Chapter 976: Open Door (Supplementary Update)

Ji Weiwei Yuan said, "This junior just cannot bear to see the scourge of war connecting, and the people suffering..."

But he took another look at the young cultivator's eyes and immediately said, "Collect! Collect immediately! It's just... those who are already on the road, it's a bit difficult to ask them to go back..."

The young cultivator pondered for a moment and said, "Forget about those already on the road. Those who haven't boarded the vehicles are not allowed to leave."

Ji Weiwei Yuan immediately issued an order through the earthly paradise, and then several Dharma Form cultivators rose into the air, flying in all directions to gather the scattered units.

The young cultivator didn't expect Ji Weiwei Yuan to be so decisive, nodded slightly, and said, "Those sands you sprinkled in the fields..."

"That is specially used for planting red-stem cotton. This junior will collect all the produced cotton. If the people of Zhao Guo plant cotton, their income will be three times higher than planting grain."

"But what about the grain gap?"

"Qingming will be responsible for supplying grain at a fair price, ensuring it is the same as the grain price in other areas of Zhao Guo, and all cotton-planting people can purchase unlimited quantities."

The young cultivator said coldly, "So, I have to thank you?"

"This is what this junior should do."

The young cultivator shook his head and sighed, "This face of yours, even Yan Shi might be slightly inferior. No wonder Shenji is not your match. Now the battle has been fought, soldiers have died, and we have even lost a Dharma Form cultivator on our side. Tell me, what do you want after this battle?"

Ji Weiwei Yuan took out the "Qing-Zhao Friendly Trade and Navigation Treaty" that had been drafted long ago and respectfully handed it over.

The young cultivator scanned it with his spiritual sense and said, "... Compensate the fallen soldiers, compensate for losses, open the following cities as trade ports, Qingming merchant fleets can travel freely within Zhao territory, Qingming people who break the law must be handed over to Qingming for trial, Zhao Guo has no right to punish..."

Every time he read a clause, the young cultivator's face became uglier.

Ji Weiwei Yuan hurriedly said, "The last clause, extraterritorial jurisdiction can be removed. But if the Zhao Wang captures Qingming people at will again, I'm afraid there will be another battle. Actually, it's better to keep it..."

The young cultivator said coldly, "This clause must be removed!"

"Okay." Ji Weiwei Yuan followed the advice.

The young cultivator read it again and asked, "Which clauses do you think can be removed yourself?"

Ji Weiwei Yuan said, "Compensating the fallen soldiers is unnecessary, compensating for military expenses..."

In this battle, Qingming didn't lose many people originally, so compensation could be ignored. But the other side of not losing people was the huge consumption of ammunition.

Each flying sword shell for the rapid-fire machine cannon cost one tael of immortal silver. To deal with the Zhao Guo iron cavalry, Ji Weiwei Yuan prepared more than three hundred machine cannons and fired five million flying sword shells. Plus the shells consumed when attacking Cui Shutong's commandery city, Ji Weiwei Yuan consumed a full eight million taels of military expenses in this battle.

It could be said that more than one hundred thousand Zhao Guo elites were smashed to death by Ji Weiwei Yuan with immortal silver.

Ji Weiwei Yuan looked at the young cultivator's face, gritted his teeth, and said, "Just for the sake of the senior, military expenses don't need to be compensated either!"

The young cultivator frowned slightly and asked, "How much military expense did you spend in total?"

"Nine million taels." Ji Weiwei Yuan didn't lie. Ammunition was one aspect; the back-and-forth mobilization of more than one hundred thousand troops, hundreds of combat vehicles, and thousands of cargo trucks were all burning immortal silver.

"Really?"

"If there is any falsehood, may I be struck by lightning!" Before Ji Weiwei Yuan finished speaking, a sudden bolt of lightning struck from a clear sky!

Ji Weiwei Yuan was taken aback and couldn't figure out why he was struck by lightning when he clearly didn't lie.

The young cultivator rarely had a smile on his face and said, "When your cultivation reaches your level, don't easily swear oaths. You think it's fulfilling the oath, but in reality, it's disturbing the Heavenly Dao. Especially since you have a Heavenly Demon on you now, as long as you disturb the Heavenly Dao, you will definitely suffer a lightning tribulation."

Ji Weiwei Yuan suddenly realized and said, "Thank you for the guidance, senior."

The young cultivator said, "Nine million taels is not a small amount, but Zhao Guo really can't come up with this money now. Domestic livelihood is withered, prices are soaring, businesses are closing in large numbers, and the national treasury is dry. If they have to take out nine million immortal silver, I'm afraid there will be a civil uprising. This is not what you want, right?" ===== CHAPTER 977 =====