After visiting the Xiliang Bank, Nan Chen's delegation returned to their lodgings and rested, but neither of them could sleep.

At this time, everyone said that everyone had a ghost in their hearts, but there were indeed more opinions in their hearts.

All the members of the mission are of the elite class, and this emperor will sit in turn, and when he will come to my house next year, the future direction will never be certain, and in the eyes of these people, the interests of the individual or the family are absolutely higher than the state.

The longer the turbulence of the times, the more shallow the sense of family and country becomes.

Yuan Xian was lying on the bed, he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, thinking about it, the more he thought about it, the more scared he felt.

He was not afraid of the artillery of the Sui Dynasty, he was not afraid of the warships of Xiliang, but he was afraid of the vitality that could be detected by a cursory glance when he walked around today.

Obviously, such a prosperous imperial city still seems to be in ruins.

Look at Jiankang City again, the huge imperial city, although prosperous, but for decades as a day, it seems to have developed to the end, there is no potential for further development, like a prosperous but not flowing backwater.

And the people in this city seem to believe very much in their city, and their country will become more and more prosperous and prosperous in the future.

Moreover, these scenes of Jiangling City are promoted by industry, and in Yuan Xian's thinking, Jiangling City and other cities of the Great Sui may be more prosperous than Jiankang City in the future, and they are comprehensively surpassed.

His worries are right, because of the upgrading of the industry, the current Sui Dynasty and Xiliang have entered a new development cycle, and this new development cycle will take off after the appearance of the steam engine, which is a gap that Nan Chen will never be able to catch up.

People go to higher places, water flows to lower places, and people will spontaneously go to better places.

Who doesn't want to get rich, and who doesn't want to live better.

There is no psychological obstacle to the original example.

The more Yuan Xian thought about it, the more scared he became, he was a person with a strong sense of distress, and he couldn't sleep because of gains and losses.

……

The next day was the time for peace talks, and he put on his official uniform early in the morning, and he was not in good spirits, so he specially splashed his face with cold water to stimulate his spirits better.

Xiao Cong personally brought people over, and the two sides met, and the etiquette went for almost half an hour, and Yang Guang, who was in the next room, was almost asleep before he was notified that it had begun.

"Your Excellency Prince Liang, your country put the war book in a bamboo tube and went down the river, there has been no contradiction between you and me in recent years, and you dare to ask, why did your country declare war on us?"

The official of the Honglu Temple in Xiliang immediately said: "Mr. Yuan, it is clearly written in our war book, our dynasty crusaded against the rebels and cleared the lintel, this matter has nothing to do with the Chen Dynasty, I hope that the emperor and the monarchs of the Chen Dynasty should not panic, do not interfere, and specially indicate that this matter is to avoid the Chen Dynasty everyone worrying and destroying the relationship between you and me." ”

"But nowadays, Xiao Zhen enters the Chen Dynasty as the Wuzhou Assassin History, and Xiao Yan is the same, although the two are the children of the Liang Guozong, but the Chen Dynasty is the courtier of the Chen Dynasty, and your country's declaration of war also means declaring war on the Chen Dynasty."

Xiao Cong got up and said, "These two people rebelled against our dynasty, do you want to protect them?" Or did your country instigate the rebellion of the two of them and plot against our emperor? ”

"Absolutely not, we have never planned or instigated this."

"Then why don't your country leave such fatherless and kingless people to us to dispose of, and what do you want to do with such people?"

There are some things that everyone understands, and they can't be put on the table to fight for right and wrong.

Yuan Xian turned to say: "I heard that your country's artillery came from the Sui Dynasty, and the King of Jin of the Sui Dynasty once captured our King of Changsha, and he was also the one who masterminded the attack on our port. ”

"This matter has nothing to do with the Sui Dynasty, we spent a lot of money to lease weapons and equipment with the Sui Dynasty, and the lease of weapons and equipment expires until Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan are captured."

"Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan are now Da Chen's courtiers, not bargaining chips for trading, we hope that the two of you can resolve the misunderstanding, and Da Chen can give a thousand taels of gold to facilitate this matter."

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Xiao Cong immediately got up: "Mr. Yuan, are you joking with me?" Gold, do you think we're bad for gold? If Mr. thinks it's that simple, then there's no need for us to talk about it, let's pause for now. ”

The peace talks were suspended not long after they began, and Xiao Cong's strong speech was to let the other party know where he would never give in.

The meeting was suspended, Yuan Xian and his group were urgently discussing things next door, and Yang Guang met Xiao Cong in another room.

Xiao Cong said with a smile on his face: "Nan Chen's people seem to have no choice. ”

"You can't force it too tightly, you can't let the affairs of Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan go, you can let other things go, this is the condition of our performance, if they really plan to use the two of them as a condition for peace, then Nan Chen will be in chaos."

"Whoever is serious about the court and takes his courtiers as a condition in exchange, he still needs face."

At the same time, Nan Chen's team of envoys began to have frequent conflicts.

"Yuan Xiang, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan are originally Nan Chen's people, why do they bother to do this? is a general, has no special talents, and has no loyalty, isn't it just right for such a person to exchange his energy for both sides to take what they need? ”

"Short-sighted people, who doesn't know that behind Xiliang is the Northern Sui, does Xiliang alone have the ability to make us make concessions?"

"Okay, you know, what do you know? Xiao Cong obviously refused to let Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan let them, and other gold and silver things were not taken into account at all. ”

"I ...... I ......"

Yuan Xian stopped everyone: "Enough! ”

"Now is not the time to blame each other, Xiliang still feels that he is sure of victory at this time, my Southern Dynasty Navy is not a vegetarian, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan are now tasteless food, it is a pity to abandon it, but it is still my Da Chen's Wuzhou Thorn History, if it is given out, it will be our Da Chen's face, absolutely not."

"Yuan Xiang, I heard that Xiao Zhen is in Wuzhou, that is, he has befriended all the local gentry and wantonly cultivated the army, he is not our Da Chen's people, his heart is different, why not take this opportunity to uproot it at one time."

"Even if it is to be uprooted, it will be uprooted by our Da Chen himself, and it has nothing to do with Xiliang and Northern Sui."

The peace talks continued, and as soon as the two sides met, Yuan Xian said: "Your Excellency Prince Liang, the foreign ministers still can't agree to your request, Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan are the courtiers of Da Chen, and there is no matter of the imperial court sending the courtiers out for trading." ”

"Then it seems that we don't need to talk about it."

"Wait, Your Excellency Prince Liang, our Da Chen intends to make peace with His Excellency the Prince with the princess, and tie the same heart forever."

This is the greatest authority granted to him by Chen Shubao in the concessions of the peace talks, and the pro.

Xiao Cong was a little surprised, but immediately refused: "Lone doesn't need to be close." ”

(End of chapter)