"If you don't dare take them, let me bring them into the Militia Corps and send them all to the front to fight the Sun Kingdom. I'll take responsibility," Tang Wen said.
"These people are quite formidable. You aren't planning a rebellion, are you, brat?" Chu Xian'gang looked at Tang Wen with a smile that never reached his eyes.
"Your Highness, you can't joke like that. I'm a timid man-you'll scare me to death," Tang Wen hurriedly said.
"Your Highness, we're desperately short of silver here in Haisheng. If we don't think of something soon, our soldiers will all have to fight on empty stomachs.
"If we still can't get any silver by then, their morale will fall. If they keep suffering defeats, I fear the army will crumble.
"When that happens, it could endanger Great Chu's eastern coast," Chu Guang said.
"If you want them, brat, you might as well buy the land along with the people. But they won't come cheap. And don't expect me to go easy on you and let you snap up a bargain," Chu Xian'gang said.
"Your Highness, that's a good idea. It would solve the problem on our hands, and the Imperial Court would receive a sum of silver too," Chu Guang said.
"Just name your price, Your Highness," Tang Wen said.
"Over thirty thousand people, plus the land, assets, and so on. I'll even throw in the Heyang copper mine. Thirty million taels," Chu Xian'gang said.
"Your Highness, who could possibly produce that kind of money? Probably only the Shen Family," Chu Guang said, shaking his head.
"I have no choice. If I sell them too cheaply, who knows which ministers will accuse me behind my back of lining my own pockets?" Chu Xian'gang waved a hand.
"Agreed! But I can only