This Count of Villa is also the most cunning of the old jiān. Du Wei was depressed, and peeked at this guy. I thought to myself: he wanted to evade responsibility and deliberately put the burden on me...... In the end, war or peace is very important, no matter what the result is, he will inevitably offend a lot in the end, such a showy and flattering thing, how can I make it easy for him?!

Besides, Du Wei has dealt with Count Villa a few times, and he knows this guy's tactfulness. When Rì was in Dìdū, Du Wei had a conflict with the steward of Count Villa's house in the slave market, and the Count actually broke the steward's leg in order to show favor to himself. Still at the door of his duke's palace for a day.

This kind of thing is done at the expense of losing face, which shows that this Earl is a very forbearant person! In fact, he had no need to bow to Du Wei at all. Although Du Wei's title is higher than him, he is also favored by Prince Chen. But Count Villa was also an old friend of Prince Tatsu when he was not yet regent, and he has always been an old man who stood on Prince Tatsu's side. Otherwise, after the coup d'état, he would not have risen to the top, and immediately divided the property of the original Solomon family.

He would rather lose face than show favor to Du Wei, such a person...... Be careful!

Thinking of this, Du Wei smiled slowly: "Lord Earl......"

Villa hurriedly smiled: "You and I are also old friends." Such a title can be seen outside. In this way, there are no outsiders now, anyway, in the future, in private, you don't call me an earl, and I don't respect you as a duke. Let's take it easy, everybody. ”

Du Wei thought for a moment and said with a smile: "In this way, you are much older than me, and you used to be an old friend of my father, if you don't mind, I will call you Uncle Villa." ”

The earl laughed: "Then in private, I will call you Du Wei, but don't think I take advantage of you." ”

After the two of them were polite for a while, they said "Uncle Villa" to you and "Du Wei" to me. The intimacy of the horn is very happy. Seeing that the heat was almost over, Du Wei smiled and said, "Uncle Villa, your family has a lot of business dealings with the grassland. I am also familiar with all the affairs on the grassland, although the regent nominally put me in charge of this negotiation, but I am young and inexperienced, and some of the difficult things still depend on you to preside. ”

Villa immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "This is out of sight! Du Wei, although you are young, you are more than ten times older than me when it comes to fame." Now on the mainland, who doesn't know that Duke Tulip is a genius magician? And although you have only been in the northwest for one year, you have created countless miracles. What's more, this time the steppe people sneaked in...... Although the battle exploits were led by the guys of the Northwest Army, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Northwest Army is just a false leader, and you are the one who really defeated the head of the golden wolf. His Royal Highness Chen values you, and it is natural that he will take it for granted. You should not let this happen! What are we ...... Just waving the flag and shouting for you on the side. ”

Du Wei didn't think so, and secretly scolded this guy for being cunning, but the smile on his face became more and more affectionate: "Uncle Villa's praise makes me a little embarrassed! No matter what, you are older than me." You're much more familiar with this supreme thing than I am......"

"That's just a few years before I was born, and I'm just a little older. Du Wei, in this negotiation, if there is anything you don't know about the joints, I just know everything. His Highness has sent me to assist you, and I will definitely try my best to be your assistant. ”

The two went around for a long time, but this Villa bit the word "assistance" and did not let go, Du Wei sighed, and the other party refused to accept the hot potato of his mind. I couldn't help but smile bitterly and gave up the distracting thoughts in my heart. Finally, he pondered for a while, restrained his smile, and said awe-inspiringly: "Since this is the case...... Uncle Villa, you onion dìdū come, now dìdū li...... What is the tone of His Highness in the military department and Chen?"

Villa's eyes suddenly flashed with disapproval: "Military Department? hum...... What else can the bigwigs in the command department do, but they quarrel three times a day, and the noise is dark. His Royal Highness Chen is also tireless. Hey, you don't know, the current high command itself is quarreling internally, whether to fight or not. Then the high command and the Ministry of Finance quarreled about how much military budget should be increased. Then, the Ministry of Finance and the Ombudsman quarreled and blamed the Ombudsman for not controlling intelligence well. In the end, the Supervision Office and the High Command quarreled, blaming the Northwest Army for not cooperating with the intelligence gathering work...... dìdū is a mess, I'll say a few bad words here...... Hmph, if we continue to make such a noise, it will only be a joke for the grassland people! I think His Royal Highness Chen sent the matter to you this time and moved the negotiation site to Loulan City, also so that the grassland people would not see us infighting and fall into their own prestige. ”

Du Wei was furious when he heard this, this Villa was talking nonsense, and all he said was the gossip in the dìdū now...... But how could Du Wei use him to tell him about these things? He had a source of dìdū! This Villa's mouth was so stubborn that he refused to show his mouth at all.

Thinking of this, Du Wei couldn't help but show a little dissatisfaction on his face, snorted, put down the teacup, and said lightly: "Uncle Villa, the door is closed now, and there are no outsiders." After you and I go out the door, no third person will know. I'm honest and want to ask...... In the end, war or peace, what do you mean in private?"

Seeing that Du Wei was impatient, Villa also knew that he couldn't pretend anymore, and it was not good to pretend to be a turtle too much, so he smiled: "Du Wei, you are in a hurry." Well...... If you really call me ......?"

He took a slow sip of tea, then glanced at the closed door and lowered his voice: "Can't fight!"

Du Wei nodded, his gaze continuing to stare at him. Villa was helpless when he was stared at by Du Wei, so he continued to add: "This is what we said in private...... Well, in my opinion, the grassland and our empire are like a young man who is about to become an adult, and a strong man who is seriously ill! Both sides are eyeing each other, and they are eager to punch each other. But they all have scruples in their hearts. The boy is still underage, and his strength has not grown, so he just wants to drag more rìzi and make his body stronger. The odds are a little bit greater. As for the sick man, he was seriously ill and his strength was greatly damaged, so he also wanted to take care of some more rìzi, and when he was cured, his strength would recover some. ”

Du Wei smiled: "Then in this way, everyone doesn't want to fight." ”

"It's not all like that. Villa sighed helplessly: "Both sides know their own situation, but they also know each other's situation. Although the young man understands that he needs time to grow, he is also worried that after a long time, the other party's sick man will be cured, and the fight will be more difficult. And the sick man also thinks that although he is not well, he will wait until the day when he is sick. I'm afraid that young people have also become adults, and their strength is greater, and it will be even more difficult to fight...... This is the current contradiction. ”

In fact, what Villa said, Du Wei also knows. But he always needs to force this deputy to speak. Thinking of this, he continued to ask: "Since it is a contradiction, why Uncle Villa, you say that you can't fight? Better a finger off than always aching. Since I am afraid that it will take time to fight in the future, it is better to simply pay a certain price now and beat this young man down. Even if you lose more, you can do it once and for all. ”

Count Villa's heart jumped, and when he looked at Du Wei's fierce eyes, his heart suddenly burst: This kid is ruthless enough! But he immediately said: "Your thoughts are the same as those main battle factions in Dìdū now." But...... I think this argument is reasonable, but it is also too difficult to do. First, once we take action against the grassland people, what should the Northwest Army do? Let the Northwest Military Region attack the grasslands, not to mention whether we can mobilize these warlords in a coordinated manner...... Hehe, what if they don't listen to the order? Can we mobilize the troops from the north and the south, or drive the Janissaries of Wangcheng to the northwest? How will the Northwest Army react? In case of a fight, the Northwest Army will help us well, if they stab us in the back...... That's bad. ”

This sentence is straight to the point.

The current state of the empire really can't afford to lose a war! Whether it's the prince Chen who has just ascended to the throne, or the empire that has revealed its pathology, what is needed now is stability!

Du Wei saw that Villa said something real, and smiled with satisfaction: "In this way, what Uncle Villa said is really good, it seems that it can't be beaten!"

Villa hurriedly said, "This ...... I just have a little opinion of my own, and I can't do it accurately! Du Wei, as the person in charge of this time, you can listen to it but not blindly follow it. Big ideas, you still have to handle it yourself. His Royal Highness has great trust in you, and I don't think His Highness has made a decision himself, so he will hand over the power to you. If you decide to fight, I think Your Highness will probably support you in fighting! Before I came, I heard that in Dìdū, His Highness summoned the extremely big men of the military into the palace for two days in a row, and talked about dawn all night!"

Du Wei sneered in his heart, is he really delegating power to himself? I'm afraid he wants to be a villain!

Du Wei came from the world of his previous life, and naturally knew the truth that "a weak country has no diplomacy"! Just imagine, if he were to be the diplomatic spokesman of the United States, he would naturally have unlimited scenery, and if he wanted to fight Iraq, he would fight Iraq, and if he wanted to fight Afghanistan, he would fight Afghanistan. But if it was Li Hongzhang at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it would be miserable!

The most unfortunate thing is that whether it is war or peace, I am afraid that I want the most powerful people.

If you advocate war yourself, you will offend the doves. If the Lord is peaceful, then it offends the hawks.

After talking to Villa for a while, the old fox went down to rest under the pretext that he was tired from the long journey. Du Wei immediately consulted with Philip. Du Wei is now more and more dependent on this fast-growing staff, and the generals such as Longbottom around him also looked down on this weak young man at the beginning, but then gradually respected him, and privately felt that this young man was definitely a prime minister.

After talking to Du Wei for a while, Philip thought for a while. Suddenly, a solution was proposed.

"Lord Duke, I think. This decision is a hot potato, since Prince Chen has lost it to you, can't you lose it to others?"

Du Wei smiled bitterly: "I would like to lose it to Villa, but this guy is more slippery than oil." I don't want to be fooled. ”

Philip smiled and whispered, "You can't throw it away if you throw it to yourself...... So, why don't you throw it to the prairie people?"

"Huh?" Du Wei's eyes lit up! These words were like a bright light, which immediately illuminated the fog in his heart. Du Wei glanced at Philip appreciatively. Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Okay, Philip, for more than a year, your current electronics have become more and more cunning!"

Philip also smiled lightly, bowed down and said, "Do things by the side of adults...... Well, what was that sentence you said to me back then...... Ah, yes: if you get close to red, you will turn red, and if you get close to black, you will become black. ”

Du Wei was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "What's it...... I'm talking about the red who is close to Zhu, and the black who is close to ink!"

It seems that the people of the Roland Empire really can't understand the real oriental culture, but Du Wei immediately came to his senses and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Philip, this is a turning of the corner, your meanness was learned from me?"

Philip smiled slightly: "Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black!"

With the idea, Du Wei immediately felt much more relaxed, so he ordered to start preparing for the negotiation.

Count Villa brought with him a cart of papers, including two large boxes, both of which were Tampa records that had been negotiated in Dìdū. Du Wei flipped through it roughly, but there was nothing in it, and there was nothing in the branches, and there was nothing nutritious in the content.

It's like two sè introverted guys shouting at each other, "You're going to hit me!" "There's a kind of you who do it first!" "There's a kind of you who do it first!" "You hit it first!" "You hit it first!"

The saliva of these politicians and the quarrel with Wantong are actually just more flowery rhetoric.

Well...... Throw this hot potato to the prairie people...... That's a great idea!