Now Xiao Ruxue has nothing to do anymore, and her big, watery eyes are staring at the deputy envoy of Zhou State, guarding his every little move.
Without the intervention of the deputy envoy of Zhou who was upright and would say whatever he wanted, the negotiation became much more peaceful.
However, the deputy envoy's attitude is understandable. Emperor Zhou left the task of peace talks to the Yang family. Every time the two backbones of the Yang family stayed outside for one more day, the Emperor Chu's suppression of the Yang family became smoother.
one day.
This straight man doesn't have the temperament of Yang Mingzhi to endure it. He gets angry every day worrying about the Yang family's affairs, but there is someone at the negotiation table who doesn't respect martial ethics...
This was enough to embarrass him.
The deputy envoy was restrained, and only the chief envoy came forward to speak: "In any case, I have never seen prisoners sold by the piece. You have captured so many soldiers of our Chu country, and the money must be a huge amount.
The country came here with sincerity, but have you considered the feelings of our country, Zhou?"
Xu Qing said: "Didn't you, the Zhou State, consider the feelings of our Chu State when you declared war?"
Zhengzhi gritted his teeth and said, "Then you can't ask for so much silver and twenty taels for one prisoner! And you still don't accept the bargain."
Xu Qing said: "Wait a minute, who said we don't accept bargaining."
When Yang Mingzhi saw Xu Qingsong's mouth, he quickly asked: "Can you make it cheaper?"
Xu Qing said: "It's not cheap, let's put it aside for now. I heard what Yang Zhengshi means is that the life of the soldiers who fought bloody battles for your Zhou Kingdom is not worth twenty taels?"
"This..." Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but clenched his fists when he heard this: "Of course all of our Zhou soldiers are priceless treasures, how can they be measured with silver so easily?!"
Xu Qing nodded sincerely and said: "Your Majesty is right, Xue'er, please help me convert it into gold, so that I don't let Zhou Guo suffer a loss."
"Oh." Xiao Ruxue agreed, took out the small abacus she carried with her, and did not forget to glare at Zhou Guo's deputy envoy before making calculations.
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue and said: "Remember to add more when calculating, so as not to let the envoys of the Zhou Kingdom think that we sold the Zhou soldiers at a low price."
Xiao Ruxue nodded and said, "Okay!"
"Wait, wait!" Yang Mingzhi looked at this scene and quickly stretched out his hand to stop: "You...how can you do this? You...you are extorting!"
Xu Qing's face became more and more vicious: "In the last negotiation we wanted to have a peaceful negotiation, you said we were not sincere. This time we sincerely asked you for money and you said we were extorting. I, Xu Qing,
I have never seen a defeated country so difficult to serve in my life!"
Yang Mingzhi clenched his fists and said: "These are two different things. You...you are secretly changing the concept!"
Xu Qing looked at Yang Mingzhi and said sincerely, "What should we do? Why don't you report to the government?"
Yang Mingzhi: "..."
Zhou Dynasty’s envoy: “…”
Why on earth did Chu State send such a number one person to negotiate with them?
What do you mean by reporting to the official?
Which yamen can handle major matters concerning the two countries?
Who released this guy?
Yang Mingzhi finally gritted his teeth and said: "This envoy must protest to the emperor of your country!"
Xu Qing said: "Can you sign the treaty before protesting? You are making us very passive."
Yang Mingzhi: "..."
Why do you call him so passive?
The initiative is in his hands from the beginning, okay?
Is he still passive?
Xu Qing: "The worst we can do is give you some discounts when we sell the city next time, and the generals will also sell it at a 20% discount. The boss is too old to go and complain... Eh - childish..."
Zhou Dynasty’s envoy: “…”
What should I do if I really want to beat this person?
Why does every sentence or even every word that comes out of his mouth become so unbeatable?
Totally unbearable!
Seeing their unmoved expressions, Xu Qing said sincerely, "For the sake of face, let's sign it."
The deputy envoy of Zhou State gritted his teeth and said, "What you are selling is more expensive than before. You are just wishful thinking!"
"Huh?!" Xiao Ruxue just put down the abacus in her hand and looked away.
The deputy envoy of Zhou State, who was about to have a fit, suddenly calmed down again.
Xu Qing said: "Money belongs to the country and life belongs to you, so why bother?"
Yang Mingzhi said solemnly: "These money are the blessings of the people of our country of Zhou. As the envoy of this peace negotiation, I naturally have to be responsible for the people of our country."
Xu Qing was very embarrassed and said: "Forget it, if you really want to be so responsible, you should not drag the people into the war disaster. Now that the war is over, you have started to take responsibility? Why did you go there so early..."
Yang Mingzhi: "..."
Xu Qing: "Sign it, sign it. You have to sign it sooner or later. Aren't you still in a hurry to go back? If you sign it early, you will be in trouble. If you sign it this time, you will be old customers next time the city is sold. According to the business field
According to the rules above, we will provide certain discounts.”
Yang Mingzhi's heart: Why does the more he talks, the more I want to beat him?
When Yang Mingzhi came to the peace talks this time, he had imagined many scenarios. Not to mention a quarrel, he had already thought of a big fight. But now, by chance, Princess Yongle sat across from him, and he could beat nine of them one by one...
Let's negotiate peacefully. There is Xu Qing sitting opposite, who is always ready... Why don't you report to the official?
He finally wanted to protest to the Emperor of Chu, but the guy immediately replied, "It's childish to complain at such an age..."
Seeing that Yang Mingzhi was silent, Xu Qing continued to persuade: "Really, go and ask, where in the world can prisoners be sold cheaper than us?"
Yang Mingzhi gritted his teeth and said: "In this deep winter, is there any place other than your Chu country to sell prisoners? Moreover, why should I, the Zhou country, go to other places to buy prisoners?"
Xu Qing thought for a while and said: "That's right. Look, we are in a seller's market. Isn't it a bit rude for you to delay buying?"
Yang Mingzhi took a deep breath. In order to deal with Xu Qing, he couldn't help but assume the identity of an old man buying vegetables. He looked at Xu Qing and said: "Then our Zhou country can buy a lot this time. Since it is such a big order, it is natural that we should
Give me some discount?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Mr. Yang is indeed a businessman. Xue'er will give you a discount."
Xiao Ruxue nodded and said: "After discounts and price reductions, a prisoner will be worth twenty taels of silver."
Yang Mingzhi; "..."
Although they have lowered the price, and although they feel that they have taken advantage, this price seems to be the price at the beginning of the negotiation, right?
What have they been doing for the past half hour?
…
Xu Qing looked at the contract that was finally signed and breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that this negotiation could allow Emperor Chu to personally participate in the negotiation.
Using the eloquence of Emperor Chu's math teacher and the patience of Tang Seng, he directly hypnotized the other party and made them sign the contract without anyone noticing.