349 silver in hand

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"Lord of the Tartars!"

Li Zixiao's words also shocked Zhu Youshu.

Originally, King De also planned to mention to Li Zixiao that this transaction of three million taels of silver, how could Tartar have to send a Baylor to receive it, so as to show sincerity!

King De never thought that Li Zixiao would say that Tartar would send a prince over.

King De is not unaware of the Tartars, but he knows that the princes of the Tartars are not like the Ming Princes, all of whom are kept in captivity.

Those Tartar princes are not in control of power, many of them have military power, of course, this is mainly related to the composition of the Tartar clan.

"That's right, a Tartar prince to be exact."

"It turned out to be a prince, so the king can rest assured, if the Tartar is really willing to send a prince to receive the silver, it shows the sincerity of the Tartar."

The king was very satisfied this time, and if the Tartar really sent a prince to come and receive the silver, he would have believed ten percent of the matter, otherwise why would the Tartar let a prince come and take the risk.

At the same time, at this time, the little vanity in King De's heart was also satisfied, after all, the Tartars sent a prince to make a deal with him, which did not degrade his status as a Ming prince.

Li Zixiao saw the smile on King De's face, and he also sneered in his heart: I know that you, an old fox, have to test Lao Tzu in the end, Lao Tzu has been waiting for a long time!

"The Tartars are really retreating!"

Before the sky was completely dark, Li Zixiao accompanied King De and Lu Xiangsheng, standing on the west city wall of Jinan, looking at the rolling torrent going north outside the city, King De said with excitement in his tone.

"This is the sincerity shown to us by the Tartars, and they will leave a small detachment of men to come and receive the silver at midnight."

Li Zixiao said to King De.

At this time, after the Tartars had just withdrawn, Li Zixiao saw that the gate of Jinan City was opened, and many merchants, big families and other domestic slaves, driving carriages and carts, actually left Jinan City one after another.

Li Zixiao knew at a glance that these people were worried that the Tartars would go and return, and took advantage of the Tartars' withdrawal to transfer their families and belongings out of Jinan City first.

In addition to the dignitaries and nobles in Jinan City, many ordinary people in Jinan City also fled Jinan City with their families, and they were also afraid of the Tartars going and returning.

Even, Li Zixiao saw the largest convoy in these people out of the city.

It was the convoy of the Dewang Mansion, that is to say, the Dewang also made two preparations, and took this opportunity to transfer his family and property.

If there is no approval of King De, the enemy has just retreated at this time, and the sky is dark, so it is said that the gate of Jinan City should not be opened.

But now that the city gate has been opened, and he has seen King De's convoy, Li Zixiao of course understands that this is what King De meant.

At this time, Li Zixiao looked at King De and said jokingly: "Lord, the Tartars have already kept their promises and retired from the army, at this time, the prince will not want to regret it and not give the Tartars this silver." ”

Li Zixiao was really afraid that King De would not be willing to give up such a large sum of silver at this time, and when he saw that Tartar had withdrawn from the army, his family and property had been transferred, so he turned his face and did not hand over the silver.

This kind of thing is really possible, in fact, King De really had such a thought in his heart just now.

At this time, when Li Zixiao said this, his face changed slightly, and then he hurriedly said: "How is it possible, the Tartars have kept their promises, how can this king go back on his word." ”

The prince thought so, and the lower officials were relieved.

The prince must not think that at this time, the Tartars have retreated, and many people and merchants in the city have moved out, so it is completely okay not to give the Tartars this silver.

Don't forget that Jinan City can't be moved, and the prince's palace can't be moved, if you annoy the Tartars because of repentance, the Tartars will go and return, and burn the city of Jinan, and the prince will lose more. ”

"Haha, this is a great deal, and this king still knows." King De covered his panic with laughter and said.

At the same time, he also knew that Li Zixiao was right, just his Dewang Mansion, from the beginning of the construction to the present, has spent millions of taels, magnificent, he is really reluctant to leave.

And King De thought about it, anyway, the three million taels of silver he gave to the Tartar this time, in fact, he only paid a mere 100,000 taels.

Even, because he counted the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings taken out by those merchants at a low price, King De could make a small profit afterwards, so that he didn't pay a cent for the three million taels of silver this time.

Anyway, I didn't have any money, so I don't feel distressed when I think about it now, Tartar is not easy to fool, so it's better not to make extraneous branches.

With Li Zixiao's reminder, the trace of evil thoughts that emerged in King De's heart was completely extinguished.

Time passed minute by minute, and at midnight, the people who left the city could hardly be seen, at least near the west gate.

The people who were in a hurry to get out of the city were all ordered by the king to go out of the city through several other gates.

"It's coming!"

In the middle of the night, a fire appeared in the west of Jinan City, like a long dragon, it should be a team, Li Zixiao saw it, a smile appeared on his face, and said to King De and Lu Xiangsheng.

In fact, Li Zixiao knows very well that this time it is not the Tartar team at all, although the 'leader' is indeed a Tartar prince, but the person who really controls this team is Li Zixiao.

Four or five miles west of Jinan City, a cavalry team of about four or five hundred people was approaching Jinan City with torches.

And on the bright side, this is a Tartar cavalry, because all of them are dressed in Tartar armor and carry the banner of Tartar.

Especially in the middle of the team, there was a Tartar wearing a red and white-edged battle armor, it was none other than Duoduo, the Tartar with a white flag who was captured by the White Dragon Army.

And the so-called Tartar soldiers around, in addition to the tartar armor with white flags they wore, they themselves are simply soldiers of the White Dragon Army.

At this time, Duoduo seemed to be riding on a horse, but his hands were tied, Li Yan was guarding beside him, and the reins of the horse in front were still held by Zhao Zilong, so that Duoduo had no chance to escape.

This is a Tartar army disguised as a white dragon soldier.

Anyway, these white dragon soldiers are all wearing iron helmets, and I can't see that they haven't shaved their hair, and the appearance of the Tartar is not much different from that of Akito Kannai.

As long as these white dragon soldiers don't speak, it must be difficult for people to tell that these are not real tartars.

As for the Tartar armor of the White Dragon Army, all of them were taken from the Tartar corpse by the White Dragon Army in the previous battles, and now they are just being used.

"Dog Tartar, you'd better do what I told you to do, and then we'll hand you over to your brother Dorgon in exchange for our comrades.

Now, if you should play tricks, don't blame our men for showing mercy and cutting off your head, and your brother Dorgon will be overwhelmed with grief! ”

Li Yan saw that Jinan City was about to arrive, and once again warned Duoduo that the next thing would require the cooperation of this Tartar prince.

Duoduo also saw Dolgon's personal jade pendant brought back by Zhao Zilong before, as a token, so that Duoduo believed Li Yan's words, and they really reached an agreement with Dolgon.

Otherwise, no one would have been able to take his personal jade pendant from Dorgon, and he was overjoyed to see Dordor, who had hope of being rescued.

Of course, Dorgon did not want to die at the hands of the Ming army, and he was very aware of his brother's situation in the Tartars, and if something happened to him, Dorgon's situation would be even more uncomfortable.

Not for his own sake, even for his brother Dorgon, Dorgon would not take any chances, and he must go back safely.

This is also why, at this time, Duoduo is willing to cooperate so much, and do what Li Yan told him before.

As for why the Ming army in front of him pretended to be their team and did such a strange thing, Duoduo couldn't figure it out for a while.

At this time, Li Zixiao accompanied Lu Xiangsheng and King De out of Jinan City, and was waiting for this 'Tartar Prince Team' to come over under Jinan City.

"Lord Wang, it is the banner owner of the Tartar inlaid white flag, Duoduo, the Prince of Yu of the Qing Kingdom, that is, the younger brother of Emperor Taiji of Guanwai."

Seeing the arrival of the team, Li Zixiao approached King De and introduced in a low voice.

"Yes."

King De nodded and replied.

"Stop!" Li Yan shouted in Tatar language.

The more than 400 'Tartar soldiers' stopped in unison, and soon the three war horses slowly walked out, and it was Duoduo in the front, and Zhao Zilong and Li Yan were next to Duoduo behind them.

At this time, Li Zixiao knew that it was time for him to act, strode out, stood five steps away from Duoduo, and said, "Your Royal Highness, everything is ready." ”

At this time, Duoduo's eyes were staring at Li Zixiao in front of him, his eyes were full of anger, gritting his teeth, Li Zixiao was closer, and he could clearly see that Duoduo hated him at this time.

But Li Zixiao didn't care, he expected that Duoduo would not dare to harm him at this time, otherwise his life would be difficult to protect, so he looked at Duoduo's angry eyes as if he hadn't seen it.

And the king and others in the back, because the distance is a little farther, and although there are torches around, the light is still very dim, and they can't see Duoduo's expression.

"Gurgling ......"

Duoduo deliberately used Tatar language and spoke nonsense, although he could speak Chinese, but Li Yan had told him before that he had to speak Tatar throughout the whole process, and he was not allowed to speak Chinese, he could only obey.

"Our prince said, don't waste time, we have to take things away immediately."

Li Yan on the side pretended to act as a translator and came out to speak in Chinese.

Duoduo in front of him rolled his eyes, the Tatar language he said just now didn't mean this at all, just now he was using Tatar language, cursing Li Zixiao!

As a result, Li Yan stood up and was able to translate such a sentence, but Duoduo didn't dare to say anything, because at this time, behind his back, Zhao Zilong took a dagger and put it on his waist!

Anyway, he just needs to say a few words of Tatar nonsense, and he can translate these Han people as much as they like.

"Okay, the things are in the cart behind, you can send someone to inspect them, and then I will go and ask our prince, and our prince will speak, and you can take the things away."

After Li Zixiao finished speaking, he immediately turned around and returned to King De's side.

"Lord, the Tartars should take away the silver immediately." When he said this, Li Zixiao's palm under his sleeve was clenched tightly, very nervous.

"He is Duoduo, the Prince of Yu of the Tartars?" King De did not agree with Li Zixiao's words, but asked.

"Yes, he is Dodor, the younger brother of Dorgon, the commander of the Tartars."

"Why did you see this king, you didn't even get off the horse, don't you look down on this king! Go and tell him that the king wants to talk to him. ”

Li Zixiao chuckled in his heart, if he really let King De go over to talk to Duoduo, if King De noticed that something was wrong, he would have to give up all his efforts.

"Lord Wang, these Tartar princes are all very arrogant, they don't even pay attention to the saint at this time, the prince will pass over I'm afraid it will be ......, and the prince has to bow his head under the eaves!"

Li Zixiao persuaded him euphemistically, which means that the prince of Tartar doesn't look down on you at all, so don't go over and ask for hardship, and finally be humiliated by others, and then you will have no face.

King De's face was suddenly ugly, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and it was not easy to let the Tartars withdraw from the army, but he could no longer make troubles, and he was not interested in doing things that made people beat people in the face.

"Hmph, let them quickly pull these carts away, and get out of the Shandong territory quickly, this king doesn't want to see them again." King De said in a cold voice.

Next, Li Yan signaled to the white dragon sergeant beside him, and they immediately dismounted, and when they arrived at the cart covered with sackcloth more than a dozen paces away, they opened the box and pretended to check.

And the whole process of the inspection, the speed came down, and then he came back to report to Li Yan, the number was right, everything was a re-acting, and King De played the group.

Soon, more than 30 carts were handed over to Zhao Zilong's side, and then Li Yan shouted in Tatar language, and more than 400 cavalry escorted the three million taels of silver and disappeared into the vast night.

Until this time, Li Zixiao had never received the news that Luo Chao, who had followed the Tartar army in the north, sent back, that is to say, everything was normal.

In that way, Li Zixiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, indicating that the main force of the Tartar army had really retreated north.

At this time, the three thousand Tartar elite cavalry led by Dolgon were waiting at the boundary of Liaocheng, waiting for Li Zixiao to arrive with Duoduo, this time was actually the place where he really traded with the Tartars.

At this time, Li Zixiao wanted to find an excuse to get out, but he didn't expect King De to not agree to let him leave, so he had to continue to stay in Jinan City.

However, Li Zixiao watched the team led by Li Yan and Zhao Zilong slowly disappear into the middle of the night, and there were more than 30 carts when they left, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Li Yan, Zilong, I'll leave the rest to you, be cautious, don't have an accident, and send this silver back to Lao Tzu safely!

This money will be the main source for us to expand our armaments, recruit soldiers, and expand our strength for a period of time! Li Zixiao prayed in his heart.

"Zilong, according to our previous plan, I will take two hundred people to escort these carts to the dock, hand them over to General Liu to transport them onto the ship, and then wait for us at the dock.

You take this dog Tartar prince to the place agreed between the general and Dolgon, and exchange this dog Tartar prince for Qi Wei and Qi Lin, the two generals, and we will meet at the dock. ”

After leaving Jinan for a few miles, Li Yan said to Zhao Zilong.

"Okay, be careful."