Alice asked with a slightly red face: "Sir, I really can't be playing with me, are you really willing to reduce the price by 10%?" Zhao Huzhong laughed secretly. This silly girl is just a fool! She didn't even know the strategy of retreating to advance. In fact, Zhao Hu had already arranged it secretly last night. . The fastest update

We must not only show our military strength in front of the Kazakhs, but also not force the Kazakhs to death. This time, the Kazakhs did not hesitate to use the national treasury to buy food, which shows that the most critical time has arrived.

If you hide life-saving food and don't sell it, or the price is too high to be affordable for the Kazakhs, and the struggles are too hard to make the Kazakhs anxious, 20,000 elite Kazakhs cavalry abandon the imperial capital and instead attack the tower fortress with a large amount of food. Even if you have tens of thousands of troops and a strong city and fortress, you can't withstand the full attack of the 20,000 Kazakhs who are fearless.

At that time, the people and money will be gone. Not only will the food be saved, but the fate of fleeing will not be able to escape. Instead of doing this, it is better to sell half of the food in your hands to the Kazakhs, which can not only exchange war horses, gold coins and other materials you need to strengthen your strength, but also allow the Kazakhs to better consume the strength of the imperial capital.

Why not do things like watching the tiger fight in a mountain?

If you lower the price yourself first, the Kazakhs will not take any risks if they can buy enough food. The food they sold can also be bought back from the poor country nobles in the south with only grain. After a while, they made a lot of money.

No matter how fierce the Kazakhs are, they are still humans. This is true for everyone. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one is willing to give up.

With this enlightenment on Zhao Hu's side, the negotiations naturally advanced very quickly. The originally planned ten-day negotiations were basically agreed on the third day.

On the suspension bridge of the tower fortress, Alice, who was wearing fiery red scales and had a very good appearance to Zhao Hu, bent down with her hands and performed a most noble Kazakh cherry towards Zhao Hu: "Dear Marquis Zhao Hu, thank you for your kindness in helping us at the most critical moment of our Kazakhs. We Kazakhs respect the friends who are willing to truly help us. I can here assure you that our army will withdraw from the sixteen villages and towns around the tower fortress according to the agreement and hand over the northern border of the tower to the adults intact!" Seeing Alice's graceful and charming figure disappearing deep into the Kazakh barracks outside the city.

After three days of bargaining, Zhao Hu and Alice, who were in love, finally reached an agreement. The Kazakhs used 400,000 gold coins and 2,000 war horses, 5,000 ordinary pack horses seized from the Roman Empire, and sixteen villages and towns in the north of the Tower Fortress for 500,000 stones of food from the Tower Fortress.

As for those captured nobles, Zhao Hu's attitude was very clear. The ransom was impossible and the food could be considered. So, they would exchange 500 stones of grain per person. Whether they would like to exchange it or not, they would be casual about the Kazakhs. Anyway, those prodigal sons are also raised by you Kazakhs. If you love it or not, no one would like to exchange it.

Such a low standard made Alice difficult to accept, and she immediately rejected this possibility. Finally, after a while of hesitation, Zhao Hu redeems all the prisoners at the cost of 100,000 stones of food.

"Sir, if we supply a large amount of Kazakh food in this way, if His Majesty the Emperor knows, will you not be afraid of being held accountable for our enemies?" Tielong asked worriedly as he looked at Zhao Hu who was leaning against the battlements and fanning him with a handkerchief.

"We sacrificed our 600,000 stones of grain for the noble adults in the north. This should be a noble character worthy of praise. We are noble knights, how could we do such a shameful thing as investing in the enemy!" Zhao Hu continued to look at the Iron Dragon with a big mouth that could swallow eggs.

"It's not just to find someone to take the blame. What do I want those wastes who only eat but don't work? One hundred thousand stones of food is enough to feed pigs to raise about two thousand." Zhao Hu was full of pain, as if he had suffered a huge grievance.

Three days after Alice left the tower, three thousand Kazakh cavalry drove the thousands of horses and 400,000 gold coins to the border of the tower. The exchange process was very smooth. Following the three thousand Kazakh cavalry, there were also one thousand Kazakh defenders in sixteen villages and towns.

In addition to money and horses, Mengda, who went to exchange, also brought back a bunch of beggars in rags. Outside the Iron Tower Fortress, there were crowds of people and crowds, and tens of thousands of people were crowded with people surrounding the Iron Tower.

The Falcon family's hundreds of battle flags embroidered with three-legged falcons fluttered in the wind. Two thousand armored spearmen were wearing iron scales, holding three-meter spears, and fully armed spearmen divided into ten long square formations to isolate tens of thousands of villagers who were watching the fun from twenty meters away. One thousand heavy infantry wearing heavy armor and holding tall shields stood on the inside of the road like two fences made of steel.

"Are you all ready? Remember to make the atmosphere warm, and it is best to make the entire Roman Empire know how much our Iron Tower attaches great importance to the top leaders of these empires, how much abide by the knight's principles of caring for the nobles, how noble the moral character is, and willing to give out 600,000 stones of food to redeem these big figures. After all, we have to rely on them to take the blame for the enemy!"

Zhao Hu was wearing heavy armor and stood on the suspension bridge of the Iron Tower Fortress. Behind him was a long red velvet cloak representing the identity of the commander. He stretched his neck like a fat goose and looked into the distance, whispering to ask the Iron Dragon behind him.

"Please rest assured. According to the instructions of the master, my subordinates not only arranged the highest-level three thousand army formations, but also mobilized all nearby villagers to watch. I believe that in less than ten days, the news that the tower used 600,000 stones of grain to redeem 160 major figures from the Kazakhs will spread throughout the Roman Empire!"

"Sir, look at how these prisoners should be placed after they come back. They are all important figures in the imperial capital and the north. In terms of status, there are great figures like Duke Hans. If they are placed according to their level, it would be a big deal for our Iron Tower to satisfy these 160 high-level nobles.

The Kazakhs can treat them according to the general treatment of prisoners. If we follow the standards of the Kazakhs, it will not only damage the reputation of the adults, but also once the war is quelled, these powerful figures who have real power will return to the imperial capital or their northern territory, and I am afraid that they will do things that are unfavorable to the adults in the future!"

The financial officer behind Zhao Hu was filled with worries. This former knight who was driven back to his hometown by the Northern Lords due to war injuries has always been resistant to these Northern Lords and also opposed the decision to replace prisoners.

"Haha, what's the difficulty? I'm not the lord of Chaoyang City? I'm all the big men who spend money like the earth to Chaoyang City, so that these big men who are used to being in the prosperity of the north can also see what it means to be a hundred miles long red street, and Chaoyang City never sleep. With the support of these adults' expenses, it's hard for my Chaoyang City to not prosper. As for the money issue, it's easier to deal with. They have no money but their family has money. When he asks us for money, we ask their family for money. If we don't have money, we can't blame our iron tower. We can only blame your family for not giving money!

Anyway, we are just middle-hand dealers, so we have to withdraw some of the handling fees! The more they spend, the more we get. What are we afraid of them for spending money? Not only do we have to let them spend money, but we also encourage them to spend a lot of money."

Zhao Hu responded disapprovingly, his neck, which had been stretching for the long eye, shrank back, and muttered in his mouth.

"This is not a nobleman. It's just that the Beggars' Sect is alive. Who is the old man running in the front?"

On the road ahead, a group of ragged beggars, under the left and right guards of hundreds of soldiers, pushed each other and stumbled towards the tower fortress.

The one running in the front was a stubborn old man with white hair and beards. He was burly and steadily, and his feet were flying. His fierce spirit could not match his age. He threw a large piece of the young man behind him and wore the best on his body. The Kazakhs actually allowed him to wear the old mail that had fallen from his already ragged buckles.

Although the nobles behind were pushing each other and trying to occupy a good position that could reflect their identity, no one could run forward to surpass him, because he was the Grand Duke of Hans, one of the three major dukes who were responsible for guarding the northern border.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

Three loud trombone sounds sounded from the head of the Iron Tower Fortress, not only scared all the prisoners, but even the stubborn old man running in the front almost fell to the ground. Only then did he find that the entrance of the Iron Tower Fortress in front was crowded with people and bustling. Two rows of murderous heavy armored infantry held large shields in their hands and swords in their right hands stood on both sides of the road.

The old man's excitement was thrown into cold water just now: "What are you trying to do? Is this Lord Zhao Hu going to kill all of us nobles who were captured by the Kazakhs?

"Swish"

The two thousand soldiers with spear quadrilateral standing outside the city were close together, straightening their bodies neatly. The crisp sound of the heels colliding with each other had an unspeakable majesty. The spears in the soldiers' hands were shining in the sun, like long spears forests, and the stimulating old man shivered.

"What if he doesn't matter, he'll die. Now there is no other way out except to go to the tower. Even if you want to go back to the north, you'll be arrested by the Kazakhs!" The bachelor spirit of the Grand Duke Hans was undoubtedly revealed. He no longer cared about the inexplicable arrangements in front of him. He was the first to run to the stones standing on both sides of the heavy infantry.
Chapter completed!