In the early morning of the next day, Shen Tonghao took a carriage to visit Bai Liyan in person at the Xianguo Pavilion, and after tactfully explaining his intentions, Bai Liyan asked him:

"Can King Wei's sincerity be counted, I won't talk for a long time just to delay time."

"Yongxing Hou, please rest assured, as long as Your Excellency's sincerity remains unchanged, my king's sincerity can be expected."

"Okay then, Ben Hou will go with Lord Shen."

Shen Tonghao did not disclose who the person who came from beginning to end, but it can be determined that Shen Tonghao has handed over the right to dispose of it, and the person who came has full authority to take over.

instructed Guan Longxiang and Liu Boxun, and Bai Liyan led Wei Qi and more than a dozen people to leave the pavilion with Shen Tonghao and go all the way east out of the city. For confidentiality reasons, Chu Ye put on a civilian makeup and left Boyuan early in the morning and went to the Nao River east of Boyuan to wait for negotiations.

At first glance, Chu Ye was a very mediocre person, a typical inland person in the West Sea, with dark skin, thick and thick hair, and a slightly shorter figure than the Central Plains. Except for the two countries of Qiyan in the West Sea, the appearance of the people of Wei, Chen and Zhao is extremely mediocre, and the reason is unknown and needs to be studied.

But one thing is certain, it is not unrelated to the climate, the topography of the Central Plains starts from the old land of Sun Guo, and the plate gradually rises to the west, although the old land of Sun Guo is mostly plain terrain, but the altitude is mostly between more than 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters, and Xu Guo is slightly higher and belongs to the middle altitude plain.

From there, continue to the west into the hinterland of the Weiguo, the average altitude of the Weiguo is between 1,500 meters and 2,500 meters, belonging to the landform of the medium plateau plain, and the Zhiguo and Jin countries east of the Central Plains are all low-altitude large plains, and the coasts of the Beihai and West Seas also belong to the low-altitude plains.

Because the average altitude of Weiguo is higher, the oxygen content is relatively low, and its red blood cell oxygen-carrying capacity is slightly higher.

However, the land west of the Central Plains did not reduce the rain because of the increase in altitude, so it was not between the 400 mm river water line, and at the same time, the Wei Kingdom and the Zhi State Jin Kingdom were roughly at the same latitude, and the southern grasslands were nourished by the horizontal mountains, and the land was quite rich.

When he saw Chu Ye, Shen Tonghao stepped forward to introduce:

"This is Lord Chu, the ruler of our country."

"It turned out to be the famous Chu family, and Ben Hou is polite."

Raising his hand to give a slight salute, Chu Ye returned the salute and said:

"The Marquis of Yongxing raised his noble hand to let go of our army and appease the people of our country, my king is very grateful, and specially ordered Chu to come to negotiate peace with your country. Previously, my king had a lot of sloppiness and rudeness, and I hope that your country will be in the sea. ”

"It is not what the people of the two countries want to see each other, and now it is the blessing of the two countries and the blessing of the people. Lord Chu, Ben Hou's six conditions, King Wei can have a reply. ”

"My king has no objection to the six conditions of your country, but there are three things that need to be corrected by your country. First, our king no longer acquiesces to the self-reliance of Zhong Ting, Zhong Huai, and Zhong Mi, so the matter of your country sending Dasi Nong to govern Su Neishi is stopped. Second, our king agreed to cede the land and Pei County of Shangxue Chunjiang north of the Yunjiang River to Sun Guo, and the Shangxue Chunjiang Jiangnan County south of the Yunjiang River was still owned by the state.

Third, the number of old people who moved into our country was huge, and it was difficult for them to return to our country financially, so they could only return them as appropriate. As long as your country agrees to the three conditions, the remaining conditions are negotiable. ”

The three items proposed by Chu Ye are very powerful, especially the first two back doors.

Previously, King Wei intended to acquiesce to the three younger brothers to stand on their own to avoid greater losses, but now he repented and retained the land south of Yunjiang in Shangxue and Chunjiang counties, so that the plan to cut off the connection between Wei Guo and Sun Guo's old land was also put on hold.

The premise of cutting off the homeland of Weiguo and the old land of Sun is that the three kings are self-reliant, because only by establishing new princes can they continue to squeeze the bottom line of Weiwang and cut off their eastward passage is feasible. Now that he has repented, it is tantamount to raising the bargaining chips of the negotiation up a notch, and the corresponding bottom line has also risen by a notch.

And even more clever is that most of Peijun is now in the hands of Liang State, and allowing it to Sun Guo is tantamount to a blank check and provoking the relationship between Sun Guo and Liang State. If Weiguo tore up the secret agreement with Liang, Peijun did not take the initiative to give up, but was forcibly occupied by Liang, in fact, Liang was a forcibly occupied Peijun before the secret agreement was reached.

In addition, Liang Guo's Tian Yuntong Shang Mengteng was captured by the Xian army in the name of Weijun, but Wei Guo did not know about it, so he would use it as a bargaining chip to talk to Liang Guo about Pei County, so if Wei Guo and Liang Guo turned face, Liang Guo could only spit out half of the county in exchange for three places.

In the end, Wei Wang did not refuse the conditions for the trade of goods and tariffs of the Xian country, nor did he refuse the political assistance of the Xian country, which was tantamount to acquiescing to the penetration of the Xian economy into the old land of the Sun country, which seemed to be beneficial, but in fact the investment was very risky.

The old land of the Sun Kingdom was still in a situation of aristocratic division and inconsistent government decrees, and Bailiyan was committed to controlling the economic sector after the independence of the three kings, and unified the decrees to provide protection for economic infiltration. The loss of administrative control now means that Xianguo Capital does not have any institutional guarantee in the local area, which he cannot agree.

After carefully taking care of the proportions, Bai Liyan said solemnly:

"My country is stationed in the old land of Sun Guo, what does King Wei say."

"It can't be more than fifty thousand."

Chu Ye said decisively, and Bai Liyan continued:

"50,000 cavalry, there is no room for retreat!"

As soon as the words came out, the kitchen industry's cheeks twitched visibly twice, and he said:

"The cavalry can only be 20,000, and the total number must not exceed 50,000."

"Our army is an infantry army riding horses, and what kind of horse is used with what armor, Ben Hou can not care, but he must ride a horse. In addition, our country is responsible for all food and shelter, and there is no need for your country to provide money and food, but your country cannot prevent our army from purchasing grain and grass supplies from the old land. This is a lot of income for your country, Lord Chu may wish to consider it. ”

The troops stationed in the defeated countries are paid by the defeated countries regardless of the dynasty or generation, and the defeated countries pay for them, so as to reduce the military expenditures of the victorious countries and weaken the economic potential of the defeated countries, thereby reducing the cost of purchasing armaments and weakening the number of troops.

Therefore, the post-war garrison is the focus of the negotiation game, the current princes 10,000 light cavalry maintenance cost can support 11 to 120,000 infantry troops, and it is an intermediate infantry army, heavy cavalry can support 150,000 people, after the industrialization of Xianguo cost also half, the cost of 10,000 light cavalry can raise about 50,000 to 60,000 elite infantry troops.

In peacetime, there are about 700,000 soldiers, and its population of nearly 60 million can support an army of 1.5 million in war, and it can withstand 1.8 million soldiers if it is forcibly expanded, but it will seriously damage the domestic economic operation and increase the burden on the population.

For example, the Northern Song Dynasty had a population of 70 or 80 million, redundant troops of one million, weak combat strength, low morale of officers and soldiers, and low social status, and its actual effective mobilization was less than 30 percent of that of defending the country.

If 50,000 light cavalry is placed in Weiguo, all of them have to bear the cost, and the Weiguo must at least reduce 40,000 infantry troops on the basis of the standing army, or reduce the same number of cavalry, which is no different from killing him, so Weiguo will never agree to the stationing of 50,000 cavalry in Xianguo.

Therefore, they had to take half a step back, and the Xian army procured their own supplies on the spot, which not only reduced the economic burden of the country, but also gave the country face and economic benefits. The cost of the garrison will give birth to the economic dividends of the garrison, stimulate the development of local industries through military procurement, and promote economic circulation.

Of course, there is no pie in the sky, and at the same time as the Xian army is stationed, the economic and financial channels of commercial activities will follow us, and by strengthening the impact on the local economy, the new currency of the Xian country will be exported, so that the local area can be integrated into the economic chain of the Xian country, so as to speed up the social recovery and make it a part of the economy of the Xian country.

Therefore, the initial investment will become another source of financial resources for the economy of Xianguo for a long time after that, especially the single agricultural social industry, the rapid recovery of external blood transfusion, and the initial results can be achieved within three or two years, and the recovery will begin after four or five years, and the economy will start within ten years. When the local economy is completely integrated into the Xianguo system, only he will beg you for your share.

In the face of Bailiyan's tempting conditions, Chu Ye weighed again and again and still couldn't make up his mind, so he tried again:

"Your army of 50,000 horses has to be in the old land of Sun Kingdom, and you can't enter our country, can the Marquis of Yongxing do it."

"Yes. China's troops are stationed only to protect the rights and interests of our merchants, and this marquis is tantamount to interfering in your country, but your country must not interfere with China's trade and the establishment of warehouses, let alone set up private checkpoints to exploit our caravans, otherwise our army will be severely punished. ”

The problem of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes is common in all countries, not only the serious defense of the country, but also the princes except the Xian State, especially after the industrialization of the Xian State, the export of goods has skyrocketed, and the harsh taxes on the merchants of the Xian State are not too much, and some places even specialize in this business.

Therefore, not only are the profits of Xianguo's commodities exploited, making it difficult for ordinary people to benefit, but the raw materials imported from Xianguo are also taxed layer by layer, and the cost is high, so Bailiyan has to organize smuggling to hedge the impact of tariffs.

As long as the country lowers the tariffs, the Xianguo obtains commercial privileges, and the cost of imported raw materials will also be greatly reduced.

With the patriotic market as a bargaining chip, it will eventually affect the two countries, forcing them to reduce the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes and compete with the country, because the Xianguo has no commercial privileges in these two countries, the elite forces within the two countries can not sell too many benefits, so the price of raw materials in the two countries will not be very different from the Weiguo, the three countries will continue to reduce each other's prices through market competition, and the biggest beneficiary in the end is still the Xianguo.

Under the hints and guidance of Baili Yan, Chu Ye seemed to have come to a conclusion that Bai Li Yan sent troops for trade, just as it was the same reason that Xian Guo blackmailed the eldest grandson Shengsi. So he finally verbally agreed to Bailiyan's request and agreed that Xianguo would garrison 50,000 troops, but they should not be equipped with high-class war horses, heavy cavalry vests and artillery.

Of course, for Bailiyan, these are meaningless, and these 50,000 people can be equipped with hot weapons in the future.

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