When Yang Zhen asked this question, the two thieves Qingshan Hao and Cao Shangfei didn't know what to say for a moment. They looked at each other and pondered how much they should offer.

After all, both of them don't have many people. Together, they only have 150 or 60 people. If Lao Pao Tou just settled on 30%, then they can try to offer 20%.

However, Lao Pao Tou almost had a fight with Xu Changyong, and in the end, he almost settled on 20%. So how could he ask for 20% if he only had so many people together?

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Qingshan Hao was thinking about his original asking price, but at the same time he was worried that if he said it, the negotiation would collapse and it would end badly.

Just when Qingshan was hesitant, Cao Shangfei, a little man who had never been very impressive, suddenly took a step forward, bowed to Yang Zhen and said:

"In this transaction, Mr. Yang is the leader of all our teams! It is up to Mr. Yang, the leader, to have the final say on how to distribute the benefits after the transaction is completed!"

What Cao Shangfei suddenly said shocked many people present, but the most unexpected person among them was Qingshan Hao, who was also the leader of the Qingluan Ridge horse thieves.

"Hey, brother Fei Caoshang, what do you mean when you say this?!"

Qingshan Hao saw Cao Shangfei suddenly stood up and spoke first. He was already very unhappy, but hearing him say this again was almost equivalent to cutting off his own financial path. He immediately came forward and glared at Cao Shangfei with an angry look on his face.

, asked him sullenly.

However, Cao Shangfei was not moved at all, and did not even turn to look at him. Instead, he maintained his original posture of saluting Yang Zhen respectfully and answered him directly:

"I don't mean anything else! I'm just trusting General Yang, and I believe that General Yang will do things fairly and will not cause our brothers to suffer!"

"you--"

After hearing Cao Shangfei's answer, Qingshan felt a little angry for a moment. He didn't know what to say. He just glared at Cao Shangfei and thought quickly about what Cao Shangfei wanted to do.

There are not many flying men on the grass. After Li Ma led his team to leave Qingluan Ridge, he faced the end of being taken over by Qingshan Hao and becoming a subordinate of Qingshan Hao.

What these horse thieves care most about is freedom and ease, and they would rather be the heads of chickens than the queens of cows.

But for the leaders of the small gangs on the grassland, this freedom of being the leader may be ended at any time by the leaders of the big gangs.

After Cao Shangfei and Qingshan Hao joined forces and Li Ma was unable to gain a foothold in Qingluan Mountains, he soon found himself facing a situation where two tigers could not tolerate one mountain.

However, Qingshan's good men and horses were twice as good as those of Cao Shangfei. There was no suspense about who would annex whom. Therefore, as soon as Li Ma led Deng En to Qingluan Ridge, Cao Shangfei immediately treated him as a guest of honor.

In the end, he would rather take the tiger crouching cannon, which was very valuable among the prairie horse thieves, as a greeting gift, and also volunteer to persuade the old cannon to join the team, as a stepping stone for General Yang Zhenyang.

Because, since you have to be someone else's subordinate after all, why not find someone with a better future?!

Therefore, between Qingshan Hao and Yang Zhen, Cao Shangfei had already decided to join the Songshan army like Li Ma before he met Yang Zhen!

Let's take the boss. After all, it is a seventh-grade military position. The most important thing is to be able to keep the few troops in his hands!

Cao Shangfei thought so, and of course he was prepared to do so, and there was an excellent opportunity in front of him. He could express his attitude directly to Yang Zhen.

Of course, Yang Zhen saw his performance and quickly understood his intention.

Just as Cao Shangfei stood up to express his attitude and started bickering with the furious Qingshan Hao, Yang Zhen saw the reactions of Li Ma and Dunn in the crowd of onlookers.

Both of these people nodded to Yang Zhen.

This means that Cao Shangfei, the relatively weak leader of the Qingluan Ridge horse thieves, is ready to officially surrender to him.

With this judgment, Yang Zhen stopped worrying about anything and said directly to Qingshan Hao: "The income received cannot all depend on the number of people joining the gang, but it also has to depend on the number of people joining the gang!

"Good brother Qingshan, Qingluan Ridge counts as one side, and there are a total of 156 people and horses. How about giving you 10%? I will give you 10% of the gold, silver, cloth, grain and equipment, horses and mules I got from this trip! If

If you have other income, you can tell me about it when the time comes!"

Yang Zhen also saw that Qing Shanhao looked ugly, and he didn't know if what he said would make the other party even more angry. However, he must not be too weak when dealing with these people, otherwise they would push their noses and push their noses to the limit.

However, what he didn't expect was that although Qingshan Hao's face was still gloomy and ugly, he did not become furious. He first glanced sideways at Fei Caoshang, then stared at Yang Zhen for a moment, and finally gritted his molar teeth.

Said in one sentence:

"The gold, silver, cloth, grain, livestock, horses and mules obtained from this trip will each have 10% of the Qingluan Mountains. The final distribution will be mine!"

Qingshan Hao finished his words first, and after waiting for the reactions of Cao Shangfei and Yang Zhen, seeing that neither of them spoke, which was equivalent to acknowledging this, he continued:

"As for other income, we, Qingluanling, don't want to ask for anything more. If there are armors, crossbows, and arrowheads, we, Qingluanling, will take 20% of it! In addition, we, Qingluanling, will take 20% of the captured Qingzhuang Dingkou.

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After saying these words, Qing Shanhao paused and stared at Yang Zhen intently. Seeing that the latter did not respond, as if he was still waiting for him to speak, he continued:

"How?! - Two percent is not much! If General Yang agrees now, I, Qingshan, will have nothing to say! And I expect Brother Cao Shangfei will also have nothing to say!"

When Yang Zhen made a promise to Old Pao Tou before, he deliberately pointed out the gold and silver, cloth, salt, grain, horses and mules that he would receive. Of course, it also had deep meaning.

By doing this, he was tantamount to limiting the supplies allocated to Old Cannon to these five areas.

Old gun leader Liu Wanzhong didn't know whether it was because he had other considerations of his own or because he didn't discover the mystery hidden in it. In short, he agreed without getting entangled with Yang Zhen.

But these small details were seen through by Qingshan Hao, who was a bit of a thief.

In addition to what the old cannon asked for by name, Qingshan took advantage of the old cannon's absence to add a few more things that he considered crucial to the list of supplies he requested.

For them, a team of horse thieves who have been running around on the grasslands of Saibei all year round, robbing homes and houses, they still have a very clear idea of ​​what the caravans coming from the customs will bring out of the customs.

Although he didn’t know how much property and supplies the Zhangjiakou caravan carried this time and what they contained specifically, Qingshan Hao still made his request based on past experience.

After Qingshan Hao finished speaking about his additional requirements, he still squinted his eyes and stared at Yang Zhen intently, observing and judging, trying to understand Yang Zhen's attitude so that he could adjust his asking price at any time.

Others still present, such as Zu Keyong, Xu Changyong, Li Ma, and Cao Shangfei, also held their breaths, and their eyes turned back and forth on the faces of Yang Zhen and Qingshan Hao.

They all knew that there was something in Qingshan's good words, and they also knew what Yang Zhen might mean once he agreed.

Among Qingshan's many words, there was one sentence that he passed by in an understatement, but it was a crucial sentence.

Zu Keyong and others all heard it, but they were worried that Yang Zhen didn't. They were hesitating whether to remind them loudly, but they heard Yang Zhen suddenly say:

"Brother Fei Caoshang, did you hear clearly what good brother Qingshan meant?! Do you have any objections here?!"

When Yang Zhen asked, everyone immediately turned to stare at Caoshang Fei, who was short and looked like a gorilla, including Qingshan Hao.

"I heard you clearly! And I have no objections! As long as I can help General Yang to promote cooperation between the brothers and the Songshan army, I have nothing to say even if I suffer a little loss!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Cao Shangfei bowed his head with a dark face, cupped his fists and said these words to Yang Zhen, and the meaning behind his words was very clear.

After hearing what Cao Shangfei said, Yang Zhen stepped forward. Although he did not speak to him, he nodded, patted his shoulder hard, then turned to Qingshan Hao and said:

"Since Brother Cao Shangfei has no objections, then our deal is considered a deal!"

Qingshan really wanted to use the share of the seized materials to plot against Cao Shangfei, but unexpectedly, his plot was already part of Yang Zhen's scheme.

That night, now that the shares of the "spoils" among the various groups had been finalized, the relationship between them quickly became harmonious again. They gathered around a big bonfire, drank from big bowls, ate meat, and were as affectionate as a family.

People.

In particular, the relationship between Cao Shangfei, Li Ma, and Deng En, and the generals of Yang Zhen's advance camp quickly became very warm.

At this time, Cao Shangfei also reported his real name to Yang Zhen and the generals in the advance camp, and talked about Nian Geng with the generals.

This Cao Shangfei said that he was born as a Han herder slave in the Chahan tribe. He only knew that his mother was a daughter of the Han family, but he did not know who his father was because his nickname was Hutuge and now he uses the character Hu as his surname.

As for the horse thieves under his command, almost all of them had such origins, either Han herder slaves living on the grasslands, or miscellaneous tribesmen outside the Great Wall who claimed to be Han people.

Whether they are real Han people or fake Han people, as long as these desperadoes on the grasslands beyond the Great Wall are willing to follow him and compete with the tribal dignitaries on the grasslands who have surrendered to the Manchu Tatars, Yang Zhen will not refuse them.
Chapter completed!