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Chapter 880: Turning the situation upside down, Su Xian is too evil!
With Su Xian's words falling to the ground.

The air in the meeting hall suddenly solidified.

No one expected that Su Xian's rejection would be so straightforward, so free and easy, and so decisive.

Especially the sentence "Whether Ping'an City is open or not has little impact on me, Daliang" is really too calm. Even the eyes of the two deputy envoys, Youzhou Governor, Luo Gan and others flashed sharply.

They knew the true situation of Daliang better than anyone else. It was a critical moment when they were short of money, but Su Xian said such words, which really surprised them.

Just now, they had been secretly worried about Su Xian's easy disclosure of Qu Yuuli's drawings, fearing that Su Xian would not understand the importance and continue to make concessions on the trading rules.

In the end, I never expected that Su Xian played a "return", being both accurate and hateful, and even calmly bragging...

They couldn't help but secretly worry and broke into a cold sweat for Su Xian.

But this time the worries are completely different from the worries just now.

"you……"

Nalanyan was choked so much that she stood up and pointed at Su Xian's nose with her far finger, looking furious.

Su Xian's toughness and determination were something she never expected.

At the very first moment, she thought a lot. If Su Xian really ended the negotiation, it would be a complete failure for them.

The mess in the Liao Kingdom will not end!

This made her feel confused.

However, after just a few breaths, Nalan Yan came back to her senses, thinking she had uncovered Su Xian's trick, and said with a smile:

"Just pretend! I don't believe it, but you are really willing to end this negotiation! If you don't open Ping'an City and trade with Daliao, you won't even be able to earn the 300 million taels of silver."

"That's it."

Su Xian stood up without any expression on his face. The two deputy envoys, the governor of Youzhou, and Luo Gan also stood up after seeing this, but they felt a little guilty.

"Then there is no need to continue this negotiation. You two, please return to Liao Kingdom. I have many things to do, so I won't accompany you!"

After he finished speaking, Su Xian pushed the chair away with a creaking sound, turned around and walked out of the meeting hall without looking back.

Yang Zhilan, the two deputy envoys, the governor of Youzhou and Luo Gan followed immediately. On the surface, they had to behave in the same way as Su Xian, but a lot of question marks arose in their hearts——

Does Su Xian really want to end this negotiation?
Is it true that Ping'an City is no longer open?
But the Liang Dynasty is short of money right now!

How will Su Xian explain to the Queen after returning to Beijing?

"Wait a minute!"

Fortunately, they had just taken two steps when the voice of Nalan Festival came from behind them, very calm, and there was a feeling of winning:

"Brother Su, why should he be acquainted with Yan'er? She is just the accompanying deputy envoy. Xiao Wang is the envoy of this negotiation. What I just said does not count. Please ask Brother Su to come back and talk again."

Su Xian stopped, looked back at Nalan Jie, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Well, for the sake of His Highness, I will give you another chance."

After saying this, Su Xian turned around and sat down on the original chair.

Youzhou Governor, Luo Gan and others also returned, feeling relieved.

"Humph!"

Nalan Yan snorted coldly, sat down heavily, her face turned pale, and she looked away arrogantly.

Su Xian really dared to turn around and leave, which was beyond her expectation. She thought she had a good grasp of the gap between Su Xian and Daliang, but Su Xian didn't play according to common sense at all.

If Nalanjie hadn't spoken out to save her, Su Xian would have really left.

She didn't care about the impact this would have on Daliang. She only knew that if this negotiation failed, the civil strife that had been temporarily suppressed in Liao would probably rebound soon.

And she is the sinner!
It was precisely for this reason that when Su Xian said, "I will give you one more chance," she did not refute and endured this cowardly attitude.

In the past, she would have jumped up and started fighting.

"Brother Su, Xiao Wang knows a little bit about the situation in Daliang."

Nalanjie looked calm and calm, looked at Su Xian and said with a smile:

"Although the difficulties in spring plowing in Daliang have been solved by Su Xian's Quyu plow, it will cost a lot to promote Quyu plow, right?"

"Also, since last year, the Liang Dynasty has suffered from frequent natural and man-made disasters. The court has also purchased grain for disaster relief. The national treasury may have already bottomed out, and decades of accumulation have been exhausted in one day."

"It can be said that the Liang Dynasty is currently short of money."

"Unfortunately, Xiao Wang heard two days ago that the Yellow River will probably flood again during this year's flood season. No matter how you deal with it, it will cost you countless money and food."

"Brother Su, please forgive Xiao Wang for being stupid. Considering the current situation in Daliang, what confidence does Brother Su have to refuse to trade with me, Daliao?"

"With the new trading rules, the Daliang Dynasty's annual tax has been reduced by 200 million taels, but there is still a full 300 million taels left, which is already quite a lot."

"Wouldn't it be good to use these 300 million taels to prevent the Yellow River from flooding?"

"..."

Nalan Jie spoke slowly and in a very gentle tone, but what he said made the deputy envoy, Youzhou governor, Luo Gan and others frown secretly.

Yes, the Liang Dynasty is indeed in urgent need of a lot of money.

This is Daliang's current weakness.

Being held tightly by Nalanjie.

Nalan Yan couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth, and looked at Su Xian triumphantly. After hearing what her brother said, it was obvious that the needs of the Liang Dynasty were more urgent.

Now she wants to see how stubborn Su Xian is!

The previous envoy of Daliang, Qian Zhongshu, was also speechless by Nalanjie's words just now, and finally compromised.

Although Su Xian is well-known and not a mortal, facing this rolling world trend, he is just an ordinary person. How can he stop it with his own strength?

"Humph."

Nalanyan snorted secretly and glanced sideways at Su Xian. After Su Xian was helpless and compromised, she would definitely humiliate Su Xian and regain the face she had just lost!
Her brother Nalan Jie, who was sitting next to her, also believed that he had a chance to win the negotiation.

In fact, the reason why he went south to Youzhou and proposed reopening Ping'an City was because it was an excellent opportunity to take advantage of it.

And the profits he occupied will be used to subsidize the eight major tribes within the Liao Kingdom. This is one of the reasons why he can suppress the eight major tribes.

Now it seems that this complete plan is about to succeed.

Nalanjie couldn't help but feel proud, calm and leisurely. Although this move was a bit sorry for Su Xian, for the sake of Liao country, he could only do this.

However, Su Xian did not change his expression when faced with Nalanjie's impeccable words.

Still sitting there as steady as a mountain, even with a faint smile on his lips.

"Still pretending!"

Nalanyan was very dissatisfied. Sitting opposite her, she could clearly see the expressions of Youzhou Governor, Luo Gan and Su Xian. Except for Su Xian, Luo Gan and others all had dejected faces.

Su Xian was the only one who was still holding on.

"His Royal Highness knows the situation of my Daliang very well."

Su Xian teased with a smile.

Listening to his relaxed laughter, everyone murmured a little, especially the Nalan brother and sister. Now that they were in this situation, how could Su Xian still have the confidence to laugh?
The deputy envoys, Youzhou Governor, Luo Gan and others also looked puzzled, especially the two deputy envoys. They knew that Qian Zhongshu was defeated at this level, but why did Su Xian...

Su Xian is very confident, seeing everyone's astonishment in his eyes, he smiled unconsciously:

"That being the case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know that not long ago, after civil strife broke out in the Liao Kingdom and the reopening of Ping'an City was suspended, I made a suggestion to Her Majesty the Queen."

Nalanjie's brows jumped and he stared at Su Xian with a burning gaze, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

Although he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what kind of suggestion Su Xian made.

"Shibo Division!"

Su Xian slowly said these three words, the smile on his lips grew thicker, and he added: "Open the sea for trade."

As Su Xian's words fell, the huge meeting hall became eerily quiet.

The deputy envoy, the governor of Youzhou, Luo Gan and others suddenly realized it, as if they had cleared the clouds and seen the blue sky.

That's right, it was Su Xian who proposed the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department to open the sea and trade some time ago. It was widely circulated at that time, and they naturally heard of it.

Suddenly, they all slapped themselves on the forehead, how could they forget this?

The profits from opening up sea trade are no less than the taxes of Ping'an City.

This is where Su Xian's confidence lies, and it's no wonder that he is full of confidence from beginning to end.

"what?!"

Nalan Yan looked horrified. She suddenly remembered that she had indeed heard about this matter earlier, but she did not take it seriously at that time.

Now being "sacrificed" by Su Xian, she panicked for a moment.

It turns out that Su Xian is really confident!

Now I think back to Su Xian's words just now, "Whether Ping An City is opened or not has little impact on me, Daliang", the meaning is completely different.

So in this case, they actually had the disadvantage when it came to opening Ping'an City?

Nalanyan couldn't help but shiver in her heart when she thought of the consequences of returning after the negotiation failed. The eight major tribes that were temporarily suppressed will definitely rebound, and the Liao Kingdom will be in chaos by then...

Nalan Jie's expression even changed slightly, and he was no longer as calm and composed as before.

Su Xian's "trump card" was beyond his expectation.

But after all, he was not Nalan Yan. He was confused for a while, but he soon forced himself to calm down.

He suddenly thought that the Liang Dynasty had the trump card of "Shibosi", so why didn't Qian Zhongshu use it when negotiating with them?

There is only one reason. Su Xian's so-called Shibo Division is just an empty frame, and at least it will not bring huge benefits to Daliang in the short term.

Su Xian's move was just bluffing.

After thinking about this, Nalanjie looked slightly relaxed, repeated his confidence and indifference just now, looked at Su Xian and said with a smile:

"Brother Su is indeed worthy of being the most talented young man in the world. Shibosi's idea can indeed make up for the losses of Ping'an City. Xiao Wang sincerely admires this."

"However, it is easy to prepare a city shipping company, but it is not so easy to build sea-going ships and go to sea for trade."

"Xiao Wang believes in Brother Su's ability that he will succeed in the end. However, sea-going ships are not that easy to build. Within two or three years, the Shipping Department will be an empty frame."

"However, when the Yellow River overflows, we will not obey Brother Su's orders. We will wait until two or three years to dredge the river. I'm afraid it will be too late."

"..."

After hearing Nalanjie's words, Su Xian had to sigh again. Nalanjie was really not an ordinary person, and he could discover the key to the problem in such a short period of time.

Su Xian cast an approving look at him.

Those who can single-handedly quell the civil strife in Liao have two skills.

Because in a way, Nalanjie was half right.

Su Xian is indeed bluffing.

why?
Because although the revenue of the Shibo Division is large, it cannot be used to dredge the river.

As early as the beginning of the preparations for the establishment of the Municipal Shipping Department, the Queen, monarchs and ministers had distributed the income and prepared a "budget" in advance, such as the food and salary for the imperial army and the garrison in various places. These "budgets" could not be tampered with at all.

Dredging the Yellow River is important, but the food and salary of the Forbidden Army and local garrisons are even more important. If the food and salary cannot be guaranteed, that is the real way to death.

In other words, Daliang is really short of money, and the 200 million taels needed to dredge the river have not been settled.

But he disguised himself so well that outsiders couldn't tell anything unusual.

"His Royal Highness, you don't know."

Su Xian was still calm and composed, and said with a smile:
"Right now, I, Daliang, are on good terms with Nanchen. The shipyard located in Dengzhou is full of old shipwrights from Nanchen."

"With these experienced craftsmen, the manufacturing cycle of sea-going ships will be greatly shortened. The latest news I have received is that in three to two months, my sea-going ship in Daliang will be ready for sea trials."

"..."

After hearing these words, Nalanjie's expression changed suddenly.

The confidence and calmness that he had finally regained just now completely disappeared.

What replaced it was deep worry.

When Nalan Yan saw this, her expression turned gloomy. This opportunity was rare. It should have been a perfect opportunity for them to blackmail the Liang Dynasty for a large amount of money, but——

But a monster like Su Xian appeared!
Kick them into a weak position.

Su Xian glanced sideways, and glanced at the faces of the Nalan brothers and sisters. He felt that it was not enough, so he thought for a while, and said with a smile:

"I think I said just now that I, Daliang, are currently on good terms with Nanchen, and there is no border market like Ping'an City between Daliang and Nanchen!"

After hearing this, the deputy envoy, Youzhou governor, Luo Gan and others felt very relieved.

That’s right, if you trade with Nanchen, your income tax may be twice that of Ping’an City!
After Nalan brother and sister heard this, their hearts sank completely to the bottom of their hearts. Their faces were not only worried, but also gradually turned ugly.

Su Xian was not bluffing this time. Although the idea of ​​opening a border market with Nan Chen was just a temporary idea, the more he thought about it, the more feasible it became.

The white sugar and soap from Daliang and the snow salt from Nanchen are all hugely profitable. If the imperial courts of the two countries impose a slight increase in tariffs, the profits will be very considerable.

After thinking about it secretly, Su Xian almost forgot that they were negotiating now. He looked up at the Nalan brothers and sisters, preparing to deliver the final blow:
"I almost forgot the last point. If His Royal Highness returns empty-handed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with business. Those eight major tribes that are temporarily stable may turn against each other at any time."

"..."

Su Xian's last blow was truly a critical hit, it was too lethal.

In fact, before he rushed to Youzhou, he didn't know the inside story of the Liao Dynasty. It was not until last night that he met a spy of the internal security who had returned from lurking in the Liao Kingdom. Only then did he understand Nalanjie's methods and hidden dangers in settling the civil strife in the Liao Dynasty.

The eight major tribes can be said to be the weakness and seven inches of the Liao Kingdom.

After Su Xian learned the news last night, he was overjoyed. Now he took it as the last blow and took advantage of Nalanjie's weakness on the spot. He was really good at it.

"It turns out that Brother Su... knows everything!"

Nalanjie's body was already weak, and under this critical attack, he almost lost his seat.

Fortunately, Nalan Yan at the side supported him, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground.

Nalan Yan looked very ugly as she supported her brother.

Originally, they had an absolute advantage in this negotiation, grasping Daliang's lack of money. That's how the previous envoy, Qian Zhongshu, compromised.

But Su Xian was so evil that he completely turned the situation upside down as soon as he came.

Now that Daliang is confident, the Liao Kingdom is more dependent on the opening of Ping'an City...

"Brother Su, please teach me!"

After Nalanjie sat firmly, he didn't care about anything else. He stood up and walked to Su Xian, bowing very respectfully:
"The current Liao Kingdom appears to be stable on the surface, but in reality there are turbulent undercurrents. If Xiao Wang returns empty-handed this time, the Liao Kingdom will inevitably be in chaos!"

"Brother Su already knows the details, and with his intelligence, he must be able to think of a solution. Please teach me!"

(End of this chapter)