Chapter 994: A Deal with the Gods of the Western Regions
The atmosphere in the temple of Dunxue City became a little solemn, and the two ancestors and grandsons of Li Chengxian and the Tang Dynasty servants around them were all tense.
As the owner of the temple, the god in Dunxu City, Liu Angzhuo obviously didn't take those people seriously.
Perhaps the presence of the Tang Empire's national teacher or master would make Liu Angzhuo feel afraid.
For Li Chengxian's ancestors and grandchildren, as well as those ordinary servants around them, Liu Angzhuo has no fear at all.
If it weren't for Lucius by his side, I'm afraid that Liu Anjuo would have taken a direct shot a long time ago, arrested Li Chengxian, and then sent it to the Guizi Kingdom, maybe he would still be able to get a piece of the pie, and the four gods of the Qiuci Kingdom would remember their own good and share some benefits to Dunxu City.
Thinking of this, Liu Anzhuo was really a little moved, but he had already seen the strength of Lucius, and he would not touch that moldy head until he persuaded Lucius not to interfere.
Lu Xius saw Liu Angzhuo's thoughts, and at the same time saw Li Chengxian and the others' tense appearance, knowing that Li Chengxian and they also saw Liu Angzhuo's thoughts, and they were not at ease with Liu Angzhuo, worried that Liu Angzhuo would make a move even if Lu Chengxian was present.
Lucius did not rush forward to mediate, but turned his head to look at Du Liniang beside him.
Du Liniang didn't expect that Lucius would actually throw the mess to himself to deal with.
But after thinking about it: Lu Xius doesn't seem to want to kill Liu Anzhuo, after all, the other party is a contemporary of Du Liniang.
Du Liniang has been away from Oriental Middle-earth for many years, and the original Han Empire has long been wiped out, and most of the people who were once familiar to Du Liniang have disappeared in the long river of history.
Now that he finally met an acquaintance who has become a god and can survive to this day, Lucius doesn't want Du Liniang to lose this contemporary.
Knowing what Lu Xius meant, Du Liniang naturally would not shirk it, and said to Liu Angzhuo directly: "General Liu." Li Chengxian, they can be regarded as having the same roots as us, we are all people from Middle-earth, the so-called root is the same root, why is it too anxious, do you think you want to let them go?"
Seeing Du Liniang speak, Liu Angzhuo looked at Lu Xiusius, but the latter did not pay attention to him, but stood there and looked at his temple.
Liu Anjuo knew very well that Du Liniang must have been instructed by Lucius to stand up, and seeing that Lucius didn't want to speak, Liu Anjuo was indeed a little unhappy in his heart. I feel that Lucius still doesn't value himself.
Anyway, he is also a god, and now he is in his own temple, and his juniors are present, Liu Angzhuo feels that Lu Xius is too unwilling to give himself face, and his face is quite unwilling, and his face is cold.
sneered and said to Du Liniang: "Du Liniang, there are some things that I don't stop, I have already said it before." I can let Lee Chengxian go, but I won't help, and now I still have this attitude. ”
Du Liniang glanced at Lucius and saw that the latter did not mean to speak. He continued to turn his head and said to Liu Angzhuo: "Actually, we didn't want to make it difficult for us to be strong in this matter, but you also know that now the gods of the Western Regions want to get what Li Chengxian has in his hands, and it must be difficult for us to go to the Western Regions." So I hope you can help as much as you can. ”
Liu Angzhuo glanced at Lucius, and saw that Lucius still didn't say anything, and continued to respond with cold words: "Let me help? How can I be? How can I be qualified to help you?"
The atmosphere becomes delicate. Li Chengxian was a little impatient, and stood up and said: "If you don't want to help, we don't force it, we just hope you don't interfere." ”
Li Chengxian's words made Liu Anzhuo a little annoyed, stared at Li Chengxian, locked them with divine might, and showed ruthlessness: "Hehe, who do you think you are?
As he spoke, Liu Angzhuo's divine power had already overwhelmingly pressed Li Chengxian and the others, and Li Chengxian's subordinates couldn't bear it at first, so they knelt directly on the ground.
Li Chengxian and Li Xuanji gritted their teeth and did not kneel down immediately, but they were also very difficult under the pressure of Shenwei.
Seeing that he was about to kneel, suddenly Lucius stood up, blocked in front of them, and waved his hand to scatter the divine power released by Liu Angzhuo.
Liu Angzhuo was taken aback, he didn't expect that Lucius would have such a hand, although he was defeated by Lucius before and was robbed of a faith crystal nucleus, but Liu Angzhuo never thought that Lucius would have such terrifying power.
You must know that at this moment he is standing in his own temple, this temple carries the worship of this past merchant with him, it can be said that with the blessing of the temple, his strength is definitely close to the god.
The divine power released is already at the peak level, even if Du Liniang is in her own temple, she has to avoid her own edge.
But as soon as Lu Xius made a move, he was so simple and rude, and he directly shot away his divine might, and the means really surprised Liu Angzhuo, and he didn't know what to say after standing there for a long time.
Lu Xius saw the stunned Liu Angzhuo, sighed and said: "Actually, you don't have to be so strong, for you and me, we don't need to be so tense, wouldn't it be better to talk to each other calmly? Not to mention that we can still cooperate." ”
In fact, Lucius really didn't want to come forward, after all, Liu Angzhuo's strength was too poor, and his use of the power of faith was very weak at all.
The so-called divine might, in Lucius's opinion, is just a child's stubbornness, and it cannot be compared with the Western gods at all, let alone the gods of the Father and Constantine.
In Lu Xiusius's opinion, if Datang really wants to get rid of many gods in the Western Regions, just the national teacher of Zhenwuguan is afraid that it will be enough to sweep the Western Regions, at least Liu Angzhuo, a god like him, is simply not worth mentioning in front of the national teacher, and the national teacher can pinch him to death in minutes.
However, since the other party does not buy Du Liniang's account, and Du Liniang is hindered by her past friendship, and the other party is also an old man of the Han Empire, she is unwilling to be ruthless.
Lu Xius can only take action in person to stop the other party's arrogance, suppress the other party's arrogance, and let Liu Angzhuo understand his current situation, and don't forget about the previous beating just after the scar.
I have to say that this slap from Lucius did hit Liu Angzhuo's sore spot, and Liu Angzhuo always felt that being in the temple was definitely comparable to a god.
But now that he was easily distracted by Lucius, Liu Angzhuo understood the gap in his strength. I just don't want to bow my head, and I have to bow my head at this moment: "Okay, since His Royal Highness Lucius has already said so, then let's talk about how to cooperate." ”
Lucius knew that the other party was already afraid, so he asked very directly: "Tell me first, what is your bottom line, and what can you help with?"
Liu Angzhuo didn't expect that Lu Xius would ask himself so bluntly, which made Liu Angzhuo hesitate all of a sudden.
After thinking about it for a long time and weighing the pros and cons, Liu Angzhuo finally said conservatively: "I will help you enter the territory of Qiuzi at most." But in the future, I will not interfere, let alone participate, of course, you can rest assured, since I sent you into the territory of Qiuzi Country, I will not cooperate with Qiuzi Country again. ”
The bottom line given by Liu Angzhuo is still very tempting to Li Chengxian, Dunxu City is still a long way from Qiuzi Kingdom, not to mention that there are several city-states in between. There are also Shanshan, Jingjue, Khotan, and the four countries of detention, and it can be said that it is extremely difficult and dangerous to pass all the way.
But if Liu Angzhuo can send them directly into the territory of Qiuzi Country, it will naturally save a lot of trouble, and it can also save a lot of time on the way.
But Lucius doesn't actually seem satisfied. did not rush to accept it, but asked Liu Angzhuo: "What are the conditions?"
Liu Angzhuo was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lu Xiusi to be so calm, and hesitated. Subtracted some of the conditions that he had originally thought of, and weighed them again and again before he spoke: "The conditions are very simple, only His Highness Lucius needs you." You can give me some firearms for the castle. ”
Hearing this, Lu Xiusi looked at Liu Angzhuo, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, so that's the case, you want me to give you these junior firearms, so that your position in Dunyu City will be more stable?"
Liu Angzhuo didn't hide it, and said very directly: "That's natural, I will help you enter the territory of Qiuzi Country, which is equivalent to saying that it is suitable for the Western Regions to break up, and those gods of the Western Regions will not let me go, even if they can't help me, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not persecute me in Dunxu City." ”
Speaking of this, Liu Angzhuo paused for a moment before he continued: "In the past, I had a relationship with those guys in the Western Regions, and everyone didn't interfere with the river water, so they naturally wouldn't deal with me, but if I helped you, those guys would definitely target me." ”
It seems that although Liu Angzhuo's conditions are not harsh, it is not difficult for Lucius to provide a batch of firearms.
After all, firearms are nothing to Lucius, and with enough materials, his workshop can produce thousands of them a day.
It's just that for Lucius, it seems that he is a little disadvantaged by agreeing to the other party like this, after all, those guns need materials and capital to make, and he has to give Liu Angzhuo a batch, so that his juniors have the strength to defend Dunxu City, which is also a lot of money.
Thinking of the large amount of raw materials that would be consumed, Lucius said directly: "I'm really sorry, I can't promise you, I can't provide you with firearms for free." ”
Lu Xiusius's answer made Liu Angzhuo and Li Chengxian a little disappointed, and Li Chengxian couldn't even stand up and said: "In this way, Your Highness Lu Xiusi, as long as you provide the firearms needed for Dunyu City, how much money is needed to purchase those firearms, I am willing to bear this money." ”
Hearing Li Chengxian say this, Liu Anzhuo immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay, if you are willing to provide money, then I promise that I will send you into the territory of Qiuzi Country even if I fight for my life." ”
Everyone looked at Lucius, who shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "It's not that I don't want to, but what I need is not money, I need enough raw materials, that is, enough iron ore, otherwise I can't do anything." ”
"Hahahaha......" As soon as Lucius's words fell, Liu Anzhuo suddenly burst out laughing.
Liu Angzhuo's sudden laughter made everyone present inexplicable, and they all looked at Liu Angzhuo to see what he was laughing at.
A man laughed to himself for a long time before Liu Angzhuo stopped laughing and said to Lucius: "Do you need iron ore? ”
"Iron Mine?" Hearing these three words, Lucius's eyes lit up, "Really? Five hundred miles north of Dunxu City, is there an iron mine?"
Liu Angzhuo nodded and said: "That's natural, one of the commodities produced by my Dunxu City is iron ore, if there is no iron mine, my Dunxue City will lose at least one-fifth of its income, so if you want iron ore, it's really a very simple thing." ”
"Alright, well, well, if that's the case, then I'll grant your request, but you must transfer ownership of the iron mine to me. ”
Liu Angzhuo was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, Lucius continued: "Don't worry, I will let you own the mining rights, but the mine must belong to me, and I can give you forty percent of the mining rights, so what?"
Hearing that he only had forty percent of the mining rights left, and that the entire mine would be taken by Lucius, Liu Anzhuo was suddenly a little unhappy.
But Lucius then added: "I know that you are a little unhappy, I can attach one more condition to you, I will provide a part of the resources to Dun Xue City for free, which will be used to transform your entire city and make your Dun Xue City more impregnable." ”
Liu Angzhuo, who originally wanted to refuse, was stunned when he heard Lu Xiusius's words, and the whole person became hesitant for a while.
In fact, Liu Angzhuo had also heard of Lucius's methods, knew about his transformation of Songjiang City, and heard some merchants who had returned from Middle-earth describe the newly built Songjiang City.
Although he had not seen it with his own eyes, from the descriptions of those merchants, Liu Angzhuo could imagine the magnificence and strong defense line of that city, and he was immediately excited when he thought that his city would also be rebuilt like that, and he was really looking forward to the effect of his city after reconstruction.
Seeing Liu Angzhuo's face full of excitement, Lu Xius knew very well that the other party was already moved, and he was afraid that he would soon agree to his conditions.
Sure enough, Liu Angzhuo then agreed: "Okay, since His Royal Highness Lucius is so generous, then I will agree to you this deal." ”
Lucius nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then we'll leave first, we'll rest for a few days, and ask General Liu to prepare as well, I hope to deal with the affairs of the mine before leaving, I believe General Liu also wants to see those guns as much as possible?"
Originally, Liu Angzhuo was a little unhappy that Lu Xiusi wanted to deliver the mine as much as possible, but when he heard Lu Xiusius's words in the second half, he immediately restrained the unhappiness in his heart.
immediately accompanied Lucius and the others to leave with a smile, and said to Lucius very affectionately: "Please rest assured, I will do my best to arrange someone to deliver, and I promise that you will be satisfied." ”
The two sides talked happily hand in hand, walked out of the temple hall, and after seeing off Lucius and them, Liu Angzhuo immediately ordered Liu Zhiyuan and others: "You go to prepare for the delivery of the mine immediately, and remember to dig up some more high-grade ore overnight." ”
Liu Zhiyuan reminded with some concern: "Ancestor, you still have to be careful, that kid is said to be very cunning, you, don't fall for him." ”
Liu Angzhuo smiled confidently and said: "Hehe, it's okay, I will let that kid from the West understand that he must trade with me obediently, otherwise no matter how powerful he is, he can only get out of the Western Regions." (To be continued......)