The most arrogant in history

Chapter 737: Cede land and pay compensation!

The nobles of Bala were flattered and knelt down and kowtowed together.

These people are not like the people in mainland China. They do not have any ideas of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and they would rather die than surrender and sacrifice their lives for the country.

They just want to live.

Ye Kun promised to treat them well, which made them very happy.

They don't really care who is the king.

Moreover, the Kushan Empire was also an invader to the Indian continent.

The predecessor of the Kushan Empire was the Yuezhi.

The Great Yuezhi originally lived in the Western Regions. Several hundred years ago, they were defeated by the Xiongnu and had no choice but to migrate westwards to Central Asia.

Unexpectedly, a blessing in disguise, the Yuezhi gradually became stronger in Central Asia and expanded towards the Indian continent, establishing a huge Kushan Empire that controlled more than half of the land of the Indian subcontinent.

Many of the nobles and slave owners in the Bala city were native to India and not of the Yuezhi bloodline, so they were not sad about the defeat of the Kushan Empire.

Ye Kun ordered: "Each of the nobles present tonight will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold and 300 taels of silver. Their food, livestock, furniture, slaves, horse and ox carts will be returned to them intact."

Nobles of all sizes, thank you again.

Liu Ai suggested: "Bala City is very large, and there are many villages and towns around it. We need someone to stay here."

Ye Kun pointed at Xiahou Jun: "General Xiahou, that's more appropriate."

Ye Kun did not quite approve of Xiahou Jun's ability to lead troops in battle.

But the city of Bala had just been conquered, and many local people were still unwilling to accept it. It would be beneficial to keep Xiahou Jun, the god of killing, here.

Xiahou Jun was stunned, clasped his fists and asked, "Your Majesty, don't you want me to... be the vanguard?"

This time heading north, Xiahou Jun was the vanguard, a very important position.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "You have been through many battles, it is time for you to take a rest. I will let the prince Ye Shusheng be the vanguard and continue the expedition with me."

Xiahou Jun smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am good at fighting wars, but I am afraid I am not good at governing the people of other races."

"It's okay, as long as they listen to you."

Ye Kun nodded: "Pass on my order, rename Bala City to... Confucius City, appoint Xiahou Jun as the first governor and lord of Confucius City, and be fully responsible for military and political affairs.

You must confiscate all local offensive weapons, unite with the local nobles, and govern the city of Bala together."

Xiahou Jun asked, "How many troops will the emperor give me?"

"Three thousand Han troops, one thousand of which are musketeers, and the rest are traditional sword and spear soldiers. You can recruit local civilians to form a 5,000-strong Han auxiliary army to carry out the mission together."

"Okay, I'll try my best." Xiahou Jun clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't leave for the time being. I will stay here and figure out a clue before continuing to conquer the remnants of the Kushan Empire."

A report came from outside the door that the envoy of the Kushan Empire wanted to see and seek peace.

The envoy presented a letter of credence, expressing his willingness to cede territory and pay compensation, only asking Ye Kun to withdraw his troops.

Ye Kun sneered, "The Kushan Empire often bullies Chinese merchants, arbitrarily detains our goods, or extorts tolls, and even kidnaps and kills people. If they offend China, they will be punished no matter how far away they are."

Hu Gaoyuan stepped forward to act like a good man and said to the messenger:

"Since you are willing to cede territory for peace, then let's do this. You cede the area south of the Ganges and compensate us with one million taels of gold, and we can stop the attack."

The messenger complained: "This is impossible. We don't have that much gold..."

Four-fifths of the land of India lies south of the Ganges.

Of course they would not agree to cede the land south of the Ganges and demand one million taels of gold.

Liu Ai asked: "How much do you plan to cede?"

The messenger looked at the map and talked a lot.

Ye Kun took a look and understood that the envoy meant to cede all the southern regions to himself with the Godavari River as the boundary.

In addition, they had to pay compensation of 600,000 taels of silver, some gold and jewelry.

Ye Kun deliberately glared: "Your king still wants to fight against my Celestial Empire army, is it true that he won't cry until he sees the coffin?"

Hu Gaoyuan and Liu Ai acted like good people again and asked Ye Kun to rest while they negotiated with the envoy.

After some bargaining, Liu Ai and the envoy agreed to use the Godavari River as the boundary and live in peace.

The Kushan Empire paid a compensation of 800,000 taels of silver, some gold and jewelry, and 500,000 kilograms of bronze.

Ye Kun was very satisfied.

Because the Godavari River covers nearly one million square kilometers of land to the south.

There are also many important cities.

The current number of immigrants we have can only control an area this large.

Wouldn't it be better to build it for a few more years and then cross the Godavari River?

The gold, silver and jewelry as compensation were delivered quickly.

The Kushan Empire was indeed very rich.

However, the Parthian Empire in the west also took the opportunity to launch an aggressive war against the Kushan Empire, making the already precarious Kushan Empire even worse.

Liu Ai asked: "Your Majesty, the Kushan Empire is under attack from the Parthian Empire and I'm afraid it won't last for a few years. Should we sit back and watch the fight or take advantage of the situation?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The Kushan Empire is no longer a threat. Our next target is the Parthian Empire. Let's just sit back and watch the fight. When both sides are defeated, we will take action."

Liu Ai sighed and said, "But the Chinese population in Tianzhu Continent is too small. What should we do?"

“Then we have no choice but to continue emigrating.”

Ye Kun shrugged and smiled: "I have already instructed Ma Zhao to send all the corrupt criminals and petty thieves in the hard labor camp to the Tianzhu Peninsula. Those who are willing to immigrate with their entire family will be directly farm owners.

All the meritorious soldiers who followed the army were appointed as the lords of the small town, and they were asked to write letters and bring their relatives and friends over! "

It is very pleasant for the Chinese people to come to India and become farmers.

Slaves would be assigned to work as free servants.

There are large tracts of land here, and you can grow three crops a year, so I guarantee you won't be able to finish all the crops.

The Han Empire also had permanent troops and patrols to ensure the safety of immigrants.

But at the beginning, the farms needed the intervention of the imperial court, otherwise, it would be difficult for spontaneous small farmers to manage them.

Because those foreign workers need to undergo simple training and learn some simple words before they can communicate.

Ye Kun stayed in Bala for more than a month.

After initial order was established here, they left and continued north to inspect the Godavari River.

The Godavari River is very long and almost cuts the Indian Peninsula from west to east.

Ye Kun erected twelve stone tablets along the river, and renamed the Godavari River to "Nanhan River", corresponding to the Han River in Hanzhong.

Liu Ai smiled and said, "Your Majesty has great ambitions and has devoted all his energy to the reproduction of the children of the Han family. The renaming of this river to Nanhan River is also a reflection of your painstaking efforts."

Ye Kun nodded: "Pass the order down, all the places we occupy must be named with Chinese characters. Remember, we must combine our Chinese culture to name them. They must be loud and easy to pronounce."

Liu Ai shrugged: "Do all towns need to be named in Chinese characters?"

"Absolutely!"

Ye Kun said firmly: "Not only all place names, river and mountain names, but even naturalized foreigners must take Han names."

"Ah, naturalized foreigners also need to be given a new name? How do you name them?"

Liu Ai’s head is as big as a bucket!