Due to Zhu Jun's persistence, the first meeting in Shangjun Hu City ended without any results.

Everyone could see that Zhu Jun didn't have any objections to the market opening adjustment, but he had resentment towards the fish being unwise.

However, the Shangjun Hu City cannot survive independently of the Shangjun Prefecture. This is an obvious reason. Zhu Jun's withdrawal of half of the troops stationed in the surrounding areas will not have a significant impact on the operation of Hu City, at least not for the time being, but it shows that the Prefecture is absolutely No one can take the uncompromising attitude seriously and can only put it aside for now.

The conflict between Zhululing and Shangjun is on the table, casting a shadow on the prospects of Shangjun Hu City.

Merchants can't do anything about it.

The forces behind the merchants, including many powerful princes, are also inconvenient to intervene.

This is a dispute of political opinions. If one loyalist and the other traitor are fighting, it would be easier to take sides. However, both are loyal, and both have extraordinary reputation and influence. Neither side is right. From the perspective of the princes' own interests, most people think that Zhu Jun overreacted. Why do you have to worry about Chang'an being the leader of the Liangzhou Army? Let's first use the power of the Liangzhou Army to open up the trade routes to the West. Wouldn't it be delicious for everyone to pick the fruits later? But everyone knows Zhu Jun's temper and is against the Yellow Turban rebels who are entrenched in Youfang. The army was so jealous that they refused to surrender to the Yellow Turban Army, which resulted in being criticized later. The Liangzhou Army directly invaded Chang'an and took the emperor and officials hostage. For Zhu Jun, this hatred was simply irreconcilable, so it was reasonable to resent Yu Wuwu. things.

This knot can only be untied by the parties involved.

The only thing that comforted everyone was that in the face of Zhu Jun's overwhelming anger, Yu Buzhi acted very restrained. Zhu Jun criticized him face to face at the Hu City meeting, and Yu Buzhi did not confront Zhu Jun. No one would think that Lord Zhulu is a coward. , There are too many examples in the past to prove someone's toughness. He dared to directly confront the Yizhou Prefecture. Yu Zhendong, who had never frowned when facing the Qiang King and the Plateau Qiang Allied Forces, how could he be afraid of a Shangjun prefect? ​​He was misunderstood by the elders. Being able to hold back and rebuke, and know how to exercise restraint, isn’t that a sign of growing maturity?

Zhu Jun is very stubborn. Even though Yu Buzhi showed forbearance and did not officially announce cooperation with the Liangzhou Army, he never said that he would reject the Liangzhou Army. Judging from the current situation, Yu Buzhi does not seem to be willing to give in easily. Therefore, due to heavy The opening of the Silk Road has caused tension between Zhululing and Shangjun, and it seems that it will continue.

Time may be the best hope to resolve the impasse.

However, one wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.

Previously, in order to appease Chen Liu and the Wu family, Zhulu Ling gave the Beiying furniture assembly order to the Wu family, with a total price of 30 million. For such a large order, Zhulu Ling requested delivery in batches because after receiving the furniture in advance, Beiying The battalion can start adaptive training early, even if the delivery volume is smaller. This request is reasonable and reasonable, and the Wu family has no reason to refuse, so the two parties agreed that the first batch of fifty sets of armor must be delivered.

Half a month after the Hu City meeting, the first batch of armored riding equipment was delivered.

The Wu family is a wealthy family in Chenliu. Although the head of the family followed Liu Yan to Shu, most of the Wu family's industries are still based in Chenliu, as is the Wu family's ironware manufacturing base. Considering that Beiying's permanent residence is in Hetao, it is also convenient for delivery. It was agreed upon that the transaction place would be Longling.

The Wu family's carriage carrying armor arrived at Longling one day in advance. Uncle Wu Yi, who negotiated the armor order, shows how much the Wu family attaches importance to the armor order. After all, it is the first batch of goods to be delivered, and it can be completed smoothly this time. Once the process and standards are clear, then just follow the agreement.

As soon as he arrived at Longling, Uncle Wu Yi ran to report to the deputy city lord Zhai Jiong and successfully asked where Xu Shu was.

Zhai Jiu smiled and said: "Yuanzhi, I'm going to visit the Japanese island."

Uncle Wu Yi was stunned: "Inspection? He doesn't accept the goods?"

Zhai Jiong said inexplicably: "Why does Yuan Zhi need to do something as trivial as receiving the goods himself?"

Uncle Wu Yi felt something bad and explained: "That's right. When the agreement was signed previously, Captain Xu said that the equipment could pass his inspection, and Captain Xu should be present during the inspection."

"If Yuan Zhi hadn't gone to Japan Island, he might have been present during the acceptance inspection, but didn't he go out temporarily for something?" Zhai Jiu thought thoughtfully, staring at Uncle Wu Yi and said: "It's just for inspection, you insist on asking Xu Yuanzhi to inspect it in person.

What's the reason? Could it be that it gave him a benefit? How much did he charge?"

"No! Nothing!"

"Really?"

"Really not!"

"It's fine if you don't have it. I'm competing for a high salary. Everyone hates those who enrich themselves. If Xu Yuanzhi dares to collude with you and make fun of the equipment that affects the lives of soldiers, Zhai can only report it to the lord no matter how reluctant he is.

, requesting a thorough investigation of the territory." Zhai Jiong said solemnly.

Uncle Wu Yi wiped his sweat and said, "Deputy City Lord Zhai is overly concerned. I signed an agreement with Captain Xu that day. The Captain has said something and will come when it is accepted. I thought that Captain Xu was in charge of military affairs, and he was

With the person in charge of the agreement present, the armor acceptance will be smoother."

Zhai Jiu shook his head: "You have misunderstood this matter. Even if Xu Yuan is here, the acceptance will not be completed after he has seen it."

“According to the territory’s latest revised acceptance process, all outsourced chemicals must first be inspected and accepted by officials and technical personnel in accordance with standards. For military equipment, military representatives must also participate; after passing the initial inspection, the receiving army commander shall conduct a second inspection and acceptance;

After passing the qualification, equipment transactions under 500,000 gold can only be signed and approved by the deputy city lord and Xu Yuanzhi. The amount of the armor order is huge, far beyond our approval authority, and it needs to be reported to the lord. The acceptance process will be completed before the territory can arrange it.

Pay the subsequent payment.”

"The latest process?" Wu Yi's uncle stuttered.

"Well, there are dedicated personnel in the main city to evaluate various processes, and if loopholes are found, they will be corrected in a timely manner. It is a routine operation."

Uncle Wu Yi said bravely: "May I ask what standards are used for acceptance?"

"Of course it's the standard agreed upon in the agreement."

Uncle Wu Yi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave for an instant, his mind went blank.

According to the agreed standards?

The problem is that the equipment requirements for armored riding equipment are extremely high. Before signing the agreement, the Wu family pointed out that with the current level of technology, no one could meet those equipment specifications. Xu Shu said at the time that this business was to compensate the Wu family, and the quality was acceptable.

As long as the installation data is not less than 70% of the required standard, there will be no difficulties during the acceptance inspection. But that was a verbal guarantee, and the guarantor was Xu Shu. Now Zhulu Ling has directly concocted a so-called new process, and it took a few passes to get to Xu Shu. If it is really strict

According to the protocol standards...

Not good!

No matter what, I have to meet Xu Shu first to see how to get through this.

Wu Yi's uncle sincerely did not want to suspect Xu Shu of digging a hole for him. According to the intelligence collected by the Yizhou Prefecture, Xu Shu was not only outstanding in talent, but also chivalrous and trustworthy. He was not like a villain who could conspire. Of course.

, this is due to the judgment of Xu Shu’s moral level, not to say that Xu Shu has no ability to engage in conspiracy.

"Extension? Why?" Zhai Jiong frowned.

"Captain Xu is not here..."

"That's not a reason."

"...There is something wrong with our production capacity and we cannot deliver the goods on time." Uncle Wu Yi said helplessly.

"That's right, it's understandable," Zhai Jiong said coldly, "Then just follow the agreement and bear the liability for breach of contract."

Uncle Wu Yi was dumbfounded: "Liability for breach of contract?"

"I gave you such an order, and the price is generous enough to ensure quality and timely delivery. You are unable to deliver due to production capacity issues and delay Beiying's replacement. Shouldn't you bear responsibility? The specific terms of the agreement are written

It's clear, you don't know, right?" Zhai Jiong said coldly.

Uncle Wu Yi was about to cry. There was indeed a breach of contract clause in the agreement, but he thought it was a convention in the text. Xu Shu also said that the order was to compensate the Wu family, and the standards would be appropriately relaxed during acceptance. With the Wu family's technical level,

The 70% standard can be met no matter what, so naturally the liability for breach of contract is not taken seriously. It is impossible to breach the contract, so why worry about it? Unexpectedly, the acceptance process of Zhulu Ling suddenly changed, and Xu Shu suddenly went to the Japanese island to inspect, and problems that should not have existed in the first place became

A big problem suddenly appeared, which immediately put the Wu family in a dilemma. To delay the situation, they directly introduced a liability clause for breach of contract. According to the rules of the mall, the Wu family had no excuse.

what to do?

Coming out of the city lord's office, Uncle Wu Yi quickly sent an emergency report to the family lord.

When Wu Yi heard this, he took a deep breath on the spot.

It's over!

Got cheated?

For a super order of 30 million yuan, the liquidated damages are also terrifyingly high. In the case of delayed delivery, the liquidated damages are 1%, calculated on a daily basis, with no upper limit. In other words, you will be fined 30% for every day of delay.

Ten thousand gold.

The Wu family had no choice but to bite the bullet and deliver the goods on time.

The acceptance result was of course unqualified.

In accordance with the spirit of the agreement, Zhai Jiong required the Wu family to pay liquidated damages.

At this time, the Wu family was very clear that they had been cheated by Zhulu Ling this time. Firstly, they couldn't swallow the feeling of cowardice. Secondly, the pretense of liquidated damages was too high, which was almost equivalent to killing the Wu family. Naturally, they were unwilling to take the lead and killed them.

, Wu Yi, the third owner of the family, was deeply resentful of Yu Buzhi and did not want to suffer the loss of being dumb. So he refused to pay liquidated damages, threatened to expose Zhulu Ling's malicious fraud, and demanded that the signed equipment agreement be invalidated.

However, Wu Yi understood that it would be difficult to escape unscathed this time.

The terms were written in black and white, and the terms were clear, so Zhulu Ling’s demand for liquidated damages was justified; on the other hand, looking at the Wu family, the only basis for terminating the contract was Xu Shu’s promise, but that was an oral promise without any polite evidence to support it, so they insisted on using Xu Shu’s promise as an excuse.

, if you go to court, you will be ridiculed as a fool. The Wu family put on a posture of not willing to fight with trapped animals, in order to show their will and determination that they will never be slaughtered by others, hoping that the Zhulu leader will accept it as soon as possible, and give up the lion's mouth.

, so that both parties can negotiate a reasonable termination condition.

The bottom line goal of the Wu family: You can lose money, but not more than five million gold, and strive to win three million gold; the equipment contract must be terminated, and the competition must not take the opportunity to damage the Wu family's goodwill.

Advanced goal: The furniture agreement was originally to compensate the Wu family for not being able to go to Hu City in the county. Since the compensation was unsuccessful, it caused heavy losses to the Wu family (in addition to liquidated damages, there was also the cost of building the furniture). The Wu family is the victim, so there is

Quan demands Zhulu Ling to compensate the Wu family again and allow the Wu family to enter Shangjun Hu City. This is difficult, but there is still hope. If Zhulu Ling feels guilty and hesitates to make this request, he will spend money to win it!

In the final analysis, the Wu family has the consciousness to be bloodletted, it is just a question of more bloodletting and less bloodletting.

He raised his voice so high just to sound less guilty.

"No compensation?" Zhu Lu asked.

"No compensation!" the Wu family replied, maintaining their momentum.
Chapter completed!