What Su Qi said was the truth, the names of Albert and Joseph's royal ministers sounded bluffing, but only they knew that their status in the country was insignificant at all, otherwise they would not have been sent to Huaxia, thousands of miles away.

Silk, tea and other commodities in China are very popular in the West, it is simply in short supply, even if there is no Francophone merchants, there are also merchants from other Western countries rushing to do business, Huaxia does not have to worry about the goods can not be sold.

On the contrary, if they were forbidden to trade by the Great Xia court, the royal family would lose a major way to make profits. If it was because of an unpleasant meeting, Francois and Huaxia would have a bad relationship, the queen would be afraid that she would have the heart to kill them.

While Albert was struggling, Joseph, who was beside him, stepped forward and whispered something to him.

After listening to Joseph's words, Alberg's tense body gradually relaxed, and he sat back in his chair in a dejected manner, and said weakly, "...... It's not that I don't want to promise you, but the main thing is that we will agree with Gao's side that we will deliver the goods in batches and pay in batches."

"Now that he has just delivered the first batch of goods, although he has paid the deposit, he will not give us the payment for this batch of firearms until our next delivery. If we stop delivering now, not only will we not get the money, but we will not get the goods back...... If we don't get the money, we won't be able to explain it to the country, and the rest of the caravan won't agree."

After listening to Wang Jianyue's translation, Gu Yunji suddenly thought of something, his heart moved, and he said tentatively: "According to your meaning, as long as you can get the payment, you can immediately cut off contact with Gao Shishu?"

Alberg nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "That's what it means, the firearms in the back have basically been made, and we don't expect to sell them all as promised, as long as we get back the money for the firearms that were handed over to Gao before, we will be satisfied."

Gu Yunji suddenly smiled and said meaningfully, "Then if we help you get the money back, and you can also sell the firearms in your hands at the same time, can you cooperate with us to fight against Gao Shishu?"

Alberg was stunned: "...... What do you mean?"

"We want to make a deal with you."

Gu Yunji smiled and said unhurriedly: "Instead of being in such a dilemma, it is better to give us all the firearms that have not been given to Gao Shishu, and we will help you attack his base camp Mingsha Island, and then raid his family and use this money to pay for your firearms."

Perhaps Gu Yunji's expression was too natural, Alberg was a little incredulous, and repeatedly confirmed with Wang Jianyue several times that he had heard correctly, and his expression was indescribable:

"What do you mean...... Let's provide you with firearms for free to help you attack Gao Shishu, and you can easily get a large number of advanced firearms from beginning to end without paying any money or paying any price, and by the way, completely solve the problem of the Japanese invaders?"

Seeing through his thoughts, Gu Yunji coughed lightly twice uncomfortably, and his tone was quite kind: "Don't say it so ugly, we are cooperating and mutually beneficial. Gao Shishu is a well-known great widow, and he previously annexed the Tao Lian Yu Party, even if he has been defeated in the confrontation with the imperial court this year, the foundation is still there."

"The emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and if you can search Gao Shishu's lair to the bottom, you must still be able to find a lot of silver, which will be used to pay for your firearms. For you, you got the money, and for us, you got rid of Gao Shishu, isn't that the best of both worlds?"

"What if Gao Shishu's family is not enough to pay for the goods?"

"Then we'll talk about it then."

"Tell me then?!" Albert laughed angrily, and suddenly raised his voice, "Master Gu, I'm afraid you're not joking? You don't have any guarantees, so you ask us to give you the firearms, what if in the end Gao Shishu's family is not enough to pay for the goods? What if you don't give us the money? Aren't you white wolves with empty gloves!"

Hearing the words "white wolf with empty gloves", Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows, and couldn't tell for a moment whether this was Eberg's original words or Wang Jianyue's own addition during the translation process. But I have to say, this sentence is quite apt.

Gu Yunji's tone was cold: "What about the white wolf with empty gloves? Just now, when we were talking about the firearms business, didn't you also dig a hole for us in the maintenance fee? We just do it the way we do

His body is just a human being."

Alberg choked and was speechless.

Xu Shuhua saw that his expression seemed to be shaken, and said quietly: "Mr. Eberg, Master Gu's method seems to be unacceptable, but it is actually a win-win plan, it is good for you and us, you can think about it carefully."

"Generally speaking, when you agree on cash on delivery, you will pay for the goods with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. Have you ever thought about why your transaction with Gao Shishu is that the delivery is delivered before the payment is made later, and you are asked to hand over the next batch of goods, and he will give the money for the last batch of goods?"

"Because he has no money." Without waiting for Alberg to answer, Xu Shuhua took it himself, "Or in other words, he doesn't have enough money to pay for your goods."

"So he needs to get a batch of firearms first, which can be used to strengthen his armed strength so that he can better rob passing merchant ships, and then buy a second batch of firearms from you. In short, Gao Shishu is fighting the idea of "feeding war with war."

Communicating directly in language is much smoother than relying on translation and paraphrasing, Xu Shuhua deliberately slowed down his voice, and little by little disintegrated Alberg's psychological defense:

"However, Mr. Eberg has been in China for so long, and he must have seen that the anti-Japanese army is like a bamboo, and it is only a matter of time before the Japanese are completely wiped out. No matter how much Gao Shishu struggles, he will only resist stubbornly, and sooner or later he will be wiped out by the imperial court."

"Rather than having no way to ask for money when the time comes, it is better to cooperate with the imperial court now and fight against Gao Shishu together. If you fully support us, the court will naturally thank you for your sincerity, and will no longer care about your sale of firearms to the Japanese robbers, and the matter of payment for the goods will not be discussed?"

"But ......," Alberg hesitated, refusing to agree exactly.

Xu Shuhua's words are very reasonable, but they had an unpleasant quarrel with Gu Yunji before, and if they agreed to cooperate at this time, and it was a cooperation with them that was not guaranteed, wouldn't it just give the government a chance to "take revenge", and then turn around and deny it?

After all, it was they who were insincere first, and if the Great Xia government was treacherous at that time, it would not be completely unjustifiable.

Albert pondered for a long time and hesitated: "Then you must at least give us a promise, in case the high family is not enough to pay for the goods, how will you solve it?" As long as the government can promise to make up the arrears of the goods at that time, I will agree to cooperate with you."