The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Chapter 441 The stinky beggar

The East Japanese man's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he then grumbled unhappily, "The Emperor wants war; that's an imperial decree! How dare those unruly people demand travel expenses? Aren't they afraid of dying?"

"The Emperor doesn't need hungry soldiers! Our Emperor never pays the soldiers any wages. If he wants to send them to war, he'll naturally need travel expenses!"

"Hungry……"

The confused East Japanese envoy finally understood! So this is the system of the Great Qi Dynasty. I think I've heard of it before, the guards.

When there is no war, you are civilians, engaged in production, farming and supporting yourself. When there is a war, you are armed again, and then given some "settlement allowance" before you go to fight again.

The advantage of this system is that in peacetime, the court does not have to spend a penny to support a million-strong army. In wartime, the cost of fighting a war is absolutely controllable.

but……

The drawback of this system was that the guards were not necessarily soldiers; over time, they became just farmers. In some places, because the land had long been seized by the superiors, these guards were just tenant farmers.

Why would they go to war for your court if they don't want to receive travel expenses?

The East Japanese envoy was choked by Li Jize's words and was a little speechless. After thinking for a while, he said directly, "Since the Qin King's soldiers are fighting for your emperor, they naturally need to be paid for their travel expenses. Just ask the emperor for them!"

Look! It’s still freeloading.

Anyway, we, the East Japanese, won't give a single ounce of silver. Otherwise, why would we come all the way here? Aren't we just trying to use the morality of a great nation to force the Great Qi to send troops to deal with your own Qi bandits?

Li Jize rolled his eyes at the envoy and said, "Are you a fool? I've already told you that the court is broke. If it had money, why would we need travel expenses? Wouldn't it be better to just hire professional soldiers? We can help you, the East Japanese, to suppress the Japanese pirates, but you have to pay for it!"

The Eastern Japanese envoy: "..."

After going around in circles for a long time, he finally understood that the King of Qin looked like a good and honest man.

But this guy's conscience is really bad! It turns out that when he said he could suppress pirates, he wasn't helping, but was just trying to sell us!

How could the Eastern Japanese suffer this loss?

So soon, his head began shaking like a rattle, and he kept retorting, "No, no, no, we East Japanese don't have money. And those pirates who appeared in East Japanese are from your Great Qi! You have a responsibility! You should go and wipe them out and kill them."

"Hey~"

Li Jize sighed, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a helpless look, "Friend Emissary, if that's the case, then I really can't help you! Without silver, my soldiers can't move. As for those pirates, you'd better deal with them on your own."

The messenger panicked a bit when he heard this, but he still had a backup plan. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You, if you don't want to help us eliminate the pirates, that's fine too! How about this? Give us some firearms. With weapons, we can still defeat the pirates on our own."

Chen Yingyuan and Li Jize were both stunned. The master and servant exchanged a glance. Chen Yingyuan stepped forward and said, "Oh, our friends from the Eastern Japan! I'm confused. You don't have the money to hire our navy. What's going on? Do you have enough money to buy firearms?"

Unexpectedly...

The shameless Eastern Japanese man really took the word "shameless" to the extreme. He waved his hands desperately: "Oh, no, no, no! What I mean is... for the sake of friendship between our two countries, you have to provide us with a batch of firearms so that we can deal with the pirates!"

Li Jize: “???”

Chen Yingyuan: “…”

OK! After talking for a long time, they finally understood that they still wanted to get something for free.

Damn it! I've seen shameless people before, but I've never seen anyone so shameless. They keep coming back and forth thinking about not spending a penny and just taking the benefits.

"Eastern Japanese envoy, if you say that, it's meaningless! Our King Qin's firearms also require capital and craftsmen to forge them. You want to take them away without paying? Where in the world can you find such a good thing? How about you introduce them to us? Or let us take some?"

After saying this, the Rendong Japanese envoy didn't blush at all. On the contrary, he spoke directly, "You must understand, these are the Qi bandits from your Great Qi. It's your people who are plundering us! This is what you owe us, and this is what you should repay, understand?"

Oh! He spoke so confidently that if we didn't know the truth, everyone would have thought he knew that the pirates were arranged by the King of Qin.

Li Jize had a cold face at this moment and didn't want to waste time talking. He just said, "Someone come here!"

With a whoosh, the guards of the Prince of Qin's Palace came in with guns on their backs.

The East Japanese envoy was terrified when he saw this scene. He looked at Li Jize in panic and asked anxiously, "What...what are you going to do? Don't mess around. I know! When two countries are at war, envoys are not killed!"

Li Jize pursed his lips and said calmly, "Throw this stinky beggar out of here!"

"Yes!"

After saying that, several Qin soldiers stepped forward, grabbed the Eastern Japanese envoys on the left and right, and dragged them out.

The East Japanese envoy was anxious. He shouted, "Stop! Stop it! I am an envoy from East Japanese, sent by your great emperor. You can't do this to me. Damn it! Let me go!"

then……

The soldiers carried him directly to the door, lifted him up amidst a crowd of onlookers who were pointing and talking, and threw him out.

"Ouch!"

The Eastern Japanese fell heavily to the ground, causing his lips to hit the ground and his front teeth to be broken.

The people around him burst into laughter when they saw his miserable appearance.

"Go! What's so funny, Baka! Baka Yalu!"

Turning around, the East Japanese envoy looked at the door of the Qin Palace and complained, "What a lousy Qin King! He's so stingy! I've come to the wrong place! Just wait, when I get back, I'll definitely expose you to your emperor! Damn it!"

Rubbing his buttocks, the East Japanese envoy limped away, but when he passed by the entrance of an alley...

"Tsk! Tsk!"

A strange sound was heard, and then the Eastern Japanese envoy looked back and found a man in strange clothes at the entrance of the alley, waving at him.

The East Japanese envoy was stunned and pointed at his nose, while the latter nodded at him and waved again.

The Eastern Japanese envoy was curious and came directly up to ask what the other party was going to do.

The other party's response was, "You want a firearm, don't you?"