Stern Haoran was not in a hurry in the face of Ye Shaolong's questioning, and a smug smile appeared on his old face: "Because we are one of the eight countries, does Ye Shuai think this news is reliable?" ”

The Eight-Nation Alliance was actually plotting to attack him, and Ye Shaolong was indeed shocked. Although he had had some troubles with foreigners before, it did not lead them to unite against him.

Although Yejiabao has developed rapidly, it has always been a low-key development. Since taking the capital and Tianjin, it has never expanded outward, and there is no reason why the coalition forces will suddenly unite against themselves.

There were even greater doubts in his heart, Ye Shaolong immediately turned cold, this Stern Haoran in front of him was right, but he couldn't easily believe him.

"The Eight-Nation Coalition is coming against me, for whatever reason. I'm curious, why did you Netherlands come to me for cooperation? Ye Shaolong was still calm.

Stern Haoran obviously also saw that Ye Shaolong was very suspicious of what he said, and he simply told Ye Shaolong everything after thinking about it.

It turned out that since the foreigners lost and retreated outside the capital, they have been paying attention to the Yejiabao forces. Seeing Ye Jiabao's rapid development, combined with the previous experience of defeating under his hands, these foreigners were very scruples about Ye Shaolong.

The defeat of the Japanese invaders attacking Tianjin City from the sea once again proved the strength of the Yejiabao army, causing these foreigners to be unable to sit still.

If they can't even lock up the Ye Jiabao army at sea, Ye Shaolong will definitely be their biggest threat in the future. Instead of letting Ye Shaolong grow slowly, it is better to nip this threat in the bud while the foreigners are sure now.

The threat from Ye Shaolong was felt by all foreigners, so they hit it off. immediately sat down to talk, and soon reached a unanimous decision to remove Ye Shaolong's stubborn nail.

The coalition forces attacking Ye Shaolong can be quickly unified, but when interests are involved, it is not so smooth.

In troubled times, whoever has a big fist will naturally get more benefits. But this time, there is an exception among foreigners, and that is the Netherlands.

The Netherlands suffered heavy losses because of the last two confrontations with Ye Shaolong, and it has not fully recovered until now. As a result, they have hardly been able to reap any benefits in this distribution of benefits.

With only 2,000 troops left, the Netherlands was almost excluded by people from other countries. If it weren't for the fact that the Netherlands themselves were not weak, they could have bypassed the Netherlands.

And it is precisely because of this that the Netherlands, which was originally a powerful country, was excluded like this in this matter. The Dutch supreme marshal in the Qing Dynasty simply withdrew from the Eight-Nation Alliance in a fit of rage.

At this point, the marshals of other countries wished that the Netherlands would not be involved, and that they could not only share some more interests. You can also get rid of the Netherlands, which is now a drag bottle.

The supreme marshal of the Netherlands was not willing to be divided among other countries, once the Yejiabao army was defeated. The territory and population are all controlled by other teams, which means that the Netherlands is once again left behind by others.

Between one strong and one weak, the Dutch will be more passive, so this time they don't want the other seven-nation coalition to win anyway.

Ye Shaolong listened carefully to Ster Haoran's analysis, and was convinced of his sincerity. According to his analysis, Ye Shaolong could completely believe his words.

According to the intention of the Netherlands, Ye Shaolong completely occupied the initiative at the moment, he laughed dryly, and said: "Mr. Haoran, this handsome believes in your sincerity, but according to what you just said, it seems that there is no need for my Ye Jiabao to cooperate with you at all." ”

Ye Jiabao has already occupied the initiative, and Ye Shaolong naturally wants to occupy the greatest interests in this cooperation. And Sterhaoran analyzed the situation so frankly, obviously he had already made sufficient preparations.

Sure enough, when he saw that Ye Shaolong threatened himself as soon as he came up, Ste Haoran was still calm, and said: "What Ye Shuai said is indeed reasonable, but in the face of the Seven Nations Alliance, no matter how powerful Ye Shuai's Yejiabao army is, I'm afraid the best outcome in the end will be a defeat for both sides, right?" ”

Ye Shaolong was silent, Stern Haoran's words were not nonsense. The strength of the Seven Nations Alliance is indeed not to be underestimated, and Ye Shaolong himself is not sure that he will be able to achieve victory.

As Ster Haoran said, it is very likely that the final result will be a lose-lose situation. Although this is a fact, Ye Shaolong didn't need to deny it, smiled and said, "So what? What support is Mr. Hao Yin prepared to give us, and what do you need in the end? ”

Hearing this, Ste Haoran suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He had already seen the possibility of cooperation from Ye Shao's expression.

It can be said that Ste Haoran has no requirements at all, after all, their ultimate goal is not to let the Yejiabao army be defeated. It is best to hope that the Yejiabao army can defeat the Seven Nations Alliance in this contest.

As long as the Seven Nations Alliance is defeated, they will get the most benefits. But in front of you, you are negotiating, and as a businessman, you always want to get the most benefits.

No one will have trouble with money, and there may be no way to get the actual things, but some relatively small benefits should still be fought for.

After some deliberation, Ste Haoran spoke: "Ye Shuai should know that as a member of the Eight-Nation Alliance, we should have the same heart. Therefore, although we are nominally cooperating this time, we will not send a soldier on the issue of the source of soldiers, and I hope that Ye Shuai can keep our cooperation a secret. ”

Ye Shaolong smiled and nodded: "Yes, I understand your difficulties very well." ”

Stern Haoran bowed and bowed to express his gratitude, and then continued: "Except for the fact that our side cannot send troops, all other parties will fully cooperate with you. For example, weapons and supplies include the latest movements of the Seven-Nation Alliance. ”

The Netherlands fully supported the victory of the Yejiabao army this time. According to Stern Haoran, except for sending troops to fight, everything else is fully satisfied with Ye Shaolong.

What Yejiabao lacks most now is weapons and ammunition, and Ye Shaolong must buy these things from outside. Now that Ste Haoran wants to provide it to himself, then this time in a battle with the Seven Nations Alliance, Ye Shaolong will have a lot more to rely on.

And Ye Shaolong was obviously not only satisfied with this, he had already put the idea of a Dutch ship in his heart. It would be a waste if we didn't take the opportunity to get a few ships this time.

"Thank you for your generosity, and on behalf of all the soldiers of Yejiabao, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you. But I still have one more request, I don't know if you can agree! ”

"Ye Shuai, please speak bluntly, as long as we can give it, we will do our best."

"I need a warship, I wonder if you can provide it?"