"this…"
Since such a condition has been proposed, Jing Zhe naturally hopes that the Yueyao Queen will agree. If he can get the Yueyao Queen to owe him a favor, wouldn't it be like having a golden token, allowing him to travel freely to the Yueyao Kingdom in the future?
But he didn't expect Empress Yueyao to agree so readily, catching him off guard.
After a moment of stunned silence, she asked curiously, "Your Majesty, are you going to agree so hastily without even asking what the conditions are? Aren't you afraid that I might make some...excessive demands?"
When it comes to "excessive," Jing Zhe's thoughts become unruly.
To everyone's surprise, Empress Yueyao, just as readily as she had agreed to his request, said, "I'm not afraid!"
"Um...why?"
"because…"
Empress Yueyao glanced at him and said confidently, "Because I don't believe you can persuade them!"
"..."
This was Empress Yueyao's true thought, because she felt that Jing Zhe could not possibly persuade the three major sects.
If she could truly persuade them—she would be the happiest, after all, the Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiment came because of her, and those children were captured because of her. If she could save them, it would be an even better thing.
As for conditions, what conditions could he possibly propose?
Jing Zhe naturally couldn't guess the Empress's thoughts. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Alright, since the Empress is so confident, I hope you won't go back on your word!"
So he said to Wang De, "Deputy General Wang, go out and do two things. First, send someone to that Sand Gang, Huang something-ling and Chi something-men, and have their leaders bring martial arts manuals to see me here! Second, you need to do it yourself. Go to the city gate and negotiate with the heavy cavalry regiment. Tell them that we are actively discussing with the leaders of the three major sects, and we will definitely be able to get them the martial arts manuals before dark!"
"..."
Wang De glanced at Jing Zhe with a complicated expression.
They can't even remember which sect the other person belongs to, yet they immediately send someone to ask the sect leader for martial arts manuals. They're lucky if they don't get beaten up...
Jing Zhe seemed to be considerate of him, not letting him personally intervene, which could be considered a good deed.
Wang De glanced at Liu Jinghong again. Although Liu Jinghong was also confused, she nodded firmly to Wang De. Now, they had no choice but to try anything.
Upon receiving the order, Wang De jogged away.
Empress Yueyao hesitated several times before finally asking after Wang De left, "Young Master Jing, do you know the leaders of those three sects?"
"What does the Empress think?"
Empress Yueyao shook her head without even thinking.
"The Queen is wise; she truly doesn't recognize her!"
Jing Zhe praised.
"..."
What kind of intelligence is that?
Empress Yueyao was not pleased by Jing Zhe's praise; in her heart, she was even more disgusted: "He doesn't even know the name of their sect, so it's a miracle he knows their leader!"
...
After Wang De left, Jing Zhe didn't sit idle either. He directed Hanhan to take all the raw materials brought from Jinxi to the warehouse, and also asked Liu Jinghong to find someone to prepare a lot more empty wine jars.
The jar was quite large; if it were filled with explosives, the destructive power of the explosion would be unimaginable.
When Jing Zhe came from Jinxi, he asked Hanhan to prepare a lot of raw materials, but the most prepared material was sulfur. After all, sulfur is the hardest to buy in Anguo. Apart from Jinxi, a medicinal city, it is difficult to buy in large quantities in other places.
Moreover, when he came to Liangzhou, he thought that the barbarians of the Western Frontier were just ordinary cavalrymen, and that he could deal with them by making some ordinary hand grenades. He never expected to encounter the Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiment, which was a type of cavalrymen with built-in armor.
Therefore, when making the hand grenade into a large wine jar of explosives, he needed much more explosives than he had imagined. He had enough sulfur, but not enough saltpeter and charcoal.
When Liu Jinghong told her about this, she immediately sent someone to the street to buy more.
Seeing them bustling around, Empress Yueyao and the Holy Maiden were completely bewildered, not knowing what they were doing.
But now she's starting to wonder if the leaders of the three major sects will actually come.
She naturally thought it was impossible for him to come, but Jing Zhe's nonchalant expression made her somewhat doubtful.
A little over fifteen minutes later, Jing Zhe came out of the house. He and Hanhan had already adjusted the proportions of some of the explosives and added them to the wine jar. Of course, there were also sharp iron filings. Then, he asked Liu Jinghong to find some people to start pounding the raw materials firmly.
We should be able to make three or four today. As for the rest, we'll have to wait until we buy all the other materials before we can start. I estimate we can make more than ten by tomorrow morning, which should be enough to blow up all those heavy cavalry regiments.
Just as Jing Zhe and Liu Jinghong finished their work and returned to the front hall, Wang De rushed back in a hurry.
Jing Zhe asked curiously, "Deputy General Wang, didn't I send you to negotiate with that Iron Cavalry Regiment? Are these barbarians so easy to talk to?"
Wang De gave a wry smile: "Young Master Jing, it's precisely because they're difficult to talk to that I was able to return so quickly!"
It turned out that the barbarians of the Western Frontier were hot-tempered, let alone the heavy cavalry regiments with higher status. They didn't even listen to Wang De's explanation and directly made a threatening statement: if they didn't see the martial arts manual before dark, they would kill those children!
After speaking, Wang De said with some worry, "Young Master Jing, these barbarians are unruly and don't seem to be joking. If we really can't give it to them before dark..."
"Don't worry, they'll definitely give it to them! Once they see the manual, they'll be at ease!"
After speaking confidently, Jing Zhe asked doubtfully, "Why hasn't the person you sent brought back the three sect leaders yet?"
"..."
Empress Yueyao, who was listening from the side, curled her lip: "With that tone, do you really think those three sect leaders can come whenever you call?"
However, she was too lazy to talk to Jing Zhe now, and she no longer had any hope for him. She felt that she couldn't just sit and wait for her fate, and it was time to think of some other ways.
So he suggested to Liu Jinghong, "General Jinghong, the most urgent task now is to snatch those children from the heavy cavalry. Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, they only have five hundred men! With the number of Jinghong Iron Cavalry in the city, plus my army, we will definitely crush them! When we surround them, I don't believe they will dare not hand over those children!"
"..."
Liu Jinghong hesitated. She glanced at Jing Zhe, and seeing him nod, she could only grit her teeth and say, "What the Empress said is indeed a solution, but has the Empress considered that those barbarians are always unruly? If we directly send troops to provoke them, and they refuse to surrender and start a war, wouldn't that cost the lives of several innocent children?"
"But--"
Before Empress Yueyao could finish speaking, a cavalryman ran in from outside, his face beaming with joy.
"General, the three...the three sect leaders have arrived!"
"..."
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