself and the entire Huang family were now in the hands of Zhang Shaozong. If Zhang Shaozong was even slightly dissatisfied with him, his entire Huang family could be destroyed in a matter of seconds.
This was also the reason why he directly chose to surrender in Kaicheng before, because the moment he saw the bodies of Zhou Mazi and his son, he knew that they had been defeated and could no longer resist Zhang Shaozong. In this case, surrendering was the best option.
A good choice. Surrender and still have a chance of survival. If you continue to resist, you will definitely die.
"You surrender so decisively, which makes me a little embarrassed."
Zhang Shaozong said half-jokingly, to be honest, he really didn't want Huang Wanshan to surrender. It was best to resist, because then he could logically confiscate the entire Huang family. As the first emperor of Jiu'an, the Huang family
A large family has been inherited in Jiu'an for hundreds of years. With hundreds of years of accumulation, the wealth of the Huang family can definitely be imagined.
Unexpectedly, Huang Wanshan surrendered so decisively, which made it difficult for him to be cruel again.
When Huang Wanshan heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. With his IQ, he naturally understood the meaning of Zhang Shaozong's words.
"However, I am not an unreasonable person. Since you are so aware of current affairs, I will naturally not kill everyone."
Zhang Shaozong said again.
"Thank you Zhang Shuai!"
Huang Wanshan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his life was saved.
"But don't be too happy just yet. Although I won't kill everyone, I won't let you go so easily."
Zhang Shaozong interrupted Huang Wanshan again and said with a smile.
"Your son Huang Bingcheng and Zhou Mazi colluded with evil spirits in Shanshen Mountain and caused the loss of dozens of people under my command. The Huang family should give an account of this."
Huang Wanshan's heart suddenly became tense again, and he kept saying the same thing.
"Yes, yes, the Huang family is responsible for this matter. Zhang Shuai wants me to explain it to the Huang family. Just ask Zhang Shuai, and the Huang family will definitely do it."
Zhang Shaozong looked at Huang Wanshan with a smile and said with a smile.
"Since the head of the Huang family has said so, I am not an unreasonable person. I will leave it as it is. First of all, the Huang family has left Jiu'an."
"Yes, yes, Huang will definitely do this."
Huang Wanshan nodded repeatedly. In fact, even if Zhang Shaozong didn't say this, he himself wanted to leave Jiu'an and leave Zhang Shaozong's sphere of influence and did not dare to stay under Zhang Shaozong's rule any longer.
"The second point is that so many people died under my command. They were all human lives. Many of them were members of my own clan. They were all my relatives. They were brothers and sisters. They died like this.
Because Mr. Huang, there must be an explanation for this account, not to mention life for life, but to compensate for some money."
"Should should."
Huang Wanshan could only nod.
"These are my kinsmen's soldiers. They are brothers and sisters, and they deserve to be compensated with more than ten or two hundred thousand for their lives, right?"
Damn it, you are obviously robbing me!
When Huang Wanshan heard this, he suddenly felt bad, but he did not dare to refute and kept echoing.
"Should...should..."
"There is also the cost of marching food, fodder, carriage and horses for my journey, especially the ammunition wasted at Shanshen Mountain because of Mr. Huang. The Huang family should also be responsible for these expenses."
"It should, it should..."
"In that case, it's a fixed price. I won't embarrass the Huang family very much, so I'll just pay you 10 million."
"Within three days, your Huang family will give you 10 million, and then move away from Jiu'an. I will stop pursuing your Huang family. How about that?"
Finally, Zhang Shaozong looked at Huang Baiwan with a smile.
Ten million!
When Huang Wanshan heard this, his face couldn't help but froze. This meant that he had lost most of the Huang family's property in one fell swoop.
The total accumulation of the Huang family over the past hundred years was probably only over 10 million, but Zhang Shaozong just opened his mouth and asked for 10 million.
But he didn't dare to refute.
"Okay...Okay..."
Huang Wanshan responded with a stiff face, and his entire mental state was already in a trance when he spoke.
"Master Huang, these two requirements of my commander are not too difficult for you. If they are, you can just say it. I am not an unreasonable person."
Zhang Shaozong smiled again and said.
"No, no, Zhang Shuai's request is reasonable, reasonable..."
When Huang Wanshan heard this, he suddenly felt excited, and then quickly shook his head.
"That's good, then, head of the Huang family, just go down and prepare. Hand over the money within three days, and then the Huang family can leave."
"Yes, then Huang will resign."
"Commander, are you really going to let the Huang family go?"
As soon as Huang Wanshan left, Zhang Shaowu on the side couldn't help but look at Zhang Shaozong and asked. In his opinion, if Huang Bingcheng dared to collude with Zhou Mazi in Shanshen Mountain to deal with the mountain ghosts against them, he was already an enemy. Since he was an enemy, he was naturally an enemy.
It would be best to kill them all together and avoid further trouble.
"Killing can't solve everything. For some things, it's better not to kill than to kill. It won't do you any harm to read more books if you have time."
"oh."
Zhang Shaowu nodded in understanding.
Zhang Shaozong didn't say much anymore. He naturally had his own reasons for not exterminating the Huang family. The first point was that Huang Wanshan was too aware of current affairs and surrendered directly. In this case, it would not be good for him to exterminate the Huang family again. Not to mention other things.
, his own reputation will be greatly affected, which is not conducive to his subsequent development and governance.
Another thing is that he drove the Huang family out of Jiu'an and asked for 10 million from the Huang family. This can be regarded as eliminating the threat of the Huang family in Jiu'an and making enough money from the Huang family.
As for whether leaving the Huang family will cause future troubles.
Naturally, Zhang Shaozong would not ignore this, and he had already considered death. He had already calculated that after this time, the Huang family would completely decline, and no one would be able to get up in the next five generations, so letting the Huang family leave would not be feasible for him at all.
There will be no future troubles, which is the main reason why Zhang Shaozong let go of the Huang family.
Three days later, the Huang family collected nearly 10 million from their money and all the land and properties originally owned by the Huang family in Jiu'an and handed it over to Zhang Shaozong, and then the whole family moved away from Jiu'an.
At the same time, good news came from Zhang Jinzhong in Taoyuan, who had successfully captured Taoyuan.
At this point, the battle has completely come to an end, and Taoyuan and Jiu'an have become Zhang Shaozong's sphere of influence.
Going west from Taoyuan and Jiu'an is the border of Xiangxi. The land of Xiangxi has high mountains and deep forests. The terrain is complicated, and various forces such as the Miao, chieftains, and bandits are complicated inside. The forces inside will not come out, and the forces outside will not come out.
It is also difficult to enter, and it will directly become a natural barrier behind Zhang Shaozong's sphere of influence.