0p0 Chapter 225 You fool me, I fool you
Chapter 225 You fool me, I fool you
"A sucker?" Ma Han laughed. "General Song, what are you talking about? This is something we both agreed to. It's not a forced sale."
Song Yan's expression remained unchanged. "Take the person away. I'll give you one million taels to buy the antidote."
It's not that this person can't be kept if he is forced to stay, but the price he has to pay is one he doesn't want to pay. The man surnamed Wu has a stubborn temper, and he will definitely not cooperate if he is forced to do so. If that's the case, then all his efforts will be in vain.
Song Zhe looked at Ma Han and said, "I hope that Vice General Ma will consider my father's words carefully. After all, two million taels is not a small number. The bandit problem in the southwest is serious and it is not peaceful."
Upon hearing this, Ma Han looked at Song Zhe. He knew that Song Zhe was threatening him, but he had been through life and death on the battlefield for so many years and was not easily frightened.
“Don’t worry, Major General. Our Zhenbei Army can still afford the mere two million taels of silver. But speaking of the bandit problem in the southwest, if it is really serious, we can help the Southwest Army to clear it out.
It just so happens that there has been no fighting at the border these days, so the Zhenbei Army can spare some time." Ma Han said with a smile.
Song Zhe was rudely retorted by Ma Hanhao, and he could not keep the smile on his face, "You!"
Song Yan calmly pressed him down as he tried to stand up. "I don't know when two million taels became a mere sum. Could it be that your Zhenbei Army is so rich?"
Ma Han's expression remained unchanged. "The two million taels I mentioned are naturally for the Southwest Army."
Ma Han frowned and complained to them, "Hey, now there is nothing to hide from General Song and Major General.
Although our Zhenbei Army seemed to have made a lot of money from hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs some time ago. "
"Of course," Ma Han looked at Song Yan and Song Zhe who were sitting opposite him, "We have received a lot of medicine from various parties. I think even if I don't tell you, you two can estimate it roughly."
He said this sincerely. The Zhenbei Army was standing there like a target. Who could not pay attention to it? When hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs appeared, various forces bought a lot of them. Although the exact amount was unknown, it could be roughly estimated. It was really an enviable number.
If not for this, Song Yan would not have detained Doctor Wu. No one had ever thought that a prescription could make so much money.
Seeing Song Yan nodding thoughtfully, and Song Zhe also looking thoughtful, Ma Han's eyes turned and continued, "But not much of that money fell into the hands of our general."
"Not much fell into Gu Changfeng's hands?" Song Yan looked at Ma Han suspiciously. Why was he so unconvinced?
Gu Changfeng has always been a reckless person, and he is just a little more stable now that he is older. How could he suffer this loss in silence?
Why is he so unconvinced?
"General Song only knows one side of the story, not the other.
If I say that our general just passed the silver over, you will definitely not believe it. It is said that one should respect the wise and humble oneself, and our general is the most so, in order to keep that master.
Our general promised him that, after deducting the cost, the ratio would be 1:9, with him getting 9 and us getting 1.
Even this our general did not keep for himself, but gave it to us to improve our lives and food." Ma Han sighed, "Our general loves his soldiers like his own sons, and General Song should know this."
Song Yan: …
Why are his words so infuriating? He's a grown man, why does he have to be so roundabout in his words?
However, although he was unhappy, he was still thinking about what he had just said.
What he just said may not be untrue. It does take sufficient capital to recruit a good talent.
However, despite saying so, he still felt that the distribution ratio was too high. If it were him, it would be 40% to 60% at most. Gu Changfeng was a great general, and it was too humble for him to do so.
Song Yan looked at Ma Han, staring at him. Under Song Yan's gaze, Ma Han's expression did not change at all.
Seeing this, Song Yan withdrew his suspicious look and began to believe what he had just said.
"19 points, Gu Changfeng is willing to give it up." Song Yan snorted coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his words.
Ma Han pretended not to understand the hidden meaning in his words and said with a smile, "Our general said that you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child.
Since the expert can develop hemostatic and anti-inflammatory drugs, he can develop more and better ones.
You can’t get fat in one bite, but little by little it adds up.”
Song Yan was convinced by Ma Han's words. Although there was no big change on his face, his brows were slightly furrowed.
What he said is indeed true, that person is a treasure pot. If you spend more money in the early stage to win him over, you will get as much money as you want.
It's just a pity that such a talent would run to Gu Changfeng's territory. If he were in his hands, he would also win him over and make the best use of him.
Gu Changfeng is still too kind-hearted. He is just a doctor. Even if he is a famous doctor, he is just a doctor after all. There are many ways to make him surrender.
At this moment, Song Yan seemed to have forgotten the tough Doctor Wu who was locked up in the front yard by him.
“Although there have been no Hun invasions at the border recently, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers who need food and drink. Although there has been no war in Dayan recently, I heard that there has been a flood in the south again.
I think the imperial court’s food supply must be allocated there.
The weather in our area is bitterly cold, and the grain we grow is barely enough to feed the people. If this recipe is sold for two million, our general will only get two hundred thousand taels.
Our general also intends to use these two hundred thousand taels to purchase food and fodder for the Zhenbei Army.
If you have enough food here, General, you can use the food to pay for our 200,000 taels."
Ma Han spoke these words with such sincerity that such a tall man had tears in his eyes and a red nose at the end.
Song Yan's eyes twitched as he stared at it, and Song Zhe next to him also looked as if he had gained some new knowledge.
"Okay, stop playing the victim here." Song Zhe interrupted Ma Han's complaints.
Although the environment at Jiayuguan was indeed harsh and cold, the imperial court could not just watch the Zhenbei Army starve to death due to lack of food.
However, despite this, Song Yan believed what he said a little more. He also knew the news of the flood in the south. The court would definitely provide disaster relief, and the people in the Ministry of Revenue would definitely have to work hard.
For food and fodder, he had to deal with a lot of people in the Ministry of Revenue, and each of them was extremely stingy.
The money and grain in the Ministry of Revenue were not theirs, so they all stared at it with eager eyes, fearing that there would be a centimeter missing or a copper coin missing.
Not to mention that the Zhenbei Army’s food and fodder might be withheld by them, their Southwestern Army probably wouldn’t be much better off.
He could already guess what excuses they would use to withhold their food supplies. It was nothing more than saying that the Ministry of Revenue didn't have much surplus grain, there weren't any big battles to be fought in the southwest and northwest recently, so it didn't matter if the soldiers ate less. The people in the disaster-stricken areas were displaced, hungry, and starving everywhere, so they should focus on the important things first.
Ah!