The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 526 Before we knew it, we had an extra vassal state!
Not only the foreign tribes of the Western Regions, but also the Khan of Heaven, expressed their submission.

Even the Khanate of Brahma, hundreds of miles away, is submitting.

The ancient general stood high above, looking down upon all living beings.

“Your Majesty, your royal guards have lost eighty percent in just one battle. Any further resistance will only result in their complete annihilation. Only by submitting to our Yongtai Dynasty can your soldiers and people be spared from such carnage!”

Emir (monarch) of the Khanate of Bukhara: "."

O God!
This Khan wishes he were blind and deaf right now.

Why did I have to learn Chinese as an extra language from a young age?

If only I could understand it.

How did things get to this point?!
Three days ago, at the request of the Kansai Army, they handed over the several Uyghur nobles and their servants.

Hundreds of people were arrested without warning.

Faced with these people's huge bribes, officials throughout the Khanate resisted the temptation.

But the commander of the Guanzhong Army insisted that the silver these Uyghur nobles took out of their pockets did not match the payment due for the goods purchased by the more than 8,000 foreign merchants in Bagua City.

It would be strange if it matched!

The Venetian merchant said that the goods, which cost tens of millions of taels of silver to purchase, would sell for at least twenty million taels of silver when shipped back to Europe!
Normally, the profit is five times.

For some items, the price can even increase tenfold!

However, these Uyghur nobles brought looted goods to Leh and sold them at cost price.

Tell me, how should this debt be settled?
After only two rounds of talks, the general in charge of the Kansai army flipped the table.

then.

Leh was blasted to smithereens by hundreds of enemy cannons.

And then.

He, the Khan of the nation, and his entire royal family became prisoners of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Listen to what conditions the other party is proposing.
In addition to recovering all the principal of the goods, they also demanded a huge indemnity of 30 million taels of silver from the Khanate of Bukhara!

The reason for the reparations is: the military expenses incurred by the Kansai Army in sending troops on a single mission!
Does God know that the Kansai Army spends 30 million taels of silver in a single battle?
Furthermore, they were advised to submit to the Yongtai dynasty!

If we submit to the other party, wouldn't we become their vassal state?

Throughout history, vassal states have never had an easy time.

When the superior state is in trouble, the inferior state provides for its needs.

We still have to make offerings every year!

If the other party is too difficult to deal with, the amount of this annual payment alone could crush a country.

No ambitious ruler could swallow this insult.

However, they are now prisoners of war of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Prisoners of war have no choice.

"It doesn't matter if Your Majesty the Emir (monarch) disagrees. This general will destroy another country after destroying the Kashgar Khanate and the Dzungar Khanate of the Western Tatars!"

The other party spoke of destroying a country as casually as killing a sheep.

Can't refuse.

I dare not refuse!
As for the compensation of more than 30 million taels of silver, it must be raised by the Tajik merchants who brought about the destruction of their country.

Tajik merchant: "."

They were so happy when they were dividing up those goods, and now they regret it so much.

The stolen goods they bought at a low price had already been transported to Europe by caravans.

If they can't produce the stolen goods, they can only compensate with a premium of 30 million taels.

Even the wealthiest merchants of the century didn't have that much cash. Left with no other option, they had to borrow from Tajik moneylenders at exorbitant interest rates.

With interest compounding, if their caravans cannot return within the stipulated time, they will all go bankrupt!
The Tajik merchant trembled with fear.

Marcoli retorted, "If you dare to intercept our goods and sell them on our territory, don't blame me for using despicable methods."

The Kansai Army would not get involved in the conflict between foreign merchants and Tajik merchants.

Gan Minglan assigned a guard consisting of fifty personal guards, ten translators, and a vanguard battalion of five hundred and forty soldiers.

This escort team will carry several Uyghur nobles and five million taels of perfume, escorting Marcoli back to Venice.

The escort fee, of course, was paid by Marcoli.

Well, each person can earn eight hundred taels of silver for one round trip!

Despite the exorbitant escort fee, Marcoli paid it without batting an eye.

He followed the Kansai Army all the way.

The strength of the Kansai Army, and the power of their firearms, was such that no army in all of Europe could rival them.

Even if the escort fee were doubled, he would still think it was worth it!
The perfume, with a principal of five million taels of silver borrowed on credit, was packaged in five hundred specially made wooden barrels, each weighing one jin (approximately 500 grams).

Gan Minglan suggested that the goods be shipped back to Europe and repackaged in glass bottles, which could fetch a markup of several times.

Marcoli readily accepted.

And so, the group of about six hundred people traveled light and quickly.

After seeing them off, it was already the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

The oasis in summer is full of vitality.

The recruitment order issued by the Kansai Army spread throughout the Khanate of Bukhara and the five cities of Anxi (Kucha, Aksu, Shache, Khotan, and Shule) in just a few days.

Job openings:

Anxi was to undertake major repairs to its garrison posts, city walls, post stations connecting these cities, and highways.

Anyone aged 14 to 50 who is able to work is welcome!
No limit on the number of participants, gender, or ethnicity!
Regarding wages, the minimum daily wage ranges from 200 to 500 coins, and payment can be made daily!
Who wouldn't be tempted by such a job posting?
The Khanate of Bukhara had more commoners than the Western Regions!

They brought their families and crossed the Pamir Mountains to Kashgar; nothing could stop their determination to go abroad and earn money.

at the same time.

Xiao Jin flew to Shangdu with a letter of state.

The State Letter states:
The Khan of Bukhara wished to honor Emperor Qianwu as the Heavenly Khan, and sent his successor to Shangdu as a hostage, along with a receipt for a reparation of thirty million taels of silver, etc.
Great meeting.

The civil officials were so astonished when the Grand Eunuch finished reading the contents of the imperial edict that they had to hold their chins with both hands.

Kansai Army!
Their military strength is just too formidable!

Not only did they annihilate the entire Western Regions, they also easily advanced to the other side of the Pamir Mountains!
Thirty million taels of silver in reparations were paid out just like that!
If we seize a few more of these Khanates, wouldn't the Ministry of Revenue be able to complete its tax revenue plan ahead of schedule this year?

hiss.
War can really make you rich!
The generals cheered on the surface, showering each other with congratulations, but in their hearts they were secretly whining.

They were both afraid that their brothers would suffer in battle and afraid that their brothers would expand their territory!
The key point is that the territory they've expanded is enormous!

The entire Western Regions combined are larger than the current territory of the Yongtai Dynasty!
Compared to Northern You and Southern Yue, the Yongtai Dynasty was already the dominant power, leaving the two countries far behind!

Those who made such contributions had nothing to do with them!
How can we stop them from whining and being so sour?

The proposal to rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions in Shache Royal City had been approved by the imperial court long before the Western Expeditionary Army was dispatched.

To paraphrase what the Grand General Zhenguo said in his memorial at the time:

"Not an inch of the territory of my Yongtai Dynasty, not even in the desolate deserts and Gobi, is superfluous! Generals guard the nation's gates, and soldiers will fight to the death!"

There is no Han Chinese who does not admire the glorious Tang Dynasty.

The re-establishment of the Anxi Protectorate ignited the dreams of a prosperous era for countless people.