He probably understood a little bit of what Cao Su meant.
All in all, whether he is guilty or not is a matter of Cao Su's words.
If he says he is guilty, he is guilty; if he says he is not guilty, he is not guilty.
Lan Yu lowered her eyes, not daring to look directly at Cao Su anymore, and felt extremely bitter in her heart.
"I hope the general will forgive me."
Lan Yu admitted her mistake in a deep voice, and her attitude was clear.
Cao Su sat up straight.
Looking directly at Lan Yu with an oppressive gaze: "Lanyu, the life and death of Piaoxue Sect only depends on your thoughts."
Lan Yu raised her head and looked at Cao Su in shock.
Cao Su's face was indifferent, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
That involves thousands of lives.
Lan Yu's face showed a bitter look: "What does the general want Piaoxue Sect to do?"
This sentence was tantamount to being submissive, and the senior officials of Piaoxue Sect, headed by Lan Yu, finally sued for peace with Cao Su.
Although asking for peace is frustrating, it is better than asking for death.
After experiencing the madness last night, Lan Yu was almost exhausted at this moment. He himself didn't know how long he could survive or how long he could protect Piaoxue Sect.
Once Yun Zhengxin dies, it will be difficult for the Piaoxue Sect to become the overlord of Youbei, and its decline in the short term is a foregone conclusion.
Cao Su smiled faintly: "It's not what I want Piaoxue Sect to do, it's what Piaoxue Sect plans to do."
Cao Su emphasized the initiative of the Piaoxue Sect. As he just said, the Piaoxue Sect from top to bottom did not realize that even if it is Piaoxue City, it belongs to Qianyuan, not the Piaoxue Sect family.
place.
The land of one family and the land of one country are two different concepts.
Lan Yu was silent for a while and replied: "Piao Xue Sect has closed the mountain for twenty years. Within twenty years, there will be no Piao Xue Sect disciples walking in the world."
The mountain has been closed for twenty years?
It's a standard routine for Jianghu sects. Whenever something happens that they can't stand anymore, they start to resort to the trick of sealing off mountains and sealing sects.
Cao Su has seen this method of retreating in order to advance too many times. Can this be considered a punishment from Piaoxue Sect?
He stared at Lan Yu coldly and said nothing.
Lan Yu's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was also flustered. Seeing this, she took the initiative to increase her chips: "In addition, I, the Piaoxue Sect, are willing to bear all the losses for the renovation of Youzhou Mansion."
Self-imposed closure and compensation sounds very sincere.
But what Cao Su wants is more than this. His eyes flashed and his aura became more aggressive: "You are responsible? How many people died in Youzhou Prefecture this time because of your Piaoxue Sect? Have you ever counted them?"
"You bear it, what do you Piaoxue Sect bear?"
Lan Yu's heart skipped a beat and she fell silent after hearing this.
Cao Su just stared at him coldly.
After a long while, Lan Yu said in a deep voice: "If there are people from the Piaoxue Sect who are capable and have the money, we will try our best to restore Youzhou Mansion to its original state."
Cao Su raised a finger and looked at Lan Yu quietly.
Lan Yu's face changed slightly.
What does one finger mean?
One million silver coins or ten million silver coins?
He was shocked and did not dare to speak first, quietly waiting for Cao Su to give the final answer.
Cao Su reached down, tapped the table with his fingers, and said calmly: "Lanyu, ten million taels of silver, not a penny less."
"Ten million?"
Lan Yu screamed, her mentality exploded.
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
It is impossible to sell the entire Piaoxue Sect for 100 million taels of silver.
Cao Su is not talking loudly as a lion, he is directly seeking the life of Piaoxue Sect!
"Um?"
When Cao Su saw Lan Yu's reaction, his face instantly turned cold, and his eyes burst out with an oppressive light. When the purple and red colors flowed, the danger signal was undoubtedly released.
Lan Yu felt as if a basin of cold water had drowned out his excitement.
He was silent for a while, then said sadly: "General, Piaoxue Sect cannot afford ten million taels of silver."
"No, no, no, how could you not take it out?"
Cao Su immediately shook his head and interrupted Lan Yu's words. He changed his previous strong attitude and said with a smile: "Lanyu, how about I help you settle the account?"
Lan Yu looked at Cao Su warily.
Cao Su raised his fingers and said: "The Piaoxue Sect is now a sect of a mountain. The inner sect and the outer sect disciples in the sect, add up to 10,000 people, right? Let's calculate it as 10,000 people.
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"How can these ten thousand disciples consume more than ten taels of silver a month for eating, drinking, and eating, right? Let's calculate it based on the average ten taels. That is a consumption of one hundred thousand taels of silver a month. If we also calculate the consumption of martial arts, one
The martial arts resource consumption of ten thousand disciples must consume some Qi and Blood Pills and the like every month. I calculate these martial arts resources as an average of two hundred taels per person per month."
"You spend 25.2 million taels on disciples alone in one year."
"Then there are also the wages of the disciples, the income of the elders, and the management of many offerings. After calculation, each person pays an average of 500 taels of silver a year, which is 60 million taels of silver, right?"
"Your martial arts sect is no better than a poor imperial army like me. The repair of the sect's station, the maintenance of spiritual beast mounts, and the cultivation of medicinal herbs and cauldrons all cost nothing. Spending ten million taels a year is not excessive, right?"
Lan Yu stared at Cao Su dumbfounded, and Cao Su settled the score with him seriously.
"This is just your annual working capital expenditure. In addition, your Piaoxue Sect is also a mountain sect, and it also claims to own Piaoxue City. Well, even if Piaoxue Mountain and Piaoxue City are temporarily under your control, then your fixed assets
The expenditure is probably not a small amount."
"If Piaoxue Sect wants to maintain the operation of such a large sect, its annual income cannot be lower than its expenditure, right?"
Cao Su didn't even calculate Piaoxue Sect's income, but only calculated their basic expenses, which instantly left Lan Yu speechless.
This conversion is obviously not correct. For example, some martial arts resources of Piaoxue Sect are produced and sold by the sect itself, and the cost is lower than those on the market. As for the maintenance of some fixed assets, there is actually no
so many.
But these are not important anymore. Under Cao Su's algorithm, Piaoxue Sect seems to be able to get so much money.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But what is the use of Cao Su asking for so much silver?
Is it used to compensate the civilians of Youzhou Prefecture who were injured and died in the war?
Lan Yu didn't understand it at all and could no longer keep up with Cao Su's out-of-the-box thinking.
The conversation between the two people was not a fair confrontation to begin with, and now Lan Yu was even more restrained in every aspect, with Cao Su completely taking the initiative in the conversation.
Lan Yu smiled bitterly and shook her head: "General, Piaoxue Sect really can't afford ten million taels of silver. We can exchange it for other things."
"unnecessary."
Cao Su rejected Lan Yu's proposal and was determined to get the ten million taels of silver.
Lan Yu was also angry and said angrily: "General, if you don't have that much money, you might as well kill us all. Even if you kill us, you won't have that much money."
"Why should I kill you?"
"What good will it do to me if I kill you?"
Cao Su shook his head repeatedly and made his words clear. He gave Lan Yu another way: "If you can't get these ten million taels of silver at once, you can pay it in installments."
Pay in installments?
Lan Yu was stunned, what is installment payment?
Cao Su patiently explained to the old man who lived a hundred years old: "Instalment payment means that you can pay it in ten months. In this way, you only have to pay 10 million taels of silver every month. Doesn't it seem like this?
Relatively relaxed?"
Lan Yu's eyes lit up and she instantly understood what Cao Su meant.
Cao Su smiled very happily: "Of course, this installment payment also increases the procedures between us. Many staff find it very troublesome, and the pressure on the grassroots has obviously increased. Do we have to pay part of the procedures accordingly?
fee?"
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Cao Su said seriously: "The handling fee doesn't need to be much, it's just one percent."
One percent, that is, an extra 100,000 taels of silver per month. Compared with Cao Su's previous calculation of 10 million taels of silver per month, it is indeed a drop in the bucket and much cheaper.
Lan Yu's heart widened. If this was the case, Piaoxue Sect should be able to survive even if they squeezed.
After all, he is a veteran who has lived for more than a hundred years, and he can draw inferences from one example to another.
Suddenly an idea flashed and he blurted out: "What if the payment is divided into one hundred months?"
One hundred months, that is a little more than eight years. According to Cao Su's calculation, it only needs to be given one million taels of silver every month.
One million taels of silver is still a large expenditure for Piaoxue Sect, but it doesn't have to be so hard.
Moreover, the handling fee is also much cheaper. You only need to pay an additional 10,000 taels of silver in handling fees every month, which is equivalent to paying 1,010,000 taels of silver every month.
Lan Yu looked at Cao Su with burning eyes.
Finally, with the expectant look in his eyes, Cao Su nodded and said, "Yes, this is within the scope allowed by the rules."
A big stone finally fell to Lan Yu's heart. If she only had to pay 1,010,000 taels of silver every month, it would be completely affordable for Piaoxue Sect.
Cao Su smiled and said: "So, the Great Elder, are you going to pay 10,000,000 taels of silver divided into 100 months?"
"Can it be extended further?"
Lan Yu felt that one million and one million a month was quite a lot, so she tentatively asked Cao Su.
Cao Su frowned and said, "I'm extremely generous by giving you a hundred months. Don't push yourself too far."
Lan Yu smiled and stopped pursuing more.
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Now that the matter of compensation from Youzhou Prefecture has been settled, then Piaoxue City"
Lan Yu didn't expect that this wasn't the end yet, Cao Su had plans.
His heart sank, and he quickly listened carefully to what Cao Su said.
"Piaoxue City cannot be left without an owner for a day."
Lan Yu was extremely shocked. Cao Su's implication was very clear. Piaoxue City did not belong to Piaoxue Sect, and the current situation was unreasonable.
Lan Yu hurriedly said: "General, Piaoxue City was built by the ancestors of Piaoxue Sect in the past."
Cao Su directly interrupted Lan Yu's words: "At this time, at that time, when Piaoxue City was established, was there an iron certificate in the alchemy book to prove that Piaoxue City was the territory of Piaoxue Sect?"
Lan Yu fell silent. This kind of thing is very common in the world.
There are many martial arts cities like Piaoxue City in Jianghu, but the imperial court has always ignored them.
Cao Su said calmly: "I don't want to care about you, but since it is our Qianyuan city and our Youzhou land, it belongs to the imperial court. Private ownership of land is absolutely impossible, at least it doesn't work here."
"While my army is in Piaoxue City, Piaoxue City must establish a new city lord and open a city lord's palace. This matter is non-negotiable."
Cao Su said categorically, showing a hint of domineering, no doubt about it.
Lan Yu smiled bitterly, but she also felt Cao Su's determination and did not dare to say any more.
When Cao Su saw that Lan Yu had stopped speaking, his tone softened: "Of course, the management of Piaoxue City still needs to listen to everyone's opinions. After the establishment of the city lord's palace, the management of all affairs in Piaoxue City still needs to be done.
Everyone in Piaoxue City comes up with suggestions."
Cao Su talked about a lot of ideas eloquently, and he summed it up in five words: "Snowman Management".
This point is somewhat in harmony with Yun Zhengxin's previous idea of driving Cao Su away.
Cao Su paused and said slowly: "As for the identity of the first Lord of Piaoxue City?"
Lan Yu looked at Cao Su, this is the focus of the topic, who will be the city lord?
Cao Su knocked on the table with his knuckles: "I am not talented, but I am willing to serve as the first city lord of Piaoxue City. I wonder if Great Elder Lan Yu is willing to serve as the chief registrar of my city lord's palace?"
Lan Yu did not expect such a result. Cao Su actually wanted to be the Lord of Piaoxue City himself.
He, isn't he afraid that people from Piaoxue Sect will do harm to him?
"Of course, I usually don't have that much time to manage the city. I still have to rely on Master Lan to complete the specific work arrangements. At the same time, I already have a candidate for the standing deputy city lord in my mind."
Cao Su had arranged many things, and Lan Yu had nothing to say and could only nod silently.
It was even a bit confusing, and I didn't know how I finally walked out of Cao Su's camp.
Outside the camp, many elders of Piaoxue Sect were waiting hard, and finally the great elder walked out of the camp.
The great elder has been there for such a long time, and his expression is even stranger than before he entered.
I can't tell what kind of expression it was. It seemed to be very painful, but there seemed to be a little bit of relief mixed in with the pain.
"Great Elder!"
"Great Elder!"
The elders quickly stepped forward and supported Lan Yu.
Lan Yu was top-heavy, and after being supported by everyone, a little color returned to her face.
He didn't dare to stay any longer and whispered: "Let's go and talk about it when we get back."
Under the watchful gaze of Wang Qing and others, the elders quickly set up the blue jade and turned into a stream of light to escape.
The speed was much faster than before, and he disappeared into the camp in the blink of an eye.
Wang Qing and others were wondering what happened to this old man. Our general probably didn't do anything to him, right? Why did he look like he was hollowed out?
Several people looked back curiously and saw Cao Su walking out of the tent.
This was the first time they had seen Cao Su in several days.
Cao Su came to Piaoxue City this time and completed a lot of things, and he was in a good mood.
He said to Wang Qing: "Brother Wang, please recall the vanguard generals under your command immediately. We will withdraw our troops today and we will not attack Piaoxue City for the time being."
Wang Qing quickly handed over his hands and took the order and left.
After Wang Qing and others left, Li Li, who was in charge of logistics, came to Cao Su's side.
"General, all the food and fodder have been escorted to place."
Cao Su took the lead: "Where is Ma Chao?"
"Ma Chao is here!"
In the camp, Ma Chao heard Cao Su's call and hurried over, dismounted from his horse and saluted him.
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "Gather the tiger cavalry immediately and prepare to follow me into the city."
"Are you going into town?"
Ma Chao was a little surprised and confused. He had just run to the foot of Piaoxue City and had not even shot an arrow. Is it over?
But he was accustomed to obeying Cao Su's orders. He would act upon the orders and rush down to prepare to mobilize his troops.
On the other side, Elder Ge, Elder Lu and others stood on Lan Yu and flew back to Piaoxue City as if they were running away.
Along the way, all the elders were very confused and didn't know what Cao Su said to Lan Yu.
As soon as he stood on the city wall, Lan Yu gave an order: "Everyone, there is no need to defend this city. General Pingbei will lead his troops into the city today."
Lan Yu's first words made everyone's expressions change drastically.
Elder Ge hurriedly said: "Great Elder, what does this mean?"
Lan Yu's eyes swept across the crowd. On their faces were doubts, confusion, and relief. He said lightly: "Don't you understand this?"