Chapter 723: Strange Dream 3
Hearing the name of Boluo Club again, I couldn't help but sigh a little and? Hush and a little vigilant, I didn't expect that in the territory of a big feudal family like Anton Da Luo, he could also play an influential and role.
But it's also true that as one of the forces active among the three feudal clans in the East China Sea, and as one of the few powerful feudal clans in Anton, how could there be no contact and contact in private
And these escort forces I brought with me are more or less targeted and precautionary. Despite Anton Roche's best assurances and promises, it is clear that there is nothing safer than being in an army.
Because, according to the little information that has been collected so far, at least such a little-known Boluo Society, at least in the past twenty or thirty years or even earlier, many disputes and incidents, large and small, have been involved and implicated.
I have to guard against the frontal can't do it, the back stabbing the knife and poisoning the other tactics, money and connections may not be able to resist the violent methods of the army, but if it is converted into poison and daggers, it is still a little unguardable.
But I didn't expect the other party to stay behind the scenes, and took the initiative to jump in front of me. Well, I decided to hear what the other side was talking about.
Soon after, behind the hidden screen, I met a tall, thin, feminine-looking middle-aged scribe.
"What do you want to wait for, send them to the door to find death?"
Xue Huiyan, who was in charge of negotiating outside, sneered
"It's just for a little misunderstanding when I was in Haidong, and I hope to be able to be tolerant and forgiving......"
The person who came didn't seem to care, and said solemnly
"This time, I specially invited Roche's stakeholders to ask for this opportunity to explain face-to-face......
"Wait until you and the people behind you are torn to pieces, and then you can be tolerant and forgiving......"
Xue Huiyan, who was instructed by me, sneered coldly.
"If the villain dies, if you can exchange your understanding and dialogue, you will naturally not hesitate to ......."
The face of the person who came remained unchanged.
"After all, the proprietor of my family and the club to which I belong are all businessmen who are bent on running and seeking profits......"
"Hide behind the scenes and do something shady...... Serious businessman......"
Xue Huiyan interrupted him impatiently again
"Even if you have to do some sinister things, those are just expedient means to protect yourself......
He paused, then continued with a bit of spontaneous spontaneity
"After all, business and output are the key directions for my generation......
"Therefore, I hope to be able to obtain the understanding of Huaizhen......"
"Let the two sides take their own advantage and there will be no more strife......
"You're thinking about something wonderful......"
Xue Huiyan is now colorful,
"And please be perfect, Lord...... Corresponding compensation and remuneration"
When the person who came said this, he was already nodding his head with a very low posture.
"Naturally, the Association will do its best to produce ......".
Of course, after thinking about it, I still didn't kill people on the spot, or detain them and torture them severely. Because it doesn't make much sense.
This rash but brief contact between the other party seems to be just to initially show a certain attitude, or to declare a certain sense of existence and hidden strength, or purely to paralyze us.
Of course, the other party never mentioned the group of people who were captured by me in Jeolla Province as Qu Lianlong's subordinates.
Just hinted at it slightly, the family business of the Boluo Society is so big, and among the many people below, there are inevitably some people who advocate for it.
Either the other party doesn't care about the gains and losses of this batch of manpower at all; Either they belong to different factions and interests, positions, and so on. Or is it still the same sentence, and there are other plans for it.
After all, compared to the status of the mature woman Qu Lianlong on Liangshan. There are few important subordinates with such a background as Gu Nianqiu. From their appearance to related skills and knowledge, there should be no shortage of resources required for training.
Not to mention those who were drawn from other places, each with their own expertise to work with his counterparts. It is also a large investment, and it is not easy to take it out of those ordinary princes' families.
To be honest, I can't wait to tell the news to the toy Ah Qiu, and then look at the expression on her face, it must be a lot of fun.
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And near the hotel near the city wall in Liaojun City, it has been tightly surrounded by soldiers on the third floor and the outer three floors, or it is protected and monitored.
As part of the doors and windows are still embers, the Xue Legation is stationed. In private, the faces of the members of the mission were still a little unsightly, not just because they had been attacked. There is also a sense of unease and pessimism about the difficulty of controlling the direction of the situation.
Compared with the large family and the loose distribution of clansmen and vassals, the Xue family has been on the front line of confrontation for a long time, and under the casualties and sacrifices of the past dynasties, the family members are relatively few and much more sophisticated, and they are more united under the gradual feudal town, and they are full of a certain military style.
As is the case with the Luo family, there was also a lot of noise and opposition within the Xue family this time.
Even Xue Dingbang himself, who is the internal ruler and the chief envoy, is not entirely willing to make peace and compromise with the feud of Roche. However, this is a strategy that has long been established during the lifetime of the old Linggong of this family, and has been planned for a long time, and has been supported and authorized by the local forces represented by the extremely powerful man.
In fact, this plot and plot had already begun to operate at the moment when the northern country was in danger of being destroyed.
And then step by step to the present, after the death of Lao Linggong, even the obviously weak backbone, or several branches full of strife, there is no way to resist it, at least for now.
After all, as the first line of confrontation and attack against the princes of Andong, with the current system of the Xue clan that has been reduced to a feudal town, there may still be the strength to fight a war, but in the case that the Hebei and Pinglu provinces in the rear are in tatters and chaos, and cannot provide sufficient support, there are no more resources and manpower to hold on for a long time.
Therefore, under the circumstance that the defense of the territory is unable to obtain a long-term confrontation advantage, it seems that the only choice and way out is to give up some things that cannot be kept at all, obtain the conditions for peace with Luo, and then obtain breakthroughs and compensation from other directions.
And the three states ceded by the Xue clan have long been dilapidated and difficult to defend in the long-term wars and conflicts.
Therefore, it was reluctantly conceded, and the impact on the strength of the main body was limited. But for the Luo clan, who had not recovered long after the defeat, and for the lord of the Xinyiren domain, it was an irresistible bait and temptation.
It's just that Xue's only additional condition is that on the grounds of fear of bloody retaliation that may get out of control, those front-line troops led by the Dongning Army cannot take over.
And the specific handover and defense must be led and responsible by the army from the Luo clan, which is a certain key.
It's just that even if the Xue clan ceded the land of Sanzhou, it still possessed the Central Plains Roads and entered the Liaoxi Corridor, an important passage for the northeastern feudal states.
In this long strip of coastal plains, there are at least seven large cities and more than a dozen forts, which is the shortest, the closest, and most convenient passage connecting Pinglu and Andong Road.
Therefore, after the Andong princes led by the Xue clan joined the Northern Dynasty, even if they were suppressed for a long time, they still received strong support from the Northern Dynasty and always stood tall.
If the princes of Anton wanted to form an alliance to invade the Central Plains, they could only detour to the grasslands outside the mountains from the north, and try to seek a breakthrough from the Datong front, during which they had to invade and penetrate the territories of many grassland princes.
Some of the long-standing contradictions and grudges have also laid long-term roots.
In the time that followed, I again showed a certain lack of interest, and after the attitude of wanting to leave, I got a new proposal from Roche,
This proposal is even better, it is actually quite intimate, or rather, it is to its liking, on the pretext of temporarily borrowing a resting place to rest and dry, the narrowest part of the southwest tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, including most of Jili Prefecture and its port, are leased to the jurisdiction and operation of the ship group to which Huaidong belongs.
In exchange for the forces to which Huaidong belongs, it is one of the relevant basic guarantee conditions to borrow troops to participate in the handover process of Xue's strike and peace, as well as the subsequent military operations.
is the so-called sky-high starting price, landing to pay back, but here it is upside down. But the reason is the same, if you want to use Huaidong's signboard and power, it is not cheap at all.
After all, now I have no direct need and need, and Da Luo's request is obviously in the case of me. It's good to sit on the ground and start the price.
Therefore, after discussing with the staff group around me, I sent back the preliminary revised plan.
This place, which belonged to the later Dalian City, was still the most barren area on the peninsula, and there was no one, and the population was almost all concentrated near the coastal port area, and the main value for the feudal family was only a transit point for sea and land trade.
Therefore, among the many additional conditions I have added is the nearby sea area.
There is very little flat land available in this area, and the population is quite limited, but with the nearby sea and islands, it is completely different.
It is an important fishing ground and a source of salt. The Bohai Sea has fertile water quality, high nutrient content, and abundant bait organisms, which is the cradle of the Yellow Bohai Sea fishery, so it is called the "cornucopia". In the vicinity of Dalian Bay, economic species such as prawns, hairy shrimp, small yellow croaker, and hairtail fish have the highest output.
In later generations, China's largest salt production base, among China's four major salt producing areas, there are three in the Bohai Sea: Changlu (Cangzhou, Hebei), Liaodong Bay, and Laizhou Bay.
There is also the potential of fruit trees and livestock farming in the mountains, which can be tapped. However, it takes enough time and scale to produce results.
However, it is clear that Anton Roche has always focused on the output of inland plain land and mines, and has not had the technology and vision to excavate and utilize it.
In other words, years of conquest have seriously limited their vision and requirements.