Chapter 488: Help others to the end
In order to gain the support of Mount Canu, Xiao Chen had to talk to him, after all, his opinion still carried a lot of weight in the Burmese king.
Not only do you know the reason, but also move him with affection, so that he knows that this matter is very beneficial to you, both public and private, and there is no harm in it.
The disadvantage is nothing more than the loss of a few warships, but the benefits in the future are great, so you must take a long-term view, and you can't just stare at the small gains and losses in front of you!
Regardless of whether he could understand Mount Canu or not, Xiao Chen only stayed in his military camp for a day, and then continued to head south and went straight to Lin Yang City.
Mount Ganu gave Lu Yin's arrows, and also sent a group of 200 elite cavalry as a guard escort, no matter what, it was very interesting.
When the king of Burma learned that Xiao Chen had arrived, he immediately summoned him.
Loyal Hou Qianluo and General Doma are all old acquaintances, but they fought side by side and killed the enemy together, they admired Xiao Chen very much, and when they met again, they were also very affectionate.
This time, Shangguan gave up the disease and really took it, and this kid Xiao Chen is really peeing!
It's just rampant in the Great Zhou Palace, and it's also a flat trip in the palace of other people's Burma, I originally thought that he had a flamboyant personality and was quite capable, but now I found out that Xiao Chen is actually a very low-key person......
The Burmese king has always been grateful to Xiao Chen, and he is very happy to see him, but he is a little hesitant about his proposal to borrow a warship to fight the Rus.
"Xiao Chen, the size of our fleet is not small, but it is mainly river ships, and there are only more than 300 warships that can fight at sea, and they are all medium-sized warships, mainly used for offshore operations, which cannot be compared with your large warships, and they also have to cross the ocean to fight against the powerful Rus'......" The king of Burma expressed his embarrassment.
Xiao Chen was surprised and delighted when he heard this, I rely on you have more than 300 ocean warships!
This is almost the same size as our Great Zhou Sailor, I came here this time mainly to find a pirate ship to help in the war, just to borrow a few warships from you is a hand, I didn't want to pull out an elephant with such a pull!
In fact, because Myanmar is bordered by the sea in the south and the rivers in the country are crisscrossed, the shipbuilding industry has been very developed since ancient times.
Moreover, in order to compete for the ownership of this important sea area in the Bay of Bengal, it has been fighting against many Western maritime powers for many years, and the naval division is actually quite powerful.
However, under the constraints of various conditions, they did not develop large ocean-going warships, and the naval division was mainly medium-sized ships, and the scope of their activities was mainly within the waters of the Bay of Bengal.
They did not have the ambition of Westerners to conquer the entire sea, and the development of the naval fleet was mainly used for self-protection.
"Lord, no matter what, you see that I am here, you have to give me a face, if you don't give me face, you have to give Princess Ruyun face, if you don't give her face, you have to give us the face of the Great Zhou Emperor, right?" Xiao Chen forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart and began to mention people.
"Alas, it's not a secret, if it weren't for you Xiao Chen coming in person, I wouldn't have borrowed a boat, and you shouldn't mention Emperor Zhou and Yun'er to me, I just look at your face!" The Burmese King shook his head helplessly.
"Then I'm curious, I don't know how big my face is?" Xiao Chen smiled, "I think it's worth a hundred or so warships, right?" ”
The key to negotiation is that the lion opens his mouth wide, and it doesn't matter how big he is, this is called asking for a sky-high price, and you will pay back the money on the spot.
"You don't have to joke with this king, your Great Zhou Emperor's face is not worth a hundred warships!" The Burmese king laughed.
"I didn't see it, Lord Xiao, you still like to joke so much." Doma on the side covered her mouth and smiled, "You borrowed all our warships, so what should we do if there is an attack from other places?" ”
"Lord Xiao, this is a military matter, don't be joking." The old general of Qianluo frowned.
"I'm not kidding." Xiao Chen sighed, "This battle is a matter of life and death for me personally, if I win, I will live, if I fail, I will die, do you say that I will joke with my own life and death?" If it weren't for the stakes, how could I come thousands of miles away and ask for help from the prince in person? ”
It means don't forget that I also came thousands of miles away to save your life!
In order to save you, our brother is really playing with his life.
Do you remember it?
In your hall, we have a bloody battle with Prince Seba......
Now is the time for your Burmese king to repay me this great favor, so don't say how many warships my face is worth, it depends on how many warships your old life is worth in exchange for your Burmese king?
"Xiao Chen, Yun'er also said your difficulties in the letter, and this king knows it, but a hundred warships are impossible......" King Burma frowned, really embarrassed.
"Then it's fifty so-so." Xiao Chen opened his mouth, although he knew that the King of Burma would definitely not borrow this number of warships, but he made a big concession.
This is the art of negotiation, and the king of Burma must not be allowed to know that his original bottom line is actually to be satisfied with just borrowing four or five warships......
"If it's not for the king's stinginess, fifty ships will definitely not work, so let's do it, I'll lend you twenty warships......" The king of Burma thought for a long time, and finally made a decision.
"Twenty?" Xiao Chen suppressed the joy in his heart, and finally made a look of extreme disappointment.
Because I want to laugh with joy in my heart, but my face has to be stiff, my muscles are twisted and deformed, and I look quite sad and angry.
Both Qianluo and Doma felt guilty and bowed their heads and couldn't bear to see it.
"Xiao Chen, don't worry, listen to me, I will give you our best twenty warships, you can choose by yourself, and on each battleship, I will give you three hundred of the bravest sailors, in addition, I can also give you ten cargo ships for logistics supplies, and the grain and grass are also prepared by me." King of Burma's Road.
"There is another section, my twenty warships are not borrowed from you, but given to you, but after the end of the war, regardless of success or failure, regardless of casualties, you have to send my men back......," the Burmese king added.
"Oh, I know that the King of Burma is a king who takes into account the overall situation and values love and righteousness!" Xiao Chen was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't pretend anymore, and got up and bowed deeply to the King of Burma, "The prince is very gracious, don't say thank you, Xu Tuhou can also report it!" ”
"That's something you have to report." The king of Burma smiled, "Although I said that it was given to you, naturally it can't be given for nothing, your porcelain and silk jewelry of the Great Zhou ......."
"Lord Wang, you know who my Xiao Chen is, our friendship is not like this, it will last a lifetime, I won't promise you anything today, let's see in the future!" Xiao Chen said.
"Hehe, it's good if you know it in your heart, you have an ancient saying in China called helping people to the end, send the Buddha to the sky, then I will simply give you another general who is proficient in water warfare."
The king of Burma said and called a guard, "Go quickly and find Wu Hanming, the sailor general who will report to Lin Yang!" ”