Chapter 273: Negotiation by Smart People

"Honorable Highness Alain, I am the supreme governor of the Western Regions Protectorate of the Great Han Dynasty, and the protector of the Western Regions."

"I have been ordered by His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Sima LΓΌ Bu to manage and safeguard all the interests of the Han Empire in the Western Regions and Central Asia."

Alan asked, "I can't control your management of the Western Regions. But your hand is stretched out too long, and it has reached our Kangju. ”

"His Royal Highness Alain, originally we just wanted to teach Dawan a lesson, and by the way, we included it in the territory of the empire, but you supported the illegitimate son of the former king and split Dawan, so we naturally have to trace back to the source and fight with the culprit behind the scenes."

Prince Alain, who was poor in words, still quibbled: "Central Asia is the Central Asia of all the ethnic groups and countries in our Central Asia, no matter how you Han people explain it, this is an act of aggression!" ”

Fa Zheng said: "It was you who first supported and supported the Dawan separatists, and you also took in the sworn enemy of the Han - the Northern Xiongnu, with these two items, you have become the sworn enemy of the Han Dynasty." ”

"It's useless to talk too much, let's talk about the current situation, Your Highness Alain!"

Alain is also a wise man, and no longer fights with words, "Lord Fazheng, our Samarkand city is very strong, and no one has been able to conquer it since Alexander the Great. ”

"Oh? Sturdy? But Dawan's Guishan City is also known as the strongest city, and it has not been taken by us? ”

"In front of our explosives, no matter how strong the walls and fortresses are, they will be destroyed!"

Hearing Fa Zheng mention the explosives of the Han army, Prince Alan immediately felt weak, but he still stiffened his mouth, "Then I will live and die with the city of Samarkand, and you don't want to get a complete city!" ”

The corners of Fa Zheng's mouth pursed and looked at Prince Alain, who was doing a life and death performance, "Co-existence and death with Samarkand City?" Okay, then I don't think Your Highness needs the secret passage behind the temple outside the city. ”

"I'll have people blow up the secret passage in a while, so that it won't be used by people with ulterior motives and ruin His Highness's reputation!"

"You..." Prince Alan was a little angry when he heard Fa Zheng accurately tell the location of the secret passage, "Damn Kunbu, he must have leaked the secret of the secret passage!" ”

Kunbu is the lieutenant general of Prince Alain, and Prince Alain, who has lost all initiative, is like a frosted eggplant, hanging his head.

He stared at Fa Zheng, "Then what do you want?" You're sure you can't just shout it out to humiliate me, right? ”

Fa Zheng still looked at Prince Alan with a smile, "How come?" How could I be so bored? I want to help His Highness Alain. ”

"You want to help me? How can it help? You have struck out half of my army, and you have surrounded me in the city, and you have smitten my father and king, and you are helping me? ”

"Your Highness, don't be impatient, I want to ask, do you still want to be the king of Kangju?"

"Nonsense, of course I want to be the king, I was the most hopeful, but you defeated my army and surrounded my city, I'm still a fart!"

"Oh? As far as I know, you have always been second in line to the throne, and there is a great prince before you. Fa Zheng said with a smile.

"And no matter how you behave, how you can fight well, your father always likes the eldest prince the most, and just uses it to open up territory for him!"

"How do you know everything? By the way, that traitor to Khumbu, he told you everything, damned bastard, I must destroy his family and kill all of them. What do you mean by this? Prince Alain said through gritted teeth.

"It's very simple, I can help you ascend to the throne of Kangju, as long as you ensure that Kangju maintains a friendly and reciprocal alliance with the Han and supports us to gain a foothold in Central Asia and carry out trade."

"If we want to expand our influence in Central Asia, we need a reliable and powerful ally, and of course this ally must have a wise and wise king who is with us." Fa Zheng continued.

"Guishan and Anxi are too big and too strong, they are only suitable to be enemies of our government, only Kangju, and their strength is not too big or small. It also has business contacts with various countries and understands the customs and customs of various countries. ”

"Really? Are things really as good as you say? How do I know you're not trying to control me and make me a puppet? Alain asked, incredulous.

"Your Highness Alain, don't tell lies in front of smart people, we help you, and naturally we need you to listen to us in some ways and help us."

"You know, you are not our only choice, you are willing to live and die with the city of Samarkand, of course I can fulfill you. Then I will transfer more troops from the Central Plains, and then bomb the city of Khotan as concocted by the law, and forcibly control the Kangju country. ”

But what's the point? To turn two of the most prosperous capitals of Central Asia into ruins and occupy a country hostile to us, the benefits we will get from them are really limited, and we will not do business at a loss. Fa Zheng spread his hands.

"After all, I am a merchant sent by the empire and Lord Lu Bu to run the Western Regions, and running the Western Regions is to make money, and I will not do anything that is loss-making. So I'm willing to ask you to cooperate! ”

"As long as you agree and pledge your allegiance to us, Lord Lu Bu, I will help you in any way I can until you ascend to the throne."

Hearing this, Prince Alan finally believed it a little, he touched the dagger hidden in his sleeve unwillingly, he still wanted to try to subdue Fazheng, one-on-one, what a rare opportunity.

Fa Zheng saw Prince Alan's small movements, he smiled, and took out a wooden-handled grenade from his arms, "Your Highness, I know that you must be hiding a sharp blade, but I also have preparations, this is called a grenade, which is the weapon we use in front of the two armies, the last twenty zhang." β€œ

"The two of us are so close, the killing range of the grenade can be five to eight zhang, I believe I can die with you, the Han army is without me, and my deputy can replace me, you die here, only the eldest prince is the happiest, right?"

Prince Alan was also convinced when he saw that Fa Zheng was carrying a grenade and was determined to die together, and he threw the dagger in his sleeve to the ground, "Then tell me what your reward is?" ”

Seeing his attitude, Fa Zheng knew that the matter had already been completed, and nodded with a smile, "The reward we ask for is that Kangju becomes our ally, gives the most preferential treatment to the merchants of the Han Dynasty, and gives the Han army's right to pass and garrison." ”

"To be able to stand by us while we are fighting with other Central Asian countries, to provide troops and all the other necessary help."

"I also guarantee the independence and sovereignty of Kangju, as an ally, the fruits of our victories in battles with other countries can also be shared with Kangju, and Kangju's caravans will be more unimpeded on the Silk Road."