Chapter 21 Negotiations
King Lin calmed down his anger and said, "My country Lin is also a big country, how can I cede the passes of small countries? Moreover, my marriage method is not wrong, so why don't you agree?"
Qian Xiaoxing replied: "Lin State took out a knife and stabbed Si State. Now that the knife is taken by Si State, you still want me to return the knife to you respectfully. There is such a truth in the world. Lin State must pay the price for its mistakes. As for your marriage, it cannot guarantee the safety of Si State... Lin State has a vast territory, and it has given Si State a Huguan Pass, but it may be exchanged for Hu State's large territory. Why not do it?"
Seeing that King Lin was thinking, Qian Xiaoxing continued: "Si State asked for Huju Pass, but he just wanted to protect himself. Logically, we should trust each other in alliances, but the interests of the countries are only concerned about. If one day Lin State wants to start a war against Si State, we can protect ourselves without any time if we have Huju Pass. Is it because King Lin refused to exchange Huju Pass, because he was afraid that our Si State would attack you Lin State?"
When King Lin heard the last sentence, he slapped the dragon throne and said, "Fuck, you can try attacking!"
Qian Xiaoxing smiled and said in a summary: "When joining forces with Siguo and Hu, Lin can eat fat, while when joining forces with Hu, Lin can only eat bones, and before eating Siguo, you will be finished with nine thousand cavalry. At present, the biggest threat to Lin is Hu, not ours. As long as Lin can give up a Hu Ju Pass, all these problems will be solved. I believe that King Lin will not be able to get into Hu's tricks again, and he will be wrong all the way."
Seeing that Qian Xiaoxing was determined and had to be Hu Ju Pass, King Lin began to shake his heart after hearing Qian Xiaoxing's defense. Although it was indeed a loss of face for Lin Guo to cede Hu Ju Pass to Si, the thing about face is empty after all. After joining forces with Si Guo, the most important thing is to gain benefits from Hu.
While King Lin was thinking, Shi Yao walked out and said, "King Lin, our cavalry has been killed by the State of Si this time. How should we calculate this account? Our soldiers cannot kill them for the State of Si for nothing."
After hearing this, Wang Lin immediately asked Qian Xiaoxing and said, "I almost forgot, how do I calculate this account if I have more than a thousand dead cavalrymen?"
Seeing that King Lin had intended to agree, Qian Xiaoxing took the opportunity to negotiate by Shi Yao, and was so angry that he hated Shi Yao, he thought about it and asked, "King Lin, as long as you can agree to Huju Pass, our country can make some compensation for those more than a thousand dead soldiers."
"Compensation? That's fine. One soldier has ten taels of gold, and more than one thousand soldiers will compensate me more than ten thousand taels. As long as you can take it out, I will be considered to be compensated with you." King Lin wanted to take the opportunity to make a big move.
"More than 10,000 taels of gold?" Qian Xiaoxing was stunned and smiled and said, "King Lin, it's not that Si Guo doesn't give it, I really can't afford it. Si Guo is poor and only has a pair of shorts left."
Shi Yao took the opportunity to interrupt and said, "If you don't give me, you won't be able to talk!"
Qian Xiaoxing ignored Shi Yao, thought for a while and said, "King Lin, Lin Guo was attacked by Hu Guo's treacherous plan this time, so the money should be asked by Hu Guo, not to ask you to ask for it for nothing. Last time I caught the second prince of Hu Guo. This guy is valuable. Ju said he could exchange for 20,000 taels of gold. Why would I give people to Lin Guo? Lin Guo asked Hu Guo to ask for it?"
"Twenty thousand taels of gold?" Wang Lin was also a little moved when he heard this. After all, so much money is not a small amount. If he could really get 20,000 taels of gold, it would be worth it to ced a Huju Pass. So he asked, "My dear friends, what do you think?"
Lin Yilong immediately said: "Hu State actually used a treacherous plan against our Lin State this time, and the people also rumored that the people should not let Hu State go lightly, I agree!"
Except for Shi Yao, the other officials figured out what King Lin meant and saw that he was indeed a little moved, so they said, "We support it too!"
"Okay, since it's not a loss-making deal, it's okay for me, Lin Guo to agree. Qian Xiaoxing, then I will agree to exchange captives with Hu Ju Pass and the prince of Hu State." Wang Lin decided.
Qian Xiaoxing finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but Shi Yao said, "King Lin, don't forget that there are still 10,000 war horses."
"Yes, there are also war horses, and they will be returned to my Lin State, so that Huju Pass can be ceded to the Si State." King Lin immediately added.
"Uh..." Qian Xiaoxing was immediately embarrassed. Seeing that the negotiation was successful and was blocked by Shi Yao, he secretly greeted Shi Yao's 18th generation relatives in his heart. If the negotiations were not reached, the negotiations might break down. So he replied: "King Lin, Si Guo and Lin Guo joined forces to deal with Hu. If our army has weak military strength, how can we pose a threat to Hu in the future? I think that ten thousand war horses will be given to our army."
"Give it to Si Guo? It's absolutely not possible. Those war horses are worth 20,000 taels of gold!" Shi Yao immediately retorted.
Qian Xiaoxing had been tolerating Shi Yao for a long time, and when he saw Shi Yao still continued to provoke, he immediately said, "Commander Shi, with your short-sighted gaze, I don't know how to make you take this commanding position. Our State of the People can threaten Hu, so that we can restrain Hu's troops and will be more beneficial to you. You must State of Lin. You must State of the Si State return the war horses. You may not be able to bite off the fat piece of Hu's country in the future. Which one is more important? Can't you analyze it?"
Qian Xiaoxing said something, Shi Yao was speechless, and King Lin was embarrassed to ask for it again. If he wanted to get the horse back, he would be a short-sighted person. But ten thousand war horses were really distressed. King Lin still lowered his head and thought about how to get it back.
Seeing King Lin's expression, Qian Xiaoxing knew that King Lin was also very reluctant and immediately said, "King Lin, then that's what it means. The war horses of our country will lend you Lin's first. Three years later, our country will return you."
After hearing this, King Lin had to find this step and replied helplessly: "Okay, I promise you this, but after the alliance, if Si State does not help me when I attacked Hu State, there will be some good-looking people."
Qian Xiaoxing was delighted and immediately replied: "Hu State and Si State have an irreconcilable grudge. How could he not attack Hu State? Please rest assured King Lin."
As of the current situation, King Lin only had the day when he was destruction of Hu. Only in this way could he feel a little balanced and said, "Okay, let's negotiate with Lin Yilong for details of the exchange in the future."
Qian Xiaoxing nodded and replied, "Okay, but King Lin, can you still betrothed to me?"
One day, Wang Lin suddenly said angrily: "You don't want it to betrothed to you before, but now you want it. Sorry, I have changed my mind, Princess Zicui, don't want it!"
Qian Xiaoxing was shocked when he heard this. Although he could have imagined that this result might be, he still didn't want to face it when he heard it. This time, he made him feel sorry for Xiao Cui for the sake of Si Guo. He felt very guilty. Seeing King Lin's angry attitude, it was understandable. Who made him gain the upper hand everywhere during the negotiations? He had to shake his head and think about it later when King Lin's anger faded.
After the court was settled, Qian Xiaoxing and Lin Yilong discussed the exchange matters in detail. After Si State occupied Huju Pass, they released Lin's captives. Then the two agreed to exchange time. Although Lin Yilong was a little worried about this, they believed in Qian Xiaoxing's character. If Si State took Huju Pass and refused to let others go, Si State would not get good results. As for Hu Baojin, Qian Xiaoxing would also arrange for people to hand over to Lin Yilong.
The negotiations were finally completed according to Qian Xiaoxing's wishes. Things that should have been happy were about, but this negotiation involved Lan Xiaocui. Wang Lin is now unwilling to marry Lan Xiaocui to Qian Xiaoxing, which made Qian Xiaoxing very melancholy.
After the two walked out of the palace and said goodbye to each other, Qian Xiaoxing and Xiong Yitan and Hu Suoyuan who were outside the door were about to return to the post station, but saw Shi Yao coming out of the palace in the distance. During the negotiations, Shi Yao provoked several times and the negotiations almost collapsed, which made Qian Xiaoxing very angry. He was also stubbornly pestering Lan Xiaocui, which made Qian Xiaoxing even more unbearable.
Originally, he was scared and fed him the Nine-Turn Death Powder. Now it seems that he is not coerced. Could it be that Shi Yao already knows that he is just scaring him? Seeing Shi Yao glaring at Qian Xiaoxing from afar, his eyes showing hatred gazes, Qian Xiaoxing suddenly thought about it.
Now that the negotiations have been completed, I was originally expected to be the envoy of the State of the State, but Shi Yao did not dare to do anything randomly. Now, Shi Yao may be ready to move.
Qian Xiaoxing led everyone back to the inn immediately. Seeing that a few people outside the inn were staring at them from time to time, he immediately understood that these were sent by Shi Yao to follow them.
When he returned to the inn, Qian Xiaoxing said to everyone: "The negotiations with Lin State have been successful. We can return to Si State today. However, Shi Yao, the commander of Lin State's Imperial Guards, I don't think he will let us go easily. In Qidu City, I don't think he dares to move around, but he is afraid that once we leave the city, he will be detrimental to us."
Wu Tong stepped forward and said, "After all, we are in Lin Guo territory, so I have my analysis. Shi Yao is stronger than us. So what should I do?"
Xiong Yitan said, "What are you afraid of? He wants to come, I will let him come up straight and go back horizontally!"
Qian Xiaoxing waved his hand to stop Xiong Yitan and said, "Since I have brought you out, I will bring you back safely. I cannot lose one person. If I fight against Shi Yao, there will inevitably be damage, so I can only take it by wisdom."
"How to get ahead of your wit?" Wu Tong asked immediately.
Qian Xiaoxing made a cut gesture with his hands and said, "It's better to start first!"
Hu Suoyuan said, "Let's kill him first?"
"There is no need to kill. We just negotiated with Lin State and the two countries formed an alliance. If we know that our State kills the commander of the Imperial Guard of Lin State, the alliance may be broken. This is not necessary. We just need to catch him and let him escort us back to Si State safely." Qian Xiaoxing replied.
"That's simple, isn't it just to catch someone? Just leave it to me!" Xiong Yitan immediately snatched.
Wu Tong listened for a long time and said to Qian Xiaoxing: "Chief of Staff, I analyzed that when I arrested him, I should have taken action secretly. If someone discovered him, we would probably not be able to get Qidu."
Qian Xiaoxing nodded and said, "You are right in your analysis. You can't catch him. Now Hu Suoyuan and Ni Qiu, you will take a small team to investigate Shi Yao's whereabouts. If you stay outside his mansion and come back to report immediately, we will prepare to arrest people. Pay attention to Shi Yao's whistle outside, and be sure to get rid of them after going out."
Chapter completed!