At the end of the fifth year of Jianxing, after more than a year of silence, Liaodong once again exerted its strength and invited heroes from all over the world to gather in Jicheng.

Before the parties formally contacted and negotiated, Wen Qiao and Mo Han shuttled back and forth between the parties, frequently meeting with dignitaries from all parties to conduct preliminary investigations, and at the same time pulling Long to the Liaodong side.

At the same time, although King Langya used all means to try to sabotage the Liaodong merger and save the unfavorable situation. However, due to Cai Bao's death, the suspicion of Jiangzuo has not been completely lifted, so Jiangdong still can't stop the trend of confluence.

After some investigation, Wei Shuo roughly figured out the details of all parties, although everyone was chilled by King Langya, but there was no intention of fully turning to Liaodong. All parties have their own interests, most of them just want to use the banner of Liaodong to fake the tiger, but few are willing to truly ally with Liaodong.

After listening to the reports of Mo Han and Wen Qiao, Wei Shuo thought for a while, it turned out that the interests of all parties were not completely identical, and it seemed that it was not easy to establish a joint column headed by Liaodong.

Wei Shuo thought for a while and asked, "Shirong, Taizhen, do you think this merger can be negotiated?" ”

Wen Qiao pondered for a moment and said: "There is hope but not much, the key depends on whether Liaodong can come up with enough attractive conditions!" ”

Mo Han also agreed: "Wen Junshi is right, and the minister thinks that Liaodong can dilute the military and political alliance in the joint negotiations, and first focus on economic cooperation, and then talk about other cooperation when the opportunity comes in the future." ”

"Well, what the two of you said is very true, and I think that this negotiation will be fully entrusted to the two of you, and we will talk according to the opinions just now. First of all, economic cooperation was resolved, and it happened that Liaodong and Rome had reached a cooperation agreement, and it was completely possible to make a breakthrough from this point in the negotiation process. ”

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Early the next morning, the heroes from all over the world who received the invitation set off from the post house and prepared to go to the Jicheng Auditorium. Most people are preoccupied and feel that this time they came to Jicheng to be unpredictable.

In order to show respect for heroes from all walks of life, Liaodong has indeed spent a lot of thought. Not only did they arrange for people to enforce martial law and arrange routes for the passage of the missions, but the streets along the way were also cleaned, and some loess was scattered and poured with clean water according to some ancient rituals.

On each side of the street, a row of guards stood from the entrance of the post house and continued to the Great Hall, the place of negotiation. These guards were full of spirit, high morale, straight waists, and majestic.

On both sides of the mission, there was also a team of cavalry guards dressed in fish scale armor, carrying sabers on their waists, dazzling swords and guns, flying flags, and the military might was neat. Let the heroes from all walks of life open their eyes, no wonder the Liaodong Army was able to defeat Hulu, just look at such military might, you can also get a glimpse of the leopard.

When everyone arrived at the auditorium, they saw Wei Shuo standing at the door to greet them. Liaodong is really full of talents, looking at the large number of high-level leaders in Liaodong standing behind Wei Shuo, many people are envious in their hearts.

"Hahaha, welcome to Liaodong! Ladies and gentlemen, please come in and take a seat! ”

When Zu Ti, Li Ju, Cao Wei and others heard this, they all got out of the carriage, and then followed Wei Shuo into the auditorium. Seeing this huge auditorium, the heroes of all parties were taken aback. Since entering Liaodong, the heroes of all parties have been shocked many times, in short, every time they see something new, everyone must be surprised by the strength of Liaodong.

Under the leadership of different emcees, all the heroes entered their respective areas and sat down. Among them, Yuzhou Zuyue and Xuzhou Zu Wei sat opposite Wei Shuo, while Qingzhou Cao Wei sat on Wei Shuo's right hand, Sizhou Li Ju sat on Wei Shuo's left hand, and Jizhou Shao Lao sat directly with Liaodong.

There were about hundreds of people from all sides plus the entourage, but in the spacious and bright auditorium, it didn't look crowded at all.

Although everyone here is Wei Shuo's seniors, if you really want to talk about it, it is his highest official position.

Therefore, at the beginning, everyone had to say hello to him first, only to see Zu, Li, and Cao Zhuren arch their hands and say: "I have seen the general of Zhenbei!" ”

Wei Shuo didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "You don't have to be polite, please take a seat." ”

After seeing that everyone had thanked them, they sat down one after another. Wei Shuo said: "In response to the invitation of Liaodong, you have come to Jicheng from all over the Central Plains to participate in the party, and Shuo is very happy about this!" The reason why you are gathered in Jicheng is mainly to discuss the matter of cooperating against the enemy in the future! ”

"Hu Lu is powerful, and no side can fight alone, so only by uniting to fight Hu Lu can we hope to drive out Hu Lu and recover the rivers and mountains!"

Wei Shuo's words, in addition to winning some favor from Zu Ti, the rest of the people such as Li Ju, Zu Yue, and Cao Wei were not interested at all. In their eyes, Liaodong is just an ally that can be leveraged, and it has not yet reached the point where you swear to follow you.

It is naturally good to cooperate to resist the enemy, but I am afraid that if I resist, I will lose even my own territory in the end. Cao Wei was deeply touched by this, and in his mind, the threat of Liaodong to Qingzhou may not be much smaller than Shile.

I saw Zu Ti bow his head slightly and said: "What Lord Wei said is extremely true, before we were able to force Shi Le to withdraw his troops from Qingzhou, it was because of the cooperation of all parties. Now Hu Lu is powerful, if I don't work together, I'm afraid that in the future will be broken and annihilated by Shi Le one by one, so the alliance of all parties is still a move of self-preservation, if this time can be successful, it is really a blessing in the world! ”

Wei Shuo was very satisfied with Zu Ti's performance, and was about to strike while the iron was hot to urge all parties to join forces, but he saw Cao Wei and said, "General Wei, I have something to ask Your Excellency." ”

"Cao Yuanjun has doubts, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, and he must know everything and say everything."

Cao Wei coughed lightly and said, "Dare to ask General Wei, once this merger is successful, will we have to serve Liaodong as the main in the future?" And then everything has to obey the dispatch of Liaodong? And how to divide the territory after it has been laid in the future? What should be the attitude towards the imperial court? ”

Wei Shuo's heart moved when he heard this, it seems that all parties have a lot of doubts about the true intentions of Liaodong Hezong, if they can't dispel everyone's worries, the future of this Hezong is worrying. Fortunately, Liaodong was not unprepared, and Wei Shuo also gave up his previous plan to establish a comprehensive alliance, and instead focused on economic alliances, supplemented by military and political cooperation.

"Cao Yuanjun has doubts in his heart, something is known! Here, I can solemnly promise you: Liaodong will not impose its will on you! Even if we succeed in the cooperation, Liaodong will not interfere in the activities of various places. Besides, Liaodong has no intention of tying you to Liaodong, and the most important thing to invite you to Jicheng this time is to discuss economic cooperation. ”

"Economic cooperation?"

As soon as Wei Shuo's words came out, there was an uproar, and even Zu Ti and Li Ju were dumbfounded, obviously everyone didn't expect Liaodong to spend so much trouble to get everyone to Jicheng, just for the sake of cooperative economy!

"That's right, economic cooperation! As you don't know, Liaodong has just signed a trade agreement with the Western Roman Empire, and there is about nearly 10 million yuan of trade volume every year. Such a huge commercial cooperation cannot be digested by Liaodong alone, so I want to find a few allies, so that not only can I eat all the orders left by Rome, but you can also benefit, right? ”

"According to the following estimates, this alone can bring you as little as hundreds of thousands of dollars and as much as millions of dollars of income every year!"

"What!? This...... Is there such a good thing? ”

"General Wei isn't trying to trick me into waiting, is he?"

For a while, there was an uproar in the auditorium, and the princes from all over the country began to talk with their advisers and henchmen. Everyone is speculating about Liaodong's intentions, but no matter what Liaodong's intentions are, most people are reluctant to give up the money they have. If it is really like Wei Zhenbei said, if they can increase their income by hundreds of thousands of yuan every year, then their respective strengths will be greatly improved.

"Everyone, be still, and listen to what you are saying! I know that you have a lot of questions in your mind, and you can't figure out why Liaodong wants to give up such a big benefit. I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes when I say it, Liaodong doesn't have the strength to completely swallow this order, so instead of wasting it, it's better to give it to everyone as a favor. ”

"In addition, I also know that it is difficult for some strongmen to let everyone directly sign a military alliance, so Liaodong plans to take a step back, I will sign economic cooperation first, and then discuss other cooperation after everyone has more intention to cooperate in the future, what do you think?"

As soon as Wei Shuo's words came out, he was immediately greeted with a burst of praise, and many people said that he was high-spirited, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became warm. The next negotiations were not difficult at all, and after Wei Shuo and the princes finalized the general direction, the rest of the details were left to the people below. (To be continued.) )