Since ancient times, the true feelings cannot be retained, and only routines can win the hearts of the people.

Of course, Fu Min used a routine in the negotiation to fool Feng Peng perfectly, but he didn't let Qin Tian fall into the pit.

However, during the recess, Fu Min still faithfully performed his duties.

Hurried to the Green Garden, but happened to meet the emperor bathing, and after waiting for twenty minutes, Fu Min saw a ruddy black pupil, and of course, a concubine with a peerless elegance.

"The concubine will retire first!"

When the concubine left, she did not forget to say goodbye to Fu Min.

But at the time of staggering, Fu Min clearly noticed that the concubine's complexion was ruddy, and there were some bruises on her neck, which should have been fair and tender.

Looking at the black pupil sitting on the imperial chair with an evocative face, Fu Min certainly understood what was happening.

At this time when the empire was in danger, the emperor was still in the mood to enjoy the beauty.

Although Fu Min was a little unhappy in his heart, he didn't show any of it.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has completed the second negotiation with the human civilization on the earth, and the negotiation process is now reported as follows......"

Fu Min didn't kneel anymore, anyway, the emperor allowed him not to kneel, so he stood in place and said it again.

After listening, Hei Tong didn't speak, pointed to the soft stool not far in front of him, and motioned for Fu Min to sit down.

Fu Min was too lazy to be hypocritical, walked over with a big grin, sat down peacefully, and was not in a hurry to ask, anyway, the decision was in the hands of the emperor, he was just running an errand.

"It's not impossible to use gold as compensation......! Hey, by the way, the other party said that they fought two battles on the planet Halak, how much did they lose?"

Fu Min hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the other party said that they lost 54 warships, more than 50,000 personnel, and many other equipment losses, the total value is about 30 trillion yuan, Wei Chen estimated, according to the market value of my Garan Empire, it is about 150 trillion yuan. ”

When Hei Tong heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "So their currency is quite valuable! It's as high as one to five compared to our currency wallpaper, and its economic strength is quite strong!"

Fu Min smiled bitterly: "Perhaps, but the Empire's interstellar warships have always been expensive, and the equipment procurement department of the interstellar combat force has been found to be involved in huge corruption cases many times......"

"Hey, okay, okay! Our empire has a corruption problem, I don't believe they don't!"

The last thing Black Hitomi wants to hear is corruption.

Their royal family controls the economic lifeline of the entire empire, controls all the most profitable industries, and when it comes to corruption, their royal family is the biggest source of corruption.

Fu Min also immediately realized that he had lost his words, and immediately drooped his head and stopped talking.

"If the delivery is made in gold, what is the specific amount of compensation? How can the other party guarantee the credit? I don't want to give them a large amount of gold, and they will strike back as soon as they are shipped away, and we will be caught off guard!"

What Black Hitomi cares about most is, of course, his throne.

Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood!

Fu Min thinks differently, he cares more about the negotiation itself.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has already made a rough estimate before he came, if according to the current market price of gold in the empire, the total amount of compensation is 150 trillion imperial dollars, then we need to prepare 300,000 tons of gold! If the other party asks for a high amount of compensation, then there will be more gold that needs to be prepared!"

Rumble!

The black pupil's brain is about to explode, not to mention any high compensation, even if it is compensation according to the price, it is an astronomical amount.

300,000 tons of gold!

This Nima is not 300,000 tons of coal or cabbage, but yellow and valuable gold!

Although gold is a precious but not rare metal, it is found on many planets, but under normal circumstances, the mineable gold reserves of a star are only about 200,000 tons, and very few exceed 500,000 tons.

Although the territory of the Garan Empire is vast, there are more than 300 life planets alone, not counting other resource planets and various asteroids, so theoretically speaking, the Garan Empire has trillions of tons of gold reserves.

But reserves are not production, let alone reserves.

The Garan Empire has a long history, a large population and strong consumption, and gold, as an industrial material and a raw material for luxury goods, is of course a huge consumption, especially when the economy is prosperous and the people are rich, no matter how large the gold reserves and production are, they can't resist the huge market consumption.

Therefore, even as the richest emperor in the entire Garan Empire, it is impossible for the black pupil to get 300,000 tons of gold at one time, after all, so much gold is piled together, it is almost a mountain!

"300,000 tons...... 300,000 tons...... Fu Min, the vault of the Imperial Royal Bank, is there so much gold?"

The black pupil asked suddenly.

Fu Min immediately shook his head and said: "Although the old minister doesn't know the situation over there, I believe that there can't be so many reserves in the vault, but I estimate that there are still thousands of tons!"

"How many are there?" exclaimed, right away!" Hitomi exclaimed impatiently.

Fu Min immediately took out the smart communicator and allocated it to the Minister of Finance and Finance.

"Hey, Monkey Technetium, Your Majesty asks you how much gold there is in the vault of the Royal Bank?"

"Uh...... Originally, there was a considerable part of it, but after the bank headquarters building was blown up, the rubble was cleared, and the vault was recounted, only to find that only 11,000 tons were left, which is a little less than the amount checked last time before!"

Fu Min was really a little speechless.

"Damn, someone must have taken advantage of the chaos to take a batch, but it doesn't matter for now, now the key is that you're sure you have 11,000 tons?"

"That's right, 11,785 tons to be exact!"

"Keep it tightly sealed, and no one is allowed to use it without permission!"

After the order, Fu Min hung up the video call and looked at the emperor.

The Imperial Royal Bank is just like that, and if you want to gather 300,000 tons, you can only see how much stock the emperor's own treasury has, but with the extravagance of the imperial family and the urine of showing off wealth, it is estimated that there will not be much at all.

"It's just over 10,000 tons, even if you add a few hundred tons of the royal treasury...... Alas, that's not enough!"

The black pupil muttered to herself, which suddenly made Fu Min almost angry.

A few hundred tons?

Known as the richest royal family in the world, most of the gold and minerals are concentrated in the hands of the royal family, but what is the result?

The royal treasury only has a few hundred tons of gold reserves, and the one next door is spicy, if it weren't for this catastrophe, I'm afraid Fu Min would never have dreamed that the imperial royal family would be so 'poor', right?

Of course, maybe it's not because it's poor, but because it's too luxurious and high-profile, and no amount of gold can withstand the royal family's defeat.

Look at the palaces of those concubines, all of them are golden and brilliant, and in the slightly stronger weather, the golden light can really flash the eyes of a kryptonite dog.

Taking a deep breath, Fu Min forcibly endured the indignation in his heart, as if he hadn't heard anything.

"300,000 tons of gold is indeed too much! In a short period of time, it is difficult for the empire to raise so much, so the old minister dared to suggest that in the third negotiation, he could propose to the other party to pay in installments and batches?"

When the black pupil heard this, his brows immediately stretched.

"Well, you're a good idea! We can give them a batch of gold first, let them withdraw first, and after a while, they keep their promise and don't attack us, and we will pay the balance in the agreed place! Good idea! Great!"

Fu Min nodded approvingly.

"But Your Majesty, we only have more than 10,000 tons of gold at present, even if the other party agrees to our proposal, but under normal circumstances, even if it is a commercial activity between enterprises, the deposit is 30% of the total amount, or 50%, or even 10%, then we should prepare more than 30,000 tons, and in case the other party asks us to double the compensation? At least about 50,000 tons is enough!"

"Let me think again!

The black pupil waved his hand and sat back in the chair in deep thought.

Imperial Royal Bank Vault, Royal Treasury ...... Where is the large quantities of gold?

Suddenly, Black Hitomi thought.

"Fu Min, you contact me again, and ask him to find a way to get 40,000 tons of gold out for me! I don't care what means he uses, from which company or individual he finds it, if he wants to live a good life in a down-to-earth manner, give me 40,000 tons of gold within six hours, otherwise he will bear the consequences!"

Hei Tong's words are very domineering, obviously expecting that as the Minister of Finance and Finance, I will definitely be able to make up 40,000 tons of gold, after all, this guy is in charge of the imperial finances, super fat, this guy is quite a terrifying huge greed.

No one can do this kind of thing better than huge greed.

Fu Min was a little puzzled at first, but soon understood.

Who is the technetium?

The financial power of the empire is tightly in his hands, whether it is stock futures or various appropriations, he has the final say, and the mining and trading of gold is only a 'drop in the bucket' of power in his hands.

If he is honest and law-abiding, Fu Min thinks that the sows can go up the tree.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Fu Min had to compliment him before contacting him.

On weekdays, this guy is not less greedy, but now that the empire is in trouble, it is time for him to hand over some 'life money'.

As soon as he heard Fu Min's words, he immediately cried poor.

"Ah...... This...... This is too difficult to do! Brother Fu Min, this is 40,000 tons of gold, not 40,000 tons of grain or coal! If I were asked to raise any other materials, I would still have a way, but this gold ...... There's nothing I can do!"

Fu Min laughed and said: "There is nothing you can do, do it, brother, don't pretend to be poor in front of your brother, this is Your Majesty's will, do you want to resist the will?"

"I ...... I can't help it! I ...... I'm in trouble!"

Hei Tong couldn't listen anymore, so he gave a look, and Fu Min immediately aimed the camera at Hei Tong on the royal chair.

As soon as he saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down to greet him.

"I urgently need a large amount of gold now, I give you four hours, if you can't make it up, then you can come and see it! Also, except for the gold in the Imperial Royal Bank! Where to find 40,000 tons of gold, you should know in your heart!"

"Huh, but just now Fu Min said that Weichen has six hours!"

"Why are you so verbose and haggling, believe it or not, I only give you three hours?"

"Wechen don't dare! Wechen obeys!"

I didn't complain at once, and I didn't even dare to let go of my fart.

Whether he is greedy or not, and how much he is greedy, as long as the emperor has the heart to investigate, he can't stand it at all, and when the time comes, according to the laws of the empire, it will be enough to copy and behead all the doors.

People are self-aware.

After getting rid of Technetium, Black Hitomi's anxious heart finally felt better.

"With my understanding of Technetium, he must have a way to get 40,000 tons of gold, then with the Imperial Royal Bank and the two vaults of the Imperial Family, the total is just over 50,000 tons!"

"It should be enough for a deposit!" Fu Min hurriedly answered.

Hei Tong nodded and said, "It's your business to persuade the other party to pay in batches, and the point I'm most worried about right now is how they keep their promises!

"And even if this kind of thing happens, who will we cry out to? There is no third party to act as a guarantee, and no one can sanction and punish them, so we can only suffer dumb losses at that time, and we will not dare to announce it, otherwise the people will know about it, and it will definitely cause a sensation, and I will not only lose face, but also lose the prestige of my rule!"

Fu Min nodded repeatedly.

The emperor's worries are not unreasonable, after all, secretly negotiating an armistice with the human civilization on the earth, and spending a lot of money to let the other party withdraw from the army, this is not a glorious thing, on the contrary, it is very humiliating and embarrassing.

Judging from the second round of negotiations, the old minister actually felt that the other party's sincerity was not great, as if he was not interested in the armistice negotiations. ”

Fu Min said, and played the video of the second round of negotiations, which was presented in three dimensions in front of the two of them.

"Look at this one, although he is the assistant to the negotiating ambassador, he feels that he speaks in a louder and tougher tone!"

After Fu Min reminded him, the video began to play.

After watching the video clip with a frown, Hei Tong said in a deep voice: "You're right, this guy's tone is too tough, and he has a knife in every word!"

Fu Min sighed and said: "The problem is here, the old minister found that the other party's willingness to negotiate is not strong, it seems to be more inclined to act by force, from their point of view, the truce is indeed possible to raise tigers, if they withdraw their troops and leave now, without heavy damage to our technology and industry, we only need one year at the earliest, we can build an intelligent starfleet!"

"Your Majesty, if you were the other party's commander Qin Tian, would you stop there? You will return with tens of thousands of tons of gold with peace of mind, instead of staying to expand the results of the battle and cause greater losses and more trouble to the enemy? If you give the enemy time to recuperate, quickly build an interstellar fleet, and launch an attack on your planet Halak, will you regret the truce at that time?"

This series of rhetorical questions really made the black pupil speechless.

War is not child's play.

Black Hitomi suddenly found that after experiencing major failures, his mentality had changed, and he had become afraid of the enemy, cowardly, and suffering from gains and losses.

Instead of considering the overall strategic situation, he is considering the gains and losses of his personal throne.

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Black Hitomi took a deep breath and sighed, "Hearing you say this, I suddenly realized that I was too stupid and naïve!"

"Your Majesty doesn't have to blame yourself!" Fu Min comforted.

The black pupil frowned, and asked curiously: "But why did the other party agree to the armistice negotiations?

Fu Min smiled and said: "Because there is no cost to negotiate! The armistice negotiation was initiated by Your Majesty, they can send two people to negotiate with you and me at will, anyway, it doesn't cost money to chat, and they can also understand how much concession we can make for the armistice, which is also a strategic temptation!"

"Moreover, even if it is the second round of negotiations, the other party gives an eight-hour truce, that is also a reservation, they have not stopped intelligence reconnaissance and attack deployment, maybe these eight hours is the window time for them to move to the next planet to launch an attack after they finish fighting the Demon Planet!"

"They don't dare to capture the territory of the Demon Planet, but they will definitely find a way to hit our technological and industrial strength hard, maybe the next target is Addis or Garan, anyway, there will be no 'battle preparation time' for any attack, and they pretend to be sincere, it seems to give us enough face, but in fact, this is just a big fool!"

"What's more, if you can fool us into giving a large amount of gold or other precious metals, it will be a big windfall for them, just like pie in the sky!

“……”

The black pupil was completely speechless by Fu Min's words.

What is wisdom?

What is Emotional Intelligence?

As a 'bystander', Fu Min saw the entire strategic situation very clearly and keenly, and methodically explained the truth behind the fog to the black pupil.

After a moment of deep thought, Hitomi laughed self-deprecatingly.

Actually, from the very beginning, you knew that the negotiation would not end well, right? But you didn't say that I asked you to negotiate, and you went. I asked for gold, and you didn't raise any objections. If I hadn't asked the question myself, I'm afraid you wouldn't have told the truth!"

Fu Min immediately got up, bent down in shame and apologized: "Please forgive your majesty! Since the armistice negotiation was proposed by your majesty, then the old minister should act faithfully for your majesty, and it is the duty of the old minister to relieve your majesty's worries, but it is not a rebellion and refutation!"

"Good!

The black pupil slapped the armrest of the royal chair fiercely, looking very excited.

"Fu Min! You are worthy of being the first emperor who has explained me several times, and you must respect the minister who treats me well! I can see clearly, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, you are the only one who is the most loyal to me! You are the only one who is wholeheartedly dedicated to me and the empire!"

"Your Majesty has praised it falsely! This is just the old minister's duty!"

Fu Min arched his waist even deeper.

From now on, I ask you not to stick to etiquette, and treat me as an old friend of the same generation, just say what you need to say, and don't worry too much!"

Hei Tong and Yan Yue waved their hands, and Fu Min sat down stupidly.

Seeing that Fu Min was finally relaxed, the black pupil stroked his beard and chuckled: "The first emperor once said that Fu Min is a great talent today, talented but introverted and modest, Wen Taowu is extraordinary!"

"The rotten situation of the empire today has never been seen since ancient times, I have been longing for someone to turn the tide every day and night, and now it seems that you can take on this important task, Fu Min! I want you to open your heart and talk openly and honestly about your strategy!"

Fu Min didn't give in, and immediately said without a smile: "The old minister thinks that extraordinary methods should be used in extraordinary times! Of course, serious illness requires fierce medicine!"

The black pupil chuckled in his heart, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

Really!

Fu Min said in the next sentence: "Your Majesty! The current crisis of the empire is not fundamentally due to the lack of Starfleet as a military support, but to the decay and aging of the management system and the excessive concentration of power. ”

"The reason why the Garan Empire has been ruled by the monarch for many years, and the reason why there has been no major crisis is that the emperor has mastered the most powerful armed forces in the empire, and the royal family controls the economic lifeline of the entire empire.

"However, as soon as the human civilization on earth appeared, the interstellar combat forces were completely annihilated, Your Majesty, you lost the powerful force to suppress all walks of life and dominate the Quartet, and the royal family was killed in the Dong'an Imperial District in this crisis, so the two foundations of imperial rule, military power and financial power, have suffered heavy losses, and your dominance, of course, is shaky. ”

"Without Starfleet, the major planets and races, especially those interest strata and consortium chaebols, Your Majesty can no longer threaten them, of course they will have mutations, especially with the Cyber Federation and the Itanium Empire as examples, there are naturally countless people who disobey the yin and yang!"

"Just like not long ago, we opened so many old warships, which were originally going to be sent to support the Demon Planet, but 39 interstellar warships ran away on the way, it can't be said that they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, maybe before they left the port, they were ready to go to the Anteng Empire of the Toramide Tart!"

The black pupil tugged at the corners of his mouth, and he squeezed out a smile very reluctantly.

Let Fu Min speak freely, but he didn't expect this guy to be so disadvantaged, and he didn't have any reservations about speaking, which was too heart-wrenching.

But what can Black Hitomi do?

He can't take care of his own country, and has turned to Fu Min for help, even if the words are ugly, he must listen to them.

Advice against the ear is good for action!

The black pupil smiled instead of being angry, which further boosted Fu Min's enthusiasm.

"Lao Chen thinks that the comprehensive strength of our empire is not bad, we still have more than 300 life planets, hundreds of billions of people, we have developed science and technology, strong industry, we have enough strength to change the decline, and then reload, and even have the possibility of completely defeating the enemy, but the key is that Your Majesty wants to delegate power!"

Delegate!!

Looking at Fu Min's bitter appearance, the smile of the black pupil instantly froze.

Fu Min really dares to say it!

Let the emperor delegate power? This kind of rebellious thing dares to say, if it is left in the past, the black pupil will still be pulled out and cut down.

But now, Hei Tong knows very well in his heart that if he wants to fundamentally change the status quo of the Garan Empire, he must indeed change his past wrongs and make drastic innovations to eliminate the accumulated shortcomings, so as to fundamentally reverse the situation of internal and external troubles.

But the greed for imperial power and the nostalgia for power make it really difficult for the black pupil to give up, and it is too entangled.

Fu Min obviously understood Hei Tong's mood, stood up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't have to rush to make a decision, when Weichen comes back from the last round of negotiations, it's not too late for you to say your decision!"

Hei Hitomi smiled very reluctantly, waved his hand, and said, "Go!

"The old minister retires!"

Fu Min bowed and left, leaving the emperor alone to ponder how the ancient and decaying Garan Empire could save the day......

(End of chapter)