The 2019th Quarter Things Suddenly Changed

"Actually, you can't say that. The people of our Eastern Empire have always been very honest. They don't understand these things very well? To the common people, you people just give them some small favors. Of course they won't Oppose you. In a short period of time, they will not oppose you, but after a long time, they will not be like this. They still hope to return to their own motherland. Your Cao's firm occupies a large area of ​​land here. It is not right to say that the name is not right. If you make any trouble here, the resistance of these ordinary people is amazing. In the future, if you want to retreat, you may not be able to retreat. These ordinary people are yours now, and they may not be able to retreat in the future. He will become one of our people, and may even help us to oppose you together." At this time, an official sitting behind the Eastern Empire stood up and said, his words were very sharp. It seems that this guy is not a good bird, but his words also have a certain truth, and everyone here can listen to it.

"Yes. That is, what these ordinary people know, they have no culture at all, and they will follow whoever feeds them. Although your Cao's business occupies a large area, you are also very, very rich. We also know The money you made in the other three empires is also very powerful, but you can invest all your money in this place, in these common people, but it is absolutely impossible, our Eastern Empire, as long as you take a little It’s still hard to say whose side they will end up standing with, but I think the chances of them standing next to us may be a little higher.” Another official of the Eastern Empire said. They are now trying to convince the people of Cao's House that what you are getting now is not a piece of land, but a piece of trouble. Your good relationship with these common people is only temporary, and these common people may stand up against you first. It's possible. These ordinary people can be said to be fickle, and you can't know the outcome of what will happen in the end.

"What this gentleman said is true, but we will have another idea. The common people are the theme of building the entire society. In the past, the upper echelon of your Eastern Empire paid too little attention to the thoughts of these common people. Their ideas simply cannot be listened to. Get into your mind. It's because you didn't put yourself in their shoes and think about them. Many things are like this. That's why we Cao's business people took advantage of your loopholes, and now we have succeeded in this loophole. Don’t you understand what I mean? After we go in, we won’t retreat easily. Now you are begging us to retreat. We are the ones with vested interests, so we will ask me to ask you for a lot of things. Now you And don't think that we are asking too much, if these ordinary people don't resist us, they will become ours, and that's when Li Cong will be in pain." The people of Cao's House are naturally not to be outdone. The questions posed by Emperor International were answered and the answers were sonorous and forceful.

"None of us can say for sure what will happen in the future. We can only say that 50% may develop in a good way and the other 50% may develop in a bad way. What you all told me is that it will develop in a bad way. Regarding the matter, many people in our Cao's Commercial Bank are talking about things that will develop in a good direction. Both sides have a 50% chance. As you said, you are indeed very rich, and the common people have very little appetite. As long as you give them a little bit of benefits, they will stand by your side.

The benefits we give them are not a little bit now, and we will increase our support for them in the future. If we see this place we occupy as a paradise, I believe many people will come. "Many people in Cao's House have received professional training in psychological warfare. Arming them with something from the earth is definitely not what people in this era can think of. Sharp teeth are their current characteristics.

"You people in Cao's House should not be complacent for too long. Now it's because you have robbed some warehouses of our government and some things from big families can be distributed to them. These ordinary people will follow you, but then you What should we do? It is impossible for you to distribute things from the other three empires to them. If there is no benefit, these ordinary people will become your biggest trouble. Don’t think that they are following you now, and they will beat you back in the future. I went back, probably they are also them, our Eastern Empire court has ruled this place for a long time after all, and we also have some people of our own, even if you occupy these mature cities now, you can guarantee that you completely control these cities That's impossible, we are also our own eyeliner here, and if we want to make trouble at that time, you can't stop it." The smell of gunpowder between the two sides is really getting stronger and stronger, the representative of the Eastern Empire said It can be said that it can be seen to what extent they have been upgraded? One by one was already trembling all over.

"I just said that none of us can understand the future. There is a 50% chance that it will be good and 50% that it will be bad. The aspect you mentioned is bad, but we are very Optimistic, we don't believe that those things will happen to us, and we also believe in the principle of repaying kindness. Now these ordinary people are basically not living very well, because of us, their life is still very good Okay, so I believe they are very grateful to me in their hearts. Even if some of your elements are inciting them to arrive, people who don't understand the truth may follow you out to make trouble in a short period of time, but in the long run, they will not You will do this, what your Eastern Empire court has given them is pain, and they will never look back without any good memories.” The people from Cao’s House laughed and said that we are not angry when you are angry, that’s why we occupy the most When you are in an advantage, to make you more angry is our purpose, to let us finally get the benefits we need in the end.

"Okay. Let's not talk about some useless digressions. Now let's get back to the issue of compensation. Our Eastern Empire must have discussed it. We can give you Cao's Commercial Bank 300 billion taels of silver in compensation. In addition, if you want to give up the cities you are currently occupying, you can reserve up to fifteen port cities for you. Others are impossible. This is our final bottom line. If you think it is okay, we can continue to negotiate. If you think it is not possible, we will suspend the meeting temporarily, and I don’t know when the negotiations will start again.” The people of the Eastern Empire changed their previous weakness and now they are starting to be tough. It surprised the people of Cao's house. What kind of confidence do they have to speak like this? Are they really planning a large-scale operation? The occupied area is absolutely unstable. Anyone in the Cao's Commercial Bank is very clear about this. After all, they have ruled for so many years and you only occupied it for a few days. The gap is too big.

"I'm sorry. This matter is far from our request of Cao's Commercial Bank. We have no way to give you an answer now. If you feel that we don't need to continue talking, this matter can be stopped. I don't guarantee that we will What will happen to the military operations of the quarreling parties? It is impossible for our people to be idle in these more than 300 cities. We will also attack some surrounding counties and even some larger cities. At that time, your losses may be even greater, but now you can talk comfortably, and don’t blame me when you regret it later." Boss Cui knocked on the table, and then closed the folder in his hand, now he I don't want to continue negotiating with these people from the Eastern Empire, so let the time continue to pass a few hours later. Maybe they won't think so in a few hours. In a few hours, the people on the eastern coast of the Eastern Empire When the news came, they would beg us to come back to this negotiating table again, and the conditions at that time would be completely different from what they are now.

The negotiators of the Eastern Empire did not expect that the people of Cao's House would be so tough, but the words had already come out of their own mouths, could they take them back? That is absolutely impossible, and it is too difficult to take back these words. One by one, they all learned the movements of urging the boss, closed the folder in their hands and walked out first. It seems that they went out first to gain the upper hand. Many people in Cao's House had no intention of robbing them at all. They all sat in their seats and waited for them to go out before going out with a smile. The limelight at this moment is not what they need at all. What they need is the vast land, the vast number of people, and the huge interests. It is a negotiator's taboo to fight for a short time at the negotiating table. If you can't control it, your life will be too sad in the future, and you will be unable to calm down in all aspects. This is what Li Cong told them and learned from the people on earth.

Li Cong didn't expect their negotiation to end so quickly. He was enjoying life in his bedroom when he saw his. The negotiating team members came back one by one. Judging from the expressions on their faces, there should be something wrong. , because those who came in without a smile had a trace of doubts. These negotiators were wondering why the Eastern Empire suddenly had such confidence. Could it be that something changed on the battlefield? This is also impossible. What kind of changes will happen? Why didn't our intelligence system mention this change at all? Li Cong waved his hand to let the two women in the room go out. It is inconvenient for women to be present when he is doing things like this. Besides, these two women are If the Eastern Empire arranged for them to deliver any news, it would be a big loss for themselves. Although there will be no such things as bugs in this era, Li Cong still asked his subordinates to search the house carefully. After a while, I will save myself from discovering something that has missed my major event later.

"What's going on here, why are you all back? Aren't you negotiating? Judging by the expressions on your faces, something unexpected happened. It's okay to just say it and listen. Don't give yourself too much pain." Don't put too much psychological burden on yourself. At this time, what you need to maintain is a good mood. You have to give them a lot of psychological pressure. If you let them see your current expression, they will probably go to hell. Let’s celebrate with a bottle of wine. Let’s be more happy to come. The snacks on the table are still good. I tasted them just now, and they still suit my taste. I believe you need to replenish your energy after such a long time. Negotiations are like this 80% of the time is talking nonsense and only 20% of the time is doing serious things." Li Cong asked his negotiators to sit down, and then pointed to the snacks on the table and said, but it's a pity that these people seem to be I lost my appetite and was thinking about what just happened to make the people of the Eastern Empire so hardened.

"Don't be so optimistic. We don't know exactly what happened, but judging from their expressions, they should have found some way to restrain us. Is there something wrong with us? .We don’t know yet. If this is the case, our trump card would have come earlier to make them feel some pressure. There can only be two aspects to this matter. One is that they pretend to be relaxed. There is no such thing. They do things by themselves, which makes us feel pressured in our hearts, and the other is the most terrifying thing. That is, they really grab us. If this is the case, the next negotiation will be very difficult." Cui Boss At the beginning, he is not that optimistic yet, his brows are already wrinkled, and he can definitely kill flies. The expressions of other people are basically similar to him. These people are still too young to experience the test .

"About this issue, I can't think of anything that they will catch up on recently. How much progress can they make in the northern battlefield? That is absolutely impossible. I have already told the generals over there during the negotiation General, tell him not to rush in, as long as he defends the current territory, there should be nothing wrong with other places. Could it be that the fleet we sent to the east of the Eastern Empire was discovered by them? It is impossible even if they were discovered. In addition to doubting the speed of our fleet, we can easily get rid of them, so what can make us difficult." At this moment, Li Cong fell into deep thought, Li felt that he was not as optimistic as before, and indeed this matter happened. It's too strange. People in the Eastern Empire should be very nervous now. It is absolutely impossible to have the scene just now. Just like what the boss said, I also hope that the first aspect is that they are cheating, but why in my heart How can you be so uneasy again?

A whole room of people have been discussing here for half an hour, but they don't know what's wrong with them? The people in the Eastern Empire are also waiting to discuss in a large conference room at this moment. They have indeed obtained Li Cong's shortcoming. Some important strongholds of the empire were found by them. How did they find it? This is all thanks to the high-level officials of the other three empires. Now you can say that the strengths of the two sides are intertwined. After sending such news, I believe that this thing will be a huge weight in the negotiations of the Eastern Empire. If this thing is taken out, Li Cong will make some concessions. I really did not expect people from the three empires Will eat inside and outside like this.

"Master Prime Minister, is the information in your hand true? If it is true, we can completely overturn all the previous treaties and we can establish treaties according to our own wishes. Although Cao's Commercial Bank is very large, it is just As we said, they are just a chamber of commerce, without a strong ruling system. Although the defense forces in various places are not weak, it is very easy for us to concentrate on dealing with them. Counting the number of masters, the Cao family firm is still No, but how can it be compared with our Eastern Empire? The other three empires have no reason to attack her directly, so they sent this news to us. They also hope to see us fighting fiercely. Let us help They wiped out Cao's House and they should thank us." One of the negotiating team members said happily that he really didn't expect the prime minister to get this thing in such a short period of time. In fact, this is not the prime minister's credit. Thanks to the empire, they are going to start destroying Cao's firm.

If Li Cong was here, he would definitely scold the high-level officials of the three empires for not being able to see the future. These people only temporarily felt the danger and started doing such things. If it weakens, there will be a vacancy on the northern front line. If all the people from Thunder Gate take this opportunity to flee back to the Eastern Empire, then it will be the time when the three empires will suffer. These people just have no brains. They can see the threat that Cao's House of Firm is posing to them now, can't they see how much of a threat the Eastern Empire will be to them in the future? Cao's House of Commerce did some things under their noses, and they couldn't cause much trouble. If the Eastern Empire really had such a huge strength, they would all become slaves of the country, even if it is now What about the emperors of the three empires? At that time, the Eastern Empire really took down your empire. If you still want to be emperor, even if you can save your own life, it will be very difficult.

The two sides did not start negotiations again until dark, but the two sides still had to eat together. This is a kind of etiquette, high-level etiquette, although Li has never been very used to such etiquette. But it also followed them. What Li Cong didn't expect was that the prime minister of the Eastern Empire was already sitting and waiting for Li Cong. Judging by the expression on his face, he should have got something important, or it could be the handle of Cao's firm. Otherwise, he wouldn't be smiling so much that his beard would even stand up. The Prime Minister can be regarded as a person who doesn't show much expression? But Li Cong saw everything he did today. A bad premonition also surged in Li Cong's heart. This matter is just like what I said just now. The second aspect is not the first aspect. They are not bluffing, but they really have something in their hands. something. This can make them really happy, but Li Cong is a little unhappy at the moment.

It's no wonder that the two sides are opposed to each other. What you are happy with is what I am unhappy with. If you want to do things here, you will let me go. Li Cong slowly walked to the opposite of the Prime Minister and sat down, "Mr. Prime Minister It seems that there is something happy to say, let us all be happy together, seeing that smile on your face, I really want to know why you are so happy?" Li Cong sat down and said, the prime minister glanced at Li Cong, He also said, "To be honest, I do have some happy things, and that's why I came here so early to wait for you. If I follow my heart, it's the best thing for me not to meet you in my life." , but I have to tell you this matter now, otherwise you will still not know what to do tomorrow. I got a piece of information here from the Three Great Empires, which was given to me by the high-level officials of the Three Great Empires .” The Prime Minister finished speaking and pushed the folder to Li Cong.

Sure enough, it's the high-level officials of the three empires who eat inside and out, Li Cong secretly cursed in his heart, lending you his own money, bleeding and desperate, you are tearing down your own platform behind, isn't it because you feel such a little threat? , the threat of our Cao's firm is more powerful than the Eastern Empire. You can't tell the difference, and you want to be friends with yourself. Li Cong didn't show it on his face. Just because of this, he is more experienced than the prime minister. There are a lot of them, and the prime minister is also a little surprised that such a young guy has better psychological quality than himself. It is impossible to say that he is not jealous. Li Cong slowly opened the folder that the prime minister brought over, his face still The original expression, this is really a pity for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister originally wanted to see Li Cong's fury, but Li Cong didn't have anything to reflect. Such a thing made the Prime Minister feel a little disappointed. Deep psychological quality, why didn't it show at all at the moment.

"Master Cao, how about this report in your hand? It should be very important to you. You have been to the places marked on my small map many times before. We people from the Eastern Empire got this report. The report can be said to be a very coincidental opportunity. We are making a deal with the people of the Northern Empire, one of which is this deal. As for the other deals, I am inconvenient to tell you, and you don’t want to know these things. I think the contract is enough for you, how can I lower your negotiation standard? I can guarantee the safety of these places on the map, at least, if something happens, it will have nothing to do with our Eastern Empire." The prime minister smiled and gave Li Cong poured wine into his glass, and now the prime minister has acted like a winner, there is no such thing as a small belly, but what he doesn't know is that his crisis has come, and the one who is looking at the door hurried The officials who came here knew that there was something wrong with the Prime Minister, and the Eastern Empire was not peaceful.

It can be said that the Prime Minister is very dissatisfied with this person who hurried over. Don't you see that I am showing our talents to our opponents? Show how good we are? Show our strengths, why come to me to report on work at this time. How important is the job that allows you to come here at this time? The prime minister glanced at this guy very dissatisfied. Normally, this person would definitely withdraw slowly, but now he didn’t do that but bowed his head He whispered something in the prime minister's ear. The prime minister was very disgusted with these things. Before he heard what he said, he pushed this guy away. "What are you doing? Didn't you see that I was entertaining our empire?" Even though this guest is someone our empire doesn’t like, we have to show our due manners. You’re so disrespectful. Get out of here quickly. Otherwise, don’t blame me for treating you Punishment." The Prime Minister said loudly that everyone around him looked this way.

The prime minister's idea is that he has no connection with Li Cong, and wants everyone to see what Li Cong's expression looks like later? If she had known what this person was going to say earlier, he probably wouldn’t be in this state. The person who was pushed away didn’t make a fuss, stood up and walked to the Prime Minister’s side, and said in a low voice that he didn’t tell the Prime Minister at this moment. At the first opportunity, he directly said what he said, "The big thing is not good. We are on the eastern coast of the Eastern Empire. The first-tier cities have encountered pirate attacks. At present, the losses have been heavy. Fifteen cities have been attacked. It’s not the same as it was before, and they are still attacking other cities, I think our losses will be even greater.” Although this guy’s voice was not loud, it was because everyone’s attention was here at the moment. Most of the people in the hall heard what he said, and these people were dumbfounded. What the hell is going on? How can there be pirates on the eastern seaboard? Did you hear me wrong?

"You... What are you talking about? The prime minister said this guy in disbelief. He didn't believe that such a thing would happen. What's going on? I had the advantage a minute ago, and asked the people from Cao's House How can you lower your negotiating requirements now? Such a thing happened in my eastern coast in a flash, and dozens of cities were hit one after another. By the way, this must be Cao's tactic. This tactic has appeared many times in the southern coast. This time, he looked at Li Cong and found that now Li Cong was looking at them with a smile. Wasn’t his expression exactly the same just now? It’s really ten years in Hedong, ten years in Hexi, this is not ten years, just a minute of time It just became like this. Did I threaten others just now? Is it my turn to be threatened by others? Call me later and look around. These people will look at me like a fool. If they know that I The conversation with Li Cong just now may make him laugh at his incompetence even more!

"Everyone, don't look at this, our banquet has just begun. If you all look at me and the prime minister like this, I believe that the two of us will not be able to eat tonight. If we don't want our body If you have any problems, it is better for you to let go." Li Cong looked at the trembling Prime Minister and knew that he could not go too far at this time, and he had a handle in his hands. If the masters of the three empires attack those strongholds on their own maps, they will suffer a lot of losses, so this matter has returned to a balance point, it depends on how this matter should be done? Moreover, Li Cong now has a poisonous plan in his heart. Today, the three major empires are so unscrupulous and want to frame him, so there is no need for him to save face for them. Maybe this person in front of him is his partner. There is no forever. The phrase that the enemy has only eternal interests reappeared in Li Cong's mind again. He had to do this to let the three empires know their pain.

"Yes, go back to your seat, there's nothing to do here." Several other people also came to smooth things over, and the people around them dispersed one by one, waiting for the prime minister to walk to Li Cong's Looking at you from the opposite side, he smiled painfully, "Things in this world are so strange. A few minutes ago, I was still laughing at you. A few minutes later, we have become like this. I really don't know how to solve the things between us. Now the two of us may have returned to the original starting point, and it’s time for a tug-of-war. We have a lot of steps behind the scenes. I believe you will not be idle. The eastern region of China must not be chaotic, and we will not have any other moths, and I hope you will not either." Li Cong nodded his head after the Prime Minister said this. This can only be the case, but the negotiation did not move.

"My lord prime minister, in fact, it is true that people do not destroy themselves for their own sake. You are for your Eastern Empire and I am also for our Cao family firm. Neither of us is wrong. Those who really make mistakes may still be there." How about fun there? If the two of us quarrel with each other and turn this place into a big battlefield, after our Cao’s House of Commerce goes to war with your Eastern Empire, the strength of both of us will decline. Our Cao’s House of Trade may not It will no longer exist, but your Eastern Empire will also pay a serious price. Who will be the happiest at that time, of course, the three people who provided the information will be the happiest. At that time, your Eastern Empire will return to the stage of their level. Of course they are very happy. Because if you look at it this way, they have no status? You are on the same starting line again, and the biggest loss is your Eastern Empire. So now we have to start some of our new methods."

The prime minister had no idea, and Li Cong took the lead to break the silence. Since the prime minister had bowed his head, Li never would continue to go up to others aggressively. Li Cong's words began to soften, and he looked up. Li Cong glanced at him, he really didn't understand what the young man in front of him was thinking? He has already thought about some things that he hasn't thought about yet. This young man's mind is really calm. Analyzing this is very scary. In just a short while, he has already seen that the Three Great Empires are playing tricks. And now that he has done what it should do, it should be done like this now. The two of them should put aside their disputes for the time being, and have to respond to the three empires, otherwise they It is the pawns of the Three Great Empires, neither the Eastern Empire nor the Cao Family Firm can have their own benefits in the end, and only the people of the Three Great Empires will get the benefits in the end. He also nodded and began to agree with this proposal.

"Then I don't know if your brother has any good opinions? We are still negotiating now, and on the surface we are still opposed." The prime minister said something, but he didn't know how to go on. It is true that the war between the two sides is still going on. , Continued It seems a little uncomfortable to unite with Li Congtai at this time, but Li Cong does not have that discomfort. His mind changed quickly. He took a sip of wine and said, "Actually, the enemies of both of us now They are all three empires, and some of my industries in the three empires have been threatened. I need a foothold, a place that is very big enough for me to settle down. I don’t know if the prime minister can provide me with this place. If If you can provide me with everything, we can start talking again." Li Cong thought for a while and said that indeed the area he is in is now the sphere of influence of several empires, no matter how powerful his business power is, he is politically There is no room for talking.

Some plans that Wu Zuoxi made for himself have officially begun to work, but those plans also take time, and now I don't have so much time to realize those plans, and now I feel like a child, they really want to turn against themselves In other words, I can at most let them hurt me, but I will be completely finished. What I need now is a piece of my own territory. The territory that cannot be conquered by the three empires and the Eastern Empire is the best. A huge island has been opened up, but that island is still not big enough for the entire business. He needs a bigger place. If it can be done there, he can rely on his powerful navy to continuously harass the three empires and The Eastern Empire, when the time comes, these four great empires will have frequent headaches, just like some wars on the earth back then, mastering the ocean is equivalent to mastering the world. Now they don't understand this truth, when they understand It was already late.

"A foothold? I don't understand what you mean. What do you need for your Cao's business? Don't you have a lot of footholds now?" The Prime Minister didn't understand Li Cong's meaning for a while, and he wouldn't think of Li Cong. The plan is really because Li Cong's plan is too powerful. It is impossible in anyone's mind for Yige Trading Company to fight against the Four Great Empires. Even the current Prime Minister thinks that Li Cong put his own It is already a peak when the wound has progressed to this level. It is definitely something that has never been seen before, and there will be no such injury in the future. The Thunder Gate is a different kind that was concocted by their Eastern Empire, but this Cao family The commercial bank is even more of a different kind. It is just around the corner that the strength of the Cao family commercial bank surpasses the Lightning Gate. The four major empires, including the Eastern Empire, will not allow such a thing to happen again. What is the foothold that Li Cong said? What do you mean? The prime minister is constantly thinking and wondering.

"The end point I mentioned is very simple. This is not the time for us to be suspicious of each other in circles. We should open our hearts to get to know each other better. What I need is a huge island with an area of ​​at least Islands with more than a hundred provinces are required, and they must be a certain distance from your Eastern Empire. I am not very clear about such a place, but I know that the people of your Eastern Empire must know that such a place does not care about the nature of the island. No matter how bad the environment is, I can transform this place into my own territory. If you agree, we are now united, especially in the northern battlefield. I can provide you with some more breaking news, and my The army will stand on the sidelines, you can take the people from Thunder Gate back to your country, as for the future, we will do it slowly, I don’t know how about this proposal? Li Congshi said in a shocking way, he also wants the prime minister I was dumbfounded, can I do it now that I have gone through so many things that have not been done?

It was simply unimaginable. The prime minister looked at Li Cong suspiciously. After all, he couldn't believe the young man in front of him. The two of them had spent such a long time on the battlefield. Maybe because of a few short sentences Can words change the whole thing? The people of the three empires are not idlers, and they will not let Li Cong and the Eastern Empire play them in the palm of their hands. What Li Cong has not finished is that after the Thunder Gate returns to the Eastern Empire, the Four Great Empires will definitely fight. Yes, Li Cong's opportunity came at that time. Of course, the prime minister couldn't think of those things, but he thought that there might be dangers in it, and he didn't have the reporter agreeing to Li Cong. He just wanted to press this matter down, and he didn't. Saying no to Li Cong's cooperation, after all, this is a good opportunity. (to be continued,!