Some people say that everything in this world has a price, and people are the same, but in fact, it is almost the same between countries.

The king of Sully and the king of Tuquitan recommended themselves to the Ming court, asking for such a high price.

The two of them are not warlike, on the contrary, they are both more troublesome people than the king of Alta, but fighting is to die, which is nothing in the Ming Dynasty, but for the sparsely populated Warat and Uliangha, the sharp decline in population is equated with the decay of the strength of the race, and even hints at the life and death of the race.

What is the purpose of attacking Daming? It's just to get property, as long as these materials can be bought, then why desperately grab them and exchange human lives?

They have such a heart, not because they are reasonable, but because the years of war have really taught them how to calculate this account.

Besides, when he arrived in Bansheng City, he should have started negotiations immediately, but besides, he said that everyone had been tired all the way and needed to rest for a few days, and he also had to reunite with his family for a few days.

He did not stay in the guest house, but set up the big tent of the Chinese army opposite the big tent of the king of Alta, which was ten miles away.

Zuo Ling has already delivered all the materials with the third lady, and has also loaded the car, most of which are medicinal materials.

Zuo Ling was a little excited, and his face turned crimson.

The herbs bought on this trip are enough to go back and use for a few years, and she discussed with Sanniangzi, every year Sanniangzi buys a large number of medicinal materials for her here, no matter what medicinal materials are needed, and then transported them to Datong City, Zuo Ling is ready to open a crude medicine shop in Datong City, specializing in receiving medicinal materials transported by Sanniangzi.

There are many kinds of materials that the three ladies need, Zuo Ling also needs to be purchased in batches in the mainland, and then transported to Datong, the three ladies also have a stronghold outside the customs to receive the goods, the two parties only exchange goods each time, and do not need to pay silver, which party gives more, and the other party wants to use physical supplies in the coming year.

"Well, that's good, you can get out of here when you're done, let's go back first." Besides.

"Why? Why can't we go back together? Zuo Ling didn't understand.

Besides, he once told her about this plan, asking her to return to the customs with the goods first, but she didn't know why it was arranged. She didn't want to go first, and there was always a sense of foreboding.

"I'm afraid that the war will start early, and once that happens, you won't be able to go back." Besides.

"But, just that we went back and you stayed here, what should we do?"

"We are not afraid, we are the people of the negotiation mission, there is the imperial court to provide us with protection, and the imperial court also has their people as hostages, and it is a big deal to exchange hostages. You go out of the customs in the name of trade, and you are not protected by the Ming court, and once you are detained, you really can't go back. Besides, explained.

Zuo Ling shook his head, he always felt that there was something wrong with his words, since there were hostages, why couldn't their safety be guaranteed? Only people from diplomatic missions are guaranteed? Do they still have to exchange hostages one-on-one?

Although he felt that it was wrong, Zuo Ling still did not have the intention of disobeying the situation and began to prepare for the return trip.

Besides, he has been staying in the big tent of the Chinese army for the past two days, and Xing Yuan has already given up to Zuo Ling and Li Xiangjun to live, and he is going to let them sit and go back when they go back, so that he doesn't have to swagger around with such a big gadget when he leaves.

Before leaving the customs, he had a strong premonition that this time he would probably not be able to return safely, and he had to use some extraordinary means to escape. Fortunately, Zhuo Maolin, who had been outside, came back at the last moment, and everything outside had been arranged, just waiting for the last extraordinary moment to come.

After three days, Zuo Ling and Li Xiangjun set off, this time not only the three ladies came to see them off, but even the king of Alta personally came forward to preside over the practice banquet, he was giving him a face, and he was also reminding him not to drag it out any longer, and the king of Alta really couldn't afford it.

The king of Altan was a khan who had grown up in war, and he was well versed in the military technique of fighting and negotiating.

As the days passed, he had to decide whether to launch an attack on Da Ming on time, and the forward troops had arrived at the intended location and were ready to go. However, he still wanted to wait for the results of the negotiations, and if the negotiations were good, the war could be stopped at any time, and he had the right to use it as a real combat exercise.

Sect Leader Zhao of the White Lotus Sect has come over frequently in the past two days, but he only discussed things with King Alta, and did not meet with him, and the holy woman never came, probably hiding somewhere to prevent chaos from devouring.

After sending Zuo Ling away, he breathed a sigh of relief, he had no worries, and now he could travel lightly. In addition to the personal guards of 3,000 personal soldiers, the rest of the men and horses were all led by Sun Hu to protect Zuo Ling and them back, after all, bandits were rampant on the grassland, and it was very dangerous to not have thousands of guards on the road.

"What's the matter, is His Highness Qincha still a little reluctant?" A voice rang in his ears.

Moreover, following the sound, it was the previous saintess with a group of maids standing not far away, also looking at the long convoy in the distance.

"Her Highness the Holy Maiden has also come to see them off? I would like to thank Her Highness for them. Besides, he was a little surprised.

"No, I was also entertained by two ladies at that time, and I should have done my best to be a landlord, but I didn't expect them to go so fast." The previous saint said with some regret.

"Public affairs are important, so private matters naturally have to be put aside." Besides, he laughed.

The third lady not far away saw the holy woman coming, turned around and left, without saying a word.

The previous saint actually wanted to come over to meet the third lady, she was arrogant, and it was impossible to apologize to the third lady, so she tried to ease the relationship in this way, but the third lady didn't give her a chance to reconcile at all.

"This kid is really stubborn." The previous saint said with a wry smile.

"This is all caused by you, if it weren't for you, this kid wouldn't have turned his face against me, and he still holds a grudge." The previous saint said hatefully.

"You still blame me? You're the one who killed me first. "And I almost screamed.

"Isn't it normal to kill you? You are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, don't you want to kill me for meritorious service? It is said that my head can be exchanged for the title of a marquis, right? The Virgin giggled.

"It's not now that I want to kill you, I'm just here to negotiate now, and everything else is put down." Besides, he said indifferently.

"How did our five holy envoys die? Can you tell me that I don't hold a grudge against you, but I'm just curious how they got into your hands so easily? The saint was a little speechless.

"This is a secret, please forgive me for not commenting." Besides, after saying that, he turned around and left.

He didn't want to say anything more to the previous saintess, there was nothing to talk about between the two, maybe after the negotiation, it would be really your death to meet again. As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he naturally has the responsibility to arrest the wanted criminals, and as for the meritorious service, the marquis or something, he doesn't care at all.

"Your Highness Qincha, can our negotiations begin?" The king of Alta came and asked.

"Okay, start the formal talks tomorrow." Besides.

"Okay, His Royal Highness is happy to do things." The king laughed and high-fived.

Moreover, he laughed loudly, and he could see that the king of Alta was almost mad. The praise of the king of Alta is actually insincere, is there a person in the world who can delay time more than this great Ming Qincha? The answer is, definitely not.

If the normal progress had followed, the negotiations would have ended a long time ago, but besides, they were stationed soon after leaving the customs, and then they did not move, and this delay was half a month, and the anxious king of Alta was like an ant on a hot pot, but he was helpless, and he could always find a suitable reason why he did not move the place.

"Your Highness Qincha, we have to talk about it someday." Zhao Quan came over wearing a brocade robe and smiled.

"What to talk about? We don't seem to have much to talk about. I once talked to Her Highness the Holy Maiden, but unfortunately it fell apart. Besides, he laughed.

"That's not sitting down to discuss, in fact, as long as everyone sits down and talks calmly, you can always find an accommodating solution."

"Well, I agree with the sect leader's words, this is also what I mean, but the price offered by the imperial court to your sect I think the saint must have explained it to you, it should be said that the conditions are very lenient and generous, but it also depends on what the sect leader thinks." Besides.

"What are you talking about?" The king of Alta was a little confused.

"The imperial court wants Sect Leader Zhao and the Holy Maiden to go back." Besides, he laughed.

"Go back, what's going to do? No way. The king of Alta immediately blurted out.

"You see, even the king of Alta knows that the idea of the imperial court will not work." Zhao Quan said with a smile.

"Then what are Sect Leader Zhao's conditions, I would like to hear it." Besides, he laughed.

"My conditions are very simple, the imperial court will immediately stop the arrest of all members of this religion, stop persecuting our holy religious personnel, and allow the holy religion to preach freely in the interior." Zhao Quandao.

"Absolutely impossible." Moreover, it is also a veto.

"You see, the price of both sides is too high, and the result is that we can't get along, so I said that we need to find time to sit down and talk about it one day and find a price that is acceptable to both parties." Zhao Quan laughed.

"Sect Leader Zhao, are you serious?" Besides, I wondered.

Although the asking price is too high, it is not impossible to agree, as long as they can swear not to rebel again, and no longer help King Altan to deal with Daming.

"I think these things should be put on the negotiation table and discussed slowly, don't worry." The king of Alta was on the sidelines.

Besides, I thought of a proverb, "Well, four taels of cotton and eight bows—let's talk about it." ”

King Altan didn't want the two of them to make any deal in private, and it was his wish that the affairs of the White Lotus Sect be brought to the negotiating table and become a weight for the Tartars.

Moreover, after returning home, all the officials were called for the last briefing before the negotiations.

"Gentlemen, formal negotiations will begin tomorrow, and I hope everyone will be in good spirits and ready to fight this battle." Besides, looking at the two lines of officials below, he said solemnly.

"Lord Chincha, is it necessary for us to go through all the terms of the negotiation in advance?" Ministry of Labor Lao Xu asked.

"It's too late to go through it, let's remember one principle, that is, without my nod, no clause can be passed. You can negotiate with them as much as you like, and the asking price may be higher, and we have more time, so we are not afraid that we will not be able to afford it. ”

Everyone laughed, the minister of the Qin mission was very beautiful outside the gate, and he was already the fast son-in-law of the two clans, and he firmly grasped a procrastination, and he could enter the cave room at any time.