Chapter 280 Unequal Treaties
[Later, people who studied history said that the rise of the country of Qixia began with the "Treaty of Huaishanguan". From this moment, the monster of capital officially showed its greedy fangs]
But it was said that after Zhang Hao and the others entered the hall, Zhang Hao took out a small wooden figure to demonstrate against Zhao Huaiyun, the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang, so that Zhao Huaiyun forgot to behave with the proper demeanor:
He should welcome him with a smile.
It wasn't until Wei Zirong, the young prince next to him, reminded him that Zhao Huaiyun finally reacted, quickly squeezed out a smile, and said a few words.
Everyone sat on both sides, the country of Qixia sat in the west, and the country of Jinyang sat in the east.
When introducing himself, there were only three Zhang Hao on the side of the country of Qixia, and the rest were entourage, so they didn't need to be introduced separately.
There are many more in the country of Jinyang. Prince Zhao Huaiyun, Prince Young Master Wei Zirong, Janissary Guard Left General He Dongqi, Huaishan Pass General Ma Kui, Zhenxi General Zhou Chengde, Prime Minister Pang Chong. There are six main personnel, just twice the size of the country of Qixia.
Also, a person who sat on the side with a cold face and did not speak was the head of Dingshan Dao. However, there is a gossip mark in the center of the current Dingshan Dao Changmei, which is slowly circling.
Dingshan Daoist and Feng Zhiling sat face to face, and the two did not directly participate in the negotiations, but only served as witnesses and supervisors. Because Zhang Hao insisted that the Dingshan Daoist had intervened in the war between the country of Qixia and the country of Jinyang, all the issues about the Dingshan Daoist were also put in this negotiation.
At the beginning of the negotiation, Zhang Hao slapped the table, and the loud sound frightened everyone for a while. Who would have thought that the negotiations had just begun, and Zhang Hao began to slap the table.
Didn't you say you should test it first?
However, Zhang Hao's face was cold and straight to the point: "Everyone, this time the invasion war launched by the country of Jinyang has brought immeasurable damage and destruction to the country of Qixia, and even destroyed the friendship between the two countries for more than 3,000 years!"
I don't know what you guys think, but this war has broken the heart of the country of Qixia. As we left, His Majesty repeatedly told us to maintain the friendship between the two countries as much as possible.
The war cannot be fought any longer. Otherwise, I'm afraid that before the West is unified, we will already collapse and cheapen the East!
Guys, what do you think?"
The representatives of the country of Jinyang were confused, and the negotiations that suddenly appeared made everyone a little confused-didn't they all fight back and forth in the past, and they took care of themselves when they won or lost, but today there was even a negotiation. Not to mention this negotiation, Zhang Hao slapped the table when he came up and talked a lot about the friendship between the two countries.
Nima, Zhang Hao, what tricks are you playing!
Finally, Prime Minister Pang Chong reacted faster, and he asked slowly and cautiously tentatively: "Zhang Hao, I also think that in the face of the oppression of the East, we must cooperate in order to fight against the East. ”
Zhang Hao nodded: "I agree." But if we want to work together, we must first repair our friendship!"
After a pause, Zhang Haozhi directly took out a plan and read it out loud: "According to our statistics, the invasion of the Kingdom of Jinyang has led to 580,000 dead soldiers in the country of Qixia, more than 1.2 million dead and injured people, direct economic losses of more than 16 million high-grade spirit stones, and indirect economic losses of up to 22 million high-grade spirit stones. Caused enormous damage to society.
Among them, the country of Jinyang unilaterally reneged on the marriage contract, which created huge scars on the relationship between the two countries.
During the war, it led to the death of the first emperor, the crown prince, and the second prince of the country of Qixia, and the whole country mourned.
After our internal discussions, the country of Qixia has put forward the following 'proposals' to repair the friendship between the two countries.
First, compensate for the economic losses of the country of Qixia of 38 million high-grade spirit stones.
Second, cede Yunhai County to compensate for the population loss of the country of Qixia.
Third, a total of 10 cities, including Gangneung Fortress, will be opened up as treaty ports between the two countries, allowing people from the country of Qixia to travel freely and without collecting taxes.
Fourth, if a person from the country of Qixia makes a mistake in the country of Jinyang, he must be judged in accordance with the laws of the country of Qixia, and your country must not deal with it privately.
Fifth, the two sides should establish friendly and commercial relations, and the two sides shall not withhold or intercept goods from both sides under any pretext.
Sixth, the crown prince of your kingdom needs to go to the country of Qixia and personally apologize to the empress for the unilateral destruction of the treaty.
Seventh, thirty days later, the country of Qixia will hold a state funeral, including the funeral of the first emperor, the crown prince, the second prince, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in battle.
Eighth, open up the right of way. China will build a big road, from the coast of the West Sea in the country of Qixia to the Qiufeng Ridge, bordering the country of Taihua and the country of Canglan. This route is invested in the country of Qixia and can be used in your country, but you need to pay a toll.
The toll standard is calculated according to the internal standard of the country of Qixia. This way, the country of Qixia will be returned to your country in a hundred years.
Ninth, because the two gods of your country, plus the battle puppet of the Dingshan Daoist, plotted to kill Liu Dingshan's predecessors, causing Liu Dingshan's predecessors to panic so far. In order to calm the spirit of Liu Dingshan's predecessors, your country needs to compensate for the spiritual damage of 30 million high-grade spirit stones.
These 30 million high-grade spirit stones were completely handed over to Liu Dingshan's predecessors.
Well, that's all. As long as you agree to this, the friendship between our two countries will return to what it used to be. In addition, regarding the divine thoughts of the head of Dingshan Dao, there is another wisp of divine thoughts, which will also be returned. ”
When he said Article 9, Zhang Hao's eyes were always fixed on Dingshan Daochang. The meaning is very clear - the 30 million spiritual loss fee is the asking price of the Xuanzhen Sect to the Xiaoyao Sect. However, because there is a fig leaf between the two sides, the country of Qixia and the country of Jinyang, the face looks a lot better.
But it is precisely because of this fig leaf that Zhang Hao can be said to be asking for a sky-high price. Previously, Zhang Hao had roughly calculated the value of a god transformation period - equivalent to half a country.
So the question is, how much is half a country worth? There really is no way to calculate this. However, Zhang Hao felt that the price of 30 million top-grade spirit stones should still be worth it! Moreover, this price was also repeatedly finalized by Zhang Hao, Zhao Duo, and Liu Xinyu.
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he placed the two dolls on the table and gently pushed them forward by about a foot.
There was anger in the eyes of Prince Zhao Huaiyun: "Aren't you afraid of us robbing you?"
Zhang Hao smiled: "I believe that Your Highness will definitely be willing to repair the friendship between the two countries." Is that your Highness?"
The crown prince Zhao Huaiyun was suddenly choked by Zhang Hao's words. Zhang Hao's simple words contain a majestic murderous intent-you dare to try it! Do you want the friendship of the country of Qixia?
And above the hall of this negotiation, the masters of the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect in the Transformation Period, as well as Liu Dingshan of the Kingdom of Qixia, Zhao Ying, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Jinyang, and the new concubine, the Great Elder of the Jiuyang Sect, Qing Hongzi, are all there.
However, Qing Hongzi's face was very ugly, he lowered his head and did not speak. After a few days of not seeing, Keihiroko's cultivation has returned to the early stage of transforming into a god. But at this time, Qinghongzi no longer has the arrogance of the past. It seemed that a manly spirit had disappeared from him.
The sound of negotiation below, the 'listening' of the gods above. To be precise, everyone's consciousness is always focused on the following.
At this time, Zhao Ying, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Jinyang, frowned slightly: "What a precious friendship!"
Liu Dingshan smiled and didn't speak. Just as Zhang Hao said, everyone is qualified to start a war, but the right to end the war is in the hands of the victor.
This negotiation is actually an alternative battle, a battle that takes place at the negotiating table. And the country of Jinyang is at an absolute disadvantage.
The killing of two avatars caused great trauma to the country. More than 700,000 legions were killed and wounded, and the country's bone marrow was emptied.
At the negotiation table, after a period of silence, Pang Chong, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Jinyang, endured his anger and said lightly: "We will not agree to any of these conditions!"
Zhang Hao nodded silently, "Then, let's talk about it tomorrow, and we'll leave today." ”
With that, he got up and walked out, and the people of the country of Qixia rushed out.
Seeing that the country of Qixia was so simple, the negotiation team of the country of Jinyang was stunned, shouldn't it be the sky-high asking price to repay the money on the spot? What is the country of Qixia doing here?
In the evening of the same day, the defenders of Xingchang County, the country of Qixia, with an army of 100,000, went out of the pass and began to oppress the western front of the country of Jinyang. In the middle of the night, artillery rang out, and a checkpoint less than 20 kilometers south of Huaishan Pass was lost at the first time, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in battle. Then the army did not stop and advanced to the south.
By dawn, he had three small checkpoints in a row and killed more than 30,000 people. The roar of artillery this night made Huaishan Pass, which was twenty kilometers away, clear, and even the light flashing in the distance could be seen.
As the technology matured, the number of artillery in the country of Qixia increased rapidly, and the artillery became more and more proficient. In the face of this tactic of artillery attacking first, the country of Jinyang was actually difficult to defend.
After daybreak, the legions of the Land of Qixia retreated, leaving behind a ruin.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Hao and his entourage came to the negotiation site again, and the conditions were the same as yesterday's. But the compensation cost has increased by 100,000 high-grade spirit stones - last night's consumption!
In today's negotiations, the eldest princess Zhao Ying and Qing Hongzi did not appear - obviously they didn't want to come over and be angry.
"Bastard!" Prime Minister Pang's angry eyes were red. But after scolding, he finally had to face up to reality.
Zhang Hao leaned back in his chair, crossed his fingers, and said leisurely: "I have long said that everyone is qualified to start a war, but the right to end the war is in the hands of the victor.
If we can't get our due benefits from the negotiating table, then we will get them from the battlefield!"
Pang Chong looked at Zhang Hao's eyes, the two looked at each other for a long time, and Pang Chong finally had to give in. "Not to mention anything else, it is impossible to compensate as much as 38 million high-grade spirit stones alone. We can't come up with so much money in the country of Jinyang!"
"I didn't let you repay it all at once, can you repay it in batches? In this way, for the sake of the friendship between the two countries over the past 3,000 years, I will give you a five-year interest-free period, and the unpaid part after five years will be calculated at 3% interest per year. The interest income of the current year shall be included in the principal of the following year. That is what the folk call is that the donkey rolls and rolls.
Is that okay?
In fact, the interest rate of 3% is already very low, and it is still an annual interest rate, and private lending can reach 300%!"
Pang Chong's hands were bruised, he wanted to refuse, he wanted to end this negotiation. But last night's battle made him understand that this time the country of Qixia is not a 'negotiation' at all, but oppression. This is a war, this is not a negotiation.
Wei Zirong finally spoke, "Zhang Hao, these conditions are too harsh. If we agree to these conditions, we are not far from the death of the country.
This compensation will not be paid to us for ten years. And if we give you all this wealth, the country will be extremely weak, and then the country of Danyang and the countries of the east may come to attack us. At that time, the West was still not safe!"
Zhang Hao smiled: "Oh, didn't I say yesterday, as long as you agree to these conditions, the friendship between our two countries can be restored to the past state."
At that time, if the countries in the east come to attack, the country of Qixia will definitely send troops, and we will continue to fight side by side.
Rest assured, we have the numbers. No matter how much trouble we make within ourselves, we are all fraternal countries.
There is a saying that the brother is outside the wall to resist his humiliation. We will continue this cooperation in the future.
Provided, of course...... Your country of Jinyang is also willing to repair the relationship between our two sides, and is willing to regard the country of Qixia as a country of brothers. ”
Actually, I really don't want to continue to negotiate this so-called "brotherly relationship" with you. Wei Zirong was full of anger, but at this time, he had to fight for the interests of the country of Jinyang as much as possible.
Wei Zirong thought for a while and said: "How about us, we open ten cities, and you also open ten cities, and there are no taxes." ”
"Ten cities can't be. Zhang Hao directly denied, "But there is a new plan in the country of Qixia, we will build a city dedicated to trading, and at that time, the caravans of the country of Jinyang will be allowed to trade there, tax-free." ”
In fact, Zhang Hao and Liu Xinyu are discussing the establishment of a special economic zone, and at that time, it is not just the country of Jinyang that can be tax-exempt, but all those who go to trade are tax-free.
However, Zhang Hao will not explain it alone, even if he saves face for the other party. In the current negotiations, the conditions of the country of Qixia are not ready to make concessions. It is to insist on one bite and never retreat, showing the strength of the country of Qixia.
Of course, as the negotiations progressed, they gradually loosened up a bit.
For example, the war indemnity of 38.1 million high-grade spirit stones can be paid with pills, ores, spiritual materials, etc., and if you pay with these things, it is inevitable that there will be water. But for these, Zhang Hao and Zhao Duo also acquiesced. After all, is it a negotiation, if there is really no 'hidden concession', there is no need for negotiation.
Feng Zhiling didn't speak, he looked at Dingshan Daoist from the beginning of the negotiation and didn't speak, but his eyes were full of malice - you also have today in this god transformation period!
Everyone didn't eat lunch, just simply served a few plates of spirit fruits, and continued to negotiate.
On the conditions for ceding the territory, Zhang Hao made some concessions on his side: the population of the territory was allowed to withdraw. Originally, Yunhai County was looted once by the country of Qixia, and the people still have some hatred, so it would be better to evacuate.
Population, the country of Qixia is not worried, the domestic population is actually not a lot. And as long as the country develops well in the future, there is no problem at all with doubling the population in 20 years - once another world, several large countries staged this miracle.
As long as the policy is good, as long as the life is abundant, the number of people will explode until it reaches the limit of society.
After that, the country of Jinyang fought for a long time, and their crown prince finally didn't have to apologize to Her Majesty Empress Liu Xinyu alone, just apologize together during the state funeral, which can be regarded as barely retaining the prince's face.
The most intense negotiations that followed were the right to build the way. At this point, the country of Jinyang and even the country of Qixia do not have enough understanding of the road, but this does not prevent negotiations, since the country of Qixia can be put forward separately, it must be important. And Zhang Hao understands the meaning of a major artery very well, and he does not relax.
After intense exchanges, the country of Qixia made a concession, reducing the time from 100 years to 60 years, but the toll was increased by 1.8 times. Moreover, the country of Jinyang must bear the responsibility of road safety. Sixty years later, the road was handed over to the country of Jinyang.
In the end, it came to the most difficult problem - the spiritual loss fee of Liu Dingshan's predecessors! It was a full 30 million high-grade spirit stones, this was a real lion's mouth. But the hearts of the two sides of the negotiation were very clear - these 30 million high-grade spirit stones were the asking price of the Xuanzhen Sect to the Xiaoyao Sect.
Since you dare to reach out, you must be prepared to be chopped off. Want to get out of it all? impossible!
Daoist Dingshan looked at the wisp of divine thought that trapped him, and he wanted to grab it in his heart. But the faint breath above his head made him dare not act rashly.
Although he has now been hit by the Soul Sealing Curse, the intuition of the Transformation Period is still there.
Now that the negotiations are underway, if he starts to snatch it now, the Xuanzhen Sect is only afraid that he can really kill him. At that time, the Loose Sect could only grit its teeth and admit it.
But regarding the compensation of these 30 million high-grade spirit stones, the negotiation was very difficult. At this point, Zhang Hao bit it. Because this time, what Zhang Hao represents is no longer the country of Qixia, but the Xuanzhen Sect.
Although the name of the fight is Liu Dingshan's, it is actually the Xuanzhen Sect's warning to the Xiaoyao faction and a counterattack against the Xiaoyao faction. For this negotiation, the country of Qixia launched another surprise attack on the third night of the negotiation.
Again, in Zhang Hao's words: If you can't win a victory from the negotiating table, you have to win it from the battlefield! If you Jinyang Country doesn't want to restore friendship with our Qixia Country, and if you can't show enough sincerity, then we don't mind...... Capture by force!
Don't doubt the force of the country of Qixia now. Since the industrial and commercial class came to power, and since Liu Xinyu ascended the throne and promulgated the Constitution, the industrial and commercial class in the country of Qixia has been very active. They quickly replaced the old aristocracy and family groups, and were eager to show their worth.
For example, the support of the industrial and commercial classes for the war was quite fanatical. In other words, their support for the state is far greater than that of the aristocracy and family of the past.
In the end, under the strong oppression of the country of Qixia, the country of Jinyang had to agree to this harsh condition with a lot of money. 30 million high-grade spirit stones. Moreover, these 30 million high-grade spirit stones can be paid within half a year without installments.
In the past few days, the country of Jinyang has not wanted to fight back and achieve partial victories from the battlefield. But now there are some frightened birds in the country of Jinyang, and as long as they hear the roar of artillery, they will have cramps in their legs and stomachs.
The country of Qixia attacked aggressively with the power of victory and the state of killing, ruthless and ruthless.
The negotiations lasted more than three days, and finally the two sides finally signed an agreement, in quadruplicate: one for each of the country of Qixia and the country of Jinyang, and one for each of the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao faction.
The country of Qixia returned two dolls, and the unlucky guest of the prince finally didn't have to worry about it anymore. He jumped out from behind on the spot and was excited to hold the doll.
In contrast, Dingshan Dao Chang was much more stable, and he slowly withdrew the villain, but his face was very ugly. This time it's a big shame.
From rolling on the street at the beginning, to now being extorted 30 million high-grade spirit stones. Thirty million high-grade spirit stones, he can't take them out during the transformation period.
But the most important thing is not this, the most important thing is that there are traps in it!
This time, the total compensation was as high as 68.1 million high-grade spirit stones. With the strength of the country of Jinyang itself, it can barely be returned within ten years, but it is difficult to say what the country of Jinyang will look like after that. Especially after the current Jinyang country, after the war, the country is also relatively poor.
Therefore, this indemnity must be supported by the free faction. But how much is the right foil for the Loose faction? Hey, here's the problem. There is less foil, and the country of Jinyang must have opinions. There is a lot of help, and the free-spirited ...... I'm afraid I won't be happy.
And there is another point that makes Dingshan Dao Chief's face ugly - this unequal treaty, although the name of the Xiaoyao faction was not signed, but the Xiaoyao faction sent people to participate in the negotiations!
However, at the last moment, when everyone was about to end the meeting, Zhang Hao suddenly said with a strange smile: "If the country of Jinyang can express its determination to the Xuanzhen Sect, then on behalf of the Xuanzhen Sect, I promise that the 30 million spiritual loss fee has nothing to do with the country of Jinyang, and the compensation of 10 million high-grade spirit stones will be exempted!"
After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he turned around and left in a chic manner.
Stay, stunned everyone.