Chapter 1045: How dare you ask for money in front of this king?
Wu Zheng glanced around and saw the officials shaking their heads to him one by one, and Qian Sule was also shaking his head slightly.
However, Wu Zheng let out a "bang" and slapped the table with a palm.
Everyone thought Wu Zheng was going to get angry.
Unexpectedly, Wu Zheng smiled at Wakda and said, "It's good to be happy! No one thinks that silver bites his hands, right? Prince Duluo Qianxiang, I agree to your proposal."
Wakda was stunned. He didn't expect Wu Zheng to agree to the proposal to redeem the prisoners so easily. He felt relieved and asked, "I didn't expect that the King of Wu is also a pleasure-loving person, so please ask the King of Wu to offer a price!"
Wu Zheng bounced his finger and thought for a while: "Karchuhun is Dorobel, then just 100,000 taels, Shangshan is a beizi, it's a bit cheaper, 60,000 taels..."
These words shocked all the officials of Yixingchao. Qian Sule really couldn't sit still and pulled Wu Zheng's sleeve hard and said, "How can this be done?"
However, when Shen Wenkui heard this, he immediately beat the snake and said, "The King of Wu is noble, so he will do his best to speak. If he speaks with confidence... In this way, our court can repay the silver immediately..."
Wu Zheng blinked and said inexplicably: "Wait, what did Mr. Chen just said?"
Shen Wenkui was stunned and repeated: "The King of Wu is noble, so he naturally has faith in his words..."
"Well... although this is not the case, what you said is basically true... Oh, I asked, the next sentence."
Everyone was almost stunned by this.
Shen Wenkui had no choice but to say, "My court can repay the silver immediately..."
"Stop!" Wu Zheng slapped the table and said angrily, "Shen Wenkui, how dare you humiliate me?"
Shen Wenkui was confused, "What does King Wu mean?"
"Yinzi, you are talking about silver! Have you never seen someone with more than 100,000 taels of silver?"
"It's not silver, is it still gold...uh?" Shen Wenkui almost choked. He suddenly realized that Wu Zheng was talking about gold.
Wu Zheng pointed at Shen Wenkui and said angrily: "Of course it's gold. Your Dorobel, is it a pig with two heads? Is it worth so much money?"
This is what he said... Tsk tsk, all the Yixing officials sneered and sneered. Only then did they realize that Wu Zheng had agreed before, thinking that the intention was to set up a trap to humiliate the other party.
Shen Wenkui and all the Qing envoys dared to be angry but dared not speak out. It was indeed a misunderstanding, but the exchange ratio of gold and silver undoubtedly exposed Wu Zheng's "sincere intentions".
Yes, Dorobel and Bezi's life is naturally more than 100,000 taels.
But at this time, gold was basically not circulated, and it was mostly used for governments and wealthy families to collect, create ornaments and utensils.
No one would propose a deal in gold.
Moreover, the exchange ratio of gold and silver at this time is one to twelve, or even thirteen.
Sixty thousand taels of gold, that is equivalent to two million taels of silver. I'm afraid... the Qing court really couldn't take it out.
Wakda said angrily: "You are blackmailing!"
Wu Zheng calmed down and spread his hands, "Look, I have offered the price, you shouldn't be the case, but instead accused me of blackmailing. This is too unreasonable, right? In this way, since the differences are too big, it's better to temporarily adjourn the meeting and discuss it before the two sides discuss it."
As he said that, Gu Zi stood up, Shen Wenkui said anxiously: "When will the next meeting be there?"
Wu Zheng thought about it for a while, and then thought seriously, "It is natural that you can't be careless about money and money matters... In this way, after three days, both sides have to discuss it well, right?"
Wakda slapped the table and glared and shouted, "No! It's been too long, isn't it only two million taels of silver..."
Wu Zheng said in surprise: "The prince... is really rich!"
It’s rich, but in fact, the Qing court and the Ming court were not much better. They were all so crowded and so mean, and the country was poor and the people were rich. Of course, the people would not refer to the people.
On the other side, Shen Wenkui urgently pulled Wakda and said to Wu Zheng: "According to the intention of the Prince of Kuaiji, it will take only three days too long, so why not tomorrow?"
Wu Zheng said reluctantly, "That... will be done too!"
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The Honglu Temple, the seven buildings marked out for the Qing Dynasty's mission to rest, formed a relatively independent area.
In the middle of the house, Wakda roared in a voice that he thought he had restrained, "The Southern Barbarians have always been treacherous and have offered a price of 160,000 taels of gold... If it weren't for the Queen Mother and His Majesty's repeated instructions that I would have had a case today and spit on him..."
A boat of people was knocked over with one pole, and this was a strafing shot.
The thirteen members of the mission, except for himself, were all Han people. Even if they no longer wanted to be Han people, the blood on their bodies could not be changed.
Everyone lowered their heads, looking submissive, and looked respectful, but everyone was complaining, not knowing who it was, and they had to agree to it just now. If Shen Wenkui hadn't stopped him in time, he would have been paying the money at this time.
Fortunately, although Wakda is reckless, he is not stupid.
After he recalled that he scolded everyone around him, he quickly added a patch, "...hehe, I scolded the Nan barbarians in Jiangnan..."
There are many things, it’s fine if you don’t explain them, but this explanation will most likely become darker and darker the more you describe it.
Yes, these Han officials were all in the north, but you should know that after the Donglin Party unified the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty, the proportion of Jinshi, the number of Jinshi in each imperial examination, Jiangnan Juren and Jinshi accounted for more than 70% of the total. It can be said that they can see all the mountains and look down on the world, and who else can I do?
Among these twelve Han officials, most of them were scholars from various prefectures in Jiangnan.
Shen Wenkui is one of them.
Of course, Shen Wenkui would not contradict him. At the age of fifty years old, his heart was gone long ago.
If you can't even do this, how can you rise again after three ups and downs in the north?
When he raised his head, there was no dissatisfaction on his face, and he even smiled, "Prince, the war in Jiangbei is in urgent need, and the Regent is in good health. The most important thing at the moment is to report the news that Wu Zheng was in Yingtian Prefecture to the Regent."
Wakda was stunned and said repeatedly: "This is what I want to say, and this matter will be handled by the Deputy Envoy."
"Cough!" Shen Wenkui coughed dryly, "But Xiaguan didn't know the detailed work that our court had laid in Yingtian Mansion... Besides, only the prince, you have the right to activate these secrets... This is also the reason why Xiaguan Yingxia will talk about it tomorrow. If there is this day, you should be able to pass this message to Jiangbei."
Wakda nodded repeatedly, "The deputy envoy is right, but I am the official envoy, and I am a regular envoy, and I am a surveillance of the Yixing court in the Yixing court... In this way, it is better for the deputy envoy to come and go this trip? Don't worry, after the matter is completed and returned to the court, I will definitely ask for merit for you!"
Shen Wenkui hesitated and said, "It's not that the officials are unwilling to share the worries of the prince, but... this is incompatible with the law. Otherwise... choose one of the lords and run for the prince?"
Wakda glanced at the envoys, but the Han officials took one step back one by one, and no one was a fool. This matter was indeed worthy of success, but the danger was extremely serious.
Chapter completed!