diskusbooks Chapter 321: Killing King Kang and Threatening Kun Kingdom
Chapter 321: Killing King Kang and Threatening Kun Kingdom
"What's the matter? Just tell me directly."
"It's like this. Didn't His Royal Highness the Southern Prince say before that our Queen is worth 100,000 taels of silver..."
Old Fengchang looked at Prince Nan and hesitated.
The Southern King nodded and said,
"Well, it's like this. My word is as good as gold. So, after today's gold and silver are counted, I will add another 100,000 taels to your record. This will be used as a debt paid by your queen."
"No, no, no, Your Highness, Prince Nan, what I mean is, could you please take away one hundred thousand taels of gold and silver sent today? This hundred thousand taels will be used to redeem the Empress, okay?"
Old Fengchang said cautiously.
Shen Changgong stood up and snorted coldly,
"Old Fengchang, we captured this queen ourselves, you didn't send her here, so it has nothing to do with you.
We are willing to use her in exchange for 100,000 taels of silver, which is already a great favor to you. Why do you think that 100,000 taels can redeem the queen?
One hundred thousand taels is the price for paying off the debt, not the price we would pay for selling the captured queen to you."
"Then...Prince Shen, how much do you think is a suitable price to redeem the queen?"
After thinking about it, Shen Changgong decided that he couldn't just insist on it and let Emperor Kun think that he could never redeem the queen. Then the old man would fight to the death.
"Hmm... I haven't made up my mind yet, but the Queen is still the Queen, and her status is clear. Let your Kun Kingdom's Emperor come and negotiate with me personally to discuss the price for redeeming the Queen."
"Ah? How could this... How could the emperor come to negotiate? If... If something unexpected happened, wouldn't Da Kun be finished?"
"Humph, it seems your emperor doesn't have much sincerity, and doesn't care much about your queen. He doesn't even dare to negotiate. What else can he do?"
Shen Changgong said this just to give the other party hope.
Just an attitude.
Of course he knew that Emperor Kun would never dare to leave the city, and no one would come here unless they were stupid.
How could a king of a country personally go to the enemy camp as an envoy? They would just capture him and force him to surrender.
Even when Tang Xinyi said she wanted to go on a diplomatic mission to the Yan army camp, she just wanted to escape.
Old Fengchang sighed for a long time and said,
"Your Highness, could you please allow me to see the Empress? Even if you want to ransom someone, you have to make sure the hostage is still alive, right?"
"Of course you can, but your ankle is injured and it's not convenient for you to walk. I will take you there."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Old Fengchang bowed deeply.
Shen Changgong took Lao Fengchang and walked outside. Along the way, they met many carriages parked in the aisle. The Yan army was carefully counting and recording how much gold and silver they had brought in.
"How much gold and silver did Old Fengchang collect this time? Is it enough?"
"I don't know either. I don't have time to count them. I just collect them and bring them here directly. There are still a lot of them coming in."
"I see. Thank you for your hard work, Old Fengchang. I will host a banquet for you in the general's tent at noon."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
When they arrived at the door of Tang Xinyi's tent, Shen Changgong stood outside the door very politely and asked a maid to report it. After the Queen allowed entry, Shen Changgong went in with the old Fengchang.
In the big tent, the queen was wearing a phoenix robe, a phoenix crown on her head, and embroidering with a needle and thread.
When the old Fengchang saw that Shen Changgong was so polite and that the Queen was still dignified and elegant and not messy, he guessed that the Queen had not been abused.
"This old minister... pays homage to the queen. This old minister is the queen's fault. This old minister has harmed the queen."
Old Fengchang knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
The Queen Mother glanced at him and said,
"Master Fengchang, please get up quickly. This is all my own fault."
"Is everything okay here, Madam?"
"Very good. The Yan army treated me with great courtesy and did not harm me in the slightest."
"Well, don't worry, Your Majesty. I am actively negotiating with the Yan army to redeem you as soon as possible."
Shen Changgong didn't give them a chance to say more and just dragged the old Fengchang out.
Tang Xinyi continued embroidering. After a while, she took the handkerchief and asked the maid,
"Look, does the word Shen I embroidered look good?"
"It looks great. Madam, please embroider a mandarin duck. That way, Prince Lanling will know your feelings."
"Bah, you just know how to tease me."
……
By evening, the gold and silver sent by the Kun people finally stopped.
After intensive calculations, the chief clerks of the Yan army finally concluded that the Kun people had sent more than 80 million taels of gold and silver this time.
Shengjing's business was prosperous. It was the largest city in the northern part of the world and a commercial center. There were still many wealthy businessmen.
Of course, no matter how rich you are, you are not as rich as those powerful people.
More than 80 million taels, plus the more than 40 million taels sent a few days ago, there is still more than 30 million taels short of 160 million taels.
"Old Fengchang, today is the deadline, and we're still short of over 30 million. What should we do?"
Shen Changgong said while looking at Lao Fengchang with a smile.
Old Fengchang knelt down quickly and said,
"Your Majesty, please calm down and give us a few more days. We will definitely be able to collect enough."
"How many days?"
"Three days, just three days."
"No, one day."
"Two days, just two days."
"Okay then, two days is enough."
Shen Changgong shouted outside,
"Come here, chop off King Kang's head and have Old Fengchang take it back."
Old Fengchang kowtowed and said,
"Your Highness, absolutely not! Absolutely not! Killing him won't do any good to the Yan army. But please, Your Highness, have mercy on me."
Shen Changgong didn't say anything.
A moment later, begging for mercy and screams were heard outside.
A guard came in with a head in a wooden box.
Shen Changgong said slowly,
"Take this head back and tell Emperor Kun that if you still can't collect enough, I will chop off the Queen's head and send it to you, then I will personally lead the troops to collect the money.
By then, the lives of Emperor Kun and all the civil and military officials in the court would be in jeopardy."
"This this……"
Old Fengchang looked ashen and sat powerlessly on the ground.
"Of course, if you really can't raise enough money, you can use someone to pay off the debt, and the price will still be the original price.
However, the people of the city are only worth a little over one million taels of silver, and the families of the civil and military officials and the concubines in the harem are worth more."
"Let's go. I'm waiting for your good news here."
Shen Changgong drove away the old Fengchang.
Now Shengjing has been squeezed to the limit, and only two places still have money.
One is in the homes of the powerful and wealthy, and the other is in the 300,000 central troops.
No matter which one Emperor Kun touches, it will bring about earth-shaking changes.
There are only two days left before the demise of Kun Kingdom.
Sure enough, after Lao Fengchang brought Prince Kang's head back to the palace, Emperor Kun sat on the dragon throne in a daze, as if his soul had been taken away.
The Yan army was not trying to scare him, they really wanted to kill people.
If you dare to kill his ninth son now, you will dare to kill the queen in two days.