Chapter 566: Redemption in Batches
Xianbei Royal Court
Tuoba Khan has been very upset recently because of the issue of the Pingzhou side hanging the Fuyu captives on the city wall, and the Xianbei army is not easy to attack Dai County. In fact, it is not only Dai County, but also the city of Pingzhou, unless they can really ignore the lives of the subordinate tribes.
Other tribes are not concerned about it, and they want to attack the city in front of them regardless of everything.
Tuoba Khan knows that this precedent cannot be set. If he really ignores the lives of the subordinate tribes, the people's hearts will be scattered.
Tuoba Khan is an ambitious person, so he will naturally not do this.
Another reason that makes him so upset is that Akesi comes to him to cry every day, all because his eldest son is hung on the city wall.
Akesi makes a fuss and asks him to save people. Tuoba Khan was directly out of temper.
What Tuoba Khan doesn't understand is that they used to drive the Han people to be horses and sheep in front, and haven't the Han people always claimed to be a great country and a country of etiquette? Why is Pingzhou so unusual? It's like a mutant.
At this time, Tuoba Khan thought that he must not let Lü Songli of Pingzhou become the master of the thirteen states in the Central Plains.
He had a hunch that if Pingzhou became the final winner, Xianbei would not be able to take any advantage.
Tuoba Khan was still thinking about his attitude towards Pingzhou, and Akesi came again.
Seeing that he wanted to scream again, Tuoba Khan raised his hand, "Okay, you don't have to cry, this Khan has decided to send someone to Pingzhou to discuss the release of the Fuyu captives."
These captives still have to be redeemed, otherwise this weakness has been held by Pingzhou, and everything will be constrained.
Akesi worked for a while, "That's great, Khan, you send someone quickly, I won't cry and won't delay you."
Then, Tuoba Khan really sent an envoy to ask Pingzhou, saying that he wanted to talk to them about the issue of Fuyu captives. They wanted to redeem them, and asked Pingzhou what conditions they wanted?
This matter was quickly reported to Lü Songli.
The Xianbei royal court wanted to redeem these Fuyu captives? Lu Songli's instructions were: Yes, let them redeem them in batches.
After Xue Xu received the instructions, he asked someone to notify He Ziqi, who was in charge of the Fuyu captives, and told him that the higher-ups might want to take away a batch of captives.
When he received the notice, He Ziqi was still not happy. These captives were so useful. All the dirty and tiring work could be thrown to them. They ate little, and they were really good at work.
Later, when he heard that the governor was going to exchange the old people and children among the captives for ransom, he became very active and cooperated with the young general to take people. Although these old people and children were not a burden to Pingzhou, it was a fact that they did little work and could not create any value.
Next, they, Pingzhou, were going to negotiate with the Xianbei on the issue of the Fuyu captives.
This happened to be known by Lu Desheng, and he ran to Shanggu County at the speed of light.
He went to his daughter and asked, "Let me do this." He knew how to do this job and he liked it. The recent days were too boring. He was a sensible father and had to learn to have fun on his own.
For Lv Songli, it was of course the best that her father was willing to communicate with the Xianbei.
After receiving the order, Lv Desheng took his people and went to tell the Xianbei people about their decision to make Pingzhou.
The person in charge of the negotiations on the Xianbei side was still Yuchi Xun.
In addition, this matter concerned the entire Fuyu tribe, and Akesi also came.
When Lv Desheng saw that the Xianbei envoy was a small shrimp who was sent to Pingzhou last time, he could not hide his disappointment. Looking at Akesi, although he was the chief of the Fuyu tribe, they wiped out the Fuyu tribe in Pingzhou, and Akesi, the chief, was a pauper.
So Lv Desheng retracted his gaze. Tuoba Lian didn't come, this unfilial son! His uncle came, but he didn't come.
Hearing the decision of Pingzhou, Yuchi Xun and Akesi didn't expect such an answer at all. In his opinion, the other party would either refuse or agree, and they didn't know there was a third answer.
"What do you mean, Pingzhou?"
Lv Desheng raised his eyelids, "Anyway, if you Xianbei want to redeem the captives of the Buyeo tribe, you can. We in Pingzhou are willing to let you redeem the elderly and children, but the young and strong cannot be redeemed for the time being."
"Why?"
Lv Desheng said unhappily, "Do you think we are stupid? If we redeem the young and strong, won't that increase your manpower and let you come back to fight us?"
"Then what conditions do you Pingzhou need and when are you willing to let us redeem the young and strong?" Yuchi Xun asked with a breath.
"When they are transformed, you can redeem them. As for the conditions, we will talk about it then."
"What did you say?"
"Don't you Xianbei Hu people know how to farm, build houses, and repair roads? We will teach you for free! When they have learned everything, you can redeem them." Lv Desheng said confidently.
Xianbei Envoys: Do they need to learn these things?
Lv Desheng said earnestly, "You are just too lazy. You don't want to learn anything. That's why you don't have enough to eat and wear. That's why you always want to rob others. This is not right."
"Although we all know that getting something for nothing is the fastest way to get rich. Everyone wants to get something for nothing, but being a robber doesn't always mean you can get meat. For example, you got beaten this time, right? So, you should be more down-to-earth."
Xianbei Envoys: What is killing people and destroying their hearts? This is it. What sins did they commit to deserve such torture?
Lv Desheng knocked on the table, "Okay. The question now is, do you redeem the people or not?"
Seeing how quiet these guys were, Lu Desheng knew that these people still wanted to listen, but his classes were very expensive, and by saying these two words, these Xianbei envoys took advantage of them.
Xianbei Envoy: Are you sure we are not too angry to speak?
Seeing Lu Desheng's expression becoming more and more impatient, Ax quickly expressed his stance, "You must redeem yourself."
Hearing this, Lu Desheng's expression softened a little, "If it's a ransom, let's calculate the ransom."
The entire Fuyu tribe has a total of about 200,000 people, of which 40,000 young men and women went to fight with Tuoba Khan. Among the remaining 160,000 people, about 100,000 are elderly and children, and 60,000 are young men and women.
"...These 100,000 elderly people and children will be given a package price of one million taels of silver."
Yu Chixun said angrily, "Why don't you grab one million taels of silver?" Needless to say, it would be more expensive to redeem the young men of the Fuyu tribe in the future.
Hearing this, Lu Desheng's face turned serious, "I don't like hearing this anymore. Six taels of silver for each old man is not too much, right? Children are hope, and twelve taels for each person is not too much, right? Now there are a hundred thousand old people and children. Is it too much to charge you one million taels? Is this a reasonable price?”
After speaking, he turned to Ax, "Chief Ax, I believe you can get this one million taels of silver. Isn't this person in front of you a member of the Fuyu clan? Look, is there anyone who can negotiate like this? Does he want you to exterminate your clan? "
He also sowed discord, Yuchi Xun was so angry, "You guys in Pingzhou are so arrogant, have you forgotten that the northern border and Liangzhou are in the hands of our Xianbei? Aren't you afraid of us trying to challenge the Han people under our control?"
"It's as if you don't want to fight against the Han people now." Lu Desheng curled his lips, "By the way, did you Xianbei threaten the wrong person? You should say this to the Emperor of Dali."
"Chief Aksi, what I just said makes sense if you think about it more. You have to take care of your own affairs. Don't expect outsiders to worry about it for you. Go back and think about it carefully. Once you have considered it, come with the ransom. Of course, you don't want to It doesn’t matter if you redeem them, since we will take care of the Fuyu elders and children anyway.”
After Lu Desheng finished speaking, he took the tea to see off the guests.
Lu Desheng looked like he wanted to redeem himself, which made Ax even more worried. Yu Chixun was about to say something else, but he pulled him away. He wants to go back to Tuoba Khan to get the money!
It's too late for the second update, so I'll just update it today. I won't show it in my words, I can only put it in the text, so you don't have to wait.