The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

When Liu Zheng asked, Xu Shu knew that the conversation was on the right track.

Unambiguously, he immediately expressed his sincerity to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, I was ordered to come here. Naturally, I can't just say nothing. Even if you want to return the prisoners, as long as your lord is willing to release the prisoners of our army, you can ask for a price."

Xu Shu didn't know what the price was in Liu Zheng's heart, and he didn't want to make a price rashly, but planned to listen to Liu Zheng's offer first, and then negotiate with him to confirm the price.

Anyway, this thing is discussed, not a one-off price decision.

Listen to Liu Zheng first, so that he can roughly understand what Liu Zheng is thinking before making a decision. If Liu Zheng speaks loudly, he will understand that Liu Zheng is not sincere, and then the next conversation is unnecessary.

Now that Xu Shu had spoken, Liu Zheng didn't hesitate, and after a little thought in his heart, he quoted a price.

"How about this, I remember that I captured more than a thousand of your captives, and how many captives will I release if you pay 1 yuan per captive?"

Not really, Liu Zheng was unwilling to raise the price.

But he is very clear.

At this time, Liu Bei was so poor that he was dying.

If he really asked for a higher price, Liu Bei would not be able to come up with so much money.

At that time, it will really be empty to fetch water from the bamboo basket.

Besides, the price of [-] yuan per person is already very high.

It's not one or two people, but more than a thousand soldiers. They have to spend more than 1000 million.

This is not the first time Liu Zheng has done this kind of thing. When he was in Jingzhou before, he had blackmailed Huang Zu for a similar price.

It's not that Liu Zheng doesn't want a higher price, but no matter how high it is, people may not be able to afford it.

A war horse only costs [-] to [-] yuan.

A soldier will be sold for [-] yuan, how can anyone be willing to do so.

In troubled times, the most indispensable thing is soldiers. When there are no more soldiers, they can just recruit them again.If they were asked to buy horses with money, they wouldn't say anything.

But asking them to exchange money for those captured soldiers is really overthinking.

This time, if Liu Zheng hadn't captured the two brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai, they wouldn't have sent someone to take care of the prisoners.

Therefore, Liu Zheng didn't intend to ask for a high price, anyway, he was already planning to trick Xu Shu.

After Xu Shu heard Liu Zheng's offer again, he was really taken aback for a moment, never expecting that Liu Zheng's offer was not too outrageous.

If it is [-] yuan, Liu Bei still has it.

After all, today's Liu Bei is not an ordinary person, he is the great general of the dynasty, he came here under orders, the money is all paid out of the treasury, he does not need to pay it personally.

Although the Han Empire is already at dusk, the mere tens of millions of money can still be spent.

Xu Shu thought for a while, and then quickly answered Liu Zheng.

"Ten thousand dollars is not a small amount. My lord can't afford such a large amount of money for a while. Can my lord have less money?"

Although the price Liu Zheng offered was very realistic and not a big deal, but for Xu Shu, no matter what price Liu Zheng offered, he would pay it back.

After all, it would be better if it could be less, and if not, then he has nothing to lose.

When Liu Zheng heard Xu Shu's words, he nodded and answered immediately.

"Okay, how about nine thousand eight thousand dollars less, one thousand dollars each?"

Xu Shu was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that Liu Zheng would offer a discount directly.

This made him feel a little unbelievable for a moment.

"My... my lord, are you kidding me?"

"You were the one who made fun of me first."

"..."

Hearing Liu Zheng's words, Xu Shu's face darkened immediately.

"Okay, then [-] ones, but can I have a look at these captives first?"

In the end, Xu Shu could only agree to Liu Zheng's request.

Although the price of [-] yuan per person is not expensive, it is also within Xu Shu's budget.But he had to make sure that some of these captives had Ma Chao and others.

If there were no brothers Ma Chao, then he would have lost a lot of money after spending so much money.

Liu Zheng also knew what Xu Shu was thinking at this moment.

Since Xu Shu wanted to take a look at the captives, he accepted it.

"Okay, since you want to see it, let you see it first."

"Wenpin, take Xu Shu to meet the captives."

Before leaving, Liu Zheng also sent someone to tell Wenpin to let Xu Shu go to Ma Chao's prison for a walk.

Just let Xu Shu see Brother Ma Chao on purpose, but Xu Shu and Brother Ma Chao cannot be in contact.

In this way, Wenpin didn't ask why, but just followed Liu Zheng's instructions.

Soon, Wenpin took Xu Shu to the prison. Jianye's prison is very big, and it is not a problem to detain thousands of people. There is a special prison in this city.

Most of the prisoners held there were heavyweight captives. Those officials under Cao Cao were all held here, and the back has been vacant, but there are more or less people locked inside.

During this battle of Jizhou, all the captives captured here are here, Ma Chao brothers are not here, they have special identities, they are specially taken care of by Liu Zheng, but this time, in order to deal with Xu Shu, Liu Zheng still let Ma Chao brothers come to this prison a trip.

When Xu Shu entered the prison and checked the detainees here little by little, a trace of suspicion appeared on his face.

He watched for a long time but did not see Brother Ma Chao, and began to feel a little anxious.

"Why are these people soldiers? What about the generals you captured?"

Xu Shu questioned Wenpin.

Wenpin looked at Xu Shu and thought to himself, what I'm waiting for is your words.

"Here it is, follow me."

After all, Wen Pin led Xu Shu to another direction of the prison.

Xu Shu hurriedly followed and turned in one direction together. ??

Chapter 1000 two hundred and 18 transactions

The prison is very large, after all, it is a large prison that can accommodate thousands of people.

"What we saw just now is the place where ordinary mortals are held. There are more than a dozen people living in a prison. Before that, all the prisoners were prisoners of death row. Recently, many prisoners of war under your command have been captured, and they are all held in it. .”

"Here are heavyweight war criminals with relatively high status. They are generally generals of the enemy army. Look at these few, they are all generals under your command."

As Wenpin walked, he explained to Xu Shu.

From Wenpin's point of view, Xu Shu didn't know the design of the prison, so he felt a little strange.

However, even if Xu Shu didn't know it clearly, he could tell just by looking at some buildings and decorations in the prison.

Ordinary prisons are made of a few wooden sticks.

And in this high-level prison, there are all iron fences. It is not so easy for a strong general like Ma Chao to break the iron prison.

In a prison, a person is imprisoned.

It can be seen from the treatment that these people will be different from those they saw before.

Xu Shu didn't communicate with Wenpin. At this moment, his attention was all on this prison. He paid extra attention to each prison, and looked inside carefully.

I want to see Ma Chao and Ma Dai.

Brothers Ma Chao and Ma Dai had met before when they were with Xu Shu in Jizhou, so the appearance of these two brothers was very clear to Xu Shu.

As long as he saw the figures of these two brothers, Xu Shu could tell them at a glance.

This is also another reason why Liu Bei didn't let others come over, but let Xu Shu come over to send Liu Zheng as an envoy.

After looking around for a while, Xu Shu finally saw Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers in the last few prison cells.

After seeing Ma Chao and Ma Dai, there was a trace of excitement in Xu Shu's eyes, but he disguised it well and didn't show it.

Instead, he held his breath and asked Wenpin at the side.

"This general, the prisoners here are all [-] yuan a person?"

"Yes, yes, our Majesty has written, you should take the money earlier and redeem all these wastes, otherwise we will waste food by raising them here."

Wenpin got a little impatient and said something to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was satisfied after hearing Wenpin's reply.

"Let's go, now go see your Majesty, after discussing the total price, we can trade."

Xu Shu felt a little urgent now, he wanted to bring Ma Chao and Ma Dai back as soon as possible.

Although it is expensive to pay more than 1000 million yuan, Xu Shu still thinks it is worth it as long as he can complete the tasks assigned by Liu Bei.

Soon, after watching the prison, Xu Shu followed Wenpin back to Liu Zheng's court.

However, at this time, there were not many ministers waiting in the court.

The morning court had already dispersed, and Wen Pin took Xu Shu to meet Liu Zheng, also in private.

Seeing Le Xu Shu, Liu Zheng soon took the initiative to ask Xu Shu.

"Mr. Xu Shu, are you finished?"

"Well, after reading it, we can accept this price. When it is convenient for you, please confirm the number of people, so that I can get someone to prepare money and send it over in a few days."

Xu Shu replied to Liu Zheng, with some urging words, wanting to get this matter done as soon as possible.

"Yes, they have already told me that there are more than 100 people in total. You can just give 100 million yuan directly, and I will give you a discount."

"Okay, thank you so much, sir. I will send someone to contact the lord. The money should be delivered within half a month. At that time, I will lead the people back to report."

Xu Shu didn't bargain any more this time, and agreed immediately. He just waited for the money to arrive, and then he could take Ma Chao and Ma Dai back home.

"Okay, you can stay in the inn for the time being these days. By the way, I remember that Mr. Xu Shu was born in a poor family. Are you interested in visiting my school?"

Before Liu Zheng let Xu Shu leave, he thought that Xu Shu was originally a disciple from a poor family. If Xu Shu was willing to leave Liu Bei and join him, Liu Zheng would also be willing to accept a disciple from a poor family like Xu Shu.

After all, the elite clan is not a good thing. Their existence is originally against the empire. Their existence needs to be disintegrated, and the best way is to promote more poor families.

Only when the strength of the humble family becomes stronger can it compete with the powerful.

Of course, after a poor family takes power, within a few decades, a new family will be formed. This is the awesomeness of the imperial examination system.

Like the current system of promoting filial piety and honesty, or the investigation system, it is easy to be controlled by the powerful.

However, the imperial examination system changed the rule solidified by class, and gave opportunities to poor families, and more and more poor families continued to stand out from it.

People like Xu Shu are what Liu Zheng likes the most.

It's a pity that he took refuge in Liu Bei early, otherwise Liu Zheng would be very willing to accept him.

And because of this, Liu Zheng is still thinking about whether there is a chance to poach Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was taken aback when he heard Liu Zheng's proposal.

He just didn't expect that Liu Zheng was willing to tell him such a confidential matter, and was willing to take him to visit.

This is the system that Liu Zheng is most proud of now, the candidate selection system, a selection method that once shocked the big man.

Xu Shu also knew something about it before, and he also agreed with Liu Zheng's method very much.

"My lord, are you really willing to take me to visit?"

Xu Shu couldn't believe it.

"What's the problem with this? It's nothing more than a visit. Come with me, and I will take you to visit the main school of Jianye Military Academy in person."

After all, Liu Zheng became interested and planned to take Xu Shu to visit in person.

He believed that as long as Xu Shu visited the Military Academy, he would definitely agree with Liu Zheng's system, and even doubt whether the Han court he was loyal to was correct.

Xu Shu naturally would not refuse.

Liu Zheng led his own guard group and took Xu Shu and his party to the Military Academy.

Military schools now have branch schools in various places. In fact, the so-called branch schools are similar to the imperial examination system in later generations. You must first become a student in the county town before you can enter the county to become a scholar.