Chapter 678: Weng Son-in-law Negotiations
Everyone didn't believe what he said, but he also knew that he just didn't want to believe it, and besides, what he said was very likely to be true, he was not a person on a whim, and he wouldn't tell any ghost stories inexplicably.
Everyone got drunk very quickly this night, and in less than half of the night, they were basically drunk, but they were extremely sober, and the more they drank, the more sober they became.
Yu Du and the others' entourage carried their masters to the arranged tent to sleep, leaving only one person to stay in the empty tent of the Chinese army.
He had a very good ear, and he could clearly hear the sound of Captain Jin digging tunnels, but he felt that such a small voice might not be heard by ordinary people at all, let alone these guests who were already drunk or half-drunk.
The old man who had been staring at the cause and effect from above and studying it carefully was startled: what the hell is this little bastard, how could he guess my existence, this is impossible.
The matter of the saint is indeed a ghost made by the old man of cause and effect, the purpose is to desperately accumulate cause and effect on the body, and see how to resolve so many causes and effects in the end.
The relationship between Zhao Quan, the Holy Maiden's missionary and the believers is between substance and ethereal, and it is not unbreakable. And the cause and effect that the old man has accumulated are completely different, all of them are substantive relationships, and they are unsolvable relationships in this life.
"Scrap wood." Chaos looked at him all day and muttered again.
"Yes, I'm a bit of a scrap that I can't even figure out a little guy." The Old Man of Cause and Effect did not object to the definition that Chaos had given him this time.
As a person who has already detached most of his body, it is really ironic to fiddle with a worldly person and almost miss.
The negotiations between the two sides are going on in bumps and bumps every day, and the progress is very slow. The king of Alta also showed great patience and showed no irritability.
Every day, the kings of Sali and Tuquitan would find time to negotiate with them, stating the conditions they asked for from the Ming court, and they would talk upside down, tirelessly.
"I said two old Taishan, your clause is too much, 10,000 iron pots a year, do you eat iron pots or grow iron pots?" Besides, I want to laugh when I look at the terms they list.
Under the influence of the two old hooligans, there have been some changes, and they began to joke with them, anyway, they are virtuous sons-in-law when they open their mouths, and he simply calls them Lao Taishan, who suffers and who takes advantage of it I don't know.
However, there are two old Taishan to protect, the situation is different, originally I was most worried about the king of Altan to use all kinds of persecution, but now there is no need to worry at all, because the king of Altan does not dare at all, he can't bear the adverse consequences of the alliance between Warat and Uliangha and the Ming Dynasty.
"This is because all the previous iron pots are damaged, these iron pots are of poor quality, and a batch of them will be broken every year, and 10,000 iron pots are not enough to replace." King Sully explained.
"We know your worries, aren't we all married to Daming, how can we still cast the iron pot into a weapon against you? Absolutely not, you can rest assured, we assure you. King Tukitan patted his chest and reassured.
"Okay, but you can promise 10,000 in the first year, 5,000 in the second year, 4,000 in the third year, and gradually decrease by 1,000 in the future, and then keep selling you 1,000 iron pots every year, I have calculated, no matter how many households you have, this is enough." Besides.
The two khans calculated, although they were still not satisfied, but they were reasonable, and this was much better than the conditions for the Tatars.
"In addition, except for the first year, every time you buy two iron pots in the future, you need to replace one bad iron pot." Besides, there are still some fears that they will secretly turn the broken iron pot into molten iron to forge weapons.
"This can't be done, we can only guarantee that we will not reforge weapons for broken iron pots, and we can also make poor quality iron pots if we smelt them." King Sully is gone.
"Don't you just need an iron pot? Don't make the new iron pot yourself, let's supply it. Two old Taishan, you also have to be considerate of my difficulties, if you don't recycle a single iron pot, in case of rumors that you have forged the old and bad iron pots into weapons, my head will not be saved. Besides, he said frankly.
He proposed to recycle some of the iron pots, the purpose of which was to gag some people's mouths and prevent someone from impeaching him as an enemy.
"In this case, not only will you sell us iron pots, but you will also sell us some other iron tools." The King of Tukitan Road.
"Other iron tools can also be sold to you, or in a word, a certain amount of old and bad ones must be exchanged." Besides.
After the scrap iron is recycled, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are easy to re-turn into molten iron, and then cast into various ironware, so recycling scrap iron not only has practical use, but also can block the mouth of the villain, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
"Well, that's up to you." King Sully said with some reluctance.
It is said that their own family is easy to talk to, but in fact, no one on both sides thinks that it is really their own family, not to mention that even if it is their own family, they have to settle accounts with their brothers.
The reason why it is easy to talk to the two old Taishan is that he has made up his mind to pay a certain price to let Warat and Uliangha withdraw from this war, and it will be much easier for the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Tatars alone. Perhaps it is not impossible that the Tatars will therefore cancel the autumn offensive.
In fact, the negotiations with the Tatars are not unsuccessful, the main thing is that the White Lotus Sect is stuck here, if the White Lotus Sect can return to the imperial court, the problem will be solved, there is no trade problem that cannot be negotiated, at most, the Ming Dynasty relaxed some conditions, and it may not suffer in terms of price.
"Two old Taishan, if I don't talk well with King Alta, and he takes us hostage at that time, will you protect me?" Moreover, after talking to the two khans about some terms, they directly picked out the topic.
"Taking you hostage? This can't be done, isn't he trustworthy? "King Sully said.
"Credibility? Have you talked about credibility? Isn't the seizure of the messenger your usual method? And sneered.
"This ...... Virtuous son-in-law, you speak too straight, that is all in the past, in the past, who still does this kind of thing now, do things with credibility, so that people are willing to deal with you. King Tukitan sneered.
Taking hostages is something that not only the king of Altan will do, but both of them will do it. The favorite thing of all ethnic groups outside the country is to take hostages as bargaining chips, which the Ming court paid much attention to, even if there was a war, it would send the other party's personnel out of the frontier.
"Rest assured, you are now our son-in-law, not an outsider, and there is no reason for King Alta to detain you." King Sully.
"What about my colleagues? Are they not protected? And sneered.
These two old hooligans, old slippery heads, rush to get on when they take advantage, and when they get to the real chapter, they have the meaning of retreating.
"Sure, absolutely. Rest assured, when the time comes, we will bring someone to pick you up and leave you in our people, and I can assure you that the king will not hurt you or a single hair of your men. "The king of Tukitan said.
"Yes, it's mine." When the king of Sari saw that the king of Tuquitan had said this, he became haughty.
Because of the Jade Princess, King Tuquitan is still a heart-to-heart, and King Sully seems to be rough and bold, but he is a little worse than King Tuquitan.
However, he also remembered the kindness of saving Yudu, so besides, he was guaranteed, and it is difficult to say whether those subordinates can be saved.
The two khans also knew where the negotiations between the Ming court and the king of Altan would be stuck, and now neither side raised this issue, but waited for the final showdown to come out.
In fact, this is a matter of veto, you can't escape, even if the negotiation is good, the king of I will have a showdown, whether it is war or peace, whether the Ming Dynasty wants peace or the heads of Zhao Quan and others, don't choose one of the two.
From the words of the matter, they have roughly understood the choice of the moreover, and they also sweat for him.
Don't look at what the king of Altan says now, he hasn't turned his face, once he turns his face, the king of Alta will not have any scruples, and he can use any means to make it out.
Moreover, the terms and conditions between Warat and Uliangha did not sign any documents, only verbal agreements, and the king of Sali and Tukitan believed in the character of the moreover, even if the Ming court did not agree to their conditions, and there were ways to sell these materials to them, after all, they were also traders.
Besides, I had talked to the Seventh Princess and the Jade Princess about the sale before, but at that time the marriage had not been officially proposed, but now it is different, the King of Sully and the King of Tuquitan have really regarded the matter as sons-in-law, and this deal is easier to negotiate.
Besides, they dare to agree that they are also confident, the Ming court has its own bottom line, and it is impossible to completely interrupt foreign trade, why can those powerful families in the capital do business outside the country, he can't do it? Isn't he known as the number one magnate in the dynasty?
As long as these two clans do not go to war with the Ming Dynasty, he is not considered an enemy, but a meritorious one, because he eliminated two major enemies for the imperial court.
His horses were also secured, and the kings of Sari and Tuquitan promised to sell him twenty thousand of the best horses each, and ten thousand a year thereafter, in exchange for iron pots, shovels, hoes, and sickles.
Besides, the dream is to build an elite cavalry of 100,000 people, and 200,000 well-bred military horses are indispensable, or even more, because a lot of horses and cattle are needed to transport supplies, and about 300,000 horses and tens of thousands of cattle can be considered fully equipped.
This is a long-term goal, and now there are only more than 20,000 people in the sixth guard of Jinyi, and the shortage of horses is about 20,000.
In addition, there is another important gain, he and the members of the mission can get a certain degree of protection from Warat and Uliangha, which is his biggest headache in the past, although he has already designed a plan to sly the rabbit three holes, but after all, it is a tightrope, it is better than the Warat and Uliangha tribes to come forward to ensure their safety.
Moreover, after talking with the two khans for most of the night, basically all the details were finalized, and the negotiations between the people in power have such benefits, fast, simple and efficient, just do it, skip it if it doesn't work, and don't drag it out and hesitate. Moreover, he also agreed with them again and again on two points, one is that they must guarantee not to participate in this war against the Ming Dynasty, and the second is to protect the safety of him and the mission at the appropriate time.