Seeing Zhou Yue's overjoyed look, with the corner of his raised mouth unable to move down even if he tried his best, Zhao Kang sneered in his heart, but he didn't expect that this would give the old guy an advantage.
It initially required one state, but later it was reduced to three cities and fifteen counties. For the Qi State, Zhou Yue was able to "bargain" to such a low price! That must be an absolute great achievement!
Although the compensation has increased a lot, it is still better than losing the ancestral land.
Once the money is gone, just keep making money.
Therefore, Qi Emperor Liu Guangwen promoted Zhou Yue to the vacant Prime Minister of Qi with a wave of his hand.
Zhao Kang achieved his goal, Zhou Yue was promoted, and everyone was happy.
"Hey, you can't say that. Without Zhou Yue, would our business be so successful?"
Zhao Kang chuckled lightly: "Okay, don't be idle anymore. Senior Wu, you will inform our people later that it is time to pack up. Once the goal is achieved, we must leave as soon as possible to avoid a long night and many dreams."
Wu Tianhu hummed and left with the wine gourd. Zhao Kang did not hang out anymore, but started practicing Xuanhuang Gong in his room.
Another day passed, and Zhao Kang received the notice to enter the palace to meet the saint.
Compared to the past few days, the two sides are undoubtedly much more harmonious this time, and the Qi State has already prepared the cession documents.
After both parties signed the document, Zhao Kang put away the document and bowed, looked at Liu Guangwen and the ministers of Qi, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, since both parties have signed the document, I will take my leave and go to your country to evacuate Yuntie as soon as possible.
The three cities and fifteen counties including the city are convenient for our country to take over."
"The special envoy can rest assured about this." Liu Guangwen sighed inwardly.
"Then I would like to thank your majesty and hope that your majesty will take care of the dragon body. Zhao Long takes his leave."
Liu Guangwen asked Zhou Yuexiang to escort Zhao Kang out of the palace, and Zhou Yue escorted him all the way to the exit of the imperial capital.
From a distance, Zhao Kang saw hundreds of carriages pulling large wooden boxes one after another.
Judging from the degree to which the wheels were sunk into the dirt, the weight of the thing being pulled by this carriage was definitely not light.
Zhou Yue walked up to Zhao Kang and said softly: "Brother, the things you want have been put on the prepared carriage for you, but don't forget what we agreed on."
Zhao Kang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, brother, but this won't happen overnight."
"Brother, I understand this, as long as you take this matter to your heart."
Zhou Yue smiled and said: "We in Qi will not treat you badly. Everything is easy to discuss."
"Haha, it's easy to talk about. Let's see you later, brother," Zhao Kang said.
"See you later." Zhou Yue said.
The motorcade drove away, watching Zhao Kang let his escort pull the carriage filled with silver away.
Zhou Yue suppressed his smile, put his hands behind his back, and walked up from the city. He said softly: "Sir."
"Wait a moment, wait until they reach the border, just leave Zhao Long and let him escape back." Zhou Yue chuckled.
He watched the convoy disappear into the horizon. How could twenty-five million be taken away so easily?
Inside the carriage.
As soon as Zhao Kang entered, he saw a very conspicuous wooden box. When he opened it, he saw that it was filled with banknotes, all of which were ten thousand taels each.
These banknotes were printed by money banks in Jingguo, and you could exchange money in Jingguo with the banknotes.
Being able to collect these five million in just one day shows that Qi State definitely has a lot of operations in Jingguo.
Five million taels was already comparable to the annual tax revenue of the Qian Kingdom. Zhao Kang put the money away and started practicing.
No matter how much money you have, it's useless if you don't have enough strength.
After ten days of continuous journey, Zhao Kang and his party finally arrived at the border pass, when the carriage suddenly stopped.
Zhao Kang opened the curtain: "What's wrong?"
"Sir, there are rocks blocking the road ahead."
Zhao Kang was immediately happy when he saw a pile of rocks blocking the way on the road ahead. Isn't this the same method he used to kill Liu Hanlong and Li Muqing?
Wu Tianhu rode over, took out his ears, and chuckled: "It seems he doesn't want us to leave so easily."
"How many people?" Zhao Kang asked.
He knew that Wu Tianhu should be the one who discovered the secret place.
"One hundred feet to the north, there are three fourth-grade and six fifth-grade ones. Come here, just in time for you to practice your skills."
Wu Tianhu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Otherwise, it would be useless just to practice Qi."
The voice fell.
Zhao Kang saw nine people appearing in front of him. They were all lined up with long swords in their hands and their eyes were cold.
"Defend the enemy!"
Zhao Kang's escort immediately issued a warning, and Zhao Kang shouted coldly: "Don't move, let me come."
The true energy flowed away from all the veins in his body in an instant, and Zhao Kang used the force to fly out.
Wu Tianhu is right, just knowing how to practice is useless. Without actual combat, what does it matter no matter how high your level is?
Except for Wu Tianhu, he has never fought against anyone else after gaining cultivation.
This is just an opportunity.
Seeing Zhao Kang leaping forward, the nine Qi masters were startled. After all, the order they received was to kill everyone except Zhao Kang and take the silver back.
At this moment, Zhao Kang rushed over on his own, with the momentum of trying to fight one against nine, but he was unable to deal with them.
"Deal with this kid first!"
A person in the middle shouted coldly, and with a flick of his sword, four sword auras struck towards Zhao Kang. This person was obviously a master.
The four sword energies blocked all the corners where Zhao Kang could dodge from top to bottom, left and right.
Wu Tianhu in the distance chuckled lightly, swung the wine gourd and listened to the sound of the wine swaying, and said to himself: "Isn't this just following that kid's wish?"
"Skyclaw!"
With a deep shout in his heart, Zhao Kang exploded with true energy in his hands, producing dozens of claw shadows, which actually forcibly crushed these four sword energy to death.
"Fourth-level master!" The person who used the sword energy was immediately shocked. He had no idea that Zhao Kang's cultivation level was so high, and he even forcibly broke through the blockade of his sword energy.
The speed of the fourth-level master was so fast. The next moment Zhao Kang came to him, his right hand turned back strangely, and his five fingers swept across his face like a hook.
The man quickly used his strength to retreat, but was hit by the claw wind brought by Zhao Kang, and five blood marks suddenly appeared on his face.
"damn it!"
He cursed angrily, and his companions saw that Zhao Kang was not easy to deal with and took action one after another.
The three long swords were heading towards the throat like snakes spitting messages. Zhao Kang's eyes flashed, and he grabbed the blade of the long sword with his right hand and twisted it!
The three people were spinning in the air, and even with their strength, they couldn't stop Zhao Kang in the slightest. Everyone's heart was shocked.
But after all, nine of them joined forces, and immediately four more long swords came to force Zhao Kang to retreat.
"This kid is tyrannical, let's attack together!" the fourth-level master who was injured earlier said coldly, blood dripping down the wound on his face.
Zhao Kang smiled slightly: "Everyone, don't die too quickly!"
