Chapter 461: Drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf (2)
Three days later, on September 28, Zhao Hongrun received a handwritten edict from his father.
There is only one word on the edict: Yes!
I saw the word "Yun" that almost took up the entire length of the edict. It was painted with gold hooks and iron. It was vigorous and powerful. If it weren't for the personal seal of his father on the edict, Zhao Hongrun would not have dared to imagine that he was so peaceful and kind on weekdays.
My father could actually write such murderous handwriting.
Really domineering
After reading it over and over again, Zhao Hongrun said to himself.
Although he is not a good student, it is undeniable that he has some attainments in chess, calligraphy and painting, so much so that his father's calligraphy attainments can be seen at a glance. Even though he has always liked flowing and elegant calligraphy, he has to admit that his father's calligraphy
The handwriting of the Emperor is, I don’t know, a few grades higher than his.
No, Zhao Hongrun looked at Qiu Yu, the imperial censor's supplementary official, who came to visit him when he had nothing to do. It was as if he wanted to take the imperial edict away and appreciate it carefully.
"Give it to you?" Zhao Hongrun teased with a smile.
Qiu Yu subconsciously nodded with ecstasy, then quickly shook his head.
No wonder, after all, this was an edict written by Emperor Wei himself and handed over to Su Wang Hongrun. How could he possess it casually?
To be blunt, Zhao Hongrun might not be punished for sending him this edict, but if Qiu Yu dared to accept it, there would be a problem.
Qiu Yu, as a supplementary official of the imperial censor, naturally knew this very well.
Therefore, he quickly waved his hand and said: "It is a great blessing for me to see your majesty's royal writings in person. How dare I get involved?"
In fact, Zhao Hongrun didn't care, but seeing that Qiu Yuzhan was trembling and didn't dare to accept it, he didn't force it anymore. After all, it's really hard to give away something like a hand edict without permission.
"Shen Yu, send someone to invite the two chiefs of the clan, Batulu and Acton."
"yes."
Shen Yu clasped his fists, left the felt tent, called two Su Wang guards, and told them to invite the two chiefs of the Jie tribe and the Ling tribe respectively.
About half an hour later, Baturu, the chief of the Jie tribe, and Actun, the chief of the Ling tribe, came to Zhao Hongrun's felt tent together.
Seeing this, Qiu Yu resigned wisely.
Inside the tent, Batulu and Acton had just sat down. Batulu, who was over forty but still had a bad temper, asked impatiently: "Dear King Su, you are inviting me to this time."
When people come over, I guess the king of your country has given a reply, right?" After that, he paused and added: "I hope it is good news."
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly when he heard this, nodded and said, "It's good news."
After hearing this, Batulu and Acton's eyes lit up, and they asked in unison: "The King of Wei agrees to support me, Jie Ling, in attacking Ba? Will Wei send troops?"
"This" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that his father only gave him a message of approval, but did not specify a word in detail. Obviously, he intended to let Zhao Hongrun measure the scale of supporting the Jie people.
But Zhao Hongrun had just chatted with Qiu Yu about Emperor Wei's handwriting, so he didn't think about this and subconsciously called for the two patriarchs.
However, Batulu and Acton were mistaken. After seeing Zhao Hongrun's hesitation, Acton frowned and asked, "Are there any conditions?"
It must be said that Zhao Hongrun was very quick in thinking. After hearing the word "condition", his brain started to work quickly. He put on a troubled expression and said thoughtfully: "That's it. My father, for the sake of the Jie Ling tribe,
He did not assist Jie Jiao, but was willing to be friendly with me, the great Wei Dynasty, and allowed me to give the two chiefs a certain amount of support. However, the two great chiefs also knew that although we, the people of Wei, were related to the Ba Kingdom,
People have grudges, but that happened more than a hundred or even hundreds of years ago. Since then, there has actually been no conflict between our Wei Dynasty and the Ba Kingdom. This time, the Jieling tribe is willing to be friendly with our Wei Dynasty.
It is okay for the Wei Dynasty to give certain support to the two clan leaders, but if this angers the Ba people and causes the Ba people to hold a grudge and attack the Wei Dynasty, I am afraid that the whole area of Nanliang, the western border of the Wei Dynasty, will be devastated."
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun is just telling lies with his eyes open, and all life in Nanliang is in ruins? How many places in the world can be more barren and desolate than Nanliang? That is a place that even the Ba people and Chu people are too lazy to capture. It is sparsely populated.
, no different from Guizhou, how can any living beings be saved?
No, after hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, the expressions of the two clan leaders became weird. After all, they didn't know the situation in the Nanliang area in the western border of Wei State. It was definitely a barren land where no one could poop, but Zhao Hongrun was there.
The worried look on his face when he said those words seemed to be a prosperous Wei land that could rival the royal capital.
"What does Wei want?" Acton immediately understood what Zhao Hongrun meant.
And just when Zhao Hongrun was about to show off, he saw Batulu raising his hand to stop him, and asked first: "Before you propose the reward, first tell me what Wei can provide?"
Zhao Hongrun crossed his hands and fingers and said in a low voice: "Weapons, armor, and food will not be sent by the Wei Dynasty, but we can provide enough supplies to the two clan leaders."
"Deal?" Acton asked.
"This is natural." Zhao Hongrun smiled and said: "The two patriarchs don't think that I, the Great Wei, gave these to you in vain, right?"
Batulu and Actun looked at each other and nodded slowly. After all, they did not think Wei Guo had such good intentions.
"How many weapons can Wei provide?"
"Don't be busy yet." He raised his hand to stop Batulu, and Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Let's talk about the reward first."
"Remuneration?" Batulu and Acton looked at each other.
After a while, Actun seemed to have woken up and asked with a strange expression: "Dear King Su, do you mean that not only do we have to pay a price to obtain Wei's weapons, armor, and food, but we also have to give extra
Wei Guo’s reward?”
"This is exactly the reason." Zhao Hongrun looked like you had finally figured it out.
Seeing this, Batulu asked displeasedly: "Why do we have to pay twice?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said lightly: "Because the two tribes of Jie Ling are not allies of the Luoshui Alliance. Logically speaking, I, the Great Wei, will not trade with the two clan leaders."
""The expressions of Batulu and Acton changed slightly.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "The two patriarchs are not willing to join the Luoshui Alliance, but they also hope to get the support of my great Wei, so they can only pay an extra payment, otherwise, I will not be able to make those who join.
The tribes of the Luoshui Alliance are convinced. Of course, in terms of price, I can make an exception and let you two enjoy the treatment of allies."
Baturu and Actun exchanged glances, seemingly discussing whether to join the Luoshui Alliance, but in the end, they decided they would rather pay a free reward.
As the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the head of an ox. They are all the chiefs of large tribes. As long as they have a choice, they naturally do not want to surrender and depend on the Wei State like those small and medium-sized tribes.
"I wonder what reward the respected King Su wants?" Acton asked cautiously.
"Iron ore!" Zhao Hongrun lowered his voice and said, "Badi is rich in iron ore. I hope that after you capture Ba people's land, if you find a mine there, you will have people dig it and transport the excavated ore to Luo
Alliance, don’t worry, I won’t let the efforts of the two clan leaders go in vain on this matter.”
"That's it?" Batulu and Acton were stunned when they heard this.
They thought Zhao Hongrun would make some harsh demands, but they didn't expect that he only wanted Badi's ore.
What's so difficult about this?
After capturing a piece of land, just send a group of slaves to dig it out.
Anyway, the Sanchuan tribe does not have the so-called industrial and metallurgical technology, and the ore is of no use to them.
"Yes, this is the reward I want." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "In fact, not only iron mines, but also trees in Badi, with insects that can spit out white wax liquid grow on the trees. I don't ask for two
The patriarch robbed those trees, but the white wax liquid spit by those insects will be purchased in large quantities by me.
In addition, horses, silk, and other Badi specialties that are not used by the Jieling tribe, but that I, the Great Wei, find useful, can be sold to me, the Great Wei, by both clan chiefs. However, I would like to remind the two clan chiefs that if
The two clan leaders have accepted the support of Wei, and they will no longer be able to sell such things to other countries in the future."
"What if we keep it for our own use? For example, the war horse."
"This does not violate our agreement."
"Okay!" After looking at each other, Batulu and Actun both expressed their acceptance.
After negotiating the remuneration, Batulu couldn't wait to discuss the weapons transaction with Zhao Hongrun. It had to be said that he coveted the weapons and armor of the Shang Shui Army, especially the serial ballista.
However, the quotation given by Zhao Hongrun almost made Baturu swallow his tongue in fear.
"A set of weapons and armor for soldiers actually requires two sheep?"
"If the patriarch wishes to exchange for ten sheepskins, I can accept it."
"This" Batulu glared at Zhao Hongrun, wanting to grab the opponent's lapel and ask, is this the so-called preferential price for the members of the Luoshui Alliance?
Doesn’t this mean that if he wanted to arm 100,000 slaves, he would have to hand over 200,000 sheep? Or one million sheepskins?
Facing the doubtful looks from the two clan chiefs, Batulu and Actun, Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "The Shang Shui Army is our elite force in the Wei Dynasty. I haven't seen them in Luoshui. Just 20,000 people can defeat them."
Did they hold back Bitatu's army of more than 200,000 men? Since they are an elite division, the armor on their bodies is naturally expensive."
Batulu thought for a while and felt that this was reasonable, and then said: "We just want to arm the slaves of our tribe. We don't need such high-quality weapons and armor. Are there any cheaper ones?"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while, and remembered the equipment that had been eliminated by the local county guards, the scrap metal that was piled in the local county warehouses waiting to rust, or that was about to spend a sum of money to transform into farm tools and sell them to Wei farmers.
, nodded and said: "Yes, according to my estimation, there are at least two to three hundred thousand weapons and armors. However, I have warned you that the two clan leaders should not place too much hope on these things."
But Batulu didn't mind this at all. So what if it was a weapon that was eliminated by the Wei army in the county? At least it was more powerful than sharpened wood, right?
After all, it is a slave army that is armed and does not need very good weapons.
“We want this, but we don’t know the price.”
"I'm too lazy to forget it. Let's just add the cost of transportation and get ten sheep per basket of weapons or armor."
"This basket"
"As for swords, there are probably thirty or forty swords."
"Can it be cheaper?"
"two people"
For a whole hour, Zhao Hongrun discussed with Batulu and Acton the price of Wei's aid supplies. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidiannvote, for your support,
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