"My lord? My lord is busy practicing and has no time to play with you.
Besides, if the lord negotiates in person, do you dare to come?
I'm afraid that if your lord is really sitting here, you won't even dare to take a breath, and then word will spread that our lord is unreasonable and unforgiving, and we will be criticized."
Xu Shu glanced at Yuan Shu and said slowly.
"If it were Fang Fan... if..."
Yuan Shu's breath froze when he heard this, and he yelled, but he couldn't get out a few words after holding it in for a long time.
In the end, Yuan Shu had to sadly admit that he really didn't dare to come in person if Fang Fan was capable of fighting an army alone.
It's very simple, just like Liu Bei didn't dare to enter the Ning'an military camp alone. They were all lords and princes of the same party. No one knew whether the other party would cut off their heads and feed them on a whim.
After holding it in for a long time, Yuan Shu could only comfort himself by saying that a gentleman does not build dangerous walls.
"Okay, stop standing there, after all you are a lord and a great prince.
Come sit down and let’s chat.”
Xu Shu stood up and walked to Yuan Shu, patted Yuan Shu's shoulder, took out a chair, and gently pushed him on it.
Seeing Yuan Shu sit down, Xu Shu also smiled slightly, returned to his seat, and put away the things on the table, leaving only paper and pen.
"Now that everyone is sitting at the negotiating table, let's do this, Lord Yuan, how do you explain the infringement of our Ning'an resources?"
Yuan Shu sat down with his head spinning. He had just calmed down, but when he heard Xu Shu's words, his face suddenly turned red again, and he stared at Xu Shu.
Seeing this, Xu Shu smiled gently.
"Master Yuan, let me remind you that my lord's patience is not very good. If the negotiation is not concluded today, he will replace me and come to negotiate in person tomorrow.
Of course, for the sake of fairness, the Lord will also invite Duke Xuande and Kong Rong as witnesses.
So Mr. Yuan, please cherish this moment, speak your words carefully, and don’t let your anger get the best of you and say something embarrassing.”
Yuan Shu paused, looking at the gentle Xu Shu, and suddenly felt a chill in his back. He understood that the weak have no right to speak.
Standing up slowly, Yuan Shu turned to Yan Xiang and said.
"I'm tired, Yan Xiang, you can talk to him."
After saying that, he didn't care about anything else and walked straight back. The others looked at Yuan Shu and then at Xu Shu, and were speechless for a moment.
By the time Yan Xiang sat at the negotiating table, his momentum had subliminally weakened by three points.
Negotiation stalemates will only occur when both parties are equally powerful, or when both parties are trying their best to promote cooperation but have disputes.
When the strengths are different and the weaker party actively seeks negotiations, the negotiation situation will become one-sided.
Especially with a strong negotiator like Xu Shu, who severely suppressed Yuan Shu at the beginning of the negotiation.
Yuan Shu was so overwhelmed that he couldn't breathe, so how could a subordinate negotiator hold his own?
How can we fight for our own interests when the other party knows all about us and can't even bluff?
It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, even the beasts and elephants rushed to the scene and were helpless.
He even felt that if Yuan Shu had not come from the beginning, he would have been able to fight with the opponent for at least a few rounds, instead of being doomed to a complete defeat as soon as he came to the table.
Yan Xiang didn't even dare to think about such a rebellious thought. He threw it away in a panic as soon as the thought came up. But he just forgot it with difficulty, and when he saw the humiliating treaty and the smiling face of the other party, it came to his mind involuntarily.
This was the first time that he complained about Yuan Shu and had doubts about himself.
Because this treaty will nail him to the pillar of shame forever.
Yan Xiang's mind went blank. He no longer knew how he took the treaty back, how he was insulted by Yuan Shu, how he faced the blank stares of his colleagues, or how he came back and handed the signed contract to Xu Shu.
No one cares about the cause and effect. People only know that he signed such a shameful treaty. The army and soldiers gnashed their teeth at him and wanted to kill him quickly.
And Yuan Shu, who understood everything, would not take the initiative to explain to him. Yuan Shu didn't even want to see him.
Because he didn't see him even once, it made Yuan Shu recall his shame and let Yuan Shu borrow his bloody scars again.
Only when Xu Shu patted Yan Xiang on the shoulder when handing over the contract, the sympathy in his eyes made him want to cry.
"Actually, the treaty is very simple, with roughly three points.
First, give up the forest farms and mines they occupy in the Qinling Mountains, and hand over all the resources that have been mined to us.
Second, compensate us for all losses incurred during the war with him.
These two points are aimed at them, and the other point is unilaterally directed at us.
In the Qinling Mountains, we are not allowed to attack them in any form, and in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, we are not allowed to attack him for no reason or in a far-fetched manner."
Xu Shu explained to Fang Fan, making Fang Fan nod with satisfaction.
"Okay, not bad."
"My lord, it's all thanks to General Huang and General Ye. I'm just finishing the work."
"Haha, don't worry, I can appreciate all your achievements."
"By the way, the amount of battle damage you reported is the one that needs to be compensated."
"Um...no, I just reported the consumption of rune crossbows truthfully and asked them to compensate."
When Fang Fan heard this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at Xu Shu.
"Yuan Zhi, how can you be so sincere? Qie, we have worked together for so long, how can I not understand your character?"
"My lord, you have wronged me. I really repaid you truthfully. I definitely didn't overcharge a single rune crossbow arrow. I just used the external auction price to calculate it."
"The auction price? I can't say that yet, but... it should be more than that, right?"
"No, that's it."
Fang Fan raised his eyebrows, suddenly thought of a key question, and continued to ask.
"Then tell me how many rune crossbows were used this time."
Hearing this question, Xu Shu smiled implicitly.
"More than eight hundred branches."
Fang Fan was stunned when he heard this, raised his hand, slowly rubbed his temples, took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked gently.
"Yuanzhi, this time... is it you who is commanding the battle?
Eight hundred is quite economical, and it is still far away from the entire inventory of the White Tiger Army."
When Xu Shu heard this, he suddenly felt a chill in his back.
There is murderous intent!
Xu Shu's desire to survive immediately exploded. He didn't dare to risk his life anymore and quickly poured out everything like beans.
"Lord, no, no, they were all replaced by Sun Jun's personal belongings.
Not counting compensation, our battle itself suffered no losses at all. Although we used some rune crossbows, the value of Sun Jun's family property definitely exceeds that.
And the compensation we demand based on the auction price is mainly these 800 rune crossbow arrows, which are all net profits.
