In the reception room in the front yard of the Luo Mansion, the people of Gaoguli almost threw their cups and left after being informed by the servants of the Luo Mansion that the head of the family was busy and had no time to receive them.
"It's too much to bully people. It's really too much to bully people. We agreed on 10 taels, but now it's 50 taels per person. The money to repair the ship is actually one hundred thousand taels. They are robbing, robbing!" Envoy Gaogouli was in the reception room Nei growled.
"Sir, it's useless for you to say this. If we had known this, we shouldn't have gone to that Li Shimin and just gave the money to Luo Zhang. Who knew that Luo Zhang was black and His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty was even blacker? He actually said Luo Zhang got it cheap, this..." The Gaoguli people said this, and they really couldn't go on. They have seen black people, but they have never seen such black people. They are as black as monarchs and ministers.
"Sir, now that Luo Zhang doesn't want to see us, what should we do? King Gaoguli's order is for us to get the ship and people back, but how can we get them back now? There are more than 680,000 taels. Where can we get them? So much money?"
"You think I don't know. Didn't I come to Luo Zhang to discuss it? I hope it will be less. Do I need you to remind me how much it will cost?" Envoy Gaogouli glared at his two subordinates.
It had been an hour since Luo Zhang had served the two elderly people. If Wu Shaobin hadn't reminded him that there were three Gaoguli personnel in the front yard, Luo Zhang would have forgotten that there were still people waiting for him.
By the time Luo Zhang arrived at the living room in the front yard, the three Gaoguli people had completely lost their temper. They wanted to leave but couldn't. Staying here was like burning their butts. For just an hour, they didn't sit down. Instead, he was walking back and forth restlessly.
Seeing Luo Zhang coming, Gaogouli's envoy rushed to greet him and said: "Luo Hou, you are finally here!"
"Oh, I have some things to do at home, so I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long!" Luo Zhang still replied politely. After all, he was a gift of money, so he should be given some preferential treatment.
"I wonder what the envoy came to my residence for today? Is the money ready to redeem people?" Luo Zhang asked.
"This, um, redeemer, I collected the two hundred and ninety thousand taels last night. Didn't I come to you early in the morning!" the Goguryeo envoy rolled his eyes.
When the two people on the side heard what their master said, they were so excited that they were so high.
Luo Zhang felt a little funny. Did the Goguryeo envoy really treat him as an idiot? You actually told him two hundred and ninety thousand taels?
Yes, he is afraid that he thinks His Majesty has not communicated with him and wants to deceive him, so that he can save 400,000 taels of silver and take away the people and the boat. If there is any problem then it will be his own problem.
Vicious, really vicious. It seems that His Majesty is right. He is still too kind. He only wants 290,000 taels. He is so petty, so petty.
Thinking of this, Luo Zhang coughed and said: "Twenty-nine thousand taels, that was the price at the military camp last night. Now that such a long time has passed, the price will naturally change. There are four hours in total from last night to now, so just one hour Let’s count 200,000 taels. Let’s take a total of 1,090,000 taels. The 90,000 taels are my hard-earned money for running around for you. If you give me one million taels, let’s forget about it.”
"What? Luo Hou, are you joking with me? A million taels? Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty didn't even ask for so much, but you want a million taels from me? You are really bullying others too much!" Goguryeo envoy Chen couldn't help but roar again.
"Too much bullying? Then you don't have to want it. I didn't force you. It was you who came to me on the pole to ask for people and a boat! If you don't want it, you should have said it earlier. I happen to be short of a lot of slaves. Those people should be Slaves are pretty good, and being slaves for decades can compensate for a lot of losses. Those warships can be renovated and used as cargo ships, what do you think?" Luo Zhang said with a smile.
"You!!!" The Goguryeo envoy was speechless by Luo Zhang.
"Do you want it or not? I'll give the order right now. Otherwise, if you come to me again, the price will be even higher. Don't forget, one hour is two hundred thousand taels. This is twelve hours in a day. One more day is two hours." I don’t think you can afford one hundred and four hundred thousand taels, so just give me a nice word and leave if you can’t do it!” Luo Zhang stood up and said.
Three Goguryeo people, you look at me, I look at you, and finally they can only grit their teeth and nod: "We want it, and the money will be given to you, but we came in a hurry today and didn't bring so much, do you think?"
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's two hundred thousand taels an hour. You can use it up slowly if you have time. I'll give you one day at most. Don't wait if you're late!" After saying this, Luo Zhang turned around and left, ignoring the greetings from the Goguryeo people behind him. Voice.
After leaving the living room, Wu Shaobin looked at Luo Zhang speechlessly and said, "Are you asking for too much? Last night it was two hundred and ninety thousand taels, and today it has become one million taels. This is seventy more." Ten thousand taels!”
"My uncle, you don't know something. Your Majesty scolded me today, saying I was too stingy. Do you know how much your Majesty wants? Your Majesty wants 700,000 taels. Your Majesty is like this. How can I Falling behind His Majesty, it is said to be a ransom. In fact, in my opinion, it is just war reparations. The war is just compensation for our losses. In recent years, we along the coast of Datang have suffered so much from people like them. I have thought about it. In addition to giving this money to Your Majesty, With the soldiers left behind, the rest will be used to help the poor people along the coast. In the future, whenever there is such a thing, this will be done. Brother, what do you think?" Luo Zhang suddenly had an idea.
"Huh? War compensation? War reparations? To the suffering people along the coast? Okay, this is feasible. No matter how much you ask for, it is not too much. Not only will your Majesty support you, but the people will also support you, and those officials will have no way to refute you. This method Okay!" Wu Shaobin clapped his hands and laughed.
"Since my uncle and brother-in-law think it's good, then it's no problem. I think His Majesty will support me!" Luo Zhang looked at Wu Shaobin. The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
At noon, just as Luo Zhang was about to have lunch, the people from Gaoguli came running in again, followed closely by boxes of gold cakes.
Looking at the sweaty and panting envoy of Gaoguli, Luo Zhang felt a little funny in his heart. This guy is like this. It's useless to talk to him. You have to be angry with him to make him hate you. It's obvious. What can be solved with 190,000 taels, but in the end, you have to pay a million taels, and then give it on a pole, this is a bitch!
If the Gaogouli envoy knew what Luo Zhang was thinking, he would be furious to death. Even if he was given money, he would be called a cheap person. If he didn't get angry, there would be trouble.
Since they had given the money, Luo Zhang would naturally no longer detain the hundreds of Gaoguli people and the four Gaoguli warships, but ordered them all to be released.
Luo Zhang found it troublesome to raise so many people, so it would be best to get rid of them as soon as possible!
As for the one million taels of silver, as Luo Zhang had discussed with Wu Shaobin before, in addition to the 200,000 taels paid to the state treasury for taxes, another 200,000 taels were given to the soldiers for distribution. The remaining 700,000 taels were handed over to Luo Zhang. He appointed the Ministry of Household Affairs and asked it to provide some help to the people along the coast.
Of course, Luo Zhang also told His Majesty about this matter, otherwise the 700,000 taels would have been given to the Ministry of Household Affairs and it is unknown where they would have used it. However, with His Majesty's words, Dai Zhou naturally did not dare to use it indiscriminately.
