Chapter 255. An indemnity of 100,000 silver coins
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Strong's words had already been finished, so that Levi's face was still smiling, and he turned his head to look at Green, who was calm, but he shook his head and said with a smile: "Mr. Strong, that's all?" ā
He reached out and knocked on the table, looking at Strong's forehead that was already oozing cold sweat, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more intense, he wanted more than that, looking at Charles, who was gradually regaining his calm, he also nodded lightly: "Mr. Charles, what do you think?" ā
"You may propose, Mr. Levi."
Charles's face was still not good, and after thinking deeply just now, he had a feeling that he was caught in a conspiracy that had been planned a long time ago. Swallowing slightly, he still opened his mouth and said to Li Wei: "After all, we can discuss." ā
"Yes, we can discuss." Strong also nodded on the side, seeing that his friend had finally recovered, he also subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, this huge pressure made him a little unbearable, after all, they are now on the weak side, the defeated and defeated.
It's just that the attitude of the two of them made Levi shake his head and smile even more, even Green next to him couldn't help but smile, came to Levi's side, pulled out a chair and sat down, and said at the same time: "That's all?" ā
"Our compensation may be increased."
Charles also narrowed his eyes slightly, for Levi's appearance as if he was winning, the heart in his chest beat a little faster, this is a kind of pressure, I don't know if this is the reality, or the pressure he put on himself.
Especially after thinking wildly and blurring and magnifying Levi's background, even if he clings to the pride of the nobility, the pride of belonging to the Senge family and the Senge Chamber of Commerce, he can't make him feel a little relaxed about a mysterious person who has already developed hostile intentions.
Of course, if Levi knew what Charles was thinking, he couldn't help but laugh, because this vague guess and the actively amplified conclusion was like a pleasant joke. ćć
"You don't seem to have figured out the situation yet."
Levi lowered his head and smiled, looked at Charles and Strong across the long table in front of him, cleared his throat slightly, as if making his voice brighter, and said: "Now, we are not negotiating, nor are we negotiating, but what conditions can Gray Mist City make so that my troops can choose not to fight." ā
He looked at the two of them with gloomy faces, already frowning, and still with a smile on their faces, but looked at Greenton, the senior accountant of the Senge family, and continued to speak: "Of course, we are friends, and no one would think of that. ā
"Of course, no one wants to continue to wage a war."
Charles swallowed slightly, he seemed to understand where Levi's confidence came from, even if he didn't consider the terrorist forces in his mind, just with the current Gray Mist City, it could already be said that his vitality was greatly damaged.
As the main force, the regular army has been defeated to less than half, and the rest of the people can only recover their previous combat effectiveness after at least half a year of rest and training, and in this short period of time, let alone continue to attack Cape Town, it is estimated that even if the two sides face each other on the frontal battlefield, they will collapse because of the previous fiasco.
Among them, there is also one point, and the most important, that is, the current Gray Mist City, the navy has also been heavily defeated, although it is an army formed by the nobles' ocean-going merchant ships, but after all, it is also the naval power of the Gray Mist City.
Even if you can attack Cape Town now, it is estimated that you can only rely on the Ketufu River to reach Samar City, then assemble and enter the Swamp, and then attack Cape Town from west to east along the Yuqiao River.
But not to mention the forts and defensive lines set up by Cape Town in the Yuqiao River, as well as the huge wall that surrounds the entire Cape Town, even if the Marsh Baron who claimed to have surrendered to the Governor of Grey Mist City and officially took over the Great Swamp as a territory, whether he can be trusted is another matter.
Perhaps, when the troops of Grey Mist City have not yet been defeated, this swamp baron of the Great Swamp will be respectful to the Governor and dare not be sloppy in the slightest. ćć
But now that the troops of Gray Mist City have been hit hard, the nobles inside and outside are ready to move, and the entire Great Silver Plate Island is already full of suspicion and instability, it is estimated that there is really an army passing through the Great Swamp, this swamp baron who has just taken refuge and has wolf ambitions, can it be considered good if he doesn't stick a knife in the back!
Slowly clenching his fists, Charles looked at Levi in front of him, and said slowly: "In order to apologize, the Governor is willing to give you 30,000 large silver coins as compensation." ā
"Thirty thousand large silver coins?"
The corners of Levi's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, this is really a huge amount of money, if he said that in the previous time, he could still express his shock at this huge amount of money, but he who had already obtained Haijiao Town, he had already expressed enough indifference at this moment, because this was no longer a huge amount of money for him.
And these are not enough, not even to the basic psychological requirements of Levi, so he smiled slowly, stretched out his hand on the table and knocked lightly, and said: "This is not a negotiation, it is not a discussion, I don't want to do that." ā
"Fifty thousand big silver coins, this is our psychological bottom line."
Strong spoke slowly, but directly increased Charles's price by nearly double, and his expression was extremely serious, and he said to Levi: "We really can't pay too much money, Gray Mist City is just a trade city, once too much money is consumed, the entire trade chain will collapse directly, and the consequences and costs are not something that Gray Mist City can bear." ā
His words were even a little bitter, but Levi's face was still unmoved, but paused for two or three seconds, and after Strong's words were finished, he also said in a categorical tone: "I want 100,000 big silver coins." ā
"One hundred thousand?"
Levi's words fell, and the exclamations of Strong and Charles appeared in the conference room, and their eyes widened slightly, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
Because the number of 100,000 large silver coins has exceeded the capacity of Gray Mist City, and even for the current Gray Mist City, if it really pays so many large silver coins, or the final result, it is not much better than the city being breached, because this means that the trade of Gray Mist City is completely interrupted, and it will take at least two or three years to ease up!
You must know that the annual tax revenue of Gray Mist City is estimated to be only this money, but excluding the cost of city maintenance, port maintenance, the normal expenses of the city hall, and the maintenance of the city defense team and regular army, it is a large amount.
And this money must be paid by the governor of Gray Mist City, those wealthy nobles, although they can afford this money together, but who would really want to give their money to others for free because they have joined the governor? Although they are not capitalists, so is the nature of Scrooge!
"That's right, it's 100,000, and you must pay me 100,000 big silver coins."
With a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, Levi looked at the surprised two people in front of him, and he didn't force them too much, but instead said: "At the same time, you must open the ports of Gray Mist City and Samar City, and let my merchant ships trade." ā
"The opening of the port is very simple, but Mr. Levi, the price of 100,000 large silver coins is really amazing."
Charlton and Strong glanced at each other, and they had already seen the embarrassment in their eyes, because the governor of Grey Mist City, the minimum amount of compensation was only 60,000 large silver coins, and now it was directly increased to 100,000, which was simply a lion's mouth, and it was simply an appetite that could not be satisfied.
Even the Senge family couldn't afford to pay so many silver coins alone, because it was enough to catch up with the profit of a fleet of ten ocean-going merchant ships risking a round trip!
"As I said before, I'm the winner, aren't I?"
Li Wei smiled and spoke, he didn't care about the thoughts of the two young people in front of him, and said: "If you want to choose peace, pay 100,000 big silver coins, I will also choose peace." After a pause, Levi continued to speak: "The defeated have no right to refute, at least now I have the ability to continue to start another war. ā
This is a naked threat, belonging to the capital of the winner, Levi looked at the two noble children in front of him who were pushed out of Gray Mist City, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Of course, you can also choose to pay in installments, and I will also use this money to buy various materials in Gray Mist City, especially for the construction work on the east coast, which requires a lot of materials and funds." ā
"Is that so?"
Hearing Levi's words, Charles was slightly stunned, he subconsciously glanced at the same thoughtful Strong next to him, and couldn't help but say: "If that's the case, maybe we'll go back and report to the Governor." ā
"Of course it's true."
Li Wei also smiled and nodded, if it was said that directly paying 100,000 large silver coins might not be acceptable to Gray Mist City at all, then using these 100,000 large silver coins to convert them into a certain amount of materials would be acceptable to this group of merchants.
Because the 100,000 large silver coins were paid by the governor, in Levi's hands, it would also become funds for purchasing materials, and even the merchants of Grey Mist City and Samar City would make a lot of money, and the tax revenue could be returned to the hands of the governor of Grey Mist City, and the compensation of the 100,000 large silver coins would eventually return to Grey Mist City.
This is also the conclusion that Levi and Green came to after careful consideration, after all, the Spanish Empire is also a commercially developed country, and issues like this kind of compensation have already been played perfectly!
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