A heroic figure like Egbert would never die easily if possible.
Given the slightest chance, he would grab it and survive and do well.
Trading with him even feels like seeking skin from a tiger.
At this time, Tang Ping and Egbert actually didn't have many other options.
Egbert's life was in Tang Ping's hands. Tang Ping told Egbert that he was an outsider and was here to help.
What happened to Wessex in the end had little to do with him, so if Egbert didn't cooperate and he wanted to cause trouble, he would really ask his men to chop him down with their swords.
But at the same time, for Tang Ping, if Egbert really doesn't cooperate with them, then the whole of Wessex will be in chaos.
Some lords may be loyal to Alaric's new government, but it is certain that more lords will choose independence.
In that case, they can only take people to recover one place after another, and the difficulty will be greatly increased.
And that was different from the country Alaric wanted to build.
"How about it? Egbert!" Tang Ping asked: "There is a saying in our country that cooperation will benefit both sides, which means that if we cooperate, both of us will benefit."
Egbert was also hesitating. He definitely didn't want to die, but should he give up the foundation he had built over decades and go to other places to open up wasteland?
Egbert looked at Tang Ping and sighed: "Tang, you are indeed a businessman! Even a country is just a business in your eyes!"
"The lords of eleven counties will definitely be loyal to me!" Egbert made the final decision: "When the time comes, I will take them all away."
"Of course, if you don't take away these people who are loyal to you, you are causing trouble for us!" Tang Ping felt relieved when he saw Egbert loosening up.
"Also, I need supplies!" Egbert continued: "You can't let us leave with nothing, right? We've moved to a new place, and I don't know how long it will take before we can produce anything."
"How many supplies do you want?"
This was the bargaining stage, and Tang Ping was finally relieved. Since Egbert could bargain, it meant that he was already prepared to accept the terms of cooperation.
Egbert thought for a while and crackled a long list of words.
Tang Ping felt that there wasn't much. Judging from the number of people Egbert said he wanted to take away, these things were not too much.
As a result, after Egbert finished speaking, Tang Ping looked at what was currently in the Wessex treasury and couldn't stand it any longer.
"Egbert, you are actually... so poor?" Tang Ping originally thought that he would not take many things away.
But I didn’t expect it to be 80% of the national treasury.
Egbert originally thought that Tang Ping would be frightened by his lion's big mouth. He also understood the principle of bargaining, demanding high prices and paying back the money on the spot.
So from the beginning, he told more about what he wanted.
Who knew that Tang Ping didn't feel that he wanted more, but that he was too poor.
Egbert felt that he was caught by Tang Ping and the others because of his carelessness. It was because he was not resourceful enough, so he accepted his defeat.
But if you say he is poor now, you are questioning his ability to govern this country.
You must know that after he came to power, he allowed Woolf to capture so many slaves, and then did many things such as glass factories, silverware factories, and encouraged farming, just to make money.
How to fight without money? He was able to conquer several other countries in England because he was the richest, he could recruit the most soldiers, and used the best weapons. But now he was actually ridiculed by Tang Ping!
And he could hear that Tang Ping was mocking him for being poor, and that was sincerity!
"Don, you can say that I was careless this time, but you can't say that we are poor!" Egbert was angry: "We made more money last year than the six neighboring countries combined, so I won. them."
Tang Ping said speechlessly: "Did you know? There is a saying in our country that the generals are chosen from among the dwarfs, which means that you are all poor, but you should be better off."
Egbert was silent for a long time before saying: "In that case, can I take all these supplies with me?"
Anyway, his purpose is to take away Wessex's family fortune. If you can't win the argument, then you can't win the argument.
"No!" I originally thought Tang Ping would agree, but I didn't expect him to refuse immediately.
"Why!" Egbert felt as if he had been tricked.
"You've taken all these things away. What will happen to Wessex?"
"Don't you think I'm poor? If I take these things away, don't we have you in Wessex?"
"I..." Tang Ping said with some embarrassment: "I don't know when I can go back. This time I brought these thousand Vikings to fuck you and you have already spent all the money."
Egbert looked at Tang Ping with several big words written on his face: "Are you serious?"
Tang Ping was indeed a little embarrassed. He had just ridiculed someone for being poor, but he had forgotten the fact that he was now poorer than the other person.
It is true that Egbert didn't want much, but given the current situation in Wessex, if he was asked to take these things away, Tang Ping was afraid that after Alaric came to power, he wouldn't even be able to pay the salary of the city gate guards. .
If his system upgrade is completed, he can ask Datang to send some supplies, but now, he can only shamelessly talk to Egbert.
At this moment, the long-lost voice sounded in Tang Ping's mind.
"I have finished upgrading!!"
"What?" Tang Ping shouted directly. Seeing Egbert looking at him in surprise, he said to Egbert: "Let's talk about this later."
Egbert did not expect that there could be anything more important than his own place at this time?
It's just that he is now a prisoner and can only watch Tang Ping leave.
Tang Ping walked out of the room, calmed down, and then asked the system: "Have you finished the upgrade? Why didn't you notify me?"
"Why should I inform you?? Is there any benefit?"
"You!" Tang Ping was speechless: "When did you finish upgrading?"
"Well...it's been about more than a month!"
After the system upgrade was completed, it was obviously different from before. In the past, if Tang Ping asked this, he would definitely give an accurate event, even down to a few minutes and seconds.
"So, what new functions will you have after this upgrade?"
Tang Ping took a deep breath and asked.
Now is not the time to argue with this deceptive system about when he will finish the upgrade. For Tang Ping, what he wants to know most is what new functions have been added to the system.
"On your left!"
