Chapter 281 Chapter 280 Unequal Treaties

[Those who studied history later said that the rise of Qixia Kingdom began with the Treaty of Huaishan Pass. From this moment, the monster capital officially revealed its greedy fangs]

However, after Zhang Hao and others entered the hall, Zhang Hao took out a small wooden man to demonstrate against Zhao Huaiyun, the prince of the Kingdom of Jinyang, so that Zhao Huaiyun even forgot to show his due demeanor:

He should welcome with a smile.

It wasn't until Wei Zirong, the young prince next to him, reminded Zhao Huaiyun that he finally came to his senses, quickly forced a smile, and said a few polite words.

Everyone sits on both sides, the Qixia country sits in the west, and the Jinyang country sits in the east.

When I introduced myself, there were only Zhang Hao and three people on the Qixia Country side, and the rest were followers, so there was no need to introduce them separately.

The country of Jinyang has more here. Prince Zhao Huaiyun, Prince Shao Fu Wei Zirong, Imperial Guard Left General He Dongkui, Huaishan Gatekeeper Ma Kui, Zhenxi General Zhou Chengde, and Prime Minister Pang Chong. There are a total of six main personnel, which is exactly twice the number of Qixia Kingdom.

Also, the one sitting on the side with a cold face and not speaking is Daoist Dingshan. However, there is a gossip imprint hovering slowly between the brows of Dingshan Daoist Priest.

Daoist Dingshan and Feng Zhiling sat face to face. The two did not directly participate in the negotiations, but only served as witnesses and supervisors. Because Zhang Hao firmly insisted that Taoist Master Dingshan had intervened in the war between Qixia Kingdom and Jinyang Kingdom, all the issues concerning Taoist Dingshan were put in this negotiation.

As soon as the negotiation started, Zhang Hao slapped the table, and the loud sound made everyone tremble. Who would have thought that Zhang Hao would start to slap the table just after the negotiation had just begun.

Didn't you say that you should try it out first?

However, Zhang Hao's expression was stern, and he cut straight to the point: "Everyone, this time the Kingdom of Jinyang brazenly launched an invasion war, which brought immeasurable harm and destruction to the Kingdom 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 made Qixia Kingdom heartbroken. When we left, His Majesty repeatedly urged that we must try our best to maintain the friendship between the two countries.

The war can no longer be fought. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the West has not yet been unified, and we have already collapsed, making the East cheaper!

Everyone, what do you think? "

The representatives of the Kingdom of Jinyang were stunned. The sudden negotiation made everyone a little puzzled—didn't they always fight back and forth in the past, and they took care of themselves whether they won or lost? negotiation. Regardless of the negotiation, Zhang Hao slapped the table when he came up, talking about the friendship between the two countries.

Nima, Zhang Hao, what tricks are you playing!

Finally, Prime Minister Pang Chong reacted faster. He asked slowly and cautiously: "Zhang Hao, I also think that in the face of the oppression of the East, we must cooperate to fight against the East."

Zhang Hao nodded: "I agree. But if you want to cooperate, you must first restore the friendship between us!"

After a short pause, Zhang Haozhi directly took out a plan and read it aloud: "According to our statistics, the invasion of the Kingdom of Jinyang resulted in the death of 580,000 soldiers in the Kingdom of Qixia, more than 1.2 million people were killed and injured, and the direct economic loss exceeded 16 million top-grade spirit stones, and indirect economic losses as high as 22 million top-grade spirit stones. It has caused huge damage to society.

Among them, the country of Jinyang unilaterally reneged on the marriage contract, which caused huge scars to the relationship between the two countries.

During the war, the former emperor, prince, and second prince of Qixia Kingdom died, and the whole country mourned.

After our internal discussions, the Qixia Kingdom put forward the following 'suggestions' to restore the friendship between the two countries.

First, compensate Qixia Country for economic losses of 38 million high-grade spirit stones.

Second, cede Yunhai County to compensate for the population loss of Qixia Country.

Third, open 10 cities including Jiangling City as treaty ports between the two countries, allowing people from Qixia Kingdom to come and go freely without tax collection.

Fourth, people from the country of Qixia who made mistakes in the country of Jinyang must be judged according to the laws of the country of Qixia, and your country cannot handle it privately.

Fifth, the two sides have established friendly commercial relations, and the two sides shall not use any excuse to withhold or intercept the goods of both sides.

Sixth, the prince of your country needs to go to Qixia Country to personally apologize to the Queen for unilaterally breaking the contract.

Seventh, after 30 days, Qixia Kingdom will hold a state funeral, including the funerals of the first emperor, prince, second prince, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in battle. Your prince needs to attend and apologize at the state funeral, admitting the mistakes of the war.

Eighth, open the right to build roads. Our country will build a road from the coast of the West Sea in the country of Qixia to the Qiufeng Ridge, bordering on the country of Taihua and the country of Canglan. The country of Qixia invested in this route, and your country can use it, but you need to pay tolls.

The toll standard is calculated according to the internal standard of Qixia Country. This passage, Qixia Country will be returned to your country after a hundred years.

Ninth, because the two gods of your country, together with the fighting puppet of Daoist Dingshan, planned to kill Senior Liu Dingshan, Senior Liu Dingshan has been in a state of panic to this day. In order to calm the spirit of senior Liu Dingshan, your country needs to compensate 30 million high-grade spirit stones for spiritual damage.

These 30 million high-grade spirit stones were completely handed over to Senior Liu Dingshan.

Well, that's all. As long as you agree to these, the friendship between our two countries will be restored to the past. In addition, there is another ray of spiritual thoughts about Taoist Dingshan's spiritual thoughts, which will also be returned. "

When talking about Article 9, Zhang Hao's eyes were always fixed on Taoist Dingshan. The meaning is very clear - the 30 million spiritual damage fee is the price that Xuanzhen Sect asks for the Free and Unfettered Sect. However, because the two sides are separated by the fig leaf of Qixia Kingdom and Jinyang Kingdom, it looks a lot better.

But it is precisely because of this fig leaf, Zhang Hao can be said to be asking for a lot of money. Zhang Hao had roughly calculated the value of one stage of becoming a god before—equivalent to half a country.

So the question is, how much is half a country worth? This is really impossible to calculate. However, Zhang Hao felt that the price of 30 million high-grade spirit stones should still be worth it! Moreover, this price was determined repeatedly 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 about a foot.

Prince Zhao Huaiyun's eyes were suppressed with anger: "Aren't you afraid that we will rob you?"

Zhang Hao smiled: "I believe Your Highness will definitely be willing to restore the friendship between the two countries. Isn't your Highness?"

The crown prince Zhao Huaiyun was choked by Zhang Hao's words immediately. Zhang Hao's simple words contained a majestic murderous intent—you dare to try! Do you still want the friendship of Qixia Kingdom?

And in the sky above the negotiating hall, the masters of the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect, Liu Dingshan of the Qixia Kingdom, the eldest princess Zhao Ying of the Jinyang Kingdom, and the new son-in-law, the elder Qing of the Nine Suns Sect. Hiroko is here.

But Qing Hongzi's face was very ugly, he lowered his head and didn't speak. I haven't seen him for a few days, but Qing Hongzi's cultivation has returned to the early stage of transformation. But at this time, Qing Hongzi no longer had the arrogance of the past. It seemed that a kind of masculinity had disappeared from him.

The voice of the negotiation below was clearly heard by the deities above. To be precise, everyone's spiritual consciousness is always focused on the bottom.

At this time, Zhao Ying, the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Jinyang, frowned slightly: "What a precious friendship!"

Liu Dingshan smiled and did not speak. It's a winner's negotiation! As Zhang Hao said, anyone is qualified to start a war, but the right to end the war is in the hands of the victor.

This negotiation is actually a different kind of battle, a battle that takes place on the negotiating table. But the country of Jinyang is at an absolute disadvantage.

The killing of two God Transformation Stages caused great trauma to the country. More than 700,000 legions were killed and injured, and the bone marrow of this country was even emptied.

At the negotiating table, after a long silence, Pang Chong, the Prime Minister of the Jinyang Kingdom, held back his anger and said lightly: "We will not agree to any of these conditions!"

Zhang Hao nodded silently, "Then, let's talk tomorrow, and I will leave today."

After saying that, he got up and walked out; everyone from Qixia Kingdom filed out.

Seeing that Qixia Kingdom is so straightforward, the negotiating team of Jinyang Kingdom was stunned. Shouldn't they ask for a price and pay back the money on the spot? What is Qixia Country doing here?

In the evening of the same day, the garrison of Xingchang County of the Country of Qixia, a hundred thousand troops left 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 fell immediately, and tens of thousands of soldiers died in battle. Then the army continued to advance to the south.

When it was dawn, he went down three small checkpoints and killed more than 30,000 people. The roar of the artillery that night made Huaishan Pass 20 kilometers away clear, and even the light flashing in the distance could be seen.

With the maturity of technology, the number of artillery in Qixia Kingdom has increased rapidly, and the artillery has become more and more proficient. Faced with this tactic of artillery attacking first, the Kingdom of Jinyang is actually difficult to defend.

After dawn, the Qixia Kingdom's legion retreated, leaving behind a piece of ruins.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Hao and his party came to the negotiation site again, and the conditions were still yesterday's conditions. But the compensation fee has increased by 100,000 high-grade spirit stones—the consumption of last night!

In today's negotiation, the eldest princess Zhao Ying and Qing Hongzi didn't show up—obviously they didn't want to come here to be angry.

"Bastard!" Prime Minister Pang Chongqi's eyes were red. But after scolding, he finally had to face the reality.

Zhang Hao leaned on the chair, crossed his fingers, and said leisurely: "I have said long ago that anyone is entitled to start a war, but the right to end the war is in the hands of the victor.

If we cannot get our due benefits from the negotiating table, then we will get them from the battlefield! "

Pang Chong looked into 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, just the compensation of up to 38 million high-grade spirit stones is impossible. Our country of Jinyang can't afford so much money!"

"I didn't ask you to repay it all at once, can you repay it in batches? How about this, considering the friendship between the two countries over the past three thousand years, I will give you a five-year interest-free period. % interest calculation. The interest income of the current year is included in the principal of the next year. This is what the folks call, donkey rolling, rolling interest.

Is that okay?

In fact, the interest rate of 3% is already very low, or the annual interest rate, private lending can reach 300%! "

Pang Chong's veins popped up in his hands, he wanted to refuse, he wanted to end this negotiation. But last night's battle made him understand that Qixia Kingdom this time is not '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 will not be far from subjugation.

We will not be able to finish the compensation in ten years. And if we give these wealth to you, the country will be extremely weak, and then the country of Danyang and the countries in 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 that as long as you agree to these conditions, the friendship between our two countries can be restored to its previous state.

At that time, if the countries in the east come to attack, my country of Qixia will definitely send troops, and we will continue to fight side by side.

Rest assured, we have counted. No matter how troubles we have internally, we are all brother countries.

There is a saying that goes, brothers fight against their humiliation outside the wall. We will continue this cooperation in the future.

Of course, the premise is... that your country of Jinyang is still willing to repair the relationship between us, and you are willing to treat the country of Qixia as a country of brothers. "

In fact, I really don't want to continue negotiating this so-called "brother relationship" with you. Wei Zirong was full of anger, but at this time he had to try his best to fight for the interests of the Jinyang Kingdom.

Wei Zirong thought for a while and said, "How about we do this? We will open up ten cities, and you will also open up ten cities on your side, and they will also not collect taxes."

"Ten cities are impossible." Zhang Hao directly denied, "But the Qixia Kingdom has a new plan, we will build a city dedicated to trading, and then allow the caravans of the Jinyang Kingdom to trade there, free of tax of."

In fact, Zhang Hao and Liu Xinyu are discussing the establishment of a special economic zone. At that time, it is not just the country of Jinyang that can be tax-free, but all those who go to trade will be tax-free.

But Zhang Hao won't explain it alone, let's save face for the other party. In the current negotiation, Qixia Country's conditions are not prepared to make concessions. It is to be firm and never back down, to show the strength of Qixia Kingdom.

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 elixirs, ores, spirit materials, etc.; but with these things, there will inevitably be moisture. But for these, Zhang Hao and Zhao Duo also acquiesced. After all, is it a negotiation? If there is no 'hidden concession', there is no need for negotiation.

Feng Zhiling didn't open his mouth. From the beginning of the negotiation, he looked at Daoist Dingshan without saying a word, but his eyes were full of malice-you still have today in your stage of becoming a god!

Everyone didn't eat lunch, but simply served a few plates of spiritual fruits, and then continued the negotiation.

On the condition of ceding the territory, Zhang Hao made some concessions: the population on the territory is allowed to withdraw. Originally, Yunhai County was plundered by the Qixia Kingdom once, and the people are still somewhat hostile, so it would be better if it could be withdrawn.

As for the population, the country of Qixia is not worried, the population in the country is actually quite large. And as long as the country develops well in the future, it will be no problem to double the population in 20 years-in another world, several big countries have staged this miracle.

As long as the policy is good and life is sufficient, the population will explode until it reaches the limit of society.

Afterwards, Jinyang Kingdom fought for a long time, and finally their crown prince did not have to apologize to Her Majesty Liu Xinyu alone, but just apologized together during the state funeral, which was barely enough to save the crown prince's face.

The next most intense negotiation is the right to build roads. On this point, the country of Jinyang and even the country of Qixia don't have enough understanding of the road; but this does not hinder the negotiation. Since the country of Qixia can raise it alone, it must be important. Zhang Hao, on the other hand, understood the significance of a major artery and did not relax.

After intense exchanges, Qixia Kingdom made a concession, reducing the time from a hundred years to sixty years; but the toll was increased to 1.8 times the original. Moreover, the country of Jinyang must bear the burden of road safety. Sixty years later, the road was handed over to the Kingdom of Jinyang.

Finally came the most difficult issue - senior Liu Dingshan's mental damage fee! A total of 30 million high-grade spirit stones, this is a real lion's big mouth. But both sides of the negotiation knew very well that the 30 million high-grade spirit stones were the asking price from the Xuanzhen Sect to the Free and Unfettered Sect.

Since you dare to reach out your hand, you must be prepared to have your claws chopped off. Want to get out of the way? impossible!

Daoist Dingshan looked at the ray of divine sense that had trapped him, and wanted to snatch it away. But the faint aura coming from above his head made him dare not act rashly.

Although he has been hit by the Soul Sealing Curse now, the intuition from the transformation stage is still there.

Negotiations are already underway now, if he tries to snatch it now, the Xuanzhen Sect may really be able to kill him. At that time, the Xiaoyao faction could only grit their teeth and admit it.

However, it was very difficult to negotiate the compensation for the 30 million high-grade spirit stones. Zhang Hao insisted on this point. Because this time, what Zhang Hao represented was no longer Qixia Country, but Xuanzhen Sect.

Although the name of the fight was Liu Dingshan's, it was actually Xuanzhen Sect's warning to the Xiaoyao faction and a counterattack against the Xiaoyao faction's reckless stretching of hands. For this negotiation, Qixia Country launched another surprise attack on the third night of the negotiation.

Still in Zhang Hao's words: Victory that cannot be won at the negotiating table must be won on the battlefield! If your country of Jinyang doesn't want to restore friendship with our country of Qixia, if you can't show enough sincerity, then we don't mind... Take it by force!

Don't doubt the power of Qixia Kingdom now. Since the business class began to take power, and since Liu Xinyu ascended the throne and promulgated the constitution, the Qixia Kingdom's business class has been very active. They quickly replaced the original nobles and aristocratic families and other classes, and they were very eager to express their own value.

For example, the support of the industrial and commercial class for the war is quite fanatical. In other words, their support for the country is far better than that of nobles and aristocratic families in the past.

In the end, under the strong oppression of the Qixia Kingdom, the Jinyang Kingdom had no choice but to agree to the harsh conditions. Thirty million high-grade spirit stones. Moreover, the 30 million high-grade spirit stones can be paid in half a year regardless of installments.

It's not that the Kingdom of Jinyang didn't want to fight back these days, and won partial victories from the battlefield. But now the country of Jinyang is already a little frightened, as long as they hear the roar of artillery, they will have calf cramps.

The country of Qixia attacked with the power of victory and the attitude of killing, ruthlessly.

Negotiations lasted for more than three days, and finally both parties signed an agreement in quadruplicate: Qixia Kingdom, Jinyang Kingdom each, and Xuanzhen Sect and Xiaoyao Sect each.

The Kingdom of Qixia returned the two dolls, and the unlucky retainer of the prince finally no longer had to worry about it. He jumped out from behind on the spot, excitedly hugging the doll.

In contrast, Daoist Dingshan was much more stable. He slowly took back the villain, but his face was very ugly. This time it was a shame.

From rolling around in the street at the beginning, to now being blackmailed of 30 million high-grade spirit stones. Thirty million high-grade spirit stones, even at the stage of his transformation into a god, he couldn't get them out.

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 Jinyang Kingdom itself, it can barely make it back within ten years, but it is hard to say what the Jinyang Kingdom will look like after that. Especially after the war in the current state of Jinyang, the country is relatively struggling.

Therefore, this sum of compensation must be supported by the Xiaoyao faction. But how much is it appropriate to be a patron of the Xiaoyao faction? Hey, therein lies the problem. With fewer patrons, the Kingdom of Jinyang must have an opinion. There are too many patrons, the Happy School... I'm afraid they won't like it.

And there is another point that made Daoist Dingshan look ugly-this unequal treaty, although the name of the Xiaoyao faction was not signed, the Xiaoyao faction sent people to participate in the negotiation!

However, at the last moment, when everyone was about to adjourn the meeting, Zhang Hao suddenly said with a strange smile: "If the Kingdom of Jinyang can express its determination to Xuanzhen Sect, then on behalf of Xuanzhen Sect, I promise that the 30 million spiritual damage fee will be shared with Jinyang Sect." The country has nothing to do with it, and the compensation of 10 million high-grade spirit stones will be reduced!"

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he turned around coolly and left.

Stay, everyone in a daze.