The grass in the factory should be plucked

Chapter 394 Confrontation (Part )

The second group of envoys from the Jurchen Kingdom and the fourth Mongolian prince Erdemutu arrived at the capital of Dachu in a dusty state.

The Great Chu, the Jurchens, and the Mongols began a second round of peace talks.

This time, the Chu offered higher conditions to the Jurchens:

Da Chu not only wants Changbai Mountain, but also Heilongjiang!

"Do you want to make Baishan Heishui the Dragon Lord's fiefdom?"

Right Prime Minister Yelu Qi almost laughed out of anger.

Baishan and Heishui are the ancestral land of the Jurchens and their foundation!

The Great Chu openly demanded the White Mountains and Black Waters. It was Sima Zhao's intention and everyone knew it!

Doesn't this mean that the Great Chu wants the entire Jurchens?

Cui Jue smiled and said, "Changbai Mountain is the place where the Dragon King transformed into a dragon, and the Heilongjiang River coincides with the Dragon King's divine position. These two places are truly the most appropriate as the Dragon King's fiefdom."

Everyone who saw the "walking dragon" that day knew that the Dragon King was a blue-black dragon.

"Heilongjiang" is the perfect name for the Dragon King, isn't it? It's like it was tailor-made for him!

Jiang Li also smiled and said, "This is God's will. We are just following God's will."

The Jurchen envoys were so angry that they fell backwards. You want to take away the foundation of the Jurchens with just a word of "God's will"? This is really too much!

The Mongolian envoys were all silent, not daring to make a sound.

When the Fourth Prince Erdemutu first met the princess of Great Chu, he was inevitably bewitched by her beauty. He thought that his Tenth Brother was exaggerating. How could such a delicate and beautiful woman be a female Rakshasa?

When I saw the verbal confrontation between the two sides, I realized that this woman's strength should not be underestimated!

No wonder there are rumors that this young princess is the number one strategist to the Emperor of Chu!

Yelu Qi stood up angrily and said: "The red yam is so precious, we Jurchens cannot afford it! I'm leaving now!"

The Jurchen envoys all stood up angrily and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Jiang Li said slowly, "It's okay if you don't want the red potato. Let's first calculate the debt that Prince Rui owes to Da Chu."

"How will the Jurchens compensate for the attempt to murder the Emperor and the First Prince of Great Chu?"

When this huge blame was laid on them, Yelu Qi and the members of the delegation all changed color!

"Bloody mouth!"

"This is a frame-up!"

Yelu Qi said coldly: "Does Da Chu have any evidence?"

Jiang Li said calmly, "The shamans of your country used the excuse of celebrating my birthday to perform witchcraft on my Great Chu Emperor. Prince Rui brought Japanese warriors, disguised as servants, and entered the palace openly, intending to kidnap the eldest prince and my two children."

"All the guests present witnessed this incident with their own eyes. From the emperor to the officials, everyone can testify to this!"

Yelu Qi was stunned and tried his best to defend himself.

"Shamans don't practice witchcraft, this is a misunderstanding!"

"Prince Rui doesn't know that those maids are Japanese warriors in disguise. They are the maids hired by your post station. They just happened to be assigned to serve Prince Rui..."

"Misunderstanding? Coincidence?"

Jiang Li sneered, "How can there be so many coincidences in this world? Some are just long-planned and carefully designed!"

"You, you...you are just making up stories!"

Yelu Qi was speechless after her rebuttal, a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat, and he almost fainted.

Erdemutu was dumbfounded. Bater whispered in his ear, "Fourth brother, I said this female Rakshasa is not to be messed with, right?"

Erdemutu nodded repeatedly.

Erdemutu means "a knowledgeable person" in Mongolian. He claimed that among his brothers, he was the smartest and most talented.

Now it seems that when facing Prince Jing'an, he can only defend himself and has no power to fight back.

Cui Jue smiled slightly: "Prince Jing'an is right. The shaman was called by Prince Rui, and the assassin was also brought by Prince Rui. Can you deny the connection with a misunderstanding or coincidence?"

Jiang Li smiled sweetly: "If the Prime Minister insists on a confession, we can do our best. The Prime Minister must have heard of the East Factory of the Great Chu. As long as you Jurchens agree, believe me, there is nothing in this world that the East Factory cannot pry open!"

What she meant was that if the Jurchens refused to admit it, they would torture Prince Rui!

After this series of blows, the blood stuck in Yelu Qi's throat finally spurted out.

He was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted!

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister..."

The Jurchen official in the delegation supported Yelu Qi and glared at Jiang Li: "Prince Jing'an, don't go too far!"

"Too much?" Jiang Li snorted coldly.

"The Chu Kingdom has gone through great pains to retrieve the red yam from Southeast Asia. The emperor is a merciful person who cannot bear to see the people starving, so he is willing to share this high-yield crop with his neighboring kingdoms."

"During the peace talks, Prince Rui actually used witchcraft on the Emperor of Great Chu and even tried to kidnap the Crown Prince. Isn't this too much?"

"I invited your country's envoys to a banquet for my birthday, but Prince Rui brought assassins with him and tried to harm my child who is less than a year old. Isn't this too much?"

Cui Jue was also filled with righteous indignation: "This is not only too much bullying, this is called repaying kindness with enmity, and it's ruthless and heartless!"

The two of them sang in unison, choking the Jurchen envoys so much that their faces turned red and they were ashamed to death.

Even the Mongolian envoys felt that the Jurchens were so insidious and vicious!

The fourth prince Erdemutu secretly wiped a cold sweat, it was obviously the Great Chu who wanted to use red potatoes to hook these two big fish, but the Great Chu turned the tables and made it the Jurchens' fault!

It seems that the Jurchens have already decided to pay this sky-high compensation!

Yelu Qi was so angry that he fainted. The Jurchen delegation was leaderless and had to leave early.

Jiang Li turned to the Mongolian delegation again.

Bartel couldn't help but shiver when he was swept by her charming eyes.

"Your Highnesses, I wonder what Mongolia's intentions are. Can you come up with a set of rules?"

Erdemutu calmed down and said, "Mongolia agrees to cede the Greater Khingan Range as the fief of the Eagle God. But it must pay tribute to the Great Chu State with 100,000 sheep, 50,000 war horses, and 100,000 furs every year..."

He hesitated for a moment, "It's too much! Mongolia is not a vassal state of the Great Chu, so how can there be such a thing as 'tribute'?"

Before leaving, Erdemutu discussed with the Mongolian Khan. The Eagle God was entrenched in the Greater Khingan Range. It seemed that they were completely devoted to the queen. If they did not allow the Mongols to approach the Greater Khingan Range, they would not be able to do anything to the Eagle God.

It would be better to go with the flow and give the Greater Khingan Range to the Great Chu.

As long as they could get high-yield crops like red potatoes and make the Mongolian cavalry strong, they could expand their territory further.

The Mongols are not like the Jurchens, who are very attached to their ancestral land of "White Mountains and Black Waters". They have been nomadic for generations, and wherever the yurt is, that is their home. Why can't they go anywhere else?

Therefore, the Mongolian Khan did not care much about the Greater Khingan Range. What he cared about was why Mongolia had to pay tribute to the Great Chu every year?

Jiang Li blinked her eyes. Did she think that “tribute” sounded bad?

She giggled and said, "Exchange, is exchange okay? The two countries have opened up trade. Every year, Da Chu exchanges silk, tea, cassava and other goods for Mongolia's cattle, sheep, war horses, and furs."

"As for the quantity, we can discuss it."

Erdemutu was delighted: "That's great!"

Cui Jue smiled secretly. No matter whether it was tribute or exchange, as long as it fell into the hands of their Director of Commerce, Mongolia would not be able to gain the slightest advantage!