Chapter 536: A Last Resort
The next morning, Zhao Boyang arrived as promised, of course, representatives of another group of player forces also arrived in Zhuxian, but Fang Zhiwen politely refused their request to see. (the most stable,
These players have long expected the situation that they can't see, and the means to promote Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu to make things big are definitely not limited to the cooperation between Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu, and some things can be promoted from the bottom up, and the means of making full use of the people's will will be used by modern people.
As a result, in the territory controlled by Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu, all kinds of rumors swarmed, and it was rumored that the boss of the center was overbearing, and if he wanted to attack the forces of Fang Zhiwen and Lu Bu, it was best to uproot these local warlords, and soon, the north of the Han Dynasty would change.
This rumor starts from the desire for stability and resistance to change in the hearts of the people at the bottom, from the ** of the common people to maintain the current stable life, and from the love of the soldiers in the army of Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen for their lord, and wants to promote Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen to openly oppose the center from the bottom up, and then push the Son of Heaven to come out and express his position.
At this time, Fang Zhiwen was conducting the second round of negotiations with Zhao Boyang, and he was completely unaware of the state of rumors outside.
In fact, during this time last night, Li Xueyin did use a lot of connections to investigate the Tianxia Guild and some guilds that have close alliances with the Tianxia Guild outside the game, and found nothing special except that these guilds seemed to be more closely connected with each other.
It is impossible for Li Xueyin to know about the secret gatherings of these guilds before, and as for the changes and policy adjustments in the game of these guilds, it seems to be normal. At most, it seems that the degree of coordination has become higher, and the organization seems to be tighter.
But all this information has nothing to do with Zhao Boyang's coming, it seems that Zhao Boyang is here because he is striving for a stable situation and external conditions that are more favorable to the development of his guild, and there are no special factors. (the most stable,
Could it be that Fang Zhiwen is too suspicious? So what about Tian Feng's doubts? And also. Li Xueyin herself felt a little strange during the investigation, but she couldn't say what was wrong. And time was relatively short, so she had to pass on the results of these investigations to Fang Zhiwen first, and she herself went offline to find her grandfather to ask Ji Yi in person.
Under such circumstances, Fang Zhiwen naturally planned to delay the negotiations a little longer, wondering if Zhao Boyang would show his flaws.
"My lord, General Lu's side has already proposed a package of relevant agreements, and these are all brief terms. Of course, I can't provide the original agreement to General Lu because I need to be responsible for it, but if you have any questions, you can ask General Lu directly. β
Zhao Boyang handed a scroll of brocade silk to Fang Zhiwen, Zhen Xiang stepped forward to take it and transferred it to Fang Zhiwen.
Fang Zhiwen was slightly surprised, he didn't think that Lu Bu would reach an understanding with the World Association so quickly, but this was also in line with Lu Bulei's resolute character, but he didn't expect it. Lu Bu will temporarily give up the idea of directly counterattacking the center for the sake of immediate practical interests, which can't help but make people feel a little emotional, Lu Bu is still the immortal hero who is a little too proud in his memory? Perhaps, Lu Bu's lustful nature of greed for money in the romance has already flinched?
Fang Zhiwen opened the scroll and looked at it casually, it was nothing more than money and food, and even some empty ones, as well as more practical guarantees. Including support for LΓΌ Bu's continued northern expedition, as well as support for LΓΌ Bu's future annexation of the entire annexed state, of course. Accordingly, Lu Bu also pledged support for these guilds, which was basically an alliance.
"Tell you the truth. You guys are really very generous, let's put it this way, we need to discuss these things further, and we can't reply to Mr. Zhao immediately, I still say that we will not start similar negotiations with other forces or individuals until the negotiations between us have a result. β
Zhao Boyang didn't understand why Fang Zhiwen pushed again and again, could it be that Fang Zhiwen actually tended to intensify the incident? If that's the case, shouldn't you consider a direct showdown?
At this moment, a general on duty walked in from outside and handed over a document to Zhen Xiang, who quickly handed it over to Fang Zhiwen.
Fang Zhiwen glanced at it quickly, and whispered a few words to Zhen Xiang, Zhen Xiang took this document and quickly went out to give the order, Zhao Boyang looked at all this in surprise, and didn't know what was important.
Fang Zhiwen pondered for a moment, looked up at Zhao Boyang and said: "The news I received just now is that someone is spreading rumors in the jurisdiction of the official and the Yanbei region, and it is rumored that the imperial court is going to remove Feng Xian and the official, and will escort him to the capital to ask for the crime, it seems that someone wants to promote this matter from the bottom." β
Zhao Boyang was taken aback, then sighed and said helplessly: "This kind of trick must be done by strangers, although I don't want to admit it, but strangers are very good at this kind of means, it seems that it is best for us to reach an understanding as soon as possible and come up with a clear plan, otherwise if the rumors spread, the matter will be irreparable." β
Fang Zhiwen smiled secretly in his heart, this time it's okay, he doesn't have to do anything, someone will jump out and put pressure on the world, although Fang Zhiwen is also a little worried that these rumors will force him to a situation where he has to do it, but now the confrontation between the world and Fang Zhiwen is to see who can't bear it first, and who is scared by this situation first, then he will lose.
The two of them invariably picked up the teacup, obviously, both of them need to ease their minds and think about the next step to deal with it, negotiation is really not easy compared to war.
And Taishi Zhaorong, who was kneeling beside Fang Zhiwen, felt that negotiation was much more tiring than fighting, and this nervous mood could not be released at all, unlike on the battlefield, when you were nervous, you could shout out, and you could desperately wave your weapon to vent the tension and pressure in your heart, but in the negotiation, this pressure could not be released at all, and it would only accumulate more and more, and in the end it would simply crush people completely.
"My lord, it's urgent now. I'll just say it bluntly, we will take a fancy to a piece of territory in the world and want to develop in this direction, of course, allies are indispensable, and before this territory develops, we urgently need the stability of the Central Plains. That's our bottom line. If this bottom line can't be met, then we'll change our minds as well. After all, if the Central Plains is in turmoil, with the strength of our alliance, I believe it will not do worse than other guilds, what do you say, my lord? β
Fang Zhiwen completely understood that what the World Society needed now was also orderly chaos, not a mess of melee, that is to say. The player forces led by the Tianxia Association have completed a relatively large plan, and the implementation of this plan in a step-by-step manner is the most beneficial to the Tianxia Alliance Alliance, on the contrary, if the game process suddenly accelerates, it will have an unpredictable impact on their plans, so out of relatively conservative considerations, the Tianxia Association has chosen to maintain the implementation of the original plan, and is willing to pay a certain price for it.
If the world will draw important combat power from the Central Plains and leave. In order to maintain their continued effective influence on the Central Plains, they must require that the situation in the Central Plains be relatively stable, so that they can ensure their presence in the Central Plains with a relatively small force, and their behavior of trying their best to maintain the stability of the situation can be explained.
But if the cost is too great, or if there is no practical way to stop the situation from deteriorating, then the world will not be unable to adapt and maintain stability. It's just the first choice.
For this reason, Fang Zhiwen doesn't know whether to believe it or not, but Fang Zhiwen is more interested in what kind of place the world will value? It shouldn't be Qingzhou. It won't be Youzhou, then Jiangdong? Jing Nan? Shuzhong or Jiaozhi?
"Can you ask where you chose the site?"
"Of course. Anyway, adults will soon know that we chose Jingnan. β
Fang Zhiwen exhaled, it seems that they are going to use the identity of the Yellow Turban camp to open up a battlefield in Jingnan, and it should have been carried out to a certain extent, otherwise Zhao Boyang would not admit it so generously. Fang Zhiwen believes that they will choose more southerly places, such as Guiyang and Lingling, and it is obvious that the Tianxia Association is determined to avoid the real and concentrate on development, so that the Tianxia Association will change from the role of a supervisor and a checker to a more positive direction.
The benefit of this change to Fang Zhiwen is that the world will be more stable in Fengning County, and before the Tianxia will take charge of the Central Plains, it will never become a scourge of Fengning County, but will only become a stabilizing factor in Fengning County, and its power in Fengning County will be completely transformed into the rear of the Tianxia County and the horse farm, in addition, Fang Zhiwen's shipping business will also be prosperous because of the development of Jingnan.
The bad thing is that these top forces gathered in the far south will become a big force that is difficult to balance, Fang Zhiwen's hand can't reach there, and there is only one person around who can check and balance them, Sun Jian, or, Cai Mao should be completely turned to Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei can border the player head-on.
"In this way, this agreement with Feng Xian is very meaningful! Does Mr. Zhao hope to have such an agreement with this official? β
"Yes, that's in the best interests of both of you, isn't it?"
Fang Zhiwen had to admit that this was indeed the most beneficial choice for both sides, but it was also a choice that both parties were very helpless about, Fang Zhiwen wanted to eliminate the potential threat to himself from a super guild like the Tianxia Guild, but also didn't want this guild to run to a place that he couldn't influence to grow silently.
And the Tianxia Association could have quietly shifted its focus without being detected in advance by the aboriginal forces, which caused a strong vigilance and even a backlash from the aborigines, and the price given to Lu Bu and Fang Zhiwen now is also an additional expense, which is completely unnecessary.
Fang Zhiwen looked at Zhao Boyang calmly, and Zhao Boyang looked back without showing weakness.
"Well, in principle, the official agreed, and the world will play a good game of chess.1
"In the land of smoke miasma in Jingnan, the indigenous people are fierce, and time is very important! Adults will understand, and I hope that they will support you. β
Fang Zhiwen smiled with relief: "Yes, of course we have to support, develop the land, benefit the country and the people, why not support it!" Let's talk about the details of the agreement1
Hearing this, Zhao Boyang felt very uneasy, Fang Zhiwen's support was just trying to find trouble for the future development of Jingnan!? To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.