Due to Zhu Jun's persistence, the first meeting of Shangjun Hu City ended in vain.

Everyone can see that Zhu Jun does not have opinions on the adjustment of the opening of the market, but has grievances against the unwise fish.

However, it is impossible for Shangjun Hu City to survive alone without Shangjun Taishoufu, which is an obvious reason. Zhu Jun's withdrawal of half of the troops stationed in the surrounding areas will not have a significant impact on the operation of Hu City, at least not for the time being, but it shows that the Taishou Mansion will not compromise on its attitude, and no one can do anything wrong, so it can only be shelved for the time being.

The contradiction between Zhululing and Shangjun was put on the table, casting a shadow on the future of Shangjun Hu City.

Merchants can't do anything about it.

The forces behind the merchants, many of whom are powerful princes, are also not convenient to mediate.

This is a dispute of political opinions, if one is loyal and one treacherous fights, it is easier to stand in line, but both are loyal, and both have extraordinary reputation and influence, and no one is right. From the perspective of the princes' own interests, most people think that Zhu Jun reacted too aggressively, why do you have to worry that Chang'an is now the leader of the Liangzhou army? First borrow the power of the Liangzhou Army to open up the Western Trade Road, and don't you pick the fruit when you go back? But everyone knows Zhu Jun's temper, and he is still jealous and hateful to the Yellow Turban rebels who are entrenched in the Yellow Turban Army, and refuses to surrender the Yellow Turban Army, which leads to criticism afterwards. The Liangzhou army directly attacked Chang'an and held the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials hostage, for Zhu Jun, this hatred is simply unshared, so it is reasonable to have a grudge against the fish.

This knot can only be untied by the parties themselves.

The only thing that comforts everyone is that in the face of Zhu Jun's monstrous anger, Yu Buzhi behaved very restrained, and Zhu Jun was accused by Zhu Jun in person at the Hu City meeting, and Yu Buzhi did not confront Zhu Jun. No one will think that the lord of Zhulu is a coward, there are too many examples in the past to prove someone's toughness, dare to be tough with the Yizhou Mansion directly, and face Yuzhendong, who has never frowned in the face of the Qiang King and the Qiang coalition army on the plateau, how can he be afraid of a Shangjun Taishou? Being misunderstood and reprimanded by the elderly, being able to forbear, and knowing how to exercise restraint, is it not a sign of gradual maturity?

Zhu Jun is very stubborn, even if Yu Buzhi shows a forbearance posture and does not officially announce cooperation with the Liangzhou Army, he has never said that he will refuse the Liangzhou Army. As a result, the tension between the Zhulu Territory and Shangjun caused by the reopening of the Silk Road seems to have to continue.

Time, perhaps, is the best hope for breaking the deadlock.

However, one wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

Previously, in order to appease Chen's Wu family, the leader of Zhulu gave the Wu family an order for the North Camp equipment, with a total price of 30 million. For such a large order, Zhululing requires delivery in batches, because after getting the equipment in advance, Beiying can start adaptation training in advance, even if the delivery volume is a little less. This request was reasonable, and the Wu family had no reason to refuse, so the two parties agreed that the first batch of fifty sets of armor should be delivered.

Half a month after the Hu City meeting, it is the first delivery date of the first batch of equipment.

The Wu family is the Chen Liuhao family, although the head of the family followed Liu Yan into Shu, the foundation of the Wu family's industry is still mostly in Chen Liu, and the same is true of the Wu family's iron building base. Considering that Beiying is based in Hetao, and for the convenience of delivery, the agreed place of transaction is set at Longling.

The carriage of the Wu family carrying the armor arrived at Longling one day in advance, and the uncle of the Wu Yi clan who negotiated the order for the armor showed how much the Wu family attached importance to the armor order. After all, it is the delivery of the first batch of goods, and this time it can be successfully completed, the process and standards are clear, and then go down according to the agreement.

As soon as he arrived at Longling, Uncle Wu Yi ran to report to the deputy city lord Zhai Jian and smoothly asked where Xu Shu was.

Zhai Jian smiled: "Yuan Zhi, go to the island to inspect." ”

Uncle Wu Yi was stunned: "Inspection? He doesn't receive the goods? ”

Zhai Jian said inexplicably: "For such a trivial matter as receiving goods, where does Yuan Zhi need to go out in person?" ”

Uncle Wu Yi felt bad and explained: "That's the case, when the agreement was signed before, Xu Duwei said that the equipment could pass his pass, and Xu Duwei should be present during the inspection. ”

"If Yuan Zhiruo didn't go to Wajima, he might have been there during the acceptance, but didn't he go out temporarily?" Zhai Jian thought thoughtfully, stared at Uncle Wu Yi and said, "It's just an inspection, what is the reason why you insist on finding Xu Yuanzhi to personally accept the goods?" Didn't Mo give him benefits? How much did he charge? ”

"Nope! Nothing! ”

"Really?"

"Not really!"

"It's fine if you don't have it. If Xu Yuanzhi dares to collude with you and others, and joke with equipment related to the lives of soldiers, no matter how reluctant Zhai is, he can only report to the lord and ask for a thorough investigation of the territory. Zhai Jian said awe-inspiringly.

Uncle Wu Yi wiped his sweat: "Deputy City Lord Zhai is too careful, he signed an agreement with Xu Duwei that day, and Duwei has a word, and he will come when he is accepted." I thought that Xu Duwei was in charge of the military and was the person in charge of the agreement, and with him present, the acceptance of the armor would be smoother. ”

Zhai Jian shook his head: "You think about this matter, even if Xu Yuanzhi is here, the acceptance is not the end of the matter after he has seen it." ”

"According to the latest revised acceptance process of the territory, all purchased chemicals must first be preliminarily reviewed and accepted by officials and technical personnel in accordance with the standards, and military representatives must also participate in military equipment; After passing the preliminary examination, the commander of the receiving unit will be accepted by the second instance; After passing the second trial, the equipment transaction below 500,000 gold can be jointly signed and approved by the deputy city lord and Xu Yuanzhi. The amount of the order is huge, far beyond our approval authority, and it needs to be reported to the owner, the acceptance procedure is completed, and the territory will arrange to pay the follow-up payment. ”

"The most, the latest process?" Uncle Wu Yi stammered.

"Well, there are special personnel in the main city to evaluate various processes, find loopholes and modify them in time, and operate routinely."

Uncle Wu Yi said stubbornly: "Dare to ask what standard is the acceptance rate?" ”

"Naturally, it is the standard agreed upon in the agreement."

Uncle Wu Yi instantly fell into an ice cave, and his mind was blank.

According to the agreed standards?

The problem is that the requirements for equipment are extremely high, and before signing the agreement, the Wu family pointed out that with the current level of technology, no one can reach those equipment indicators. Xu Shu said at the time that this business was to compensate the Wu family, and the quality was passable, as long as the installation data was not lower than the required standard of seventy percent, it was not difficult to ensure that it was accepted and accepted. But that was a verbal guarantee, the guarantor was Xu Shu, and now Zhululing directly concocted a so-called new process, and only arrived at Xu Shu after a few levels, if it was really strictly in accordance with the agreement standards......

Bad!

In any case, I have to meet with Xu Shu first to see how to get through this level.

Uncle Wu Yi didn't want to suspect Xu Shu of digging a pit for him, according to the information collected by Yizhou Mansion, Xu Shu was not only talented, but also had a chivalrous style, and his discipline was trustworthy, not like a villain who would engage in conspiracy. Of course, this is out of judgment of Xu Shu's moral level, not that Xu Shu does not have the ability to play conspiracy.

"Postponement? Why? Zhai Jian frowned.

"Captain Xu is not ......"

"That's not a reason."

“…… We had a problem with our capacity and couldn't deliver on time. Uncle Wu Yi said helplessly.

"In this way, it is understandable" Zhai Jian said coldly: "Then according to the agreement, bear the liability for breach of contract." ”

Uncle Wu Yi was dumbfounded: "Liability for breach of contract? ”

"I am also generous enough in terms of price to give you such an order, in order to ensure the quality and timely delivery. You can't deliver because of capacity problems, delay Beiying redressing, shouldn't you be responsible? The specific terms and conditions of the agreement are clearly written, you won't be unaware, right? Zhai Jian said coldly.

Uncle Wu Yi wanted to cry without tears, there was indeed a breach of contract clause in the agreement, but he thought it was a text convention, Xu Shu said that the order has the nature of compensating the Wu family, and the standard will be appropriately relaxed during acceptance. It is impossible to breach the contract, so why worry about it? Unexpectedly, the acceptance process of the deer leader suddenly changed, and Xu Shu suddenly went to Wadao to inspect, and the problem that should not have existed became a big problem, which suddenly put the Wu family in a dilemma. If you want to delay, people directly offer a liability clause for breach of contract, according to the rules of the shopping mall, the Wu family does not account for any reason.

What to do?

Coming out of the city lord's office, Uncle Wu Yi hurriedly sent an urgent report to the head of the family.

When Wu Yi heard this, he gasped on the spot.

It's over!

Trapped?

For a super order of 30 million gold, the liquidated damages are also frighteningly high, specifically in the case of delayed delivery, the liquidated damages are 1%, calculated on a daily basis, and there is no upper limit, that is, 300,000 gold will be fined for each day of delay.

The Wu family had no choice but to deliver the goods on time.

The acceptance result is, of course, unqualified.

In accordance with the spirit of the agreement, Zhai Jian demanded that the Wu family pay liquidated damages.

The Wu family is already very clear at this time, this time they were chased from the deer and led the pit, firstly, they can't swallow this mouthful, and secondly, the liquidated damages are too high, almost equivalent to the life of the Wu family, so they are naturally unwilling to be killed. Therefore, he refused to pay liquidated damages, and threatened to expose the malicious fraud of Zhululing, and demanded that the signed equipment agreement be invalidated.

However, Wu Yi understands that it is difficult to get out of the whole body this time.

In black and white, the terms are clear, and the demand for liquidated damages is reasonable and well-founded; On the contrary, looking at the Wu family, the only basis for terminating the contract is that Xu Shu had made a promise, but it was a verbal promise, without any polite evidence to support it, and if he insisted on talking about Xu Shu's promise, he would be ridiculed as a fool if he sued him in court. The Wu family put on a posture of not hesitating to fight the trapped beast, which was to show their will and determination to never let anyone slaughter, hoping that the deer leader could accept it when it was good, and give up the lion's mouth, so that the two sides could negotiate a reasonable termination condition next.

The Wu family's bottom line goal: you can lose money, but you can't exceed five million gold, and strive to win three million gold; The equipment contract must be terminated, and the deer leader must not take the opportunity to damage the goodwill of the Wu family.

Advanced goal: The installation agreement was originally a compensation for the Wu family's failure to participate in Shangjunhu City, since the compensation failed, but caused the Wu family to suffer heavy losses (in addition to liquidated damages, there are also costs for building equipment), the Wu family is the victim, so they have the right to ask the deer leader to compensate the Wu family again, so that the Wu family can enter Shangjunhu City. It's difficult, but there is still hope, if you feel ashamed and hesitate to ask for it, you have to take it for money!

In the final analysis, the Wu family has the consciousness of being bled out, but it is just a matter of letting go more and letting go less.

The voice is so high, it's just that he wants to appear less weak-hearted.

"No compensation?" Ask the deer.

"No compensation!" The Wu family replied, and the momentum had to be maintained.

What happened next became a lingering nightmare for Chen Liuwu's family.