[Today I have added a special chapter, for book friends, "Listen to the wind and wait for the flowers to bloom." Li Jiangyao said: I wish him and all the heroes who face the challenge to be victorious and proud of the world! 】
In June, the sun in Western Xinjiang is as scorching as fire, and what is hotter than the scorching sun is the burning hearts of the kings of Western Xinjiang.
There is only one kind of person who can make all the kings anxious and angry - their creditor.
In other words, debt collectors are here.
Lord Emmeni, the head of the Persian Empire's business mission, recently dispatched the largest debt collection team in Western Xinjiang's history to 27 major countries to collect long-overdue aid loans from them.
These loans range from millions of silver coins to tens of millions of silver coins, and some are even settled directly in gold coins. The types of loans are also varied, some are used to repair towns destroyed by war, some are used to pay salaries to royal officials, some are used to relieve refugees who have left their homes, and some are used to restore agricultural and livestock production.
But the largest number of them were used to redeem domestic soldiers who were captured by the Xinjiang Army during the war.
At the beginning, these kings of Western Xinjiang originally expected to completely get rid of the rule of the Shengtang Dynasty through adventurous rebellion, and then seek independent development of their own countries. They even imagined that when their national power increased greatly, they would seize the land and population of neighboring countries, dominate one side, and dominate the ghost desert. .
But they never expected that the successive years of war not only destroyed the Silk Road trade route, which brought in a lot of money, but also lost a large number of young and strong laborers. In the end, they actually fell into debt.
Thinking about it now, my intestines are about to turn green.
However, regret is regret, reality has to be faced. Looking at the Persian representatives who came to the door, the kings of various countries tried their best, looking around and saying what they had, some crying and wiping their tears pretending to be poor and complaining, and some hiding in hiding.
There are even some who are shameless and refuse to pay.
"Come on, come on, take a look at the valuable things in my palace and move them all away. You can also take them all away, or you can move them with me too. Anyway, you don't need money, you just need your life."
"I must not be able to afford the money. Now Western Xinjiang is occupied by the Turks. There is a governor of Western Xinjiang above, and there is a Yakut army outside. You won't dare to mobilize the Persian army to force me to death, right?"
Facing these shameless scoundrels, the Persian representative did not get angry, but calmly said: "Dear Your Highness, before coming here, our Lord Emene said that he spent a lot of money to hire a professional debt collection team. , if we don’t want to get the money back, then let professional people handle the professional matter, and let them negotiate carefully with His Highness the King.”
"Professional debt collection team?" The kings were confused: "Who is Emine going to invite to negotiate with me?"
"This business was taken over by Baron Metasequoia."
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Regarding the Persians' statement, the kings of Western Xinjiang were somewhat doubtful. It was difficult for them to understand that Li Jiangyao, who had killed thousands of people, was fighting life and death with Gema Khan. How could he have the time to help Emani do the bad thing of collecting debts?
However, this doubt soon disappeared.
At the end of June, on the same day that the Persian representative issued the final repayment deadline, the Zhenjiang First Army, Second Army, Third Army, Fourth Army and Fifth Army, totaling 220,000 troops, came from Asia respectively. They set off from Rumuqi Mountain, Metasequoia City and Langkelonduo City, and divided into five groups to directly enter the Loulan Kingdom.
In the face of the powerful Zhenjiang Army, the once arrogant Loulan Kingdom was as fragile as a baby. In less than twenty days, seven major cities in the country were quickly captured by Li Jiangyao and others.
Before Loulan King Alikejiang could react, Nanhua Princess Huoliya personally led the third army, rushing all the way, and surrounded the Loulan King's court.
Not long after, the First Army and the Fifth Army arrived one after another and launched a fierce attack on the royal city without saying a word.
Three days! The brave Loulan Royal Guards lasted for three days! Then he raised the white flag obediently.
Alik Jiang, leader of the Western Xinjiang Alliance and King of Loulan, was tied up tightly by his subordinates and sent to the camp of the Xinjiang Army.
Li Jiangyao sent someone to deliver the order on horseback. Huoliya followed the instructions and angrily denounced Alek Jiang in front of the entire army and the people of Loulan for the twelve major crimes, including rebellion against the Holy Tang Dynasty, collusion with foreign Turks, and betrayal. The people of Western Xinjiang, the torture and murder of the King of Shanshan, etc., scolded Alik Jiang until he knelt on the ground and trembled.
After reading out the charges, Holia ordered someone to fetch the seized nine-star blade. As an executioner, she personally cut the throat of the enemy who killed her father, avenging the bloodshed for the relatives who died and the people of Shanshan.
At the same time, the Zhenjiang Army officially announced to the entire Western Xinjiang: From now on, the Loulan Kingdom will be completely wiped out from the territory of Western Xinjiang!
The shameful traitor will be punished no matter how far away he is!
Of course, Li Jiangyao also added another reason in the announcement: Loulan King Alekjiang not only betrayed Shengtang and deserved his death, he also violated the basic spirit of the contract and defaulted on debts that he would not repay until death. As the debt collection agent specially hired by Emine, the Zhenjiang Army had no choice but to protect the legitimate interests of creditors by forcibly taking back the Loulan Kingdom's land.
As for why Loulan King Alike Jiang was directly killed, Li Jiangyao explained this: We refer to the debt collection model of the Shengtang folk gang. For those who deliberately cheat, they usually want both money and their lives. It is a normal industry rule. .
Once this terrifying industry rule was announced, the kings of various countries in Western Xinjiang were completely unable to sit still.
The remaining twenty-six debtor countries, including Shule and Chechi, sent high-level diplomatic missions one after another and rushed to Metasequoia City to negotiate repayment matters.
The envoys brought all kinds of expensive gifts and bribed almost all the civil and military officials of the Zhenjiang Army. They were afraid that they would not serve well and accidentally offend some big boss and turn themselves into a debt collection group. Next business goal.
After representatives of the twenty-six debtor countries gathered in Metasequoia, Emine, who had been waiting here for a long time, came forward and invited Li Jiangyao to meet with the representatives of each country.
The Xijiang Debt Negotiation Conference was officially held.
At the meeting, Emmeni said seriously that the main reason why he agreed to provide huge loans to various countries was to help Western Xinjiang relieve people's livelihood and develop the economy, so that countries can recover from the pain of the war as soon as possible and restore silkworms. The prosperity of the trade routes thus protected the commercial interests of the Persian Empire.
Therefore, he did not want to see Xijiang involved in endless wars again and let down his good intentions.
Based on this consideration, Emene made a suggestion to the representatives of various countries. If the debtor countries can formally withdraw from the dispute between the Turks and the Holy Tang, and hand over the military command and the diplomatic rights of the vassal state to the Zhenjiang Army Li Jiangyao, then the Persian side will not only The repayment deadline can be postponed again, and guarantees can even be provided in the name of the Persian Empire to continue to provide everyone with financial support for peace construction.
Regarding this proposal, many Western Xinjiang vassal states were quite moved, especially those countries that had no deep hatred against Shengtang in the first place, and they hoped that they could get out of the sea of misery earlier.
However, some countries expressed concerns that they were afraid that the Turkic army would return to Western Xinjiang at any time, and that they would inevitably become the target of their revenge.
Li Jiangyao stood up and left the meeting, strode to the center of the venue, and said loudly: "You can rest assured about this issue. As long as everyone can return to the right path and continue to accept and support the control of Shengtang, our Zhenjiang Army will not only forgive you for the past." , and will also send troops to Zijin Pass to block the Turks from returning to Western Xinjiang. You must know that the dynasty is by no means weak and can be bullied. The million-strong Shengtang army is about to launch a counterattack. Whether Ashina Zhijin can come back alive is still unknown. Not sure."
Emine and Li Jiangyao stood side by side and said solemnly: "In addition, I can also give you a guarantee. His Majesty the Great Emperor of Persia has personally promised that as long as General Li Jiangyao nods, the Persian Empire can send reinforcements at any time. Join forces with Shengtang to fight against the Turks. In this way, you should feel at ease, right?"
After hearing this, representatives from various countries couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
To be honest, everyone has long had enough of the hard life of being enslaved and oppressed by the Turks. Now that Gema Khan has been defeated in a row and has taken refuge in Zijin Pass, and the Persian Empire has expressed its support for Shengtang at this time, what choice should be made next? I am afraid there will be no need to hesitate for too long?
The representative of Che Chi asked hesitantly: "Your Excellency General, we Che Chi made a big mistake and went astray. We acted as accomplices of the Turks, and we also worked with the Zhenjiang Protectorate... in Crescent Bay. Can you really be forgiven after fighting?”
"And we," the Shule representative also raised his hand, with concern on his face: "Your Excellency, you know that Shule Kingdom is just like Loulanguo. We were the first to raise troops during the five-year period, and our hands... are all stained Can we also be forgiven for the blood of Shengtang soldiers?"
Li Jiangyao quietly looked at the representatives from various countries who were looking at him intently, and then looked at Emine next to him, and then solemnly said: "I know that your king is worried, and all of you are worried. , worried that the grudge with Shengtang is too deep and cannot be resolved or erased. However, what I want to say is that hatred cannot bring hope, and revenge cannot solve all problems. Only by looking forward is The only way out for Western Xinjiang is that if we cannot face the wrong past, we cannot hope for a bright future. Go back and tell your king that as long as they can change their past and return to the embrace of Shengtang, all their previous sins The punishment will end as far as the Alike River. I, Li Jiangyao, the Zhenjiang Army, keep my word!"
"Okay, I, Emene, and the Persian Empire are willing to be guarantors!" Emene smiled and shouted to everyone: "What are you still doing? Go back and report to your king quickly, so that he can make the right decision as soon as possible. It’s a choice! You know, the interest on the loan is piling up very quickly every day!”
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A month later, delegations from twenty-six debtor countries in Western Xinjiang came to Metasequoia City again.
This time, the countries seemed to have discussed it in advance, and the negotiators were all replaced by kings of various countries, including big bosses like Geerhan and Tajik who were extremely influential in the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang.
In addition, many monarchs from small countries who were not debtors to Emene also came spontaneously.
Everyone has the same idea: they want to witness a historical turning point that will be passed down for thousands of years in the place of Metasequoia.
