Chapter 544: Hold on a Little Longer
Pingzhou agreed to form an alliance!
Jiang Boya felt a little dizzy about this result.
After the alliance, the conditions for Pingzhou to send troops were basically the same as what he had said at the beginning, but Pingzhou did not want their promise from the South, nor did they want any unconditional help to Pingzhou to rescue three times.
Pingzhou chose to let Nandi pay 5 million taels as military expenses for Pingzhou's troops.
Another clause was added: Pingzhou needed to cut down a batch of timber on Zhuya Island, and Nandi needed to agree unconditionally.
Lu Songli handed over the subsequent negotiations to Guo Chong.
Guo Chong said to Jiang Boya, "You know, Pingzhou is so far away from the East China Sea. The five million yuan you Nandi contributed to the military expenditure is not enough to cover the travel expenses and food costs. We in Pingzhou also understand the difficulties you Nandi are facing, so we allow you to use other supplies to offset the shortfall in military funds."
With such a condition, Pingzhou is not afraid that Jiang Boya will not agree. As long as Xie Zhan still wants to plot against Pingzhou, he will have to swallow this bitter pill.
"What kind of wood are you going to cut down?" Jiang Boya asked.
“No comment on that.”
What Lu Songli wanted was the rubber wood from Zhuya Island.
Jiang Boya took a deep breath and said, "How much do you want? You can tell me, right? We can't let you Pingzhou cut down all the wood on Zhuya Island."
"One hundred thousand tons."
"Impossible, there are too many."
"Sir Jiang, don't be so quick to object. What we want is wet wood." They in Pingzhou wanted dry wood, but it takes time to dry it in the sun. The battlefield changes rapidly, so in order to avoid any further trouble, of course they would cut it down and drag it away.
"Okay." Jiang Boya agreed.
Guo Chong: "Then it's settled. We'll draft the treaty first, and then we'll send people to Zhuya Island immediately. You give me a certificate."
Jiang Boya felt the speed at which Pingzhou did things, which was really fast.
After the two parties signed the treaty, Guo Chong urged him to provide proof.
Jiang Boya wrote a letter by hand. This letter was addressed to the guardian of Zhuya Island. At the end of the letter, he took out his seal and stamped it.
After receiving the letter, Guo Chong looked at him.
Jiang Boya gave another slogan.
In addition to the seal, the slogan is also necessary to ensure safety.
After receiving these, Guo Chong said, "As soon as the five million taels of silver arrive, we will immediately send troops from Pingzhou."
At this time, Jiang Boya took out another thing and said, "No need to wait, I'll give you the silver, and you can send troops."
Guo Chong gave him a questioning look.
"Our master previously asked someone to deposit five million taels of silver in Ji's Money House, and this is the withdrawal receipt. Ji Wuyin is in Pingzhou, right? You can invite him to confirm this matter. If it is confirmed to be true, let him transfer the silver directly to Pingzhou. Can you do that?" Jiang Boya said.
Guo Chong was silent for a while, then waved and called someone over, "Go and ask Ji Daxiu to come to the government office."
Ji Wuyin arrived quickly. He quickly checked and confirmed that the token in Jiang Boya's hand was genuine. If the other party also knew the secret code, he could take out the silver.
"Can I ask you to transfer this money to Pingzhou?" Jiang Boya asked Ji Wuyin.
Ji Wuyin: "Okay."
Then Jiang Boya said to Guo Chong, "Here are three million taels for you. The remaining two million taels will be given after we confirm that you have dispatched the troops."
Guo Chong smiled and said that everything would be easy as long as the money was in place.
Guo Chong and Jiang Boya promised, "We will send out troops within three days."
Jiang Boya nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Songli immediately asked someone to meet with Lin Shan, the deputy leader of the Cao Gang.
Qin Heng and Qin Sheng were gathering their soldiers, preparing to march to the East China Sea.
During this period, Lin Shan was inspecting some of the properties he had previously purchased in Pingzhou.
Hearing that Lu Songli invited him, Lin Shan came without delay.
After Lin Shan arrived, Lu Songli invited him to the study and they had a secret conversation.
About half an hour later, Lin Shan came out, looking dazed. In just such a short time, he had negotiated a deal worth two million taels of silver?
Besides, this deal is not difficult. What's so difficult about transporting soldiers back and forth?
He held a note for one million taels, a deposit from Pingzhou, which he could cash in by going to the VIP room on the second floor of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building. After the deal was done, Pingzhou would pay the remaining one million taels.
Lu Songli is open and honest in her work and has always had a good reputation, so he is not worried that she will not deliver on her promises.
Bingzhou, Yanmen
After once again struggling to repel the Xianbei's siege army, Sun Congyi sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.
"Young General, go on."
A subordinate threw a water bag to him. Sun Congyi took it, unscrewed it with trembling hands, tilted his head back and drank the water in big gulps, ignoring the corpse of the Xianbei barbarian who died with his eyes open next to him.
Yanmen Pass was in a mess after a great battle, and the soldiers were extremely exhausted. At this time, the men in the city came spontaneously to help clean up the mess.
After resting for a while, Sun Congyi felt he had recovered and went to his father.
After his father finished his work, he couldn't wait to ask his father, "Why hasn't the court's support arrived yet?"
General Sun: How would he know that?
Sun Congyi waved his hand and said, "Send another memorial to the court requesting support."
General Sun looked sideways. "You little brat, you dare to order your father around? Who is the father and who is the son?"
General Sun said, "I've already submitted two memorials." The court responded to the first one, saying they were assembling troops and asking them to hold out a little longer. There was no response to the second memorial.
"Just send another one!" In the middle of winter, Sun Congyi's heart was burning like a raging fire. He was very dissatisfied with the court's reaction. Didn't the court know that the military situation was so urgent?
"Your Majesty, you don't think that we, the Sun family army, can defend Yanmen and Daijun with just a hundred thousand soldiers, right?" Sun Congyi's voice was hoarse. He was exhausted from the charge just now.
General Sun Ming's face was very solemn.
"Now, the Xianbei have assembled an army of 300,000 outside Yanmen Pass. Even if all of our Sun family army goes up and fights one-on-one, and wipes out the entire Sun family army, we still can't destroy the enemy, okay?" Sun Congyi complained, feeling very anxious.
"Wait a little longer, maybe reinforcements are on the way." General Sun said this to comfort his son and also to comfort himself.
"I hope so." Sun Congyi sincerely hoped that the imperial court's reinforcements would arrive sooner and sooner.
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