Chapter 50: Negotiation: The Art of Deception

A day later, on a small plain ten miles outside the Great Wall, the two teams finally met.

The representative of Tumut was Altan Khan's deputy, Uriga, a taciturn man who barely opened his mouth when he came. Altan Khan's and his thoughts have always been conveyed by Batu Windusu.

And Qin Jun's side is Lin Jiang, who has always been delicate, after all, he came up with the idea of fooling the Mongols, and he is really not at ease to let Mengjia's reckless boss negotiate.

"I've seen Captain Lin." Batu Wendusu politely stepped forward to greet him, and at the same time introduced: "This is His Excellency Wuriga, the left-wing Wanhu under the account of the King of Shunyi, and the plenipotentiary of this negotiation. ”

Wu Riga symbolically hugged his fist, and Lin Jiang also learned to return the salute: "I am also a plenipotentiary under him, great... Lin Jiang, the commander of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. ”

At this time, Batu Wen Dusu took the opportunity to probe: "According to my mother, the surname Lin is a big surname in Jiangnan, I don't know which family Lin Duwei is?" ”

If this was Mengjia, he might have been tricked, but Lin Jiang was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he went directly: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, the surname Lin has a large population, and he is an authentic Guanzhong person, who has never been to Jiangnan." ”

In fact, Lin Jiang is basically telling the truth, although he is not from Guanzhong, but he is half a Kansai person who guards the Great Wall and Shangjun all the year round, as for Jiangnan, I am afraid that the Jiangnan of the Qin Dynasty is a wild place except for the capital of Wuyue......

"Oh, that's a pity, I heard that the Qinhuai River in the south of the Yangtze River is generally beautiful in the sky and on earth, and the scenery is even more beautiful." Batu Wendu Su smiled lewdly and continued to probe.

In fact, he specially asked Zhao Quanxue for these words before leaving, after all, he is a grassland man, how can he know that the Qinhuai River is underdeveloped.

However, Zhao Quan, as the leader of the "rebel army" who hated the corruption of the Ming army, naturally felt that there was not a single official eunuch in the Ming Dynasty who did not like the Qinhuai River.

Daqin, where Lin Jiang lives, naturally does not have a private "special service industry", but he also knew that he was talking about some "topics that men like to hear" when he looked at Batu Wendusu's expression, so he quickly pretended to regret it:

"No one loves Qinhuai River, it's just that the brothers guard the frontier, and the poor are very far away, how can there be that blessing."

Lin Jiang's words completely frightened Batu Wendusu, in his opinion, this is the average level of officers in the Ming Dynasty - greedy for money and lustful!

You must know that in the past decade or two, Altan Khan and Zhao Quan relied on the weaknesses of the Ming army to constantly attack the border army and enter the Great Wall.

Even when the Jiajing Dynasty was at its most corrupt, many border generals and soldiers were guarding the Tumut Department, for the sake of those wealthy women.

This chin Tuwen Dusu can be regarded as relieved, and the doubts about "ancient characters" and "Du Wei" are also beginning to tend to misunderstand.

And Wu Riga, who didn't know a word of Chinese next to him, saw that they had not been seated for a long time to talk about the topic, and he was also a little impatient, and then glared at Batu Wendusu.

Batu Wendusu hurriedly made his eyes admit his mistake, and then said to Lin Jiang: "Lin Duwei, let's sit down first and then talk." ”

Lin Jiang guessed that this was the other side put away his suspicions about himself, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and responded politely on the surface: "Forgive me, Lin actually forgot the friendship of the landlord, and invited the two to talk in the pavilion." ”

Then he raised his hand and led Batu Wendusu and his party into the temporary shed built by the Qin army.

Lin Jiang pretended to be embarrassed: "Due to the urgency of time, there is no good place to go, so let's sit on the ground here." ”

Uriga and Batu Wendusu don't have any opinions, after all, it's essentially them begging, although the chips in their hands are not small, but after all, it's not the time to tear their faces.

With this compromise, they missed a good opportunity to expose Lin Jiang, because the Qin people were used to kneeling, but the Ming Dynasty had long popularized chairs, and it was strange to sit directly on the ground.

Lin Jiang naturally didn't know that one of his big mistakes was so lightly ignored by the enemy, he just continued to pretend:

"King Shunyi's letter has been sent to the capital by fast horse, but when will it be approved, when will the food and materials arrive, and there is no news from Bendu Wei. I wonder how long your grain and grass can last? ”

Lin Jiang asked this question very cleverly, ostensibly concerned about whether Tumut could wait for assistance, but in fact he was probing their reality.

This is a naked conspiracy, if Tumut answers truthfully, regardless of whether there is assistance or not, their bottom will be exposed, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Qin army will not make a move.

But if Tumert lies, then he can only say less, first, he can ask for more assistance, and he also urges the "Ming Court" to make a decision early, which seems to be no harm.

But that was for the Ming Dynasty, the Qin army didn't plan to give food from beginning to end, if Tumut cried poor, Lin Jiang's next plan was "Troy"!

Because only enough supplies need enough guards, and more weapons and even soldiers can be hidden!

After listening to this, Batu Wendusu hurriedly exchanged heads with Wu Riga in Mongolian, and Lin Jiang next to him did not panic at all.

Finally, after the two of them finished talking, he also pretended to be apologetic and said: "The impact of this white disaster is huge, and with the strong wind in front of us, many herdsmen and livestock have disappeared.

Therefore, the amount of grain and cloth we need is not a small amount, but a real number in the letters presented to His Majesty the Great Emperor.

But after the statistics of the past two days, we found that we may need more, otherwise we may not be able to survive the winter, Lin Duwei, how about the rations for 100,000 people for two months? ”

Lin Jiang is very good at observing words and feelings, so he naturally knows that Batu Wendusu is sitting on the ground and raising the price, but he is not ready to give things, so he naturally does not have any psychological pressure. And he has found a key word in Batu Wendusu's words - demon wind!

However, you have to do a full set of plays, so Lin Jiang's face immediately changed, and he frowned: "Is it really so badly affected?" ”

Batu Wendusu saw that his face was not very good, and he also guessed that his price was too high, you must know whether the current Tumut Department can have 100,000 people It is difficult to say, the demon wind is not divided into Han and Meng.

Then Batu changed his words: "We also know that there have been many natural disasters in recent years, and the Ming Dynasty is not rich, and our King Shunyi is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally he will not ask for anything excessively."

If you look at 40,000 people for a month and a half, according to the basic food of your health center, this number will not be too much.

After all, we still have to defend the Ming Dynasty against the Wara in the north, His Majesty the Great Emperor will never let the loyal ministers go hungry, right? What do you think? ”