"Sir!" Liu Qianhu said in surprise.
The money is worth it. Guo Juwei can only use ten warships now. Because of these warships, Guo Juwei can dominate the coastal areas of Zhejiang and occupy all the local business with the barbarian merchants.
You must know that there are no other places near the sea doing the same business as them. Those who may be suppressed are all suppressed; those who are not easy to suppress are also crushed to slag by the same rogue methods they are today.
This is their root! It is also the foundation of Guo Juwei!
If you lose these ships, even if you have money, you will not be able to support the business for a while.
Obviously, there is no choice for them in front of them, and they will lose their lives if they are reluctant to give up something. Compared with things, life is naturally more important, so Liu Qianhu didn't say anything, just lowered his head silently.
As for the people on Dinghai's side, they were also in shock.
In the end, Geng Qianhu was still struggling with giving up his men, and Xue Tingxiang was the main general who presided over this battle. Seeing that Geng Qianhu didn't speak, the others naturally had nothing to say.
Only Xie San breathed a sigh of relief for some unknown reason.
The matter was settled like this, and the two sides had another debate on the amount of the transaction.
Guo Ju disliked Xue Tingxiang's lion's mouth, and Xue Tingxiang disliked the other party's stinginess. After you came to me, those little soldiers were counter-offered to 50,000 taels of silver, and they set the price of fifteen Fran cannons and two Hongyi cannons in exchange for those hundreds of households and Liu Qian. household.
As for the price of the commander He, Xue Tingxiang was bitten to death and not lost, not even a single warship.
Both sides are also dignified court officials, and they are bargaining like buying vegetables in a vegetable market. It really makes people have to sigh that the world is getting worse.
However, Liu Qianhu put away his worries, and unexpectedly broke out with a rare talent for bargaining, just to restore some losses to Weisuo. In the end, Xue Tingyan's words of 'change if you don't change, pull it if you don't change' stopped the other side's rhetoric.
After the price was set, it was just how the transaction was made. Xue Tingxiang simply let Liu Qianhu go back to pay for the ransom. As for Commander He and others, they were left as hostages.
The transaction location is set in Shuangyu Bay for a period of three days.
Xue Tingxiang sent someone to send Liu Qianhu back, and he went back with the spoils of war.
When he arrived at Dinghai, Commander He was reluctant to disembark. Of course, Xue Tingxiang knew why he didn't disembark, so he simply let him go.
Three days later, Guo Juwei's people were very honest, and they didn't dare to make trouble. It was also because Xue Tingxiang was too harsh. He only gave water but no food. He was so hungry for three days. Especially after another battle before, everyone was exhausted.
At the appointed time, Liu Qianhu really came with something.
There were a total of five warships, and they looked majestic and domineering from a distance, but when it was time for the handover, Xue Tingyan stingily ordered the boatmen from Dinghai to come on board for inspection.
He was someone who didn't believe in Guo Juwei, afraid that they would make trouble in secret.
All of this is in Liu Qianhu's eyes, since he was fortunate that he was instigated by several other Qianhu to do something secretly after he went back, but he rejected all the wisdom of it.
The inspection lasted for most of the morning. Guo Juwei didn't do anything, except for these majestic warships, which were just empty shells. Except for those firearms promised to Dinghai, all other firearms were dismantled.
All this was not what Xue Tingxiang expected. If it was him, the promise was the boat, so naturally he would only give the boat. This is also the main reason why he asked for so many firearms before, plus the artillery he unloaded from several warships before, enough to equip these warships.
It is worth mentioning that the spoils of war that Xue Tingxiang seized from Guo Juwei before, except for the two warships that were completely damaged, one was scrapped, and the other two sank.
However, they have already recorded the location of the sinking, and they will only salvage them in the future. Anyway, they are all within the range of Dinghai, so Guo Juwei would not dare to come again.
Xue Tingxiang kept his promise and let Guo Juwei's people go, and the matter came to an end for the time being, but everyone knew that the Liangzi between the two sides had grown up.
In the days that followed, Xue Tingxiang was busy again.
The most important thing is to care for the soldiers and people who died this time. After doing all this, he didn't have any time to spare, including Xie San and Geng Qianhu, who were extremely busy. One was naturally digging and not thinking about it, and the other was busy training new recruits and people.
Xue Tingxiang specially sent Xie Sange out and asked him to come forward and bring all the businessmen who were doing business on Zhoushan Island to Dinghai. Xie San is a local, and the Xie family has a good reputation in the local area, so they can naturally talk to each other in all aspects.
Things went very smoothly, and it was Guo Juwei who suffered too much damage and lost the battleship, which was equivalent to losing a protective barrier. Guo Juwei also got a few small warships in a frightened way, pretending to be ostentatious, but unfortunately Xue Tingxiang was a sinister.
Let Guo Juwei have a bitter talk, and he knows who the other party is, but he still keeps silent. This has naturally affected the business. Seeing that all the businessmen who came here to do business have run away, Commander He has no choice but to grit his teeth with hatred.
Day by day, Dinghai County is becoming more and more prosperous, and now almost no one in Zhejiang is unaware of this place.
Seeing a small county, he dares to be so arrogant and domineering, and only the people in power behind it will naturally flock to him, and Xue Tingxiang can make a lot of money every month just by collecting the storage fee of the goods. Not too much.
During this period, Zhao'er came back, but he only stayed for a few days, and did not stay longer.
She naturally knew what happened after she left, and also saw the meaning behind Xue Tingxiang's busyness, and at the same time there was an inexplicable sense of urgency that spurred her.
Everything is developing for the better, but at this moment something happened.
In fact, this incident was expected by Xue Tingxiang, but he did not expect that the surnamed He would be so impatient and come so quickly.
This day is the release date of Dinghai County.
Although Xue Tingxiang usually doesn't care about the affairs of the yamen, punishment has always been a local priority, so no matter how busy he is, he will be promoted to the court when he is released.
The so-called release date is the day when the common people sue. Dachang has laws that stipulate that unless it is a major case, the yamen will only accept lawsuits on the day when the lawsuit is released.
Dinghai County's security is very good now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there is no need to pick up things on the road. In addition to some murder cases, those who can make trouble in the yamen are trivial matters. For example, you lent me money and didn't pay it back, or I stole your chicken or something.
Whenever encountering such a case, Xue Tingxiang would be amused, but he had to stop it.
There were more than a dozen people standing in front of the platform outside the lobby, all waiting to file a complaint on the release date.
In the lobby, Xue Tingxiang is trying a case of father suing son.
Dachang governs the world with filial piety. Filial piety is the foundation of the country, and it is a very serious matter for a father to tell his son that he is not filial. In light cases, they were detained and exiled, while in heavy cases they lost their fame, even if they lost their lives.
So don't look at this case inconspicuous, in fact, it has to be taken seriously.
And today it is not that the son is unfilial, and the father comes to sue.
The old man who accused his son of being unfilial also pretended to cry when he came up, saying that his son was not filial and would not support his father. In fact, Xue Tingxiang's eyes were like torches, and he had already seen the clue.
After several cross-examinations, the old man revealed his stuff.
In fact, it's the same thing as parents all over the world. This old man is also partial to a son, but his partiality is not the eldest son, but the youngest son, and the son he sued is his third son.
Seriously speaking, this son is no longer his son. Ten years ago, because of his poor family, he adopted his third son to his childless cousin. At that time, the third son was still young, and the cousin's family raised him and gave him a wife and children all these years. I thought it would be a beautiful thing for a father to be kind and filial to a son. Who would have thought that the cousin and his wife passed away one after another, leaving only the heir family and a decent family business.
This modest family business is naturally for the country people, the third son is distraught, and after helping the adoptive parents with the funeral, the matter seems to be over. The deceased has passed away, and the living must continue to live, but the biological parents have come to the door.
The father and mother first understood it and persuaded the son to return home because of the death of the adoptive parents.
The three sons were naturally reluctant. All in all, a lot of things happened because of this incident, which made the three sons sad and angry that their father wanted to persuade him to go home, but in fact he wanted to seize the family property of his adoptive parents.
There was a lot of uproar in the local area. In the end, the father was the elder, and the family was really having a hard time. The village elders and the villagers were all persuading me to reconcile.
But these three sons are indeed rare to have their own opinions, and they insist on biting their mouths and not letting go.
"You originally passed your parent and child to others. Since you have adopted it, why do you insist on taking your son back? Where do you put your cousin who trusts you? Your cousin raised your son through hard work, and you regretted it after sitting back and enjoying it. Since Go back, why didn't you go back, but wait until your cousin dies to go back, you are bullying the dead and can't speak!"
"Sir, Xiaomin dare not!"
How could the old man expect that the county magistrate would say that, filial piety is a national policy, and no one dares to preach that it is right to be unfilial. When an elder sues a younger generation, it is always the same.
But this old man didn't understand this. He only knew that it was a big crime for a father to sue his son. As long as the father came forward to sue his son, the son would be imprisoned. Who would have thought that the county magistrate was different from others.
"What? You don't agree with what this official said?"
"Xiaomin dare not, Xiaomin dare not." The old man was so frightened that he fell to the ground and shook his head again and again.
With a sneer on Xue Tingxiang's face, he stood up from behind the case: "What is human righteousness? Father's kindness, son's filial piety, elder brother's kindness, younger brother's kindness, husband's righteousness, wife's listening, long-benevolence, young shun, ruler's benevolence, minister's loyalty. Father Ci Fang can be filial to a child, but if you are not kind, why would you ask for filial piety?! I hope you can uphold human righteousness, so that your family can live in harmony.”
The last sentence he said was looking at the people on the platform outside, and his words were especially sincere, while those onlookers all knelt down and shouted to listen to the teachings of adults.
They didn't expect that this iron-clad case would be judged like this by adults.
The adults are very discerning, but the words reveal the old man's selfishness, making his true face clear. Originally, there were many people outside who had listened to the words of the old man and despised the three sons, but they never expected that there would be such entanglements among them.
When they stood up again, several people who were originally family conflicts immediately decided not to sue. Whether it's out of selfishness or shame, with such a fiery-eyed adult sitting on it, even if you advertise it, I'm afraid that your selfishness will not be complete, but you will be embarrassed in public.
Others have some insights during the period and plan to go home and solve it by themselves. They are all family, and there is nothing to say.
The old man was so ashamed that he bowed his head and covered his face and left, while the defendant's son knelt on the ground and cried and shouted at the wise man, obviously having too much grievance in his heart.
Xue Tingxiang sighed with a smile and was about to continue the trial of the following case.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of footsteps outside. These footsteps were in the same rhythm. At first glance, I thought that there were thousands of troops coming.
Xue Tingxiang looked at the past with a solemn expression, and a general in armor led many soldiers in.