959. Duanmu jade
When the Qi State captured the sand dunes, it got two-thirds of the grain and grass of the Zhao State.
Although Zhao Cheng transported the gold and silver jewels in the sand dunes, after all, there were many gold and silver jewels, and he did not complete the transportation, and Qi Guo also obtained a large amount of treasures in the sand dunes.
The grain and grass in Daicheng accounts for 10% of the grain and grass in Zhao State, and Daidi is the most barren place in Zhao State, either wasteland or grassland, so the grain and grass in Daidi are very scarce.
But the Qi State wants to replace the land, in fact, it wants the grassland, and the Qi State wants a horse factory, raises a lot of war horses, and wants to train cavalry.
Of course, there is also the suppression of Zhao State, without the Zhao State of Daidi, the cavalry of Zhao State will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it is difficult to restore it to the appearance of the three heroes of Zhao State.
Although Zhao Cheng transported a lot of treasures, but he couldn't withstand the consumption of the war, what cost was the fastest, and the cost of war was the fastest, if you didn't calculate it carefully, you didn't know where the money was spent in this war.
Therefore, Zhao's treasury is only three million taels left, of course, Zhao Cheng can't give Zou Ji a real number, the actual treasury amount must be more than this, but more, it won't go there.
After listening to Zhao Cheng's words, Zou Ji was silent, although he knew that it was impossible for Zhao Cheng to tell him the real Zhao State Treasury, but from his judgment, he knew that even if Zhao State Treasury had much silver, there was not much left.
After all, two of the three treasurys of Zhao are in the hands of Qi State, and more importantly, the main treasury of Zhao State is also in the hands of Qi State.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhao State was in a state of civil war, Zhao Zhang led the wolf into the room, and Qi Guo wanted to hit the sand dunes, so he had to mobilize two fully equipped legions.
The sand dunes are located in the center of the Zhao Kingdom, and there are military strongholds everywhere, and there is a strong shield on the east side.
Without Zhao Zhang's lure of wolves, it would be difficult for Qi to enter the sand dunes, but Zhao Zhang led the wolf into the house, allowing Qi to easily cross the barrier of the sand dunes to 'replace the land'.
Zhao Cheng looked at Zou Ji silently, he looked at the servant on the side, the servant took out a box and handed it to Zhao Cheng, and Zhao Cheng handed it to Zou Ji.
Zou Ji opened the box and saw that it was a jade, which was very bright and beautiful, and he knew that it was a valuable thing at a glance.
Zou Ji looked at Zhao Cheng and asked, "What does Zhao Xiang mean by this?" ”
"This is a piece of jade from my Zhao Cheng's private collection, worth one million taels, and I give it to Mr." Zhao Cheng looked at Zou Ji and said.
Zou Ji was stunned: "The so-called value of this ...... is worth millions, that is, this thing is worth millions, but it is worth millions, and it may not be able to sell millions.
After all, although there are many rich people, there are probably not many people who are willing to spend real money and silver millions of taels to buy such a useless thing.
If the things can offset the compensation according to the value of his value, I am afraid that although Zhao Guo finds a few nobles and finds a few expensive things in their house, he can solve the matter of compensation.
But a lot of things are things, and there are very few things that can be done, and they can't be exchanged for real silver and silver, which is an ornamental product.
"I, Zhao Chengjiu, have admired Mr. Daming, Mr. has come from afar, how can I let Mr. return empty-handed? This piece of jade is called green pearl jade, which is from the Western Regions, and it is specially given to Mr. Zhao Cheng looked at Zou Ji and said.
This is actually bribing Zou Ji, hoping to make Zhao Guoshao compensate for a rare thing.
Zou Ji took a deep breath, he was tempted, he stroked this piece of jade, in fact, he accepted this piece of jade, and did not want Zhao Guo's compensation, for Zou Ji, it didn't matter, after all, the bottom line given to Zou Ji by the Qi cabinet was to be independent.
"Are you bribing me?" Zou Ji looked at Zhao Cheng and said.
"Sir, I, Zhao Guo, really can't take out too much gold and silver, I just hope that Mr. can turn around from it!" Zhao Cheng looked at Zou Ji and said.
Zhao was unable to fight, unable to fight with Qi, and now can only agree to Qi's request for peace, before this, Zhao wants to let Qin come out, oppress Qi, and deal with Qi, so as to reduce Zhao's losses.
But Wang Jian saw Zhao Cheng and told Zhao Cheng that Qin would not help Zhao Guo fight, and asked Zhao Guo to agree to Qi State's request and sue for peace.
Qin Guo doesn't help Zhao Guo, who else can Zhao Guo beg? There is only one way in front of Zhao Guo, and that is to agree to Qi Guo's request and conduct peace talks.
He brought a deep sincerity this time and came to see Zou Ji, hoping to conclude a peace agreement, but Zou Ji also asked for money, if Zhao Guo could pay this money, he Zhao Cheng would definitely not refuse.
But the problem is that the current Zhao State simply can't pay such a huge sum.
So he moved his mind, that is, to negotiate with Zou Ji, hoping to bribe Zou Ji to achieve his goal.
Zou Ji looked at the jade, then looked at Zhao Cheng again, thought about it, and then looked at Zhao Cheng and said, "You leave first, this jade will stay first!" ”
When Zhao Cheng heard this, he was overjoyed, he knew that Zou Ji had accepted his jade, and the compensation would inevitably decline.
"Thank you, sir, sir's kindness, Zhao Guo will always remember!" After Zhao Cheng finished speaking, he hugged his fists and left Zou Ji's room.
Zou Ji took a deep breath, and then picked up the jade: "This jade is a good jade, it's just a hot hand!" ”
"If you feel that your hands are hot, why does Mr. still hold it?" It was a short-haired woman who spoke, and he walked up to Zou Ji and sat down on a chair.
This is the bodyguard arranged by Qi Guo for Zou Ji, and he is the tiger chief of the twelve secret guards, named 'Duanmu Yu', codenamed Tiger, and the twelve chief guards are ranked third.
He is not only responsible for protecting Zou Ji's safety, but also monitoring Zou Ji, after all, negotiation is an important matter, what if you use negotiation to damage the interests of Qi State? So you need to send someone to watch over you.
"Although this jade is hot, if I don't take it, it is equivalent to throwing it away, which is a pity!" Zou Ji looked at Duanmu Yu and said.
"Mr. is a literati, there are words in his words, Duanmu Yu is a martial artist, or a woman, I don't understand what Mr. means!" Duanmu Yu looked at Zou Ji and said.
Zou Ji said with a smile: "You are modest, Chief Tiger, how many of the people who can be the Twelve Heads of the Secret Guard are idle people?" ”
"It's not easy to climb to the top from among the thousands of secret guards!" Zou Ji said lightly.
Duanmu Yu smiled and said: "This is all thanks to the emperor's love and Wei Dexian's father-in-law's love, so that I have today's status!" ”
"To be able to achieve this position, it is necessary for the emperor to raise love, and it is also needed for Wei Dexian's father-in-law to love, but only two points are far from enough!"
"You still need the ability!"
"If you don't have the ability, how can His Majesty the Emperor and Father-in-law Wei Dexian rest assured that they will give you the position of Tiger Manager?" Zou Ji said with a smile.
"Sir, that's not what we just discussed!" Duanmu Yu looked at Zou Ji and said lightly.
Zou Ji smiled: "Haha, yes, let me tell Master Tiger why I want to accept this jade!" ”