Chapter 764 The Villain
But Han Yuanchang was overjoyed when he heard the conditions proposed by Xu Ren—well, the Shang Kingdom needs to sell land in exchange for troops, what does this mean? It shows that the Shang Kingdom has collapsed, and problems have already appeared in the country!
That's right, the Kingdom of Shang fought frantically with the Yaozu before, causing heavy domestic losses, tens of thousands of elite soldiers fell, and many families wore mourning.
It takes more than ten years for every soldier to grow up; it takes decades for every master to be cultivated! But war can turn these accumulations into fly ash in just a few days.
Presumably the present Shang Kingdom has begun to feel empty. Those prosperity are just superficial prosperity. The latest electric power is simply a flashy and tasteless technology. This electricity, except for lighting, can't do anything for the time being.
Come to think of it, the Kingdom of Shang is already a little out of skills!
With such a "judgment", Han Yuanchang became arrogant, and his tone was a little blunt, "If you completely 'return' Ziyan County to our Liu Kingdom, then we can promise not to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Shang Kingdom. As for whether to send troops to support you, this, I will go back and discuss with His Majesty."
Xu Ren was "overjoyed" and said, "Oh, Prime Minister Han, please go and come back quickly, we will wait for the good news."
Han Yuanchang began to make up his mind: "No hurry, no hurry, I heard that the Shang Kingdom made some kind of electricity, I don't know what it is?"
Xu Ren became a little 'anxious', "Prime Minister Han, we have to wait until night to check the electricity. It's not yet noon. If you take a plane, Prime Minister Han can definitely return in the evening."
Han Yuanchang refused "sorry" and immediately got on the plane to return to Liu Guo, but he was in a hurry to tell the emperor Liu Guo and others about the situation here.
To be honest, Han Yuanchang was not without doubts about the performance of Xu Ren and others. However, the performance of Xu Ren and others does not seem to be fake; comprehensively analyzing the current situation of the Shang Kingdom, it is very likely to be true.
But... Han Yuanchang frowned, and there was one thing that Han Yuanchang couldn't understand, that is, the virtuous king Li Xian didn't look like an idiot, why did he suddenly announce that all countries should voluntarily surrender? What is the reason?
Could it be that Li Xian thinks that he is 'high moral', so others can voluntarily give up? Or do you think that a few promotion places can win over a country?
Han Yuanchang admitted that the promotion quota is indeed very tempting. But with just three or two places, what can you do? You must know that there are not three or five vested interests in a country, but tens of thousands!
These tens of thousands of vested interests will never sell the country for the sake of three or two promotion places!
Um? ? ? Suddenly, Han Yuanchang thought of a terrible possibility—Shang Kingdom said that the promotion quota was only for the royal family!
What is the royal family, of course, is the emperor's family. But the emperor can be changed! What if someone rebels?
This frightening speculation instantly surfaced in Han Yuanchang's mind.
'That's right, that's right, I was only shocked by the Shang Kingdom's series of methods before, and I didn't expect this result. '
'If this counts, Li Xian is inciting everyone to rebel! If someone has a super master in his family, he can completely live an imperial addiction! '
'What a vicious strategy. But will it work? The current Kingdom of Shang seems to have a somewhat dry oil well. I don't know what the Kingdom of Shang is planning? '
Thinking all the way, Han Yuanchang returned to Jingzhou, the capital of the Liu Kingdom, and then met the Emperor of the Liu Kingdom non-stop, and told his speculation just now, and of course he also said the conditions mentioned from the Shang Kingdom.
After hearing this, Emperor Liu was silent for a long time. Finally, Emperor Liu Guo made a decision: "You are doing very well. General Linghuhai of the Northwest and his 300,000 troops have been acting strange recently.
In this way, you use Linghu Hai's 300,000 troops to trade with Shang Kingdom.
Let's say that the 300,000 troops have lent them for ten years, and Ziyan County will be handed over to us now!
In addition, we can guarantee that we will not take the initiative to send troops; but Ziyan County is not included. You tell the Kingdom of Shang, if the Kingdom of Shang dares to say no, we will send troops to occupy Ziyan County! "
"Yes. I will leave!" Han Yuanchang boarded the plane again and flew to Anyang City. It was dusk at this time, colorful neon lights were lit up on the street, and the application of electricity made Anyang City even more magnificent. But now, only Anyang City, Beidou City, and the surrounding areas are using electricity.
Han Yuanchang stepped off the plane, looked at the extraordinarily bright lights around him, and felt a little deep in his heart: Shang Wangguo's creative ability is still amazing. Perhaps this electricity will be of great use in the future, but right now it is almost useless except for lighting.
When Han Yuanchang got off the plane, there was already a luxurious motorcade in front of him, led by Wang Cong. Wang Cong seemed a bit 'cautious', and carefully welcomed Han Yuanchang into the vehicle, as if he was afraid that Han Yuanchang would be dissatisfied.
Seeing this situation, Han Yuanchang immediately asked Wang Cong: "Wang Cong, is the virtuous king in a bad mood recently?"
Wang Cong hesitated for a moment, then said with a straight neck, "The virtuous king is in a good mood, don't worry about it."
Han Yuanchang laughed immediately after hearing this. "Sorry, I was being reckless."
He said so on the lips, but deep down, Han Yuanchang had the answer - I'm afraid Li Xian's mood is very bad, terrible!
Perhaps because of his preconceived ideas, or because he was confident in his own judgment, Han Yuanchang fell into a state of 'thinking loop' at this moment. To put it in a colloquial way—too smart.
But Han Yuanchang himself didn't know, he always felt that what he was thinking was correct, and the Shang Kingdom was facing an unprecedented crisis.
Perhaps the aggression shown by Li Xian was a last resort, he had to show aggression, so as to give a little confidence to the people of the Shang Kingdom and to the soldiers who were retreating on the western front.
Arriving at the City Lord's Mansion by car, I found that Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an were already waiting. After the meeting, before sitting down, Xu Ren couldn't help but ask first, "Prime Minister Han, what's your Majesty's opinion?"
Han Yuanchang carefully looked at the expressions of Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an, and then looked at the expressions of the assistant negotiators and guards around him, and suddenly he knew it - it seems that Shang Kingdom is really difficult. That's right, it's a strange thing that the Shang Kingdom isn't having a hard time fighting the Yaozu, and a country propping up a racial battlefield.
In his own deduction, Han Yuanchang got deeper and deeper, and nodded very complacently: "Our Majesty means: I can lend you a hundred thousand troops for ten years. But the supplies, armaments, etc. of the army are all provided by the merchant. The kingdom is in charge.
In addition, we promise not to actively attack Shang Kingdom. But Ziyan County is not within the scope of the promise.
how? "
Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an looked at each other, and then Xu Ren said to Han Yuanchang: "Prime Minister Han, please allow us to discuss this matter, we also want to ask the meaning of King Xian.
How about we talk about it tomorrow? "
"Alright." Han Yuanchang got up. Tonight, Han Yuanchang will try his best to investigate the situation of Shang Kingdom. Recently, the Kingdom of Shang has been full of contradictions and fog, and Han Yuanchang is also a little worried.
After sending Han Yuanchang away, Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an immediately found Li Xian, and there were Li Yuanming and others.
Seeing Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an approaching, Li Xian immediately asked nervously, "What's going on?"
Xu Ren recounted the situation just now, and finally expressed his opinion: "According to the principle of negotiation, I think the 100,000 troops mentioned by Liu Guo is just a test. I think Liu Guo's bottom line should be around 250,000 troops. Or even a whole legion.
Putting ourselves in their shoes, Liu Guo will definitely throw the most disobedient army in the country to us, and then the least capable.
According to this conjecture check, Liu Guo's northwest general Linghuhai and the legion he belongs to are the most suitable.
Linghu Hai is quite a chivalrous person, and he can't understand all kinds of ills in Liu's country. But Linghu Hai has 300,000 elites in his hands, and he seems to be too big to lose.
So my judgment is: Liu Guo's bottom line for this negotiation is 300,000 troops, and by the way, Linghuhai will be expelled.
In addition, in terms of wealth, it is estimated that at most a few million taels of gold will be given as a show. As for Ziyan County, Liu Guo probably already drools and regrets. "
After Xu Ren finished speaking, Li Yuanming immediately said: "I understand what you mean. Did you say that we don't need 300,000 troops, but directly need 100,000 troops. In this way, let's operate a little bit and let Linghuhai send 100,000 troops. Here we are, for our training.
On the other hand, Linghuhai still controls an army of 200,000, and sits in Liu Guo, ready to respond to the 100,000 army trained by us at any time.
During this period, we encouraged Linghu Hai to rebel... Ahem, to be the master for the people. "
Xu Ren glanced at Li Yuanming with a half-smile, "I didn't say that."
"Okay, okay," Li Xian came out to chat with the mud, "this is the plan for this matter. But there is one thing, Ziyan County has to delay. After all, the Kingdom of Shang pays attention to the contract relationship, and we still need to pay attention to this aspect. The specific situation Let’s analyze it in detail.”
"It's simple!" Li Yuanming said, "We can negotiate prices in terms of price, infrastructure, refining equipment, etc. in Ziyan County. It will not be a problem to negotiate in the last three to five months. I believe that within three to five months, we must have Unify the surrounding countries.
Maybe it won't take three to five months for Liu Guo to be taken by us.
If Liu Guo dares to attack Ziyan County, we will destroy Liu Guo. "
After everyone discussed some details, the regulations were finally set. But on the other hand, the Kingdom of Shang wants to make Liu Guo a negative representative and a villain from the perspective of public opinion.
It is enough for Song Xing to be responsible for this.
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Early the next morning, Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an negotiated with Han Yuanchang again. But Xu Ren and Yan Ze'an insisted: "One hundred thousand troops is enough, we can't afford any more.
But Ziyan County, we need to have a good talk. "
Han Yuanchang was immediately dumbfounded-I'm sorry, aren't you asking for a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot? You really only want a hundred thousand troops? I have prepared 300,000 troops for you.
So Han Yuanchang said cryptically: Well, we still support the Kingdom of Shang, and we can provide this amount at most. Said Han Yuanchang put three fingers on the table as a hint.
While Han Yuanchang was still negotiating here, Shang Kingdom was already publishing a new newspaper, which described Liu Guo as a negative example.