Yun Zheng had just finished cleaning up the mess in his room when Yun Li came over.
At this moment, Yun Zheng had just recovered from the embarrassing incident with Jia Yao.
"Old Six, good tricks!"
Yun Li clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth, "Tell me, what do you want?"
Yun Li didn't even want to beat around the bush with Yun Zheng.
This bastard made such a fuss just to gain something from me, didn't he?
If you continue to go around in circles with Yun Zheng, in the end, you will be the one who suffers.
"Third brother is straightforward!"
Yun Zheng laughed, "Five million taels of silver, plus two thousand craftsmen who can build warships!"
"you……"
...
...
Yun Li was furious, and growled through gnashing teeth: "Why don't you go and rob?"
brute!
Worse than beasts!
He knew that Yun Zheng would definitely ask for a high price, but he didn't expect Yun Zheng to ask for such a high price.
Five million taels of silver?
Where did I get so much money?
Although he had Zhang Xu, the God of Wealth, to help him make money, his mother didn't make that much!
Shuobei was given to him!
He also used various tricks to ask the court for money and food?
No, ask it from yourself!
He really regretted letting that bastard leave the imperial city.
If this bastard was in the imperial city, there wouldn't be so many troubles.
"Aren't I robbing it?"
Yun Zheng smiled indifferently, "Whether you agree or not, just give me a straight answer! If you don't agree, tomorrow morning, I will take Qiao Yan and the others to parade through the streets and ask for an explanation from my father!"
"No!"
Yun Li yelled angrily, "I am not the treasury, where can I get so much money to give you? Also, the shipbuilding craftsmen are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. If you want craftsmen, go find Song Bixian yourself!"
"If you say so, then there is nothing to discuss?"
Yun Zheng spread his hands and said, "If that's the case, then let's not talk about it!"
After saying that, Yun Zheng stood up.
Not sensible!
Ask for a high price and then pay a low price!
Can't you at least show a negotiating attitude?
Seeing Yun Zheng was about to leave, Yun Li suddenly panicked.
"stop!"
Yun Li called Yun Zheng and said through gritted teeth: "I can only give you 500,000 taels of silver at most!"
"Old Third, this is not very kind of you!"
Yun Zheng looked over speechlessly, "Five hundred thousand taels of silver, you're giving it to a beggar?"
I told you to pay the money back sitting down, I didn’t tell you to run underground to pay the money back!
I want five million taels of silver, and you only give me five hundred thousand taels?
Isn't this just an insult to him, but also an insult to Zhang Xu!
Zhang Xu, the God of Wealth, only helped him earn this little money?
You’re kidding!
"I really don't have that much money!"
Yun Li's forehead was bulging with veins, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Gu Guang prepared this as a gift for you and Jia Yao's wedding, and it cost 80,000 taels of silver! What else do you want?"
"Four million taels! Any less and we won't talk!"
Yun Zheng was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly stated his bottom line.
Four million taels?
Yun Li felt a pang of pain in his heart.
He really couldn't come up with four million taels of silver!
Not to mention him, even asking the national treasury to take out four million taels of silver is not that easy now.
"One million taels!"
Yun Li bargained again.
"I said, four million taels!"
Yun Zheng insisted on his bottom line, "Third brother, do it quickly, don't dither! If the emperor still protects you, even if I don't want your head, I don't mind using this as an excuse to advance another 300 or 400 miles..."
I've said this is my bottom line.
He still bargains?
If there is not enough money, go and confiscate the house!
If you just raid the house of a noble family or clan, wouldn't you get a million taels of silver?
Besides, those money-making businesses that Zhang Xu helped him to do wouldn’t stop making money in the future.
Also, since I'm cheating him of his money, why can't he cheat the second and fourth brothers and their people of their money?
He definitely couldn't come up with four million taels of silver in a short time, but he could give him a part of it first!
Faced with Yun Zheng's threat, Yun Li was so angry that his whole body trembled.
After hesitating for a long time, Yun Li finally gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay, it's four million taels! Just like the grain, it must be settled before the end of the year!"
When he said this, Yun Li almost vomited blood.
He originally thought that he could make a lot of money by relying on Zhang Xu, the God of Wealth.
Now, I have made some money.
But before I could even warm up to the world, this bastard was already thinking about it.
You even have to pay out your own capital and borrow money from others!
"Then let's talk about the craftsman!"
Yun Zheng smiled contentedly, "Don't tell me to ask the Ministry of Works for help. It's just two thousand shipbuilding craftsmen, not two thousand warships! Although I don't ask about the affairs of the court, I know that this matter is very simple for you."
Simple?
Yun Li kept cursing in his heart.
This is a registered shipbuilder!
They are all craftsmen!
Not two thousand refugees!
"one thousand!"
Yun Li tried hard to suppress his anger. “It’s not as easy as you think to mobilize a large number of these registered craftsmen! The management of warship craftsmen is not as strict as that of armor craftsmen, but as long as they are registered as craftsmen…”
"Okay, okay!"
Yun Zheng interrupted Yun Li, "I still have to prepare for the wedding! I don't want to bother with you anymore! One thousand is one thousand! But I have to be frank with you, don't try to fool me with cats and dogs! Otherwise, I will settle all the old and new grudges with you!"
Craftsmen can be trained.
It would be good to have a thousand craftsmen who can build warships.
"good!"
Yun Li gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Thank you, Third Brother!"
Yun Zheng bowed to Yun Li and said with a smile: "I have already made inquiries. Those assassins are spies from Qiu Chi who have infiltrated our dynasty. After learning that Qiu Chi had fallen, they deliberately looked for an opportunity to assassinate me..."
“So that’s how it is!” Yun Li forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, “It’s good now that we’ve figured it out.”
This reason is reasonable.
"Then Third Brother, should I write an IOU to this minister first?"
Yun Zheng asked with a smile.
"good!"
Yun Li gritted his teeth and agreed.
After a lot of trouble, Yun Li finally wrote an IOU to Yun Zheng and stamped it with the prince's seal.
As for those craftsmen, Yun Zheng gave Yun Li four months.
Yun Zheng had already thought of the reasons for Yun Li.
Send craftsmen to Shuobei to build large warships and go out to sea, and find more high-yield crops like sweet potatoes to benefit the people of Dagan.
Only after everything was settled did Yun Li leave with a heart full of hatred.
As for Qiao Yanxian and others, they must be quietly returned to the third brother.
Otherwise, it would be bad if someone saw it.
Yun Zheng put away the IOU and returned to his room.
"How much money did you extort?"
As soon as Yun Zheng came in, Jia Yao asked.
"It's only five hundred thousand taels."
Yun Zheng said casually.
"I don't believe you!"
Jia Yao didn’t believe that Yun Zheng would be so kind!
Yun Zheng yawned and walked to the bedside. "Alright, go to bed on the floor! You have to pay your respects to your father tomorrow morning!"
"It's so cold, you want me to sleep on the floor?"
Jia Yao was dissatisfied.
Yun Zheng immediately bulged his eyes, "Do you still want me to sleep on the floor?"
Jiayao pointed at the bed and said, "Can't we just sleep on each side? Are you so afraid of falling in love with me?"
"I was just afraid that you would hit me again while you were dazed!"
Yun Zheng clamped his legs together and said depressedly: "It still hurts! If you hit me again, I will be crippled!"
Listening to Yun Zheng’s words, the embarrassing scene before suddenly appeared in Jia Yao’s mind.
Jiayao's pretty face instantly turned red, and she quickly turned her head away...
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