The general's wife knows medicine

Mu Jintang sneered, "With this general here, the South Country can eat as much as it wants."

Helian Jiu choked. His uncle died at the hands of this man.

I heard that he was a general of the Southern Dynasty at the age of sixteen, and now he is known as the God of War.

Even though he was unwilling to accept it, he knew very well that his strength was not enough to last more than ten moves against this person.

Now, their most powerful general has died at the hands of the enemy, and it would be extremely difficult for them to take revenge.

On the contrary, they now have to keep a low profile. If they really provoke the other side and take the opportunity to attack their Chen State, even if they can resist a little, they will pay a heavy price.

What they need now is rest and recuperation.

Dongfang He looked at the conditions of the Southern Dynasty on the paper, shook his head, and pushed the paper back in front of Qin Sheng.

"This, I cannot agree to."

Qin Sheng smiled slightly, not angry, but said calmly: "It's okay, peace talks naturally need to be discussed." He paused for a moment, turned his gaze to the other party, and then asked: "So, what is the amount you can accept?"

Dongfang He thought for a moment and replied, "Our horses are known for their strength. You asked for 100 horses, and you also wanted both male and female horses. This is undoubtedly an impossible condition. I can only provide you with 50 horses at most, but I will never give you any mares."

Qin Sheng shook his head and refused without hesitation: "That's absolutely not possible." Dongfang He saw his firm attitude and gritted his teeth, then suggested: "Okay, we can agree to give a hundred horses, but still not provide mares."

The horses of the Chen State have always been taller and more powerful than those of other countries, and are very suitable for use as war horses. The southern country actually wants mares, which is nothing more than the breed of their horses. They want both male and female horses. They don't want a hundred war horses. If they are all given, won't they have their own war horses in the future? This is obviously an unrealistic idea.

Qin Sheng raised his eyes and looked at Mu Jintang, wanting to ask him what he meant.

Mu Jintang knew that the other party would definitely not be willing to give the mares, and one hundred stallions seemed a little too few.

Mu Jintang said: "Either one hundred horses, eighty stallions and twenty mares. Or just one thousand horses without mares."

Helian Jiu suddenly became anxious, "One thousand horses? Impossible."

Dongfang He raised his hand to signal him not to be anxious. Although Yuchi Wei was also anxious, he still tried to remain calm.

"Is your country sincere about the peace talks?" Mu Jintang glanced at them coldly.

Helian Jiu said angrily: "Who is the one who is not sincere? A thousand good horses? Why don't you go and rob them?"

Mu Jintang ignored him and just looked at Dongfang He.

But I was thinking, am I not robbing someone?

Dongfang He pondered for a long time, sighed, and said, "At most five hundred horses, no more." Then he looked as if he didn't want to talk anymore.

Mu Jintang gave Qin Sheng a look.

Qin Sheng immediately said, "Okay."

The other party seemed not to have expected that he would answer so straightforwardly this time, and they all looked at him.

Qin Sheng saw this and asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me? Do you think five hundred horses are too few and want to give more?"

When the other party heard what he said, they all looked away.

Dongfang He coughed lightly and said, "You requested that we not attack the Southern Dynasty for 20 years. We can only sign this for 10 years."

Qin Sheng said, "You signed for ten years last time, but you broke the contract after only two years, so this time we'll set it to twenty years." Then he observed the other party's expression and said, "How about this, we can at least accept fifteen years."

In fact, everyone knows this and it is useless.

However, both parties actually need to recuperate now, so they don’t pay too much attention to this point.

With the ascension of the new emperor of the Southern Kingdom, everything is a new starting point. He also has to clean up some of the mess left by the previous emperor. All things need time to be sorted out, and now of course he has to ensure the stability of the border.

After this great battle, the State of Chen lost a powerful general, who was currently the only general of the State of Chen who could fight against Mu Jintang.

Therefore, they now need time to train new generals who can fight against Mu Jintang. This takes time and is definitely impossible in the short term.

Dongfang He nodded, "Okay, fifteen years."

Seeing that the other party agreed, Qin Sheng smiled and said, "Then shall we sign the contract first?"

Mu Jintang took out a contract from his arms and asked someone to bring pen and ink.

The contract has been drafted long ago, and you only need to fill in the agreed specific data.

Soon, both parties signed the agreement.

Qin Sheng happily folded the agreement and put it in his arms, then said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about the 100,000 prisoners next."

Dongfang He was stunned and looked at Qin Sheng.

The other two also looked at him.

Qin Sheng saw them looking at him with doubts in their eyes, and kindly explained to them: "Just now, it was because you did not abide by the last contract and attacked us in advance, but you still lost. As the loser, you naturally have to accept the punishment."

Dongfang He has always been calm, but at this moment he couldn't help but show some anger on his face.

Qin Sheng pretended not to see it and continued to talk to himself, "Why? You didn't think you could get rid of 100,000 captives with just this little stuff?"

Dongfang He gritted his teeth and said, "So what do you want?"

Qin Sheng chuckled and said, "The 100,000 soldiers of the Chen State are invincible, so naturally their price is high." He paused and looked at the other party who was staring at him fiercely, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Qin Sheng coughed lightly and said, "This prisoner is General Weide's spoils of war. Then General Weide will discuss it with you next."

After saying that, he stood up and pressed Mu Jintang back to the position he had just been in.

Mu Jintang was speechless.

Normally in the court, he was not seen to be so timid. He would not even blink when he impeached someone.

Now, why are you scared? You are useless.

Although Mu Jintang thought so, he still sat down.

He said, "One hundred thousand soldiers, I want the three cities to the north of you in exchange."

Dongfang He didn't expect that the other party would ask for such a big request this time.

He had just asked for five hundred good horses from them, and now he wanted three cities.

Mu Jintang then said, "You have to think it over carefully. If you don't want to, we won't force you." Then he picked up an empty teacup indifferently, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.

Dongfang He glanced at him and knew that the General Weide in front of him was more difficult to deal with than Qin Sheng.

He said dejectedly, "Okay." It seemed as if he had used up all his strength to say the word "Okay."

Helian Jiu wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Yuchi Wei.

One hundred thousand soldiers were well prepared before they came, knowing that the other side would definitely ask for a huge price.

However, they didn't expect that the other party would take away their three cities as soon as they opened their mouth, and there was no room for maneuver.

And they are not in a position to bargain.

One hundred thousand soldiers are not ten or a hundred, but one hundred thousand.

If they do not give up these three cities today in exchange for 100,000 soldiers, it will chill the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and the people of Chen.

You should know that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

They have no choice in this matter.

As soon as they entered here, they fell into the other party's trap.

Now I can only listen to what the other party says.

Mu Jintang raised his lips slightly, looked at Dongfang He, and said slowly: "In this case, please ask Lord Dongfang to draft the contract as soon as possible so that we can complete the transaction as soon as possible.