Not long after, Gobad, Ma Hui, Rahel and others entered Li Zhen's camp together.
Li Zhen waved his hand for everyone to sit down. His eyes stayed on Russell for a moment, and then fell on Gobard. He said with a smile: "Mr. Gobard, the lineup of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to attack Vietnam this time is really powerful. Ah, the Eight-Nation Army has nearly ten thousand people, and many of the people leading the troops are familiar faces and have dealt with me before."
There was a hint of joking in his tone.
Gobard smiled sarcastically, his face dull. This failure had completely humiliated him.
Earl's face was burning and he was quite embarrassed.
The same is true for British Commander Adams. He once said that he would never stay in China, but now he is here again.
And, this time it failed again.
Both Russell and Adams suffered heavy losses at the hands of Li Zhen and were tortured to death by Li Zhen. Now, they saw Li Zhen again, and they saw Li Zhen when the army was defeated, and they felt mixed emotions. , it was as uncomfortable as it was, and I wanted to dig a hole in the ground to get in. Fortunately, Gobard knew the embarrassment of the two of them, and intervened: "President, we are here to ask the president to send troops to help. , attack Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong in Vietnam to get rid of this scourge."
"Oh, it's so difficult."
Li Zhen sighed lightly, with a troubled expression on his face.
When Gorbad saw this, he cursed the old fox in his heart, knowing that Li Zhen was waiting for him to answer.
Adams and Russell looked at each other, both thinking that Gobard was in trouble.
Li Zhen's appearance will definitely make a lion open his mouth.
Gobard knew Li Zhen's thoughts, but he had no choice. He could only continue to ask: "President, if you have any difficulties, just tell us. Let's discuss it. If we can help, we will do our best." But for."
Li Zhen looked helpless and sighed: "Since entering Vietnam, domestic food and money have not been able to keep up. Nowadays, the army is short of food. The soldiers only eat one meal a day. They are so hungry that their faces are yellow and their muscles are thin and weak." , they are all living with tight stomachs, and the soldiers in the army have not been paid for two months. Now the brothers are holding on, and we don’t know when the army may disperse and withdraw to Guangxi.”
Li Zhen frowned and grimaced, as if he was really facing a desperate situation.
"Shameless, so shameless." Gobard cursed in his heart.
His eyes were rolling, and he was muttering in his heart: "The soldiers in your army are all red-faced, holding their heads high, talking and laughing. They look like they are short of food and clothing, and they look like they are about to collapse. ."
Shameless.
No matter how much resentment there was in Gorbad's heart, he could only hide it.
With a smile on his face, he said: "President, how much food do you need?"
Li Zhen's face showed joy and he said: "This time, I brought a brigade of soldiers, about 3,000 people. Calculated based on a soldier's one kilogram of food a day, he needs three thousand kilograms of food a day." , after calculation, one hundred thousand jins of grain is needed for one month. I estimate that this attack on Vietnam will not be successful in one month. It will take two or three months at least. Let’s calculate it as three months, and three hundred thousand jins of grain will be needed. Therefore, Mr. Gobard and gentlemen from various countries need to raise 300,000 catties of grain support."
When Gobard heard this, his old face suddenly dropped, as black as the bottom of a pot.
To raise so much food meant that they were funding Li Zhen's attack on Vietnam. It was too cruel.
Besides, three hundred thousand catties of grain is not a small amount.
When Russell saw Gobard's dark face, he secretly thought that this was not much, it was Li Zhen's kindness. He thought about the time when he and Adams were extorted millions of dollars by Li Zhen in Shanghai. , Li Zhen is called cruel and ruthless. They are in trouble. Now they only have 300,000 catties of grain. This situation is considered good.
Rachel and Adams felt sour and uncomfortable.
Li Zhen continued: "In addition to food, there are also military salaries for army soldiers. Because they are going abroad to fight, the soldiers will not come without a large amount of financial subsidies. After all, once they die, they will stay in a foreign country and no one will I am willing. Therefore, I will give each soldier one hundred taels of silver a month. There are three thousand people in the army. After one month, we need three hundred thousand taels of silver. If we calculate it based on three months, if we round up, it will be one million taels. ."
He clasped his fingers and said with a smile: "In total, we have three hundred thousand catties of grain and one million taels of money. What do you think?"
"Absolutely impossible." French envoy Frankfurt flatly refused with a dark face.
U.S. envoy Ma Hui's mouth twitched and he shook his head repeatedly: "President, this is too much data."
Gobard said coldly with a dark face: "President, you are already asking for money to raise three hundred thousand kilograms of grain, and now you have offered another one million taels of silver for the soldiers' pay. This is simply ridiculous." Blackmail, we came to ask you sincerely, and sincerely asked for your help, but the president just opened his mouth randomly, which is obviously not sincere."
Stoppsilin said: "There is not so much food, and there is not so much money."
Envoys and commanders from other countries spoke out against it.
Everyone despised Li Zhen and cursed in their hearts that Li Zhen was too cruel to do such a thing.
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, just listen to me first."
"Say." Gorbad said angrily.
Li Zhen said unhurriedly: "First of all, three hundred thousand catties of grain and one million taels of silver are really not much. In fact, if you calculate it, it is really not much. Think about it, three hundred thousand catties of grain and one million taels of silver are really not much." One million taels of silver is not borne by one country, but shared among eight countries. After all, one country only needs to raise more than 30,000 kilograms of grain and more than 100,000 taels of silver. This small amount of money is a drop in the bucket for your country. , even if all the commanders can take it out themselves, it’s really not much.”
"Secondly, what did you get with this small amount of money? It was a great victory for the eight countries."
"We signed the "Nine-Nation Treaty" and formed an alliance. Now that the eight countries have been defeated by Xi Changzhen, it means that the combined army of the eight countries is not strong enough. Once this news spreads widely, it will be very detrimental to the reputation of the eight countries. People will say What kind of bullshit Eight-Nation Army is this? It can't even defeat a small Vietnam. It's useless. You guys think you are right. But after my army intervened, it defeated Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong. The evaluation was different. It must be said that the Nine Kingdoms He's very powerful, I don't dare to provoke him."
"Finally, after defeating Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong, the country must be reorganized. At that time, a new Vietnam will be formed together in the name of the Nine Kingdoms. In this way, it will further demonstrate the victory of the Nine Kingdoms and easily overturn the failure of the Eight Kingdoms. In the past, it was good for you, and it was also good for you to spread the news back to your home country."
Li Zhen smiled slightly and said: "You can exchange a little money for big benefits and get more benefits. Why not do it? It's good for you and good for me. This is a win-win situation for both parties."