Chapter 484: Negotiating with the Great Song Mission

The next morning, the main members of the Great Song delegation came to the conference room to negotiate with the Seven Seas Company, and Cao Bin followed.

Na Zhe and Boris walked into the conference room and saw Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin talking in a whisper, and there were three officials from the Great Song Dynasty sitting next to them, who should be Xue Juzheng's deputies.

Na Zhe and Boris sat opposite Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin, with a huge wooden table in between.

Na Zhe picked up a piece of pastry from the plate on the table and ate it slowly.

Xue Juzheng frowned, this guy is really rude, these people are from businessmen, and they are indeed rude people.

Boris opened his mouth and said: "Xue Shilang, if you have anything, just say it directly, everyone's time is precious, so don't waste time." ”

Xue Juzheng stroked the beard on his chin and said in a deep voice: "On behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, I would like to ask the two of you, why did your Seven Seas Company capture Hangzhou City for no reason, and also capture the lord of Wu Yueguo, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses canonized by our Great Song Dynasty?" Do you want to be the enemy of my Great Song Dynasty? ”

Na Zhe chewed the pastry and said vaguely: "The matter between us and Wu Yueguo is about your big Song fart?" Are you dogs and rats, nosy? ”

Xue Juzheng was a little annoyed: "Wu Yue Kingdom is a subject country of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Yue Kingdom is attacked, and our Great Song Dynasty can't ignore it." Isn't it rude, sir, that you speak vulgarly? ”

Na Zhe snorted: "What about being rude, you bite me?" This is Lao Tzu's territory, and I can do whatever I want. ”

"What a vulgar, is this the attitude of Seven Seas? You don't want to talk about it anymore? ”

Boris said: "What is there to talk about, your Great Song Dynasty gathered the Southern Tang Dynasty, the traitor Qian Hongxin of Wu Yueguo, and Chen Hongjin of Quanzhou to attack our Seven Seas Company together. Why should we give you a good look? Now that you have been defeated, your 3,000 men and horses have been wiped out, and even the main general has been captured by us, do you still want to come here to shake your prestige? I don't know what to do! ”

Boris was very harsh, and Cao Bin lowered his head in shame.

Xue Juzheng's face turned pale with anger, "The Great Song Dynasty attacked you because of the war you provoked first, captured Hangzhou City, and captured the lord of Wu Yue. Are you still reasonable? ”

"Of course we are justified, it was Wu Yueguo who sent a warship to rob and kill our merchant ship first, and we are not allowed to take revenge? How can there be such a truth in the world? And you, the Great Song Dynasty, first occupied the Jinghu area for no reason the year before last, and then destroyed the Shu Kingdom this year. You Great Song Dynasty is the unstable factor in the world, you are full warmongers! Na Zhe said sharply.

Boris also began to mend the knife: "You generals of the Great Song Dynasty actually eat human flesh raw!" I don't need to tell who it is, do I? There is also Wang Quanbin, a brute, who was raped in Chengdu ~ adultery ~ adultery ~ captive ~ plunder, killing more than 20,000 soldiers who had laid down their arms and surrendered. How did Quan Shixiong's rebellion appear, I don't need to tell you, right? ”

Xue Juzheng was speechless by Boris's words, and his face turned red.

Na Zhe said proudly: "Xue Shilang, don't talk to us about moral issues, because you Da Song is not a good bird." Li Jilong's father Li Chuyun cannibalized people, Zhao Kuangyin's brother-in-law Wang Jixun also cannibalized people, and Wang Quanbin slaughtered unarmed prisoners of war in Shudi. The displaced people we have taken in in the past few years are all the sins of your Great Song Dynasty.

And our Seven Seas Company has taken in tens of thousands of homeless people and thousands of orphans in the past few years, how many times have we helped you wipe your buttocks? Therefore, your Great Song Dynasty is the cancer of the world, what qualifications do you have to question us? ”

Xue Juzheng's face turned blue for a while and turned white for a while, and he was so stunned by Na Zhe and Boris that he couldn't speak.

Several of the subordinates of the Great Song Dynasty showed indignant expressions on their faces, and they all wanted to open their mouths to reprimand Na Zhe and Boris.

Cao Bin waved his hand and stopped several subordinate officials.

He said with a ashamed face: "Hey, that sir, Mr. Bao, don't mention the past." Let's focus on the future, calm down and talk. ”

Na Zhe said: "Okay, General Cao, I'll give you face, let's talk." ”

Na Zhe moved his body a few times and found the most comfortable position.

"Your Great Song attacked the Seven Seas Company for no reason and caused us huge losses, so you have to compensate us. In this way, you can pay compensation for the land. You cede Yangzhou City to Seven Seas Company, and pay us another 5 million pieces of silver, and we will settle it in two. ”

Xue Juzheng and Cao Bin glanced at each other, both dumbfounded, this guy is too shameless! It is unbearable to dare to put forward such conditions to the Great Song Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to agree to such conditions!

Xue Juzheng said sharply: "This is impossible, Da Song will not agree to your blackmail." Hmph, you still want the Great Song Dynasty to cede Yangzhou City and pay five million in compensation? How bold you are! ”

Boris stared at Xue Juzheng's eyes and said, "Xue Shilang, if you Great Song Dynasty don't cede Yangzhou City to us, then we will take it ourselves." You also know how effective our company is at Seven Seas. We captured the city of Hangzhou in only one day, and we also defeated the more than 20,000 defenders of Wu Yueguo.

How many defenders are there in Yangzhou City now? Will you be able to withstand our attacks? I know that Yangzhou City is the richest city in the Great Song Dynasty, if we take Yangzhou City down and empty Yangzhou City, the income will not be less than five million, right? Think about it, and don't be unpredictable. ”

Cao Bin couldn't help but fight a cold war, now the defenders of Yangzhou City, not even 5,000 people, will definitely not be able to resist the attack of the Seven Seas Company. If people really attack Yangzhou City, then the loss of the Great Song Dynasty will be too great!

The history of the founding of Yangzhou can be traced back to more than 400 years B.C., in the Spring and Autumn Period, called "Hanyue" (after the establishment of the Han State, the Han State was one of the Fang States of the Zhou Dynasty, and was destroyed by Wu and built the capital of Wu).

In the Qin and Han dynasties, it was called "Guangling", "Jiangdu", etc., the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties placed "Southern Yanzhou", and in the Zhou Dynasty, it was called "Wuzhou". During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were thirteen thorn history departments in the country, including the Yangzhou Thorn History Department, the Eastern Han Dynasty was located in Liyang (now Anhui and County), and the last years of the government moved to Shouchun (now Shou County, Anhui) and Hefei (now the northwest of Hefei City, Anhui). During the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Wu each placed Yangzhou, Wei's seat of governance was in Shouchun, and Wu's seat of governance was in Jianye (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). After the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, the governance office was still in Jianye (once renamed Jianye, and later renamed Jiankang, now Nanjing).

In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty, Wuzhou was changed to Yangzhou, but the governor's office was still located in Danyang (now Nanjing).

In the eighth year of Tang Gaozu Wude (625), the Yangzhou administrative office was moved from Danyang to Jiangbei. In the first year of Zhenguan of Taizong of Tang Dynasty (627), the whole country was divided into 10 provinces, and Yangzhou belonged to Huainan Province. In the first year of Xuanzong Tianbao (742), Yangzhou was changed to Guangling County. In the first year of Su Zongqian's reign (758), Guangling County was restored to Yangzhou. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Jianghuai was in turmoil. In the second year of Zhaozong Tianfu (902), Huainan Jiedu made Yang Xingmi be crowned King of Wu in Yangzhou. In the sixteenth year of Tianyou (919), Yang Wei (Longyan, the second son of Yang Xingmi) officially established the state of Wu, with Jiangdu as the national capital, Yangzhou as Jiangdu Prefecture, and Yuan Wuyi. In the third year of Wu Tianzuo (937), the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed Wu, with Jinling (now Nanjing) as the national capital and Yangzhou as the eastern capital. In the fifteenth year of the Southern Tang Dynasty (957), the capital of Jiang was still Yangzhou after the Zhou Dynasty.

In Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, agriculture, commerce and handicrafts were quite developed, and a large number of workshops and handicraft workshops appeared. It is not only "rich in the world" between Jianghuai and Huaihuai, but also the largest metropolis in southeast China, and is sometimes known as "Yangyi Yiyi" (Yizhou is now Chengdu).

Yangzhou is the transportation center of grain, grass, salt, money and iron in the north and south and an important port for domestic and foreign transportation.

In the water and land transportation network centered on Chang'an, Yangzhou has always played the role of a hub and center. As an important port for foreign transportation, Yangzhou has set up a special envoy to manage foreign exchanges and friendly exchanges. In the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou and Dashi (Arabia) had frequent exchanges. The number of expatriates living in Yangzhou is thousands. Persians, Dashi, Balomins, Kunlun, Silla, Japan, Goryeo and other Chinese became merchants living in Yangzhou.

Therefore, Yangzhou City is very important to the Great Song Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to cede it to the Seven Seas Company.

Na Zhe straightened up and continued to threaten: "You have to think about it, our fleet can attack the coastal cities of the Great Song Dynasty at will. From Dengzhou in the north to Yangzhou, we can attack at any time. If the Great Song Dynasty does not cede the land and pay compensation, we will take it ourselves, and then how big the loss of the Great Song Dynasty will be, you should think about it. ”

Cao Bin and Xue Juzheng were both frightened, and the threat of the Seven Seas Company was not just talk. They have an invincible fleet at sea, and they can attack anytime and anywhere along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty. And the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty are too far away at all, and they will definitely not be able to hold these thousands of miles of coast.

Cao Bin was a little desperate, his face was pale, his lips trembled and he said:

"Then sir, Mr. Bao, I hope you don't do this. Can everything be discussed? ”

Xue Juzheng roared: "Cao Bin, you traitor, what is there to discuss, absolutely not." I, Da Song, will not cede an inch of land, and will not pay them a penny. You're going to die of this heart! ”

Cao Bin lowered his head and whispered, "Xue Shilang, I don't want to do this either." But what can my Great Song use to resist the fleet of the Seven Seas? Can you tell me okay? ”

Xue Juzheng was speechless for a moment, and he didn't know what to say. Several of the subordinate officials of the Great Song Dynasty looked at each other, and no one had any way to refute Na Zhe and Boris.

Na Zhe stood up, glanced at Boris, and then said in as soft a tone as possible: "In this way, we will not push you too much, you should think about it." If you can't be the master, you can send someone back to Bianliang City to ask Zhao Kuangyin. Farewell! ”