Chapter 383: A Difficult Negotiation
On the banks of the Bianshui River in the new Bianjing City, on the banks of the Bianshui River, the Federal Empire and the negotiating team engaged in secret negotiations with the Negotiators of the Great Song Dynasty.
The whole negotiation process was full of gunpowder.
The two sides sat on the left and right sides of a long table, one side was a water of the purple official robes of the Great Song Dynasty, which were obviously above the third grade; On one side is the black official uniform of the Federal Empire, and their rank is not visible from the surface of the uniform.
The long table was covered with a fuchsia cotton and linen tablecloth, and at both ends of the long table were small national flags from both sides.
The flag of the Great Song Dynasty is printed with the red Song character on the side of the red flying cloud flame, while the flag of the Federal Empire is still rectangular with the bronze character Shang.
In fact, the Great Song Dynasty did not have the so-called national flag at all, but due to the numerous ceremonial activities at all levels of the Great Song Dynasty government, their various flags have never been missing.
There are many styles of sun and moon flags, flying dragons, flying phoenixes, flying leopards, and flying tiger flags------
When the Federal Empire unequivocally launched its own national flag, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty government thought that the Great Song Dynasty should also have its own national flag, so they brought the military flag of the Great Song Dynasty and added some flying clouds and flames around it, which was regarded as a symbol of the Great Song Dynasty.
In the same way, they also erected a high flagpole at the main entrance of the Great Song Palace, and every morning they played music to rise, and in the evening they played music to descend.
The army of the Great Song Army was changed to a new style of Flying Tiger with a Song character; The water army's is a flying dragon with a Song character.
This is a bit of an imitation of the Federal Empire, but no one in the Great Song Dynasty officials cares, and the military song of the Federal Empire still uses our Yue Wumu's words.
Of course, these are details and are not important.
What matters is what is negotiated.
The members of the negotiating team of the Great Song Dynasty government consisted of Chen Yizhong, the new prime minister, Zhang Jian, the envoy of the Privy Council, the three envoys, and their deputies.
In terms of age, the age of the Great Song Negotiating Group is basically two times that of the Federal Imperial Negotiating Group.
It seems that the grandchildren are arguing with the grandparents.
The third envoy took the lead in attacking the first article of the negotiation------ this is no wonder he was angry, this group of milky little dolls actually wanted to suppress the Da Song banknotes to a place of four to one, and how many banknotes my Da Song printed even had to inform them and discuss with them!
It's tolerable, it's unbearable!!
How dare a small overseas country make such a mistake!!
Gu Jianshan, the Minister of Finance of the Federal Empire, patiently listened to the white-bearded old man on the other side roar, and did not pay attention to the spit Xingzi splashed on the tablecloth.
He stooped down and pulled out a folder from his purse of papers under the long table, and pulled out a copy of the materials and some photographs from it.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gu Jianshan said calmly:
"In the three years from 126 to 12 alone, the average growth rate of the Great Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue was only 11 percent------ and the amount of money printed each year reached more than four times the annual growth!
This is the data published in your newspaper------ you are looking at the exchange level of the private shops in the Great Song Dynasty------"
The materials and photographs went back and forth between the purple-robed officials.
They saw the detailed figures, and also saw that the exchange numbers of the Great Song Dynasty banknotes and the federal empire banknotes were hung at the doors of the private shops, and the lowest reached six to one!
"Haha, what's the use of that?!" The white beard of the third envoy trembled, and said, "That's just a foolish people's reckless behavior, how can you get this table to speak?!" ”
The Minister of Finance, Gu Jianshan, took out another photo and said, "This is the door of the gold shop of the three envoys------ family."
The crowd saw it again, and the photo showed that the gold shop of the Three Envoy families only accepted six to one exchanges------
The old man blushed and was speechless for a while.
His deputy immediately jumped up and howled, "So how many banknotes have you printed?!" ”
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gu Jianshan said calmly: "We have printed banknotes that are 4.5 times the economic growth rate------
Zhang Jian, the envoy of the Privy Council, sneered: "Hmph, only the state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps------ we haven't printed more this year, and you obviously have printed more than my Great Song!" ”
"Indeed it is! However, we can still provide equivalent materials and precious metals------ from the issuance to the present, our banknotes can still buy the same grain, gold and silver at face value, and can be exchanged for the same copper coins------ can the banknotes of the Great Song Dynasty?! ”
Well, this is a fact------ if you use the purchasing power of paper money to buy, the price of grain will skyrocket.
The third envoy relieved himself and said, "If it was like this three years ago, why are you only proposing it now?!"
It is clear that you have ulterior motives, you want to destroy the hard-won stable situation, and want to suppress the economic development of my Great Song Dynasty------ are you watching my Great Song Dynasty getting richer and richer to suppress the Great Song Dynasty?!
The old man is here to tell you, little baby, I have the same desires from top to bottom, and I am not afraid of intimidation and threats!
I have been in the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, with a population of 17 million, so why be afraid of a small country with a population of only a few million and only a few million years since the founding of the country!
If you are not satisfied, you and I will never have any more business with you from now on! ! ”
Chen Yizhong, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, shuddered for a moment, and he alone knew why the negotiations were being held this time, and what the final bottom line of the negotiations was.
No trade with the Federal Empire, never again------ this is absolutely impossible!
But he forcibly pretended to be indifferent, and watched the other party's reaction quietly------ if these words could really scare the other party and force the other party to make some concessions, it would also be excellent.
The Minister of Finance, Gu Jianshan, smiled, he knew that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty never talked about data or logic------ and if they could not face the arguments of reality, they would start to mess around, punish their hearts, fight back, intimidate and let go of all their ------ but they thought it was a manifestation of the art and wisdom of negotiation.
And only the arguments, not the arguments.
Your country has a long history and a large population, this is a fact, but what does it have to do with the exchange of banknotes that we are talking about??
Disrupt the hard-won stability and suppress your economic development?
In the past, you found out that you could print more banknotes to take advantage of trading with us, and now you won't let you take advantage of it, so you will scold us?!
When the Minister of Finance Gu Jianshan was thinking about how to fight back, the deputy of the third envoy said gloomily: "Don't forget----- you used to be a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty, don't wear the different clothes of the Fan Kingdom and don't have the heart of the Great Song Dynasty------"
Well, the matter of printing more banknotes can be related to my origins.
The white beard of the third envoy trembled again, and said: "His style is right, his character is naturally right, and his words will conform to the principles of heaven and people, if not------ hehe!" ”
The Minister of Finance, Gu Jianshan, didn't react for a while, tasted it, and was furious, you old guy, you actually knew about my affair back then!
What the hell did I do back then has to do with what happened now?!
What kind of bullshit logic is this, is there a little causality?!
Commerce Minister Guo Ziren pulled the corner of his clothes under the table, calm down, calm down!
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gu Jianshan nodded, smiled, and said, "Can I smoke a cigarette?" ”
The purple-robed people on the opposite side nodded.
The ministers of the Federal Empire lit cigarettes, and the purple-robed men took out their cigarette pouches and pots.
It's going to be a long battle filled with the smell of tobacco.
ps: Thank you for the tips of Australian Lao Wu, Lao Jiang, and Big Brother Xin.