Bahamir, who was still making a good expression, immediately became anxious, but he and his people did not dare to make the slightest move, because the two black-skinned guys who were always standing behind Lao Luo were staring at them, so he had to give Zhang Nuo, who was the re-arbiter next to him, a look.

"General Luo, please wait a minute," when he said this, Zhang Nuo didn't know what he was thinking, usually the Zhang family was always very passive when talking about cooperation with the Georgians, but looking at the pleading expressions of the nobles of the Duchy of Tao-Klarzhej who were asking for help in front of him, he didn't know whether to be jealous or proud, "Negotiation, since it is a negotiation, there must always be a process of negotiation, and General Luo is asked to be patient for the sake of his brother." ”

"Patience?" Lao Luo, who turned around, glanced at Zhang Wulang, who had put away his pride, "Patience is the attitude towards sincere people, and in the face of arrogant people, what should be given is a fist or a scimitar." ”

Since Bahamir deals with the Tang people, he naturally understands the dialogue between Lao Luo and Zhang Nuo, which is clearly an accusation that he has no sincerity in negotiation, he often deals with people in the military, and naturally understands the temperament of soldiers, but he does not see the so-called "general of the Tang Dynasty" in his eyesight, and according to his understanding, the Tang people here still know how to forbear, thinking that as long as he puts on a strong face, he can bluff a soldier like Lao Luo, as long as he has an arrogant attitude.

Seeing that the other party was more violent than the soldiers of his own country, he immediately lost any thoughts, and if he had any thoughts, his son would die, "Your Excellency General, Your Excellency General, please stay, I am sincere, I apologize for my arrogance just now!" ”

The fat man, who was still arrogantly pretending just now, made a bending over chest salute again, and Lao Luo couldn't help but worry a little about whether his belly would be sagging. Fortunately, he didn't want to get into trouble with the other party like this, "Okay, I now see the sincerity of a father in order to save his son, I hope you will continue to maintain this sincerity, Your Excellency Gong Qing." ”

"Okay, okay!" Bahamir hurriedly took out a delicate silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his face, and hurriedly responded. The contrast is so great only because Lao Luo, the "general", is so different from the Tang people he knows, of course he can't understand that Lao Luo is a typical hawkish iron-blooded soldier from later generations, and although the local Tang people were once called soldiers, they are actually just descendants of craftsmen.

"Your Excellency Gong Qing, are you okay?" Zhang Nuo next to him reacted that the main owner had already given in.

"It's okay, I'm okay, thank you." Bahamir thanked Zhang Nuo, then turned his head to look at Lao Luo, who was sitting down again, "Your Excellency, General, I don't know how I can redeem my son?" ”

"Your Excellency, I remember the last time I told a Georgian named Milam about this," Lao Luo said with a flat face, "Well, I repeat again, as a punishment for the robbers, you need to use two hundred thousand gold worth of Augustus as a ransom. ”

"How can my son be a robber? Moreover, 200,000 gold Augustus gold coins are almost twelve tarrants' gold, you... It's blackmail! Although Bahamir had already heard Milam's return, he still didn't believe that Lao Luo's lion opened his mouth, this is simply a thing that cannot be bargained, even if it is halved, it will cost 100,000 gold Augustus's property, according to the current situation of the Duchy of Taw-Klarzheti, there are places everywhere that need money, the Duchy simply cannot take out so much gold, the shrewd Grand Duke's nephew will persuade him to give up this son.

"I don't know what the principality of Your Excellency Gong Qing is like, does it mean that in your laws, if you come to the door with a warrior who far exceeds the number of the master's family, it will be considered a guest?" Lao Luo spread his hands, a little innocent, but his language was full of mockery. He didn't wait for the other party's reaction, but continued, "According to this logic, if I visit your principality with an army one day, can I also be called a guest?" ”

"Hmm...... Hmm...... Bahamir was really speechless, and he couldn't help cursing his son again. How could he be sure of Lao Luo's story? Either way, as long as he dares to be sure, he will definitely be used as a target for arrows, you must know that even within the principality, even if he is the uncle of the Grand Duke, it is not without hostility, at least the guards standing behind him cannot be completely trusted, only the Lord knows how many spies of the Grand Duke are inside, and how many spies are planted by political enemies.

Lao Luo looked at His Excellency Gong Qing, whose face was blue and red for a while, and he was in a mocking mood, after all, at least for now, he didn't need to be too stiff with the other party, the goal was the most important thing, "Okay, Your Excellency Gong Qing, by the way, I don't like the word blackmail, do you think your son is not worth 200,000 gold Augustus?" Or is it only worth a gold coin? These words are actually boring, aren't they? I believe that Your Excellency is not short of a mere 200,000 gold Augustus's wealth, and besides, what I need is not gold coins, but grain, timber, and pig iron. ”

"This ...... Your Excellency, I think you should also know that our principality is fighting against Kakhedia and Eretia in the west, so these materials ...... "Bahamir is indeed not short of gold and silver treasures, not to mention that the western part of Transcaucasia itself is a gold producing area, and there is a legend in the ancient Greek period that Iason found the place where the Golden Fleece was found, but what the other party wants is really the more important strategic materials now."

"Hehe, I believe that Your Excellency Gong Qing will always have a way, isn't it? At least the Armenians are your allies, and the Persians in the south are also with your trading partners...... "Lao Luo knew that the other party was just a good fortune, so he casually gave the other party a step down, as for whether the other party accepted it, it didn't hurt to try anyway."

"It's... Well—" Bahamir relented, he had never seen a negotiator with such sharp words, not even his political opponents spoke so harshly, but the life of his favorite youngest son was in the hands of the other. He has gold coins, and ten times or twenty times more gold coins are not a problem, but it is really unwilling to be blackmailed so innocently. Although he doesn't know the oriental proverb that the humanistic knife is fish and meat, everyone understands the truth of the scimitar on the neck, what can he do?

Bahamir softened, and there was basically nothing to do with Lao Luo, and the specific details were naturally discussed by Helton and Bahamir's assistants.

One can imagine how a cunning guy like Helton would behave during negotiations. Transcaucasia itself is crisscrossed by rivers, so the grain production is very good, the price is naturally very low, and not far away is the densely forested Caucasus Mountains, better hard wood is a common material, as for pig iron, there are many iron-making workshops on the Black Sea. When Helton, the bastard, was negotiating, he asked the other party to provide supplies according to the price of the goods near the Tang camp, and this price completely offset the transportation costs of the other party's distant goods, which invisibly increased the harvest materials by two percent.

The final result of the negotiation was that the other party would deliver the goods within 20 days, and then Lao Luo would release him, of course, during this period, Lao Luo needed to ensure the safety of Samtz's life.

The impatient Bahamir has no other choice, the fatal point is grasped in his hands, where is it so easy to regain the initiative? Therefore, some people say that it is a habit to retreat, and after taking a step back, you will get used to taking 10,000 steps back.

After more than half a day of detailed and tiring negotiations, Lao Luo, who returned to the camp, got an answer that he had expected. The Georgians were to deliver a total of 800 tarrants of pig iron to Lao Luo's side, which was probably more than 20 tons in total; Hard Caucasian pine accumulates 3,000 square meters, all of which are more than one meter in diameter at breast height; The most important thing is that the total amount of grain is 60,000 tarrants, that is, a total of 156 tons, which is enough to feed 2,000 strong men for at least two months.

So when Helton and Lao Luo reported, Lao Luo sighed a little at the price level of this era, and he made a careful calculation, the gold of twelve tarrants was about 11,000 ounces, and according to the gold price of 1,200 US dollars per ounce before Lao Luo arrived in this era, these gold were about 13 million US dollars. What can you buy for 13 million dollars?

It's not that I don't know, the price of gold in this era is really not high, the labor cost is much higher than that of later generations, the value of the three materials is almost equal, pig iron refining is not easy, so the price is very high, although wood can be taken nearby, but too much manpower is needed, the price of grain is low and the quantity is large, because Transcaucasia itself is a grain-producing area.

The high price of gold in later generations is due to the strong productivity, which makes the raw materials relatively cheap, and at the same time, the demand for precious metals such as gold is large, so gold will become a symbol of expensiveness. The difference in the price ratio of precious metals between the two eras is too great. To use a common saying, it is simply impossible to deceive.

As for whether he suffers a loss or takes advantage, Lao Luo actually doesn't care, he is not a businessman, he also has to pay attention to buying at a low price and throwing it out at a high price, he has no shortage of gold and silver things, and the most rare thing is that he can gather a batch of materials in a short period of time to support the consumption of Donggui, and these materials are equivalent to being sent to the door.

Having settled this short-term matter, Lao Luo checked the status of the Georgians who had been detained in Samc. Now that the much more honest Samtz no longer has his initial arrogance, he has experienced two days of hunger and spring cold in the animal pen, he behaves very well-behaved, if it were not for Lao Luo's keen senses, it would be difficult to find the hatred hidden in his eyes.

Lao Luo once again saw the change that the ordeal had on people, but did this arrogant guy want to become the Count of Monte Cristo? It's just that Lao Luo doesn't have the mood to treat Kamil in Mombasa, not to mention that this Samtz is not as simple as Camille.

He lifted the filthy and smelly Samtz out of the pen, "You have to thank a father who cares about you, otherwise you would have been burned to death and buried in this pit by now." ”

"Yes, my lord," Samtz kept humility with the attitude of his former subordinates, hunching his shoulders and hunching over.

"You're going to be here for at least twenty days, and I'll have someone arrange a separate tent for you, but don't move around, I'm sure you're a smart guy, right?" Lao Luo is not worried about what such a once pampered guy can do, the warriors in the camp are not given for nothing, even the Qarluqs who are now reduced to horsemen are stronger than him.

"Yes, I understand, sir." Samtz's body was trembling, and the green eyes that were full of arrogance were now dim, and with his knife face and narrow eye lines, Lao Luo thought that it should be a pair of wolf eyes.

"What about those retinues of yours? Any suggestions? "Lao Luo can't hold some captives in the animal pen every day and wait for them to starve to death, he is not so cruel.

"They didn't keep me safe, and they weren't my retinue anymore. So, their fate is yours in the future, my lord. Samtz's fear subsided somewhat, and he didn't hesitate to abandon his former retinue.

"It's okay, men always have to give and take, I believe you will do well in the future." Old Luo patted him on the shoulder, and then pretended to be enthusiastic to help the Samtz clean the dirt from his fur, patted him on the back of the waist as well, and then asked Alki to take him to arrange a place to live.

The heart is arrogant, cold, narrow-minded, selfish, and now it is insidious, this person's life is not worth keeping, Lao Luo's face does not have a trace of expression, he slapped a few times on the other party is the poke method that he has learned in later generations, a very yin hurting technique, a technique that has been circulated in the southeast and Lingnan folk, intercepting the pulse hurts the qi and blood, and the injured person will slowly lose weight after half a year, and then die of qi and blood failure within a year at most.

The reason why he used such a method is because he definitely can't kill the other party now, and people always have to keep their word. And after letting go of the other party, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a suitable opportunity, because he can't leave a tail full of hatred behind him after stepping on the road back to the east.

Lao Luo never underestimated the villain's revenge, and the dark poisonous snake was more dangerous than the fierce tiger, so there was no need for him to maintain any forgiveness.

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