"That's your attitude to negotiations?" Zeng Liang stood up with a wave of his sleeves, and was furious, "It costs 100,000 taels to open your mouth, what a big appetite!" My dignified Celestial Empire is not so down, and I can get an inch from you! ”

Lian Chongwen was still stunned, Zeng Shangshu suddenly turned his face to Ye Yongjia again: "Ye Bingbu!" You actually pleaded with me for this matter, do you know how to write the word dignity! ”

Ye Yongjia lowered his head, silent, and waited for his reply. How could Lian Chongwen hold it, he grabbed the armrest of the circle chair with one hand, and said with a glare: "Zeng Shangshu, this matter is obviously a big mistake made by you, why do you dare to be so arrogant?" If you don't agree, you will burn the national letter and return to Nanyang to restore your life! ”

Ye Yongjia also persuaded on the side: "Lord Zeng, the terms of compensation should be negotiable, and there is no need to be so impatient......

"Tinglong, you still have to help the Gentiles speak, it's shameless!" Zeng Liang became even more irritable, and a few green tendons appeared on his face, "Tell you, my household department will never allocate a penny to insult the country!" If you want to return to China, you will go back to China, and when the time comes, it will be a big battle, so that you will know the majesty of the Celestial Empire! With that, he stopped arguing with the two, and immediately left the table, knocked down the bamboo curtain on the roll, listened to the sound of 'bang', and went back to the back room.

The current situation was still in Ye Yongjia's expectations, he leaned back, looked at Lian Chongwen's pale face, dull eyes, and just rubbed his hands around, and secretly rejoiced: "It seems that this person has no fixed opinion, and he does not dare to break the contract and return to China." In this way, it may be possible to persuade and move. ’

"Honest envoy...... You must not go back like this......" Ye Yongjia looked regretful.

It seems to be begging, but asking him to respond to such a sharp question on the spot is undoubtedly forcing him to make a statement.

"What is this......" Lian Chongwen was speechless for a while, and he began to hesitate in his heart: "I see that Zeng Liang is resolute, I am afraid that he really does not want to give compensation, and would rather pay the price of war." My threatening tactics seem to be useless...... Trying to be strong at this time will only cause me great suffering. Ye Yongjia strongly agreed with me, and Fang Cai was also trying his best to persuade him, it was better to stabilize him first, so as not to lose ground. ’

So he sighed at Ye Yongjia and said, "To be honest with you, I definitely can't go back like this." After all, I came here at the behest of the lord of the country, and it was my duty to negotiate. If the negotiations break down and the country becomes warn, then I will definitely be held accountable. But I can't give up the indemnity of 100,000 taels of silver for the sake of negotiation, because this will not meet the demands of my country, and I will still be a prisoner. ”

Ye Yongjia rubbed his eyebrows: "It seems that it is not easy for everyone...... I wonder if we can lower the indemnity? If I agree, I can find a way to turn the matter around. ”

"As long as the name of the reparation is still there, I will probably be fine. Anyway, how many taels do adults hope for? ”

Ye Yongjia stretched out three fingers: "Thirty thousand taels, what?" ”

Lian Chongwen nodded reluctantly: "I can accept it." But if you don't agree, you can't help it. ”

"There is a way," Ye Yongjia waved his hand disappreciatively, "If the household department does not agree, you can use Zhongshu Province to suppress him." After Ye reported the news to Prime Minister Liu, he summoned me and others to discuss in the capital hall, and after the agreement, he issued a clear order, and the household department did not dare to disobey. Once this is done, you can go to the main hall to present your credentials. ”

"National Letters?" Lian Chongwen asked an abrupt question, and then nodded a few more times, "Oh, oh......"

"What? Didn't you ask for it from the beginning? Ye Yongjia asked coldly, trying to make this sentence sound less like a question.

"Yes, there are still some clauses in it, we will discuss it in the future, and we will discuss it in the future!" Lian Chongwen suddenly frowned, suddenly smiled, and looked very strange.

Ye Yongjia knew what he meant, so he didn't investigate it carefully, but said: "When I talk about it like this, my heart will be much happier." Okay, the matter is over, you and I have no knots, and we can go back with confidence. It is inconvenient for Ye to provide accommodation for the envoys, please understand. ”

Lian Chongwen got up and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not difficult to find a hotel in the city." It's nothing to be tired and tired these days, I just hope that adults can help! ”

The two saluted each other, so they said goodbye and walked out of the household yamen.

"Are you really planning to report to Liu Zhennian or not?" Cai Xianqing pushed out the chair and looked at Ye Yongjia suspiciously.

"Yes." He flicked the back of his chair and replied briefly.

"Tinglong is really confused!" Cai Xianqing patted the dust on his hands, looked up to the sky and sighed, "But if you can complete the negotiation, the position of Zhongshu Province is originally determined by you. Now none of the provincial ministers are fighting, they believe in your talents, and they are afraid that they will not be able to compete with you; But once this matter is done, there will be suspense among the personnel who enter Zhongshu Province, and it will be a miracle that it will not become a bloody situation at that time! ”

"I can wait for the emperor's edict to come down and allow me to exercise great power," Ye Yongjia was not happy to hear such a question, and replied coldly, "But I forcibly pressed Zeng Liang's head and forced him to admit 30,000 taels, what will be the consequences?" His evil energy, if he doesn't eat me alive, it's not over at all! To take such a risk, it is better to listen to Liu Zhennian, he is the prime minister, and he is convinced when he orders it, which saves him a lot of trouble. ”

Cai Xianqing said: "Those who do big things do not hesitate to die, what do you look like?" A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, say let go, don't want the position of the provincial minister? ”

"Provincial minister," Ye Yongjia snorted in his nose and looked at him fixedly, "It's just a slave who was summoned by the Liu Party." We are the same everywhere. ”

Cai Xianqing looked at his cold face, smashed his mouth with a wry smile, and quipped: "You are really strange in this later life, you speak more ruthlessly than one sentence, and when you talk about the world, you are more transparent than one by one, as if you have enlightened the Tao." But why can't you be ruthless? ”

Ye Yongjia knew that he had given up persuading himself, but he didn't care about this joke, and replied with a smile: "If it was me back then, how could I be afraid of a Zeng Liang? He is nothing more than a few talkative ministers and a few impeachments. But in recent years, the world has been uneven, and you know what has happened. How can there be the original arrogance of the yin owl! ”

"Alas, it's mostly some of you who are in the afterlife, thinking about miscellaneous things, so you are afraid. Like the ambition of an old man, but sixty years are like a day! Cai Xianqing stroked his beard and laughed.

"You are so confident, you must have guessed the content of that letter of state."

Cai Xianqing patted his chest: "Of course!" I'm about to talk to you about it! ”