The Wa Kingdom was so dirt-poor it could not scrape together the silver to ransom Mechuan Yaokuzi.
Not only could the Wa Kingdom not produce the silver, it kept sending envoys over to negotiate.
Every time an envoy from the Wa Kingdom arrived, he acted like the reincarnation of a starved ghost, eating everything in sight. Although it was a chance to get rid of some stale rice and rotten vegetables, the way they stuffed themselves made Jian Ruonan seriously suspect they had come to improve their diet.
The Wa Kingdom had low labor productivity and little produce, but quite a few silver mines. Jian Ruonan proposed that they exchange a silver mine for their man.
After several rounds of negotiations, the Wa Kingdom agreed.
The people of the Wa Kingdom were deceitful, despicable, and fickle. Jian Ruonan worried that after the Great Xia People toiled away mining the silver, the Wa Kingdom would turn on them at the last minute and reap the fisherman's rewards while others did the fighting.
In the end, the two countries agreed that the prisoner would only be released once the silver mine had been fully exhausted.
For now, Mechuan Yaokuzi enjoyed the treatment of a royal hostage and was held under guard with Jian Chuxue at the Farm Estate in the Capital Suburbs.
The year before last, the two had held a simple wedding at the Farm Estate. Before long, Jian Chuxue had become pregnant.
Once Jian Chuxue gave birth, her relationship with Mechuan Yaokuzi would reach great perfection, marking the completion of the mission.
With the mission complete, Jian Ruonan would also receive a substantial reward.
At the thought, Jian Ruonan cheerfully took Xuan Xiaowu to the Farm Estate. Today was the day Jian Chuxue would give birth.
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