Chapter 714: The Marquis of the Stealer
"If you make a choice between your mother and the people of Baekje, who would you choose?" Bai Chen looked at Helian with a smile.
Helian's heart was chilling and he looked at Bai Chen in fear.
She didn't understand why Bai Chen asked this, but she knew that Bai Chen must have bad intentions.
This made her afraid to answer easily because she was afraid that if she answered wrong, it would lead to disaster.
"What do you mean?"
"If you answer me, it is important for the people of Baekje, then there is no need for you, your mother, and Helian. If you answer is important for your mother..." Bai Chen's smile became brighter, but Bai Chen's smile fell into Helian's eyes, but it was full of gloomy and horror. Bai Chen paused and said, "Then you still have some value."
Helian subconsciously retreated and looked at Bai Chen in fear: "What do you mean?"
"Do you want to be a princess? The princess of the Han and Tang dynasties... Your mother can also be granted the title of the mother of the country and no longer bear humiliation. Even if the King of Baekje sees you mother and daughter, he will bow his head and bow."
Bai Chen looked at Helian with a smile, and Helian's face was in amazement.
Princess? She never had such a luxury, but it was her greatest wish to gain respect and dignity for her mother.
She will never forget those high-ranking officials and nobles are arrogant in front of their mothers, humiliating and belittling their mothers with extremely insulting words.
Is this the princess? Isn’t you going to kneel in front of me now...
The beautiful girl of heaven is nothing more than that of the brothel...
There is no noble at all... It turns out to be a low-class person...
The bloodline on her mother did not give her any glory, but instead became a burden.
In Baekje, everyone knew about this. But the Baekje royal court always regarded them as a shame and never admitted it positively.
The reason why Helian was willing to accept this destined task was to make his mother live with some dignity.
However, this idea still seems too naive. Even though she sacrificed herself generously, she still only made her mother live a better life and no longer needed to be a maid in the palace, that's all.
"Are you saying true?" Helian suddenly raised his head, no longer fear, but hope and desire.
"You are a smart woman. You should know that there will be no pie falling from the sky, and there is no free lunch in this world. You have to pay for it."
"What do you want me?"
"It's not what I want you, you should ask me what I want you to do."
"Well, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"I want Baekje to get in trouble." Bai Chen looked at Helian with a smile.
Helian's face pale again, and he said in a trembling voice: "Baoji is more than a thousand times smaller than the Han and Tang dynasties, and there is no threat to the Han and Tang dynasties at all."
"I'm not worried that Baekje will suddenly become strong and suddenly become untreated. I want Baekje to become a part of the Han and Tang dynasties."
"Do you want to raise your troops to invade Baekje?" Helian asked in horror.
"No...I think you've made a mistake. I'm not going to raise troops to invade, I'm going to get Baekje without any effort."
For the current Han and Tang dynasties, wars must not happen.
The Han and Tang dynasties needed a sustainable and stable environmental development. Although even if a war broke out, it would not shake the foundation of the Han and Tang dynasties, it would delay the pace of the Han and Tang dynasties.
"I'm just a female player. Even if I have martial arts, I can't help you... I can't help you with these things." Helian was eager to escape at this moment, and even if she died, she didn't want to bother Bai Chen.
She was scared...she was really scared...
"You also see the current trend of the Han and Tang dynasties. All countries in the world are unrivaled. If the Han and Tang dynasties really want to unify the four directions, it will be just a thought. Baekje cannot stop it, and Goryeo cannot stop it. Silla, Japan, or the grassland Changbai royal court cannot stop it. The difference between accepting and rejecting is whether it is to let Baekje shed a little blood or a lot of blood."
"What do you want?"
"Accept my suggestion, I will take you to Beijing, and then you and your mother will be awarded the title of Princess and the Mother of Baekje. Then Baekje will be in chaos again. You will return to Baekje with the independence of the Han and Tang Dynasties and save the people in the manner of a savior..."
Helian's face was sometimes gloomy and sometimes sunny, and his eyes were even more flickering.
"Then you let me usurp the throne of King Baekje and finally declare your annexation to the Han and Tang dynasties?"
Bai Chen couldn't help but caress Helian's beautiful face: "Do you know? Smart people don't live long...especially smart women..."
"You are just the prince, how did you do the Lord?"
"I said you are a princess, you are a princess, and there are two roads in front of you. The first road is to agree to my request, and then you will become the queen of Baekje. Your mother will become the mother of Baekje. You refuse. For me... I will attack Baekje with a large army and slaughter it all the way. Of course... your mother... or other people in Baekje, it is hard to say how many people can survive."
"Baoje also has a million troops!!" Helian said gritting his teeth.
"Haha..." Bai Chen almost burst into tears when he heard Helian's words: "Does Baekje have a population of tens of millions? Can he raise a million troops? Well... Even if Baekje has a million troops, can he equip Baekje with the equipment, weapons and supplies needed for a million troops? Let's take a step back, even if Baekje has a million troops with well-equipped troops, do you know what is fighting in war now? Beat people and make money..."
Bai Chen paused and said, "Do you know how much money the Han and Tang dynasties have and how many armies? The Han and Tang dynasties now reserve 20 billion taels of silver. In half a year, the Han and Tang dynasties will be as high as 50 billion taels of silver. Baekje's tax revenue last year was only 80 million taels. Do you know what this concept is? The Han and Tang dynasties can support a war against Baekje, and it lasts for three hundred years. Besides, the military strength, the Han and Tang dynasties now have three million regular troops, and now the dragon chariots are open to traffic, and it only takes one and a half days to Luoxiancheng, which is closest to Baekje. The Han and Tang dynasties can appear from the capital at the border of Baekje within one and a half days. Moreover, because of their strong transportation power, the battle against Baekje is equivalent to fighting on the Han and Tang dynasties. Even if the three million troops of Han and Tang dynasties are dead, the Han and Tang dynasties can form an army of five million people within three days..."
"Then I will analyze Baekje for you. Baekje's one million army, calculated by 5 million taels of consumption per day, the silver in Baekje's treasury is used to support this war, and it can only last ten days. Then the treasury is empty, and Baekje will plunder the people's silver, and a million army can only last ten days. Baekje will draw the people into the army. Even if Baekje has a population of 10 million, half of them are male,
That is to say, in just one month, Baekje will become a widow country. Of course, according to the habits of the Han and Tang army, wherever they pass, there will be blood flowing. You can imagine that scene... By the way, I almost forgot that if our Han and Tang dynasty birds were dispatched, no matter what city it was, the country-protecting birds could be razed to the ground within half an hour. Perhaps the Baekje you can see at that time will not only be a mountain of corpses, blood, but also ruins..."
"Also, half of the food in Baekje was imported from the Han and Tang dynasties. If the wars arise, the food will be cut off. The Han and Tang dynasties do not even need to use a soldier. Just wait for Baekje to starve to death half of it."
Helian's eyes were dull and he sat on the chair, his eyes were confused.
"Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"I am from the Han and Tang Dynasties, so I have to consider the Han and Tang Dynasties. What do you have to do with me if the people of other countries are not close to me?" Bai Chen's face still had a smile: "And all this is in your thoughts. As long as you agree to my request, the people of Baekje may have a small relief, but it will never last long. You can go to rescue them yourself, and what awaits you will be glory and wealth and supreme authority, rejection... As I said just now, blood flows into a river, and you and your mother... and thousands of Baekje people will die from war."
Although Helian knew that Baekje had a huge gap with the Han and Tang dynasties, she definitely did not expect that what she said from Bai Chen was so big.
In fact, what Bai Chen said was the truth. Compared with the Han and Tang dynasties, Baekje was too weak, and even an opponent was not considered a match.
Relatively speaking, the Changbai Royal Court on the grassland is much stronger.
For Helian, this is not an easy choice.
If she chooses Baekje, it means she will see her mother and the people of Baekje shed the last drop of blood.
But if she chose her own mother, then Baekje will be the past and she will be the eternal sinner of Baekje.
Many times, traitors may not be the original intention of these people, but more often they are forced to make a choice, so it is better to say Helian.
"If Baekje was incorporated into the Han and Tang dynasties, what would my fate be with me and my mother?"
Obviously, this is also a question that Helian must consider because she is afraid of the consequences of a dog cooking after a rabbit dies.
"You will become the most wise and great queen of Baekje, and the princess who are highly anticipated. You and your mother will still be the queen of Baekje and the mother of the country. You can even govern Baekje and make Baekje an autonomous territory, but it is no longer a prince, but a prince."
It seemed that Helian had made a decision, her eyes no longer flashed, her face no longer looked scared, and she even had a bit of aura of confrontation with Bai Chen.
"I don't have that much energy to make Baekje messy, and my reputation in Baekje is far less than as great as you said."
"This has never been a problem." Bai Chen's smile was full of confidence.
"Where is the Eternal Sect?"
"There is no need for the Changsheng Sect to exist." Bai Chen glanced at Helian: "From now on, you are no longer the surname Helian, your surname is Li, you are the royal family of the Han and Tang Dynasties! Li Helian." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!