Chapter 111: The aggressive Su Hong

Thinking that Deng State's representative was descendant of Su Hong, Li Bu's mood was not very beautiful. After contacting Su Hong, Li Bu knew that Su Hong was not an easy person to deal with. It would be difficult to get a advantage from Su Hong.

On the other hand, Su Hong was also thinking hard about how to maximize the interests. Although Deng Sheng gave the bottom line, that was Deng Sheng's bottom line rather than Su Hong's bottom line. In Su Hong's view, this negotiation not only wanted to enhance the strength of Deng, but also weaken the strength of Han to the greatest extent.

Since Deng Sheng ascended the throne, the Han State has always been a major concern of Deng State. It has almost destroyed Deng State many times. If Deng State has the biggest enemy, it must be the Han State. Since its establishment, Deng State has always been the leader of the Han State. It can be said that it is the most loyal young brother of the Han State. However, when King Wuzhuang raised an army to attack Han, the Han State almost stole Deng State's lair. After Deng State ascended the throne, the Han State attacked Deng State twice. In the past, Deng State was weak and bullied by the Han State everywhere, but the feng shui changed. Today, it finally came to Deng State to become a big shot. If he didn't cut off a piece of meat from the Han State, the subjects of Deng State would not agree.

The next day, at the Jingyang Palace, Deng Sheng met with the Han envoy Li Bu. After some commercial hype, Deng Sheng asked Su Hong to take Li Bu to the side hall for negotiation.

In the side hall of Jingyang Palace, Su Hong and Li Bu sat opposite each other, but their moods were very different. Su Hong was as comfortable as the spring breeze at this time, and Li Bu looked at the smile on Su Hong's face and felt cold. In Li Bu's opinion, Su Hong was hiding a knife in his smile.

Su Hong looked at Li Bu and smiled and said, "Mr. Li, it's been a while since he left Chang'an, so I'll be fine."

Seeing Su Hong mentioning the matter in Chang'an, Su Hong smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, Lord Su still has the same style."

"Mr. Li, you don't know. Just when Lord Li first entered Wancheng, my king asked me if I should invite Lord Li out of Wancheng." Su Hong showed a ghostly smile and pronounced the word "please".

After hearing this, Li Bu was upset, wasn’t he just going to drive himself out of Wancheng? If this is true, then he will lose all his face.

Li Bu smiled wryly and said, "The incident in Chang'an is a misunderstanding. My king and the ministers in the court realized afterwards that it was wrong to do so. However, Lord Su had left Guanzhong at that time and had no explanation. I hope Lord Su will forgive me!"

Su Hong's smile did not diminish and said, "Haha, I also think that the King of Han was just a moment of confusion, so when my king asked me, I thought it was inappropriate. The King of Han was ignorant. I, the King of Han, cannot learn from the King of Han, Lord Li, do you think so?"

Li Bu smiled humbly and said, "Mr. Su is very wise and admires me." He said this, but he cursed in his heart. Does Su Hong say this mean that the entire Han Dynasty ruler and ministers are people who do not understand etiquette and rules?

"Since Lord Li agrees with me, then we should not waste our time. I know what Lord Li came to Wancheng this time, so let's get the point." Seeing that Ma Wei was almost done, Su Hong was too lazy to continue to argue with Li Bu, so he got the point.

Li Bu nodded repeatedly. He had already had enough of Su Hong's sarcasm. He was eager to finish the talk quickly and leave quickly. So he said, "Mr. Su, since the matter in Chang'an is a misunderstanding, and your country has already got the lottery back. If you don't have such a thing, let's give up, okay?"

Li Bu means that if we admit it, we will be beaten even if we get it. It’s better to just forget it.

Su Hong shook his head and said, "Mr. Li said it lightly. Although the matter in Chang'an was a misunderstanding, he was kicked out of Chang'an in full view of everyone. Now the whole world is watching the jokes between me and Da Deng. How can I expose it with a misunderstanding? If this is true, why should I, Da Deng, mobilize all my troops? You say yes."

Su Hong’s meaning is very simple. Whether it is a misunderstanding or not, this incident has caused criticism from both the people of Deng. He has lost his face. It would be too simple to try to solve the problem with a misunderstanding. If you don’t come up with something practical, you can’t think of it.

"Then I wonder what King Deng wants?" Li Bu said with a gloomy face. He knew that things would not be that simple. He just wanted to test Su Hong.

Su Hong smiled and said, "Mr. Li is right. Since you have done something wrong, how can you not pay a price? My king's conditions are very simple. This matter is caused by your country, so the consequences should naturally be borne by your country."

Li Bu nodded, agreeing with Su Hong's statement.

Seeing that Li Bu did not respond, Su Hong continued to say to himself: "My king said that as long as your country ceded the land of Hongnong County, we will compensate me for 500,000 gold, 1 million stone of grain, 100,000 war horses, 200,000 silk, and 200,000 silk, each of silk, and 200,000 silk, this matter can be revealed. I wonder what Lord Li wants?"

When Li Bu heard this, his eyes were straightened. He didn't want compensation. He wanted the life of the Han Dynasty. So he shook his head like a rattle and said, "No, Lord Su is taking advantage of the situation. Please forgive me for such conditions."

"Then I wonder how your country wants to expose this matter?" Su Hong also knew that Li Bu would not accept such conditions. He offered a offer and waited for Li Bu to bargain.

Li Bu said: "Mr. Su doesn't know that your country's cavalry was destroying Guanzhong, which caused our Han Dynasty to have food shortages. Therefore, it is impossible to have one million stones of food, and it is impossible to say that the land is ceasing. The conditions for our dynasty are 100,000 gold, 50,000 stones of food, 3,000 war horses, 10,000 silk, each of silk and cloth."

"Is Lord Li sending beggars? Do you know that just for the misunderstandings mentioned by Lord Li, I, Da Deng, used a lot of manpower and material resources, and killed and injured many soldiers." Su Hong glared at Li Bu.

Li Bu looked at Su Hong's sharp eyes and couldn't help feeling nervous, so he said carefully: "Mr. Su, my man has suffered too much losses in this battle, and the Longguan war has not yet ended, and money and food are also very tight. As for the war horses, I don't have many men. I hope Lord Su will forgive me!"

After hearing this, Su Hong felt like his face changed in a second, and his face was filled with a smile: "Since Lord Li said this, I believe that my king is not an unreasonable person, so I will give Lord Li a face. We want to go to Lantian to Wuguan, and there is another grain, so just 300,000 stones, 80,000 war horses, 150,000 silk, and 150,000 silk each? This concession is very big. Lord Li should not take the kindness as tolerant." When he said this, although Su Hong still had a smile on his face, his tone was getting tougher and tougher.

Li Bu was sweating profusely and gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Su, it is impossible to cede land. If I don't say that my king will not agree, even the Han people will not agree. My court is willing to pay 200,000 gold, 150,000 stones of food and grass, 20,000 war horses, 100,000 silk, and 100,000 silk each of silk and cloth."

After hearing this, Su Hong shook his head and said, "Mr. Li, you are so insincere. I think we have no need to continue talking. Let me tell you something. Since your country is reluctant to let you take it, let my soldiers from Da Deng go and take it away." After that, he stood up and planned to leave.

Seeing that Su Hong was about to leave, Li Bu was anxious and hurriedly pulled Su Hong's sleeve and said, "Mr. Su, 300,000 gold, 200,000 stones of food and grass, 50,000 war horses, 150,000 silk and cloth. This is the bottom line of our dynasty. I hope Lord Su will forgive me."

Su Hong smiled and turned around and said, "Mr. Li, this is the right thing to do. When the two countries communicate, they have to rely on sincerity. However, since Lord. Su said that your country's food is tight, then our dynasty will not want the 200,000 shi of grain. What if we add another 10,000 war horses?"

"This..." Li Bu couldn't keep up with Su Hong's brain circuit, but it was not impossible to exchange war horses for food, so he said: "Mr. Su, this matter needs to be returned to my king before he can decide."
Chapter completed!