Outside Chang'an City, in the Royal Navy's central military tent, Luo Zhang and Gao Gouli's envoy were sitting opposite each other. A group of generals and leaders stood aside and listened to the two men's words.

Hearing what Luo Zhang said, the generals almost couldn't help but laugh out loud. You are really powerful when it comes to repairing ships and raising money for people. You are just making up these nonsense words.

Even when there was a storm at sea, they rescued Gaogouli's ship out of good intentions and towed the ship back. This was just telling lies with open eyes.

It was obviously them who broke up the ship and dragged it back, but the adults said it was a storm at sea. This made everyone admire them. No wonder they became marquises at such a young age, while they were only school captains and guardsmen.

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When the envoy of Gaoguli heard Luo Zhang's words, he knew what was going on, but he had to hold his nose and admit it, and asked how much Luo Zhang wanted.

Upon hearing the questions from the Gaogouli envoy, Luo Zhang smiled happily, like a weasel who had stolen a chicken.

After coughing, Luo Zhang continued: "It doesn't need to be too much. There are 585 Gaogouli crew members on the ship. I don't count the amount of food and drink for each person every day. It only costs ten taels of silver."

, it took a total of half a month to get here from the sea, with a total of more than 87,000 taels of silver. Let’s count it as 90,000 taels for you. You won’t mind the extra money, right? The other four ships are very

It was broken. We sent it to the shipyard for repair. This repair is not cheap. The shipyard told me that the materials alone to repair a ship cost 50,000 taels. This does not include the labor cost, so I will not count it as yours.

The total of the four ships is 200,000 taels, plus the previous 90,000 taels, the total is 290,000 taels. If you give this money, you can take the people and the ships and leave!"

Gao Gouli's envoy was confused, two hundred and ninety thousand taels, two hundred and ninety thousand taels? He didn't expect it to be so much. In his mind, it would be up to ten thousand taels, but he didn't expect Luo Zhang to want so much. This was already

It can't be described as a lion opening its mouth. This is simply a money grab, a naked money grab?

What kind of ship costs 50,000 taels to repair? It’s enough to build one from scratch.

It costs ten taels of silver per person per day? What is all this food for? Delicacies from the mountains and the sea? Delicacies from the mountains and the sea don’t need that much, 90,000 yuan in half a month, it’s not what Luo Zhang can say.

Not only was Gaogouli's envoy confused, but the soldiers on the side were also a little dazed. They had thought that Luo Zhang would kill Gaogouli ruthlessly, but they didn't expect that Luo Zhang would be so ruthless. This was simply taking advantage of him.

He was slashing with a big knife. Otherwise, they might have the urge to go berserk.

The admiration for Luo Zhang in my heart is overwhelming. I have seen people cheating, but I have never seen people cheating like this. It's amazing. Your Excellency is really amazing.

After swallowing his saliva, the Gaogouli envoy looked at Luo Zhang and said, "Luo Hou, are you sure your calculation is correct?"

"Ah? Wrong calculation? How could I be wrong? My calculation is very good. I will never make a mistake. It's 290,000. It won't be wrong!" Luo Zhang patted his chest and said confidently.

The crowd was extremely speechless. They had seen shameless people, but they had never seen such shameless people. They praised themselves for not blushing at all.

"But... but this is too much. Each person is worth ten taels of silver per day, and repairing the ship requires fifty thousand taels. This... Luo Hou, this is a bit too much." Gao Gouli

The envoy said a little angrily.

"Excessive? Why have I gone too far? I entertained your people with delicious food and drinks, brought your people back intact, and repaired the boat. You think I am too much? I ask you for money, so you are like this

, are you still my friendly ally of the Tang Dynasty? You actually argue with me, I am so disappointed in you Gaogouli." Luo Zhang also pretended to be very angry, and everyone who looked at them had the urge to slap him,

Shit, really too shitty.

"Luo Hou, I didn't mean that. It's just that the money is too much and I simply can't afford it!" Envoy Gaogouli took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.

"If you can't afford it? If you can't afford it, just tell your King Gaoguli and ask him to get money to bring people. Do you still want me to teach you?" Luo Zhang said angrily.

"But this will take a lot of time, and we won't be able to get it for a while. What do you think about releasing the people and the boat first? I will raise the money for you!" Gaoguli envoy discussed.

"Let the man and the boat go first? Do you think I'm a fool? What if you don't give me money if you let the man and the boat go? Who will I find to go to? I don't want to be a debt collector. In a word

, if you give me money, let people and ships go. If you don’t have money, go and get money quickly. In addition, for every extra day these people stay with me, they will get ten more taels of silver. Five hundred and eighty-five people, that’s five thousand eight hundred and fifty per day.

Two, and the money for the ship to dock, which is one thousand taels per day, even if you are 8,000 taels, if you delay for one more day, it will be 8,000 taels, you can decide what to do." Luo Zhang said with his fingers.

"What? You want money every day? Why don't you go and rob it?" Envoy Gaogouli finally couldn't help but burst out and roared at Luo Zhang.

"Robbing? No, no, no, I won't do that kind of thing. I am the most reasonable person. You can reason with me, but you can't frame me. This is the first time, and I hope it will be the last time. If you dare again

Framed me, I promise you won’t be able to leave this military camp, do you believe it or not?” Luo Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You!!!" Envoy Gaogouli wanted to say something, but when he saw Luo Zhang's cold eyes, he suddenly woke up and his back became wet. This time he remembered that he was in the Royal Navy barracks, here.

Yelling at Luo Zhang is like asking for death by hanging himself. What's more, with his strength, he doesn't even need Luo Zhang to take action, and he is afraid that he will die.

"Hurry up and get the money. If you don't get the money, eight thousand silver will be added every day. You can take care of it yourself. If you want to leave, don't give it away!" Luo Zhang waved his hand as if to shoo away flies.

Gaogouli's envoy stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and strode away to show his anger, but he did not dare to say another word for fear that Luo Zhang would be angry and chop him into pieces.

After Gao Gouli's envoy left, eager laughter erupted in the Chinese army's tent, and everyone burst into laughter.

"Sir, you are really amazing. Two hundred and ninety thousand taels. Add in the 500,000 taels sold for several cargoes on the ship. We made nearly 800,000 taels on this trip."

"Yes, this is a great harvest! And that's not counting the money we make from the cargo on our cargo ship!"

"It's better to plunder Gaoguli. The Japanese ships bring more money than our hard work in transporting goods. It's only 800,000 taels!"

Everyone was talking in a hurry. Luo Zhang listened for a long time before he signaled everyone to be quiet and said, "Are you all happy?"

Everyone nodded, how could they not be happy? They would get a share of any harvest, who would think it was too much money.

"But have you ever thought about the consequences if you lose the battle?" Luo Zhang poured a basin of cold water down and said.

"This... we will not be defeated!" someone said.

"Will you not be defeated? There is no ever-victorious commander in this world. No matter when and where you are, you must keep a vigilant heart. Be careful, be careful again and again, and never be arrogant or complacent. I can give you the best advice.

A good ship can also give you the best weapons, but if you are arrogant and complacent, no matter how good the ship or the best weapons are, it will be useless. You will be in trouble because you are careless and complacent. Believe it or not?" Luo?

Zhang scolded.

No one said anything, everyone looked at each other, wondering what was going on, why did the adults reprimand them so well.

"Don't think it's great that you just won a battle. Gaogouli, the Japanese are nothing at all. There is still a long way to go, and there will be more powerful opponents waiting for you. By then, if you can laugh,

Just come out."

"My requirements are not high. As long as you take every time you go to sea seriously, whether it is to transport goods or to annihilate the enemy, you must go all out. If anyone dares to do nothing for me, I will not use such people. Remember it clearly.

Are you done?" Luo Zhang said loudly.

"Yes, sir!" Everyone hurriedly bowed and agreed.

"Just remember, that's it. It's time to eat and drink. Tonight belongs to you!" After Luo Zhang said this, he stood up and left the tent, leaving behind a group of soldiers who were smiling bitterly.

After leaving the big tent, Luo Zhang took a deep breath. He didn't know why he said those words just now. Maybe he said it out of emotion, or maybe he didn't want the people in the tent to see him tomorrow. In short, what he said was not wrong. I'm afraid
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