Shen Tang's rhetorical question made Brother Tude blush.
Not out of shyness or embarrassment, but out of shame and anger.
As the defeated side, he took the initiative to mention the annual tribute and rushed to give away money to others, which inevitably gave people a sense of ceding territory and begging for mercy. Brother Tude was mentally prepared, having been a hostage for many years, and now There is also a sense of humiliation from being slapped. However, the situation is stronger than the person, and he has no right to talk about self-esteem.
I secretly took several deep breaths to suppress my shame and anger.
Efforts should be neither humble nor arrogant: "The winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit. Our clan loves strength and is only willing to work for the strongest in the world. This battle was defeated by the Kang State. I hope to pay tribute every year and be a minister every year."
When Shen Tang heard this, he smiled and said nothing.
She looked at Brother Tude with a playful look.
His eyes took in every subtle expression on his face. Brother Tude had the illusion that he was being stared at by a wild beast, like a hare running wild with nowhere to hide. He was too familiar with Shen Tang's eyes. It's all about inevitable ambition.
A wild guess suddenly arose in Brother Tude's mind.
I was shocked and full of anger.
If, if the man surnamed Shen really had this idea, to humiliate him and Bei Mo with robbery, he really couldn't refuse. In the past, the Xin State and even the Geng State also asked for the titles of the leaders of various ministries in order to humiliate and make things difficult for Bei Mo. woman, daughter...
If you like the appearance, keep it for future use.
If you don't like it, treat it as a gift and reward it to your subjects at will.
Although Shen Tang is a woman, according to rumors, she seems to be indifferent to men and women. With her outstanding appearance, she may indeed be attracted to her, and coupled with her sensitive identity - the actual person in power in the Northern Desert - Nata It is true that he can humiliate all the tribes in the Northern Desert, and those brothers who are suppressed by him will even be happy to see it happen. Brother Tude's lips moved, his eyes were tangled, and he was unwilling to accept it.
Shen Tang didn't pay any attention to what Brother Tude was thinking. She just had an imperceptible sarcasm on her lips: "Pay tribute every year and become a minister every year? How much tribute is Beimo prepared to pay every year?"
Brother Tude thought it was a joke when he heard this.
The annual tribute was mostly gold, silver, cattle, sheep and people. The standard annual tribute for the previous year was: two thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, one thousand oxen and sheep each, three hundred war horses, two hundred beauties, and ten protons as appropriate. We lost badly this time and there is a food crisis, so we can use more.
Figure Goth points out that in addition to beauties, he can also offer strong and handsome men in the family, which can also be compared with this number.
Shen Tang calculated the numbers in his mind: "That's not much."
She spoke frankly, which made Brother Tude embarrassed.
Compared with the size of Bei Mo, this tribute list is indeed not much. Even if it is doubled, it is within the acceptable range. He thought Shen Tang was trying to make a big deal out of the lion, but unexpectedly, she changed the subject and asked about the various ministries in Bei Mo. Annual output. These contents are all confidential, and Brother Tude cannot disclose them at will. He cannot disclose them, but it does not mean that Shen Tang cannot get rough data.
The summary is -
Does your uncle send beggars away?
Shen Tang did not show his dissatisfaction on his face, but smiled.
"...Although the Kang State is newly established, it is a very humane country that pays great attention to etiquette. If Beimo is allowed to be a subsidiary of the Kang State, wouldn't paying tribute every year mean that relatives come to visit for hundreds of years? Guests come to visit with generous gifts. , as a host, how can you let people go back empty-handed? As the master of a country, you can't even understand this little bit of human sophistication. No matter what, you have to let Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites watch over and arrange some return gifts, don't you think? Give the return gift to Bo. It seems that Kang Guo has a big appetite and looks ugly when he eats, but if the return gift is too generous, what will be left if the annual tribute from Beimo is increased and decreased every year? It’s not appropriate, it’s very inappropriate!”
She looked stumped.
After hearing this, Brother Tude restrained himself from the urge to curse her shamelessly and obscenely. Shen Youli suddenly mentioned "reciprocity as courtesy", which actually meant that Beimo's annual tribute was too small and was not enough for her to "return the gift". If Beimo really Listening to her nonsense, she increased the thickness of the annual tribute. Who knows whether the surnamed Shen really responded with a "rich gift", or whether the lion opened his mouth and ate the thickened annual tribute?
After all, no one stipulates that there must be a return gift for the annual tribute!
At that time, the Northern Desert will suffer the consequences.
Brother Tude figured this out in a flash.
His face was so dark that he didn't even need to tint it.
However, the situation was stronger than the person. Even if he knew in his heart that Shen was extorting money, he couldn't refuse it directly. If he offended the other party, he would give her an excuse. Brother Tude was about to change the subject and have a laugh, but Shen Tang's next sentence made him dazzled. Shocked, she said: "After much deliberation, there is no good solution. Let's just do this. We will save the middlemen. There is no need to pay tribute in the Northern Desert and we can pay taxes directly."
This way the accounting will be clearer.
Brother Tude suddenly looked at Shen Tang in disbelief.
He tried to find evidence that he was hallucinating.
Shen Tang smiled as always, cunning and malicious: "What do you think of this suggestion? Are you overjoyed?"
Brother Tude stiffly twitched the corner of his mouth.
He said dryly: "Master Shen, please don't joke."
"Joking? Gu is a person who likes to joke? Everyone knows that 'a word once spoken is hard to follow.' How can Gugui, the leader of a country, change his orders day and night? The name Beimo sounds unpleasant to Gu, and it is the same as the states of Kang State. The county is not commensurate with it." Shen Tang's smile disappeared completely. He put his palm on Brother Tude's shoulder and leaned slightly closer to whisper, "I think Mozhou sounds better."
Brother Tude was almost stung by the ambition in her eyes.
Shen Tang asked again: "What do you think?"
Brother Tude secretly pinched himself and regained his consciousness through the pain - if the negotiations failed, there was no need to continue pretending to be a grandson. He sneered: "Could Lord Shen be joking?"
Does she mean to annex the Northern Desert?
With such a big appetite, you are not afraid of being stuffed to death? For hundreds of thousands of years, many countries that dominate the world have appeared on this stage. You sing and I appear on the stage, but no country has ever dared to annex the Northern Desert, because they are very Clearly, the Northern Desert is poisonous!
Shen Tang said: "Gu is not a humorous person."
The countdown to the end of the world is twelve years.
How could she care so much?
If Wen Da hadn't gone crazy and made this happen, Shen Tang really had no intention of annexing Bei Mo right now. Bei Mo, which had just suffered a defeat, was still bloody. All he had to do was break Bei Mo's teeth and pull out their sharp edges. Claw! She planned to make the eagle weak! The eagle in the Northern Desert would be weakened until it was completely afraid of herself, and then she would conquer it. For details, please refer to Shiwu back then. But now she doesn’t have so much energy.
Brother Tude said: "The ministries in the Northern Desert will not agree."
Although surrendering to Kang State will make you eligible to play at the table. When Kang State is destroyed, Bei Mo may be able to seize the authority of Kang State and legitimately occupy the northwest continent and establish a country. However, these are the thoughts of the top management of Bei Mo. Among the various ministries in Bei Mo Most of the lower class resisted.
After all, the idea that the Northern Desert has destiny is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
They can endure the temporary humiliation and become a vassal state of a certain country, pay tribute to others, and comfort themselves that this is a temporary solution. One day they will be able to regain their sight and take back everything that should belong to the Northern Desert. But they are determined not to be People merge into one body!
Shen Tang said: "If you don't agree, I'll beat you until I agree."
She answered simply and neatly.
"If you don't want to surrender, then fight until you surrender." Brother Tude said with shocked eyes, "Since Bei Desert doesn't care about tenderness and tenderness, I also know a little about boxing and kicking. You don't have to give up this land in Bei Desert if you don't agree. , I will win if I am alone.”
Unification cannot be completed within twelve years.
What Northern Desert, what Northwest Continent...
Let everything sink into the sea!
Who still tolerates these ignorant idiots!
Brother Tude bit his lip and gritted his teeth: "Master Shen is very confident."
"Isn't it normal to have a strong army and a strong horse, but only to have confidence?" Now that she has the power and the army, what daydream can't come true? "This battle has come to this point. Rather than turning back and starting a new round, it is better to fight in one go. Go down and don’t bother the two masters with anything.”
Brother Tude is his own prisoner.
How can the captives have any room for bargaining?
Brother Tude: "..."
He restrained his emotions and went back to think about it all night, but he still couldn't figure it out. Why did the person named Shen want to annex Beimo? Could it be that he thought Beimo was as useless as Shiwu? Shiwu's example gave her hope? Brother Tude Tossing and turning with doubts.
Su Shiyilu in the wounded barracks was sneezing all over the place.
But he didn't dare to speak too loudly.
Gong Xiqiu is the most annoying patient.
Su Shiyilu had just seen Gong Xiqiu's Wu Qi soldiers stabbing down the injured soldier and giving him physical anesthesia. Su Shiyilu was lying on the hospital bed happily watching the show. He just laughed twice and was struck by Wu Qi. The soldiers stared back. Su Shiyilu felt aggrieved.
The deputy general was lying in the hospital bed next to him. A courageous warrior recovers quickly, and with the blessing of the doctor Xinglin, the cleaned wound was hot and itchy, as if there were countless ants crawling around. Su Shiyilu remained calm, and the deputy general could not change his expression. I was barely able to concentrate, so I wanted to chat to divert my attention: "General, is this military exploit enough?"
Su Shiyilu lay on his side and ate the fruit.
There is a small table next to the hospital bed where condolences are placed.
These fruits are all given by the people below to honor him.
Su Shiyilu said: "Humph."
The deputy general looked above his head: "That's enough."
Su Shiyilu: "Humph."
The deputy general sighed again and again: "It's time for the general to come out. Look at Chu Jie who came to see you just now. I always feel that he is laughing at the general. You two were equal in the past. If Chu Jie didn't have the intention of being a warrior, he would be cheating.
Pi, he’s long dead.”
If you don’t steam the steamed buns, you’ll lose your reputation!
Chu Jie's level of cultivation was so far beyond his ability to see.
Su Shiyilu paused: "Humph."
The deputy general turned over and looked at him: "General, I know that you don't bother to compete with General Chu Jie, but, but - our Wuzhou soldiers and horses will go to Fengluo Seven Guards and Four Guards in two years to take the rotation. Later, the brothers will be transferred to Tianshu Guards
,How embarrassing is that? You think so?"
Wuzhou Prefecture Soldiers and Tianshu Guard Chu Jie both had old enemies. Even though they are now a family, the hatred cannot be erased.
You still feel weird when you meet someone.
The deputy general struggled and said: "Being pressed down by Tianshu Guards is more disgusting and uncomfortable than being pressed down by a man, don't you think so?"
Su Shiyilu: "Humph."
The lieutenant general nodded, lowered his head helplessly, and sighed again and again: "Oh, General, what you said makes sense. Today's General Chu Jie is the top military general in Kang State, and his military fortune will only become more and more prosperous... This is
The gap is really hard to catch up with.”
Su Shiyilu: "Humph."
Lieutenant General continues Barabara.
Chu Jie, who was at the center of the topic, had a strange expression and asked: "You are just a hummer, how can he interpret so much content?"
The deputy general looked at Chu Jie, who had turned back at an unknown time, as if he had seen a ghost.
Su Shiyilu said: "This is called telepathy."
The lieutenant is his confidant.
A confidant who doesn't even know what he is thinking is incompetent.
Su Shiyilu raised his eyelids and looked at Chu Jie who had left and returned. He asked for a beating: "Chu, why are you back again? You know I'm holding back my urine and I'm anxious, so you came here to help me?"
Chu Jie: "..."
He came and he left again.
Su Shiyilu was confused: "I'm sick."
After a while, he stood up and kicked the deputy general.
Lieutenant General: "What's wrong, General?"
Su Shiyilu: "I'm in a hurry, please give me a hand."
Lieutenant General: "..."
Su Shiyilu didn't want to, but now his hands are broken and hanging on his chest, and he can still move his wrists to his palms. How can he go to the toilet by himself? They are all grown men, rough guys, let alone help him.
, when it’s extremely cold weather, you don’t have enough warm clothes, and you hug each other to keep each other warm, why are you pretending to be shy?
"Damn, what a big loss."
Su Shiyilu's hands were cut off to save people.
What he hates the most is Chu Jie, an opponent who gets stronger with each fight. Not only does he get stronger with each fight, but he is also born with supernatural powers. When he sees him, he wants to scold him.
After draining the water, I saw a pink skeleton emitting pink fluorescence on the way back. The flames in its eye sockets were dark and scary.
There is also a pink fluorescent bone floating next to it.
Ah, it's not floating.
This bone was held and shaken.
"When did General Uncle Gong come back?"
The pink skull turned and looked over without answering.
Su Shiyilu stared at the little girl next to him. The bone in the little girl's hand looked like one of Gong Shuwu's ribs: "When have there been such young children in the army?"
Are you still playing with Gong Shuwu’s bones?
Gongshu Wudao: "The younger generation of the clan."
Su Shiyilu: "..."
He fell into silence.
I have also heard about the grievances between Gong Shuwu and Bei Mo. Although the little girl's appearance is not open, she is still pale, fat and childish, but her facial features clearly have the characteristics of Bei Mo. Which junior is so brave?
Dare to cause trouble with your enemies?
The little girl is timid.
He was at a loss and wanted to hide behind Gong Shuwu.
Su Shiyilu said: "You look very clever."
He asked the lieutenant to touch his body and found out a delicate bone carving object, which he gave to the little girl as a gift. Gong Shuwu is the general of Tianxuanwei. If you establish a good relationship with him, you will have the opportunity to go on duty in Wuzhou Prefecture in the future.
Default decision: Tianshu Wei? Even the dogs won’t go!
When I took a closer look, I realized that the little girl was wearing a filial piety.
Just as he lay down, the lieutenant came back to inquire about the news.
Share the gossip you learned in a lively and vivid manner, showing hands and feet.
Su Shiyilu gnawed the fruit awkwardly.
This gossip started two or three days ago.
Gong Shuwu rushed to Tuocheng overnight to reunite with the Gong family.
When the two parties met, they hugged each other and cried.
Su Shiyilu thought of Gong Shuwu's current appearance.
"Mr. Gong is old, weak and has a big heart. How can he cry?"
Are you really scared to cry?
Lieutenant General: "It was all over the place at first."
No matter what Gong Shuwu looks like, he is still alive after all, right? Compared to life and death, turning into a skeleton is nothing. Jiangmen's family has always been very accepting. However, Gong Shuwu's mother cried so much that she fainted several times and could not help her.
Can't stand up.
【My son, my son...】
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I went back to Nantian two days ago and forgot to close the windows. As a result, there was water all over the house. The books on the bookshelf were all wilted. It would be better if the dehumidifier was running continuously.