Cheng Lin held on to the armrest of the cold throne, smiling and pretending to be mysterious.
Looking at the changes in the expressions of Xu Gu and others below, he estimated that his psychological warfare technique was quite effective.
Throwing these out bluntly is, on the one hand, to save everyone’s time, and on the other hand, it can also be regarded as a “preemptive” negotiation technique.
Well, if he were talking to Xu Gu and others with his true identity, Cheng Lin's somewhat unfamiliar tricks would have almost no effect.
But now that he is on his home court and wearing a false identity, he has really gradually taken the initiative.
"It seems that you know more information than I thought." Xu Qui smiled bitterly, his rhythm was broken, and he could only move forward according to the rhythm set by Cheng Lin.
"This news... was it that Senior Cheng told you?" After thinking about it, he asked.
The relief on the top of the hall has explained everything. It seems that Senior Cheng has indeed come to this world. If the previous information about "the ascended person traveling in the heavens" was still in a state of conjecture, then today it has all been confirmed.
"Yes, the god did briefly mention his hometown before leaving. This is also an important reason why we are willing to talk to you." Cheng Lin nodded and continued to fool around.
Then he started talking nonsense again, probably telling the story of saving Krum in a different way.
These are mutually corroborated with the images played in the sky and are very convincing.
Of course, Cheng Lin also failed to mention one important piece of information, which was about the existence of multiple identical projections around the world.
This was intentional on his part.
After all, this matter is too mysterious. Instead of making it up randomly and causing trouble later, it is better to pretend not to know. As for Xu Qui, he also tacitly never mentioned this matter.
"In short, with this layer of origin, we do not want to start a war with the hometown of the gods. Of course, this also depends on your attitude." Cheng Lin concluded.
Xu Gu said immediately: "Our attitude has never changed. The Xia Kingdom hopes to have deeper communication and cooperation with the elves."
"Cooperation...what specifically does that mean?" Cheng Lin looked at him and asked.
"Trading," Xu Yan said seriously, "all-round trading, whether it is information, knowledge, everything related to practice, or more specific material resources, such as plants, beasts, ores... and other resource exchanges
.”
oh?
Is it a full range of transactions?
Cheng Lin raised his eyebrows secretly, and then Xu Gu and others clearly saw the man in black robe sitting on the throne fold his hands together, and said in a relaxed and formal manner: "
This is what we hope for too.”
Compared to going to war and plundering.
Trading is the best way.
There are vast forests in the elven world, and many spiritual plants have been accumulated over countless years. During this period, countless magical beasts were rampant. These are resources that can be exchanged. Of course, there is another practice system that is different from the earth, which is the so-called "magic"
.
During the deduction, Cheng Lin once asked Elu to demonstrate the so-called magic and try to learn it. It turned out that it was something completely different from "superpowers". Although they were both methods of using aura, they belonged to different categories.
The system is difficult to learn.
But being unable to learn doesn’t mean it’s worthless.
If it were left to the research teams in the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital for analysis, they might be able to learn from each other's strengths and gain something.
Similarly, the earth's industrial knowledge and wonderful creations... are also helpful to the elven world.
"Then, I think we can discuss the specific details of the transaction..." Cheng Lin continued.
He was extremely interested in making this happen.
Mainly because he suddenly realized...
"If I were to do the trading, would I be able to make a fortune from the transaction? ... Well, this isn't considered corruption, right? At most, it's just a kickback, and I'll be busy for half a day in the middle. It's normal to get some handling fees for my hard work.
Right?"
As he spoke, he was making his own calculations in his mind.
However, when Xu Gu heard what he said, he shook his head and said, "This matter... I'm afraid it will have to wait."
"What are you waiting for?" Cheng Lin frowned.
"Wait for someone," Xu Ku adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, straightened his chest and raised his head, looked at Cheng Lin, and said seriously, "The transaction is a big deal, I need to wait for someone to come before I can finalize the details.
.”
"You didn't talk about this before," Cheng Lin's tone was lowered and he was a little unhappy, "Don't you have the power to represent yourself? In that case, what's the point of coming here? Or maybe the so-called cooperation and transactions are just
Lies that linger on your lips? I must emphasize again that time is precious to both of us!"
Hearing the tone of "Black Robe" turn cold, the diplomatic ambassador hurriedly stood up and explained: "We didn't mean that, but we really need to wait for someone. After all, we are just envoys..."
His meaning is obvious, the messenger... is just a messenger after all.
rather than the decision maker.
Cheng Lin was a little curious when he saw him like this. As a representative of the Special Agents Department, Xu Gu, although he didn't know the specific position, thought that his official rank must be quite high. Even if he wasn't deputy department, he would be close to it. But even he couldn't finalize it.
Transaction details?
Do you still need to wait for another person to come?
So... who... is that big shot?
Could it be the Secretary of the Secret Service?
No way... Cheng Lin always thought it was impossible. As for the other top figures in the imperial city... it was even more unlikely...
"Who are you waiting for?" Cheng Lin asked full of doubts.
Hearing this, Xu Ku took a deep breath and said with a respectful attitude: "He is... the number one person in the Xia Kingdom's cultivation world!"
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…
Just as Xu Gu and others were standing in the elven hall, talking to Cheng Lin.
When He Shouwu and Harold continued to confront each other on the border.
Capital of Shu.
TRAIN STATION.
A dark green iron train coming from the direction of Dajing City blew its whistle and then slowly stopped. The conductor opened the door and passengers from various provinces and cities poured out.
Due to the projection, the aircraft has been temporarily suspended.
However, land transportation is still normal.
Among the crowds of passengers carrying large bags and suitcases, a man with empty hands stood out a bit, especially...his clothes were still so strange.
It's inevitable that people will look at you a few times.
He is about thirty years old and is still among the young people in the big city.
It's just that... he was actually wearing an old-style Mao suit, navy blue, simple and decent, but a bit too out of date after all.
The four square pockets in front of the body are carefully fastened with black buttons. There is a dark blue round-belly pen in the heart pocket on the chest. The exposed bright silver pen cap is engraved with the words "Hero" in block letters.
words.
The lower body is the same plain trousers and a pair of shoes. The clothes are ironed very smoothly. It can be seen that they are worn very carefully. There are almost no wrinkles even after traveling all the way.
On his fair face, he wore dull and square black-rimmed glasses. His hair... was parted in the middle and combed very carefully.
This image would probably be very suitable if placed in some nostalgic film and television dramas.
It's just... standing in the city of 2019, it finally seems a bit out of place.
He walked out with the crowd, slowly read the signs and came to the station exit. Then he handed the red paper ticket to the ticket inspector at the exit with a smile. After receiving the ticket, he walked through the guardrail and walked to the station square.
Staring at the sea of people in front of me with some emotion.
On the big clock at the station, the time pointed to evening.
As usual, the sky should still be bright at this time, and the orange-red glare of the setting sun would be projected diagonally along the spire of the main building of the station, covering the square and illuminating the faces of passengers.
However, today is different.
The lights in the entire square are on, and in the distance, the windows of the densely packed high-rise buildings are also filled with light. There are street lights on both sides of the wide street, and the cars going back and forth all turn on their headlights, reflecting the dark road.
The reflection reflects the bright light.
It's like a scene late at night.
The huge floating land covered the sun and plunged the entire city into darkness, creating a strange misalignment between clock time and objective time.
Many passengers who had just arrived from other places were standing in the square with strange expressions on their faces, looking up at the covered sky, pointing and talking, but there was no fear at all, and they were more excited.
"Is this the floating land?"
“It’s exactly what it says on the Internet.”
"I heard there are elves up there, but I don't know what they are like."
Several young men and women who were accompanying each other were chatting excitedly, and as they were talking, they all took out their mobile phones to take pictures, but there was only darkness in the lens, which made them all sigh in disappointment.
"Floating land..."
He was also looking up at the sky, but there was some unexplainable and profound meaning hidden in those eyes.
After muttering something, he withdrew his gaze and began to look for the leaving vehicle with a normal expression.
At this moment, suddenly, he let out a light sigh.
His right hand gently covered the hem of the clothes around his waist.
In the place covered by the top, a jade plaque that is orange and red like fire is trembling gently, and like breathing, it shines with a warm light.
The jade medal is quite ancient, only half the size of a palm, and is tied to the belt with a golden string.
Along with the vibration and flashing, it also conveys a hint of warmth.
As he covered it with his hand, the jade plaque finally suppressed all abnormal movements and returned to its ordinary appearance.
"It seems they are impatient."
He smiled, but remained calm.
After thinking about it for a while, probably out of consideration for some people's emotions, I finally decided to call him back.
His eyes swept around the square, and then he walked towards an inconspicuous small supermarket.
The lights inside the small supermarket are bright.
Logically speaking, shops located near stations should be more popular.
It's just that probably because of the time of day or location, this store seems quite deserted.
Leaning at the checkout counter by the door, the store owner, wearing a large light cyan T-shirt and slightly fat, was staring boredly at the mobile phone on the table.
Suddenly, he heard a soft voice: "Excuse me, can you make a call? I can pay."
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ps: I only wrote this much, I don’t plan to stay up late, I will go to bed early today, and try to make up for the next weekend during the weekend. Good night everyone.