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Chapter 456 Selling Gunpowder Formulas at High Prices
Because Cao Jun suddenly used powerful gunpowder and defeated the Yanzhou Army in one fell swoop.This made all the major forces around them tremble with fear.There were rumors before that Hengshan possessed such a powerful weapon. Although the forces were alert, because Hengshan’s gunpowder was only used by foreigners, they received very little information. They thought it was an exaggerated statement by foreigners. I don't care much about it.

But now Cao Jun suddenly used gunpowder and conquered Pingyang City in one fell swoop. It is so powerful that thousands of people have seen it, how can it be fake?At the thought of the earth-shattering thunder, no matter how strong the city wall was, it would collapse.The lords of the major forces couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately turned their eyes to Hengshan. In today's world, only Hengshan can stand against Cao Jun.

Therefore, envoys from the Ming and Hua states went to Hengshan first, and Qi Rui from Yanzhou also sent envoys to Hengshan to ask for help when a large area of ​​territory was lost.

Information from various places was sent to Lin Yifan like a snowflake. Facing the current situation, everyone in Hengshan decided to sell the primary formula of gunpowder to the major forces after deliberation.This is actually a helpless move. Now that Cao Jun is powerful, if he is allowed to wipe out the three states of Yanminghua, Cao Jun with gunpowder, even Hengshan will have a hard time coping with it.It is inevitable to provide gunpowder to the three states to resist Cao Jun, but once the gunpowder is taken out, it means that the formula of gunpowder will be cracked by them sooner or later.That being the case, it is better to sell it at a good price from the beginning.

Now that the decision was made, Hengshan took out part of the gunpowder he had hoarded and waited for the major forces to come to negotiate.

Sure enough, in less than a month, the envoys from Huazhou arrived at Hengshan first, and urgently begged Hengshan to support Huazhou gunpowder in response to Cao Jun's offensive.

However, Lin Yifan was not in a hurry, he just sent someone to hold off the envoys from Huazhou and wait for the envoys from the other two states to arrive.

Less than ten days later, the envoys from the three parties finally gathered in Tongwan City.Lin Yifan summoned the three of them together, and said bluntly, "I don't have any extra gunpowder in Hengshan to support you."

Hearing this, Liu Ziming, the envoy of Yanzhou, couldn't help begging sadly: "Your Majesty, my Yanzhou has always been good friends with Hengshan, and they are mutual aid. Now Cao's army is advancing step by step, and our army is retreating steadily. It is the time of life and death. I beg my lord, please save our Yanzhou."

Without waiting for Lin Yifan's explanation, Pei Yan, the hot-tempered envoy of Huazhou, immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't you hear that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold? If all three of our families are destroyed, how can Hengshan survive alone? Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Lin Yifan looked at Pei Yan and said in a cold voice, "Zongcao's army has millions of soldiers, why should I be afraid of Hengshan? I said that there is no extra gunpowder support, so there is none."

"You!" Pei Yan was about to get angry when Yang Qingshan grabbed him and shook his head slightly.Only then did Pei Yan understand the current situation in her family, and she couldn't help but sit aside discouraged.

Yang Qingshan bowed to Lin Yifan, and asked respectfully: "I don't know what the Duke wants from us, so he is willing to help us?"

Lin Yifan smiled slightly, "Who said I don't support you anymore? It's just that I was interrupted by you before I finished speaking."

"Ah?" The three of them were taken aback, looked at each other, and hurriedly said, "I was reckless, please forgive me, sir."

"No." Lin Yifan smiled lightly, "I just said that there is no extra gunpowder, which is indeed true. If we ask you to support a batch of gunpowder, there is really no way."

"This?" The three of them were immediately taken aback by Lin Yifan's words. Do they want to support or not?
"Hehe, please don't misunderstand." Lin Yifan knew that his words had stunned them, and immediately explained, "We can't support you with gunpowder this time, but we can sell you the formula for gunpowder."

"What?" This unexpected joy immediately made the three of them overjoyed, thinking they heard it wrong. "My lord, is what you said true?"

"Of course it's true." Lin Yifan's eyes sparkled, and he said with a smile, "I don't want too much, this recipe only sells for 500 million taels."

"What, 500 million taels?" The hearts of the three of them suddenly cooled down. This was a complete robbery of money.

"My lord, are you joking?" Pei Yan held back his anger and said coldly, "How can a mere formula be worth so much money?"

"You can choose not to buy it, I don't force it." Lin Yifan said with a smile, "Anyway, Cao Jun is going to deal with you, and he can't come to Hengshan for the time being."

"you!"

"Be safe and don't be impatient." Yang Qingshan hugged Pei Yan and said in a low voice, "There is still room for change in this matter. Why don't we jointly buy a recipe with the tripartite joint venture, and all parties only need to pay less than 200 million taels. gone."

Only then did Pei Yan suddenly realize, and couldn't help giving a thumbs up secretly, "Brother Qingshan is a brilliant move."

Seeing the three of them muttering there, Lin Yifan smiled coldly, wanting to find a loophole?Don't even think about it.

After a while, after the three discussed it, Liu Ziming said, "My lord, Yanzhou is willing to spend 500 million taels to buy this formula."

Lin Yifan looked at the other two indifferently, "What about you?"

"My lord, your asking price is too high. We can't afford it, so we won't buy it." Pei Yan said coldly.

"If that's the case, then that's all." Lin Yifan nodded slightly, "I suddenly changed my mind, and this recipe is no longer for sale. If you want assistance from me, Hengshan, you can, 500 million taels, and the gunpowder will be delivered to your home by yourself."

"You, aren't you playing a rascal?" Pei Yan was furious and shouted sharply.

"Bold, how dare you be rude to your lord, take it down!" Niu Dali, who was guarding Lin Yifan, couldn't help being furious when he heard this, he stood up immediately and shouted angrily at Pei Yan.

When even a personal guard came up, they twisted Pei Yan to the ground.Pei Yan was knocked to the ground and couldn't help screaming.

"My lord, forgive me. Brother Pei Yan was just talking indiscriminately for a while, please forgive him once." Yang Qingshan and Liu Ziming were shocked when they saw this, and hurried forward to plead for mercy.

"Hmph! Back off." Lin Yifan snorted coldly, waved his hand to make the guards back down, and looked at the three of them coldly, "Now I will give you three choices, either buy the formula for 500 million taels, or buy the formula for 500 million taels Two buy gunpowder, or you all go home and fight against Cao alone."

Having reached this point, the three of them understood that there was no room for change in this matter. As long as one of them did not buy it, the other two would not be able to get the formula, and the three of them had already been bound together.No matter how much more than 500 million taels should be spent to solve the crisis.That being the case, the first choice is of course to buy the formula.

Unable to restrain himself, Liu Ziming immediately expressed his opinion: "My lord, I, Yanzhou, are willing to buy the formula. But now that my Yanzhou is in danger, I hope that your lord can sell a batch of gunpowder. I, Yanzhou, are willing to buy it at a high price."

Yang Qingshan hesitated for a moment before he said, "My lord, we in Mingzhou are also willing to buy the formula."

In the end, only Pei Yan was left. After thinking for a long time with a gloomy face, he reluctantly raised his head and said, "I, Huazhou, are willing to buy the formula."

After Lin Yifan listened, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's very good. I know Mr. Liu's intention. Now that your Yanzhou is in crisis, I decided to sell you gunpowder at half price."

Liu Ziming looked up at Lin Yifan in disbelief, and thanked Lin Yifan gratefully: "I'm waiting for you, thank you sir."

"Hmph, you need money to buy it." Pei Yan muttered enviously and unhappily.

Lin Yifan turned his head to look at Pei Yan, and said with a sneer, "Because of your envoy's rudeness just now, I decided to raise the price of the recipe to your master to 600 million taels as a punishment, would you like it?"

"What, you!" Pei Yan's face flushed with anger, and he stared at Lin Yifan with furious eyes.But he didn't dare to curse now, if he offended the Hengshan Lord, he might lose his life.Panting heavily, he tried to calm himself down.

"Brother Pei, please calm down. Don't prevent us from getting the formula because of you." The two looked at him coldly and issued a warning.

"I, I, Huazhou, are willing to buy this formula with 600 million taels." Pei Yan gritted her teeth, and had to swallow the bitter fruit that she planted.

(End of this chapter)