Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 282 Harsh Conditions

Inside the kiosk.

Trier told the price of redeeming the warship and sailors.

Listening to Lu Wuyou, it was nothing more than gold and silver treasures, with some relatively precious materials and resources attached.

If you look at the "soldier redemption unit price", Xifeng Kingdom's price is very sincere.

In conversion, it is almost an equivalent of nearly 1000 taels of silver in exchange for a soldier.

Thousands of soldiers, that is, millions of taels of silver.This does not include warships. If they are included, the total ransom has exceeded [-] million.

Trier himself knew that it was not easy for President Deltz to spend such a large amount of money, and his heart was bleeding.

Hundreds of millions of silver!How long will it take to get it back.

However, after he finished speaking with full expectation, he found that Lu Wuyou, who was sitting opposite him, was completely unmoved.

"Lord Lu? What do you mean?"

"This condition is completely unacceptable."

Lu Wuyou refused without any consideration.

Trier was no exception. It would be strange if Lu Wuyou agreed.

"Then let Master Lu talk about it."

Trier has a bottom line in mind, that is [-] million silver.

This is what Delz gave him before he left Xifeng.

The highest ransom is [-] million, which is almost the limit that Xi Feng's current government can offer.If there is more, it will definitely hurt the muscles and bones.

Trier first used [-] million to negotiate, in order to have more room for bargaining.

In this way, even if Lu Wuyou doubled the ransom, it would only be [-] million, and there would still be a room for error of [-] million.

"Our Dong'an conditions have already been listed."

Lu Wuyou asked his subordinates to bring the condition list.

The translator on Trier's side immediately took over, looked at the content above, and read it to Trier in a low voice.

"The first article is to compensate Dong'an and Wenlai of the Allies for all war losses, including casualty compensation, weapon loss, spiritual loss... etc., a total of [-] million taels of silver."

As soon as the translator finished reading the first article, Trier felt a thud in his heart.

Five hundred million taels!
This exceeded the [-] million budget that Delz gave him!It's more than half!
He wanted to say something right away, but he endured it and wanted to wait until he had finished listening to the other conditions on the item.

"... Xifeng and other thirteen countries must issue an apology statement in the name of the country to the whole world."

"The Thirteen-Nation League must be disbanded within three months."

"The Thirteen Allied Nations headed by Xifeng Kingdom must hand over all the criminals who absconded and headed by the former Great Zhou Prime Minister He Zhongping to Dong'an for trial!"

The translator read one by one, sweating non-stop, raising the back of his hand to wipe it from time to time.

Even his translator knows how harsh these conditions are!Not to mention Foreign Secretary Trier.

Trier is numb at the moment.

Dong'an gave so many and such harsh conditions that he never expected.

He originally thought that losing money would be enough, but now it seems that losing money is the least important thing.

At this time, the translator suddenly stopped and stuttered.

"The last, last one..."

Trier was angry and didn't dare to express it to Lu Wuyou. Seeing that the translator he had brought stuttered, he immediately had someone to vent to.

"Bastard!" he cursed, "Why are you stuttering? Finish reading!"

The translator said with a trembling voice: "The last one, as compensation, Xifeng Kingdom must cede Kote Port to Dong'an."

"what?!!"

Trier stood up abruptly after hearing the last item.

He could no longer suppress his anger, and glared at Lu Wuyou viciously: "Ceded the land? How dare you make such a request!"

Lu Wuyou calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "What's wrong with this kind of request. You can choose not to accept it."

"..."

Gritting his teeth, Trier felt his face was on fire.

Forget about paying the compensation, ceding the land?

Even if he wanted to agree, he didn't dare!

Once the news spreads back to Xifeng's country, won't the angry people tear him up alive?
And it's not just public opinion...

Trier gradually calmed down and sat down again.

He knew that, in military terms, the matter was also of paramount importance.

What Dong'an wants is not ordinary land, but Kote Port!
That is Xifeng's natural ice-free port in the south, one of the best ports in the entire country!

It can not only provide training supplies for warships, but also an important guarantee to ensure the safety of southern cargo ships.

Such an important place is given to Dong'an, unless his brain is kicked by a donkey.

Trier calmed down for a while, and then said firmly: "It is impossible to cede Kurt Port!"

"Reparations, public apologies, these are all negotiable. Those Dazhou officials and wealthy businessmen who have accepted political asylum can also be given to you. But Kurt Port is absolutely not! Don't even think about it!"

"Really. It seems that those thousands of sea soldiers are not that important." Lu Wuyou said lightly.

damn it!
Trier cursed in his heart.

Thousands of experienced sailors are not important, what is important?What's more, there are so many warships... If the sailors can still be trained, it will take at least a few years to rebuild the fleet.

This time is enough time for the rise of the Saxon Kingdom to replace Xifeng Kingdom as the overlord of the West Country.

There is no difference between the first and the second among countries. There is only one rule among countries, that is, the winner takes all!If the national power ranks in the top ten, then the strength of the hegemony is usually not comparable to the sum of the second to ninth!

Based on the historical grievances between the West Maple Kingdom and the Saxon Country, if the Saxon Country becomes the new hegemony, then the life of the West Maple Country will definitely be difficult.

To be precise, the lives of ordinary people are difficult.

Trier looked gloomy.It doesn't matter much for a high-ranking official like him and a wealthy businessman in China.Anyway, with the family property they have earned over the years, they can still live in style in another country.

But, that would lose real power.

Once you have real power, you will know what a wonderful taste it is.At this time, falling from a high altitude and only being a rich man, the sense of loss is unimaginable.

Lu Wuyou stood up at this moment.

"Mr. Trier, think about it carefully and don't rush to make a decision. We can afford to wait."

After speaking, he walked away.

Trier looked at Lu Wuyou's back going away, dazed.

"Minister... what should I do now?" the translator asked in a low voice.

"What should I do? You ask me, who do I ask? Do you really think that I have such great power to decide the land cession? Now I can only send the news back to the country and let the President and the Parliament discuss and decide!"

……

After Lu Wuyou finished talking with Trier, he went to meet Su Yuan and recounted the process of the conversation.

"Your Majesty, I don't think there is any problem with the other conditions. Only the condition of ceding Kote Port, I am afraid that Xifeng Kingdom will not accept it easily."

Su Yuan was sitting at his desk at the moment, reading the letter from Wen Laiguo.He replied casually: "If you don't accept it, you don't accept it. Just detain the people and the boat."

Lu Wuyou asked curiously: "Didn't Your Majesty decide to build a second island chain with Xifeng as the end point? If so, sooner or later we must hit the mainland. Now I want the port..."

"Why, Wuyou, do you think this is superfluous?"

"The minister has such an idea."

"Hehe, it's our business that we want to go to war, and Xifeng doesn't know now. If we tell them directly, then they will prepare more in advance, which is not a good thing for us. Asking for the port is just paralyzing their nerves. Let them I thought our appetite was just that big." Su Yuan laughed.

"Besides, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are many domestic affairs. The new round of construction after the new year, the affairs of the Martial Court, including the arrangement and release of the solicited criminal opinions... all these will take a lot of time."

Lu Wuyou nodded clearly: "I understand Your Majesty."

"By the way, take a look at this." Su Yuan handed the letter in his hand to Lu Wuyou, who immediately took it for inspection.

"Is this a statistic of the properties damaged by the people near Wenlai Coast?"

"Well. Let's advance the money first. In any case, Wen is also responsible for keeping the war out of our territory."

Lu Wuyou calculated that the compensation Wen Lai wanted was about 80 taels of silver, which is quite a lot, and it must be worthwhile.But compared with the [-] million that Dong'an asked for from Xifeng Kingdom, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

"I will send people to transport the money by sea as soon as possible." Lu Wuyou said, "I will continue to follow up on the envoys of the other two countries."

"Okay, I've worked hard for you this time."

Lu Wuyou smiled and said, "Where, this period of time is the happiest time for me."

Su Yuan was also in a good mood, and jokingly said: "Speaking of which, Wuyou, a loner, should get married. Is there any girl you like, and I will help you as a matchmaker."

"I don't dare to bother Your Majesty to be a matchmaker..." Lu Wuyou smiled wryly, "As for Xinyi woman, I don't have any... I work in the courtyard every day, so I don't have a chance to get to know her."

"That's true. When you are on vacation, go out more and get to know some people. Don't stay at home all day."

"I understand. But when it comes to this matter, I am so bold to ask... About the candidate for the empress..."

"You don't have to ask, it's naturally Zhou Shu."

Su Yuan would not be the second choice for this.

Zhou Shu has been with him for so long, and has always supported him unconditionally, helping him do this and that, and the two have a deep relationship, the position of queen can only be hers.

Lu Wuyou was very happy to hear what Su Yuan said.Although Zhou Shu's identity is a little sensitive, and her background as a princess of the former royal family, it is inevitable that idlers will slander her, but Su Yuan will definitely not pay attention to it.

Su Yuan was not very willing to mention this matter before, but now that he has no scruples, it means that the day of the grand ceremony is not far away, which is a good thing.

Hold a big ceremony as soon as possible and set a name, then the next step is naturally to have children.

It certainly won't hurt that the empire has an early heir.

but……

Lu Wuyou thought to himself, His Majesty is so young, it will be no problem to be a king for decades.If you have a child early, I don't know how long it will be until the child wants to inherit the position...

As a confidant, he had long-term thoughts, but Su Yuan himself didn't think so much.

Su Yuan just thought that after the new year, when everything is more stable, he will do the big gift, and he should give Zhou Shu a title.

(End of this chapter)