Lao Cui and the others commanded several soldiers who surrendered and begged for mercy to clean up all the corpses.
Tang Ping, on the other hand, was sitting face to face with his eldest brother Wang Shanbei in the carriage.
Tang Ping said calmly: "I am just an ordinary businessman. Prince Shanbei's alliance with me will not be of much help to you."
"Impossible!" Shanbei's elder brother Wang shook his head: "Although I don't know your specific identity, you are definitely not an ordinary businessman."
"The gunpowder you used to blow up the big rock on the river yesterday was probably the gunpowder rumored to be used in the Tang Dynasty's powerful cannon, right?"
"Ordinary businessmen can't get gunpowder, something that only exists in rumors from various countries!"
Shanbei's eldest brother Wang looked at Tang Ping firmly: "Although I sometimes have trouble turning my head, I know that you are definitely a capable Tang Ping person, so I want to form an alliance with you."
"Then what? What are you going to do if you form an alliance with me? What are your bargaining chips?"
"I want to become the emperor!" Yamabei Brother King said categorically: "I need you to help me become the emperor, not an emperor like Emperor Shumei, but an emperor like His Majesty the Tang Dynasty."
Tang Ping touched his chin: "Your request...is too difficult?"
"But it's just like what you said, aren't you a businessman? Normally I have to pay for your food, I have to pay for living in your place, and I have to pay for renting from you."
"In that case, you can make an offer!"
Call this mountain-backed brother stupid. Sometimes he is indeed quite stupid, but sometimes he always seems to see something different.
"If you make an offer..." Tang Ping thought for a while: "It's really hard to get an offer!"
He looked at Mount Sado outside the car window and asked, "Is it okay if I want Mount Sado?"
"Why Sado Mountain?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang was a little puzzled: "Do you really like collecting mountains so much?"
"Have you never doubted why those tomb robbers wanted to hide in Sado Mountain?" Tang Ping asked.
"Aren't they doing it for those girls?"
Tang Ping rubbed his head. This guy seemed... not very clever again.
So he told the story about the gold mine in Mount Sado and the collusion between the tomb robbers and the Lord of Niigata Prefecture.
"What? There are so many things I don't know?" Brother Shanbei was a little shocked.
"So if I want Sado Mountain, are you willing to give it to me?" Tang Ping asked again.
"A gold mine..." The eldest brother on the back of the mountain looked at Mount Sado outside. Who would have thought that there would be a gold mine inside the ordinary-looking mountain?
"I do!" In the end, the eldest brother Shanbei nodded and said, which made Tang Ping stunned.
"A gold mine. With a gold mine, you can recruit troops and buy weapons. You should know that the only condition for becoming the emperor is actually your fists."
"The Soga clan was able to support Emperor Shumei in ascending the throne, but Morishi, who supported you, died unexpectedly, just because the Soga clan has a bigger fist!"
"I know." Shanbei's eldest brother Wang nodded honestly: "But didn't you say it? With our current mining technology in Fuso, it is difficult to mine on a large scale. Then these gold mines are no different from stones in the mountains."
"And I promised to give you Mount Sado. In order to support me as the emperor, you will spend money to recruit soldiers and horses and buy weapons for me. Isn't it the same as me digging out a gold mine?"
Tang Ping looked at the honest-looking elder brother Shanbei, and really didn't know if he was being stupid or pretending to be stupid.
"Okay!" Tang Ping sat up straight and said seriously: "I will find a way to help you take the position of emperor. You give me the mining rights of Sado Mountain and Iwami Mountain for fifty years."
"Shi Jianshan? There is gold in Shi Jianshan too?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang looked surprised: "So this was your idea when you first mentioned Shi Jianshan?"
"Listen to me and explain the conditions first." Tang Ping glared at him: "There is no gold in Shijian Mountain, but there is silver. Again, you don't have the ability to mine it yourself."
This was really not a lie that Tang Ping had deceived him. Fuso was short of iron. Think about it, how could he have the ability to mine minerals on a large scale when there were only a few iron weapons in the army?
The mining of Iwami Ginzan and Sado Gold Mountain had to wait until seven or eight hundred years later in history.
"We can be responsible for establishing mines and some related roads and other infrastructure. We will also hire people near the mining areas to mine minerals and increase their income."
"The entire mining area has become our concession, and we have law enforcement rights within it. After fifty years, the mine will be handed over to you, and you can continue to mine."
"Fifty years from now, will there still be a mine?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang asked seriously.
"You guys are really not stupid. You can't finish mining in fifty years. Don't worry!" Tang Ping patted his chest and assured: "I can guarantee it with my character."
"What kind of character do you have?" Shanbei's elder brother Wang looked at Tang Ping with some contempt.
This Datang businessman has always been mysterious, and now he doesn't even know the other person's real name.
Moreover, he was very skillful in pretending to be a ghost and deceiving others along the way. Such a person can still claim to have good character.
"You... Then I can vouch for Young Master Qinglian's character, right? Don't forget, he is your savior!"
The two finally reached an agreement. Tang Ping found a way to help him ascend to the position of emperor. After he ascended the throne, he designated Mount Sado in Niigata Prefecture and Mount Iwami in Shimane Prefecture as concessions, leasing them to Datang for fifty years to mine the minerals. .
As for how he will gather imperial power after he secures his position as emperor, it is not Tang Ping's responsibility.
"Then what should we do now?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang asked Tang Ping.
"The aftermath!" Tang Ping pointed to the entrance of the village that was cleaned up by Lao Cui and the others: "So many people have died in Niigata County City Lord. If we don't get rid of him, I'm afraid we will be wanted in a few days."
"Go directly to Niigata County and kill him?" Yamaback's eldest brother just killed a knight, and now he said with murderous intent.
"What's the use of killing him?" Tang Ping rolled his eyes at him: "Then once we leave, the Suga family can send another person as the city lord."
"Then what should we do?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang Chengxin asked.
"Of course it is to cultivate your own power. There is a saying that people die for wealth and birds die for food. The Suga family is not the only one in the world of Fuso."
Tang Ping analyzed it for him: "Support the nearby small families to become the lords of Niigata County and let them taste the power. It will be difficult to give up when the time comes."
"But what should we do if they take refuge in Su Ga's family?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang thought of something and asked.
"This is far away from Nara, so news doesn't spread that fast. As long as you gather some of your supporters outside Nara, it won't be a problem even if they are just outsiders."
"When you return to Nara, as long as you can unite with the Mononobe clan to defeat the Soga clan, these losers will naturally fall to you. And you also need to gather their strength to fight against the Mononobe clan to prevent him from becoming the next Soga clan. Family."
Although Tang Ping formed an alliance with Shanbei's eldest brother, he did not want Fusang to become a centralized country. This kind of structure in which princes restrained each other's imperial power was the best.
