In the reception room renovated by Anpu, Tang Mo finished his work and took the time to come over and meet with the two envoys who had come from afar.
The two anxious dwarfs sat on the sofa. When Tang Mo entered the room, they immediately stood up, bowed and said in greeting: "Great King of Tang, your admirers express their most sincere greetings to you."
Tang Mo made a casual gesture, then walked to the main seat, sat down and crossed his legs: "You two, the Ice Empire is not close to here, you didn't come here deliberately to greet me, right?"
"Your Majesty, you are joking." The leader of the special envoy of the Ice Empire smiled awkwardly, and quickly waved his hand and explained: "Of course not, or it is not just to greet you."
Tang Mo, the dwarf envoy, knew each other. They had met before in Bunas. At that time, Tang Mo was just a businessman, and this person was just a representative of the Ice Kingdom.
Now, both of them seem to have taken a step forward. Tang Mo is already the king of a country, and this representative has become the special envoy of the empire.
However, Tang Mo's step was a bit too big, and it made the old acquaintance of the Ice Empire in front of him a little embarrassed.
"Then tell me what you want to do with me. You know me and know that I don't like to go around in circles. Time is money, my friend." Tang Mo took the wine glass from Weis' hand, but did not let Wei
Si also poured a glass of wine for the two dwarves who had come from afar, which obviously represented an attitude.
Of course, Tang Mo would not laugh off the matter of the Ice Empire's betrayal. It may be a bit exaggerated to say that he will retaliate, but if you want to say that he is generous, you definitely don't understand him well.
Like many Chinese people, he believed in the principle that when friends come, there is wine, and when wolves come, there are shotguns. In Tang Mo's understanding, all those who have owed him a debt must fall into the category of jackals...
The two dwarves looked at the wine glass in Tang Mo's hand and looked away bitterly. They knew that coming here this time would not go well, but they had a reason to come.
Some empires do not need to rely on sea transportation and do not need to worry about Tang State controlling the Endless Sea, so they can temporarily not study how to target Tang State's invincible battleships.
But there was an empty blue sky above all countries, and everyone had to seriously think about whether Tang's plane would drop bombs on their heads.
Yes, the two dwarves came just for the plane.
The leading envoy smiled awkwardly, and then said: "The choice the Ice Empire made at that time was also out of necessity, and we withstood the pressure of many countries and remained neutral in this war..."
"Well, it seems that you have paid a lot." Tang Mo moistened his throat with wine and waved his hand gently. Behind him, Weiss put the information he had just received from the intelligence department on the table.
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"I found a lot of good things near Beiyuan City, including Binghan cars and 130mm howitzers. In addition to Mosin Nagant rifles and dwarf corpses, I found almost all the ice I could buy.
The industrial products of the Cold Empire..." Tang Mo made a gesture of invitation, indicating to the two dwarves to open the documents and read: "There are photos, and detailed records of how they were seized from the people of the Qi State, the people of the Mirage State."
"Your Majesty..." The dwarf wanted to say something, but the leading envoy stopped him with his hand. The dwarf did not look at the pile of intelligence documents, but took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and thought for a while.
What to say next.
Soon, he reorganized his language and said: "Your Majesty, you were once a businessman. You know some things. In business... we, we..."
"You are right, business is business." Tang Mo nodded slightly, surprisingly agreeing with the dwarf envoy's point of view.
But what he said next made the two dwarves embarrassed again: "However, you dwarves are really not good businessmen. You bought my products without giving me money, so... you said you were doing business, isn't it a little bit...
Not quite suitable?"
The ports and a large number of mines promised to Tang Mo by the dwarves were all taken back as Tang Mo established the Tang Kingdom.
These things are priceless because Tang Mo gave the dwarves a complete industrial system and at the same time gave them the opportunity to build a majestic empire.
With Tang Mo's support, the Ice Kingdom could rapidly industrialize in such a short period of time, defeat the surrounding countries, and become the strongest Ice Empire in the northern region today!
"You have established a country, Your Majesty! If we do not take back the land we leased to you, it will be tantamount to selling the territory of our country. This is not legally allowed. Please forgive us for our helpless actions.
"The dwarf envoy explained bravely.
"I've never seen you care so much about your territory before." Tang Mo said sarcastically, shaking the wine glass in his hand: "But after all, you didn't fulfill your promise to me! You took away my goods, but you didn't give me enough.
The payment was agreed upon in the first place!”
Tang Mo said and looked at Weiss: "Weiss, do you still remember how much the person who owed us money paid last time?"
"Remember." Weiss nodded slightly: "Moreover, they forgot the price they paid, and this time they appeared on the debt list again."
"Oh! I remembered, Poplar Kingdom, right?" Tang Mo nodded, as if he had just remembered that there was such a place: "It's okay, Weiss, when we have time, we will go collect the debt."
This was almost a naked threat, and the dwarf also heard the threat, but he really had nothing to do.
After all, he came here to ask for something, so he kept his posture very low. Even though his smile was very stiff, he could only bite the bullet and continue: "This time, we promise to give you the full payment."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Your credibility is not very good. With all due respect, since you took away my Everwinter City, your guarantee is worthless to me."
Tang Mo curled his lips with a look of contempt.
"..." No matter how thick-skinned he was, the dwarf envoy no longer knew how to answer the question. In the Datang Group, the credit of the Ice Empire has been bankrupt. This is indeed an indisputable fact.
They took back the Everwinter City that belonged to the Datang Group, and also occupied all the mines that belonged to the Datang Group, and even the machinery for mining ores was taken over for their own use.
In the face of such facts, it is nonsense to talk about credibility: this is not a matter of thousands of gold coins, this is a breach of contract of tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of gold coins.
However, the dwarf envoy still wanted to try to convince Tang Mo again. He spread his hands and opened his mouth to attack Tang Mo's army: "With all due respect, Your Majesty... we are not the only ones who have lost credibility with you.
The Ice Empire?"
"Yangmu Kingdom, Susus Empire, Lains Empire, Dorne Empire... Look, you can't refuse to do business with almost all the countries in the Eastern Continent, right?" The dwarf grasped the key point, more or less.
The law does not punish the public.
Tang Mo nodded, and then pointed at the other party with his hand: "It's true that he has studied in Bunas for a few days, and his ability to grasp key points is pretty good."
"In a sense, you are still my principal." The dwarf immediately established a relationship, and the smile on his face became more natural and brighter.
"So, let's talk about it, what do you... want to buy from me?" Tang Mo really couldn't give up half of the world's market, so he planned to listen to the other party's demands first and see if he could change it.
Let’s take a look at the unfavorable situation where you are surrounded by enemies all over the world.
"We plan to buy the technology to make airplanes." The dwarf envoy explained his purpose and stared at Tang Mo's face with hope.
Tang Mo did not refuse immediately, but stared at the wine glass in his hand and thought for a long time. When the two dwarf envoys started to get a little irritable from waiting, he asked: "So, what price do you plan to charge?"
, come to buy my aircraft manufacturing technology?"
"How about 100 million gold coins...?" the dwarf envoy tentatively gave a price that sounded very good.
Tang Mo shook his head, obviously very dissatisfied with the price: "I'm sorry, this money may not be enough to repay the losses caused by the seizure of Everwinter City and the mine..."
"We can return the mine to you..." The dwarf envoy gritted his teeth and posted a huge sum of money.
Who knew that Tang Mo burst out laughing after hearing this: "Hahahaha! I don't dare to ask for your mine. I might have to go back one day. Wouldn't I have to work hard to collect debts again? I'm very busy, but I don't have to.
I’m in the mood to play this boring game of going back on my word with you.”
At this point, the dwarf envoy didn't know what to say. His empire couldn't afford more gold coins, because any more would seriously affect the normal operation of the country's economy.
He could use things like mines to make up for the price difference, and they had a history of being dishonest, which put him in a bit of a dilemma.
"If one family can't afford it, why don't we all join in, pay with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other, neat and tidy? Wouldn't it be great?" Tang Mo couldn't help but give the dwarves an idea.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean...?" When the dwarf heard that Tang Mo was really interested in selling aircraft technology, he immediately became energetic and asked excitedly.
"Since the Ice Empire cannot be purchased by one country, let's add Cyric, then the Dorne Empire, the Laens Empire, the Susas Empire... plus the Great China Empire... okay?" Tang Mo
He mentioned the names of many countries in one go.
"How, how, how can this be possible?" The dwarf was a little surprised and didn't know what Tang Mo meant.
"One hundred million for a country! What a fair price..." The dwarf saw the ferocious light in Tang Mo's eyes.