Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"Of course it's not an IOU."

"What it is?"

"You will understand later."

Putting down the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Guo Ye brushed the pen away, wrote a deed, handed it to Cao Bi, and said, "Take a look at the omissions in this deed?"

"Is this a transfer document?"

"Yes, Nuannuan and I are both shareholders of Changlefang Big Bank. Now I transfer [-]% of the shares to Nuannuan. Do you think it is better than your pile of property?"

"This..." Cao Bi rolled his eyes and said, "Hey! I'm so confused by you. This is courting, not buying a wife. What we want to compare is sincerity, how much money is it? It really shouldn't be !"

"Do you want to be more sincere?"

"Exactly. I came across the sea with so many things, isn't it more sincere than your flimsy white paper?"

Guo Ye nodded and said, "I understand. You mean that sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away is less affectionate?"

"Yes, that's the truth."

"That's okay. One more piece of paper written by Mr. Guo is enough to prove that my sincerity is stronger than yours."

"Left and right are just a piece of paper, how can it compare to my hard work of crossing thousands of miles?"

"You will understand after I finish writing, I will keep you convinced."

With little effort, Guo Ye wrote another deed.

Cao Bi stretched out his hand to take it, but Guo Ye shook the document and said, "I don't need to show you this, I have to read it in public to express my sincerity."

"Hmph, read it, I'll see what tricks you can read."

Guo Ye held up the piece of paper and read aloud.

"Letter of Promise: Guo Ziyi, Duke of Qin State of the Tang Dynasty, solemnly promises that after marrying Princess Yu Nuannuan of Fuyu Kingdom, the son's surname will be Zhang, and the daughter's surname will be Guo. The man will inherit the Zhang family and the daughter will be the daughter of the Guo family. Empty words have no proof, and this agreement is made to prove it. If there is any repentance, both humans and gods will abandon it."

Wow ~ thunderous applause.

"Okay! Qin Guogong Gao Yi!"

"Qin Guogong's sacrifice is too great, he is really kind and righteous."

"Now the status of our Fuyu Kingdom is stable!"

……

The curly bearded man was quite excited at this time, and he snatched the deed with his hands, and said, "Good son-in-law, that's great! I'll kowtow to you right now."

"What?"

"No, what I mean is, hurry up and kowtow to me. Let's settle this matter and never regret it."

"Slow down!" Cao Bi said, "Why do I feel that this matter is a little unreliable? Could it be that you deliberately cheated me? Guo Ye, you are the majestic Duke of the Tang Dynasty, and you just adopted your own son to me. People with foreign surnames, aren't you afraid of being ashamed?"

In fact, what Cao Bi said was very reasonable.

It's not that you can't adopt your son to others, the key to the problem is who to adopt.If you are adopted by the same clan, then there is nothing to say, people have to praise you for your noble character.

But adopting to a person with a foreign surname is an ugly argument.This behavior is not much different from selling a son.

What about adopting to the father-in-law's family?Kinship, reputation is not better?of course not.On the contrary, that reputation is even worse.

Because of this kind of behavior, it has the same effect as the son-in-law.What is the concept of a son-in-law?The social status is the same as beggars and slaves.

Of course, as a modern person, Guo Ye doesn't care about this. He said: "Anyway, I have many descendants, so I don't care about these one or two. As for other people's ridicule? Hehe..."

"how?"

"This is someone Guo's business, so I won't bother you."

"You...you are making too much sense!" Cao Bi said, "I don't believe it anymore, are you really willing to adopt your son?"

Then, he said to the bearded guest: "Guozhu Zhang, don't be fooled by Guo Ye's sweet words. I bet, if you really marry Princess Nuannuan to him, you will definitely get nothing in the end. If Duke Qin of the Tang Dynasty didn't Reasonable, you can restrain him with just a piece of paper?"

Zhang Zhongjian said: "Of course I can't restrain Qin Guogong with a document. But, without even a document, can I restrain you?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"You said just now that you and Nuan Nuan's son are the next emperor, go to hell! Who doesn't know that your Fusang royal family has the most important blood. If either parent is not a member of the royal family, the children born are not considered members of the royal family. He can't even be regarded as the royal family, how can he still be the emperor?"

clap clap~

Cao Bi applauded lightly, and said: "Guozhu Zhang is really smart, he saw through my lies in no time."

The bearded guest said: "So, are you ready to give up marrying Nuan Nuan?"

"Of course not. On the contrary, I am bound to win Princess Nuannuan." Caobi said: "Now, we neither talk about dowry nor sincerity. Just talking about benefits, you have to marry Yu Nuannuan to me .”

"Benefits? What interests?"

"It's the interests of your Fuyu country. Let me tell you clearly, our Fusang [-] army has been assembled and can attack you at any time. If you don't marry Yu Nuannuan to me, your Fuyu country is waiting to die .”

"If Nuan Nuan is given to you, what is the difference between our Fuyu country and the subjugated country?"

"Of course there is a difference. At least it will allow you to step down with dignity. The people of Fusang will also be spared the disaster of swords and soldiers. Lord Zhang, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the people under your rule! Needless to say, we Fusang The military discipline of warriors is not very good."

"Do you threaten me?"

"It's not a threat, it's just a sincere advice. When the time comes, the people of Fuyu will be in great trouble."

The bearded man sneered, and said: "Fifty thousand sailors? Listen to the prestige. But in the battle, who dares to say that he will win? It is not certain who will win the battle. Besides, even if it is really impossible, we will wait You can go to Datang, why should you Fusang people be slaves?"

"Don't count on Datang. A big fire burned down their navy. Even if you surrender to Datang, they will not be able to send reinforcements in a short time."

"Even if the Tang Dynasty can't count on it, it's just a death. From the old man to the common people in Fuyu Kingdom, there is no one who is greedy for life and afraid of death?"

Cao Bi sighed and said: "As the saying goes, it's better to live than to die. Don't die all the time. Well, I have a proposal. I don't know if the island owner wants to hear it."

"What proposal?"

"Let's agree on a sea area and fight a big battle. If you win, we, Fusang, will naturally be powerless to attack Fuyu country. If we win, then I'm sorry, please marry Princess Nuannuan to me, and our two countries will become one."

"You Fusang has an army of [-], we only have [-], the old man is stupid to fight you!"

"If you don't agree to this condition, the naval armies of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Fusang will completely blockade Fuyu. You can't even be self-sufficient in food. Now you can neither fish nor trade. It can trap you to death."

"Oh? Really? If it works, why don't you use it now?"