Chapter 245 A Weak Country Without Diplomacy

Facing the emperor who had already shown anger, Zhang Hao's eyes sharpened. "Your Majesty, that was a quotation in the past. Now affected by the war, the costs in all aspects are constantly increasing.

The price of thirty high-grade spirit stones is already a price of sincerity.

Now Zhangjiadu sells black iron for alchemy, and the price in some places has reached as high as 50 high-grade spirit stones. "

"Oh..." the emperor nodded slowly, "As for the steel, although it looks good, I heard that at least 20,000 legions in your country have completely changed their outfits. I think the price of this steel should be very low, right?"

"Your Majesty, the 20,000 legions are divided into two parts. The first part is the legion of the royal family of the Qixia Kingdom. In exchange for the armed forces of the 10,000 people, the Qixia Kingdom rewarded the Zhang family with eight towns of land. It is almost a piece of land. Territory with a radius of 300 miles.

The second part is the 10,000 civilian armed forces of the Dayang Group. In order to support this legion, the Dayang Group has done its best. The Dayang Group almost included half of the Qixia Country's civil forces.

In other words, in order to arm the 20,000 legions, Qixia Kingdom almost emptied their entire family. "

"Oh...then how much did your Zhang family earn?"

Zhang Hao's face suddenly became serious: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. At this time of crisis, the Zhang family dare not speak out."

The emperor nodded affirmatively: "The cannon you provided is good. But the price of 500,000 yuan is still too high. Moreover, the cannon is made of steel, so it doesn't need 50,000 high-grade spirit stones! 500,000 yuan is an exaggeration point."

Zhang Hao said loudly: "Your Majesty, the reason why artillery is expensive does not lie in the materials it uses, but in the processing technology and its effects.

The material cost of the artillery is just over a ton of steel. The cost price does not exceed 50,000 top-grade spirit stones.

The most precious part of artillery is the processing technology. Knowing how to make this product is far more expensive than the cost price. This point is worth 300,000 high-grade spirit stones.

The last is the battlefield effect of artillery, and its effect, especially in terms of morale boosting, far exceeds that of traditional weapons of war. This point is worth 150,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, the cannon is priced at 500,000 high-grade spirit stones, which is a reasonable price. "

The emperor frowned slightly, but he had no choice but to nod: "What you said makes sense. But it's not enough to convince me to accept such an expensive price."

However, Zhang Hao was already prepared: "Your Majesty, one of the core technologies of artillery is the barrel; Dayang Group can also sell the barrel separately.

Now that your country already has blueprints, I believe that your country's heritage can completely reproduce a complete artillery. "

"What about the price of the barrel?"

"80,000 high-grade spirit stones."

"Oh...the price is about the same. If we trade with pills, we can get 10% off, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Hao frowned slightly, and he realized that he had fallen into a disadvantage.

The emperor stopped talking, but looked at Huang Shaoxian; the left minister Huang Shaoxian said to Zhang Hao: "Master Zhang, let's talk about the price of the elixir now. Hey, the Land of Canglan is also very nervous now."

Zhang Hao's heart sank slightly, but he just watched Huang Shaoxian without speaking or making any gestures.

Huang Shaoxian continued: "I heard that the Peiyuan Pill in Qixia Kingdom has already increased to 100 spirit stones, and the slightly better Foundation Establishment Pill has risen to 5,000 spirit stones. Is this true?"

Zhang Hao glanced at Fu Yun, but still had to nod.

Huang Shaoxian smiled: "Look, Young Master Zhang, our Peiyuan Pill is priced at 80 spirit stones, and our Foundation Establishment Pill is priced at 3000 spirit stones, how about it?"

Zhang Hao's heart skipped a beat, and then he flew into a rage; but in the next moment, Zhang Hao calmed down: "Mr. Zuo is joking. If you really want to buy it at this price, I'm afraid that before the Kingdom of Jinyang attacks, the Kingdom of Qixia It’s untenable.”

"Ha, I was just joking. Let's do it this way, we are indeed in a difficult situation, but we can't treat our friends badly. So the price of this elixir, let's continue the price before the war.

Peiyuan Pill costs 20 spirit stones, Jiji Pill costs 1,000 spirit stones, and the rest of the pills will maintain their original prices.

How about it? "

Zhang Hao frowned, and said slowly: "Zuo Xiang is not authentic in doing so. The Zhang family's black iron is almost supplied at cost price, which is lower than the price of the black iron from Kunlun Continent. But Zuo Xiang's quotation is still expensive. .The current Qixia Kingdom is hard to pay for!"

Huang Shaoxian's complexion suddenly changed, and the smile on his face instantly became gloomy, even a little ferocious. "Master Zhang, although I don't do business, I know that business cannot be separated from the country.

In the current country of Qixia, apart from my country of Canglan who is willing to lend a helping hand, are there other countries willing to lend a helping hand?

I dare not say no, but there are very few!

To put it bluntly, the current Qixia Kingdom doesn't have much power to fight. Apart from relying on external support, it will be difficult to last.

If you want to develop into the sea, there is actually no other way, and you will be driven into the sea!

Talking about opening up a road to the ocean, I just want to go to the sea to be a turtle! "

"Haha..." All the officials around laughed.

Zhang Hao's face was ashen, and the veins on the hand holding the wine glass were bulging. Zhang Hao wanted to roar and kill, but he had to sit here and listen to the mocking voices around him quietly.

At this moment, a sentence suddenly appeared in Zhang Hao's mind: Weak countries have no diplomacy!

Yes, this is not a deal or diplomacy at all, I have come to... for help!

Zhang Hao was very reluctant to admit it, but he had to admit it. It is a very painful realization to admit that I am here to ask for help and that I am not as good as others.

Amidst the laughter, Huang Shaoxian continued: "Let's talk about our Canglan Country. Young Master Zhang doesn't really think that our Canglan Country is dangerous, does he?

Oh, that's impossible! This is the difference between a small country and a big country.

So far, the Land of Canglan has not lost an inch of land, and all the checkpoints are intact.

The country of Jinyang is actually unable to move eastward, and the pressure on us is almost non-existent. From the beginning of the defense of the Kingdom of Jinyang to the present, we have not added a single soldier on the western front.

There were also several warlords from the Kingdom of Shaoze attacking, but the follow-up of these warlords was weak. Until now, their combat effectiveness has begun to decline.

The only threat is the land of Langya in the east. But the Land of Langya is also an ant on the hot pot right now. The more than 300,000 legions they occupied Qianlonggang were unable to advance or retreat!

It's not that we can't defend Qianlonggang, but we took the initiative to let it out. Trapped the 300,000 elite of Langya Kingdom.

So far, we have won the initiative in the battle with the Kingdom of Langya.

In addition, in the east of the country of Langya, there is also a "country of the Southern Tang Dynasty". Just the day before yesterday, we had established contact with the Kingdom of Southern Tang. It is estimated that in about half a month, the kingdom of Southern Tang will send troops to attack the kingdom of Langya.

We have already discussed that in the future, we will jointly send troops to destroy the country of Langya, and each will share half and half! "

Zhang Hao was dumbfounded. He suddenly discovered that poverty limited his imagination. Well, to be precise, I have been circling in this corner of Qixia Kingdom, forgetting the vastness of the outside world.

In this vast world, war has never been a matter between one or two countries. Every war is a game between several countries, or even more countries.

What Huang Shaoxian said may be a bit exaggerated, but he will definitely not be rambunctious.

Zhang Hao felt that Qianlonggang should not be thrown away by the Canglan Kingdom on its own initiative, but a choice made out of necessity, but it also used Qianlonggang to the extreme, trapping the 300,000 elites of the Langya Kingdom—— Of course, Zhang Hao is skeptical about the actual number of elites.

But no matter what, there is one thing Zhang Hao agrees with: the country of Canglan is not in danger of being destroyed. Therefore, the country of Canglan can develop slowly; but the country of Qixia cannot!

But Zhang Hao didn't give up, he endured his anger and tried his best to get enough benefits. And Zhang Hao also has certain reasons. Once the West is unified by the Kingdom of Jinyang, it will also be a disaster for the Kingdom of Canglan.

Finally, Zhang Hao said to Huang Shaoxian: "A unified and powerful Jinyang country will never be content with mediocrity!"

Huang Shao paused for a while, looked at the emperor finally, and finally nodded to Zhang Hao: "How about this, the price of the elixir remains unchanged, it is not easy to change the national policy. But for every 100 elixirs, we will give 10 additional elixirs of the same type .”

"make a deal!"

So a deal that was later full of controversy was signed. In the future, the dispute will not be about the price, but the calculation of the discount:

The Zhang family promised to trade with pills, and the price will be 10% off;

The Canglan Country stated that for every 100 pills, 10 pills will be given away, which is 110 pills.

So the question is, who has the biggest discount (concession)?