Chapter 80: Temptation
"My second condition is that West Vietnam will reduce the defense force in the border areas of the two places to two-thirds of the original one, and the area on defense alert will be reduced from the original 20 li after entering the border to 40 li after entering the border."
"Impossible!" Bai Keqi was already shocked when he heard it halfway, and after listening to the entire condition at this moment, he couldn't care about maintaining a harmonious atmosphere in Fangcai, so he turned his face and said angrily.
Hua Hate Liu didn't seem to hear it at all, glanced at him who was furious, and still continued: "The third condition is to relax non-governmental business exchanges, set up bazaars between the two places for people to communicate, buy and sell, and jointly manage, share interests, and share risks. ”
"Fourth, I need a hostage to ensure that when you are in trouble and ask me for help, you can say good words and say hello when you want to take advantage of me - of course, if you can always maintain a friendly relationship without incident, it can be regarded as a way to increase mutual trust, and I think everyone can understand it."
The words fell, and the four places were silent.
At this time, it is also the time of the day when people start to get busy, and the cyclamen has already welcomed the first wave of customers, and the guys who run the hall walk back and forth between the tables and chairs, the back kitchen and the counter, and from time to time shout a few words "Kung Pao Hare Eight Treasures Wild Duck" or "Fried Beef Tenderloin and Oyster Sauce Chicken", so lively!
But the fourth floor was still quiet, Deng Biao swallowed his saliva and moistened his dry throat, and shrunk his neck slightly uncomfortably - it seemed that the whole room was suddenly cold, which was uncomfortable.
The conditions for the flower hating willow have been opened, whether the other party is angry or he is stunned and doesn't react back, anyway, he is not in a hurry. He motioned to She Qing to take a few cups of hot tea, and Yang Jian had one cup for each of the three of them, opening the tea, shhh
It's just that he is the only one of the three who has a good time, Yang Jian and She Qing both know very well that Xizhou at this time is far from being as beautiful as it seems: inside, Yang Wu is completely sealed inside, which not only needs to strengthen the protection of him, but also needs to ensure that the news cannot be leaked, and it is easy to take care of it; Externally, Queensland has become the meat in the mouths of Guan and Rao, which indicates that the curtain of conquest may open at any time - and the most important thing is that the only two remaining orthodoxy of the Song royal family have now secretly colluded with foreign enemies and reached some kind of cooperative relationship with Guan Rao and even the Beidi behind him.
No matter how you look at it, Xizhou should not overstimulate Xiyue, the lion sleeping behind him, at this time, but should show favor and try his best to appease him.
Don't you know that the flower hates the willow? Of course he knew! But he knows better that this is also one of the few great opportunities to clearly probe the bottom line of Western Vietnam. In the matter of negotiations, there is absolutely no possibility of the two families collapsing, because time is too tight for Xiyue, and at the moment, except for Xizhou who can help the Golden Wheel Dynasty survive the catastrophe of extermination, who has the ability? Isn't there still a saying called "asking for a lot of money to pay on the spot"? If Xiyue thinks that I have a high price, I can cut it down!
Because of this, he is not in a hurry at all - the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be to Xizhou.
"I don't know what benefits these conditions can bring to our Dayue?" Bai Keqi was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, he had completely lost the ease and modesty he had before towards Hua Hate Liu. It wasn't until he woke up that this was at the negotiating table, not a place where everything could be settled with morality and fame, where all actions and words were directed to only one purpose: profit!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly that he had too many fantasies about Hua Hate Willow - it didn't mean that he didn't respect Hua Hate Willow, but at this moment he was clearly aware of his identity, his own duties, and the interests he should strive for.
Hearing Bai Keqi's calm answer, the original small vision in Hua Hateliu's heart was also shattered - he was still secretly proud, if he signed such a big order just by me, it must be a good story!
However, after all, it was just a vision, and it had something to do with Hua Hateliu's vanity, but it was not about the current reality, so it was broken, and he didn't take it to heart.
"Generational friendliness." Yang Jian answered in due course.
"Of course, if you don't believe in such an official system, then I can also say that there will be no large-scale conflict between the two sides for at least ten years. Ten years is enough time for your little monarch to be able to decide the direction of the country by himself, whether to fight or make peace, whether to maintain the status quo or do something else, and it will certainly not be something that can be controlled by a courtier at that time. ”
Hua Hate Liu himself has never believed in such a grand but unrealistic promise as "generational friendship", just like what happened to him before he came here, the so-called ten-year period is just the appeasement and anesthesia of the courtiers by the incumbent, and when the ten years are up, what awaits him is not "spring breeze and horseshoe disease", but a series of planting, extermination, and killing, which one is not a conspiracy?
"A decade is indeed more reassuring and realistic than generational friendship." Bai Keqi lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then frowned and raised his head again: "Is there anything else?" ”
"I can help you get through this crisis safely for the Golden Wheel Dynasty of Xiyue." Although Yang Jian was dissatisfied with her statement just now and was denied, there was no way, because what Hua Hate Liu said was indeed reasonable - don't say that others don't believe it, she herself has doubts about her father's determination, if she can turn the entire Shu Kingdom over, then the next target is Xiyue nine times out of ten!
"It's not just one crisis." Seeing Yang Jian looking at him angrily, he just smiled slightly, turned his head to Bai Keqi with a frightened face, and said: "In addition to the current crisis, those that have been hidden for a long time, we can also help with friendship." ”
As soon as this sentence came out, Bai Keqi's face was even more frightened. Just now, when he heard Hua Hate Liu Yan say that "there is more than one crisis", he was already suspicious: did the other party know that there were other crises in Xiyue? Later, when he heard "those who had been hidden for a long time", he was even more sure: he knew it!
"What do you think?" Seeing Bai Keqi's reaction, Hua Hyaliu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: It turns out that there is really something else going on!
She Qing, who was standing beside him, was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground with the teacup in his hand at this time: Looking at your reaction, it feels like what you just said is blindfolding!
Yes, what Fang Cai hated Liu said was all based on speculation, and he didn't know the specific things, but he remembered what Tian was afraid to say last night: Xiyue is not as simple as it seems on the surface! Who is not afraid of heaven? That's not like himself who was mistaken for "the first person in the world", and the name of the family is at least the undoubted "first person in the world" in terms of inheritance.
"We are really surprised to know about this, and we are really tempted by your proposal...... Bai Keqi sighed secretly in his heart, thinking that Xizhou is really the best object of this peace, and the entire Dayue has never taken advantage of it for hundreds of years, and now I know that Xizhou's intelligence capabilities have been so good, and this friendly coexistence and mutual non-war are really a way out for Xiyue at present!
He misunderstood like this, and Hua Hate Liu naturally didn't bother to explain that this was his own guess, but just focused on hearing how to say the second half of the sentence.
"The four conditions you mentioned, I can't give you an accurate reply immediately, I don't think you can wait for me to ask one by one, you might as well tell me what else Xizhou can do to help me Dayue in the future, and I should repair the book as soon as possible and ask for instructions."
"That's exactly what happened." Hua hated Liu smiled: "Then I'll say it directly." Except for the first one, the other three are all beneficial to both Xiyue and Xizhou. Speaking of this, he paused, and saw that even Yang Jian and She Qing were listening with their ears sideways, nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Let's talk about the third condition first, opening up a business road to develop private trade is not something that should be prohibited, you and I don't have to deny it now, private commerce and trade are repeatedly banned, and the so-called 'the world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit', for businessmen, there is always a word 'profit', and it is better to be sparse than a hundred prohibitions. ”
Seeing that Bai Keqi seemed to have something to say, he immediately changed his words and said: "Yes, we all know that there are many spies in business - with all due respect, that's what we call each other, but this also involves the second condition I mentioned. ”
As he spoke, he dipped his fingers in the tea and drew two lines in front of the table, and said: "The defense of Xiyue retreated forty miles, and my Xizhou also retreated forty miles, so that there is a buffer zone of eighty miles in the middle, and several trade points in this area will be set up to become bazaars, and I will make seven and three profits in the early stage, and I will be six and four after three years, and the two sides will divide the two sides equally in three years......
"Why was it that you were seventy percent and we were thirty percent at the beginning?" Deng Biao couldn't understand it on the side, and interrupted.
"If the West Vietnamese side provides more trade goods and participating merchants than our Xizhou, you can naturally say that you take seventy percent and we will divide three percent." Yang Jian said coldly on the side.
"At the same time, Xizhou will take the lion's share and take on greater responsibilities, such as once the business chain is completed, it will ensure that it will never be easily out of stock through various means, and for example, it will also teach management experience to the people of Xiyue and cultivate their own business talents." She Qing also helped analyze on the side.
"That's something we can consider." Bai Keqi knew that doing business was not his strong point, and he still relied more on Xizhou's drive in the early days. Besides, whether this can be done or not still needs to be made up of ideas from above, and it is not up to you to decide how much you can do it.
"The last condition...... Well, I'm writing a letter, aren't you just about to ask for instructions? Let's just piggyback on it! When Hua Hateliu said this, his eyes inadvertently swept over Deng Biao and the other person behind Bai Keqi, and when he saw that the faces of the two of them had changed, he sneered in his heart: Hmph, sure enough, are you bullying me and being ignorant?
Bai Keqi was shocked in his heart, but he still forced himself to calm down on his face, and said: "Mr. Hua might as well tell me the pros and cons of this matter directly, and I can still make a trade-off and make a decision in the next place." ”
"No." Flowers hate Liu Dao, how can there be big fish and not catch small fish? He immediately said: "There are secrets involved in the letter, and it is not convenient to tell the truth, with all due respect, if there is someone who can be the master of the house, I will not bother to do so...... Don't say it at this time, it's really because the stakes are important, so please forgive me. ”
After saying this, he didn't give Bai Keqi time to speak again, and said directly to She Qing: "You are a guest from afar, you will be the east today, General Yang and I will go back first to report it, and you will wait for me to entertain you!" After speaking, he patted She Qing on the shoulder, and took the lead downstairs with Yang Jian.
"Sir, ...... money for food" She Qing came back to his senses and hurriedly turned around to ask, but found that there was still the shadow of Hua Hate Willow!