The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1103: priceless
Chapter 1103 Priceless
“Your Majesty, calm down!” The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom lowered his posture very low. “As for the attack on your country’s Lord Gao Yi, our generals of Tianfeng Kingdom were also deceived by the Queen of Xiliang. The attack on Pingyang City was also initiated by these generals. When the king of Tianfeng Kingdom heard about this, he was furious. He has already cut off the head of the general and asked the foreign minister to deliver it to us personally!”
As he spoke, the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom looked behind him, and the guard behind him came forward with a wooden box and opened the box… Inside was the head of the general of Tianfeng Kingdom.
“Before the foreign minister came, His Majesty explained that for the injury of Lord Gao Yi… and the damage to your country’s soldiers, the compensation owed to the Great Zhou will not be less! I also ask Your Majesty to calm down and consider leasing land and cities to our Tianfeng territory in view of the sincerity of our king. Our Tianfeng country is willing to trade with the Great Zhou, and the two countries will benefit from mutual friendship.”
The Tianfeng Kingdom envoy looked up and saw Bai Qingyan’s smiling face. He thought Bai Qingyan was very satisfied with the compensation and said, “Of course, if Pingyang City is also included in the leased city, the repair of Pingyang City will be fully borne by our Tianfeng Kingdom!”
Bai Qingyan held the teacup and looked at the envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom who was trying to take advantage of the situation, and chuckled.
In this cold wind, Bai Qingyan laughed out of the blue, which really made the envoys from Tianfeng Kingdom tense up.
She placed the teacup in her hand on a small table made of broad-leaved rosewood beside her, stood up, took the hand warmer from Chunzhi, took two steps forward, and looked at the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom. “You can use silver to compensate for the injury of Lord Gao Yi of the Great Zhou, but how can you compensate the lives of my Bai family’s guards? How can you compensate the sharp soldiers of my Great Zhou who died in the battle last night? With the head of a mere general of your Tianfeng Kingdom? With silver? Let me tell you… the lives of our soldiers of the Great Zhou are priceless!”
The Tianfeng Kingdom envoy lowered his head, not knowing what to do. He no longer had the relaxed attitude he had just had. He hurriedly said, “If your majesty is not satisfied, we can discuss it again!”
“Discuss?! Okay…” Bai Qingyan’s voice was as cold as ice, “Then first send the heads of all the elephant soldiers of your Tianfeng country to us, and then we can discuss it!”
The envoys from Tianfeng Kingdom understood that there was no room for negotiation.
“So? You are unwilling to sacrifice the lives of your Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant soldiers when it comes to their turn?” Bai Qingyan’s brows were cold. “Tianfeng Kingdom wants to let this matter slip without paying the price, and shamelessly comes to discuss renting a city with me. Go back and tell your Tianfeng Kingdom’s monarch Sar Khan that since he dares to attack Da Zhou, he must be able to withstand Da Zhou’s wrath.”
The envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom understood this sentence, but didn’t quite understand it. He looked up at Bai Qingyan.
“Wei Zhong, show the guest out…” Bai Qingyan said in a cold voice, then walked out along the corridor.
The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom looked up at Bai Qingyan, and turned around and walked out without waiting for Wei Zhong to ask him to leave because he couldn’t save face. He vaguely heard the meaning of going to war from Bai Qingyan’s words, so he had to go back quickly to inform his own emperor to prepare.
Inside the room, Li Zhijie, who had fallen under the bed and was helped up by the servants and put back on the bed, felt relieved. After all… Bai Qingyan still didn’t hand him over to the Tianfeng Kingdom.
But he couldn’t help but worry in his heart. Every action of Bai Qingyan was not meaningless. She left her life behind… did she have any other plans?
Shen Jingzhong, Shen Tianzhi and Xiao Ruohai, who had been listening outside the yard for a long time, saw Bai Qingyan come out of the yard first and hurriedly saluted. They followed Bai Qingyan and talked about the report that was delivered today and required Bai Qingyan’s decision.
Shen Tianzhi looked back at the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom. Just as he caught up with Bai Qingyan, he heard Shen Jingzhong say to Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty, will Tianfeng Kingdom really go to war with our Great Zhou? Their Tianfeng Kingdom is far away on the other side of the snowy mountains. Even if they have Xiliang as a backup, Xiliang does not have much grain, otherwise they would not pay a high price to buy grain from our Great Zhou and Yan Kingdom. Maybe… there will be no war?”
“It is precisely because they have no food that the Tianfeng Kingdom is more willing to fight… If they take down a city, they will have food! We know from the history of the Tianfeng Kingdom that the people of the Tianfeng Kingdom believe in… using war to support war. The two countries that once neighbored the Tianfeng Kingdom, the Fierce Eagle Kingdom and the Fierce Snake Kingdom, were not strong countries.”
Bai Qingyan stopped and looked at Shen Jingzhong steadily: “Shen Sikong… we must not have any fluke mentality! The wise can foresee danger before it happens, and the sensible can avoid danger before it becomes visible. We can’t gamble the lives of the people of Da Zhou on whether Tianfeng Kingdom really only wants peace! After all, once winter is over… we will no longer be able to take the initiative!”
Bai Qingyan was born in a general’s family. He is very sensitive to war and knows exactly why there are wars in this world. It is just for two reasons… one is to seize land, and the other is to seize population.
Today, the land of Tianfeng Kingdom is gradually shrinking and being swallowed by the desert, which is in urgent need of Tianfeng Kingdom.
The population of Tianfeng Kingdom is small, and there is a precedent of enslaving people from other countries. Now every family in Tianfeng Kingdom has slaves… Slaves are the productive force of Tianfeng Kingdom!
So, what was the purpose of the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army crossing the snow-capped mountains to come to this land? It was nothing more than… to seize the land of the Great Zhou and Yan, and to enslave the people of the Great Zhou and Yan!
Shen Sikong took a step back and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty is right, I am just old.”
“Shen Sikong is also worried about the soldiers of the Great Zhou, I understand! In this case… please ask Shen Sikong and Lord Wei to set off immediately and rush back to the capital city to be responsible for the dispatch of food and grass.” Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on Shen Tianzhi, “Just remember one thing, the soldiers fighting in the front cannot go hungry!”
“There is one more thing I need to ask Your Majesty before I leave!” Shen Tianzhi looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “Regarding the high prices paid by Tianfeng and Xiliang to buy grain from Dazhou and Yan, I think… maybe we should sell it to Tianfeng at a very high price. In this way… we won’t force Tianfeng, who has no food, to attack the weakly defended cities of Dazhou and cause disaster to the people on the border.”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “You are responsible for this matter.”
“Yes!” Shen Tianzhi bowed.
“At this point, our Great Zhou will mobilize the whole country and send troops to attack Tianfeng Country. Shen Sikong and Shen Shangshu should bring a message back to the court. The whole country must work together to defeat the powerful enemy and protect the territory and people of our Great Zhou!”
“I obey your orders, old minister!”
“I obey your orders!”
“My two lords, please go and prepare first!” Bai Qingyan nodded together with Shen Sikong and Shen Tianzhi.
After the two left, Bai Qingyan asked Xiao Ruohai who had been following him: “Did you find it?”
Xiao Ruohai took out the drawn map from his clothes and handed it to Bai Qingyan with both hands: “Just as the eldest lady expected, the Fire Cloud Army came to Anshan not far from Pingyang City and Pingdu City.”
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