Chapter 399: Playing the long game to catch the big fish
Xue Lang thought of something and said: "I remembered it. I heard that General Fang has learned some powerful secret method. He can control the other party to spit out all the truth. In this way, we can know all the truth very soon."
Du Hongan nodded, "In that case, the two of us will follow General Fang today. When the time comes, we will be on guard for you."
The three of them have already discussed it.
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After Zhang He returned to the room, he handed over a small black box sent by General Tianying.
After Zhang He opened the box, there was a thick stack of banknotes inside.
These banknotes are from Dayan Bank and can be withdrawn at any time. They are all in small denominations, one hundred taels each. Those merchants who withdraw hundreds of taels of banknotes do not need to register or investigate.
And the total here is a full fifty thousand taels of silver!
Of course, in addition to these banknotes, Tianying also brought a box of jewelry worth more than one hundred thousand taels. These things are easier to sell.
After Zhang He checked the belongings, he frowned and asked: "Brother Tianying, this is so uninteresting, why do you only have this little?"
"With Fang Chen's current power and status, even if you give me ten million taels, it may not be enough. Are you sending me a beggar with such a small amount of silver notes and jewelry?"
Zhang He was very dissatisfied. Even if he killed a powerful person in their city, it wouldn't cost him so little money.
Tianying smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, given the relationship between the two of us, how could I give you just this little?"
"There is a saying that goes long term to catch big fish. Now that we are going on an expedition with the army, it is difficult to bring silver and jewelry. The ability to get these is already our limit."
"After General Jin Long and I become marshals and return in triumph, the Daqian Dynasty will definitely give us adequate compensation and even designate several cities for us."
"I don't need to tell you how much oil and water there is here. Master Zhang must be very clear about it. Don't say 10 million taels of silver, even if it is 50 million taels, I will give it to you!"
Thinking of this, Zhang He's eyes lit up. Of course he knew that the status of Marshal of Soldiers and Horses was extremely noble, and he would get military power and command the three armies.
If the war is won, it will all be the credit of the two generals. As long as the Daqian Dynasty pays compensation, it will be easy to make some money from it.
"In that case, we have agreed that 50 million taels will be given to me when the matter is completed!"
The corner of Tianying's mouth twitched, and he just said it casually, trying to reassure Zhang He that he would never treat him badly in the future.
Unexpectedly, Zhang He opened his mouth to ask for fifty million taels.
However, Tianying still agreed.
"No problem. When the time comes, I will definitely get the money from regular channels and ship it to you in batches."
"There will definitely be no problems, and no one will be able to find out." Tianying promised Zhang He seriously.
After the two parties reached an agreement, General Tianying left.
Zhang He collected these belongings first.
Locked in a secret room inside the mansion.
After collecting the money from improper sources, you should first hide it, wait a few years, then take it out, and spend it slowly, so that there will be no problems.
After doing everything, Zhang He returned to the room.
He is in a good mood and will wake up laughing from his dreams tonight.
Every night, Zhang He likes to find a few girls to listen to music and drink in the house.
But now that official duties were busy, he could only endure it and wait until Fang Chen and others left to enjoy it.
He was about to go back and sleep with his concubine in his arms, when a servant reported.
"My lord, General Fang sent someone here to bring a message, asking your lord to come over and discuss important matters."
Zhang He frowned, is there anything we can't discuss tomorrow?
Besides, if you have something to do with me, do you still want me to come over to you?
Zhang He was very dissatisfied, but Fang Chen was looking for him and he had to go there.
Fang Chen was waiting for him in the room, having already prepared the Hongmen Banquet.
After Zhang He came over, Fang Chen hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically.
"Master Zhang, you are here. Please come inside. I have prepared some drinks. Let's have a drink tonight."
Zhang He took his seat and said with a smile: "General Fang, you are so polite. I wonder why General Fang came to see me so late?"
The two of them had a drink first, and Fang Chen said: "During the day at the banquet, Mr. Zhang and I hit it off like old friends, and we felt like we had met so late, so I invited Mr. Zhang over in the evening to have a good chat over wine.
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Zhang He feels very weird, what do you and I have to talk about? I am over fifty years old, but you, a little devil, are not even twenty years old, right?
Zhang He thought they were talking about some official business, but he didn't expect Fang Chen to say that.
"General Fang, you and I feel like old friends at first sight. General Fang is now in a high position and is the marshal of the army. I admire General Fang even more!"
Zhang He dealt with Fang Chen, and the two of them drank glass after glass of wine.
So Fang Chen chatted nonsense about Nanhe City's people's livelihood issues, as well as business development in various industries and other issues.
While chatting, Zhang He found that he was too drunk and his head began to feel dizzy. He wanted to go back, but Fang Chen held him back and kept drinking.
Finally, after more than half an hour, Zhang He collapsed and lay on the table, completely drunk.
Next, Fang Chen began to perform evil spells, while Du Hongan and Xue Lang stood guard at the door.
Fiery red flames appeared in Fang Chen's palm, and then these flames penetrated through Zhang He's nose.
Fang Chen has cultivated the Ten Thousand Poison Manual to its peak.
You can use evil magic to control the other party without your knowing it.
Soon, Zhang He's eyes were filled with dullness, his body was stiff, and he was completely under control.
"Master Zhang, tell me, why did you poison me during the reception banquet during the day?"
Zhang He answered in a mechanical voice, without any emotion at all.
"General Tianying ordered me to poison General Fang."
Sure enough, it was related to the two generals. Fang Chen asked again: "Why is it that only my drink is poisonous and the others are not poisoned?"
Zhang He explained: "We poisoned General Fang's wine glass, not the wine. Our purpose was just to target General Fang."
Fang Chen was furious, "What kind of poison is this?"
"I don't know what kind of poison it is. General Tianying gave it to me. He said that this poison is colorless and odorless. Anyone who has been poisoned cannot detect it. It was not until a month later that the poison slowly appeared in the body.
If you show any signs, you will die within three days, and other people will think that you are dying of a serious illness. This kind of poison kills people invisibly."
Although Fang Chen didn't know what kind of poison it was, he had practiced the Ten Thousand Poisons Manual and could detoxify it.
Next, under Fang Chen's questioning, Zhang He told everything.