Ordinary people may not be able to save a few taels of silver in a year.
Ten taels of gold is equivalent to one hundred taels of silver. If used frugally, it is enough for an ordinary family to live for decades.
But this is far from enough.
Ashina gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty taels! If you still don't agree, I will have no choice. As long as I die, those women will definitely not live long.
Being able to let so many people die with me, I won't feel lonely anymore."
Before Li Junyan could say anything, the old couple kneeling beside him started crying in panic.
"My Lord, please save my daughter!"
"We don't need the gold, as long as the people can come back safely!"
Li Junyan felt helpless and sighed silently.
Although Ashina said it resolutely, he would never give up as long as there was a glimmer of hope to survive.
The reason I said this is just to use both soft and hard tactics on him!
If he still doesn't give in, Ashina will add more weight to the situation in order to survive.
Li Junyan didn't want the gold. He just wanted to give the women more money to support themselves so that their lives wouldn't be too difficult after they came back.
The old couple only wanted their daughter to come back, and they didn't care whether there was gold or not.
But not everyone thinks so.
But things had come to this point, and he had no way to bargain with Ashina anymore.
With these twenty taels of gold, if they have skills or can endure hardships, their future life will not be bad.
Li Junyan looked at Ashina and said, "Okay, release all the people without leaving a single one behind, and send them back together with the gold."
Ashina's eyes flashed with excitement, "Okay! This prince will do what he says, but you have to let me go first."
Hearing Ashina's words, Li Junyan's expression suddenly turned cold. "Do you really think I'm stupid? If I really let you go, will you still keep your promise?"
"certainly--"
"No need for sweet talk. I will not send you back until I see the people and the gold."
Li Junyan spoke with such finality that the light in Ashina's eyes dimmed instantly, but he still did not give up.
"If you don't let me go back, how can I let my men secretly bring those people to you?"
Li Junyan looked at Zhu Wuyou who was standing aside. "Isn't there still Governor Zhu? You have been working together for more than three years. Your subordinates must all know Governor Zhu. Please write a letter and give a token to Governor Zhu. Let Governor Zhu take it with him.
If Governor Zhu can successfully return with the people and gold, everyone will be happy. If not, you can also let Governor Zhu accompany you on the journey, so that your cooperation will not be in vain."
When Ashina heard this, he immediately looked towards Zhu Wuyou, his eyes looking as if he wanted to eat Zhu Wuyou alive.
"Zhu Wuyou, you'd better come back safe and sound. If you dare to run away, even if I chase you to the ends of the earth, you will surely die."
A bitter smile appeared on Zhu Wuyou's lips. He wanted to run, but he didn't dare!
If he didn't come back, Ashina would die at the hands of Prince Chen. The Turks would not let Prince Chen go, nor would they let him go.
Not to mention, Prince Chen will never let him go.
If we bring those women back, there's still a glimmer of hope.
If you dare to run, you will surely die.
Zhu Wuyou forced himself to stand up and knelt straight in front of Li Junyan. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely bring everyone back."
Li Junyan looked at Zhu Wuyou deeply and said to Xu San, "You take care of this."
After making arrangements for Xu San, Li Junyan took Ashina, Zhu Wuyou and others back to Xizhou City.
All the people in the convoy tried to return, but the water was not brought back.
Xizhou is no longer the Xizhou of the past and is not short of water.
The people of Xizhou hated Ashina and his group. They had no choice before, but now they have a choice. Naturally, they would no longer drink the water sent by Ashina, which was just used to irrigate farmland.
As Ashina was pushed forward, he subconsciously looked back.
When he saw Xu San and his men pouring all the water into the farmland, his eyes widened in shock.
"Crazy!" Ashina blurted out, "Prince Chen, your men are crazy! Are you crazy too? All this water has been poured out, what are we going to drink?"
Of course, Ashina was not worried about the people of Tingzhou, he was worried about himself.
He is now a prisoner. If Li Junyan himself doesn't have water to drink, what will he drink?
Li Junyan glanced at Ashina calmly and said, "Xizhou doesn't lack this little water."
Ashina looked at Li Junyan suspiciously and didn't believe what Li Junyan said at all.
Is there no water shortage in Xizhou?
If Xizhou was not short of water, how did he use water to exchange for so many women?
This Prince Chen is far from being as powerful as the legend says!
I haven't seen any ability, but he's good at bragging.
Li Junyan saw the expression on Ashina's face, but ignored him.
The group quickly entered the city.
People were still digging wells in the city, and the roar of motors came from all directions.
Ashina and others were shocked when they heard this sound for the first time.
Ashina subconsciously looked up at the sky. "What's that sound? Thunder? Is it going to rain?"
However, the sky was clear at this time, without even a cloud.
Since it’s not thunder or rain, what is that sound?
Ashina listened carefully and noticed that the sound did not come from the sky, but from all directions.
When passing a corner, Ashina saw a group of people gathered together, and the voice came from the crowd.
Just when Ashina was feeling strange, he heard someone in the crowd shout, "Water is coming out!"
Immediately afterwards, water rushed out from the crowd and flowed on the ground like a small river.
Ashina's pupils suddenly tightened. "There really is water?! How did they do that?"
No one answered Ashina's question.
The crowd burst into cheers, and then everyone knelt on the ground.
Everyone bowed their heads and obeyed with a pious attitude.
"Thank you, Goddess!"
"Thank you, Goddess!"
"Thank you, Goddess!"
Hearing the deafening voices of thanks, Ashina's eyes moved, as if he had come back to his senses from the shock.
"What goddess? Since ancient times, people have worshipped Buddha and immortals, but never a goddess." Ashina sneered and looked at Li Junyan with disdain. "Prince Chen, is this a cult you created just to build momentum for yourself?"
"What goddess? In my opinion, it's just a perverse way—"
Li Junyan, who was walking forward, suddenly stopped, turned around, raised his foot, kicked Ashina to the ground, and stepped hard on Ashina's chest.
"If you dare to blaspheme the goddess again, I will kill you now."
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