"What do you know? This is called win-win cooperation, the principle proposed by Lord Cao."
"You are not allowed to take it off. You will only wear this when you are in the ring. After all, we have collected the money and must abide by the contract."
Everyone was quite speechless, thinking of wearing this kind of clothes in public, they just felt ashamed.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the street.
Jiang Ping opened the window on the second floor facing the street and looked down, only to see a few people in the rivers and lakes being held back by a group of gambling shop assistants in front of the opposite gambling shop, shouting:
"Heroes, let's not play tricks, right?"
"Admit the bet and admit defeat, you not only slandered us for making troubles, but also smashed things in our gambling shop... This is an official cooperative unit."
The leader, the middle-aged man, ignored it and scolded:
"I don't care what cooperation unit you have, do you know who we are? Do you want to die..."
Seeing these people, Shanxi Erjue behind Jiang Ping was surprised and said:
"These are people from Penglai Island in the East China Sea. I didn't expect them to come too."
Zhan Zhao frowned and said:
"No matter who they are, how can they cause chaos in the city, I will go and persuade them."
With that said, he was about to fly downstairs.
Others quickly grabbed him and said:
"Brother Zhan, don't be reckless. These people are not easy to mess with. This is one of the four heavenly kings of Penglai Island, with extremely high skills."
"And the chief leader of the side sect, the No.1 confidant in the world, we can't afford to offend him."
Zhan Zhao frowned and was about to refute, when Jiang Ping said quickly:
"Brother Zhan, don't worry, isn't there Marquis Cao? If there is an accident in his gambling shop, he will definitely deal with it, so let's not worry about it."
Just as he was talking, a battalion of patrolling soldiers rushed over and shouted coldly:
"What's going on? Why are you arguing?"
After getting a general understanding of what happened, the Xuncheng leader said:
"Both of you follow me back to Yamen and explain the details..."
With that said, let someone take them back.
The gamblers were very cooperative, but the gangsters laughed and said:
"Are you really desperate to arrest us? Do you know who we are?"
Saying that, he jumped up and grabbed the head of Xunchengdu, wanting to teach them a lesson.
The heads were not surprised when they saw this, and said coldly:
"Someone is rebelling, prepare your bow and crossbow."
Seeing that countless arrows were pointing at him, the Jianghu man was shocked and roared angrily:
"Bold, I am the Four Heavenly Kings of Penglai Island, how dare you..."
Before he could finish speaking, countless arrows had already been shot.
That man's martial arts skills are very good, he can turn his body around and change directions in the air, but even if he makes full use of his lightness skills, it is difficult to stop random arrows from shooting.
With a burst of "Puff" noises, the man turned into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, the rest of them turned their heads and ran away in fright.
It's just that Dutou didn't want to let them go, so he waved his crossbow arrows randomly, and within a moment, all of them were shot to death by random arrows.
They all looked at the corpses of several people, and said with a "bah":
"God of bullshit, you deserve it too!"
Everyone upstairs was in a cold sweat watching, such a tall master turned into a hedgehog in the blink of an eye, he is really worthless.
They couldn't help but feel that this incident had subverted their impression of the government.
I no longer dare to be proud of my martial arts.
But at this time in Xieyuan, Cao Bin didn't care too much about the arena, but listened to Shi Qian's report on Zhu Mian's situation.
"Master Hou, there is news from the White Lotus Society that Zhu Mian's food has been robbed."
"Soon, it will be sent to Hangzhou, shall we accept it?"
Cao Bin nodded with a smile and said:
"Accept, not only to accept, but also to take the initiative to leave evidence of our crimes for Zhu Fang."
"When he complains, you can take the initiative to announce Yang again, creating the illusion that you are losing power."
As he spoke, he laughed and said:
"This time, if we don't clean up the officials and gentry in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, I'm really sorry for Zhu Fang's effort."
Then he asked again:
"Is there any news from the capital?"
Shi Qian said:
"Back to Lord Marquis, His Majesty's condition is getting worse and worse recently, and he often stops court."
"The hall is also in chaos, attacking each other, as if something big is going to happen."
As he spoke, he carefully glanced at Cao Bin and said:
"Also, I heard that Mr. Kou is a matchmaker, and the eighth sister of the Yang family is going to be engaged to Zhang Wen."
Seeing that Cao Bin was silent, Shi Qian tentatively said:
"Master Hou, do you want the brothers to steal Eighth Sister out secretly?"
Cao Bin said speechlessly:
"What do you do to rob her? Let her make trouble for me?"
Shi Qian was stunned for a moment, seeing that Cao Bin didn't want to say more, he quickly changed the subject and said:
"In addition, the negotiations between Song and Liao have ended, and the chaos in Liao has gradually been suppressed."
Cao Bin hurriedly said:
"What conditions?"
When Cao Bin heard that the negotiations were over, he couldn't help asking:
"What conditions are negotiated?"
Shi Qian said:
"The annual currency is 30 silver silk, and there is a loan of 20 this year."
Cao Bin was speechless for a while before sighing:
"The mud can't support the wall?"
He thought that his plan was enough to back down, and he wanted to use loans instead of old coins, leaving enough room for the Liao Kingdom to retreat, but he didn't expect the court to pull back even more.
Although it is less than half of the 50-year-old coin before the war, the old coin is a blow to the morale of the people of the country. As long as it exists, it is a sign of weakness!
Shi Qian said angrily:
"It was in vain for Master Hou's loyalty and careful planning!"
"Originally, the Liao Kingdom has agreed to borrow money first, and the New Year's currency will not be discussed for the time being."
"But the imperial court was not at ease, and offered to give the old coin."
When Cao Bin heard this, he couldn't help cursing:
"Who is so cheap?"
Shi Qian said:
"It was proposed by Secretary Lang Sima Guang, and Wang Xiang, Pan Taishi and others also agreed with it."
Cao Bin was stunned for a moment and said:
"Isn't that guy demoted from Beijing? Why did he go back?"
Shi Qian said with some sarcasm:
"Your Majesty didn't know about it. Sima Guang presented a copy of Taoist scriptures with auspiciousness, and Wang Xiang personally interceded for him in front of His Majesty, so he was transferred back to the capital."
"He said in the memorial that only by giving the Liao Kingdom old coins can the Liao Kingdom have some scruples and maintain long-term peace with the Song Dynasty."
"Master Kou doesn't quite agree with it, but he can't handle a few gentlemen..."
Hearing this, Cao Bin also understood that 30 Guansui coins were not a lot of money to Da Song.
If you can use this money to appease the Liao Kingdom, it will be very worthwhile, and it will also save the cost of future wars, which can be regarded as a profitable business.
Maybe those courtiers still feel that this is their proud work, and they are complacent about it.
But they can only calculate the expenses on the books in front of them, but they don't know how to plan for the future, and they have no ambition at all.
Since there are no natural dangers in the north, even if the old coins are given, Da Song has to maintain 30 million elite frontier troops on the front lines of Hebei and Shandong all the year round.
The imperial court's annual military expenditure is tens of millions, accounting for more than one-third of the national treasury revenue.
This is also the reason why Song Dynasty is so rich that his income is exploding, but he is still unable to make ends meet and has financial difficulties.
The old currency indemnity is originally an expedient measure. As long as we work hard in the future and regain Youyun, the cost of the frontier army will be greatly reduced.
However, the imperial court regards the old coins as their own plan and does not think about making progress, which makes people helpless.
Cao Bin was silent for a while, then scolded:
"Made, the imperial court won't think that the Marquis is too busy, and deny the Marquis the credit for it?"
It's fine if the negotiation is not satisfactory, no matter how lazy he is, if his contribution is denied, he must write to the court to question him.
If you are too honest, others will think you are easy to bully. You must know how to fight for your own interests.
Maybe the court will feel more at ease.
Shi Qian smiled and said:
"Don't worry, Lord Hou, the imperial court has already agreed that a Gao Ming and his son will be bestowed with titles, and the imperial decree will leave Beijing soon."
"General Zong Bao of the Yang family has also been promoted to Marquis..."
Hearing this, Cao Bin's suffocation eased. After all, this is not the later Southern Song Dynasty.
At this time, Menzi came to report:
"Master Hou, there is a person from the Jianghu outside the garden asking to see him, saying that he is from Penglai Island in the East China Sea."
Shi Qian hurriedly said:
"Master Hou, it is said that the master of Penglai Island is extremely skilled in martial arts, and he is known as No. 1 in the Jianghu."
When Cao Bin heard the words, he immediately became interested, nodded and said:
"Go to Mr. Feng and others, and let them go with me to meet this martial arts master."
Cao Bin has a good reputation in the Jianghu, so after hearing that he was putting on a fight, many masters who had contacts with him came to help him.
The front hall of Xieyuan.
Not long after Cao Bin sat down with many martial arts masters, he saw his servant walking in with a middle-aged martial artist.
The middle-aged man walked like a tiger, his eyes were full of brilliance, although he saw dozens of masters in the hall staring at him, he was not timid at all.
He cupped his hands and bowed to Cao Bin, saying:
"I am a disciple of Xia Penglai Island, and I pay my respects to Zhong Jinghou."
Hearing his name, there was a discussion in the hall, one after another said:
"It's no wonder that he is the No.1 disciple in the martial arts world, so he has a great momentum."
"In the past, I only heard of his name, but today I finally saw the real person. As expected, his reputation is well-deserved..."
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