usatvline Chapter 150 My 26 Male Servant 25
Chapter 150 My 26 Male Servant 25
The city lord and the general guarding the city came down from the city wall to welcome Yao Shu. The city lord and others performed the Chu etiquette for Yao Shu and flattered her: "Your Majesty, please tell me what you need. I will definitely meet all your needs."
Yao Shu curled her lips and nodded, "Prepare delicious food and hold a banquet to welcome the soldiers."
"Yes, I will do it right away. I will immediately prepare houses for all the ladies and provide them with a good reception." The city lord rubbed his hands together and smiled apologetically.
Yao Shu entered Yanyu City without sacrificing a single soldier. Later, she spent three months leading her soldiers to capture Fengyun Fort and Qiyangdi respectively. The soldiers in two cities surrendered, and she got two more cities for free.
They are Shaocheng and Jizhoucheng
They stopped fighting when they reached Jizhou City because the cost of fighting was too high and they could not afford it.
Nine days after living in Jizhou City, the Emperor of Chu sent several negotiating ministers to discuss terms with Yao Shu.
Yao Shu hosted a banquet to entertain several ministers of negotiation. The ministers were drinking and having fun at the banquet. Yao Shu raised her glass and drank with the old and new generals and the ministers of negotiation.
Yao Shu drank the fruit wine and said with a smile, "I wonder what you, the distant guests, want to say to me?"
The city lord stood aside as an interpreter for both parties. When he saw the villagers, he subconsciously looked away and did not dare to look at them.
The Prime Minister Pan Leyan of Chu State had a stiff smile, but he calmly said, "The Emperor of Qi is brave and good at fighting. I admire him very much. However, I hope that the Emperor of Qi can withdraw his troops and stop invading Chu's territory for the sake of friendship between the two countries."
Yao Shu smiled and asked curiously, "What benefit can I get from taking back the troops? I have done so much and I cannot let my hard work go to waste."
Pan Leyan lowered his eyelids, not knowing what to do. The negotiating minister Shui Luojia, who came with him, bowed and saluted, saying harsh words: "Emperor of Qi, you sent troops to attack our Chu territory without authorization, and you don't take the Three Kingdoms Treaty seriously at all. You deserve to be killed!"
Wu Qingjiao frowned upon hearing this, and immediately drew his sword and pointed it at Shui Luojia, threatening: "Who gave you the guts to say that about our Majesty? If your mouth is dirty, go rinse it out first, and don't show up in front of our Majesty with a foul mouth."
Shui Luojia didn't even glance at Wu Qingjiao, she stared angrily at Yao Shu, her momentum undiminished.
Yao Shu stretched out her hand to signal Wu Qingjiao to put away his sword. Wu Qingjiao glared at Shui Luojia unwillingly, then put away his sword angrily and sat down.
Yao Shu looked at me with contempt, and said provocatively, "A weak country has no diplomacy. Do you think Yan will criticize me for joining forces with you to attack my country, or will it join me in sending troops to exploit and oppress you?"
Shui Luojia sneered and was about to confront Yao Shu when Pan Leyan stopped her: "Luojia, you must not be rude. You must maintain basic etiquette even when you are outside."
Shui Luojia curled her lips, Pan Leyan looked a little apologetic, and smiled to apologize to Yao Shu: "The Emperor of Qi is embarrassed, I wonder what the Emperor of Qi wants?"
Yao Shu smiled and said, "I want Danyang City, Fuguang City, Fenghuang City, Qingliu City, and Baiguang City. I also hope that you will pay me 50 million taels of silver as compensation, and pay me 8 million taels of silver as tribute every year."
Shui Luojia stood up immediately. The guards and generals around him drew their swords and pointed them at Shui Luojia, looking at her warily. Shui Luojia was not going to tolerate Yao Shu, and yelled at her, "You are asking for too much! You want to finish all this today, but what else do you want tomorrow?"
Yao Shu opened her hands and said innocently, "We are the victorious nation, so what's wrong with asking for some spoils?"
Seeing this, Pan Leyan thought something was wrong and quickly stood up to push Shui Luojia back into the chair, but Shui Luojia was too strong for Pan Leyan to move.
Pan Leyan looked at the cold sword and swallowed. They came to negotiate, not to die.
Yao Shu watched this farce with great pleasure: "Prime Minister Shui is truly brave and fearless. If the State of Chu had more people like him, it wouldn't have fallen to this point."
Pan Leyan advised Shui Luojia: "Calm down, calm down, don't be willful."
Seeing that Shui Luojia could not be persuaded, Pan Leyan could only look at the other ministers who came with her. They either avoided his gaze or were indifferent. They did not want to be the first to sign, otherwise they would be ridiculed when they returned.
Yao Shu clapped her hands, and Dai Honglun took out two pieces of paper, on which were written the request Yao Shu had just mentioned, and named it the Jizhou City Agreement.
Dai Honglun came up to Pan Leyan and said, "Would you like to sign first?"
Pan Leyan was speechless. She didn't want to sign either, but no one around her spoke and it seemed that few people dared to speak up except her.
Shui Luojia continued to curse at him, "You're forcing us to sign before the discussion is even over? You're so sarcastic!"
Yao Shu propped up her head and said with a smile: "I am here to inform you, not to negotiate with you."
Pan Leyan was surprised and asked, "Didn't the Emperor of Qi hold a banquet to negotiate with us?"
"Did I say I wanted to negotiate with you? A banquet is a banquet, and negotiations are negotiations. I never said I wanted to negotiate with you from the beginning to the end. I was just chatting with you."
Pan Leyan opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to respond to Yao Shu's words.
Dai Honglun looked calm and said to Pan Leyan, "Sign it."
Pan Leyan sighed, took the paper with trembling hands, signed his name on the Agreement of Jizhou City, and pressed the red handprint.
At this point, there is no turning back.
Seeing someone signing, Yao Shu smiled even more deeply, waved her hand and said, "Put away your sword. How can you treat a distant guest like this? It's not like a great country."
The generals put away their swords, and Yao Shu said with satisfaction: "That's right, we all know each other, we are not here to fight."
Seeing Pan Leyan signing, the other ministers also stood up and signed. Shui Luojia felt sad when she saw everyone signing. They couldn't even afford the military expenses. The Emperor of Chu either spent his money on men or on traveling. He had never attended the morning court since he ascended the throne.
The country that raised them will decline and fall sooner or later, and they will eventually become captives of the enemy country. Shui Luojia burst into tears when she thought of this. The people around her changed their expressions slightly. Wu Qingjiao felt a little soft-hearted, so he turned his head away and didn't look.
Yao Shu was not moved. She had been exposed to modern socialist ideas and knew very well that all property in ancient countries belonged to individuals and not to the people of the world. When she saw people in ancient times who thought about their country, she felt that such people were particularly brainwashed.
Although she is now the brainwashing leader, it does not stop her from thinking so.
Shui Luojia finally signed. Yao Shu held a copy of the Misty Rain City Agreement and the other was in Pan Leyan's hand. She was very happy when she saw the several red handprints.
The Chu State's negotiating minister could only stay in the city lord's mansion with a heavy heart and leave the next day.
Yao Shu was a trustworthy emperor and returned to the capital with her army of more than 300,000.
After three months, Yao Shu finally returned to the palace. Flowers and praises were constantly heard along the road to the capital. Yao Shu rode a war horse to accept the admiration and favor of the people.
When Yao Shu stepped into the palace, she saw Jiang Feileng and others welcoming her.
"Congratulations to the Queen Mother for her triumphant return. Long live the Queen Mother!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on your triumphant return. Long live the Emperor!"
Yao Shu got off the warhorse, walked to Jiang Feileng, picked her up, held her butt with her arms, and said with a smile: "Feileng has grown taller, and the Queen Mother can no longer hold you."