"Elder Wuxia has given you too much praise. I believe that Elder Wuxia has already understood the purpose of my visit here. I hope Elder Wuxia can do this for your convenience. If you need anything, please feel free to ask."
Baili Mochen didn't pay much attention to Wu Xia's praise and went straight to the point.
"Well, Prince Yao is indeed a cheerful person! Then I won't beat around the bush. Prince Yao also knows that the things you want to take away are very important to our witch clan, so in order to make the people of our clan feel at ease, we have to let him Prince Yao suffered a bit."
Seeing that Baili Mochen didn't beat around the bush, Wu Xia's words were straightforward, but still tactful.
"This is natural. As long as I can do it, I will never refuse!" Baili Mochen nodded and said.
Of course, the premise is that he can do it and it is something that can be done.
"Well, King Yao also knows that our desert is short of resources, especially water, which is hard to come by, so let alone the cultivated land here. Everyone in the world knows that the Tianan Kingdom is the most prosperous, so we I want to ask the prince for some food so that I can have a peaceful winter. What do you think, prince?"
Elder Wuxia smoothed his goatee and slowly spoke out his request.
"How much?" Baili Mochen had already thought of this, so he wasn't surprised at all.
Food and water are the most scarce things in the desert. He can't get water, but food can, and the most abundant thing in Tianan is food, so the Wu clan will definitely put forward conditions for food.
Wu Xia said nothing, only stretched out a finger and looked at Baili Mochen with a smile.
"Ten thousand stones?" Lan Yi asked with a frown.
"No, it's one hundred thousand!" Wuxia glanced at Lan Yi and shook his head.
"One hundred thousand stones?" Lan Yi said in surprise as if he was about to stuff an egg into his mouth.
Is this too much? One hundred thousand dan, placed in the military camp under the prince, would be enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people for a while.
There are probably less than 10,000 of them now. Do they eat that much food? Lan Yi sharp couldn't help but think to himself.
"Yes, it's one hundred thousand stones!" Wu Xia said with certainty, as if he was sure that Baili Mochen would definitely come up with the one hundred thousand stones of food.
"One hundred thousand stones is too much!" Baili Mochen said calmly.
One hundred thousand stones is indeed a bit too much. It will probably take away one-third of the palace's inventory. This won't work!
"Your Majesty, I believe you have already checked this purple lotus before looking for it. This ice and fire purple lotus is probably the only one in the world. Seeing that the prince is leaving in such a hurry, he must be using this purple lotus to detoxify someone in urgent need. Isn't it worth it to exchange one hundred thousand loads of grain for the only purple lotus in the world, plus the life that the prince values for one day? "
Wu Xia gently twirled his beard and looked at Baili Mochen with the same indifferent smile.
"One hundred thousand shi of food is not enough, but I can give you 50,000 shi of food, plus 150,000 taels of silver." Baili Mochen thought for a moment and said calmly.
150,000 taels of silver can buy more than 50,000 pieces of food.
The look on Wu Xia's face also hesitated for a moment. It would be a good idea to buy food if you have money, but I don't know if the food will be so easy to buy by then.
"Okay, since King Yao said so, we have no objection, but we still have two conditions that King Yao must agree to." Elder Wuxia finally nodded and said to Baili Mochen.
"You..." Lan Yi couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he heard that there were still conditions. He was about to say something, but was stopped by Baili Mochen raising his hand.
"Elder Wuxia, please speak." Baili Mochen said leisurely.
"Actually, this condition is very simple for the prince, that is, Tianan cannot use troops against our Wu clan and the entire Molan from now on!" Elder Wuxia said with a smile.
This request is indeed very simple. Even without this request, Tianan will not use troops against Molan. Molan is remote, has a harsh climate, and has few resources. It is not a threat to Tianan, so Tianan will naturally not attack them. Troops were mobilized.
"Well, that's no problem. What about another one?" There were two conditions mentioned before, but now there is one more condition. Baili Mochen couldn't help but ask.
"And, Your Majesty, you have to make a promise to me. If I ask for anything from Your Majesty in the future, Your Majesty must agree to it! Of course I won't let Your Majesty do anything that is harmful to Heaven and the foundation of Tian'an!"
Hong Luan took a step forward and said with a smile, as if she was afraid that he would not agree, so she explained one more sentence.
"As long as it is not harmful to nature, contrary to human ethics, or damaging to the country's foundation, I can agree to it!" After Baili Mochen heard her request, it was not too much. There is nothing in this world that he cannot do. Yes, he responded with his mouth full.
But he miscalculated his ability. There are really many things in this world that he cannot do!
"Okay, in that case, the prince is free to leave!" Hong Luan said with a smile as soon as Baili Mochen agreed.
Hong Luan, the Holy Maiden of the Witch Clan, is undoubtedly the next leader of the Witch Clan, and her words certainly mean something.
"Okay, thank you! The food and silver will be sent immediately when I return to the capital. When the time comes, please ask the elders to send someone to Jingu Gorge to take over." Baili Mochen nodded with satisfaction and then said.
"Okay, of course we can trust King Yao when he does what he does!" Wu Xia agreed with a smile.
After saying that, Baili Mochen left without looking back. Even though it was a dark night, he still rushed towards Tian'an and Kyoto non-stop.
At this moment, he could not wait to tell Chunfeng the good news.
He will be able to detoxify and marry her soon. Although the antidote is not easy to come by, Baili Mochen's heart is still full of sweetness at this moment.
After running for more than ten days and nights in the vast desert, Lan Yi and the others finally saw the guards of Jingu Gorge. Once they came to Jingu Gorge, they were in their own country.
In a sense, they are home.
When Baili Mochen got off his horse at the inn in Jingu Gorge, the people waiting at the inn handed him two letters.
Seeing the note on it, he couldn't wait to open the envelope.
This was Chunfeng's reply to him. The letter said that everything was fine with her and asked him to take care of herself. It also told him that she had been granted the title of princess.
The last sentence: "I am well, please don't miss me. I hope you will come back and fall in love with you!" He felt itchy in his heart.
A sweet smile appeared on his face. He put down the letter in his hand and opened the second letter. Before he could read the two lines of text, Baili Mochen's brows were so wrinkled that he could pinch a fly to death.
The letter said that Chunfeng was attacked on the way to Yun County. Two different groups of people, one of which was as good as the hidden guards under him.