Chapter 213 Guo Zhiping’s three conditions!

Ever since Guo Zhiping revealed to Ye Tie his desire to be recruited, Ye Tie, at the instruction of Ye Mingsheng, started negotiations with Guo Zhiping. Just as Ye Mingsheng imagined, Guo Zhiping was waiting for a good price. During the negotiations, although Guo Zhiping did not ask for an exorbitant price, his conditions were also very high, testing Ye Mingsheng's bottom line step by step...
If it were normal times, Ye Mingsheng might have the leisure to play with Guo Zhiping, but now the situation in Liaoyang is becoming increasingly turbulent.

A few days ago, Chen Dechang had given himself a secret order, asking him to make some noise, distract some of Song Wenhui's energy, and help the Gongsun family, which was responsible for the main task of recruiting soldiers for the Zhenwu Army, to share some of the pressure.
During this period, the Gongsun family was in a very bad shape due to the concentrated power of Song Wenhui. The situation was very tense. The two sides used various despicable means such as assassination and bribery. They were just one step away from a real fight!

Ye Mingsheng didn't want to get involved in the fight between the Gongsun family and Song Wenhui...
But on second thought, first of all, as the saying goes, "the lips and teeth are interdependent", the reason why Song Wenhui only attacked him once and did not attack him again, allowing him to develop quietly in Fengshan County, the most important reason is that with the Gongsun family supporting him in front, Song Wenhui could not take care of himself for the time being and could only let himself develop.

If the Gongsun family fails this time, then there is no doubt that Song Wenhui's next target will be Ye Mingsheng!

There is no doubt that Ye Mingsheng, who had just risen to prominence, would definitely not be able to withstand Song Wenhui, the governor who had ruled Liaoyang for decades.

Therefore, in a sense, helping the Gongsun family now is equivalent to protecting Ye Mingsheng himself.

Secondly, the reason why Ye Mingsheng was able to develop so rapidly was that in less than two months, he formed a team of three battalions and more than 6,000 people.

In addition to the fact that Ye Mingsheng was willing to spend money and the Ye clan's full support, the other major reason was the support from Chen Dechang behind the scenes!
Most of the army's money, food, equipment, cotton-padded clothes and other aspects were provided by Commander Chen Dechang.

Because of this, Ye Mingsheng still has to listen to Chen Dechang's words!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng accepted the task of helping the Gongsun family. After careful consideration and comprehensive consideration, Ye Mingsheng decided to speed up the negotiations with Guo Zhiping to recruit him!
In order to avoid making too many compromises in the negotiations for amnesty, Ye Mingsheng used some tricks to make Guo Zhiping feel threatened and pressured, forcing him to return to the negotiating table with the utmost sincerity.

In Ye Mingsheng's study.

After taking a deep look at Ye Mingsheng, who had a faint smile on his face, Guo Zhiping, who had already understood Ye Mingsheng's methods, was in no mood to exchange pleasantries with Ye Mingsheng. He spoke directly:

"Master Ye, if you can agree to my three conditions, I will be confident that I can persuade everyone in the village to surrender to you, General!"

"Mr. Guo, please speak!" Seeing that Guo Zhiping was finally going to confront him, Ye Mingsheng restrained his smile and his expression became serious.

"The first condition is that the past can be forgiven and the court cannot conduct any reckoning against us!" Guo Zhiping said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry, Mr. Guo. Our dynasty has always ruled the country with benevolence. Since Mr. Guo is determined to serve the country, the past can be written off. If anyone wants to deal with Mr. Guo, I, or even Commander Chen, can step in!" Ye Mingsheng said without hesitation.

At the end, Ye Mingsheng deliberately emphasized his tone, as if he was hinting at something.

Feeling Ye Mingsheng's sincerity, Guo Zhiping's expression eased a little, and he continued:
"My father and I hope that the troops of our village can be organized into a camp under Lord Ye and cannot be dispersed. At the same time, they should receive salaries and enjoy policies such as exemption from corvée and tax reduction, just like the soldiers under Lord Ye!" Ye Mingsheng heard this, pondered for a moment, then looked at Guo Zhiping and said:
"If I understand correctly, although there are more than 3,000 people in your village, including the elderly, children, women and children, there are only about 1,000 people who can fight..."

Hearing Ye Mingsheng describe the situation of his village so clearly, Guo Zhiping's heart sank, but he still gritted his teeth and said:
"Master Ye is right. There are indeed only a thousand men in the mountain stronghold who can bear swords and guns. But all of us brothers have experienced hundreds of battles. And I believe Master also knows that among the thousand brothers in the mountain stronghold, three hundred of them are cavalry!"

After waiting for Guo Zhiping to finish speaking, Ye Mingsheng continued, "Mr. Guo, I have roughly understood your situation. I can agree to your other conditions, but you cannot be organized into one battalion!"

"why?"

Guo Zhiping frowned and said puzzledly:
"According to the regulations of the Zhenwu Army, a battalion must have at least 2,000 soldiers. Your unit only has 1,000 soldiers, which is not up to standard. Secondly, Commander Chen only gave me three battalions, and I already have three battalions!"

"So I have to inconvenience you all and assign you to a sentry first. I can promise that when I expand the team one day, I will definitely consider you first!" Ye Mingsheng explained with a very sincere look:

Guo Zhiping thought about Ye Mingsheng's explanation for a while. Although it was still a little difficult to accept, he nodded reluctantly, agreeing with Ye Mingsheng's plan.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled and continued, "Mr. Guo, what is your third condition?"

"Since we brothers are going down the mountain to follow Lord Ye, our family also needs to be taken care of, so we would like to ask Lord Ye for some resettlement allowance!" Guo Zhiping said tentatively;

"Resettlement allowance, it's my duty! I wonder how much Mr. Guo wants?" Ye Mingsheng raised his eyebrows and asked with interest:
Under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, Guo Zhiping said firmly: "One thousand taels of silver!"

Hearing the price offered by Guo Zhiping, Ye Mingsheng smiled. Just when Guo Zhiping didn't know what he meant, Ye Mingsheng said lightly:

“The money is easy to talk about, but Guo Zhuangshi has just arrived under Ye’s command. He has made great contributions. Even if he gets such a large sum of money, I’m afraid that my brothers will be dissatisfied...”

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Guo Zhiping frowned, thinking that Ye Mingsheng was unwilling to pay the money, and after considering his words, he said:
"Sir, without this resettlement fee, it would be difficult for me to persuade the brothers in the village!"

Seeing that Guo Zhiping didn't understand what he meant, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Mr. Guo, you misunderstood. I said money is not a problem, but I need you to give me a reason so that the brothers below can be convinced!"

(End of this chapter)