When Reguli saw Hemuti leaving, a light flashed in her eyes.
The third prince, Harik, asked from the side: "Queen Mother, he is so arrogant, why not take advantage of this opportunity to capture him?"
Reguli smiled lightly: "If he doesn't resist, how can we kill him?"
Harrick hesitated to speak.
Reguli happily brought her son over to thank Liu Zheng: "Quick, give it to your father... No, give it to your teacher to thank him!"
Harrick almost kowtowed again.
Liu Zheng quickly supported her with a wry smile and said: "Queen, don't blame Xiang Zheng for making unauthorized claims. It's really these businessmen who are too shrewd. Otherwise, they would never be willing to lean towards the royal family."
Reguli chuckled: "Master Xiang, what are you talking about? Remember, Loulan will always be your home. If you want to do anything in the future, just do it. I will back you up!"
Zheng Yueru looked on with amusement on her face. How could Liu Zheng survive this? He could only laugh and leave quickly.
The bidding on the spot has reached a state of madness.
The merchants from Arabia were the most aggressive in bidding, because the demand for salt in this place was huge, and the competition for an agency had exceeded one million. The final price was set at 1 million and 200,000 taels of silver!
Although the competition in several other places is slightly smaller, the prices have all stopped at 7 or 8 million.
In a short period of time, nearly 10 million taels of silver orders were signed!
This shocked Liu Zheng and Xiang Chenglin.
this……
This is the charm of the Silk Road, this is the charm of doing business with the whole world!
If only in the Longyan Dynasty, Liu Zheng wouldn't even dare to think about this kind of money!
In the end, all vendors who won agency rights signed a tripartite agreement. On one side is them, on the other side is the Loulan royal family, and on the other side is Rongxiang Company. The agreement stipulates that when the first large-scale shipment of refined salt arrives in Loulan for delivery, that is when they pay the agency fee.
Although Liu Zheng was short of money, he had no problem with it.
After all, I only have these three bags of refined salt now... If I want to exchange it for millions of dollars from others, it's just a joke.
After finishing his work here, Liu Zheng finally felt reassured and finally tied together the traders from all over the world. The armed strength of these chambers of commerce cannot be underestimated, especially in Kucheng City.
at this time.
The first chaos in Kucheng City still happened.
No matter how tight the guards are, how powerful they are, and how hard they work to maintain stability. After all, the temple is in the city. How can the temple believers in the city not be excited when they hear that the temple army is already attacking them with overwhelming force?
Incited by Muzhad, some temple believers did not pay attention to the surrounded temple, but directly began to attack the Loulan Palace. This is something that no one expected, and we can see the desperate nature of these extremists.
After receiving the news, Reheman immediately rushed to the palace and quickly calmed down the chaos.
But because these people were too extreme and risked their lives, a corner of the palace was burned down!
But the atmosphere of terror also began to spread throughout the city.
The traders couldn't sit still, the people were panic-stricken, the temple army was already on the way, and the news that they planned to attack the city finally spread.
"Maintain stability!"
"The whole army maintains stability!"
Only then did the traders from various countries realize that they had been fooled! Because after these temple believers returned from attacking the palace without success, their next targets became these traders who had just signed an agreement to become the "running dogs" of the Loulan royal family.
On the first day, several Arab chambers of commerce were the first to be attacked by these people.
This should come from a conflict of beliefs.
Later, businesses in other countries were also hit by different influences.
At the beginning, these traders still wanted to remain neutral and did not want to become enemies of these extremists. However, how could they withstand someone deliberately stirring up trouble in the city... Of course it was Liu Zheng who did this.
After signing the agreement, you still want to be neutral. Are you kidding me?
In the end, the traders had no choice but to gather their own armed forces to fight against these believers.
If you don't move, it's enough; if you move, it's amazing.
After all, it is a serious armed group, not a ragtag group of believers. After two days of chaos in Kucheng, with the cooperation of the guards and armed merchants, the chaos was completely quelled. In the end, all streets were heavily guarded!
…
"So fast?"
Muzzard was so angry that his face turned green.
Everyone was also shocked.
"Lord God Envoy, these traders from all walks of life are so abnormal this time!"
"Yes, they were more inclined to our temple before!"
"These guys are so unjust for profit!"
Muzadeh's face turned livid: "Who told you to let the believers find trouble with the traders! Didn't you say that the city can be chaotic for at least three days? Why can't we wait for the arrival of our army!"
He slapped the case and got angry: "Continue to organize!"
Everyone suffers.
It's not that the believers want to go, but someone in the city has been instigating, saying that the vendors have reached a "cooperative security" agreement with the royal family. The believers will naturally choose to kill the meat first, which can create chaos and rob gold and silver treasures. , why not?
At this time, the disadvantages of dispersed religious power, lax system, and easy loss of control were completely revealed.
Without the strict rules and regulations of the military, people's greed will become more and more amplified. Without restraint, there will be no restraint.
When people face interests and death, God has been slowly faded.
"Lord God Envoy!"
"The encirclement of the guards is five hundred steps closer!"
Muzzard looked gloomy.
Why didn't the Loulan royal family take action on the temple in Kucheng immediately?
Do you have absolute confidence?
Where does this confidence come from?
Muzzard wondered.
At this time, the temple's 100,000-strong army was carrying 200,000 civilians along the way. Where did a mere 40,000 guardsmen have the confidence to surround him without killing him?
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically: "Have you killed that Mire?"
"not yet!"
"Take me to him!"
…
Standing on the city wall.
Liu Zheng suddenly felt as if he had just traveled through time and resisted horse bandits in Yangzhou. However, now in the blink of an eye, nearly a year has passed.
And this time, it was probably the first time he experienced a real war in person. These temple troops are not a ragtag group like the horse bandits.
Two hundred thousand...
Forty thousand here.
It sounds quite incredible.
Reheman said from the side: "Master Liu, according to your instructions, Hemuti has been allowed to escape from the city. It is expected that he will join the temple army and arrive in Kucheng tomorrow!"
Liu Zheng nodded.
According to his plan, Hemuti must be released. Just as Reguli said, if he doesn't let him go, he cannot be killed legitimately. And the Muzadeh of the temple remains. Because by keeping him, Mire would not die.
He wanted Muzhad to see step by step despair, and finally trade Mire for his own survival.
Reheman looked at Liu Zheng's back and sighed deeply.
Such a young young master has such terrible methods, such deep scheming, and he can do everything without leaving any stone unturned.
What a terrible person this is?
He was even a little lucky that he was not Loulan's enemy. If so, I'm afraid there is no one in Loulan who dares to compare with him. This is also the reason why the temple army started to cause chaos, and none of the civil and military officials in Loulan were afraid of fighting. At this time, the territory of Kucheng was very united and dedicated to resisting the thieves. Not only because these vested interests want to safeguard their real interests, but also because they are optimistic about the situation in Kucheng at this time, and are dissatisfied with Hemu's move to Fukucheng some time in advance.
In the past few days, Mr. Liu has made full use of these emotions.
What kind of talent is this?
even……
He laughed to himself.
This Mr. Liu has great ambitions. He only regards Loulan as a commercial transit station, nothing more. He even looked down upon the entire Loulan - what a cruel fact.
Liu Zheng said calmly: "Brother Re, you have to understand that this will be a fierce battle."
Reheman nodded heavily.
Liu Zheng laughed loudly: "But there is no need to panic. Brother Re must always understand that a regular army should not be defeated by a group of rabble, no matter how many people they have!"
"Soldiers depend on their ability, not their numbers!"
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Sometimes, having more soldiers is not a good thing!"
Reheman was confused.
Isn't it a good thing to have more soldiers? Who has heard this truth?
Liu Zheng said: "We only need to wait three days and we will win!"
Reheman looked overjoyed.
If someone else said this, he wouldn't believe it, but who is the person in front of him? Mr. Liu!
Reheman had never doubted him since he met him. Because this son can always create miracles in desperate situations.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly and said no more.
Two hundred thousand?
In the history of the world, there have been hundreds of thousands of troops. Sparta in ancient Rome also had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but in the end they were beaten to pieces by tens of thousands of elite Roman troops. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also had hundreds of thousands, but they were still no match for the powerful Qin army.
In the subsequent Yellow Turban Uprising, the Qingzhou army numbered 300,000, and was easily defeated, disintegrated, and recovered by Cao Cao.
In Liu Zheng's view, as long as the army does not have strict military discipline and military spirit, it will definitely not produce any combat effectiveness.
The temple army numbered one hundred thousand.
He was a little scared.
But to coerce the people, these two hundred thousand are scary enough in the eyes of others. But in his eyes, 200,000 is now equivalent to 50,000 in combat power!
With so many people, don’t we need to eat?
Is there enough food and grass? Can the logistics and supplies keep up?
Can the human heart be controlled?
Is the system strict?
If we can't capture Kucheng in three days, is the morale of the army still stable?
These are all things that need to be considered comprehensively.
"Brother Re, are you ready for the death squad I asked you to prepare?"
Liu Zheng turned around and asked.
Reheman laughed loudly: "Don't worry, sir, one hundred elites are ready, waiting for your dispatch at any time!"
Liu Zheng smiled and nodded.
The next morning.
The warning trombone finally sounded in Kucheng.
The Temple Army is finally here! When you climb the tower, you can see a long dragon in the distance, with countless heads, the darkness is overwhelming, and the momentum is astonishing. The leader was clearly Hemuti. In front of the team was a large flag representing the temple.
"The royal family is dead, the temple must be erected!"
"kill!"
"Burn the palace!"
"Kill these ungrateful royals!"
Vast, continuous, and menacing.
The Kucheng guardsmen were all frightened when they saw this formation.
Two hundred thousand people, how many are there?
Looking up, it seems that there are people everywhere in the sky and on the earth.
Just visually, it brings infinite impact to people.
Then, these 200,000 people set up camp just a mile away.
Throughout Kucheng, people were in panic.