Chapter 309: Profit-driven negotiations
"Wait!" Princess Carol finally stopped Mu Chen when he was about to walk away.
The corners of Mu Chen's mouth rose slightly, and he instantly returned to his senses, turned around and looked at Princess Carol suspiciously, as if asking her if there was anything else.
"General Mu Chen, you are an extremely wise person, I believe you can see that these zergs are not easy to deal with, why did you refuse my proposal?" In Princess Carol's idea, as soon as she raised the issue of the alliance, these earthlings should immediately agree, but she couldn't imagine that the other party didn't have much interest, which made her very puzzled.
Mu Chen smiled, it turned out that this woman hadn't figured out where she had failed, so let's teach her a lesson.
"There is such a saying on our earth: friends come with good wine, enemies come with shotguns, the Zerg are certainly our enemies, and they will naturally use shotguns to entertain them, but Proxima Centauri is not necessarily our friends, you want us earthlings and Proxima Centauri to form an alliance, is it really just to protect the solar system from the invasion of the Zerg, I'm afraid it's not that simple, right?"
Princess Carol never expected that Mu Chen would see through their plan at a glance. Protecting the solar system is just an excuse, all in order to make the earthlings willingly help them recover the Centauri system.
If Proxima Centauri helps the earthlings defeat the next invading Zerg army, and then makes this request, it is impossible for the earthlings to refuse out of reason and reason, after all, Proxima Centauri has just helped the earthlings, so that the earthlings can be dragged into the battlefield of Centaur, which is the so-called moral kidnapping.
This kind of behavior is a bit like the Soviet Russia's approach to China during World War II, when China resisted aggression, Soviet Russia provided a lot of help, which is an irrefutable fact, but then Soviet Russia showed their greedy face and put forward many unreasonable conditions, and the relationship between the two countries broke down, and Huaxia also paid a huge price to repay the previous favor of Soviet Russia.
This lesson Mu Chen has to consider that every civilization has its own interests and demands, and it is impossible to provide help unconditionally, and there are often greater conditions behind these seemingly unrequited helps, and once you take a wrong step, it is very likely to pay a heavy price in the future.
Princess Carol finally understood now, Mu Chen had guessed their plan from the beginning, and her little caution had not been hidden from Mu Chen's sharp eyes at all.
In fact, this is all the experience and lessons that Mu Chen learned in the slums, sometimes the immediate benefits are often just a sweet bait, and the danger behind it is difficult for people to bear, Mu Chen was not less fooled before, and he was deceived by people like Liu Bo at every turn, so he was almost instinctively vigilant against this temptation.
Having said that, Princess Carol was a little insulting to Mu Chen's IQ when she concealed her true thoughts, so she had to tell her all about their plans to see if they could get help from the earthlings.
"I wonder how you can agree to help Proxima Centauri reclaim their home planet?" Carol asked, a little apprehensive.
The plan of moral kidnapping has been discovered, and now Princess Carol is in a passive negotiation, and it may be difficult to get the earthlings to agree to help without paying the price, after all, the Zerg have completely occupied the Centauri galaxy, think
To defeat them, it is not easy to regain lost ground, otherwise the Proxima Centauri would not have worked hard for more than 2,000 years without doing it.
Mu Chen snickered, grinding with this Proxima princess for a long time, and finally waited for her to say this, which means that the initiative of the negotiation is completely in her own hands, and it is not up to her to decide whether to round her or flatten her.
There is also skill in raising conditions, and you can't go straight to the topic as soon as you come up, which will scare the other party away, so you have to go step by step.
"As you know, in this battle with the Zerg, our Earth Fleet suffered heavy losses, sacrificed a lot of soldiers, and some wounded have not yet recovered, I hope to be able to use Proxima Centauri's medical technology to heal them as soon as possible."
Mu Chen is still the supreme commander of the fleet in the end, and the recovery of the wounded affects his heart all the time, especially Monica, who used her body to help him block a lot of corrosive mucus at a critical moment, and is the one who must find a way to save her, Mu Chen doesn't want that Monica to be in a coma all the time, it would be better if the wounds on her body could be healed by the way.
Mu Chen has personally experienced Proxima Centauri's nano repair technique, although the process is very painful, but the result is still very significant, if he can use this medical technology for his crew, not only can they recover quickly, maybe their strength will also be greatly improved.
Princess Carol thought for a moment and said in embarrassment: "General Mu Chen, that kind of nano repair technique is not mature, and we only have the last injection (river crab) liquid left in our hands, which can only help save one person at most, and this treatment method is very risky, and no one can guarantee that it will be 100% successful." ”
Mu Chen knew that this was the truth, after all, when he was modified by the nano repair technique, he almost had a feeling that life was worse than death, and he thought that he was dead at that time.
"If it's just to help heal the soldiers' injuries, can you use your skills?" Mu Chen asked unrelentingly.
"It's not that difficult, Proxima Centauri's level of medical care is very good for recovering from trauma, and we can help with that." Carol nodded, agreeing to Mu Chen's condition.
Seeing that this Proxima Centauri princess was so easy to speak, Mu Chen no longer hesitated, and immediately put forward several conditions, mainly in terms of weapons and equipment, hoping to refer to the experience of some Proxima Centauri super warships, so that the Earth Federation could create a more advanced fleet.
Princess Carol also basically accepted these conditions, and also expressed a lot of interest in the laser weapons and particle beam weapons of the Earth Federation, and could try her best to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in basic weapons.
Immediately afterwards, Mu Chen mentioned the most critical condition, hoping to learn the spatial leap technique of Proxima Centauri, but what he didn't expect was that Princess Carol didn't hesitate at all, and directly refused.
"I'm sorry General Mu Chen, we can't accept this condition of yours no matter what, the space jump technology is the core technology of our Proxima Centauri pressing the bottom of the box, its value is immeasurable, and it is absolutely impossible for us to share it with any force." Princess Carol said unusually firmly.
Mu Chen immediately frowned, among all the technologies of the Proxima Centauri, only this spatial leap technology was the most eye-catching for Mu Chen
Gluttony is also the one that has greatly improved the power of the Earth Fleet.
Mu Chen did not give up, and continued to probe tentatively: "If you agree to share this technology with us, the Earth Federation is willing to exchange the ownership of Titan and do its best to help you recover your home planet." ”
This is basically the biggest bargaining chip that Mu Chen can provide, if Princess Carol still disagrees, Mu Chen will have to put Mars on the trading platform, so it is really hard to say whether it is a loss.
Sure enough, Princess Carol also pondered, as if she was considering the pros and cons of this transaction, if she accepted this condition, it would mean that she had a solid ally, and she could have the opportunity to counterattack the Centauri galaxy, and even completely recover her home planet, even if the counterattack failed, Proxima Centauri also had a habitable planet with full ownership, and there was no need to think about sending people to the fence like now.
Mu Chen's bargaining chip is very sincere, but Princess Carol is still not sure of her idea, after all, the space jump technology is their last means of life, once handed over to the earthlings, who can guarantee whether they will raise tigers for trouble, what if the earthlings are treacherous and get the technology but are unwilling to help them regain their lost ground? When the time comes, Proxima Centauri may not be able to seek justice.
In fact, this kind of diplomatic agreement is just a verbal promise in many cases, and the violation of the promise has not happened, and the Cosmic Alliance cannot control this kind of thing.
Princess Carol thought seriously for a while, and said to Mu Chen with a little apology: "I'm sorry, this matter is very important, and I can't decide it alone, I need to discuss it with my father." ”
Mu Chen didn't care either, nodded understandingly: "It's okay, it's better to be cautious about this kind of thing, anyway, the alliance can't be reached through a negotiation, I look forward to meeting you next time." ”
"Alright then, I'll come to visit you in a few days, by the way, please help me express my gratitude to Mrs. Ye, the food she made is delicious." Princess Carol said with a smile.
"Mother will be glad to hear your praise." Mu Chen smiled kindly.
Sending three Proxima Centauri out of the door, Mu Chen felt that it was harder than a battle, this kind of political negotiation was too wasteful, next time I would send a professional to do it, let myself intrigue with these people, I feel that I will live a few years less.
However, this contact still gained some substantial benefits, and in order to show her sincerity, Princess Carol specially told Mu Chen that the medical team of Proxima Centauri would immediately come to Earth to help treat the wounded of the Reaper fleet, which was somewhat of a small surprise.
Being able to heal the tens of thousands of wounded under his hands is also a major event in Mu Chen's heart.
Each of these soldiers who went out with him was good, born and died for the common interests of the people of the earth, he couldn't let them fall like this, even if he tried his best, Mu Chen would try to save them as much as possible, at least let them have a proper treatment.
For this reason, Mu Chen also found a company that makes intelligent prosthetics, this company is the production of the kind of intelligent prosthetics used by wolf girls, the quality and performance are very good, and the most advanced intelligent prosthetics are installed for those disabled soldiers at a high price, as long as some time of practice, these soldiers will soon recover their combat ability, and their lives will not be affected too much.