si-mexico Chapter 271 The Marriage Proposal Delegation Arrives
Chapter 271 The Marriage Proposal Delegation Arrives
Great! This bastard clearly doesn't want to contribute anything, either people or things.
The eunuch stared at Li Jize with a cold face and said in a cold voice, "My Lord, did I hear correctly? Can the craftsmen occupy the factory? What are the Qin troops under your command for?"
The eunuch's words sounded like "old robber"!
The craftsman did the work, but he didn't pay him and wanted to get it for free!
I spent money, effort and manpower to create this thing, and you want to take it away without spending any money, and you want it for free?
"This... Eunuch, Qingzhou is a small place! It's harder than climbing to the sky to get some craftsmen. If I hurt them, who will make firearms for me in the future?"
At this point, Li Jize looked miserable and continued to cry poor, "Besides...besides, there are no minerals in Qingzhou. In order to make these firearms, I had to smuggle and spend all kinds of money to transport minerals here. This money...ah! To put it bluntly, I am now patching up my underwear."
Eunuch: "..."
What the hell is this patch!
Who believes it?
When he came to Qingzhou, he heard the merchants on the same ship complaining that they would be ripped off again on this voyage.
"Your Excellency, the King of Qin, are you kidding me? You're guarding the Tianjiang River's estuary, but you're making a lot of money! Could it be that the King of Qin's previous claims of loyalty and patriotism were all lies?"
The eunuch and Li Jize were in an extreme tug of war, one wanted to get something for free, and the other wanted to sell goods.
Faced with the eunuch's questioning, Li Jize frowned and looked embarrassed.
"Being loyal to the emperor and patriotic also... also... also requires a full stomach first!"
"you……"
The eunuch was about to continue arguing, but he never expected that after Li Jize gave Zhang Tieniu a look, the rough man immediately drew the knife in his hand.
With a loud cracking sound, the eunuch, terrified, overturned the table with one hand.
"What a jerk! Those craftsmen keep asking for their wages, those merchants keep asking for the final payment, and the Emperor... Your Majesty! He just wants to buy weapons for free all day long. There are no such good things in the world. Your Highness! Let me lead my brothers and shoot all these people!"
"Hey, Tie Niu! Don't be reckless!"
Li Jize immediately tried to persuade him kindly, "Your Majesty is sensible and knows right from wrong! How could she not care about the lives of the craftsmen and merchants? They also need to eat and support their families!"
The two of them sang in unison, clearly doing it for the eunuchs to see.
Prostitution for nothing?
no way!
Imperial decree?
The imperial edict doesn’t work in Qingzhou either!
Eunuch: "..."
He really wanted to scold these two "traitors" because they were clearly disobeying the emperor's order.
But when he saw the shiny, curved saber in Zhang Tieniu's hand, he became a little scared again.
It’s hard to say whether he can report to the emperor, but he knows that if he continues to show off his power, he will lose his head!
"Well, since the King of Qin has said so... I... I will report the truth to His Majesty!"
After the eunuch said this, he turned around and walked straight outside.
After leaving the palace, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Qin Palace, and then...
"Humph!"
After a cold snort, the eunuch got into the sedan chair waiting outside the door and prepared to catch the evening boat.
As a result, he had just walked a short distance when he saw a huge group of people rushing towards him from the opposite side. The eunuch was so frightened that he shouted decisively: "Stop, stop!"
The bearers responsible for carrying the sedan chair stopped one by one, and the eunuch lifted the curtain and looked outside the first moment.
Good guy!
What did he see?
I saw a group of people wearing barbarian clothes coming towards this side in a mighty manner.
The eunuch was very surprised. "Why would barbarians appear in Qingzhou and be so brazen?"
Thinking of this, the eunuch shouted directly, "Stop! We want to see what Li Jize and the barbarians are up to."
Li Jize had previously called out "noble righteousness", that everyone, regardless of age or north or south, had the responsibility to defend their territory.
but now……
Haha! Actually flirting with a barbarian, saying one thing and doing another, it's simply disgusting.
The eunuch got off the sedan chair, found a place to sit down, asked the waiter to order some tea, and then stood at the window, staring in the direction of the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
Teahouse!
Drink tea, listen to books and gossip.
There was almost no need for the eunuch to ask, as those who were drinking tea told the story one by one.
"Hey, have you heard the latest big news?"
A scholar-looking man discussed with his colleagues.
"Are you talking about the Barbarians sending an embassy?"
"Of course not! The barbarians can no longer bear the beatings from our King Qin, and they want to negotiate peace!"
"That's not right. Even if the barbarians couldn't stand it anymore, if they wanted to negotiate, they should go to the south and talk to the imperial court."
"Hey! You don't understand. The barbarians don't want to negotiate with the court at all. They want to win over our King Qin. They want a marriage!"
"What? A marriage?"
The people drinking tea were gossiping enthusiastically, but the eunuch couldn't sit still.
Damn it, not only do the barbarians look down on my southern court, but now they are secretly trying to win over Li Jize through marriage?
If he hadn't come here to announce the decree today, he would not have known what had happened here.
Damn it! Damn it!
Now their court in the south is still stable, mainly because Li Jize and the rebels are blocking the way in the north. If the barbarians don't deal with them, they will not be able to cross the river to the south.
But what if...
Li Jize really became a relative of the barbarians. He controlled the navy and the Qin army. If he could carry the barbarian army across the river.
Oh my God! The eunuch really couldn't imagine what the ending would be.
His master, Empress Dowager, was probably doomed! The entire Great Qi was doomed.
Thinking of this, the eunuch took a last look at the Qin Palace. At this moment, the barbarian envoys were at the door.
No! This absolutely cannot happen.
Thinking of this, the eunuch hurriedly paid the bill, then turned around and got into the sedan chair in a hurry.
"Hurry, hurry! Don't stay here any longer, leave Qingzhou immediately! If we don't hurry up, we won't be able to leave!"
"But, sir, even if we want to leave Qingzhou, I'm afraid this ship..."
"Don't worry about the boat. As long as we can get out of here, we'll pay a huge price to charter a boat!"
The current situation is not just about the eunuchs being anxious, the emperor will also be anxious, and even the entire southern court will be anxious.
The barbarians actually came up with such a trick, using the tactic of marriage to bind Li Jize. If Li Jize agreed and became Bochijin's brother-in-law, what else would the Southern Qi Dynasty have to play?
Just GG!