Chapter 721: Wu Clan's Ambition
Seeing that Mrs. M was already tempted by her chips, Wu Jizong also put forward his further needs.
Of course, he didn't come up so directly, but said euphemistically:
"Maybe one day in the near future, my Wu family will have to choose independence under the persecution of the royal family, I hope that the MI Land Service and even the United Kingdom can support us in the international discourse on this issue, and there is no need for strong support, just favor us, in this regard, I think it should not be difficult for the United Kingdom diplomatic department that has given birth to many excellent diplomats!"
As the helmsman of the Wu family, Wu Jizong certainly understands that negotiation is such a thing, and in addition to the strength and needs of both sides, how to obtain conditions favorable to his own side to the greatest extent is to pay attention to a speech skill.
Sometimes you say something that the other person can't accept, and then you lower the bar and make another demand, then the other person is likely to compromise more easily and accept the second, less difficult condition.
It's very difficult to say, but in fact, it is taking advantage of the inertia of human psychology, which is what Mr. Lu Xun called the house demolition effect.
"If you think the house is too dark and want to open a window, people will oppose you; But if you say tear down the entire roof, they'll come and coordinate and say, let's open a window! ”
If you make that lower request at the beginning, you may most likely be rejected, and even if you finally agree, it will take a lot of words and energy. But making a very excessive request first, and then mentioning what you really want, will make the other person feel that it is not so difficult to accept, but easier to achieve the goal.
People are often like this, there is no contrast, there is no harm,
Wu Jizong thinks that this kind of approach, in fact, can also be reversed.
Therefore, he first repeated the conditions he had negotiated with Ling Lingqi to Mrs. M, so as to prompt the other party to have a kind of idea, since they had agreed to this condition, then further conditions were not impossible to consider.
Margaret knew that the other party's request would definitely not be so simple, so she nodded and said:
"This is the initial content of the deal we set at the beginning, for me, although it takes some thought to make this happen, but it is not difficult, I think Wu, your conditions should be much more than these, right? Come on, let me see your ambitions! ”
Wu Jizong is also used to dealing with foreigners, knowing that these foreigners sometimes speak implicitly, but most of the time they will be very straightforward and even rude, so he didn't care that this word was derogatory and unkind in the Xia Chinese context, but replied with great momentum:
"Dear Mrs. M, you should know that our Wu family used to be a member of the Lanfang Great Ruling State, and many places in Nanyang such as Bonizhou Island and even Java Nixi were once reclaimed and pioneered by our industrious Xia people, but the lazy and evil natives did not produce, slaughtered the people of our Xia tribe under various pretexts, and plundered our pioneering and construction achievements, and to this day those natives are still hostile to and reject us, completely forgetting the merits of the Xia people in the development process of Nanyang!"
Speaking of which, although Wu Jizong did not clearly state his purpose in his words, the meaning of his words has been very clearly expressed.
As a master of politics and power schemes, Margaret naturally immediately understood what the Wu family wanted to achieve!
She didn't expect that in addition to independence, the Wu family also had a demand for land in the surrounding area, which was much beyond her expectations.
Originally, the ambition she said was only that the Wu family might not be based on the system of the most common republic and democratic state when they became independent from the Boni Kingdom, but wanted to monopolize power and become a monarchy, at least the mainstream constitutional monarchy in the current monarchy, so they needed the support of Brittana, the most powerful monarchy in existence.
Because the non-monarchies, led by Franz and Bald Eagle, are very sensitive to this, and since the end of the nineteenth century, these two countries have directly or indirectly led to the transformation of monarchies into republics. If the Wu clan wants to become a member of the monarchy's camp independently, then it is natural that the approval and support of Brittana, the leader of the world's royal states, are indispensable.
But she didn't expect that the Wu family's ambitions would be even bigger than she imagined, and they actually wanted to annex the surrounding neighbors' territories and expand their own power!
Therefore, Margaret's expression after being covered by the veil couldn't help but change a few times, and she didn't have the momentum that seemed to be that she would agree to whatever conditions the Wu family put forward, but said in a deep voice:
"This question makes me very difficult, Wu, I need a room!"
Of course, Wu Jizong knew that if the other party could agree to this kind of request, it would be unreal, and it was completely normal for the other party to need to discuss it, so he personally led someone to arrange for the three people from the military intelligence land department to go to the artificial lake in the back garden of the Banshan Manor, and let them talk in the lake pavilion that was unsheltered from the wind on all sides and was dozens of meters away from the shore.
Such an environment can greatly avoid eavesdropping on conversations.
For the location arranged by Wu Jizong, Margaret was very satisfied.
If it's a study or something like that, they'll have to check if there's an eavesdropping device, but in this open environment, the environment is clear at a glance, and if you want to steal their conversation, you need to rely on remote radio equipment, but she has a transcendent guard by her side, and it's easy to prevent that kind of eavesdropping.
I saw her nod to the tall trench coat man beside her, the tall trench coat man was obviously acting as the guardian of Mrs. M, and he had not said a word since he appeared, seeing this, he raised a hand and closed his eyes as if he was meditating on something, after a few breaths, the man withdrew his hand and shook his head at Mrs. M.
"No one is watching for a kilometer, and for a kilometer away, I can influence the air here so that the sound can't be transmitted."
Princess Margaret thanked this person when she heard this, she understood that this person's ability was to master the most well-known spiritual power in the transcendent world, but there were many psychic mediums and psychics in the world, and less than one percent of them could master telekinesis and form combat power.
The man in the trench coat is such a transcendent person who can manipulate his telekinesis to explore his surroundings and transfer objects, although the size and weight of the objects he can move are relatively limited, but it is very easy to affect the extremely light existence of air.
With this move, Margaret and Ling Lingqi were also able to talk with confidence.
"Madam M, do you really want to agree to that Governor Wu's conditions? That's a territorial conflict that can lead to war if you're not careful! ”
Ling Lingqi was very cautious, and even in an environment where no one was eavesdropping, he did not address Her Royal Highness Margaret, so as not to expose Madame M's true identity.
Although this Mr. James Burton is far inferior to his adoptive mother in the big picture, he is still a first-class intelligence sensitive, otherwise he would not have become the seventh legendary agent in the intelligence community of the country.
From the situation of the Wu family, he could easily predict the possible consequences after the real launch!
Princess Margaret is only ten years younger than the sister of Queen Elisabeth, who is nearly ninety years old, and she has seen more political conflicts and wars in the past 70 years, and of course understands these truths better.
However, she said to Ling Lingqi:
"I know the seriousness of the problem, but what I want to say is that the Wu family is obviously extremely well prepared, even without our support, it is estimated that it will be launched, or it will have to be launched! After all, the one in the Boni royal family who is worried about Sanlikun's wealth is not a day or two! ”
"And with the Wu family's huge financial resources that make our Alfred family a little blushing, and the support of many Nanyang Xia clans, do you think they can succeed?"