In Beijing, a man wearing a plain gray vest, waist-length trousers, a high nose and deep eyes was walking on the street.

He has yellow curly hair and dark blue eyes looking around, and from time to time he utters a few words that passers-by cannot understand, attracting a lot of looks.

Some people who passed him turned to look back, and a few children even curiously asked their parents why this man's hair was yellow and his eyes were blue.

There is no doubt that this man is a Westerner, and there is another person walking beside him, it is Lu Wuyou who is responsible for the household department.

When he was in Taiyuan, most people in the city knew Lu Wuyou. Every time he went out, he would attract many people talking enthusiastically, which was a big inconvenience.

After arriving in the capital, he learned his lesson and tried to do more and show less. Therefore, although the people in the capital had always heard of his name and knew that he was the person in charge of money and accounts under Su Yuan, they did not know his appearance.

Only then was he able to walk freely on the street, and the person beside him was Jerry, the general manager of the Saxon Tulip Company.

Jerry crossed the ocean from the Saxon country and came here this time to discuss business and trade.

After Su Yuan agreed to open the treaty port, the Western merchants in the capital immediately spread the news back to the country. Later, Jerry, the general manager of the Tulip Company, personally came by boat to discuss the matter with Lu Wuyou, who was in charge of this aspect.

There is a translator behind each of the two people, who is responsible for translating the words of both parties.

"Lu, our Tulip Company is a very influential presence in the Saxon Principality and even the entire Western Continent! We have tens of thousands of employees located in various countries. We have hundreds of large cargo ships...

…It is no exaggeration to say that our cargo ships sail across every ocean in the world!”

Jerry was boasting, and Lu Wuyou smiled after listening to the translator's translation.

He did not fail to understand the words of the "general manager" of the Western Kingdom. He could understand that the so-called "company" was similar to the shop here. As for the so-called "sailed every ocean", in his opinion, it was pure bragging.

Judging from Lu Wuyou's experience in dealing with overseas Western businessmen, these Western businessmen are all good at exaggerating. Coupled with their extremely confident and even overly conceited behavior, it is easy to scare some honest people.

Lu Wuyou is not an honest person.

After Jerry boasted, he started to get down to business.

"As the general manager of the company, I personally come to you, which is enough to show that I attach great importance to the trade between us. As a qualified, mature businessman, and as a gentleman, I think I must show sincerity. Lu,

Well, as a proof of friendship, I propose that our business be exempted from customs duties."

Lu Wuyou raised his eyebrows after listening to the translated words.

Exemption from tariffs? This General Manager Lao Shizi is just kidding him.

"Brother Jie, I think we should stop joking."

"Are you kidding? No, no, no, Lu, I am serious, not joking!" Jerry kept shaking his head, "We have just established a trade relationship, and we need to try it for a period of time. Only after trying it

, so as to facilitate the specific formulation of tariffs, which is also a manifestation of liberalism."

Lu Wuyou understood the meaning of Jerry's words and sneered in his heart.

This Western businessman is really greedy. He talks about doctrines, but his heart is all about business.

How could he not know that the trade balance between the two countries is huge to the naked eye.

These Westerners are extremely eager for tea, ceramics, silk, calligraphy and painting, antiques and other items. Among these, except for tea, which is relatively cheap, the others are all valuable and expensive.

As for the ones sold in the West, although there are some interesting things, from the price point of view, they are far inferior to the ceramic silk.

If both sides are exempted from tariffs, it will be a huge loss for Bei'an.

Lu Wuyou came from a business family since he was a child, and he has an extremely keen sense of smell in this area. After he judged Jerry's intentions, his impression of him was greatly reduced.

If you want to cooperate with such a greedy guy, you must ensure that you have enough power to protect your own rights and interests. Otherwise, Lu Wuyou knows very well that a very greedy person or group will definitely turn a deaf ear to the rules.

As long as the profits are large enough, these people may sign the terms today and tear them up tomorrow.

In Lu Wuyou's eyes, the Jerry in front of him belonged to this kind of person.

Therefore, he will never give in on tariffs.

"It is impossible to exempt tariffs." Lu Wuyou said, "If your company cannot accept this, then our business may not be able to continue."

"Oh? That's really a pity!" Jerry looked disappointed, and then suddenly mentioned Jiangnan as if by accident.

"I heard that your country now has two political powers. You are just one of them. There is another one in the south." Jerry said insinuatingly, "I heard that the silk produced in the south is of the best quality in your country.

Perhaps, our company should seek cooperation opportunities with the southern government."

When Lu Wuyou heard what he said, a smile appeared on his face: "It's up to you. Who you do business with is your business. But as the host, I want to give you a kind reminder. The southern regime you mentioned is not

It won’t be around for long.”

"If your company cooperates with them, you may not have shipped a few goods before you will find that the regime is no longer there. Unfortunately, we will not recognize the treaty they signed with you by then."

After Lu Wuyou finished speaking, Jerry's face turned ugly.

His so-called gentlemanly demeanor was gone at this moment. It seemed that Lu Wuyou had penetrated his mind and he became a little angry.

"God, you Easterners are so insincere! But that's the way it is, we can still talk. But today I'm tired and have to go to the hotel to rest. I hope we can have a good result next time we talk."

After saying that, Jerry stepped forward and stormed away.

Lu Wuyou didn't care. On the contrary, he knew very well that it was not him who was anxious now, but Jerry.

When doing business, we pay attention to supply and demand.

Now, it is the overseas Western countries that need things from them, not their needs for things from the overseas Western countries. Maybe there is, but it is definitely not that strong.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the people are not very wealthy for the time being, but in short, it is the Western Kingdom that demands Su Yuan's side.

Once this relationship is figured out clearly, Lu Wuyou will have confidence.

As for whether Jerry would actually cooperate with the southern regime he mentioned, that is, the Southern Zhou Dynasty, Lu Wuyou was not sure.

But just like what he said, if they want to go, that's fine. Anyway, according to Su Yuan's plan, if early this winter, if later in the early spring of next year, they will lead their troops south to seek reunification.

With such a short window period, Xiguo cannot do much business with Southern Zhou, and the unstable supply and demand is definitely not what Xiguo Company wants.

The reason why Jerry looked for the Bei'an Army first was because he was interested in the stability of the north.

On the other hand, the south is now very conservative and very resistant to foreign trade.

Especially the local herdsmen, most of them believe that ordinary people can just farm and cultivate the land, and they can be completely self-sufficient. If they do business with foreign countries, it will lead to many variables.

As we all know, rulers hate variables.

…

Su Yuan didn't know much about the conversation between Lu Wuyou and Jerry.

He left the trade matters to Lu Wuyou because he had confidence in him, so he didn't need to ask too much. He believed that after the latter had settled the matter, he would take the initiative to report to him.

At this moment, he was in a temporary military camp outside the city. There were tens of thousands of Rong soldiers stationed here, and the leader was his hometown general Chu Changning.

"Your Majesty!"

When Chu Changning saw Su Yuan, he looked very excited. The two hadn't seen each other for many days, and Su Yuan smiled and hugged him.

"Chang Ning, why do I feel that your aura is much stronger again? Have you made another breakthrough?"

As his inner strength training progressed, Su Yuan could also feel the strengths and weaknesses of some warriors.

The feeling Chu Changning gave him now was stronger than the last time they met.

Chu Changning nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, my subordinate is now at the fourth level of innateness!"

"The fourth level, not bad, can be considered a master of the middle and third level."

"Ashamed, I can't compare with General Zhao under the prince."

"Haha, Chang Ning, don't compare with Zi Long. He is a genius and there is no comparison."

God Zhao Yun, a being with high potential and high growth rate, is already at the master level now. If he keeps improving, he might one day become a great master. In that case, he will truly be a rare master in the world.

"Changning, are you confident about this march?"

"Reporting to your lord, please rest assured that my subordinates will definitely capture the entire Xuzhou in the shortest possible time!"

Chu Changning's hands were trembling slightly with excitement. He had been stationed in Qingzhou for a while, and his body felt like it was getting rusty and old. This time, Su Yuan asked him to be the head coach to attack Xuzhou, which rekindled his vitality.

Now he can't wait to lead his troops to the battlefield immediately and have a hearty fight!

"Okay, just be motivated. But don't worry, I've prepared some 'gifts' for you."

Chu Changning was stunned: "Your Majesty, what gift?"

"How about sixty martial arts masters?" Su Yuan said with a smile.

Chu Changning was overjoyed: "That's really great!"

He himself is an innate martial artist, and he knows very well how helpful it would be if dozens of martial arts masters could accompany him.

"In addition to the martial arts masters, I will also send some troops to you." Su Yuan looked at the camp, "The Rong soldiers you recruited have good combat effectiveness, but there is no guarantee that there will not be some problems. I will send 20,000 iron cavalry and 10,000 soldiers

I’ll give you the archer so you can deal with some extra situations.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty! My subordinates will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust and capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop!"

"Well, let's go and do it."

Afterwards, soldiers were mobilized, food and grass were allocated, and everything was ready. In the early morning three days later, Chu Changning led his army to officially set off to attack Xuzhou.
Chapter completed!