"The 500,000 gold coins you requested are not unpaid for the Boulder family, but don't you think such behavior is destroying the friendship between the two nobles?"

The long table used for negotiation is placed horizontally in the room. According to the regular table usage habit, the main seat must be located at one end of the long table, and then the left and right seats are arranged one after another. However, this habit is obviously not suitable for negotiation and diplomacy. Therefore, according to the traditional method, the two parties to the negotiation must sit on the left and right sides of the long table. In order to demonstrate the friendship and etiquette of the two parties to the negotiation, there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

However, for their respective diplomatic groups, there are still differences between main and secondary positions, so under normal circumstances, the number of people is mainly odd.

For example, the diplomatic group of the Boulder family, the nobleman with the title of earl sat in the middle of the long table facing the window. There were three other people sitting on both sides of his left and right. However, the only ones who were truly qualified to speak were the nobleman sitting in the main seat and the two people in the second seat on the left and right seats. The remaining four were basically responsible for the sorting of information, related written records, data transmission, etc.

Faced with this more formal diplomatic mission, Sean seemed a little amateur.

Because although he was sitting in the main seat in the middle and facing the other party's count, on his left is Cecilia and on his right are Neil and William. So it seems that Neil can be regarded as sitting in the main seat. There is nothing wrong with this small flaw, but now the Boulder family is in full swing, so it looks like Sean's side is a little short of breath.

The person who spoke at this time was the count sitting in the main seat. His attitude was not tough, but he could definitely be considered cold: "Your Excellency may say that the Duke and you are not from the same country, so you don't need to consider friendship. But I believe in one sentence: It is better to have more friends than to have more enemies... I wonder if you feel the same way?"

Jazz is not considered a noble rank. If you call Sean a lord, it is not a praise for a lord, but it has a derogatory meaning, especially when this is said from a person with the title of earl. However, if you call Sean directly as a lord, it is also not a ritual act, because this is a way of calling a savage.

Therefore, you naturally became the only choice.

But it is not easy to be able to shout "Your Excellency" with a sincere expression like this count.

However, Sean is not such a foolish person. Since the other party uses this as the opening remark, he naturally expresses his recognition of the rules set by Sean in the last negotiation from some perspective. However, whether there is a kindness from the Duke of Hatch or some kind of Boulder family or something else is meant to be a goodwill or something else, Sean cannot guess now, but his favorite thing is to beat the ball.

"I also agree with your words, and I have a good impression of people who know etiquette and respect. So I don't know..."

"Tedes, Tedes Boulder." The less young Count spoke immediately, "Your Excellency can call me Ted."

"Well... I wonder how much Mr. Ted thinks it is appropriate to compensate me?" Sean nodded and finished speaking his own words. "I believe that with Mr. Ted's wisdom, we can definitely make a decision that will satisfy each other in this regard, right?"

Facing Sean's smile, a hint of surprise flashed in Tedes' eyes, but it was only a moment, and then he quickly recovered, even pretending to lower his head and cough to hide the surprise in his eyes.

In fact, there is something worthy of surprise to Tedes.

Sean's rhetorical question seemed to have given him the initiative, but in fact he gained the advantage of the entire negotiation and the power of the overall situation. If his next answer could not satisfy Sean, it would be reasonable for Sean to cancel the negotiation, and even the Boulders would be infamous for it. Tedes had already prepared several plans, which gave him enough confidence to gradually gain advantage and control in the subsequent negotiations, so that the negotiations would become more beneficial to him.

But he never expected that this was a key compensation issue that he thought was a breakthrough, and in turn became the other party's breakthrough.

Tedes put away his slight contempt in his heart, and at the same time calmed down his annoyance. Since he had ignored this issue, he could never ignore other issues in this negotiation.

"A recipe for making 100,000 Ryan gold coins and black steel stone." As my thoughts changed, Tedes immediately figured out the key point. "I believe that with your foresight, you can understand the meaning of this recipe. Its value is definitely more beneficial than normal gold coins compensation, right?"

Although the Miracle Continent has a wide spread of knowledge because of the existence of the God of Wisdom, most ordinary people are literate. However, property rights knowledge like formulas still have extremely high value. Even if it is just a stone making recipe, its highest value is worth more than 100,000 gold coins, but in terms of long-term interests, it is indeed more valuable to Sean than those hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

The fact that Tedes was able to react so quickly was enough to prove the sincerity of the Boulder family. If Sean refused, then he would be unreasonable, and the control and rhythm of the negotiations would completely fall into Tedes' hands.

The ball was kicked back to Sean's hand again.

Sean glanced at Neil's right hand on the table from the corner of his eyes. The index finger of this hand kept tapping the tabletop slightly, so Sean smiled and said, "Of course, this proposal is very good... Then let's sign the contract now."

"Of course." Tedes smiled and nodded, his eyes could not tell whether he was happy or regretful, but he still did not gain the upper hand. "I like your serious attitude of being single and doing things."

The contract was temporarily drafted, but neither party had any opinions, so the signing went very smoothly.

Afterwards, the contract was kept in duplicate one for each party, but in addition to the original of the contract, Sean also kept a scroll. The content recorded on it was the recipe for the preparation and production process of black steel stone, as well as a pan-Continental Business Association Alliance anti-gold scroll with a denomination of 100,000.

"Well, since we both can reach an agreement on this matter, I hope that the next negotiations will also make both of us agree." Tedes smiled slightly, took advantage of this to change his tone, and rekindled his spirits, because he knew very well that the next negotiations were the most important matter. It can be said that the arrival of their entire envoy was for this matter. "For the redemption of Baron Ronnis, we are willing to pay a ransom of 100,000 Ryan gold coins. In this regard, you can ask for direct exchange of the redeemable gold rolls, or you can propose materials of equivalent total value... and in addition to releasing Baron Ronnis, all military actions are also hoped that you can stop immediately."

William wrote a note and handed it to Shaun. After looking at it, Shaun asked, "What does the so-called stop immediately include?"

This is a formal negotiation etiquette.

Only the three people in the main position and the left and right second position are qualified to speak, but under normal circumstances, the left and right second position only reminds and refutes when the main diplomat is negligent, and even attacks on some omissions. Those who are truly qualified to make decisions or even bargain are only those who sit in the main position, that is, in this negotiation, only Sean and Tedes have the right to bargain. Although the left and right second position of both sides can participate in the discussion, they cannot decide what.

People outside the second rank are not even qualified to discuss. If they have any questions or questions, they can only ask by the person in the main rank by writing on the sticky note. However, under normal circumstances, people outside the second rank are generally responsible for recording and transferring and sorting the information. They have almost never seen anyone submitting a sticky note to the main diplomat.

William's move immediately made Tedes notice that Sean's people might not be simple.

However, he quickly replied: "Including the removal of patrol garrisons on the border, and the return of two occupied lands, and for the next three years, the Lord's army shall not engage in any military acts against the lords involved in the joint."

"I cannot agree to this request." Sean shook his head and refused, as Tedes expected, "The noble coalition was formed first by your country, and my counterattack was only self-defense under pressure. Unless the two barons were willing to compensate for this, I agreed not to pursue the actions of these two barons in this incident, otherwise I would choose to attack at the right time."

"The two barons are willing to pay 30,000 gold coins each as compensation for the defeated party." Tedes said, "but I hope you can be given a grace. They will repay them in batches within six months. Of course, if you want other materials equivalent to the equivalent, the two barons will also agree to pay."

These two barons do not have much background in William's information. Unlike Ronnis, although they are barons, there is a shadow of the Marquis family behind them. So it is indeed very stressful for them to raise 30,000 gold coins to compensate, but from this point, it can be seen that these two barons are indeed more sincere in compensation. Sean naturally does not make too difficult for this. Anyway, the territory of these two barons is not an important place, and there is no place for him to use.

But he couldn't agree so easily, otherwise it would be detrimental to his subsequent negotiations.

Negotiation is originally a war and chess in another sense.

Negotiations between winners and losers are inherently unfair, just like the gap between an empire and a kingdom.

So Tedes had to argue one by one on the terms of these negotiations. For this reason, it only took the amount of apology from the two barons to argue for nearly half an hour before finally reaching an agreement: the compensation of the two barons would bring Sean a total of 70,000 Ryan gold coins.

Tedes gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he finally discovered the real difficulty of Sean's negotiation group. The limit of the two barons was 100,000 Ryan gold coins, but it included 60,000 gold coins and 40,000 materials equivalent to equivalent compensation. He could have almost made Sean promise to pay 30,000 gold coins each, but unexpectedly, because he missed a sentence, Cecilia grabbed her braid and bit her 70,000 compensation, including materials with a total value of 40,000 and 30,000 gold coins.

On the surface, the compensation seems to be very light, after all, it saves 30,000 gold coins.

But in fact, the total value of 40,000 gold coins is equivalent to completely emptiing the reserves of the two barons over the years, which is more valuable than the simple 40,000 gold coins. Because the market has always determined the price by demand, the shortage of materials will only lead to the price increase, which means that the little gold coins that the two barons still hold will be severely reduced.

Tedes has clearly felt the pressure of this negotiation. (To be continued. Please search for Piaotiansi, the novel is better, and it is updated faster!)
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