Chapter 1779: 1780 The secret ransom transaction
Chapter 1779 The secret ransom transaction in 1780
Originally, both departments were highly valued, but the operations department failed to live up to their expectations: they could not carry out a serious operation, and they often embarrassed one truck after another (literally), so they themselves were embarrassed later on. Reach out for funds.
Every time the operatives dispatched to the Western Continent were basically arrested as soon as they got off the ship. After finally gathering a few people, they lost contact before they could take action. Under such circumstances, a fool would not invest any more money in it, right?
As a result, the operations department basically stopped carrying out activities related to the Tang Empire. If they didn't have the results of activities in other countries, this department might have been abolished long ago.
If such an organization asked them to assassinate Tang Mo, they themselves might not believe it. So his sour words made many people feel bitter.
With no money and little funding for activities, how could such a department plan to assassinate Emperor Tang? Stop making trouble. If they don't go on strike, make trouble, or surrender to the enemy... that's already good enough.
In front of the Tang Empire's intelligence machine, minions like them really have little room to perform. Even this time, Tang Mo's intelligence department arrested someone for the assassination of Tang Mo. Only they knew about such a thing...
Yang Mu I himself also knew what kind of ethics his country's intelligence department was. It was not easy for these people to get some peripheral intelligence on weekdays. How could he have the ability to plan a high-risk operation to assassinate the Emperor of Tang?
If this group of people had this intention, then the Yangmu Empire's intelligence system would have been "struck up" a long time ago. Let’s not talk about wrestling with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Tang Empire and the Yinhu who is in charge of the outside world. At least he should be able to compete with the intelligence departments of several neighboring countries like chopping melons and vegetables, right?
But the fact is that the intelligence department of the Yangmu Empire has always been very weak. Because of their race, most of their spies who want to infiltrate human countries can only rely on bribery. Not only is the efficiency low and the progress slow, but their loyalty and reliability are also very low. question.
Therefore, those bribed humans took the money to obtain some documents or inside information to deceive people, or sent a few people to the Tang Empire to be imprisoned. This was almost the daily work of the Elf Intelligence Department. Let those humans assassinate the emperor of a country, the emperor of the strongest empire... Isn't this a joke?
In the end, Yang Mu I also felt that he had "proven his innocence". He indeed did not order to trouble His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Empire, so he was naturally innocent.
The behavior of the subordinates was also normal. There was no possibility of anyone causing trouble for themselves, so this matter must have been done by another country.
As for which country it is... it's hard to say. It seems impolite to blame the dwarves, because there is no substantial evidence from the elves. Putting the responsibility on the dwarves who have been destroyed by the Tang Empire will easily make the Tang Empire misunderstand and be tricked, so Yang Mu I felt It would be better to choose a more reliable target for dumping the blame.
After much thought, it was best not to specify a specific country directly. It might be safer to be more general: Finally, he gave his own judgment: "It's definitely not me. As for who it is, I suspect it is those human empires. Only they have the ability to organize such shameless actions."
What he didn't know was that the Susas Empire and the Lions Empire had a tacit understanding and set their suspicions on the Elf Yangmu Empire after facing questioning from the Tang Empire. The reason given by the other party is also very simple. After all, the elves are a foreign race, and they have more reason to target a human emperor.
Yang Mu I also didn't expect that allies could play such a ruthless game. He really didn't mean to trick anyone, he was just trying to pass the blame.
The Tang Empire didn't mean to embarrass anyone too much. After all, the whole matter had been pinned on Sophia's head internally. Through this round of communication, Yangmu I agreed to pay a ransom of 50 million gold coins to the Tang Empire through a third party in exchange for the Tang Empire's promise not to carry out any missile attacks on the elf capital Ruoslana within two months.
This amount is settled in five installments, and one payment must be made every 12 days, otherwise the secret agreement will become invalid.
Yang Mu I accepted this condition reluctantly. After all, this was his best choice now. The Tang Empire's willingness to give him this choice actually showed that it cared for the elves very much.
What he didn't know was that the Tang Empire had no plans to go south to attack the Yangmu Empire within two months, so the missile attack on the city in the past two months was completely a harassment attack to cause trouble for him, extorting 50 million The gold coins were a complete surprise.
Of course, if the elves want to renew the contract after the secret agreement expires, it is probably possible. But after a few months, they can only ask themselves whether they want to buy insurance for their city against bombers, and whether they want to continue buying insurance against bombardment.
When that time comes, I guess the elves are probably not in the mood to spend money on such a face-saving project.
In the first week of March, the Tang Empire released 150,000 dwarf soldiers who had performed the best and committed the least serious crimes. These soldiers can choose to go home and find a job near their hometown.
If you can't find a job, you can also submit an application to the local government of the Tang Empire and let local officials arrange jobs within their capabilities. The Tang Empire fulfilled its promise and won the hearts of the dwarf prisoners of war.
With these people as role models, the mood of the dwarf prisoners of war was high for a while, and the atmosphere in the prison camp became even better. The dwarves, who were already working very hard, are now working even harder.
As the weather warmed, they built roads and railways faster and built houses faster. Some war-torn towns were rebuilt, even directly connected to the power grid, and had their own bus stations.
There is no harm without comparison. After the locals adapted to the conveniences of the Tang Empire, they naturally lost any resistance. Coupled with the good reputation left by the civil affairs officials in the local area, the rule of the Tang State has become more and more stable in the dwarf area.
The chaos left before the coalition retreated disappeared, and the negative effects caused by the dwarf army's looting were gradually eliminated. The people are convinced that everything is slowly returning to normal.
Everyone was waiting to see Tang Jun's joke, but now the joke is gone. The newly annexed land that Tang Jun left behind does not seem to be an obstacle to them, but has become their new help.