Starting From Bandits, My Younger Brother Is More Than A Million

Chapter 140: Year Thirty

For the next few days, Lu Qi didn't bother with the Huns' envoys.

Originally, after receiving the envoys of the Huns that day, Lu Qi would be responsible for presiding over the negotiations on the third day.

But who would have thought that when the envoys of the Huns had an audience with Emperor Yongxing the next day, Emperor Yongxing would change from his previous cowardice and incompetence, and become tougher in a rare way.

Seeing Emperor Yongxing like this, the officials of the Song Dynasty naturally had a different attitude towards the envoys of the Huns.

So from the third day onwards, the diplomats of the Song Dynasty, represented by Honglu Temple, began to argue with the Xiongnu at the negotiating table.

Song Dynasty felt that after fifty years of self-cultivation, he no longer had to fear the Xiongnu, so he wanted to abolish the [Cangya Covenant] [and even wanted the Xiongnu to return the land of the Sixteen States of Youyun.

And the Xiongnu came here this time to make profits for the Huns royal court. Not only did they not think about abolishing the [Cangya Covenant], they also wanted to modify some of its clauses.

For example, after the defeat of the Song Dynasty, the sixteen states of Youyun were ceded, and the indemnity was 350,000 taels of silver, grain, and countless cloths. In addition, they also promised to pay five million silver coins to the Xiongnu every year.

Now the Huns feel that what they asked for was too little, and want to add another 500 million taels of silver, and ask Song to increase the annual payment of old coins to 10 million taels.

In addition, the Song Dynasty also provided countless strategic materials such as salt, liquor, and copper mines to the Xiongnu.

Even if these conditions were not related to Lu Qi before, Yin Song would not be able to agree directly.

Money is nothing, but the strategic materials behind are definitely not good.

As long as you are not stupid, you can't agree.

Once agreed, the Xiongnu will become stronger and stronger, and the Song Dynasty will become weaker and weaker. From then on, the Song Dynasty will never recover.

So the two sides have entered the wrangling stage since the third day.

Lu Xiao went there once the first day, and the scene was like a shrew swearing at the street, it was very chaotic.

Unable to bear it anymore, Lu Qi simply became a hands-off shopkeeper, and let the officials of Honglu Temple slowly break up with the Xiongnu.

Let him know the result.

As for whether Lu Qitong agrees with this result, we will have to look at it later.

So the day of New Year's Eve came slowly during the negotiations between the two parties.

These few days, Jing'an Bo's mansion is extremely lively.

Because of Emperor Yongxing's sudden and abnormal behavior, all the officials of the Song Dynasty now think that Lu Qi has won the favor.

Therefore, the exchanges between the officials in Kyoto and the land vessels became closer.

It is not an exaggeration to use the word flattery.

The closer it gets to the new year, the more lively Jing'anbo Mansion will be.

There is an endless stream of diners who visit every day.

However, Lu Qi thought it was troublesome, so he handed over the reception of guests to Uncle Fu and Xiao Liu.

Except for a very few guests whom he likes to come to the door, he will personally entertain them, and he will never see the rest.

Of course, gifts are naturally accepted.

In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of worships were received.

It's still a good Chinese New Year.

Finally, on the day of New Year's Eve, no officials came to bother Lu Qi.

However, this does not mean that the Jing'an House is idle.

There are no outsiders, but there are people of our own.

On the last day of this year, Qian Da and other younger brothers who were close to Lu Qi all came to the mansion to pay New Year greetings to Lu Qi.

The eight deputy commanders of the city defense battalion.

That's right, eight.

In the past few months, Lu Qi's younger brother has won four more deputy commander positions, and now most of the city defense battalion has the surname Lu.

As for the last four deputy commander positions, they will almost be available after the New Year.

In addition to the eight of them, the leaders of the Cao Gang, Money Gang, and Wuhu Gang also came.

The leaders of these three guilds are now Lu Xiao's younger brother.

As for the former gang leader, it is estimated that the grass on the grave has already grown.

"Dage, this is the profit of our Cao Gang this year, a total of 1.3 million taels of silver. It's a pity that the brothers have controlled the Cao Gang for the second half of this year, otherwise there will be more~

"Dage, I helped you with money, a total of 2.7 million taels. The luck is not bad. At the end of the year, the presidents of the major chambers of commerce have contributed a lot, and the brothers are still doing well."

"Dage, this is from my Five Lakes Gang. It's only 300,000 taels. It's embarrassing for you, Dage."

The younger brothers of the three gang leaders reported to Lu Qi the income of the major gangs this year in the main hall.

The money gang itself is organized by major chambers of commerce in Kyoto, and it is normal that the profits are the highest.

Although Caobang's business is profitable, there are many departments that need to be filial. Although Lu Qi's younger brother will no longer be filial to those moths in the court after accepting it, it is too late to accept it, so he can only be ranked second.

The Five Lakes Gang is the least, but this is understandable.

The Five Lakes Gang itself is a group of Huhaha huddled together to keep warm, and the biggest income in the gang is to collect protection fees and some casino brothels and the like.

But after the younger brothers took over, Lu Yin set some rules for them.

Just don't exploit the common people.

It should be expected that the income will be greatly reduced this year.

But in any case, it's not bad, at least the law and order in the capital city has improved a lot this year.

The common people no longer have much hatred when they mention the three major gangs.

He even has a lot of good names faintly.

On weekdays, if something happened to the people in Kyoto, they would rather invite people from the three major gangs to uphold justice than go to the Yamen to report to the officials.

It can be seen that the younger brothers of the three major gangs have gradually won the hearts of the people.

However, after the three of them reported their harvest for the year, Qian Da and the eight deputy commanders of the city defense battalion lowered their heads in shame.

": "What's the matter with you guys? Why do you look downcast during the New Year's Eve?" Lu Qi looked at the few people and asked.

Qian Da said with guilt on his face: "Dage, we've shamed you. Not only did we not make any money this year, but we also spent a lot of money on management to get the brothers to the top. It's really embarrassing to see you!"

Indeed, Qian Da and the others did spend a lot of money this year.

The position of deputy commander of eight people alone cost nearly two million taels, not to mention other things.

It's normal to have such thoughts (from Zhao's).

Lu Qi smiled and said: "What's there to feel guilty about? You didn't do what you did to make money. Being able to completely control the city defense battalion has already helped me a lot.

Qian Da nodded vigorously: "Dage, don't worry, the brothers will definitely take down the city defense battalion in the spring of next year. If you don't Dage, you nod the emperor's imperial decree, don't even think about mobilizing the city defense battalion to respond."

"However, Dage, this year's brothers are not fruitless. There are two brothers who are more competitive. Some time ago, the commander of the Forbidden Army valued them and received them from the Forbidden Army. Now they have served as the left and right guards in the Forbidden Army. They will definitely be able to help in the future Dage."

This is good news, the imperial army is responsible for the safety inside and outside the palace.

The left and right Wuwei can also be regarded as middle-level members of the Forbidden Army.

After the new year, Lu Qi planned to attack Emperor Yongxing. At that time, it would be much more convenient for someone to cooperate with others. .