Chapter 639 Chapter 637: Finger cutting to apologize
Xiaoquan had just been hit between the eyebrows by Feng Jiuxiao with one finger in the air, and he vaguely felt that he might have been "signed a blood contract". However, he was not very clear about this "evil magic" in Zhongyuan, and he was still unwilling to give up. "Excuse me, sir."
Xia, are you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yes. Just like him, you are now my indentured slave!"
A simple word was like a thunder! It made Koizumi tremble all over!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Xiaoquan, tell me your purpose of coming to the Central Plains!"
Koizumi was heartbroken and did not dare to be arrogant anymore. He replied truthfully, "According to the order of Emperor Murakami, I came to the Central Plains this time to discuss the carving up of the Central Plains with the secret envoys of the Northern Han Dynasty, Tubo Dynasty, Shu Dynasty, Southern Tang Dynasty and the Khitan Dynasty."
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Feng Jiuxiao was shocked in her heart and asked without showing her expression, "How to divide it up?"
Xiao Quan said: "The five families of Eastern Ying, Northern Han, Western Shu, Southern Tang, and Tubo divided the world of the Zhou Dynasty. Eastern Ying and Southern Tang further divided the Fujian and Zhejiang areas, and Western Shu and Eastern Ying divided up Jingchu and Southern Han!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Ha! How ambitious is the tiny Japanese territory? It wants to annex most of the Central Plains! Then why doesn't the Khitan participate in carving up the territory?"
Xiaoquan said: "The Khitan emperor means that their population is too small to rule such a vast territory! They don't want land, just money! What the Khitan means is that they can send troops to help and seize the country of the Central Plains together, but in the end our five dynasties
Each year they must support the Liao Dynasty with one hundred thousand taels of military expenses and three hundred thousand pieces of silk!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Each family has 100,000 taels and 300,000 pieces of silk cloth, so the total is 500,000 taels of silver and 1.5 million pieces of silk cloth! It's much more cost-effective to buy a gang and grab the land. I don't know which one it is.
An expert’s idea!”
Sitting firmly in Liaodong and reaping the profits is a huge profit! This must be an expert behind the scenes! Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but have a strong interest in this person!
Although all major dynasties in the world today cast their own coins, most dynasties have continued the coin system of the Tang Dynasty. Although prices vary slightly from place to place, the conversion ratio is basically one thousand coins, which is consistent.
One tael of silver.
From south to north, it's roughly the same.
One penny can buy two crabs in Enzhou in the Southern Han Dynasty, a handful of shrimps by the waterside in the summer of Lingnan, a cup of tea in the goulan where you can watch singing and dancing in Hangzhou, and a piece of cake in Suzhou!
In the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, an ordinary official's monthly salary was hundreds of dollars, and after deducting all kinds of expenses, he could basically have a surplus!
Among them, liquor is considered a relatively expensive consumer product. A pot of three taels costs at least seventy kilograms. If it is good wine, it can often cost hundreds of kilograms! When literati and elegant people gather together, they will not go home until they are drunk. Each person does not buy three to five kilograms.
How can you write a masterpiece that is popular among people? Is it still a meal if you don’t make eight or nine guan for a meal? In addition to ordering some special dishes, it is common to have more than 10 guan!
The entire capital cannot be said to be singing and dancing, but at least the people live and work in peace and contentment. This has a lot to do with Emperor Sejong's diligent governance!
Five hundred thousand taels is 500 million yuan!
You can buy a lot of things! In a cold and cold place like Liaodong, it is not easy to accumulate an additional 500 million taels of silver! In the past, bilateral trade may have reached a scale of one million or even ten million taels of silver, but if the manpower involved is eliminated
, material resources, time and other costs, actually earning 30% is already a great deal!
Basically, the only things that could be exchanged for silver from Dazhou in Liaodong were some wild ginseng, deer antlers, and mink skins, and other items were not worth much.
If you can't exchange for Dazhou's copper coins, you can't buy Dazhou's tea and porcelain.
You can't just rob tea, silk, and porcelain every day, and people will die every day, right?
Only fools do this!
Unless you conquer the Great Zhou Dynasty in one go!
But making money through trade is slow and hard!
An old ginseng is indeed worth a lot of money when sold to the Central Plains at a higher price. But when it is first sold from farmers, it is not much, but how many ginseng trees can an old Liaodong farmer dig up in a year?
In addition, there is the risk of being eaten by tigers, and sometimes a large group of people will dig up the mountain! A dozen or twenty old farmers will share the price of a ginseng tree!
Even if they are sold at sky-high prices in the Central Plains, the most profitable ones are the medicine shops! The rest of the middlemen earn a small price difference, and these merchants basically still consumed most of the goods in the Zhou Dynasty.
Although the trade between the two sides seems fair, wealth always accumulates in one side.
The common people have no money, so the court naturally cannot collect much money from taxes.
But if you do nothing and get an extra 500,000 taels of silver and 150,000 pieces of silk cloth out of thin air every year, what is the concept?
That means that the Liao Kingdom made money while lying down for decades!
There is no such thing as losing a pie for no reason in the world, without sending a soldier, without using a bow or arrow, and just reaping the dividends. This requires the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty to send out elite troops to help everyone sweep away the Great Zhou Dynasty and set foot on the Central Plains!
Only by giving up can you gain!
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Then you mean that the population of Japan is larger than the population of Khitan? So the Japanese can take over this vast territory?"
Xiaoquan lowered his head and said: "Our plan is to support the puppet dynasty in the Central Plains, just like the Khitans supported..." He glanced at Liu Yuanshan and didn't dare to ask directly. After all, everyone was drinking tea and chatting together very intimately just now, and they fell out in the blink of an eye.
It's really hard to open your mouth if you don't recognize people who say something bad about Beihan people.
Feng Jiuxiao waved her hand and said: "I understand. You conquered the Central Plains, supported puppet emperors everywhere, and used the Han people to rule the Han people. This move is indeed sinister. Do you think you will succeed?"
Koizumi smiled awkwardly, "If I hadn't met the Lord, I think it would be very possible!"
Feng Jiuxiao said: "Continue talking."
Seeing that Feng Jiuxiao didn't have any unhappy expression, Xiaoquan said: "Originally, our five countries have already discussed the plan this time. The time and location for the five countries to send troops at the same time have basically been determined. We just have to wait for the emperors of the five countries to finalize it.
Implement it!”
Feng Jiuxiao said expressionlessly: "Then why did you say that this plan cannot be implemented after meeting me? What do you mean?"
Xiaoquan changed his arrogant attitude, nodded and bowed: "Since the Lord has caught us, we naturally cannot deliver the news to our emperor, so our plan can only be ruined!"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a huge force knocking on the crooks of his knees, and he knelt down involuntarily. He couldn't help but turn pale with horror. Shi ignored the pain in his knees and looked behind him. There was no one there! He immediately panicked.
Look at Feng Jiuxiao!
Besides Feng Jiuxiao, who else can hurt people invisible?
He looked puzzled and said: "What does this mean, Lord?"
Feng Jiuxiao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "You are the first person who dares to play tricks with me after becoming my indentured slave! Tell yourself, what should I do with you?"
Pang Shishi said harshly: "Of course I'll kill him!"
Xiaoquan said loudly: "Lord, if you want to kill me, let me die clearly!"
Feng Jiuxiao looked at him coldly: "You have a good attitude, but you still want to get away with it when you are about to die! Okay, I'll let you know clearly! Just now, more than a dozen homing pigeons flew away from the stern of the ship, flying in five directions. I want to hear from you
explanation of."
Koizumi suddenly turned pale!
He was silent for a long time and said nothing for a long time. He knew that the other party had murderous intentions in his heart, and if he told any more lies, he would die immediately!
He sighed: "I didn't expect that you also noticed the secret of homing pigeons."
Pang Shishi snorted coldly, "There are so many things you can't think of! How dare you play tricks in front of my elder brother?"
Feng Jiuxiao said expressionlessly: "Tell me, what should I do with you?"
Xiaoquan thought about it in his mind and thought: If he wanted to kill me, he would have taken action long ago. It seems that he still wants to save my life! But if I didn't show any expression at all, I would definitely not be able to pass this level! He might still be able to survive.
If you give me a bigger punishment, then I will suffer a big loss!
He gritted his teeth, knelt down on the deck, pulled out a short knife from his waist with his right hand, and cut off the little finger of his left hand with one knife. He endured the pain and said, "According to our sect rules, we cut off our fingers to express our sincerity!"
Feng Jiuxiao said expressionlessly: "I know an elder brother. He has a Japanese friend. He said that cutting off the little finger in Japan does mean sincerity. However," his face suddenly turned gloomy, "betraying the organization, betraying elder brother
, the three major crimes of seducing the adopted sister-in-law do not require cutting off the fingers, because the person has been executed, so there is no need to cut off the fingers! How many crimes did you say you committed? "
Koizumi is sweating like rain!
Having deceived Feng Jiuxiao just now is naturally regarded as "betraying eldest brother" in a sense!
That peerless beauty is most likely his woman. The young man in black and the two women heard what he was talking about just now! The charge of "seducing the adopted sister-in-law" doesn't seem too unjust!
I made at least two mistakes!
He closed his eyes and thought to himself: I didn't expect that I would die on a boat on the Yangtze River today! I guess my body will be thrown into the river to feed the fish!
Feng Jiuxiao said leisurely: "As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty. If it's your first offense, I'll spare you once! If you dare to deceive me next time, I'll turn you into ashes!"
Koizumi immediately knocked his head to the ground and did not dare to look up for a long time!
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