If it were someone else, Oriental Pearl would definitely be suspicious, but the object was Aihua, and then thinking of the behavior of the Sea Clan in the past, Mingzhu believed it.

Without him, even if the Sea Clan gradually learns the cunning of humans, there are some things that will not change, otherwise they would not have attacked Shencheng for hundreds of years, instead of fighting for power and profit within themselves, which is enough to show that they are different from humans in some aspects.

But because this is true, Mingzhu feels a huge pressure. It's just that he quickly adjusted his mood and nodded.

"I'll do it well. ”

can decide everything, which means that he is responsible for something.

But is there anyone else who is up to the task?

Nope.

Yes, there was pressure, but he had already decided not to run away from it since the day he returned to Shencheng.

Now what he needs to think about is how to strive for a win-win benefit for both sides -

"That's enough. ”

Hearing Xinlan's words, Oriental Pearl was stunned.

In the evening, Xinlan and Xie Haoran arrived on time, but they didn't expect that they were accompanied by the Lu family's father and son - after receiving a summons from Xinlan, in order to show their loyalty, save the face of lost Shandong, or to let Lu Yu learn more, the two rushed back from the front line together.

It's just that what surprised Dongfang Pearl the most was that when it came to briefly outlining that everything was now in his hands, Xinlan only asked for one thing, and that was to let the two sides discuss it together.

At first, Oriental Pearl thought it was Xinlan who didn't believe him, but later found out that it wasn't.

She needed the friendship of the Pearl of the East and the Sea Clan, but not to make an agreement, but to turn it into an opportunity for discussion.

"Is that enough?"

"That's enough. ”

Xinlan smiled slightly, seeing through the essence of Mingzhu's confusion.

"Without you, we wouldn't even be able to build a bridge of communication, so we were able to negotiate with the Sea Clan, all thanks to you and everyone in Shencheng. Moreover, it is precisely because they are friends that they should be more formal when talking about interests. ”

Liu Tian and others taught Xinlan to rely on others, but accepting favors is not endless, and the result of constantly using favors on issues of interests is often to turn against each other. Moreover, this is an exchange between countries, so how can we let everything be borne by Mingzhu?

Shencheng never owes the country, and the country naturally should not gain an inch, and patriotism does not rely on propaganda, but on the state to assume its due responsibilities, so that the people can truly appreciate its existence, feel its role and appreciate its significance.

The Sea Clan was also ready to negotiate, but the humans did not use their trust to act recklessly, which surprised them a little, after all, they had seen many greedy merchants in Shencheng, and knew how shameful the lower limit of the human race was.

Now, they don't fully trust humans, but at least, they know that the high-level of the Great Song Dynasty is different from those merchants who have no bottom line.

That's enough.

……

Xie Haoran came to the city wall of Shencheng, overlooking the scenery below.

Xie Haoran is not good at and doesn't like this kind of negotiation, so he gave full authority to Xinlan and the Lu family's father and son, and came out to relax by himself.

Unexpectedly, Wen Tianxiang stayed there, looking at his face, obviously taking this as a shortcut to revenge - to regain sea power, counterattack Shandong Province from the sea, attack the army of Wei, and then ...... Wen Tianxiang's mind is probably thinking about all of this now.

But he at least listened and participated there, and with the impure motive of revenge, it was very likely that in the end he would achieve the great ...... of saving the country and the people It's not good, it's really abnormal to think of Wen Tianxiang.

Xie Haoran hurriedly shook his head, wanting to dispel those muddy thoughts, because there was nothing to envy, he just escaped from the negotiation meeting, not from the battle...... Yes, he can fight, he can fight, he can fight, so there must be his part in defending the country.

"Are you anxious?"

The cousin's voice floated into his ears, Xie Haoran was not surprised, and nodded lightly. He knew very well that he had lost his temper in front of Wei Rui before, and he also knew that Wei Rui would definitely tell Xinlan about this, and he knew that he couldn't get any great help from Xinlan, but he still couldn't help but look forward to her arrival.

Why do you say that Xinlan can't help himself, it's because he has reached a critical point, this key point can only be realized by himself, and then the state of mind can suddenly break through, if it is broken by others, it will give rise to new demons and continue to stop, and Xinlan can't be unaware of this situation, therefore-

"Brother Haoran, have you ever heard of the saying 'seeing a mountain is not a mountain'?"

"I see. ”

Xie Haoran suddenly realized that he had heard those words and thought about them carefully, and the reason why he couldn't see the true face of the mountain was because he was in the mountains, in other words, his current problem was that his vision was too narrow......

"I'll try to change. ”

In fact, Xinlan felt that Xie Haoran didn't understand her true meaning at all, but these things really can't be said explicitly, it's good that Xie Haoran can remember, as long as he remembers, Xinlan is confident, Xie Haoran will understand one day-

Understand that not being able to use a sword is not the whole of life.

……

Of course, no one could have predicted what would happen next, just as Xinlan couldn't have predicted Chen Duyun's situation.

Another problem is that even if you can predict it, your choices will not necessarily go in the direction that everyone thinks is "good".

Even, there is no choice at all.

……

The negotiations are tentatively scheduled to take three days, and then there are details of the relevant actions to be discussed, so it will take at least a week.

In order to prevent the Haezune from suffering too many losses due to the direct confrontation with Goryeo at the beginning of the war, the initial task was to disperse them to various seas to grasp the movements of the Goryeo army.

Just like the army can escape to the ground, the navy can also dive, the diving tactics of the Ruan brothers of the Lu family were not personal characteristics, in the navy, the diving unit is formally established, in addition to combat, they are also responsible for reconnaissance, sabotage and other tasks...... Although the Sea Clan is a race in the sea, they have only achieved a numerical advantage in the previous diving battles with Goryeo.

"Human magic is constantly changing, and it's hard for us to fight them. ”

However, from the news from Tuoba Ming, they have learned that Goryeo's technology originated from the stagnant Souss, so the next thing to do is simple.

"Then it's up to us to help you regain your advantage. ”

The economic exchange is only the surface, this time the negotiation is mainly the Song State to provide magical technical support, in exchange for the help of the Sea Clan, although the technology of the Great Song is not necessarily more advanced than that of Suss, but they can progress, they are still improving, and they are advancing rapidly.

This is due to the factors of Xinlan's ability to lift the ban, the factors of the war to promote technological progress, and the strong economy and resources of the Great Song Dynasty as the backing, all in all, they initially planned to carry out a precise attack on the harassing troops of Goryeo in half a month.

Even if Xinlan mastered the core technology and could immediately guide it, it would not take a moment for the Sea Clan to completely digest it, so this time it was still a reconnaissance operation that relied on the number of the Sea Clan, and the Goryeo Navy that attacked was probably the number of a fleet.

The large sea ships of the naval forces of the Celestial Sphere World are far less rare than the fleets of the modern world in the Earth Chronicles, if you really want to describe them, they are probably about the same as the sea cavalry or the sea tank troops, the number cannot be said to be overwhelming, but it is also a lot, at least the Great Song Dynasty itself has hundreds of fleets, not to mention that a naval general of the level of Lu Yu can summon a large group of sea ships alone.

And this operation, the Lu family plans to dispatch ten times the number of enemies, for no other reason, they have been being played by the other party like walking dogs, although the results of this battle are small, but it is worth them to use their real character to completely annihilate the enemy, and boost the morale of the Song Navy.

Of course, on the surface, they didn't make any big moves, and even the arrival of the Lu family's father and son this time was actually a secret operation, all for the sake of the upcoming victory-

"Before we do that, we have to win a battle on land. ”

Xie Haoran may not have systematically studied the art of war and strategic thinking, but he naturally knew how to attract firepower and divert the enemy's attention.

Therefore, in the preparation of Xinlan and the others and the Sea Clan, Xie Haoran's land troops were the first to make a big move.

"Banish all the undead!"

Wen Tianxiang, who had resumed his original position, was more excited than anyone else, probably because he thought that behind the undead occupation area was the Wei State......

"Going, Lord Haoran. ”

The herald called out to Xie Haoran, who was resting in the tent.

"Okay...... Wait a minute. ”

Halfway through, Xie Haoran remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something, and hurriedly turned around to retrieve it.

Well, yes, it was the sword, the Danxin sword that accompanied his fame to be promoted to the emperor's tool.

A sword is a good sword, a swordsman deserves a good sword, and a good swordsman will not forget to bring a sword, but it's a pity -

He was not a swordsman.