Section 2105 Private Negotiations
Wu Zuoxi clapped his hands, and immediately two big men came in at the door. They didn't say anything, and directly lifted the guy below. From their point of view, these two guys are the same as some useless garbage , Just get it out, we will do what the boss says, and we will never ask these two guys if something went wrong and they died. That is a question that an incompetent subordinate should ask. He would never do such a thing, and Wu Zuoxi is also very satisfied with the performance of the two of them, "You two dealt with them, and sent all the space rings and other things on them to the investigation department Let them find a way to open it up and take an inventory of all the things inside. We have lost a lot of blood on them, and this time they should come back with interest." Although the money is all Zong’s, but now it’s owned by Cao’s House of Commerce. If you use them to support Daozong, you don’t need to spend a little money on your own side, and you can make Daozong your own. This kind of calculation is really very good not bad.
The matter of Daozong is basically like this, the rest is to wait for the buried landmine to start to explode slowly, as long as it explodes, everything will be easy to talk about, and Daozong, whose capital chain is broken, will take the initiative If they come to cooperate with the people from Cao's House of Commerce, the Southern Empire will naturally be out of the game. Given the current financial situation of the Southern Empire, let alone support Daozong, even if the Cao's House of Business creates an economic crisis for them, they will not There is no way to proceed, just those debt collectors can kill them, and there are many debts that the Cao's Commercial Bank did not come forward. Instead, we found some powerful forces in the Southern Empire, such as the Magician's Guild. We will lend you 20% interest per year, and then you will lend it to the Southern Empire at 100% interest each year. Our profits have already been returned, and the remaining money that has not been returned belongs to the Magicians Union. The Southern Empire dared to withhold the money from Cao's House, but did he dare to withhold the money from the Magicians Union? It would be strange if the whole capital had to be turned upside down. Li Cong had planned such a thing a long time ago, and he would never let himself have any bad debts in his hands. Moreover, part of the tax revenue of the Southern Empire is still in their own hands. Such a transaction is a happy thing for anyone.
Looking at Li Cong, one-third of the originally planned six-month mining time has passed. As mining continued, Li Cong made another survey of the entire mining area. It turned out that I only investigated within 500 meters underground. Now it seems that the range of 1000 meters below is all Ugin's. This also means that it has doubled, and now the time to increase is very limited, and all the tens of millions of troops in the Southern Empire have already arrived. It is impossible to keep going, so Li Cong changed himself from working one hour a day to two hours a day and taking an hour rest, working 16 hours a day and resting 8 hours. It is nearly 40% faster than the original time, and nearly 200 mining robots have been transported from the earth. Such people are very expensive to manufacture. Some minerals have all been stopped, and they were shipped directly, and nearly 200,000 soldiers have also joined the ranks of mining. Although their daily workload is small, it is still a help, isn't it? Thirty thousand tons can be mined every day, and it will accumulate a lot after a long time. After this exploration, Li Cong has discovered a total of more than 130 million tons. The last time he saw 60 million tons Ton, this time it seems that the entire Cao's firm has been sold for tens of thousands of years without any problem. Originally, Li Cong wanted to keep some of these things for the Southern Empire.
Good fellows, you are against me in every way, so it’s no wonder you let me stay. One side sends troops to fight me, and the other side starts to compete with me in the Taoist sect. If this is given to you, you will pay back the debt in the future, right? Will it be even more powerful?
At present, Cao's Commercial Bank has been selling in more than 100,000 cities in more than 5,000 provinces across the mainland for nearly two months. On average, each city can sell nearly 3,000 taels per month, which is not a small number. Well, this thing alone can bring 3,000,000 taels of silver to a trading house in a city every month. As for those transportation costs and so on, they can be ignored directly. Sitting in an airship is just like traveling. Each city will drop a certain amount of Ugin, and the sales volume will not exceed three months at most. If there are too many, this item will not be very valuable. Most of the prices are based on 1200 to 1500 If it is sold for two silver, it needs to be adjusted if it is less, so that the monthly sales can be more than 20,000 tons at most. This amount is never expected by Li. According to some surveys, there will be more sales intentions, but Li Cong is not very greedy, as long as he can maintain the current level, he doesn't need too much.
There is also a bulk trade that Cao's Commercial Bank is planning to implement this month, that is, the minimum batch size must be more than 50 tons. In that case, the price can be reduced to 1,000 taels of silver for you, so that they can be transported to Cao's Commercial Bank for the time being. Where there is no way to sell it, people can earn a difference. Now if they can pay a little more, they can pay a little more. Maybe others will be as lucky as myself, and they directly discovered such a big black gold mine. The thing is that the Cao's Commercial Bank has such a sales ability, and can sell quickly among the four empires. For other large forces, they can't do it. Just like Xuanyunzong, he is in the four empires. They all have their own bases, but they don't have close contacts with people in the business, and they will have to do this business with others at that time, so the profit will be much less.
The current situation on the front line is basically like this. The army of Cao's House has already built a complete defense system, and all 500 artillery pieces removed from the navy have been installed. These things have been installed a few days ago. What he did in a small-scale attack was very good. It caused a lot of damage to the army of the Southern Empire. Some officers and soldiers of the Southern Empire are very scared when they see this thing. In their view, this thing is like a harvester, and they directly kill their Life is almost harvested, this is definitely a dream for them, those artillery can make them a cavalry squad directly bombed at a distance of hundreds of meters, those who can't find the north, those who are frightened The horses ran everywhere one by one. Many people who could have survived did not survive now. They only saw attacks by magicians before, but now they have never seen such a thing. s things.
The son of General Nangong is the commander of this cavalry unit. Now the whole barracks are hung with white things. Because today there will be a funeral for nearly 80,000 people who died in that small-scale battle. Among them is the son of General Nangong. Although his son is not the eldest son, he is the most useful of all his sons. . This guy has been more systematic in doing things since he was a child. For this son. The things he did were quite good. Most of the time, this son did things according to General Nangong's ideas, so the expectations for him were also the highest. In the imperial court, he is also the best one. He is already a third-rank super-martial general at a young age. Not everyone has such a title. Originally, his army came to the people of the Cao family firm. A dismounted, because they used a more powerful armor.
Compared with other armies, their armor is much thicker, and its weight has increased by at least 30%. It is precisely because of this that they lose more in artillery attacks, and their speed sacrifices 100% Thirty, but the defense power has increased by 50%. At that time, some people in the Southern Emperor's Clan thought that this sacrifice was very right, but when they thought about it, one by one found that They are all wrong, all calculations are wrong, all of this has been shown on the battlefield, and the current situation can explain it all, these people are wrong, and these dead people can prove that when they The calculation formula is wrong. These people don’t know if they can calculate these things. What they saw in the past was some data, which has never been verified on the battlefield. Today, the verification has begun, and everything has begun. , but in exchange for what? In exchange for a large number of white silks, all of them died, including the son of General Nangong, the most talented son, the head of the next generation of the Nangong family, who died under the fire of the Cao family firm. This is also the biggest irony to those people in the military department. Who told you to calculate that you can break through their defense line? But now, looking at other people's defense line, there is nothing at all, but so many of our own people have died. How do you calculate such things?
General Nangong felt like crying when he saw everything in front of him. He never thought that his son would die in such a place. In his opinion, it is not easy for him to fall here, but This is not the end, one of my sons also died here, where can I say this, is it all predestined by fate? He still remembered how high-spirited and happy his son was when he arrived here, but what was the final outcome? His son is dead, and he has a white-haired man to send a black-haired man. How many things does he not know about this damn Cao's firm? How do they have so many powerful weapons? That damned cannon, the people from the Imperial Intelligence Department did not get any useful cannons for themselves at all. Since the people in the navy suffered a lot back then, why didn’t they know to remind me? If you tell me If so, I wouldn't suffer such a big loss.
But now it’s useless to say these things. The eyes of everyone in the Southern Empire are red now. What’s wrong with your son’s death? Let alone your son’s death, even if you die, you must immediately put this The place was taken down. Damn, the intelligence team of the Southern Empire did not have the ability to collect some information about Li Cong, but they knew how the people who collected the Cao’s business made money. They had already calculated it. In the empire, Li can earn at least 80 billion taels of silver from selling black gold in a month. Is this a small amount? Absolutely not, the monthly tax revenue of a province is about 100 million silver, and the annual fiscal revenue of the Southern Empire is only 2 trillion silver at most. Selling this thing can account for more than half of their annual financial income. How could they not want such a thing? They just didn't find an opportunity. From their point of view, many of these things need to be done properly, and they won't lose money to themselves. However, they can't get it now. We will give them a chance, and what they do is the best.
The order was conveyed step by step, that is, General Nangong was required to take down this place within half a month, and General Nangong vomited out a mouthful of blood. Oh shit. Can't take it for half a month and want my head? If you can see Lao Tzu's head, just take it. Why are you doing so many things? One of Lao Tzu's sons has already left, and this head of Lao Tzu looks like this. Just take it if you need it. Doesn't this want me to die? After fighting for such a long time, there is no intention to fight down at all. It is absolutely impossible to get down here. They are all so powerful, how could we have such ability to beat them down? We don’t even look at what they use, what we use, General Nangong is not the only one who was ordered this time, That General Hu is also in this ranks. He said that the two of them will be responsible for the war on the front line. If they can't take it down in half a month, they will have their heads. At the moment, both of them are sitting in the general's camp in a daze. Well, both of them can be regarded as relatively good generals in the Southern Empire, but at this time, the two of them would rather be a soldier than do these things.
"General Nangong, let's be sad. People can't be resurrected after death. We have to think about our future. Look at the imperial court's order. How can it be two of us to fight? It's just two of us. As for their heads, they only know to keep sending troops to our place, but what they don’t know is that these troops are of no use when they come, and it’s impossible for us to send all these people there. Look at Cao The fortifications built by the people from the Cao’s firm, it’s not bad that hundreds of thousands of troops can pass by at most each time, and the airship of the Cao’s firm keeps throwing these things down, these things are basically enough for us It's killing us, how can we beat them all back?" General Hu said angrily, he was also very uncomfortable with the court's order, but at the moment he had nothing else to say besides saying this. The way is not? These damned guys are too powerful one by one, they have no power to fight back at all, if they want to deal with these people from Cao's house, they have to rely on the old man in front of them.
"Hmph, you can't help it. Do you think I can? I'm not a fairy. One of my sons has already lost his life here. I don't plan to live anyway. If the higher-ups want to If you want Lao Tzu's head, just ask him to come, I will give it to him directly, I don't want it anymore, these **** bastards, they don't even look at what the situation is now, they just know how to rush us." Suddenly he really wanted to I thought of something, probably it was the matter of the supervising army, I didn’t give him face at the beginning, now that guy must have gone back and put eye drops on himself, this damn guy, if you have the ability, you can try it Try it, is the front line really that easy to control? I don't even look at my own skills.
"General Nangong, let's talk about this angry thing for a while. To be honest, brother is not satisfied with this, but if we are not satisfied, there is no other way, right? The current situation is like this, the enemy is difficult for us, Do we have to have a way to deal with it at the imperial court? Shall we talk to the people from Cao’s House? There may be a solution. I don’t think there is any way for the two of us to take it down in half a month. Even if we sent all the troops below, it would be impossible." General Hu told the truth at this time, but how could he talk to the people from Cao's House? Could it be that you stop digging and just give it to us. We are going to get it back now. It’s no wonder that people are laughing at this. The people in Cao’s House are not people with IQ problems. people who understand.
"Talk to the people from Cao's House? If they are so easy to talk to, we don't need to waste so much energy here. Look at their people, all of them have their nostrils upturned. How can we talk to them? , Besides, now that they have the upper hand, what do we have? We have nothing. If you were from Cao’s House, would you talk to me? Isn’t this nonsense? They are not fools, we They don't have what they need, so they won't talk to us." General Nangong said helplessly, he wanted to see what was in General Hu's mind, you said you wanted to talk about others Just talking to you, what are you when you are a person, they will not tell you this, just look at their abilities, they can beat one of your cavalry regiments to the ground in an instant. People's airships can make your people unable to sleep every day. What can you do? Go over with a knife and gun? But you have to be able to get through it. Isn’t it difficult to get through now?
"General, that's not what we said. We can talk about anything. We can talk about many things. The people in Cao's House will definitely have their own ideas. Now we will treat them in one way or another. Harassment, they must be tireless, although they are occupying the top. But why fight to solve it if there is no war now, these things are an opportunity for us to negotiate, I believe they will think so, they It's impossible to be so stupid, if they are so stupid, this matter may really be impossible, but I think that Li Cong is a smart person, and he would never do such a thing." This guy thought for a while Said, in fact, he has already contacted the people of Cao's business firm, the deacon is not the boss now, so he just didn't say these things, if he did things privately, he might end up with a crime , I'm not that stupid, this matter naturally has to be done by the boss.
General Nangong glanced suspiciously at the guy in front of him. His eyes were flickering when he spoke. There must be something going on. This guy is a bit unreliable when he does things, and it must be the same now. Yes, is he already having an affair? Normally, he would definitely arrest this guy, but now he knows that is not acceptable. If he arrests this guy, it means that his road has come to an end, blocking this guy's road If he dies, he will have no way out. After all, the two of them are two grasshoppers on the same rope, and they will not have a good way out, so even if this guy contacts the people from Cao's House, he will have no way out. He had to continue talking, and even what he thought in his heart was that it would be best to contact him, otherwise, how would he go in the future? The imperial court has already forced themselves to the cliff. Can we discuss a specific solution? It would be great if the Southern Empire government can also make some concessions. They all think so , this requires the two of them to do it.
"Just say what you think. What time is it now? I think you understand more than I do. Look at the situation we are in. My son is the one who died today, and it may be the one who died tomorrow." You're with me, look at the imperial court's order, if we don't complete it in half a month, our heads will definitely fall off, the imperial court doesn't care how you usually work, they won't let you I got my wish. We need to be more cautious when doing things. Do you understand what I mean? Although it is an extraordinary time, we must be careful, otherwise we will not be able to walk around if we are caught. Over there...." The guy looked outside the tent after speaking, in fact, from the day the big camp was established until now, they all understand that both of them can be regarded as their own, but the one over there That eunuch is not one of their own. That person was their enemy from the very beginning, a traitor inside the barracks. How could the emperor know what happened here? Neither of them reported to the emperor. The reason why the emperor You will know that most of the credit is due to that guy, and this thing must not be let that guy know.
"Hehe, don't worry about this. I will definitely be careful when doing things. That guy won't know any news. I have already changed the people around him. That guy likes jewelry the most. I let him Someone sent him a box. It is estimated that he will not come out before night. This period of time is enough for us to do things. The person I met this time is Tuoba Yuanye from Cao's House. It turns out that the members of the Tuoba family of the Western Empire are now the first-class stewards of the Cao family firm. At present, he is in charge of the affairs here. It seems that Cao Ke has disappeared. In fact, he doesn't want to. He did it absolutely. If he really did it, he would not have discussed this issue with us now. I think his meaning is very clear. He would be very happy if he could end the matter here. There are not many eyeballs attracting them now, and if there are more in the future, the people from Cao’s House will be hard to deal with.” General Hu said with a smile, there have been quite a few strangers on the battlefield these days, for sure Some other large forces also want to come to see what's going on.
"This Cao Ke is really a capable person. No matter how you say, this Tuoba Yuanye is also a person in the Western Empire who was second only to the royal family. This kind of person is also a ninth-level fighter. No matter how messed up, it is better than being a steward in someone else's place." There are a lot of them, these days he looks like he is better at being a steward now than he was before. Is such a person born with the quality of a slave, otherwise, how could he be so happy to do this thing? I don't know what's going on in their minds." General Nangong said with a curled lip. In his opinion. No matter what kind of business. As long as it is related to a businessman, this must be noble and cannot go anywhere, and this Tuoba Yuanye is willing to degenerate. In the past, I was a nobleman. Although the Tuoba family is gone, I shouldn’t have defected to a businessman, no matter how powerful the businessman is. It should look like this.
General Hu on the side didn't think so. In his opinion, if he had such an opportunity, he would definitely go. He is now a general, or a great general, but what kind of life is he living? There are too many generals. I can be regarded as a talented person, but my relationship with some powerful officials in the court is not very good. What is my result? I just assigned myself to this place. Some people here simply don't like me. Every time I go to the capital, I get pushed out a lot. It has become even worse in the past few years. I don't like it at all. They need to go to the capital by themselves. In their opinion, it is best to die here even if they die of old age. They wish they would not go back. They are very clear about what these people are thinking, and they must not Let you get what you want, and I have to go back to make you an eyesore for a while. Look at what the first-class stewards of Cao's Commercial Bank do. Although there are not as many troops as your own, their 10,000 people are Those who are stronger than my 200,000 people are beaten and run around, what if they arrive in the capital? Those powerful ministers dare to treat others slowly? If you don’t have the guts, those IOUs in other people’s hands can also kill you, so I really can’t say more in this day and age. It’s better not to do things than to do things, so if there is such a chance, you can become Cao Cao yourself. If he was the first-class manager of a commercial firm, he would go there without hesitation.
"Let's not talk about those problems. It's not our business how people live. We'd better talk to this Tuoba Yuanye first." After he finished speaking, he was ready to go out, and General Nangong looked at it. Bai Ling, her son, looked at herself again. The Nangong family can't just go down like that. If she doesn't have it, the whole family will have nothing, and she has to survive at all costs. This is what she wants What you do, even if you cooperate with your enemy, you have to do that, otherwise you will never have peace for the rest of your life.
General Hu and General Nangong are both ninth-level fighters, so their speed is very fast, and they have already left the barracks in an instant. Although there are several other masters in the army, they are also very fast. I just took a look, and then I didn’t say anything. The officers naturally have their own way of doing things. When people go out and have something to do, they definitely don’t need to say anything to me. I just stay here honestly. Now, if you meddle in your own business or hear something you shouldn't hear, that's great. I still know how the first few guards died. It seems that I just heard some questions that I shouldn't hear. For those who lose their heads, it is better to be smarter.
The overseer also brought a few guards of his own from the capital. They also saw that these two guys were about to go out, and when they were about to go back to report back to the overseer, two guards came to his side. Jin Yuanbao took it.
"Brother, sometimes it's better not to talk about some things. These two gold ingots are for you to drink tea. Our general has some things to do. Why don't you worry about this matter, knowing that you will all get it in the future As for going to the capital, it’s better to be honest here. The adults must have their own way in the capital, but in such a wild place, the two generals have the final say. What do you think? It's really worthless to lose your head for something that doesn't matter, what do you think?" The guy said with a smile, and the guard looked at the gold ingot in his hand. Both are one hundred cars. This is 2000 taels of silver. I have no problem in my mind, and I must not do stupid things.
"Hehe, what did the two big brothers say. Of course I know what to do. I understand everything. You can rest assured." This guy put the gold into his arms with a smile, and then laughed Hehe went to do his own business, and the two guards were naturally happy and left. One of the deacons left halfway and came back. What do you say? Our IQ is too low. Naturally, we have to watch this guy carefully. If there is something wrong, he will definitely kill him. Kindness to the enemy is a crime to ourselves. If this guy takes money If you don't do anything, you should file a complaint with the supervising army, and you will definitely be executed by the general, so it's better to be careful.
The place where General Hu and General Nangong made an appointment with Tuoba Yuanye was actually not very far from here. The two of them arrived at that place ten minutes later, and saw that Tuoba Yuanye was already grilling meat there. They also brought some wines from Cao's House, which are all good things. Usually, neither of them would have the chance to eat such delicious things. The roasted ones are not from ordinary beasts, but from the frozen forest. The seventh-level magic beast in the house has not been broken after being transported to this place. It is worth tens of thousands of silver per catty. It seems that this is a relatively extravagant dinner. Looking at the sky, the sky is already starting to slow down. Slowly it became dark, and the two of them also walked over. It's better to end this quickly. They didn't even look at the smell of the meat. They didn't have any interest in such things. They are very interested in the content of the negotiation, and hope to get things done quickly, otherwise they will have something to read in the future.
"Hehe, looking at the way you two look like, you probably aren't very interested in this thing I baked. I spent a lot of effort to get this thing. These things are all good things. I don’t dare to enjoy it by myself, that is, you are here, so you are treated like this. I also let myself have a good meal. Now there is nothing else. Let’s sit down and have a good time. Have some food and drink, and look at the wine I brought. This is something that our Cao's House does not sell in the world. The value is not a little bit. To put it bluntly, even the emperor of the Southern Empire can't enjoy it. Yes, you two are really taking advantage today, haha." The guy said cheerfully, even a fool can see that his mood is very good, but the mood of others is not so good , especially the two guys in front of them, each of them has scary faces, they are not in such a good mood, in their view, what they need now is to quickly end this negotiation, this is what they want What to do, otherwise, even if the dragon meat is roasted here, they will have no taste at all, which is different from the guy in front of them.
"Hehe, don't put on a bitter face, you two. We are already here anyway. What does this mean? It means that we already have a common language that we can sit down with. This is how cooperation often begins. Even the enemy has a chance to negotiate, and we are not the enemy." Tuoba Yuanye said, but when he said this, he glanced at General Nangong, there should be an enmity between him and General Nangong , although it was not directly caused by myself, but no matter what, this guy's son died under his own hands, and he was regarded as his enemy, but he can think about it, there are no undead on the battlefield, they It can be said that the Nangong family has been soldiers for generations, and they must have died frequently. General Nangong felt a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but in recent years, many descendants of the Nangong family have died on the battlefield. Well, if every death is an enemy, then their Nangong family may not have any friends, and most of them may be enemies. This is the most depressing thing for them.
"General Mop, we don't want to say so many beautiful words. Now we two are telling the truth, we have reached the last moment. If your brother doesn't give in at all, our life will not be able to pass. The imperial court He has already issued a death order to us, let us take Fenxiang Valley within half a month, otherwise we will be beheaded, this matter is already like this, I hope General Mop can give us a way out." Hu The general saw that General Nangong was basically silent, helpless, this bad face can only be done by himself, he can just stand here and not speak, who calls him the first brother, he himself is the second brother, he himself This kind of work is just doing chores, as for other things, it can only be done slowly by relying on others.
"Concession? In fact, this matter is your own business. Why should I make concessions? I was thinking that today we can discuss the issue of your retreat. If you agree to retreat, I can promise you everything. , The Southern Empire wants to kill you? No, I guess he is just trying to scare you. If you can’t complete the task they gave you, if you are going to be killed, how many generals can there be left in the entire empire? There is too much difference between the order of the imperial court and the actual situation on the front line, they should not go too far, right?" Tuoba Yuanye said with a smile, this matter has nothing to do with him anyway, so we will say something that does not hurt Bodhisattvas who don’t itch, you need to solve the rest of the matter yourself. It’s best if you can solve it. If you can’t, it’s just a waste of time. I am negotiating with you, and this matter is beneficial to us. After all, our people are digging now, and your people are watching. One day your people will not be able to stand it. I guess they all left, and nothing was left for you, and that's when you regret it. (To be continued..)