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"Liangshan is not like the government troops,"
Duan Sanniang shook her head and said,
"We'll take over the Liangshan navy,"
"They surrounded the cargo ship for about ten days,"
"But the morale of the Liangshan naval soldiers did not decline in the slightest,"
"If it were the imperial army instead,"
"I'm afraid that just when we blocked the Qinghe River,"
"Then the government troops will immediately fall into disarray."
"When I went to the Liangshan camp before,"
Mr. Jin Jian also said,
"The Liangshan soldiers in that camp were very orderly, which was clearly different from the government troops."
"Chief, the matter with Liangshan... I'm afraid..."
"So, all we can do is give Liangshan 100,000 strings of cash?"
Wang Qing said unwillingly,
"Huaixi was never a wealthy place to begin with,"
"Although we have occupied several cities, we don't have much money left in the stronghold."
"Are we just going to give it all away to Liangshan like this?"
"There's nothing we can do now that things have come to this."
Li Zhu said helplessly.
"One hundred thousand strings of cash can at least buy our five thousand men a safe return,"
"If you don't pay 100,000 strings of cash,"
"Of these five thousand henchmen, probably not even five hundred will make it back to Huaixi."
"By then, we'll have all that wealth in our village,"
"Won't it still be impossible to save it?"
"...That's true,"
Wang Qing sighed.
"By the way, strategist,"
"Approximately how much silver do we have left in our village?"
"In terms of cash, I only have sixty or seventy thousand left."
"But if you add up all the various jewelry and jade pieces together, the value is still around 400,000 to 500,000 strings of cash."
"How about we gather enough jewelry worth 100,000 strings of cash from here to give to Liangshan?"
"No,"
Wang Qing suddenly shook his head.
Just when Duan Sanniang and Li Zhu both thought he was going to back out,
I don't plan to give Liangshan 100,000 strings of cash.
Just as Li Zhu was about to speak up again to persuade him...
Wang Qing suddenly said,
"We're going to give money to Liangshan anyway,"
"I've completely lost face,"
"Then why not give Liangshan even more, two hundred thousand strings of cash!"
As soon as these words were spoken,
Both Li Zhu and Duan San Niang were stunned.
"Chief, there's no reason to give more money than necessary."
Duan San Niang exclaimed in surprise,
"Are you sure you didn't misspoke?"
"Does the chieftain have other plans?"
Li Zhu also asked.
"The strategist understands best,"
Wang Qing nodded.
"The reason I gave Liangshan so much money,"
"Firstly, by establishing good relations with Liangshan, we can gain more allies in the future,"
"Secondly, let's see if we can buy some good horses and pig iron from Liangshan!"
"These two are both essential items that our village is currently lacking,"
"Especially that pig iron, if it weren't for it,"
"We won't cause any trouble this time!"
"The pig iron issue should be easy to handle,"
Li Zhu nodded.
"This time, Liangshan won't completely wipe out our Huaixi region."
"It's probably also out of hope that we can still rebel against the imperial court in Huaixi later,"
"Let them share the burden!"
"So, in order to prevent us from being wiped out by the imperial court,"
"Liangshan shouldn't make things difficult for us regarding the pig iron."
"But the horses are a bit of a problem,"
Mr. Jin Jian frowned and said,
"The Song Dynasty was already short of horses,"
"Although Liangshan could rely on smuggling horses from the Song-Liao border in Hebei,"
"But the number certainly won't be that many."
"Furthermore, if we let Liangshan sell us the horses,"
"I'm afraid the price will be outrageously high."
"Why don't we go to the Hebei border ourselves?"
"To contact the Liao people about purchasing horses."
"As for Liangshan,"
"Let's just consider it money we're paying to get somewhere!"
"Chief, what do you think of this?"
"Great idea!"
Wang Qing nodded in agreement.
"As long as there are enough horses and pig iron,"
"Let's also train an elite cavalry force,"
"Then why should we be afraid of this mere Liangshan!"
"Then, Chieftain, I'll send someone to inform Liangshan right now,"
Assistant Li asked for instructions.
"Furthermore, the village possesses 200,000 strings of jewels; transporting them to Xuzhou will likely not be easy,"
"To prevent unscrupulous people from coveting it, at least a thousand soldiers should be dispatched to escort it."
"I'm afraid Liangshan will have to agree to this as well?"
The current situation in Huaixi
They were clearly trapped in Xuzhou by Liangshan.
Without Liangshan's consent,
They won't be able to leave here with a single soldier or officer...
Chapter 1169 Conditions for Obtaining 200,000 Strings of Cash
On Liangshan side,
They came to inform them.
It was still that same Mr. Jin Jian, Assistant Li.
"Chief Zhao, about this matter concerning the pig iron,"
Li Zhu cupped his hands and said,
"It is indeed a problem in Huaixi."
"We from Huaixi are willing to offer 100,000 strings of cash as compensation to Liangshan!"
"really?"
Zhao Yuan countered with a question.
"Nature is true,"
Li Zhu nodded.
Seeing that he responded,
Laughter erupted from the main tent of Liangshan.
"Haha, I thought Wang Qing was some kind of hero,"
"I didn't expect him to be such a coward!"
"It would be better to apologize sooner rather than later, instead of making things difficult for us!"
"Damn it, I thought there would be a real fight!"
"Why is Wang Qing such a coward!"
.....
Inside the main tent, the Liangshan leaders were buzzing with discussion.
Most of them didn't say anything nice.
When Mr. Jin Jian, Assistant Li, heard this…
His expression remained unchanged.
He continued speaking,
"Chief Zhao, besides this 100,000 strings of cash as compensation,"
"Our chieftain is willing to give another 100,000 strings of cash to Liangshan!"
"What did you say?"
Zhao Yuan chuckled.
"Did I hear correctly?"
"Your chieftain actually wants to give Liangshan another 100,000 strings of cash?"