Chapter 162: Negotiation
"Purpose?" Duanmu asked lightly.
Chenguang raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile:
"What is it for?"
"You want the use of 30,000 soldiers."
"I just borrowed 30,000 soldiers, and it's not that I didn't pay you money, it's against the rules of the trade for you to ask like this." Chenguang is a serious and authentic way.
Duanmu Yan glanced at her: "I know that a desert can't hold you, but Yanyun Country is not the Fengying Kingdom, and Yanyun Country doesn't want to expand its territory, nor does it want to move to other places, so there's no reason to use troops for you to anger your neighbors." β
Chenguang sneered: "The Chiyang Kingdom didn't use troops against you not because you didn't anger him, but because he was too lazy to do it now. The same is true of Cangqiu Country. But once the war of Longxi Kingdom starts, the chaotic country will inevitably attract the attention of Cangqiu Kingdom, and Cangqiu Country has coveted Longxi Kingdom for a long time. If the Cangqiu Kingdom moves, the Chiyang Kingdom will not watch from the wall, and at that time, the Seven Kingdoms will be in a scuffle, and Yanyun Guoan will be able to stand alone? β
Duanmu Yan looked at her.
He hadn't expected things to turn out the way they were, and it had only been more than a year since he first knew that Chenguang was going to Long Xiguo and his relatives.
He knew that Chenguang was going to Long Xiguo to make peace, but he only thought that she wanted Feng Mingguo and Long Xiguo to deepen their relationship, so he agreed to Long Xiguo's proposal. It wasn't until he heard about the series of incidents caused by her arrival in Long Xi Kingdom, that he realized that her purpose of going to Long Xi Country was not so simple. When he heard the news of Emperor Long Xi's death, he felt more and more frightened, the purpose of her going to Long Xi Kingdom was not to deepen the relationship with Shangguo and find a backer for herself, she was simply going to make waves and fish in troubled waters.
Originally, Duanmu Yan was wary of Chenguang, from the first time he saw her, he felt that she was evil, and since he heard what happened in Long Xiguo, he was more wary of her.
He doesn't like her very much, an ambitious, scheming, unsympathetic, blindly pursuing her own pleasure, even if such a woman is beautiful, it will make men want to keep their distance, which is a subconscious rejection reaction when facing creatures who are the same kind as themselves.
"Are you pulling an alliance for the Phoenix Netherworld?" Duanmu sneered, his eyes showing disdain, "Even if the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion really happens in the future, what is the Yanyun Kingdom?" What is the Kingdom of the Phoenix? Although you and I have cooperated at the beginning, we have each taken what we need. No matter how poor the Yanyun Kingdom is, it will not form an alliance with a barbaric country in the desert in a vain attempt to occupy a place in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. Princess Chenguang, you have the courage that ordinary women don't have, but your ideas are too naΓ―ve. β
Chenguang smiled: "Indeed, my Feng Ying Kingdom is a small and wild country, and it is not as good as the Yanyun Country in any aspect. β
Duanmu Yan laughed when he saw her admit it frankly.
Chenguang continued: "But aside from the Fengying Kingdom, which country can you compare to Yanyun Kingdom?" The Yanyun Kingdom is just rich, the people's hearts are uneven, the army is decaying, and its influence in the Seven Kingdoms is not as good as that of the Nanyue Kingdom that screams at the feet of the Chiyang Country. In the future, if there is a Great War of the Seven Kingdoms, no one will form an alliance with you, and the Yanyun Kingdom itself will not be able to resist any country. Yanyun Country is heavy on business, famous for its 'cunning' on the mainland, like Chiyang Country and Cangqiu Country, which are the most light merchants in the country, and they are tired of you merchants from the heart, and they will not treat you fairly. If you think that you go out of your way to send silver to the Chiyang Kingdom or the Cangqiu Kingdom, you can ensure that the Yanyun Kingdom will survive in the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms, your thoughts are really naΓ―ve. The seven countries are in a scuffle, and the last big battle will definitely be the Chiyang Kingdom and the Cangqiu Kingdom, the strength of the two countries is equal, and it will cost a lot of money to really fight, that is to say, when the war really starts, which country's financial resources can reach the end, which country is the winner. The two countries are equal in strength and financial resources, and if they want to overpower each other, the only way is to rob. Yanyun Country is really lucky, sandwiched between Chiyang Country and Cangqiu Kingdom, guess when the time comes, will Chiyang Kingdom annex you, or will Cangqiu Kingdom attack and occupy you? β
Chenguang looked at Duanmu Yan's increasingly ugly face, and said with a smile:
"I think it's better to be in the Chiyang Kingdom, although the Chiyang Kingdom is arrogant, but the most that is attacked is occupation, and most of the people in the Yanyun Kingdom can survive. But Cangqiu Country is different, the group of barbarians in Cangqiu Country believe that their own blood is the most noble, and they like to slaughter. I don't know if there will be no more abductions and abductions in this world when the people of Yanyun Country are slaughtered. β
Duanmu Yan looked at her coldly: "You are so presumptuous to me, you are so bold." β
Chenguang looked at him, hooked his lips, and smiled:
"Yanyun Kingdom doesn't want to lose the country, and cooperating with Feng Ying Kingdom is the best policy. What if you have thousands of family wealth, you can't keep it, it's just making wedding clothes for others. There is a huge disparity in military strength, even if you are robbed, what can you do, you can only swallow your anger, bow low and be small, and you are already lucky not to be exterminated. Duanmu Yan, you should know your reputation in the Seven Kingdoms, now that the war has not started, everyone is safe, but now is not the era when the male style is prevalent, when a group of beasts put on their clothes and start pretending to be people, you, who are still living in the old era, will only be regarded as an alien, and with their jealousy that you can indulge wantonly, they will clean you up.
But I'm different, first, the Yanyun Kingdom has become the only ally of the Feng Ying Kingdom, so I will cherish it even more; Second, I am not that group of sanctimonious hypocrites, without affecting the interests of both parties, you and your Yanyun Kingdom can do anything, I will not interfere in things that have nothing to do with me, let alone pretend to be a defender to point fingers at other people's affairs, and I have to distinguish between right and wrong. β
"With a high-minded tone of grace, you ninth-rate countries like the Feng Ying Kingdom dare to point fingers at the Yanyun Kingdom!"
Chenguang had always thought that Feng Ming Kingdom was a third-rate country, but it turned out to be a ninth-rate country in Duanmu Yan's mouth.
She was a little annoyed, but her face didn't show it, and she said with a grin:
"Whether it's a ninth-rate or not, it doesn't matter now. It's better to make a bet with you, if you lend me 30,000 soldiers, I will let you see the first-class miracle of the Nine Streams, if I lose, I will not only pay you 30,000 elite soldiers, but also give you a mining group, how about it? β
Duanmu Yan looked at her and was silent.
Let's not talk about whether she can win the bet she made in the end, but her courage to make a bet alone is beyond the reach of many men.
She looks soft, her voice is soft, and her gestures are full of childish innocence, but what she says is shocking and impossible to ignore.
Duanmu Yan stared at her for a moment and smiled.
However, Duanmu Yan is more of a businessman than the king of a country, and the businessman is cunning and never gives impulsive answers because of the momentary atmosphere.
"I'll think about it." He said.
Chenguang was not surprised, looked at him and smiled.