Rather, the envoy of the empire muttered and said, "We would rather the empire can come up with twelve million taels of silver." Yuan Fang looked at the Liusang Empire.

The envoy of the Liusang Empire did not dare to hesitate and said, "Our Liusang Empire can give up to 10 million taels. ”

This figure made Yuan Fang a little surprised, before he offered the condition that the Liusang Empire would compensate fifteen million taels of silver, in fact, Yuan Fang felt that they could come up with five, seven or eight million taels and it would be the end, but he didn't expect this goods to be so frightened by himself that it actually broke out at a high price of 10 million taels, this is a windfall, it seems that the Liusang Empire is not as poor as he imagined.

Come to think of it, since the Liusang Empire can spend a lot of money to buy so many warships from the Wanliu Empire, how can it be short of money. Finally, Yuan Fang looked at the envoy of the Yuanhe Empire: "What about you, do you still insist on ten million taels?" ”

The envoy of the Yuanhe Empire sighed helplessly, and secretly sighed that political friendship is bullshit, none of the several so-called allies can be trusted, this is the first time that he betrayed the previous agreement, of course he will not be stupid enough to continue to insist alone, and said gloomily: "We, our Yuanhe Empire can give up to 25 million taels of silver, if Lord Yuan still feels that it is not enough, you can send someone to our Yuanhe Empire to check the treasury, or you can send troops to war, we really only have so much." ”

Yuan Fang nodded with satisfaction, and said to Yu Jingqiu beside him, "Have you written it down?" ”

Yu Jingqiu nodded, her eyes were full of surprise, she knew very well the economic situation of the Dongsheng Empire, but to what extent did the empire have money, if these countries could really come up with so much silver to compensate the empire at one time, it would not only solve the immediate need, but also greatly enrich the treasury and ensure that the finances would be worry-free for a few years or even more than ten years.

Yuan Fang continued: "Okay, the issue of compensation is settled, let's talk about the land cut." ”

The envoy of the Liusang Empire interjected, "Lord Yuan, can you take back the order you just gave first?" So as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings? ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, anyway, it will take them half a day to arrive, let's try to negotiate everything within this time, and I will order it again, it will be too troublesome." ”

The envoy of the Liusang Empire was depressed, is this still a negotiation? This is clearly a threat, the threat of Ci Luoluo, but what can he do if his strength is not as good as others, there is no other way than compromise.

Cutting land and reparations are the two most important contents of the armistice agreement, Yuan Fang attaches great importance to this, and only at the beginning of the negotiation, moreover, Yuan Fang summoned the envoys of the four countries to negotiate together, one is to save trouble, do not have to negotiate one by one, and let them weigh it themselves, or let them eat the dog first, you know, Yuan Fang is not unprepared at all, a few days ago he secretly met with the envoy of the Rather Empire, and gave the Rather Empire some preferential conditions, Rather the envoy of the empire is very clear about the affairs of his empire, knowing that the empire will change hands in the near future, and Dugu Zhen will inherit the throne, and Dugu Zhen has a good relationship with Yuan Fang, and he can't ask for it to be able to rely on this big tree, so he has become Yuan Fang's hole card, intending to make a move at a critical moment to win greater benefits for Yuan Fang, and he also got in touch with Dugu Zhen and asked for Dugu Zhen's meaning, and the bottom line of the empire was relaxed again, so that he had enough capital to squander and frame these negotiating allies.

The envoy of the Yuanhe Empire spoke first this time: "I have discussed the matter of cutting the land with our Majesty, Lord Yuan has asked for too much land in the five counties, which is half of the territory of our Yuanhe Empire, I believe that even if Your Majesty agrees, the people of the empire will not agree." ”

Seeing that Yuan Fang had the intention of being furious again, the envoy of the Yuanhe Empire hurriedly continued: "Although it is impossible to cut the land, our Yuanhe Empire can unconditionally lease the land to the two counties of your country for an indefinite period of time, this is the limit. ”

Yuan Fang pouted and said: "I can't get used to you guys the most, defeat is defeat, and you have to maintain face outside the words, is this interesting?" Still renting for an unconditional and indefinite period of time? Can we use this in the Dongsheng Empire? Two counties, we have now occupied the territory of your three counties, according to your meaning, do we have to return one of your counties? ”

The envoys of the Yuan and Empire did not dare to make any concessions on this issue, land is different from silver, and you can make more money if the money is gone, but if the land is gone, it will be difficult to come back, especially since the other party is still a military power with a strong air force.

The envoy of the Yuanhe Empire said with a solemn expression: "No matter what Lord Yuan thinks, we people are all for our country. ”

Yuan Fang pondered for a moment and said: "I can't embarrass you too much, since you have promised to come up with 25 million taels of silver just now, then I won't worry too much about the land, okay, according to what you said, the land of the two counties belongs to us, and the remaining county will let our troops withdraw after the negotiation is concluded and the two sides confirm the agreement, as for the people in the two counties close to us, we don't want any of them, and give you half a year to move them all." Also, this is land cession compensation, you must explain this in writing, as for how to declare the city to the outside world, I don't care, and I won't jump out of the matter, I can promise this. ”

The envoy of the Yuanhe Empire nodded dejectedly for a moment, cutting the land and paying compensation, which is a great insult, but what can he do? Before, they couldn't bear the threat of the Air Force, but now this guy in front of him actually has a virus weapon, he can't compromise it, he doesn't dare to take the risk of disobedience, and the Yuan and Empire don't dare to take risks, at least not now.

Yuan Fang looked at the envoy of the Rather Empire and said, "What about you? How many counties are you going to come up with? ”

The envoy of the Empire thought for a moment and replied: "We would rather the Empire be equally willing to give out the land of the two counties as compensation, but we want to keep the port of Kaiyang, do you think this will work, we will lease the northern part of Lihua County and the northern part of Guangyuan County, plus most of the land of Anping County to your country in the same form as the Yuan and Empire, okay?" ”

Yuan Fang frowned and thought about it, if it was according to what the other party said, it would be a long strip, a long strip between the empire and the Yuanhe empire, losing strategic depth, and it could be swallowed by the two at any time, if the air force is stationed there, it is more likely to be attacked by the two countries, this kind of mistake Yuan Fang will certainly not be stupid enough to agree, and was about to shake his head to refuse, the door was pushed open, Guan Xiaoyun hurriedly ran in, glanced at a few envoys and said to Yuan Fang: "Dean, I have something important to report." ”

Guan Xiaoyun was calm and calm, now that he was in such a hurry, Yuan Fang knew that something big must have happened, so after saying the money, he got up and took Guan Xiaoyun to the dining room next door.

Closing the door, Yuan Fang asked, "What happened?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Guan Xiaoyun took a few breaths and said, "Dean, I just received the news from Luo Siping that he found a fog stone mine in the southwest of Tianyu County in Jiyu County of the Yuanhe Empire. ”

Yuan Fang was taken aback when he heard this: "What did you say?" Fogstone Mine? Are you telling you true? ”

Guan Xiaoyun nodded and said, "This is the letter sent back by Luo Siping, you can take a look for yourself." Yuan Fang took the letter and read it carefully, and his expression became very solemn.

Luo Siping's letter said that he found a strange vein at the junction of Tianyu County and Liusha County of the Ningyuan Empire, and after many verifications, it was determined that it was a foggy stone mine, and now Luo Siping has controlled the local villagers, blocked the news, and urged Yuan Fang to send people over as soon as possible, whether to mine or destroy, as soon as possible, otherwise if the high-level of the Yuanhe Empire learns of this news, they will definitely rob it at any cost.

Yuan Fang's heart tightened, he also had the same worry, if the Yuan and Empire got the fog stone, with their background and financial resources, it wouldn't take long to develop a more powerful air force, and when the time came, would they still sit here and let themselves be blackmailed? They won't, they will continue to invade by force, this is inevitable, by that time, will the Dongsheng Empire still be able to withstand the behemoth of the Yuanhe Empire? The answer is no.

Yuan Fang took a deep breath and tried his best to keep himself calm, he wanted Sang Rou to come in with the map, but he still didn't do it, he was worried that he would be seen by the envoys of the Yuan and Empire, although this was unlikely, he couldn't take the risk. According to his memory, he found a chopstick and drew a sketch on the ground, staring at the general location of Tianyu County marked on the ground and fell into hard thought.