Peng Jing and others tried to commit suicide, tampered with the gifts, and humiliated Li Mi. Only then will the kings know about this.

"Second, compensation!"

"money?"

"That's right!"

Nanzhou is not short of money!

No, the common people are short of money, but the people above are not short of money!

Yang Xuan discovered an interesting phenomenon: the poorer the people in a place, the richer the people above them.

"How many?"

Before the expedition, the conditions given by Chang'an were three million yuan in compensation.

It is said that some people said too much, fearing that the Southern Zhou Dynasty would not agree.

Yang Xuan stretched out a finger... looked at Wang Zhong, and stretched out another...

Wang Zhong looked shocked.

Yang Xuan stretched out another finger.

The king was angry.

Yang Xuan stretched out his fourth finger.

The anger among the kings became lighter.

I'll stretch again...

One hand moved back and forth.

"Five million dollars!"

"This is extortion!"

"Old Wang." Yang Xuan said cordially: "You have to know that we conquered the three states and did not cause any killings, nor did we invade the people."

"Three million!"

"This is a negotiation between the two countries, not a bargaining by businessmen. Lao Wang, if you feel that there is no way to negotiate, then go back first!"

"That's unreasonable!"

Wang Zhong walked away with a cold face.

Yang Xuan went to report it.

"Five million?"

Zhang Huan had a toothache, "It's too harsh, too much. If it angers the monarchs and ministers of Southern Zhou, we will still be in trouble."

"Don't worry, Prime Minister Zhang. For the monarchs and ministers of Southern Zhou, anything that can be solved with money is nothing."

"How did you decide?" Zhou Zun asked.

"I stretched out one finger, but Wang Zhong didn't respond. With the second finger, Wang Zhong was shocked, with the third finger, he was angry, with the fourth finger, his expression gradually faded, and with the fifth finger, he became angry.

He is indifferent only when he points his finger."

"What's the explanation?" someone asked.

"If it exceeds the bottom line set by the monarchs and ministers of Southern Zhou, the kings will be silent, not angry, let alone shocked." Zhou Zun said.

"If it exceeds too much, there will be no room. In this case, what's the use of being angry and shocked?" Zhang Huan said with a smile: "If you go into business, you can make a lot of money."

Yang Xuan said humbly: "Thank you, Prime Minister Zhang."

"I've been wandering around for the past few days. I'll leave the rest to you." Zhang Huan even stretched, "Hey! I haven't been this relaxed and comfortable in years. Don't disturb me if you have nothing to do."

Zhou Zun said: "The raft has started to be built, do you want to continue?"

Zhang Huan nodded, "Of course we must continue. Let the monarchs and ministers of Southern Zhou have a look. If the negotiation is not successful, the army will cross the river and approach Bianjing."

Yang Xuan also found a place with a gentle flow of water and asked the craftsman who built the raft to get a simple version of a deck chair and a fishing rod.

Wu Da led someone to get an umbrella, and Yang Xuan fished under the umbrella.

"Hey! Comfortable!"

The old thief also got a fishing rod nearby, but after seeing no movement for a long time, he lost interest.

"Lang Jun, money is not the purpose of this southern expedition, right?"

"Of course not."

"Then why does the gentleman want an extra two million yuan... This seems to irritate the monarchs and ministers of Southern Zhou Dynasty."

"I just want them to get used to it first."

When the kings came and saw Yang Xuan fishing, they couldn't help but smile bitterly when they thought of the hard work of running back and forth.

"I went back and tried to talk it over, but I was sprayed with spit on my face, so I agreed."

Retreat your troops quickly!

Yang Xuan coughed dryly, "Old Wang, do you still remember the slogan of our army's southern expedition?"

"What?" Wang Zhong's expression suddenly changed drastically, "Twenty cities?"

"That's right, Lao Wang, you have a good memory. Nian Xu is really at a loss for not letting you take charge of the household department!" Yang Xuan said with a smile.

"Impossible!" Wang Zhong jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"Nothing is impossible!" Yang Xuan said with a cold face, "We talked about twenty cities, but now we are still short of three cities. Go back and tell Nian Xu that if he refuses to give it, then don't blame us for taking it for ourselves!"

Wang Zhong said with a cold face, "This is absolutely impossible! This is a dream!"

Yang Xuan said calmly: "I prefer to dream."

The kings left again.

"Twenty cities!" Zhang Chumao said, "The cities around Bianjing are all gone. If you have to go around Bianjing to get them, you may be cut off if you are not careful."

This is quite true.

There is still a large army in Bianjing City. If they leave the city and cut off the Tang army's retreat, and King Qin's army attacks everywhere, the army will be in danger!

Yang Xuan said: "Prime Minister Zhang, I think this can be done."

Zhang Huan has been thinking about this for the past two days. He attacked again, and there was some Meng Lang when King Qin's army was everywhere. He was the commander-in-chief and had to be responsible for the army, not the so-called goal of twenty cities.

Nanzhou paid compensation and apologized, and we also won a great victory. What else do we want?

If anyone really wants to be serious about twenty cities, then let him do it himself.

Zhang Huan said calmly: "Since the Southern Expedition, our army has destroyed the city seventeen times, which is almost the same."

Zhou Zun said: "There are some forts nearby."

Everyone couldn't help but nodded slightly and thought to themselves: It is indeed the head of the Zhou family, this is a brilliant idea.

A fortress is also a city!

After building three forts, he immediately said that he had broken the city for twenty, and went home with five million yuan to finish the work.

Wonderful!

Zhang Huandu couldn't help but praise: "This is a great kindness from Zhou Changshi!"

"That's right!" Even the King of Yue was full of praise.

I thought to myself that my grandfather had been a little rash by alienating Zhou Zun... This man is so talented!

What the emperor wanted was face. The Southern Zhou Dynasty apologized and received the compensation. He was so happy that no one dared to say that the fortress was not a city. Li Mi was able to exile his family to southern Xinjiang to join the rebels in southern Xinjiang.

Yang Xuan said: "Prime Minister Zhang, we don't have much food and grass."

"Let's do some more searching below, and urge us on the follow-up supplies." It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, so Zhang Huan can only do this.

"I think the people from Southern Zhou Dynasty will give us some as a gift."

"You mean..."

"We have obtained the three cities, and the food in them is enough for us to withdraw our troops."

"It's not easy to attack!"

"Maybe they can take the initiative to open the city gate!"

"What do you mean by this?" asked the King of Yue.

"Prime Minister Zhang, I would like to give it a try."

"Don't create extraneous problems!" Zhang Chumao said.

"Just trying." Yang Xuan smiled.

"Then give it a try!" Zhang Huan glanced at Yang Xuan, then glanced at the two kings of Yue, knowing their thoughts very well.

"The official wants to take some people across the river."
To be continued...