Chapter 289 Crazy Negotiations, Part 2

(It’s the end of the month, the monthly pass and the recommendation ticket are about to expire, so I voted for some of them. O(∩_∩)O ha!)

This first clause was not negotiable at all; it was just a formal acknowledgment of defeat in front of representatives of all countries, which made Sima Xuan a little embarrassed. Admitting the defeat made the negotiation atmosphere of the Jin State quite depressing. The confrontation has already begun.

But with only a little hesitation, Sima Xuan still signed the surrender document. All the representatives at the meeting signed in turn; more than 50 people in Anyang and more than 30 people in Jin State also signed in turn.

Then, Xu Ren announced the second condition: "Second, Anyang's various expenditures totaled 38.7 million taels of gold this time; due to the impact of the war, Anyang's society lost more than 15 million taels of gold. A total of 53.7 million taels of gold. Anyang only needs gold and silver ; Calculated on the basis of one tael of gold exchanged for ten taels of silver. The purity of gold and silver must be above 99.95%.

The payment shall be made within 365 days within the time limit. If the payment is overdue, the annual interest rate shall be 20%; compound interest. "

As soon as this condition came out, Sima Xuan, the prime minister of the Jin Kingdom, slapped the table boldly and cursed: "This is extortion. You are a small Anyang, and you have invested more than 50 million taels of gold in a war? I bought your whole Anyang in a package. You can’t even sell five million taels of gold!”

On the side of Anyang, Fang Shijing rolled up his sleeves rudely, "Bright Star Group and its textile branch sell as much as two million taels of gold a month. The smelting branch sells as much as 1.8 million taels of gold a month." Iron ingots. Sales of industrial conductors reached 3.79 million taels of gold last month. Sales of cement last month reached 2.83 million taels of gold!

Stainless steel alone was sold to Dragon Palace as high as 4.2 million taels of gold.

Sold to an ironclad ship of the Sea Clan for 12.5 million taels of gold

There are more, more, Anyang is much better than your backcountry! It's not impossible for me, Anyang, to hit people with gold! "

The businessmen in Anyang immediately nodded and agreed with Fang Shijing's statement. Because of the liquid spiritual energy, the transactions between Anyang and the Sea Clan have begun to be settled with gold; gold is the best carrier of luck, and it is more cost-effective than spirit stones for Anyang now.

The people around took a breath, and for the first time clearly knew how rich Anyang was. The price of an ironclad ship is 12.5 million taels of gold, which is almost the annual financial income of an ordinary empire!

Although fiscal revenue is not the entire income of the empire, as an empire, there will be sales of some magic tools, elixir, etc., and there will be royal firms, etc., with higher income. But after all, Anyang has only developed for less than four years, and it is only a county. Of course, after swallowing Luliang County, Anyang already has the area of ​​two counties, comparable to Nanyang County.

But Sima Xuan was momentarily overwhelmed by Fang Shijing's numbers and was speechless. As the saying goes, if there is no investigation, there is no right to speak. After a while, Sima Xuan finally settled for the next best thing, "The losses in the battle between Anyang and Jin only accounted for half of the total losses. Nanyang County and Dongyuan County should be responsible for the other half. "

Xu Ren took the words: "Now it's our two parties negotiating, it has nothing to do with Nanyang County and Dongyuan County. We will negotiate with them alone."

"Then we can only pay half of the money at most!"

"No, no," Xu Ren waved his hands confidently and gracefully, "Haven't you heard of Anyang's current catchphrase, which is 'business is business'. This war is also a fierce commercial activity, and it has Compulsory, one-sidedness of 'the winner takes all'.

When we invest, there must be output. Therefore, 53.7 million taels of gold, not a cent less! "

This is unreasonable.

"My country of Jin can't produce so much gold! If we want this gold, why would we bother to surrender!" Sima Xuan was also anxious - if you keep pushing like this, we will have another battle. It's not that my country of Jin is incapable of fighting again!

Xu Ren was unmoved, "It can be paid in installments, and you are allowed to pay it off within 5 years. For the outstanding part, it will be calculated at 20% annual interest."

"This is blood-sucking. I, Jin, are an iron rooster, and I don't pull out any hair!"

"It's okay, we can steam the whole chicken."

...

The so-called negotiation is just a quarrel, but this quarrel has a core purpose. Every sentence is not aimless. There is more than one layer of hidden meaning behind every sentence. If you can't understand the meaning behind these words, you can't Fight back. Once you are unable to fight back, you will fall into a disadvantage, and eventually you will retreat and give up your benefits.

This time, the negotiation lasted for a whole day, and it was Anyang who relied on a better understanding of commercial wealth to gain the upper hand.

In the end, the two parties signed an agreement: Jin State compensated 42 million taels of gold, which will be paid off in 6 years; the annual interest rate is 17%.

Li Xian, who had been sitting for a whole day, finally spoke, "Let's stop here for today, and start the third article tomorrow."

Li Xian spoke, and it was getting dark, today's negotiation finally came to an end. When it was announced that the negotiations were over, Sima Xuan's body in the Nascent Soul Stage shook suddenly, and his complexion paled instantly. After this day's negotiations, it was indeed exhausting.

The spectators around were finally able to speak, and everyone started talking; some were talking with their own people, some were talking with different people; some even wanted to talk to the negotiators of Jin and Anyang, but they were refused.

Both the representatives of Anyang and Jin were exhausted.

It was a quiet night, but the tide was turbulent; when the negotiations started the next day, newspapers were already being sold in the streets and alleys of Anyang, and the contents were yesterday’s. Even this time the newspaper published photos. Although the initial photos were in black and white, they were relatively clear. With the text, it was enough to make people feel the intensity of the on-site negotiation.

The next day the negotiation was about leased cities and ports. Jin did not get much concessions. Anyang just raised the original price of 10,000 taels of gold to 13,000 taels of gold, which was regarded as giving Jin a little face.

The third day is the railway construction, which is the most intense. Facing the brand-new thing of railways, the state of Jin can faintly feel the importance of railways, but it doesn't have a deep understanding. However, Sima Xuan was the prime minister after all, and the representatives of the Jin Kingdom were all shrewd. In a hazy state, they competed with the representatives of Anyang.

On the first day of the railway construction negotiations, no consensus was reached.

On the second day of the railway negotiations, a consensus was reached: Anyang has not made any concessions regarding the century-old railway rights.

On the third day of railway negotiations, a second consensus was reached: the railway pays one-thousandth of the symbolic tax.

It took seven days for the railway negotiations to finally come to an end. The final agreement is:

Anyang wholly-owned the construction of the railway, fully owned the railway for 100 years, and paid a symbolic one-thousandth of the tax; a hundred years later, it was handed over to Jin, but Anyang still enjoyed 50% of the profits, which was still a hundred years.

Anyang built a total of three railways in Jin State: one is from Anyang, passing through Nanyang County, passing through the capital of Jin State, and going to Chen State; the other is from the sea. There is also a railway running through the east and west of Jin. Three railways run through Anyang's 17 leases and two ports.

The state of Jin guarantees that all railways will be unimpeded and free from any damage. Anyang assured that these railways would serve the Jin military.

If Jin State needs Anyang to help build the railway in the next hundred years, then the railway construction will continue the above clauses; unless Jin State can fully take charge of the railway construction.

After the railway negotiations are completed, it is the negotiation of the trade plan. There is nothing in the trade plan itself, but Anyang requires that "all merchants in Anyang shall not be subjected to any difficulties in the state of Jin, and shall enjoy the best commercial treatment."

The so-called optimal business treatment, for example: if a caravan in a region obtains a certain privilege, then all the caravans and merchants in Anyang and in the Jin State will automatically receive this privilege, and it is within the entire Jin State .

At this point, the merchants in Anyang rejoiced. They never thought that Anyang could propose such a condition. This is completely paving the way for the merchants.

In the end, after a quarrel, the state of Jin had to accept this condition; but there is one thing: businessmen in Anyang must abide by the law; the current law of the state of Jin shall prevail.

But then we talked about a problem: people in Anyang, after committing a crime in Jin, need to be accompanied by an Anyang judge for interrogation; the final judgment must refer to Anyang law. Anyang's reason is very good - the laws of your Jin country are too bad.

On this point, Anyang completely grasped the initiative, and the representative of Jin State was unable to say a word. In terms of law, Jin completely defeated Anyang.

After negotiating these two conditions in a row, the merchants in Anyang felt a little bit like "playing the crown and celebrating each other". For several nights in a row, commercial activities can be seen on the streets of Anyang - half-price, discounts, and even free gifts.

Then there are negotiations on taxes, mining, aviation, embassies, etc., which are relatively minor difficulties.

Finally, the main event came - the war circle!

War formations are large-scale battle formations used by armies such as the "Wanjian Great Formation" and "Bahuang Liuhe Tiangang Formation". This is the "root" of Jin.

Why is Jin State called the most powerful country in the East? In Xianyu, there is only one reason for being able to obtain this title and "honor", and that is - strong fighting ability!

The state of Jin once had an adventure, excavating an ancient relic in its own territory, and obtained several "battle formations" from that relic. No one knows how many battle formations Jin has obtained and what battle formations it has obtained, but the two most commonly used by Jin are: one is the offensive formation of ten thousand swords, and the other is the defensive formation of the eight barren and six-in-one heavenly gangs.

Among them, the minimum requirement for the Ten Thousand Swords Formation is: a group of 10 people; the minimum requirement for the Eight Desolation Liuhe Tiangang Formation is: a group of six people.

A formation of ten thousand swords composed of 10,000 foundation-building masters can kill Yuanying-stage masters—and Jin has many such records.

The Eight Desolation and Liuhe Tiangang array composed of ten thousand masters of the foundation building stage can block or trap the masters of the Nascent Soul stage. Jin also has many records.

In short, the battle formation is the foundation of the state of Jin. If Anyang wants to get it, the difficulty is not ordinary!