I am a rich second generation

Politics is the art of compromise.

The Jiang royal family is willing to compromise.

So appeasement happened.

Unable to fight against Kuangfeng Khan in war, the Jiang family will find a way to compromise politically, and seeking peace is one way.

And one of the most common means of seeking peace is making peace.

The marriage was proposed by Kuangfeng Khan.

At that time, the Jiang royal family had no choice but to send envoys, carrying a large number of precious gifts, to surrender to Kuangfeng Khan humbly.At that time, Kuangfeng Khan was only three cities away from the capital of the Dragon Empire, so it can be said that it was very close.

Although those three cities are fortresses, extremely strong and have amazing defense, the Jiang family has no confidence in these three cities.The barbarians are not good at attacking cities, but the even steeper Great Wall has already been captured by the barbarians. I am afraid that these three cities will not last long.

Especially after the barbarians stepped into the Great Wall, they also obtained a large number of siege equipment such as trebuchets and ladders.It is just around the corner to take those three cities and drive straight to the capital of the Dragon Empire.If the Dragon Empire doesn't want to deal with it, the day of the Dragon Empire's demise has already entered a countdown.

So the Jiang royal family sent envoys for peace.

"We, the people of the prairie, you are the people of the territory. The people of the prairie are fond of grazing, not good at farming. So we actually have no ambitions for your land. However, the weather in the prairie suddenly became cold this year, and a large number of livestock died. We have to live. War kills people, and war is just our helpless choice." Kuangfeng Khan was different from the tyranny that the envoy imagined, and he actually said to the envoy amiably.

The envoy said: "So avoiding war is beneficial to both of us. We seek peace with 12 percent sincerity."

Kuangfeng Khan said: "Peace is a good thing, hard-won, and you are the defeated. The peace of the defeated is even more hard-won, and there is a price to pay. Are you ready?"

The envoy said: "We have realized it a long time ago. As long as you are willing to retreat, we will promise you no matter how harsh the conditions are."

Kuangfeng Khan said: "Seven conditions! As long as you meet my seven conditions, I will retreat, otherwise nothing will be discussed!"

The messenger said: "Please tell me, I have a lot of authority to make decisions. If I don't have enough authority, I will hurry back and ask for instructions."

Kuangfeng Khan looked as if he already had a plan in mind, and said: "Condition one, the people of the grassland should be free from famine, and we need 500 million shi of food."

"The second condition is that the people of the grassland should resist the invasion of the cold. We need [-] catties of linen, [-] catties of silk, and [-] catties of cotton."

"The third condition is that the withdrawal must be collectively agreed. The purpose of soldiers participating in the war is to make a fortune. If I want to retire, I must make the soldiers rich. So I want 20 jin of gold, [-] jin of silver, and [-] jin of other treasures."

"Condition three, the grassland lacks iron. Many grassland people don't even have iron pots. So we need 50 catties of pig iron and 20 catties of wrought iron."

"Condition four, we need craftsmen. So we need 1000 blacksmiths, 1000 carpenters, 1000 masons, and 1000 cobblers."

"Condition five, the people of the prairie need to trade with the Dragon Empire, so we request to set up a border trade city on the Great Wall to communicate with each other, conduct trade, and make long-term plans."

"Condition six. In addition, we need 20 catties of tea, [-] catties of salt, [-] catties of rhubarb, and [-] catties of pepper. [-] catties of fodder are needed for the herdsmen."

"The last condition, in order to make peace look more sincere and enhance our mutual trust, I want you to get married. You must give me a princess as a concubine to prove your sincerity."

"If you agree to the above seven conditions, then everything is easy to talk about. If you don't agree, I don't care. I will lead a hundred thousand cavalry, smash the mountains and rivers of your country, and drive straight into the capital of your country. You are not willing to give me Yes, I'll get it myself! And, I won't stop the siege until then!"

Kuangfeng Khan changed his amiable expression at the beginning, and spoke sharply, his aura was fully on, his domineering aura leaked out, making the envoy dare not vent his arrogance.

There is no doubt that Kuangfeng Khan is the lion's mouth.

However, just because Kuangfeng Khan opened his mouth like a lion with many humiliating conditions attached, the envoy believed in the sincerity of Kuangfeng Khan's peace talks.After all, since ancient times nomads have fought wars for the purpose of plundering, and Tianyuan Continent has never had a precedent of nomads fighting to occupy the land of other countries.

The barbarians are good at grazing, and farming is not attractive to them.

Since the purpose of the war is money, if you can get a lot of money without abolishing a single soldier, why does Kuangfeng Khan sacrifice the lives of his subordinates and continue to compete with the Dragon Empire?You must know that even if Kuangfeng Khan destroyed the Dragon Empire, the benefits he would get would not be higher than the price he is offering now.

However, it was precisely because the price offered by Kuangfeng Khan was too high, the emissary could not decide on his own, and could only say: "Dear Khan, I am not in charge of this matter, I have to go back and ask for instructions."

Kuangfeng Khan said: "Then go back and ask for instructions, you better hurry up, your cities are crumbling under my anger. Every time you lose a city, our price will increase. If you take three forts If the cities are all lost, then peace will never come again. At that time, the Dragon Empire, which has been passed down for 500 years, will have no other ending other than perishing."

"Yes, yes, yes..." the messenger left obediently.

"It's really unreasonable, it's just frenzied!" This is the anger of Jiang Feng, the current emperor of the Dragon Empire, when he opened his mouth to the Kuangfeng Khan Lion.

But anger is not power, and it doesn't help.

Jiang Feng felt deeply powerless.

The barbarian offensive was so fierce and unstoppable.The princes in the north were basically watching the fun, and none of the princes offered a helping hand to the Jiang royal family.

Although they can also understand that once the Jiang royal family perishes, they will not be able to please them, but asking them to expend their own strength to help the Jiang royal family now is even more thankless, and it is not something they are willing to do.

They prefer to watch the fire from the other side, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

As for the princes in the south, although they did not rebel in name, they actually rebelled.The Dragon Empire hasn't received normal taxes from the south for ten years, and the taxes it receives have shrunk year after year.For example, the tea tax in a certain province in the south, in a majestic province with a large tea production, the tea tax is only [-] silver coins.Even a middle-level merchant earns more than five hundred silver coins a year.

It can be seen from the taxation that the Dragon Empire has been unable to control the south, and the south is basically de facto independent.The reason why they still obey the Jiang family in name is that the feudal lords have not yet decided the outcome, and no one will accept who should be the boss, so they simply let the dying boss continue to be the boss.