Chapter 92: Bribing the Old Emperor
The news reached the Development Bureau.
Luo Jian, who had finally rested for a few days, had to start packing his luggage again and prepare for a diplomatic visit again.
He was very puzzled, how could it be like this?
Why did the secrets be leaked so quickly if the Kingdom of Freich was not allowed to do a good job of keeping secrets?
But it doesn’t make sense to worry about these things now. What’s important is how to resolve this crisis?
At the senior meeting of the Development Bureau.
Director Xiao Ziyuan said: "It is not time to fall apart with the Sausage Empire. Besides, we have made mistakes first. We can only try our best to appease the relationship between the two sides, and we cannot break up or even conflicts break out... This is something that we must do our best to avoid at this stage."
"Luo Jian! This difficult task is left to you. We must resolve this crisis, even if it takes a little price to explore the situation."
"Yes, Luo Jian understands!"
Luo Jian stood up and said.
But there are also a few voices expressing objections.
"I think our backs can be harder and we don't have to be afraid of the threat from an indigenous country."
"The "Go Home Mining Plan" has transported back millions of tons of heavy element mines, more than a dozen uranium enrichment plants and light water reactors, all under construction. It will take not long to build a large number of nuclear bombs, and the power of self-protection is enough."
"Our industrial strength has at least returned to the advanced level equivalent to Blue Star in 2000. The "Technology Tree Completion Plan" has completed more than 90%. The strength in energy, power, materials and other fields has exceeded some technologies and is even more advanced."
"The annual steel output has exceeded 1 billion tons, the annual grain output is 1.5 billion tons, and more than 300 million skilled workers with qualified quality."
"Although our comprehensive strength is not as good as Xia Kingdom on the Blue Star, it is at least equivalent to 60% to 70%."
"Since you already have such strong strength, there is no need to do anything to keep a low profile. If you can accept it, you can accept it. If you can't, you can tear down the cooperation agreement. Anyway, except for the 'dispatch workers', there is not much we need in the Saius Empire. Instead, we need the carbon bamboo silk from the Kingdom of Flexi."
Hear these sounds.
Xiao Ziyuan nodded, but did not refute, but said: "It is a good thing to have confidence and fighting spirit, but before destroying the Magic Association, we should avoid straits, so as not to expose our strength, arouse our opponents' vigilance, add additional variables, remember a word, arrogant soldiers will be defeated! We are not yet proud and complacent."
"yes!"
Everyone nodded.
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October 8th.
The Sausan Empire, the imperial capital Drapangong.
Luo Jian came to this very familiar city again.
Compared with more than four years ago, the city has undergone earth-shaking changes.
In the inner city aristocratic areas, European-style villas rose from the ground, and every detail inside and outside was comparing with luxury.
There are a large number of cars and Mercedes-Benz on the wide and flat cement road.
Fountain Square is magnificent.
There is also a long railway that leads directly to the inner city.
In addition, the power system, tap water system and heating system are all available.
There are even many noble families who have the conditions to buy expensive color TVs. Even if they can only receive one "international channel", they will buy them crazy and have to buy one anyway.
Perhaps in a few years, the inner city of Delapangong will gradually develop into a modern city, not much different from the landing city.
As for the outer city of Delapangong, which lives more than 30 million people, it is always another world, and no matter how many years have passed, it will not change much.
Of course, without the cheap goods continuously exported by the Development Bureau, the prosperity of the inner city of Delapangong is just a castle on the beach, which will collapse in an instant and will quickly return to its original appearance, leaving at most some remains.
"Everything that the aristocratic class of the Sausage Empire now has is a gift given by the pioneering bureau. If you cannot let you know this and cannot realize your own identity as a comprador, there will be more conflicts and misunderstandings in the future."
"You have to give some knocks appropriately!"
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The palace, the main hall of the government.
Standing in the middle of the hall, Luo Jian felt tremendous pressure.
"Shameless!"
"No faith! Damn it!"
"Why don't you apologize?"
"Xia Country Development Bureau, how do you want to end?"
"If you don't give a satisfactory explanation, don't try to get out of here alive!"
Faced with the rebukes and scoldings of countless noble ministers, Luo Jian lowered his head slightly, expressionless, and endured for a while.
When they scolded enough, they would stop scolding.
Luo Jian then slowly spoke: "It is indeed inappropriate to establish a trade route between the Kaituo Bureau and the Feilexi Kingdom without discussing it with your country in advance. I would like to express my deep regret for the misunderstandings caused by this!"
"Misunderstanding, regret? That's all?"
The eldest prince Nowes glared and was about to yell.
But Luo Jian said, "But I still have to explain it. First, the trade volume between the Kaifa and the Kingdom of Freich is only 200,000 gold coins per week, while the trade volume with the Sausage Empire is 5 million gold coins per day, which will increase to 10 million gold coins in the future. How many times are you doing the difference compared to the 200,000 gold coins per week?"
"Secondly, the Felec kingdom is so poor that the surrounding people are unwilling to infringe on it, because there is not much oil and water to fish for fishing. However, there is a specialty called carbon bamboo in the country. It has a considerable value in the Development Bureau and requires a large amount of purchase. It requires millions of tons of purchases every year. If the intermediaries of the Sausage Empire are asked to help purchase transportation, the transportation efficiency of the Colombian caravan is far from meeting our needs. We can only purchase transportation in person, not to save some freight or make more money, but to speed up transportation efficiency."
"Third, our cooperation with the Kingdom of Freich is not intentionally damaging the interests of the Soyas Empire, nor is it intentionally breaking the contract. It is just to obtain some carbon bamboo raw materials. The Development Bureau is willing to make a guarantee that it will not do such things in the future and will not establish direct trade relations with more countries. This is just an example, and I won't know how this is done?"
The words were finished.
Obviously, the persuasiveness of these three points is far from enough, and even arouses greater dissatisfaction and anger.
"There is a lot of market for 200,000 gold coins per week. This is the meat we snatched away from us!"
"It's simple to ask for carbon bamboo. There are also a lot of carbon bamboo in the Sausage Empire. You have to cut as much as you want. If you don't have enough transportation capacity, you can build the railway or organize more caravans to transport it. 200,000 gold coins per week are enough to deliver the carbon bamboo you want to you, or even launch a war to destroy the Kingdom of Freich. The profit of 200,000 gold coins per week will not be a loss to destroy such a kingdom!"
"What's wrong? As long as you cheat for the first time, there will be a second, third, countless times... and even a habit of cheating, and we will be deceived and humiliated again and again!"
"Don't make excuses! No one will believe anything you say. We are not fools who are easy to be fooled!"
"Okay OK OK OK OK ~"
Luo Jian clapped his hands and shook his head helplessly, "From the beginning, we were not asking to cooperate with the Sausage Empire, but because it was beneficial to both sides, so we could continue. Now, because of a little loss, you have lost your trust in the Development Bureau. OK! Since the foundation of trust is gone, the cooperation between the two countries, the daily trade volume of 5 million gold coins, the labor leasing of 400 million dispatched workers, and all cooperation projects can be cancelled."
"Indeed, after the cooperation is cancelled, the development bureau will suffer huge losses and need to re-establish the trade network. But for the Sausage Empire, it may be a considerable loss for you. Will you feel heartbroken for so long?"
This made a lot of people very excited.
"Damn it! Are you threatening us?"
"Believe it or not, we will destroy you directly?"
"Cancel cooperation? If you have the affinity, try it?"
The eldest prince Nowes's face turned pale: "The merchants without an empire travel thousands of miles and worked hard to sell the goods. The things in your factory can't be sold! You rely more on us!"
Some ministers also suggested: "It's better to kill this guy first and then destroy the Xia State Development Bureau!"
……etc.
But no matter how ruthless the nobles and ministers in the hall made, Luo Jian kept silent and stopped arguing.
The old emperor also frowned, not knowing what to do.
It lasted for three days.
It was not until October 12 that Luo Jian entered the palace and met the old emperor alone, and talked for a while.
The dispute between the Sausage Empire was properly resolved.
The cooperation between the two parties will continue and will not be cancelled.
Luo Jian also wrote an apology letter and a guarantee letter (just a declaration to the outside world) on behalf of the Kaituo Bureau, and will not establish trade routes with more countries in the future.
Of course, there are also rumors among the aristocratic class. In fact, the key to solving the problem was that Luo Jian bribed the old emperor and gave him 10 million gold coins every year to make up for the losses of the Soyas Empire.
This rumor is true. Luo Jian did bribe the old emperor. The annual 10 million gold coins happened to be equivalent to the trade volume of the Kaituo Bureau and the Feilexi Kingdom. If you use this as compensation and donate it to the old emperor alone, you will naturally no excuse to attack again.
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Inside the diplomatic embassy.
Alas ~
Luo Jian sighed and tasted the wine.
The problem has finally been settled.
Although 10 million gold coins are not much compared to the huge reserves of the Kaituo Bureau (and most of them will flow back to the Kaituo Bureau in the consumption cycle), he doesn't want to use this way of handling it again in the future. He feels a little frustrated and not very transparent.
Just then.
"Kill!"
"The Seventh Prince has an order to kill everyone in the museum!"
"Roar in, no one left!"
Chapter completed!