Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 997 998 Discuss the price before swearing

 Datang Empire, Nanshan Port.

 The place that had just become the territory of the Tang Empire was still full of joy everywhere. The civil affairs officials who came all the way from the Tang Empire have been tortured crazy by the busy government affairs these days.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they really wouldn’t believe that there was such a stupid city in the world.

Compared to the port area and the connected train station and airport that the Tang Empire helped to build, the level of construction of the entire city is almost the same as it was twenty years ago.

There are no connected sewers here, and the entire city relies on sewage pickers and a small number of sewage trucks for sewage discharge.

All the prosperity and splendor are built on the surface. Not far from the decent-looking building is a septic tank that needs to be transported and cleaned regularly.

Villages in cities are even more common. They are full of poor residents and low-rise houses everywhere. Most urban areas, especially those that have been expanded in recent years, are made of wooden houses, which are not modern at all.

The aristocratic residential area seems to have no problem, but their existence makes the urban area of ​​Nanfeng Port extremely inefficient, so it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

This is just a problem of urban construction. If you include the local people’s education problems, health problems, and even work problems, they need to be solved urgently.

 The health situation of local civilians is really worrying. They do not have a mature water supply system, and most of the urban population needs to rely on well water.

The officials who were mobilized from the Tang Empire to support them were almost intimidated by the difficulties at hand. Because there were so many problems, they didn't even know where to start.

Chu State wanted to dig a hole at that time, and also took away some information or even destroyed it, so the transfer work did not go smoothly.

The other party doesn’t intend to cooperate at all, or even if they want to, they can’t. Because there is a clear gap in the governance level of officials from both sides. Therefore, the officials of the Tang Empire were not interested in what the officials of the Chu State knew at all; the officials of the Chu State did not know the data that the officials of the Tang Empire wanted to know.

For example, when officials from the Tang Empire asked about the actual number of residents in Nanfeng Port, the local officials only gave a vague number of more than 450,000.

As for how many migrants there are and how many foreign businessmen there are, local officials simply have no idea and can't answer any questions.

Another example is that officials from the Tang Dynasty wanted to know how long the water supply and drainage pipelines in Nanfeng Port were and where they were located, but the local officials couldn't answer them at all.

They don’t even have a complete record of the total length of pipelines laid. They also calculate the cumulative length of pipeline laying and the length of pipelines consumed for repairing pipelines, making subsequent calculations almost impossible.

At the end of the incident, there were many bizarre dialogues that became classics for ridicule in the future: A frustrated official from the education department of the Tang Empire pounded the table and directly questioned the Chu officials: How much have you been greedy for, and how much have you left? Just tell me directly. I won't check you for corruption. I just want to know how much the remaining expenses are!

There are many similar weird things, so much so that after more than two months of busy work, the government management of Nanshan Port in the Tang Empire is still in chaos.

The harvest was not without success, that is, almost all the worms and mediocre officials left behind by the Chu State were driven home by the officials parachuted in from the Tang Empire.

What makes people laugh or cry is that without these Chu officials, the entire Nanshan Port is still operating well, which really swollen the faces of many people.

 …

In the Wenhua Palace of the Tang Empire, the elf envoy from the Yangmu Empire met with Nangong Hong, who was in charge of diplomacy. The purpose of his coming here is very interesting. He actually came to discuss the matter of condemning the Tang Empire.

"In view of the aggressiveness and arrogance shown by the Tang Empire in carving up Shu, it is necessary for our country to express its inner uneasiness and worry." The elf envoy from afar first expressed his intention to come.

Then he talked about the concerns of the Yangmu Empire: "This does not mean that there is turmoil in the relationship between the Yangmu Empire and the Tang Empire. I must explain to you here, Minister Nangong, between the Yangmu Empire and the Tang Empire, The friendship between the Tang Empire is immutable and we do not intend to cause any form of tension in the relationship.”

“…Mr. Special Envoy, I don’t understand what you mean.” Nangong Hong sneered and reminded the other party directly.

He continued after a reminder: "You want to say that the Yangmu Empire wants to condemn the Tang Empire, but does not want to cause misunderstandings from the Tang Empire and affect the relationship between the two countries?"

"That's right, we plan to issue a diplomatic statement to support the Shu Kingdom in its fight against Qin's aggression, and condemn the bad behavior of the Chu Kingdom in occupying the territory of the Shu Kingdom... In addition, our country will also condemn the Tang Empire's actions in the Qin-Shu War. A matter of position..." the Yangmu Empire's special envoy said cautiously. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Nangong Hong and quickly added: "It's just a statement of condemnation. Our country will not change its stance on cooperation with the Tang Empire, nor will it take any actual action on this matter itself. "

“You just scolded me, and then you wanted me to think you were farting?” Nangong Hong roughly translated the request of the special envoy of the Yangmu Empire.

"Probably...probably...that's about it." The Yangmu Empire's special envoy was a very handsome elf. Hearing Nangong Hong's vulgarity, he stuttered in embarrassment for a while before admitting.

"Do you think there is such a good thing in the world? If you scold someone, they will scold you for nothing, so let's forget about it?" Nangong Hong sneered and asked the other party.

"This..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire didn't know how to continue talking for a while.

"It's your country's business to issue a statement! What kind of countermeasures we take is our business!" Nangong Hong directly threatened the other party.

"Master Nangong, please understand our situation! This time I come with the will of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, and I am sincere. I hope your country can start negotiations on this matter..." The special envoy of the Yangmu Empire deliberately used two words: sincerity and sincerity. The word is accented.

Nangong Hong glanced at the other party and calmed down his tone: The other party knew to communicate first before swearing, and even sent a special envoy to negotiate on the matter. It was indeed a low enough position.

 So he didn’t mind giving the other party face: Since you are so sensible, let’s discuss how much compensation you should pay for scolding me.

Yangmu Empire is indeed willing to bid: for this sentence, they are willing to pay 1 million gold coins as a reward! The Yangmu Empire issued a statement first, and then the Tang Empire would add the price back to a batch of export materials.

  It is equivalent to saying that there is a diplomatic interaction within the scope that both parties think is reasonable. The Yangmu Empire appeared to be "strong" on the surface, but the Tang Empire later regained its ground in trade.

Then the Yangmu Empire died down, and the matter was dealt with coldly. The Yangmu Empire earned a fair and just reputation internationally, and the Datang Empire... well, it is an old gangster, and it is good to play itself.

After discussing this matter, the special envoys from the Yangmu Empire had just sent away, and the special envoys from the Binghan Empire also arrived. They were not here to condemn the Tang Empire.

 They came to discuss business with the Tang Empire: they were going to purchase a large number of arms, and they would pay directly in cash!

 The purpose of sending a special envoy to the Tang Empire this time was to keep the matter secret and not let any third party know about it. For this reason, their Ice Empire is willing to pay an additional 1.5 million in confidentiality funds.

After receiving the special envoy of the Ice Empire, even a fool Nangong Hong guessed that the Ice Empire was preparing to go to war with the Yangmu Empire.

Frankly speaking, this is almost a good opportunity: although the Tang Empire did not participate in the war on the surface, it was indeed distracted by the war between Qin and Shu and the civil war in the Great China Empire.

If we don't take the opportunity to expand at this time, then when the dust of the Western Continent settles, no matter what tricks we try here in the Eastern Continent, we will not be able to get rid of the influence of the Tang Empire.

While the Tang Empire has no time to look eastward, it may be the best choice for all countries in the world to expand quickly and then be prepared to unite to resist the Tang Empire's entry into the Eastern Continent.

 So, Nangong Hong immediately started thinking in his mind: Should the Tang Empire sell arms to the Binghan Empire so that the Binghan Empire could launch an invasion of the Yangmu Empire?

From the perspective of the Tang Empire, keeping the Eastern Continent in a divided state should be a more advantageous choice for itself.

Combined with the request from the Bingbing Empire's special envoy, Nangong Hong finally figured out why the Yangmu Empire would rather spend 1 million to curse the Tang Empire: they wanted to be a banner against the Tang Dynasty and unite those behind them. Sussus Lanes and other empires.

To put it bluntly, the Yangmu Empire has had a premonition that the Ice Empire is about to start a war with it, and they are trying to think of ways to build momentum and win allies!

Nangong Hong, who found it very interesting, did not immediately reply to the special envoy of the Ice Empire. He claimed that he would report the matter to His Majesty the Emperor and asked the special envoy of the Ice Empire to wait for two more days.

 The next day, when Nangong Hong reported the matter to Tang Mo, another interesting thing happened: the Lane Empire test-fired a Scud ballistic missile with a range of 300 kilometers.

This incident suddenly made the whole situation more delicate: the Eastern Continent was not monolithic. They seemed to have secretly formed an alliance with each other and were preparing to fight a larger war.

Nangong Hong immediately judged that simply preventing the Ice Empire from attacking the Yangmu Empire seemed to be unable to stop the war.

Then Tang Mo was ready to add fuel to the flames and help these countries add another fire: selling arms! Since you are ready to fight, I will let you have a good fight!

 (End of this chapter)