In the dark forest, there is not only the cruelty and ferocity of the jungle, but also the insidious and cunning deception and lies.

All players want an empty glove white wolf, and it would be perfect if they could get food into their mouth with a mouth.

Scalp once wanted to be a cunning fox, but no matter how he packaged it, the centipede-like scar on his face would involuntarily alert people, and from an outward point of view, he was not actually suitable as a master negotiator.

He spent several years in Europe, gave himself 8 honorary degrees, and was invited to give a lecture at the University of Paris on the topic "France Can Say No", which won the applause of many audiences!

He also received an honorary professorship from Cambridge University, studied popular Greek literature, and copied a poem called "Goodbye Cambridge" that appeared in a London newspaper.

He skillfully learned to cut steaks with a knife and fork, cut a black tuxedo for himself from a tailor in Sicily, made a pair of gold-rimmed eyes for himself from an old Swiss craftsman, and bought a silver glittering watch in a London window......

He tried to look gentle, more elegant—he even got an East Indian to be his translator, and by the way, he learned "Confucius said......

However, it didn't work.

He is such a stylish man, so distinct, so outstanding, his melancholy eyes, his embarrassed stubble, his miraculous scar, and the Dakota 1848 on his belt that never leaves him, all make people see at a glance: this is an idiot!

"Ikaruga, do you think I'm really fit to be a foreign secretary?" Scalp asked this more than once.

He messed up a lot of things in Europe.

People thought of him as a wrongdoer, and calling this Indian to settle the bill at dinner was once a very interesting item in the aristocratic salons of Paris.

He had asked Queen Victoria to publish a congratulatory message in the newspaper on Turtledove's birthday, but Queen Victoria took the money and forgot about it.

He once went to Prussia on the instructions of Turtledove to attend the wedding of a man named Bismarck, but he was blasted out without even seeing him.

All in all, as the plenipotentiary ambassador of the American state to Europe, Scalp has done a lot of things, but basically nothing has been done.

[In view of the general environment,

Except for one — he had people hold candles and pray for the 108 Native American workers who died in the mining crash — the theme "We are all Indians tonight" somehow touched the hearts of many.

The successive diplomatic failures once made him feel very desperate, and he knew that this was the case, and it was better to stay in South America, and smoke and drink with those pig killers, mulberry dealers, and plantation owners to watch the killing......

"Ikaruga, if you have to make me foreign secretary, can you let me stay in South America?"

He felt that his diplomatic work in South America was successful, and that he could talk and laugh with the president of Guatemala and the emperor of the Brazilian Empire.

But the turtledove told him, "Scalp, what good would it be for us to make Guatemala and Venezuela our hardcore allies? Britain is now farting more than Raphael's cannon, and Brazil is not worth stopping a Napoleon in the Gulf of Mexico by the French—go to Europe, that's the outlet!"

"But ......"

"Go, Scalp!" The turtledove said, "A good hunter always appears in the form of prey."

……

Scalp was summoned by Louis-Napoleon through Armand's connections, and he also decided to resort to a little trick to whet the emperor's appetite.

"Formerly known as the Nova Scotia Peninsula, which means "new Scotland" in Latin, Loczen Island is located at the southeastern tip of Canada, across the Bay of Maine from Boston, and is strategically located as a choke point from the Atlantic Ocean into North America......

"It's beautiful, it's producing, it's produced on the island

Coal and gypsum are also abundant, and fish are also abundant......

"Covering an area of 50,000 square kilometers, the temperature is as high as 20 degrees Celsius in summer, which is very warm, and the fortifications on the island are very sound, only the northwest side is connected to the land, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack......

"The island's main inhabitants are Americans, who are warm, kind, hardworking and brave, and very friendly to everyone except Americans......

Louis-Napoleon interrupted his scalp: "Just say how much!"

The scalp was interrupted from his train of thought, and the lines that he had memorized were all forgotten at once.

"10,000,000 francs!" He said.

"Impossible!" Louis-Napoleon exclaimed, "That broken island is not worth 10 million francs!"

"And how much are you willing to pay?" Scalp asked.

"Five million francs, at most!" Louis-Napoleon said.

The scalp shook his head violently, "No, absolutely not!"

"Hmph," said Louis-Napoleon, "then you will have to wait for the fall of the island of Loczen!" Armand, send him out!"

Louis-Napoleon turned and sat on his throne.

He felt that he had behaved very well, worthy of the emperor of France, and he mastered the rhythm of the negotiations in one sentence and pinched the vital point of this Indian.

The hunt has begun!

This Indian has said too much before, and if he says too much, he will lose it, and inadvertently exposed the major crisis that the island is now facing - the Indians are almost unable to defend this island!

Scalp picked at his head and fought back: "Your Majesty, when Luozen Island falls into the hands of the Americans, you will never have a chance to buy it again!"

"Hahaha!" Louis Napoleon said: "At that point, what I have lost is only a broken island, but what you have lost is the only fulcrum in the Atlantic, the only place that can involve the core of the United States - Armand, send him away!"

Scalp's first meeting with Louis Napoleon ended unhappily.

He did not wait for Louis-Napoleon to pick out the cards, nor did he have the opportunity to use the speeches he had memorized so well, and he was expelled from Versailles before he could apply the techniques taught in The Art of Negotiation.

Now, he had to face another question - what should he do if the negotiations failed?

……

What he didn't know was that after he left the palace, Louis-Napoleon jumped from the throne at once.

"Armand, Armand, we've made a lot of money!"

"That 50,000 square kilometers of land, the bridgehead of the North American continent, the ice-free port in the North Atlantic - we can take it for only 10 million francs!"

Armand stood up tremblingly, "No, Your Majesty, it should only be 5 million francs!"

"Yes, yes," said Louis-Napoleon, "we should have another bargain, 2,000,000 francs!" 2,000,000 francs is enough! Hahaha!"

For the emperor, whether it is a Ming monarch or a faint monarch, there is never too much land - well, not necessarily, the Qing Dynasty felt that Siberia was useless, and the heavens and the earth did not care about millions of square kilometers.

In short, the two of them were very happy.

However, Louis-Napoleon asked another question: "Is it possible that we can buy this island without spending a single franc?"

Rao is Armand is well-informed, and he was also shocked by the emperor's whimsical idea for a while.

But he still came up with a solution: "We can borrow from him and use his money to buy his island......

"Hee-hee-hee, you're so smart!"

……

While Scalp was still frustrated with his East Indian interpreter for ideas, Louis-Napoleon had already taken the initiative to come up with a solution for him.