Chapter 79: Peace talks: Bargaining

Zuo Sheng came to the palace in Peicheng again, but the situation was different from the last time that the people in the palace were much more friendly, which is a good phenomenon.

"Big Zhao Zuosheng pays homage to the king." Zuosheng bowed.

"Well, there is no need to be too polite to the Lord." The King of Chu said ineffectively: "After thinking carefully, I feel that if I continue to fight, it will be of no benefit to both of you and me. Since this is the case, it is better to stop the troops and quit each other. Please also ask the Lord to return the King of Zhao. I said that I agreed to a peace agreement. Ten days later, I will go to Hulu City with Kings of Qi, King Deng, and King Chen to discuss the peace negotiations with Kings of Zhao, King Wei, and King Song. I will also order that from now on, our army will not launch an attack on you before the peace talks come to an end."

"The king is wise and thanks the great kindness of the people in the Central Plains in the next generation." Zuo Sheng said happily.

Ten days later, outside Hulu City, a high platform stood on the plain, which was built by the Western Army for peace talks.

Deng Sheng, King of Chu, King of Qi, King of Chen, King of Zhao, King of Wei, and King of Song, all climbed to the high platform together.

King Zhao smiled and said to King Chu: "Haha, I am very happy to know that King Chu is willing to negotiate. King Chu is indeed very wise."

"Hmph!" The King of Chu had no good face to give to King Zhao. After all, King Zhao was really inauthentic this time. Before the war started, Chu sent someone to find Zhao and said that everyone would join us and kill Wei. It doesn't matter if you didn't join us, but you actually joined Wei, which is embarrassing.

King Zhao smiled awkwardly, turned around and walked away, no longer making any boring things.

After the kings sat down, Deng Sheng, as the only person here who had no major conflicts with all countries, first spoke: "Everyone gathered together today to calm the war in the Central Plains and restore peace to the people of the world. Everyone spoke freely today and expressed their thoughts."

"What King Deng said is very true, and this is also our idea." King Zhao nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Deng Sheng continued, "Since that's the case, let me propose the terms of peace talks on behalf of us."

"Please give me a favor." King Zhao, King Wei, and King Song had no objection. After all, it was his own party who proposed the peace talks first, and it was very appropriate for them to give some conditions.

Deng Sheng was very satisfied with the other party's knowledge and knowledge, so he said: "Our conditions are very simple. You will compensate us for 500,000 stones of grain, one million gold, two hundred thousand cloth, fifty thousand war horses. In addition, you must recognize the fact that our Da Deng occupied Yingchuan County, Chu State occupied Lu County, and Taishan County, and return the city of Lu County occupied by you. You will also cede the land city of Dongping City, Dong County, Dongping City of Wei State and north of Ji River to the Jibei County of Song State."

"Impossible, you are taking advantage of the situation, we will never agree." The King of Wei jumped out first and joked. How could he agree with such harsh conditions? Not to mention that the winner is not decided now, even if he loses, he would not agree with such conditions. Moreover, Wei State still wants to cede land, which is even more impossible.

"King Deng, are your conditions too much?" King Zhao frowned.

"Hmph, we are all these conditions. If you don't agree, then let's continue to fight." King Chu said with a cold face. If you don't want to talk, are you willing to be me?

"If you fight, you will be afraid of you." The King of Wei is also a bad temper, and if we talk about it according to such conditions, Wei will suffer the greatest losses, so how could the King of Wei agree?

"King of Chu and King of Wei, don't be impatient. For this negotiation, you have to negotiate well and don't just say you're going to fight." Deng Sheng, as a peacemaker, came forward to persuade him.

"Hmph!" The King of Chu and King of Wei glared at each other and continued to sit down.

Seeing that he finally persuaded the King of Chu and the King of Wei, Deng Sheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although this time it was said that the seven countries were talking together, the most important thing was to agree with Chu and Wei.

"King of Wei, King Zhao, King Song, since you think the conditions we have put forward are unreasonable, then you can tell me what you should do to accept it." Deng Sheng said again.

The King of Wei was excited. Whether King Song was qualified, King Zhao had to stand up as the representative of the Eastern Army.

King Zhao said: "King Deng, your conditions are too harsh. You must be clear that we are not the defeated side, but we only proposed peace talks to calm the war and restore peace to the world. We will not accept such conditions."

Deng Sheng nodded. Of course, he knew that the other party would not agree. The conditions he just proposed were impossible for any of them. However, in negotiations, he had to offer a price everywhere and repay the money. Since Deng Sheng offered such a price, he was waiting for the other party to bargain.

Seeing that Deng Sheng did not object, King Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "King Deng, although this peace talk was initiated by us, we were not defeated. The matter of land ceasing is impossible. The condition proposed by us is that we recognize the fact that Deng occupied Yingchuan County and Chu occupied most of Taishan County and Lu County. However, it is impossible to hand over Qufu and Zuo County that we occupied. In addition, in order to show our sincerity, we can give you 100,000 stones of food and grass, 50,000 gold, 1,000 war horses, 10,000 cloth and silk each."

"Haha, King Zhao is really awesome in his price. Your conditions are less than one tenth of ours. How can you accept it? Let's give up another step. We can give up the land east of Dongping, but we must ced the land north of Jishui. In addition, Qufu and Zuo County must be returned. In addition, 300,000 stones of grain and grass, 400,000 gold, 30,000 war horses, 80,000 cloth, and 80,000 silk of silk." Deng Sheng gave in and put forward the conditions again.

When the King of Song heard the conditions proposed by Deng Sheng, his heart trembled. Deng Sheng gave up the land east of Dongping of Wei, but bit the land north of Jishui, which was bullying his weak Song State. So King of Song stared at King Zhao with a hint of prayer in his eyes, hoping that King Zhao would not sell himself.

Fortunately, King Zhao was still very moral, shook his head and said, "This is still too harsh, and we will not accept it. We can also give in. It is impossible to mortify land. Zuo County can return it to you. At the same time, food and grass are 150,000 stones, gold is 80,000, 5,000 war horses, cloth, and 30,000 silk."

"Hmph!" Deng Sheng sneered: "It seems that King Zhao is completely insincere."

King Zhao smiled and said, "Why should King Deng do this? This negotiation has to be negotiated slowly. Since I have bargained, if King Deng doesn't accept it, I can continue to offer."

Deng Sheng pondered for a while and offered another price: "We can give up the land east of Dongping and north of Jishui, but Qufu and Zuo County must be returned to us. We do not accept an incomplete Lu County. In addition, there are 200,000 stones of grain and grass, 150,000 gold, 10,000 war horses, 50,000 cloth and silk. This is our bottom line. If you still don't agree, then let's go back to reorganize your army and fight again."

Deng Sheng’s attitude this time is very firm. This is the bottom line. If you don’t agree, then continue to fight.

King Zhao wanted to force Deng Sheng to retreat again, but seeing that Deng Sheng was in a big way to start a fight after a disagreement, and the conditions proposed by Deng Sheng were not unacceptable, so he looked at King Wei and King Song, and saw that King Wei and King Song nodded one after another. That's right. King Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We accept your conditions."

Deng Sheng, King Qi, King Chu, and King Chen were relieved and finally agreed.

Since the conditions were negotiated, Deng Sheng asked someone to draft a peace agreement. The seven kings signed and stamped their seals in front of them. The peace agreement officially came into effect. At this point, the vigorous battle of the Central Plains finally came to an end.

After the peace agreement was reached, both sides retreated, and Deng Sheng and others returned to Peicheng and began to divide the spoils.

There were 10,000 war horses, 4,000 horses each of Deng and Qi, 2,000 horses, and Lu counties such as Qufu and Zuo County belonged to Chu, with 200,000 stones of food and grass, 150,000 stones of Qi, 50,000 stones of Chen, 150,000 stones of Chen, 30,000 gold, 20,000 gold, 50,000 gold, 50,000 gold, 50,000 gold, 50,000 gold each of Qi and Chu, and the cloth and silk were divided equally.

This distribution method takes into account the interests of all parties, and everyone can accept it and everyone is happy.
Chapter completed!