22. Negotiation
Of course, the scheduled meeting place was not in the hunting town, and Abel took Lu Shiqing to a tavern near the airport. Lu Shiqing was also convinced of this location, he originally thought that he lived in a hunting town in order to meet Lu Shilu in reality. As a result, it is still in the two-dimensional empire, or near the airport, what kind of god is this unfolding?
Fortunately, Lu Shiqing had already seen Lu Shilu's image in advance, otherwise he would have been excited again after entering the private room.
Lu Shilu saw that Lu Shiqing had a very natural attitude, she was wearing a purple cheongsam embroidered with large hydrangeas and butterflies, and the whole person looked gentle and elegant, well, of course, this is a costume purchased on the two-dimensional empire.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Abel obviously didn't expect Lu Shilu to come early.
"It doesn't matter. Lu Shilu smiled and had a calm attitude, and when he saw Abel and Lu Shiqing coming in, he also got up from his seat, "Anyway, you come to produce tea stars, and I don't greet me well as the host, so it's good if you don't blame me." β
Abel was not polite, he was not a good person at socializing, but he just introduced Lu Shiqing to the other party: "This is my marriage contractor, Lu Shiqing." At the same time, carefully observe the other person's reaction.
Lu Shiqing smiled nervously at Lu Shilu: "Hello." β
Lu Shilu didn't have anything unnatural, and smiled very surprised: "Oh, Mr. Lu, we are really fateful." To tell you the truth, I also felt very kind when I saw you, but I didn't expect everyone to be surnamed Lu, maybe it was still a family 8,000 years ago. β
The corners of Lu Shiqing's mouth twitched, and he could only smirk back. Don't think he doesn't know that this is a polite remark, he doesn't read much, was there a Mengya Empire eight thousand years ago?
Not to mention that it is unknown whether this Lu Shilu in front of her is the third sister, even if she is really Lu Shilu from this parallel universe, or simply the reincarnation of Lu Shilu on the earth, Lu Shiqing is really not angry with the third sister on the earth. Every time, the two sisters teamed up with their mother to deceive him in various ways, as if it was fun to tease him, so he didn't have a relationship with this kind of sister!
Lu Shiqing is not a person who is good at hiding his thoughts, but fortunately, Lu Shilu seems to be very generous, and he has no intention of being unhappy at all.
Abel also took Lu Shiqing and apologized to Lu Shilu: "Qingqing is still a cub and has a more direct personality, please bear with me." β
"Where the words. Lu Shilu waved his hand with a smile on his face, and said angrily, "I feel like a younger brother when I see Mr. Lu, does Mr. Yue think I'm such a powerless person? Then I'm really going to be angry." β
Neither of them likes to say too many clichΓ©s, and after sitting down in the box, Abel said straight to the point: "Of course I trust Miss Lu's character, otherwise I wouldn't have cooperated with you." β
"Then IMHO. Lu Shilu said, "I'm very confused, your cousin Constance is one of the most famous tea tamers in Mengya, and the level of tea tamers is one level higher than mine, I don't know why you asked me to provide tea?
There is nothing to hide, Abel said roughly about the rumors of the capital star: "I also met your fourth brother in the morning, I see that he also knows something about this matter, you can ask him for details." Now let's talk about cooperation, I know that the entanglement between your brother and sister and the current ruler of the Lu family, and the battle between me and Constance will not be fruitful anytime soon, we all need some external help. β
Lu Shilu nodded, she was not surprised by Abel's words, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and she will not simply think that his character is not good because Abel is against his cousin. Her own family knew about her own affairs, and if it weren't for the fact that their siblings were not capable enough, sooner or later they would have killed the white-eyed wolves on the side branches.
"I believe in your sincerity, but in what form can we cooperate?"
"Before that, I want to know, do you want to drive the side branch out of Lu's business, or do you have any other plans?" Abel asked, which had a lot to do with how they cooperated.
Lu Shilu groaned: "The Lu family can't eat it by relying on our sisters and brothers, even if those people on the side don't do anything, it's useless to return it to us." However, we are also accumulating our own manpower, we are not referring to the people who lived from our ancestors, but we also do not want the fruits of the efforts of our elders to end up in the hands of the people who killed our parents. β
The reason why the Lu family has fallen to this point is that in addition to the expansion of the side branches, it is also the reason why the descendants of the descendants have withered. Even if their father is particularly capable of giving birth, four children is still too little for a family. The role of the side branch is to assist the branch and unite to govern the family.
It's a pity that their father delegated too much power, and in the end, the side branch had thoughts that he shouldn't have. What was the truth more than 20 years ago, they have never found out, but without any evidence, the starship crash has nothing to do with the side branches. Lu Pengcheng has always felt that the entire family is his painstaking governance, why let a group of descendants who do nothing press on his head as a blessing?
Now Lu Pengcheng claims that he is the heir of the Lu family outside, and treats their brothers and sisters as nothing. They were also very surprised that if the side branch dared to kill their father and father, why did they not attack their children. But no matter what the reason, they will not be grateful to Lu Pengcheng for this.
Even if the Lu family still has a little prestige, many people are respectful on the surface for a situation like Lu Pengcheng, and they don't know what they think in their hearts. No one in the side branch is dissatisfied with Lu Pengcheng, after all, even when Lu Xudong is still there, the family is also taken care of by Lu Pengcheng, and Lu Xudong, as an interstellar adventurer, is often not at home, and he is not so dedicated to the governance of the family.
However, anyone with a little insight knows that it is impossible to govern the Lu clan by relying on Lu Pengcheng alone. When he was still the agent of the head of the family, everything he did was the will of the head of the family, and the head of the Lu family was registered in the aristocratic administration of the empire and was a nobleman recognized by the royal family. After Lu Xudong was gone, although Lu Pengcheng claimed to be the head of the Lu family, no one in the royal family paid attention to him at all, and the aristocratic management house refused to register him, claiming that if he was entangled again, he would be punished for fooling the royal family.
Lu Pengcheng has all kinds of business methods, and he can only shrink into such a remote area as a tea-producing star.
Lu Shilu didn't know why the royal family didn't recognize Lu Pengcheng, maybe it was because he felt that several of their sisters and brothers were still there, and the noble seats of the branch were not yet the turn of the side branch? Although the side branch of the royal family also had the right to inherit the throne, the succession was very backward, even if the emperor of the previous generation felt that a certain side branch was very suitable to be the heir, he would first formally absorb the child into the side branch, and then designate this child as the prince. Otherwise, if the side branch wants to become the heir, it can only wait for the other branches to die, and the emperor's partner will also die. Perhaps this is the reason why Lu Pengcheng is not recognized.
But no matter what it was for, the Lu family sisters and brothers still had such a hope, if they took back the control of the Lu family, they might be able to get the noble seat back.
Abel probably understood what Lu Shilu meant: "I think in terms of manpower, you are more willing to prepare by yourself." But I can still get some orders from the military department. β
Lu Shilu had expected it, and this is the help that Able can give. Their siblings didn't want to clash with the side branches, and they didn't need the help of Abel's troops. But tea is a very important consumable for the military department, and the military department's order has always been a piece of fat. When the Lu clan was still in its glory, it occupied a large part of the market of the military headquarters, but it was gradually replaced by other merchants. The orders of the military department represent not only wealth, but also the backer of the military department.
"Mr. Yoo's conditions are very much to my liking. I don't know much about business, you can send someone to contact my brother later. "Since Abel has come up with conditions, Lu Shilu will not be stingy," Let's talk about tea. I take the liberty of asking, when will Mr. Yoo be promoted to the eighth level?"
The last time Abel was promoted on the battlefield, it was the peak of the sixth level to the seventh level, but he didn't expect it to be destroyed by accident, and now his strength has recovered after this period of time, and he is still at the peak of the sixth level, and what he needs most in the short term is the seventh-level tea, which is why he will come to Lu Shilu, a seventh-level tea tamer.
The level of the tea tamer is related to the proportion of the energy he domesticates to the tea leaves. The domestication rate of the first-level tea tamer is only a pitiful 1%, the second-level is 4%, and the third-level is only 9%, which is why even if all female cats have the talent of a tea tamer, the general tea tamer is not of a high level and is engaged in other jobs.
As the strength level of the tomcats increases, the energy they need to advance is also increased step by step, and if they all use low-level tea leaves to advance, they can't save enough energy until their cheeks are swollen. Using tea leaves with too much energy, the waste is still light, and it is not a good thing to burst the meridians. Later, they also found out that the tea tamer level corresponded to the tea level required by the tomcats to advance.
The domestication rate of a seventh-level tea tamer is between 49% and 64%, and the domestication rate reaches 64% to become an eighth-level tea tamer. And although Lu Shilu is still a seventh-level tea tamer, the domestication rate has reached 60%. She would ask Abel about the time when he would advance to level eight, and she also wanted to know if she would have time to advance before the other party advanced.
Their collaboration is based on her ability to provide Abel with promotion tea. Don't look at them now that they are the same rank, but you can't ignore the age gap. Since Lu Shilu agreed to meet with Abel, he also had a general understanding of the other party's information. She is 62 years old this year, only level seven, and she is very confident in advancing to level eight, while Abel is only 35 years old and is already level seven, and her promotion speed is amazing. Lu Shilu thought that when he was 35 years old, he was just a fifth-level tea tamer with a domestication rate of only 30%.
If Lu Shilu fails to advance before Abel, Abel will inevitably find other tea tamers to provide tea, and the cooperation between the two sides will end here. Lu Shilu didn't want to see such a situation, of course, she didn't know it now, and this worry was completely unnecessary.