1st Floor, Conference Hall

"Han Hou has arrived—Lady Xianghou has arrived—" The guard at the door shouted in his voice.

King Qingjun is the nominal envoy, sitting on the main seat, a little dissatisfied with Ye Qingshan's late arrival, the sister-in-law is a woman, it is understandable that it takes time to put on makeup, a man is really arrogant when he comes so late.

However, the unpleasant incident of 'returning the head' the night before, and the fact that the Han army in central Hunan was indeed retreating, the king of Qingjun was angry and knew that this was a counterattack attitude.

You come and go, fair and reasonable, and compared with these small means, the general trend of the court is the force that Han Hou cannot resist.

When Ye Qing just stepped into the hall, he didn't greet him immediately, and even had the leisure to ask his wife who disappeared early in the morning: "Haven't you seen the princess yet?"

"Back to the king, it seems that I went to find the two dragon ladies last night, and I haven't seen them come out yet. ”

King Qingjun frowned, a little displeased, and didn't ask anymore, only then did he greet Ye Qing: "Hanhou is here." ”

"I've seen the county king. Ye Qing remained silent, according to etiquette, he saluted the king of Qingjun, and then saluted to the Duke of Guangguo, and did not sit down immediately, inviting someone to come in.

King Qingjun was supposed to have a good spare time, but when he saw the big priest coming in, his heart sank, and he couldn't help but glance at Guangguo Gong and stood up to greet him.

Although he is the king of the county, and at this time he represents the Qin Cha of the Cai Dynasty, so he does not have to give a salute to the incarnation of the great priest, but it is necessary to stand up.

"Please take the position of honorable guest. The master of ceremonies said on the side.

Ye Qing waved his hand, personally asked the chief secretary to take a seat, and waited for her to sit down before he sat down.

Every move was smooth and natural, without revealing any urgency of the time - the true dragon dragon qi had a premonition of the future, and only immortals tasted this hint of urgency, and there were thousands of precautions for this, but when it was about to happen, it became more and more indifferent and calm.

King Qingjun looked at Ye Qing's expression, and didn't see anything, so he glanced at the entire venue: "The representatives of the three families have arrived, let's start, I said before that if there is a problem, you can discuss it well, Hanhou has been thinking about it for three days, how is it now?"

Ye Qing was very keen, and judged that the king of Qingjun was still there when he saw that the great secretary was still there, which showed that Qingde's support was very stable, so there was no bluffing this time, his attitude became better, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

But then there was a knock at the door, and soon a magician came in with new information, breaking the apparent harmony of the room.

King Qingjun took this information, his eyes lit up, and when he pressed it on the desktop, a virtual map of Kyushu was displayed, and a large number of light spots were flowing down in the middle reaches of a long river in the north.

"I have received the latest news that the Imperial Navy's division has entered the middle reaches of the Qianjing River, and nine new warships, by the way, have now been officially named the Dangkou Ships, and two hundred heavy warships to escort them, will soon sail downstream. ”

The meaning of this soft and hard wrist is self-evident, not only the King of Qingjun, but also the Duke of Guangguo and Mrs. Xianghou all turned their eyes to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing glanced at the three-dimensional landscape projection on the tabletop, and did not change the color of the light spot that marked the fleet, his fingers tapped on the tabletop, and sprinkled: "Is the county king pressing me with this?"

Without waiting for King Qingjun to answer, he said: "The two immortals are present, if you bargain repeatedly like the merchants, it will be too ugly, you can drive me to the Eastern Wilderness, but you must meet my three conditions." ”

"It's so hard to hear...... Han Hou Let's talk about it. A smile appeared on the face of King Qingjun, and he felt that if there was news, it seemed that there was not much suspense about completing the layout of the imperial court.

"First of all, I can withdraw from central Xiang, but I want to stay in the three counties of northern Xiangbei. Although King Qingjun had expected it, he was still stunned and frowned: "Hanhou, you...... Are you kidding? That's a bit too much. ”

"It's too much? The three counties are my destroyers of enemy ships, including a Zhenjun ship, which of you can do it? The laying of infrastructure such as canals, bridges, and railways in northern Hunan also cost me, and you want to take it back out of thin air? How is this possible?"

Ye Qing said, glanced at the Duke of Guangguo, this person is known as a famous minister, and at this time he looks like a young man, and at this time he is sitting on the side of the king of Qingjun, with a solemn and majestic color, and said: "What's more, the ground network of these three counties has been fused with Nanlian Dongtian, and it has the nature of a green vein. ”

"And this is the basic condition for the first time to defeat the True Monarch Ship, and the Heavenly Court has not yet rewarded this merit, if you want to cut this earth net, I will play it in the sky, and ask the heavens to decide. ”

Hearing this, Da Si Ming and Guang Guogong's faces changed, and they glanced at Ye Qing, this was actually a scare, but there was indeed some truth in it.

King Qingjun's face changed slightly, his back was against the imperial court, no matter how strong he was, he didn't dare to conflict with the provisions of the heavenly court, at this time, he finally remembered his father's warning, this time the emphasis was on the urgency rather than the real annexation - even if he helped to reoccupy Xiangzhou, it would take a few months or even years, and after this time.

But he only has one county left, and he can't even maintain an army, so how can he afford to wait for the dilemma?

"Can this be changed?" he said, squeezing out a smile, trying to get over it.

"If these three counties don't give it, can I still count on the Eastern Wilderness?" Ye Qing shook his head undoubtedly, leaning back on the chair: "It's obviously insincere, there's no need to talk about it." ”

Seeing the posture of tearing his face, Guangguo Gong's gaze swept over, and King Qingjun held back his anger for a while, and said: "There is sincerity, no matter what, what are the conditions below, Hanhou might as well say it and listen to it." ”

Seeing this, Ye Qing smiled and continued: "Second, I must obtain a large coastal state as an advance base, that is, Yingzhou-you can understand that this is in exchange for the conditions of Hunan Zhong. ”

At this time, the Duke of Guangguo frowned, stared at Ye Qing for a while, and said earnestly: "Han Hou should not be too ambitious, the title of king is already an unprecedented preferential treatment. ”

"And the size of Nha Chau Island is quite three counties, and the development rights of the Eastern Wilderness are combined, only in exchange for you giving up a few counties in Xiangzhou, which is a big loss, and you still want a big coastal state?"

"Guangguo Gong laughed, Nha Chau Island is the inherent territory of Qingmai, how can it be calculated, is it possible that the imperial court still wants to take the land of Qingde, and wants me to take it, so that Qingde will kill each other internally?"

"Now the right to develop in the Eastern Wilderness is slightly valuable, but it is also empty, senior, do you think that my junior is a new and ignorant generation?" Ye Qing asked, without the slightest empathy.

"Zhenjun is serious, how dare you?" Guangguo Gong hurriedly denied it, but the sneering eyes of the great priest made him really a little unbearable, and he actually knew in his heart that he had not done things very authentically before.

As the topic climbed, King Qingjun's face was even more gloomy at the moment.

"Listen, what you really want is the general trend, the general trend of the world once again commanded by the imperial court. ”

"I am the only immortal marquis among the princes, I bow my head and listen to orders, who in the world dares to disobey?"

Ye Qing swiped his finger on the desktop map, and the waves as far as the East China Sea were mighty: "My words may be a little unpleasant, but I don't mean to underestimate the strength of the imperial court." ”

"Think about a situation, Yingxiang and Hunan are connected, and the population of 14 million is enough to push Yingzhou's ground network to unbreakable, and no foreign ships will be given a chance to take advantage of it. ”

"Since there is no enemy in the outer lands, and the heavenly court has a will, what can you do with me?"

"Yes, the main force of the imperial court is about to come down, and it is going to divide the area I currently occupy in two, but the 100,000 troops are here to spend with me?"

"I believe that the Northern Wei Dynasty will be even happier with this situation, and decisively go down to the middle reaches of the Qianjing River to help suppress foreign ships, and by the way, cut off the retreat of your main force. ”

These words were heart-wrenching, and the king of Qingjun was shocked to realize that there was a possibility of this reality, and looked at Guangguo Gong with a pale face.

Guang Guogong only frowned and said, "Heavenly Court will not allow you to act recklessly like this. ”

Ye Qing sneered: "Is this a reckless act? I will even send Nuwa and Sanqing to form a Zhuxian Sword Formation to patrol Xiangzhou and clean up the foreign ships, just in case someone takes the initiative to rob it." ”

It is well-organized, has a well-prepared plan, and is extremely feasible, and has a high success rate.

So even Guangguo Gong didn't speak at this time, stared at Ye Qing for a while, as if judging his determination, and sighed helplessly: "But for Zhenjun himself, it is also a deterioration of the pattern, and break with the imperial court, even if you get a complete Xiangzhou, how long can you last?"

"It's something that can't be helped. Ye Qing was not in a hurry, and said: "I came here because of the urgency of the times, I admit it, but I am not afraid." ”

"Now the general trend is that the imperial court whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and if you really want to use troops, unless you don't care about Zhili, don't be afraid of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and don't listen to the will of heaven, or you will show some sincerity in exchange for our Han army's obedience to the overall situation. ”

"Otherwise, even if you are surrounded by four dough blockades, as long as I still have enough food to eat, I can survive. ”

This gesture was put out, not only the king of Qingjun, but even the wife of the Marquis of Xiang, Hongxuan, had an ugly face - because the grain in Ye Qing's hands not only occupied the treasury of Xiangzhong in northern Hunan and looted, but also included the bloodless grain war before, and even Xiangnan had let Ye Qing buy some of it before.

At that time, the price of grain was as high as the red line, and there was a lot of money given, but now the astronomical tides have seen that this year's harvest has not landed, which prince is still willing to sell grain?

There is still so much money, but it is useless if you can't spend it, as soon as the price falls, the real wealth will shrink by a large chunk, and Ye Qing will embezzle it out of thin air.

"How did he do it...... Could it be that you have prepared for today?" Hongxuan thought secretly in her heart out of a woman's intuition, and became even more afraid.

Guang Guogong estimated the strength of the two sides, and found that although it was still the advantage of his own side, he could no longer crush it, so he looked a little helpless, and said bitterly: "We are also thinking about the true monarch, Wei Shizong broke through the grassland, and you went to the Eastern Wilderness to open up a new situation, the two families could have talked about a win-win situation, why make a troublesome fish die and the net is broken, and make an irrational move that the relatives and enemies are happy?"

"I don't want to, the Northern Wei Dynasty is still on top, you don't have to hint at Wei Shizong, and I can't forget the threat of the grassland to reap the profits......"

Ye Qing's eyes flashed, and he sneered at the old fox's sad expression, with a hint of mockery in his tone: "But you see the Duke of Guangguo, or the imperial court has already made a decision, but if you don't show strength and determination, some people will be able to gain an inch, don't you say?"

"To be reasonable, to be reasonable, you must talk about it at the same time. ”

"Is it a simple matter to move the foundation? Throughout the ages, how many Wei Shizong have there?"

"Although I have become an immortal and detached, I still have to think about the lives of my family and subordinates, right?

"I can survive this year, how long can the main force of the imperial court spend 100,000 here?