Five hundred and fortieth chapters categorically refused
To put it bluntly, Kossuth actually wants to get a free ticket. If he can get arms without spending money, that would be the best.
Kossuth's idea is actually quite normal. Every self-made revolutionary will have this kind of "simple" idea. After all, organizations like theirs are generally short of funds. It is naturally the best thing to be able to get things done without spending money.
good.
But the question is, who is Li Xiao? To put it bluntly, he is the ancestor of Bai Piao. He has always been the only one to vote for others in vain. How can he let others vote in vain? What's more, although he is pretending to be a man in the name of France, he really does not accept the French government.
He had received wages there, and he did not have that much capital to support Kossuth in vain.
Of course, even with so much capital, Li Xiao would not let Kossuth vote in vain. The Hungarian revolution was destined to be a bamboo basket, so he was stupid and threw the money into the water.
So even if he saw Kossuth's disappointment, Li Xiao was indifferent and just replied lightly: "Mr. Chairman, if these arms are mine, I can naturally give them to you in full to help you surround Hungary... But you
It should be clear that Russia, Hungary and Turkey have all announced border closures and a strict embargo on arms entering Hungary. These arms do not belong to the French government, but to Wallachia..."
After a pause, he continued to explain: "The Provisional Government of Wallachia does not intend to give arms to Hungary, they only want money... Let's put it this way, the only thing I personally can do with the French government is to make connections and help you
Obtain valuable arms. The transaction is a matter between you and the Wallachian Provisional Government, and we do not profit from it...So if you cannot satisfy the Wallachians, there is nothing we can do to help you!"
Li Xiao acted like he was not an arms manufacturer but an arms transporter, which made Kossuth a little confused. He also knew how difficult it was for Hungary to get some arms. He originally expected to blackmail France, but who would have thought
The French are smarter than monkeys and are not fooled at all.
Kossuth did not believe that France or someone was really just a middleman in these transactions. He could see that the Wallachians were in awe of someone, almost submissive to someone, and it was just about asking for money.
Is it a matter of someone’s words?
He believed that someone just wanted to make money and was an unscrupulous vampire who was ready to blackmail Hungary.
This is true, because Li Xiao really has this idea. Although he wants Hungary to help hold back Austria and Paskovich, he does not feel that he must coax the Hungarians because of this. On the contrary, he
To achieve the goal, we have to take advantage of the Hungarians.
"Mr. Diomede, you should know very well that our current financial situation is very pessimistic. The funding gap is very large. We would like to break a penny in half and spend it... It is really difficult for us to spend huge sums of money to purchase arms. Don't be afraid.
To be honest with you, the last transaction has basically exhausted our remaining funds, and now our government can no longer uncover the pot!"
Kossuth decided to commit suicide. He felt that Li Xiao was also a representative of the French government, and as long as he refused to let go, the French would not watch them being wiped out by Austria. No matter how he said it, he had to make some sense.
This judgment was really wrong, because although Li Xiao had the endorsement of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was really a ***, and the French government did not give him a cent. So even if Kossuth said something terrible, he would not give in at all.
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I saw him replying very calmly: "Mr. Chairman, I feel for your difficulties and hope to do our best to help you. So before, we tried our best to give you a large number of weapons and ammunition. This is the limit of what I can do."
Already."
Before Kossuth could interrupt, Li Xiao added: "If your finances are really tight, I think you can try to confiscate the Austrians' properties or launch a nationwide fundraiser. Wallachia only recognizes money but not people. Without money, it is
We really can’t get arms!”
Kossuth looked at Li Xiao blankly. He really didn't expect the French to be so decisive and ignorant. Especially the sentence about recognizing money but not people made him sick. Indifferently, he felt that France
People are so ugly and really disgusting!
But Kossuth couldn't turn against him yet. After all, Li Xiao was his only hope of obtaining arms. If someone drove him away, all his political ambitions would be in vain, at least half of them would be in vain.
After thinking about it, Kossuth shamelessly begged again: "Even so, can you do a job for the Wallachians and let them give more preferential treatment!"
Li Xiao was a little annoyed. People are always greedy. He began to regret that he had given arms to Kossuth so quickly and completed the deal. He should have dragged him to impress him and let him know how difficult it is to obtain arms.
How to cherish it.
How is it like now? The transaction was so smooth that he thought things were simple and he bargained shamelessly. He was really greedy!
So Li Xiao replied simply: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman. This is already the best price I can get for you, and it can't be lower. The Wallachians were even prepared to raise the price before, but I paid the price."
It took a lot of efforts to dispel their idea. If you think this price is still too high, then I can only regret to tell you that there is no way to complete the transaction!"
Kossuth's face was not very good, because Li Xiao's refusal was too decisive, which made him think that the French were not sincere at all and that the French were too greedy. He felt that some Wallachia's broken weapons were sold so expensively
, it’s just blackmail!
But he never thought that even Li Xiao couldn't buy such shabby Hungary, so he said he should never talk about relationships with politicians, because they never have relationships!
The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while. Kossuth was so angry that he didn't want to speak, while Li Xiao had said everything he needed to say and had nothing more to say. The two just stared at each other in silence, neither of them willing to bow their heads first.
After a long time, seeing that Li Xiao remained unmoved, Kossuth had no choice but to give in easily, so he replied coldly: "Let's do this, Mr. Diomede. You can decide on the price."
If they can give Wallachians a better deal on their jobs, how about we continue talking?"
Li Xiao didn't even scold her directly, "I'm so generous to you. Why do you have so little money to do this? I'm really spoiling you."
He was too lazy to continue talking nonsense, stood up and replied decisively: "Mr. Chairman, it is impossible to get a discount. I can only say that today's price is already very favorable. If you pass this village, there will be no such store. If you can make a decision today
, that’s the price...but after today, the price is likely to increase. Please make a decision as soon as possible!”