Chapter 396: Exchange of Interests
If the actions of the two sides are characterized as the distribution of the spoils of war, it is undoubtedly to divide the interests of the barbarian ghost faction, even if the sea clan can only get one-tenth of the benefits, it is enough to gain a foothold on the mainland, at least there is a springboard for landing.
Luo Feng naturally would not admit this, so he put aside the fact that the two sides had joined forces to deal with the barbarian ghost faction, and only mentioned the cause, not the result - although he was a person who advocated consequentialism, if it was beneficial to deny consequentialism, he would not hesitate to deny it.
When Sikong Xuan heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "Even if you are Xiaomei's friend, you can't open your eyes and talk nonsense." On the battlefield before, in full view of everyone, tens of thousands of people witnessed it with their own eyes, it was clear that the Taiyin faction and the sea clan joined forces to deal with the barbarian ghost faction, you and I were allies, not enemies. ”
"What you see with your own eyes may not be the truth, maybe everyone has been hallucinated together? Only the facts recorded in the history books are the truth. Luo Feng said politely, "You and I were enemies in the past, enemies now, and enemies in the future." ”
What is a history book? The victors write the history books, and the losers are not qualified to record history.
"Eh, no one has stipulated that you can't be an ally while being an enemy. Sikong Xuan poured a cup of tea and pushed it over.
Luo Feng looked at the tea and said: "To be an ally, you have to be sincere, a cup of tea is obviously too light." ”
Sikong Xuan increased his chips and said: "The former king of the Sea Clan, the legacy of the fake Dan powerhouse, this sincerity is not enough weight. ”
"People take tea and it is cold, will your approach make the Sea Clan soldiers chill?"
Sikong Xuan said with great melancholy: "The living are always more important than the dead, for the sake of the sea clan's thousand-year-old foundation, even if I bear a little infamy, I am willing." ”
Luo Fengyan said insincerely: "Admire and admire, even if Your Excellency betrays your allies, it is so righteous and awe-inspiring, I am really afraid that one day, you will be sold by Your Excellency and still help count the money." ”
"Eh, everyone is doing the betrayal of their allies, so how can the contemptible people stay out of the matter, and the high and the outnumbered? All the struggles that take place in the Palm Heaven World are essentially a competition to see who can betray their allies more effectively. The barbarian ghost faction wanted to betray the Taiyin faction, but unfortunately, your Excellency was superior in skill and betrayed it first, and the contemptible people had no choice but to go with the flow and betray the barbarian ghost faction together. The defeat of the barbarian ghost faction was due to the fact that it was not sold efficiently and decisively enough. ”
Luo Feng shook his head and said: "Your Excellency's prevarication is not in agreement, it is clear that the barbarian ghost faction betrayed first, and the Hai Clan betrayed it later, and the Taiyin faction was forced to resist, otherwise, how could there be rumors of an alliance between the barbarian ghost faction and the Sea Clan that day." ”
Sikong Xuan closed his fan: "Oh, it must be because the Taiyin faction is capable of many people and is good at finding out news, and it is really convincing to collect information so quickly and effectively." ”
"Is there really no other reason?"
"Let me think about it......" Sikong Xuan tapped his head with the handle of his fan, "By the way, Li Xuehai is a wall-riding faction, and he actually honestly likes salty tofu brain and sweet tofu brain at the same time." Alas, such villains, heaven and earth do not tolerate, must have suffered retribution, it can be seen that a person's preferences must be single-minded. ”
This matter is ambiguous, as long as he refuses to admit it and pretends to be stupid, no one can come up with evidence to prove that it was the news he secretly released.
Luo Feng couldn't either, so he didn't grasp this point, but said in passing: "So, your Excellency plans to betray the interests of the Sea Clan next?"
Sikong Xuan blinked and asked rhetorically, "Isn't Your Excellency going to betray the interests of the Taiyin Sect?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, each understanding.
When fighting, each other's interests are naturally firmly combined with the indigenous forces of the Heaven Palm World, but when it comes to dividing the spoils, they divide the priorities, the interests of the Taiyin faction belong to the Taiyin faction, and the Six Dao Sect also has its own position, if selling the Taiyin Sect can make the Six Dao Sect get more, why not do it.
In the case of Sikong Xuan, his position is the same, and he represents personal interests, and he doesn't even have to care about the attitude of Yingxian Sect, and it is even more unburdensome to sell.
After a simple exchange, both parties have understood each other's needs and positions, and smart people do not need to bargain too much between them, and directly offer their own prices.
"I want all the secrets of the Sea Clan King, including his exercises, protecting his body and qi, and the Sea Clan must provide a pension for the slaughtered humans. ”
"Yes, but I want five cities, including Danxia City, to allow the Sea Clan to garrison their troops. ”
"The city can't be handed over to you, and the garrison army doesn't have to think about it, but I am willing to open these five cities as commercial ports, and the sea people can trade freely with humans in these five cities, but in the city, both sides must abide by the prescribed laws, and the laws can be agreed upon by each side of the five people. ”
There are many mineral resources in the ocean that are not found on land, many things are valuable and marketable, on the other hand, there are also rare items of the sea tribe on the land, including all kinds of delicacies that can be burned out of an open fire, which are worth a thousand gold for the sea tribe who are not good at cooking.
In the past, even if there was a transaction between the two sides, it was secretly carried out in the black market, the amount of goods traded was very small, and many things were difficult to buy, and the human monks had been spying on all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures in the deep sea that were conducive to cultivation for a long time, but they were only worried about the hidden dangers in the deep sea, and unless many people formed a team to explore, they would not dare to go to the sea alone.
Once normal trade is opened, one can imagine how huge the huge profits will be generated, and both the folk and the cultivation world will have a huge demand for each other.
Sikong Xuan quickly figured out the trick and couldn't help but agree that occupying the land was not of much benefit to the Sea Clan, and this war had already proved that the Sea Clan was not suitable for living on land - if the entire continent was occupied, it would be another matter.
If the two sides can conduct normal trade, the result will be much better than fighting and killing, and it will be a win-win situation.
His thinking also turned extremely fast, and he immediately put forward his own request on Luo Feng's conditions: "We can not station troops, but we must increase law enforcement patrols to protect the legitimate interests of merchants in the city." ”
"Yes, but the number of people is limited to 100 people per city, and the Taiyin faction must also have the same number of law enforcement patrols, and in the event of a dispute, it will be decided by the arbitration court, and the arbitration court can be established by each party's representatives. ”
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Neither party deliberately lowered the price, nor did they deliberately inflate the price they offered, because each other understands and knows the true value, and doing this kind of deadly behavior will make the other party look down on it, and it is also in vain.
Skip the, what remains is the exchange of naked interests, each other take out their own chips, in exchange for reciprocal conditions, or increase the chips, or reduce the chips, there is an invisible ruler to measure.
So in less than half an hour, the two sides handled everything properly and decided the general trend of the future of the world in Zhangtian.
However, after the business talks, it is the turn of the private matter.
"We only recognize that you are the representative of the Sea Clan, and only give the most favorable transaction price and taxes to the forces that obey you, and the mainland will open the pass to the Sea Clan, as long as you hold this pass, you can go to all corners of the mainland at will, and any checkpoint will not be intercepted, and the Sea Clan who does not hold the pass will be regarded as an illegal invasion, and will be imprisoned, and if you resist, you will be killed, and half of the pass will be handed over to you every year. ”
This is Luo Feng's gift to Sikong Xuan, there is no doubt that once he has these two special treatments, Sikong Xuan will become the guest of honor of tens of millions of sea clans, and any force will try their best to curry favor with him, and for this reason, they will not hesitate to take refuge in his disciples and regard him as the nominal alliance leader - compared to actual interests, what does occasional groveling matter?
"It's a great gift, so rich that it's hard to refuse, so I have to laugh at it. ”
Sikong Xuan slapped his palm with a fan, he knew very well the true value of these two gifts, not to mention, it could be used to win over Lan Na and Trinat right now, so that the merman clan and the sea urchin clan would be willing to submit to him, and make this war worthwhile, and at the same time send a signal to the rest of the sea clan that as long as they follow him, they can get benefits.
What he is worried about at the moment is how to repay Luo Feng, or rather, to make reciprocal conditions, if he really regards the gift as a "gift", then wait to be dumbfounded, because the one who really masters these two special treatments is the Taiyin faction represented by Luo Feng, he can give it if he wants to, and he can take it back at any time if he doesn't want to give it.
It's just that Sikong Xuan wants to reciprocate, and he can't use the same means, because his situation is different from Luo Feng, Yingxian Sect has already given up this world, so the profits obtained from helping the Sea Clan will fall into his pocket, and the Sea Clan's forces are intertwined and not unified, like this time, the Sea Clan's forces attacking the land have not even reached half, and they must be co-opted by all parties.
Although Luo Feng and others are disciples of the Six Dao Sect, the interests of the sect are different from the interests of individuals, if Sikong Xuan offers preferential conditions on an equal basis, then it will only be the Six Dao Sect that will enjoy the benefits, and cannot benefit private individuals, this practice is no less than patting the horse's legs.
The so-called clear distinction between public and private means that the benefits of the public should fall into the pockets of the public, and the interests of the private should fall into the pockets of the privates.
"Please wait a moment. ”
After thinking about it for a while, Sikong Xuan made a decision and turned to leave.
Not long after, he returned with Lanna and Trinat, and the two Sea Clan generals couldn't hide their joy on their faces, obviously hearing the news from Sikong Xuan, and knew that as long as they followed this one, they would have meat to eat.
Lan Na first said: "The Shark Race is willing to offer the Guardian Sacred Beast to show the sincerity of our Race and form a good relationship with the Terran for a thousand years. ”
After saying that, she took out an armband, turned around, and saw the blue light shining to form a circle, and the ring connected another space.
Only a strange beast roar was heard, accompanied by a crisp bell sound, and a strange beast shaped like a unicorn stepped out of the space.
This strange beast has a dragon's mouth, a lion's head, fish scales, an ox's tail, a tiger's claws, and antlers, and its whole body is red, it seems to have dragon blood, it has not yet transformed into a human being, and it cannot be spoken, but its eyes are flashing with a rich spirituality, which is enough to understand human speech.
Lan Na explained: "This beast is called the Water-Avoiding Golden Eye Beast, which is good at soaring clouds and fog, floating in water and diving into the abyss, and can go up to the sky and the sea, and can reach everything, and I would like to give it to you as a mount." ”
The water-avoiding golden-eyed beast is very spiritual, and when it heard this, it reluctantly rubbed Lan Na's arm with its head, but it was refused, realizing that the fate of being given away was irresistible, so it had to come to Luo Feng and prostrate down to express its submission.