The atmosphere for peace talks can be said to be getting more and more intense. Many people know that the war may not continue. Each of these people understands this. They also feel that the current economic situation can be said to be better than before.

Times are much better. The economy has a huge relationship with the war. Sometimes the economy can show it, but sometimes these things may not be so clear, just like now.

Many people in the Northern Empire have heard about the peace talks and have begun to open their doors for business. Otherwise, they would not open their doors for business. In their opinion, this may be the territory of the Cao family business in the future, and they still do this business.

What are you doing? It is possible that everyone will be robbed by the people of the Cao Family Trading Company at that time. After seeing this situation, the emperor of the Northern Empire also made a good move against the people of the Cao Family Trading Company. Each of them

I feel that peace talks must be carried out, but the two sides have nothing in common on two key issues. To put it bluntly, what they are talking about is territory and compensation. If the peace talks are based on the price of the Western Empire, Cao

Of course the family business is willing, but the Northern Empire will definitely not be willing to do that. If they follow that idea, what is the difference between them and being defeated? Besides, the people in the Eastern Empire don't want the Northern Empire to negotiate peace.

Yes, if the Northern Empire also withdraws from the war, nominally the Eastern Empire will still be in a state of war with the Cao Family Trading Company. If this is the case, the Eastern Empire will become very passive, and the people within the Eastern Empire will also be

You are not a fool, they will also ask this question, why can peace talks be done with others, but not here? In the past, we could be said to be the largest empire, but now it is different from the past. Now we

The power of the Eastern Empire has been greatly reduced. Let alone the Cao Family Trading Company, even if there is a war with other empires, the Eastern Empire may not be able to hold on. Such things are very normal now.

There may be more things to do in the future.

Prince Wanhuai raised the two most important issues during the informal meeting the next day. He hoped that the people of the Cao Family Trading Company could rationally formulate the current conditions. Let them cede 270 provinces and pay 1.1 trillion in compensation.

This is impossible for Baiyin, and the people in the Cao Family Trading Company are not as open as the lion. According to their current war situation, it is normal to have these two things. Since the people from the Northern Empire are not willing,

Just look at what they think. When Prince Wanhuai took out this contract, everyone in the Cao Family Trading Company felt as if they had been teased. They were only willing to give out 30 provinces and a symbolic

The compensation is 50 billion taels of silver. As for other things, they don't care about you at all. The Cao Family Trading Company's request to station its own troops in some transportation thoroughfares and build military ports was simply ignored.

In fact, in Li Li's view, as long as the contract for building a military port and stationing troops can be approved, he can make some concessions in terms of land cession and compensation. After all, he does not have the ability to occupy so much land now.

The Cao Family Commercial Bank lacks a large number of officials who can manage the local area. These people are even more lacking for them, and they have no way to make some improvements to such things. So now they can only look at the situation in front of them.

That's it, other things need to be done slowly in the future. If it can be done well, the result will be very good. If the result is not good, both sides will still go to the battlefield to fight each other.

I saw it. The people from the Cao Family Trading Company immediately expressed their dissatisfaction. It can be said that they have no sincerity at all. If the people from the Cao Family Trading Company agree to their contract, then there will be no need for it in the future.

The word "negotiation" has been used. From now on, it will be whatever you say. We don't need to negotiate with you at all. I believe you all understand such things very well. For this reason, during the negotiation the next day

Li Li is no longer here, and Min De and Wu Zuoxi have become the protagonists. This also makes you people in the Northern Empire understand that our Cao Family Trading Company is not really going to negotiate peace with you now. If we really continue to attack,

I don't know how much your losses will be, and we are not fools.

"Your Highness, I don't think we need to continue talking about the contract you proposed. We both have to come to an agreement today. This has been several days. I think your time is also limited.

They are all very precious. We are also doing some big things in the rear of the Cao Family Trading Company. We don’t have that much time to spend here. If there can’t be some substantial close combat today, I think we will be better in the future.

There is no need to continue talking. Sometimes negotiations waste time, but sometimes there is no need to waste time. Our negotiation this time is the kind of negotiation that does not need to waste too much time." Today.

There was something wrong with the atmosphere at the beginning, and Prince Wanhuai could feel it. The fact that Li Yi didn't come today was a sign of it. Another reason was that Wu Zuoxi said such uncomfortable words when he came up today.

At that time, they all understood that no matter how serious the fighting between the two of you is, if you get to the negotiation table, you must abide by some necessary diplomatic rhetoric. If you do not abide by these things, you will not be able to do so in the future.

There is nothing to talk about. They are all very aware of the matter in front of them. Since you don’t want to talk about it, then we don’t need to waste time with you here. In fact, the other meaning of Wu Zuoxi is that you

If the time is very long, that is your own business. Our people don’t have that much time. You can also see that our people in Cao Family Trading Company are very busy. How can we spend such a busy time?

Squeezing out some of them is already our biggest concession. It is impossible for us to continue to waste time with you here. Wu Zuoxi’s words did not give these people in the Northern Empire any face. They

There are some ugly faces on their faces, but now that they are at the top, can they still scold them?

Prince Wanhuai's status is very high. At least in the Northern Empire, no one dares to talk to him like this. Wu Zuoxi was the prime minister in the Western Empire before. But so what, who can still remember the situation at that time?

I don’t know, it’s not because the people in the Western Empire couldn’t hold on anymore, so they let this guy become the prime minister. It’s for this reason that they don’t think much of this guy. Sometimes Wu Zuoxi is

A joke spread among the top management. Many people said that Wu Zuoxi was a traitor. But no matter what, he can be said to be successful today. He is almost the second-in-command of the Cao family firm, although he has never said this guy.

Although his status is very high, the two generations of heads of the Cao family firm believe in him. This alone is already very powerful. Several other first-class stewards also respect this guy very much. Because

His brain is relatively easy to use. He was very kind to the prince a few days ago, but today he is so embarrassed. Several of the entourage around the prince are familiar with some diplomatic matters.

The more profound thing is that I know that these people have not broken their faces yet, so they cannot act recklessly at this time, but Prince Wanhuai himself has not been so humiliated, even if he is in several other empires. Their officials

You can't speak to yourself like that, just because you are a nobleman. A nobleman who is more powerful than others. Others do not have this right and do not have this advantage of their own. That is because of this.

The reason is that this guy takes himself very seriously, sometimes beyond the eyes of many people. This is the first time that such a thing is not respected. In today's situation, they really feel

I was very sad. I really didn’t expect that one day things would be like this. A junior person would actually talk like that in front of me. This guy was about to scold Wu Zuoxi, but several of his followers quickly stopped him.

His Highness the Prince was brought back from the edge of rage and told him not to do such things. If he was really that angry, he could just keep quiet. Sometimes not talking is also a kind of protest, but it is just a protest like this.

It's just frustrating for the silent person. Many other people know this very well. They feel it's shameful for a prince to do this. But now that the Northern Empire is retreating steadily, the army is useless. Prince

I lose face, which is normal.

"What Mr. Wu said is what I want to say. Our Emperor has urged me again and again. These days of peace have been gone for a long time. There are many things going on within our empire. This indemnity and the cession of territory

The problem has always been the most difficult thing to deal with. How about this? Anyway, we haven't come up with a solution that satisfies both parties in a few days. Why don't we just open the skylight and speak frankly today, and you can put forward your proposals?

You must think carefully about the minimum requirements this time. Don't speak randomly. If we can agree, we will agree immediately. All other details can be thought of according to this general outline. I think this can save a lot of money.

For a short time, if you are willing, just ask. As long as it is what we can afford, the old man will never say a word "no" here, but if he cannot say it, then we will not need to negotiate in the future.

You can speak on the battlefield." The old prince is still somewhat bloody, and some people in the Northern Empire secretly give points to their master. This is already very good, at least for these people.

None of them have such ability. For them, this old prince is really very powerful. He can say such a trick, which the rest of them cannot say. It is for this reason that these guys

Everyone has done a very good job. As long as the people from the Cao Family Trading Company can put forward a condition, they can solve this problem well. Of course, these people are also concerned about the last words of the old prince.

Very frightened, how could this prince say anything and really compete on the battlefield? None of his own troops can take it. You can tell by looking at their appearance. They are now

The people from the Cao Family Trading Company were frightened when they saw them. How could they continue to fight with the people from the Cao Family Trading Company? This is simply impossible, so it was a bit risky for the old prince to say this, but it was also

It's all human nature. People like me don't have so many identity issues when they ask themselves. But when Wu Zuoxi said those words just now, people like him didn't feel very comfortable in their hearts. Not to mention that he was still a prince. In the past,

At that time, no one dared to talk to the prince like that. They were all looking for death.

"Haha, what the prince said seems inappropriate. If this matter goes according to what you said, prince, we would want to sign the armistice agreement. I remember that at the beginning, you people from the Northern Empire came to follow

We signed this agreement, not for those of us. You can also see it. Now at the negotiation table, who of us is more powerful? You can clearly score. Of course, you may not be familiar with it, Your Majesty.

Regarding some matters of negotiation, in fact, if it weren’t for the fact that our boss is still related to your Northern Empire, we might not be here to talk to you. We are not used to winning on the battlefield and then on the battlefield.

The ink has been on the negotiating table for such a long time. For us, some of the things in front of us should be carried out like this. If we can't end it like this, there will be no need to continue talking about some things in the future. I don't know about you.

What do you mean? According to your thoughts, Your Majesty, why don't you, the Northern Empire, tell you what you can afford, and we don't need to say anything about the rest. Meeting on the battlefield is actually not bad.

I know that we did not launch this war. You have never suffered a loss. Do you really have to be like the Western Empire and suffer a loss on the battlefield before you can negotiate with us at the negotiation table?" Min on the side

De said in a gloomy tone. His words were extremely rude. In fact, the people in the Cao Family Trading Company were also confused at this time. What was the reason for these people from the Northern Empire? Where did they come from?

What about their stubbornness? I really don’t know what they have in their heads. How could they say such arrogant words? Is it just because of a little friendship? Or a non-existent kinship, the major empires

In fact, they all have some kind of kinship, but in the face of huge interests, this kind of relationship is of no use at all. They may have said it well yesterday. Maybe they got into a fight today because of this matter.

, you all know what the fight was like in the end. From the very beginning, no one from the Cao Family Trading Company paid much attention to the relationship between the Northern Empire’s consort. When the war first began, the Northern Empire

The people there didn't care about the Prince Consort issue. At that time, they concentrated a lot of their strength to wipe out all the people in the Cao Family Trading Company. If you can do such a thing, we can also do it.

of.

"Mr. Minde's words are a bit exaggerated. Our Northern Empire suffered some losses on the battlefield in the early stages of the war, but this is nothing. For our entire empire, we can handle such losses.

Those who can afford it are within a certain range. You must know that our Northern Empire still has billions of soldiers who are good at fighting. As far as I know, although the army of the Cao Family Trading Company is very powerful, but now that you have developed

It's too fast. If it weren't for this reason, you people from Cao's Trading Company would not come to negotiate with us. Yes, for you, the negotiation was indeed initiated by us, but it was also beneficial to you. Before

At that time, people from the Cao Family Trading Company never negotiated, because you all knew that what you got on the battlefield would be more tangible and better than what you got on the negotiation table. That's why

The reason is, I know that each of you has your own sense of proportion in doing things. Now that the matter has reached this point, it is useless to talk about other things. Our Northern Empire has a limit to what we can give up. 100 provinces and 100 billion silver are us.

This is the maximum limit that I can give up. If you can accept it, our negotiations will continue. If you cannot accept it, I can only express my regret. After I go back, I think we may need to negotiate, but the big

Those are the two aspects." Prince Wanhuai also had a certain amount of emotion today, but this is indeed their bottom line. Just like what he said, although there are many things within the Northern Empire, the Northern Empire's

People are not defeated at this time, just some small-scale defeats. Let them accept huge defeats. This is also a very cruel thing for them. What he proposed is similar to what the Cao Family Trading Company proposed.

There is a big difference. The Cao Family Trading Company has basically admitted the territorial issue. They cannot manage a hundred provinces for the time being. However, if the garrison issue cannot be solved, there will be even greater trouble in the future.

Yes, those garrison troops played a good role in the past. If they refuse now, it will have a big impact on the Cao Family Trading Company's next deployment. Wu Zuoxi and Minde both looked at each other. They just came.

At that time, the military department had already said that the army at the front could still capture a few provinces, but that was already the maximum expansion of the army. Should we put more pressure on the Northern Empire at this time? Should we put more pressure on the Northern Empire?

Are they not under enough pressure? If so, they should be given some pressure.

"The river bank is over. We in the Cao Family Trading Company did not expect that after such a long time, we would get these so-called things here. We, the people in the Cao Family Trading Company, all have their own ways to recruit new people. The next time will be

If you people from the Northern Empire still want to continue the negotiation, this matter will not be that simple. People from the Cao Family Trading Company will also have some ideas of their own. We cannot just let things continue to develop like this. You guys

I believe you will understand something. What the Northern Empire has done is very surprising in our eyes. If you continue to make trouble about this matter, we will not be lenient. Please leave us within three days.

In the city, the frontline troops continue to enter a state of war. Since you don't want to negotiate peace with us in this way, then we will just fight a war to convince you. For us, nothing is wrong.

It's possible, we will do a good job in this matter. I hope you can have this kind of mentality in the future. Sorry, we still have a lot of things to do." Wu Zuoxi stood up and said, and Minde on the side also said

We stood up together. Although I also felt that Wu Zuoxi's decision was a bit excessive, there was no other way to say it. Especially in front of outsiders, such behavior is what should be done. If not, it would be

It’s a huge problem. Sometimes when something like this happens, you have to do that. Otherwise, good things won’t happen. Sometimes things are just not simple. Prince Wanhuai

The people he brought with him were also dumbfounded. How could such a thing happen? They just wanted to test it out. They did not expect that such a thing would happen in the end. They also did not expect that the negotiation would be so complicated.

broke apart. In fact, they didn't want it to happen, but there was no way. Since it had already happened, there was nothing more to say. They would all understand. The war would explain everything in the future, but they said it.

This is the bottom line of the Northern Empire. If the Cao Family Trading Firm cannot accept it, it will be a waste of time to continue the negotiation, and they are unlikely to achieve any results. From this aspect, this has been done very well.

It was correct once, and I won’t say anything else. They all knew this clearly. These people from the Northern Empire also stood up and left politely. It was not because of the breakdown of the negotiations. These people also
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