Chapter 258: Agreement

After a little while, . . .

"Canghuai, don't do this, no matter how serious the matter is, you always have to deliver a message to the old man first, right? It's like this, why bother? Chang Hongquan said with a wry smile.

"Lord Wang, no matter what, this is also the reason why the people in my house have been bullied, and there is absolutely no reason to ask you for help. Besides, don't you know me, lord? Since someone dares to stretch out his hand to my people, if they don't tremble so majesticly, life will not be easy in the future. Ye Tao was relaxed.

Chang Hongquan said repeatedly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." I'm asking Sun Jin to tell His Majesty about Chen Kai's identity, and we haven't talked about his affairs yet. This time it was just too unexpected. ”

When Ye Tao heard this, he felt a little funny in his heart. In the current situation, I'm afraid Chang Hongquan is even more depressed than himself. He obviously hadn't reported Chen Kai's identity and the matter of the Zanglong Box to his brother, the current Lord of Chunnan. Whether Chang Hongquan is trying to make himself reap the benefits first, or for the sake of being a strange commodity at a critical moment in the future, this time it was in vain. And judging from the current situation, it must be someone with a high status in his house who leaked Chen Kai's identity. Ma Kun is not very bold, I am afraid that he may not really know how important Chen Kai is, but at least he acquiesced to the people under him to do things. And his ignorance is just for his own ease of getting out in the future.

Ma Kun is not a general, and in fact, the position of governor of the forbidden army does not require high command skills. In this regard, Chunnan and Dongping are very different. In the Dongping Forbidden Army, there are many outstanding young generals, who are very capable of fighting and daring to fight, especially after suffering heavy casualties, their resilience is definitely better than that of the Blood Qi Army. And Ma Kun, the governor of the forbidden army, uses his meticulous loyalty and his very affinity to manage the method, which is easy to make the complex force of the forbidden army stable and stable. Not easy to go wrong. Ma Kun is a person who knows how to deal with people, perhaps, this time he didn't want to offend anyone too much, but he offended Ye Tao greatly.

Chang Hongquan didn't care what would happen to Ma Kun, but he was a little puzzled about which of those people could send Ma Kun. However, he cares very much about the presence of spies in his house. In particular, there are only a few people who know Chen Kai's identity. And these people are very clear about the various arrangements in their own mansions. Many of his actions are for self-preservation. But if it falls into the eyes of others and is given tangible evidence, it will inevitably make waves again.

"Canghuai, no matter what, in Yuhang, at this time, there is really any conflict, and everyone is not benefited. I know it's impossible to persuade you to just remove your staff. Let's take a step back. Restrain the sons and daughters under your hands and stay. I'll be here with you to wait for Your Majesty's Holy Judgment, how about it? Chang Hongquan said.

"Okay." Ye Tao agreed very casually, and Ye Tao's voice just fell. One of the guards standing in the doorway clenched his fist and turned to give the order.

The soldiers of the elite cavalry team and the special battalion who received the order happily camped on the spot, and confronted the soldiers of the Yushan camp with their hands. There were even quite a few soldiers of the special battalion. There was a clear expression of disappointment, as if they were sorry for the rigors they had undergone in urban and street warfare that had never had the opportunity to be tested in battle. This belligerent attitude, and the tone of not taking Chunnan's allies to heart at all, made several captains of the Yushan battalion hate it.

However, something unexpected happened. In the Forbidden Governor's Palace. Ye Tao actually said to Chang Hongquan: "Since being idle is idle, let's summon our staff and talk about the agreement here." Anyway, it's armaments and other things, it's very simple, so don't find another time to talk about it. ”

On the side, Ma Kun, who didn't know how to be good, immediately squirted out a sip of tea. Is this really a good time to negotiate an agreement?

But Chang Hongquan's reaction made Ma Kun almost sip tea again. After Chang Hongquan thought about it, he actually sent someone to ask His Majesty, and then, His Majesty, the lord of the country, really sent a negotiation team, including the three Shangshu, in a short period of time.

Since Ye Tao had already made it a point, it was impossible to send troops to coordinate. Now we are going to discuss the procurement and distribution of armaments, and a whole host of related secrecy, payment, transportation, maintenance, training, and so on. Regarding the obviously large purchase quantity proposed by Chunnan, Ye Tao actually agreed directly.

Yu Gong, this is the largest armaments purchase order in the history of Dongping, and the comprehensive effect of the industrial chain at all levels is immeasurable; Yu Zhi, although he would not get even a rebate of one or two silver from such a large trade, but how many things in the purchase list need to be executed by Ye's workshop, Ye Tao can see it very clearly.

Medium-sized ballistas and stuff. Ye's workshop has been all sent to the Gao family, the master family and other workshops to do it. Even some metal parts and wooden components that do not require high precision are now sent out to merchants who have the ability to process them, as well as ordnance workshops affiliated to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But those heavy ballistas, those are associated with the use of ballistas. The range measuring ruler, parabolic calculator and other precision instruments that Chunnan is eager to make are extremely longing, and now Ye's Workshop also wants to outsource, but even Dongping, which has a very developed technology, can't find anyone who dares to take this kind of work.

Chunnan's great effort into Xiling's strategy this time can be seen from the number of telescopes they purchased. Since the lenses of telescopes are made of natural colorless and transparent crystal, the price remains high. However, this time, Chunnan purchased 250 monoculars of the same model as those used by the Dongping military one after another, and 20 binoculars with a wide field of view and better observation performance were also purchased.

In addition to the fact that there is no nitrogen-filled process and no lens coating, the binoculars are extremely powerful: aspherical ground lenses, manual focus rings, built-in reversible scales and even distance projection markings on the scales. This numerical projection logo is just a small trick, just an internal linkage mechanism. Due to the various states of the telescope, at least the distance of the focal point can be known, and through an internal mechanical linkage mechanism, a small piece of light from the ground phosphorite emitted a faint blue light will be inside. Connecting it with a metal sheet with openwork numbers that slides left and right can achieve a very magical effect of projecting transparent blue numbers on the field of vision. Is it reliable? In the not too harsh conditions of use, in fact, it is quite reliable. At least these expensive binoculars are now the favorite of many of the Nanami Trading's merchant ships and captains of warships, and only the first-class captains can get one. Due to the low yield of this kind of telescope and the cumbersome production process, the current unit price of each telescope is 17,000 taels, which is still Ye Tao's part of the Seven Seas Trading Company. Discounted prices for in-house purchases. But the problem is that most people think that Ye Tao's price is very, very kind. God knows that for each pair of binoculars, the gross profit of Yip's workshop is more than 13,000 taels.

As for the order for Mars bombs, which seem to be filled with a lot of swimming pools, Chunnan's imitation is already a bit eyebrow-raising, but there is still a big gap between the power and the East Plains production, and the key problem is not the quantity and price, but the storage and transportation. Regarding Ye Tao's suggestion to let the two firms, FedEx and DHL World Express, deliver fire oil bombs and Mars bombs in batches, Chunnan seems to be very unacceptable. They repeatedly dwelled on safety issues along the way. and the security of the transportation place, and at one time put forward the plan of letting the army escort it. However, Chunnan also had to admit that it was indeed very hidden to let the two transport companies transport it, and they could unknowingly complete the work of front-line hoarding. When Chunnan learned that FedEx was the first choice for veterans of the Blood Qi Army to work after retiring. The whole system is very formalized and militarized, and DHL Tiandi Express is an attempt for those tribes on the Benwolf Plains to integrate into the economic life of the Central Plains, and many of them are the number one shooters and warriors in the tribe, and they have put aside their doubts. Instead, consider another question: whether all deliveries can be brought to them.

Ye Tao didn't have any opinions, but he just felt that he should ask FedEx and DHL World Express for a big rebate each after he went back. If the entire land and things included in the agreement between the two countries are transported by them, then these two Ye Tao will probably smile crookedly when they look at the established logistics companies.

It is not surprising that Chunnan has no counterfeit products in the procurement of armaments from the Eastern Plains, and what attracted Ye Tao's deep attention is that Chunnan's purchase of infantry, cavalry, and archer equipment is too large. Although Chunnan's original army was slightly less equipped than Dongping, it was also well prepared. And Chunnan already has tens of thousands of people equipped, especially the forbidden army and the border army. They have all been replaced with things purchased from Dongping. At that time, it was still when Concubine Lian had just married Dongping, and the land agreement was concluded, and the price of weapons and equipment was very favorable, and Dongping had almost no profits. If you add the number in this agreement, it is enough to redress all the current regular troops in Chunnan. But what about the original equipment? Is Chunnan preparing for a big expansion? But the officials who came with Dongping this time suggested that Ye Tao also agree. So, Ye Tao did not refuse. These officials are also guys with at least the rank of squire, and they had been instructed by Tan Xiaopei before they set off: No matter what armament Chunnan wants, no matter how much he wants. As long as the price bites. It's okay to say yes.

Not far from the Forbidden Governor's Palace, the soldiers of the two countries faced each other. And in the Forbidden Army Governor's Palace. Negotiators from both countries are also pitting each other. Both sides did not give in to each other until more than two hours had passed...... Everyone was so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. After the draft agreement was almost implemented, Ye Tao stood up calmly.

In this comprehensive agreement, which totaled more than 15 million taels of silver and was to be implemented over the next four years, Chunnan and Dongping each had their own place, and slightly favored Chunnan. After all, before the Northern Liao was resolved, it was still very important to try to maintain Chunnan as an ally. And Chunnan, after getting these weapons, armor, ordnance, war horses, and complete heavy ordnance training and cavalry training, the combat effectiveness will be very significantly improved.

Ye Tao asked Chang Hongquan more and more confidently at this time: "Lord Wang, now this matter is done." After the terms of the document were drawn up, the two Majesties read it. Then, there is the issue of urging implementation. However, it has been so long. Don't be disturbed during the negotiation, now you can always urge and hand over Chen Kai. ”

"Since ......you have been standing at the door, Ma Kun, who has been standing at the door and paying attention to the news from all parties at any time, hurriedly took over the topic and replied: "Lord Wang, Ye Jingluo, Mr. Chen is resting in the side hall now." ”

Chen Kai was handed back to Ye Tao. Now Chen Kai really needs to rest, from being taken into the dungeon until more than an hour ago, he has endured many kinds of torture that does not seem to leave any traces, but has great pain. Now his face was extremely pale.

"Today's Events...... He will be rewarded in the day. When leaving, Ye Tao arched his hand at Ma Kun and said, "General Ma should not be involved, but please bring this sentence for me." ”