"Ye Qiu, you're shameless."
After reading this shameless list, Wei Zheng was completely blinded by anger and roared at Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu chuckled,"I'll take this as Wei Xiang's compliment."”
"Let me tell you, we won't agree to this compensation clause.”Wei Zheng said.
"Then we can only ask Minister Wei to bring back the heads of thirty to forty thousand Tiger Might Army soldiers and the heads of General Cheng and General Qin.”
Ye Qiu's tone was cold, and the entire hall was filled with killing intent.
Wei Zheng was shocked.
He didn't know much about Ye Qiu. The only thing he knew was that the current Ye Qiu was a bandit, an extremely shameless bandit. He really didn't know if Ye Qiu would fulfill his promise and kill those 30,000 people and Cheng Qin.
"You…"
Wei Zheng was instantly speechless, and the pressure around him instantly multiplied.
If Ye Qiu really killed the 30,000 Tiger Might Army soldiers and Cheng Qin because of his refusal, then he would be guilty of a great crime.
However, as the Prime Minister of the Great Tang, Wei Zheng could not just submit to Ye Qiu's tyranny.
"This amount of compensation is too rude. We need a new amount of compensation.”Wei Zheng said.
"Then what does Minister Wei think is appropriate?”Ye Qiu said indifferently.
"Right now, our Great Tang is in dire straits. Moreover, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been flooded recently, and Henan Province is suffering from a severe drought. Our treasury needs to provide disaster relief to the people, so we simply don't have that much money.”
Wei Zheng directly cut the compensation amount by nearly four-fifths.
After hearing Wei Zheng's words, the corners of Ye Qiu's mouth curled up slightly.
Seeing Ye Qiu's smile, Wei Zheng was delighted.
He thought to himself that it was just as he had thought. Ye Qiu was just asking for an exorbitant price. This 500,000 taels was indeed the number in Ye Qiu's heart.
At the same time, Wei Zheng could not help but secretly regret it. If he had known earlier, he would have lowered the price a little.
After all, the Great Tang had just been established and was not rich. It was best to save as much as possible.
At this moment, Ye Qiu suddenly looked at the mountain bandits below.
"Men, go and kill those thirty thousand plus Tiger Might Army soldiers. We have accepted their compensation. This five hundred thousand taels is the compensation for General Cheng and General Qin.”Ye Qiu said.
"Here!"
The bandits immediately left.
Ye Qiu's tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about something unimportant.
Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Wei Zheng was shocked. Cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"Wait, wait." Wei Zheng hurriedly shouted.
Ye Qiu waved his hand, and the bandit goons immediately stopped.
Ye Qiu pretended to be embarrassed and said,"Minister Wei, what are you doing? I've already agreed to the compensation of 500,000 yuan. Do you want to reduce it? I'm telling you, this can't be said anymore. How about you give me 200,000 yuan and I'll give you Marshal Cheng's head?”
Although Ye Qiu said it in a joking tone, Wei Zheng was covered in cold sweat.
"No, it's not like that." Wei Zheng quickly said.
"Then what does Minister Wei want?" Ye Qiu said.
"Can't you give me less?" Wei Zheng asked.
"Not a penny less." Ye Qiu said.
"Leader Ye, you know the current situation of the world. There are frequent disasters everywhere in the world. Just think of the people. I guarantee that the money will fall into the hands of those disaster victims.”
Seeing that he could not be tough, Wei Zheng could only go soft.
Use emotion to move them, use reason to persuade them.
Zhi Cheng and Qin both held Ye Qiu in high esteem, saying how good he was to the commoners near Dangyang Mountain and often giving them things for free.
Now that this matter was brought up to the people of the world, Ye Qiu should be able to loosen up.
As expected, Ye Qiu's expression dimmed slightly.
"Minister Wei is right." Ye Qiu said.
Wei Zheng was delighted.
"Minister Wei's detailed list just now had a total of 2,948,222 taels of silver. For the sake of the people in the world who suffered from the disaster, you can exempt the remaining 12 taels of silver. You can just compensate my Autumn Wind Stronghold with 2,948,220 taels of silver.”
As soon as Ye Qiu finished speaking, Wei Zheng was instantly stunned. His mouth and eyes widened as if he had swallowed a dead mouse.
Twelve taels of silver?
This number was really f * cking high.
Seeing Wei Zheng's deflated appearance, Ye Qiu laughed loudly. Even the bandits of Autumn Wind Stronghold laughed.
At this moment, Wei Zheng was like a clown.
Wei Zheng's expression was extremely ugly.
"We can still afford to pay these twelve silver taels.”Wei Zheng said lightly.
"Since you can afford it, then pay up.”Ye Qiu said.
"Two million is not a small amount. How can I carry it with me? Even if I carry it with me, I can't bring that much. When I go back, I'll transfer it over from Longyou Road.”Wei Zheng said.
Ye Qiu nodded.
After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Minister Wei, are you leaving just like that?" Ye Qiu said.
"What's wrong? I've already agreed to give you the money. What else do you want?”Wei Zheng said.
"Minister Wei, if you leave like this, how do I know if you will give me money? Leave a receipt before you leave.”
As he spoke, Ye Qiu took out a receipt from somewhere. Wei Zheng glanced at the receipt and snorted coldly. He signed his name on it, printed his handprint, and also stamped his Right Prime Minister's seal.
"Are you satisfied now?" Wei Zheng said angrily.
Ye Qiu nodded and threw the IOU to Wu Yong.
"Minister Wei, actually, why do you have to make it so difficult for this money? You can easily get this money by robbing one or two corrupt officials. Do you know that in this year, we robbed at least this amount from Wang Shouzhi's house?”Ye Qiu raised three fingers.
"Three million?" Wei Zheng asked in shock.
Ye Qiu nodded.
After Wei Zheng heard this, he turned around and left.
Ye Qiu looked at the receipt.
Haha…From now on, I will be Li Er's greatest Fort Master.
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