Although Guan Xiaorou, Tang Xiaobei and others didn't know where the Liaohe River Jin Feng mentioned was, they could sense it from Jin Feng's attitude. Jin Feng seemed to be lazy at this time, but he was actually very serious.
As the eldest lady of the Qing family, Qing Mulan had seen the map of the Eastern Barbarians.
Although the map was very crude, the Liaohe River was a very large river and could be marked on the map, so we knew what a huge piece of land Jin Feng was talking about.
Jin Feng is now asking Princess Lu Jie to exchange such a large piece of territory for news about the New World...
Qing Mulan also asked about the New World at the beginning, and Jin Feng told her everything she knew. Jin Feng answered whatever she asked without hiding anything.
Qing Mulan thought it was nothing at the time, but only now did she understand that the news about the New World was so important!
Thinking about it carefully, according to Jin Feng's description, the New World is larger than the Dakang, Eastern Barbarians, Xiang, Tubo and other places combined, and it is extremely rich in products and minerals. It can indeed be called a huge treasure land.
For ordinary people, even if they know about this place, they don't have the ability to visit the New World. They can only treat it as anecdotes and talk about it when bragging.
But for those who have the ability, this news is absolutely priceless, and it is worth spending more money and resources in exchange for it.
Because they may go to the New World to establish a new country!
Thinking of this, Qing Mulan couldn't help but be moved.
Jin Feng didn't hesitate to tell her such important news!
Like Qing Mulan, there are also Hong Taoping and Zheng Chiyuan.
Because Jin Feng also told them about the news of the New World.
Like Qing Mulan, at that time they were just shocked by the new world described by Jin Feng and did not think about its value.
Only now do I know that this news is extremely valuable.
If nothing else, they would go back to Princess Lu Jie to sell the news, and they would definitely fetch a sky-high price.
Thinking of this, Zheng Chiyuan and Hong Taoping both looked at Jin Feng secretly, trying to see whether Jin Feng's expression regretted telling them this in the first place.
Jin Feng's expression didn't change at all, and he didn't even look this way at all.
Zheng Chiyuan and Hong Taoping knew that Jin Feng had complete trust in them and did not regret telling them the news.
This trust moved both of them very much.
Jin Feng himself didn't know that his casual words would make Qing Mulan, Hong Taoping and Zheng Chiyuan think so much.
In fact, even if he had known that such a day would come, Jin Feng would still tell them.
Because the world is so chaotic, Jin Feng cannot guarantee that he will not have any accidents.
For example, last time at Brass Valley, if Qinghuai hadn't arrived in time with the Tielin Army, Jin Feng would have been in danger.
If something unexpected happens to him, the New World will disappear with him in Dakang.
Jin Feng did not dare to say how noble he was, but as a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, if possible, he hoped that the Chinese would find the New World first, rather than the Europeans finding it first.
Therefore, Jin Feng has never regretted his original decision, nor has he thought about it in this regard. Now his attention is on Princess Lu Jie, waiting for Princess Lu Jie's answer.
Princess Lu Jie did not keep him waiting. Not long after Jin Feng finished asking the question, she shook her head and refused: "Impossible!"
"Why?" Jin Feng was a little disappointed with Princess Lu Jie's answer: "As far as I know, the area north of the Liaohe River is a wasteland. You rarely go there, right?"
Chapter 1578 Use someone to replace it (2 / 2)
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"We rarely go there, but it is also the territory of the Eastern Barbarians. How can we cede it at will?"
Princess Lu Jie replied: "Just like the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north of Dakang, there are almost no people from the Central Plains. Sir, are you willing to cede it to me, the Eastern Barbarians?"
"So there's nothing to talk about?"
Jin Feng sighed, but he was not particularly disappointed.
When he proposed this condition, he was prepared to be rejected.
Because unless you are an extremely foolish decision-maker, you will generally not make the decision to cede territory.
Just after the war, Princess Lu Jie dared to go to Yuguan City to negotiate with Jin Feng alone, and now she dared to come to Dakang. She was obviously not a fool, and it was normal to refuse Jin Feng's conditions.
But Princess Lu Jie was not willing to accept it: "Lu Jie really can't agree to this condition. Sir, you can change it to another condition!"
"Aside from territory, what else do you think you Eastern Barbarians can exchange with me?" Jin Feng asked in reply: "Don't talk about horses, cattle and sheep. You have even given us war horses. I don't believe how many more horses and cattle you can have.
sheep."
When Princess Lu Jie heard this, her expression couldn't help but darken.
Yes, in order to collect the war compensation for Yuguan City, Princess Lu Jie almost emptied all the wealth of the tribe, and some soldiers' horses were taken away.
Not to mention the golden-fronted lion's big mouth, even if she just asked for the same amount as last time, Princess Lu Jie would not be able to come up with it.
"If sir, you want horses, cattle and sheep, even if we can't get them temporarily, we can repay them over ten years!" Princess Lu Jie gritted her teeth and said.
"Your Highness, do you think I will still need your horses, cattle and sheep in ten years?"
Jin Feng sneered and said: "In five years at most, the horses, cattle and sheep in the sixteen states of Yanyun will be enough for us!"
After Yuguan City was taken back, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were also taken back.
It's just that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been abandoned for many years, almost no one lives in them, and they are all covered with weeds.
At this time, there were not enough people to build Sichuan and Shu, so Jin Feng had no people to migrate to those places.
At first, Dang Xiang compensated a group of horses, cattle and sheep, and later Princess Lu Jie compensated another group.
Although there was a shortage of meat in Sichuan and Shu, Jin Feng still sent most of it to the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and sent some soldiers there to graze.
Although the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun at this time was deserted, it was a natural pasture. Jin Feng believed that after several years of development, the size of the horses, cattle and sheep would definitely double.
When Princess Lu Jie heard what Jin Feng said, she lowered her head sadly.
She also heard about Jin Feng grazing cattle in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and knew that she had lost her last bargaining chip.
But just giving up like this, Princess Lu Jie was unwilling to give up. She gritted her teeth and asked: "Sir, I cannot cede land, but I can use people in exchange for this news. What do you think, sir?"
"Human?" Jin Feng couldn't help but be stunned.
He really didn't expect that Princess Lu Jie would propose such an exchange condition.
Then I realized that it was indeed the custom on the grassland to use people to replace horses, cattle and sheep as compensation.
For example, if two tribes fight, the winning side will not only plunder the loser's horses, cattle and sheep, but also plunder the other's population as slaves.
Slaves in the Central Plains region still have some basic human rights, and normal owners generally will not deliberately abuse their slaves.
However, the status of slaves on the grasslands is inferior to that of horses, cattle and sheep, and the probability of dying tragically is many times higher than that of slaves in the Central Plains!