"I came to seek cooperation with Zheng with great sincerity this time." Brass opens with this statement.

Then, there was a long and awkward silence.

Zheng Sheng waited for Shi Tong to show his "sincerity". But nothing waited.

Zheng Wen seemed to understand something, but he didn't say anything.

Zheng Sheng and Zheng Wen glanced at each other, and Zheng Sheng found that Zheng Wen also had a strange expression similar to him.

Zheng Sheng couldn't help but grin.

Seeing this scene, although Shi Copper's face was still calm, a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

The Zheng family is already in such a predicament at the moment, and Lord Thorn Shi still has a face, and asks him to go out and talk about cooperation with the Zheng family, which is obviously to let the Zheng family go!

He came here with great sincerity. Shouldn't the two people in front of him, one big and one small, be honestly afraid?

What kind of attitude do they have!

Shi Tong was very dissatisfied, so he spoke to himself: "Recently, I heard that the Zheng family's caravan was plundered by robbers on the road in Jingzhou, and Lord Assassin Shi was furious when he learned about it. But the robbers have disappeared without a trace. I wonder what Brother Tongji plans to do in the future? "Tongji, is Zheng Wen's word.

At present, Shi Tong seems to be going to put aside Zheng Sheng and discuss things with Zheng Wen.

I wonder if he doesn't know that he is the decision-maker here? Or did it deliberately disgust him? Zheng Sheng couldn't help but ponder in his heart.

But he thought about it carefully: if two or three years ago, the people who came to Zheng's business to talk about business saw Zheng Sheng sitting opposite him, they were dissatisfied and ignored him, it would be understandable. But who in Jingzhou now doesn't know that he Zheng Sheng is the real "Lord of Wanquan Town"?

Zheng Sheng glanced at Shi Brass, since this person deliberately wanted to disgust him, why did he open his mouth to answer? He doesn't want to deal with this kind of guy!

Zheng Wen frowned, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I don't know what Mr. Shi's opinion is?" ”

"Brother Tongji also knows that there is a salt caravan to and from Xie County. In order to guard against bandits, I have raised a lot of capable family guards. And although your Zheng clan is saying that you are making money every day, the defense of the caravan is not good enough. In this case, we might as well cooperate and let me send an escort to protect your caravan. ”

After listening, Zheng Sheng actually smiled inexplicably: How can there be such a good thing in the world! You killed my people, intercepted my cargo, and then you came to pretend to be our guard? Is...... Whimsical!

Zheng Wen was also very embarrassed, he took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "This is really a good thing, thank you Lord Shi and Mr. Shi for their kindness." It is of course a good idea to borrow your guard. ”

Zheng Sheng glared, Zheng Wen waved his hand at him, and continued to say to Shi Tong: "Then, we will pay each of the Shi family's guards three hundred yuan in daily gold, I don't know what Mr. Shi thinks?" ”

Zheng Sheng's anger can no longer be suppressed, what is the concept of three hundred dollars a day? It is one-thirtieth of the old man's lunch, it is the salary of an ordinary director of the Zheng caravan for half a month, it is the price of half a horse of silk cloth, it is the food cost of a primary school student in Qingzhu Academy for a year, and now Zheng Wen's offer to Shi Tong is a guard's salary for one day!

Zheng Sheng calculated a little, if they hired a hundred such guards, it would be another expenditure that exceeded the compensation of the "Chunshen Ancient Jade" in a year!

After calculating, Zheng Sheng secretly thought, if it is in exchange for "peace" at such a price, it seems that it is not a loss?

I don't know when the troubled times will come suddenly, and endure for a while. The more time he spends accumulating strength, the better his chances of winning in the future.

On the other hand, the speed of Shi Copper's mental arithmetic is not slow, but this result does not seem to be satisfactory to him.

"I have long heard that the Zheng family pays the hired people a good salary, and the daily salary given by Brother Tongji is naturally very high. But I still have a problem! ”

"Mr. Shi, please speak up."

"Brother Tongji doesn't know, many of the guards in my caravan are family members under the name of Lord Thorn Shi, and it is actually very difficult for Lord Thorn Shi to transfer Jia Ding to me as a caravan guard, and I am taking a big risk by lending Jia Ding to the Zheng family as a guard?" Shi Bronze sighed in embarrassment.

Zheng Sheng couldn't help but sneer, since you are embarrassed and can't do it, why do you still come to the door to talk about business in person? Besides, you are Shi Chong's money-making tool, and you will be so clear between you? This attitude is clearly an attempt to continue blackmail!

Of course, Zheng Wen understood better, and he slowly spoke: "Mr. Shi will make an offer!" ”

Shi Tong frowned secretly: "I'm not embarrassed Brother Ji, you think it's so good, I want forty percent of the goods of the Zheng family's caravan." ”

Zheng Wen looked at Zheng Sheng, closed his eyes, and stopped talking.

Zheng Sheng understood what he meant.

"Mr. Shi, let me tell you some data. From the second year of Yuankang to December of the third year of Yuankang, a total of 194 cases of merchants' goods were robbed in Jingzhou, of which 11 were serious murders and robberies. The others are also the end of the merchants losing some of their goods. ”

Shi Bronze had a gloomy face: "So what? Probably the reason why people's hearts are not ancient and thieves are rampant! ”

Zheng Sheng shook his head, "Of course it's possible, but in the past ten years in Taikang, there have only been a total of forty-four similar incidents of looting merchants' property in Jingzhou, and most of them are the result of the merchant guards beating away and capturing the thieves. Why have the thieves in Jingzhou been so rampant in the past two or three years? ”

Shi Tong sneered, and he no longer entangled with Zheng Sheng: "Forty percent of the goods, can you do this business?" ”

Zheng Sheng shook his head: "I can't do it, this deal is not cost-effective." Mr. Shi, please go back! ”

"When the caravan encounters thieves again, I'm afraid the loss of property will be much more than these forty percent!"

"When the grass people encounter thieves, they can only turn to the government to fight the thieves, which is also the responsibility that officials must fulfill. Dare to ask Mr. Shi, when will the bandits in Jingzhou be cleared up? ”

"Since you are so stubborn, I will take my leave!" The brass brushed his sleeves away.

Zheng Sheng looked at his back: "Mr. Shi, go back and tell Shi Chong that unless you hand over the murderer, come and apologize in person." Otherwise, I will not stand with him! ”

Shi Bronze paused and sneered.

Zheng Sheng came back and looked at Zheng Wen's discouraged face: "This person has no sincerity at all. ”

Asking for forty percent of the goods is clearly a bone-smashing blackmail.

The expenses of the caravan itself, the various additional expenses required to open up the trade routes, the cost of goods, etc., there is still a lot of room for profit, but Shi Copper asks for forty percent of the goods with one mouth, and directly cuts off nearly half of the income, who can afford this?

What's more, there is also nearly 10 million dollars in "guard" salary.

Agreed to these conditions, it was really Shi Chong who ate meat, and Zheng's drank the northwest wind!

With such conditions, Zheng Wen could not agree to it.

The negotiations fell apart, and there was no possibility of reconciliation with Shi Chong. So, what's next?

Zheng Sheng still remembered a person, the little girl from the Jiangxia Lu family.

She once gave Zheng Sheng an uncertain future......