Lord of War

"The 500,000 gold coins requested by Your Excellency are not impossible for the Boulder family to pay, but don't you think such behavior is damaging the friendship between the two nobles?"

The long table for talking and talking is placed horizontally in the room. According to the formal habit of using the table, the main seat must be at one end of the long table, and then the two seats on the left and right are arranged one by one. However, this habit obviously does not apply to half-talk diplomacy. Therefore, according to the traditional method, the negotiating parties must sit on the left and right sides of the long table. In order to show the friendship and etiquette of the negotiating parties, there is no superior and Subordinate distinction.

But for their respective diplomatic corps, there are still primary and secondary points, so under normal circumstances, the number of people is also dominated by odd numbers.

Like the diplomatic corps of the Boulder family, the nobleman with the title of Earl sat in the middle of the long table facing the window, and there were three other people sitting on the left and right sides of him, but the only ones who were really qualified to speak were those sitting in the main seat. The nobleman in the seat, and the two people in the second seats on the left and right, and the remaining four are basically in charge of sorting out the data, related written records, data transmission, and so on.

Facing this relatively formal diplomatic mission, Sean seemed a bit amateurish.

Because although he was sitting in the middle seat, facing the other earl, Cecilia was on his left, and Neil and William were on his right. So it seems that Neil can actually be regarded as sitting on the main seat. This small flaw is nothing to begin with, but now that the Boulder family is in full swing, it seems that Sean's side is a little short of breath. up.

The one who spoke at this time was the earl sitting on the main seat. His attitude was not tough, but he could definitely be regarded as cold: "Your Excellency may say that the Duke and you are not from the same country, so you don't Friendship needs to be considered. But I believe in a saying, one more friend is better than one more enemy..., I wonder if you also feel the same?"

Sir is not considered a nobleman. If you call Sean Sir, it is not a compliment to a lord but a derogatory meaning, especially if this is said from a person who holds the title of earl. But if you call Sean directly as the lord, this is also not an etiquette behavior, because this is a barbarian way of addressing.

Therefore, your Excellency naturally became the only choice.

It's just that it's not easy to be able to call out the honorific "Your Excellency" with a sincere face like this earl.

However, Sean is not such a person to be fooled easily. Since the other party used such words as an opening statement, it was natural that in some way they recognized the rules established by Sean in the previous negotiation. However, whether there is some kind of favor from the Duke of Hatch or the Boulder family or other meanings, then Sean can't figure it out now, but his favorite thing is playing football.

"I also agree with your words, and I have a good impression of people who know etiquette and respect. Then I don't know..."

"Teds, Tedsbold." You, who is no longer young, said immediately, "Your Excellency can call me Ted."

"Hmm... I don't know how much Mr. Ted thinks it's more appropriate to compensate me?" Sean nodded and finished his words, "I believe that with Mr. Ted's wisdom, we can definitely make a settlement for each other in this respect." Satisfied with the decision, right."

Facing Xiao En's smile, a trace of surprise flashed in Tedes' eyes, but it was only for a moment, and then he recovered quickly, and even pretended to lower his head and cough to cover up the momentary surprise in his eyes.

In fact, there was something about it that surprised Tedes.

Sean's rhetorical question seems to have given him the initiative, but in fact it is gaining the upper hand in the entire negotiation and controlling the overall situation. If his next answer cannot satisfy Sean, then Sean will cancel the negotiation. It is reasonable to talk about it halfway, and even the Boulder family will be notorious for it. Originally, Tedes had prepared several sets of plans, which gave him enough confidence to gradually gain the upper hand and control in the next half of the talk, thus making the half of the talk more beneficial to him.

However, he never expected that the key issue of compensation, which he regarded as a breakthrough, turned out to be a breakthrough for the other party.

Tedes put away the contempt in his heart, and at the same time calmed down the annoyance in his heart. Since he ignored this issue, he must not ignore other issues in this negotiation.

"The formula for making one hundred thousand lyne gold coins and black steel stones." As his thoughts turned, Tedes immediately figured out the key point, "I believe that with your foresight, you will be able to understand the meaning of this formula. Its value is definitely more favorable than the normal gold coin compensation, isn't it?"

Although the Miracle Continent has a very wide spread of knowledge due to the existence of the God of Wisdom, even ordinary civilians are mostly literate. It's just that knowledge of property rights such as formulas still has extremely high value. Even if it's just a formula for making stone materials, the highest value is worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins. But in terms of long-term benefits, for Xiao En is indeed more valuable than those hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Tedes's ability to respond so quickly is enough to prove the sincerity of the Boulder family. If Sean refuses, then he will indeed be irrelevant, and the half-talked-about control and rhythm will be completely lost. into the hands of Tedes.

The ball was kicked back into Sean's hands again.

Out of the corner of Sean's eye, he glanced at Neil's right hand on the table. The index finger of this hand kept tapping on the table, so Sean smiled and said, "Of course, this proposal is very good..., so we now Just sign the contract."

"Of course." Qin Desi also nodded with a smile. The look in his eyes couldn't tell whether he was happy or regretful, but he still failed to gain the upper hand. "I like your serious attitude of taking one thing at a time."

This contract was temporarily drafted, but neither party had any opinions, so the signing went very smoothly.

Afterwards, the contract was kept in duplicate, and each party kept one copy. However, in addition to the original contract, Sean also kept a scroll, which recorded the recipe for the preparation and production process of the black steel stone, and A Pancontinental Chamber of Commerce Union Gold Voucher with a denomination of 100,000.

"Well, since both of us can reach an agreement on this matter, then I hope that the next negotiation can also make both of us reach an agreement." Tedes smiled slightly, took advantage of this to take a breath, and re-energized Take a break, because he knows very well that the next half of the conversation is really the most important thing. It can be said that the arrival of their entire envoy is for this matter, "For the redemption of Baron Langness, we are willing to pay one hundred thousand lyne For the ransom of gold coins, in this respect, you can ask for a direct exchange for a gold exchange roll, or you can ask for supplies with a total value of the same amount..., and all military actions other than the release of Baron Ronnies also hope that you can stop immediately."

William wrote a note and handed it to Sean. Sean glanced at it and asked, "What does the so-called immediate stop include?"

This is the etiquette of negotiation.

Only the three people in the main position and the left and right secondary positions are eligible to speak, but under normal circumstances, the left and right secondary positions only remind and refute when the main diplomat is negligent, and even attack some problems such as arsenic leaks. The only person who is really qualified to make a decision or even bargain is the person sitting in the main seat. That is to say, in this negotiation, only Sean and Teds have the right to bargain, and although the left and right seats of the two parties can participate in the discussion , but it does not determine anything.

Those who are not in the secondary position are not even qualified to discuss. If they have any questions or doubts, they can only ask the person in the main position by writing on a sticky note. However, under normal circumstances, people who sit outside the second seat are generally responsible for the transmission and arrangement of records and materials. It is almost never seen that anyone will hand over a note to the chief diplomat.

William's move immediately made Tedes notice that the people on Sean's side might not be easy.

However, he quickly replied: "Including the withdrawal of the patrolling garrison on the border, and the return of the two occupied areas, and in the next three years, your army will not conduct any military actions against the lords participating in the alliance."

"It is impossible for me to agree to this request." Sean shook his head and refused as Tedes expected. If the two barons are willing to compensate for this, then I agree not to pursue the actions of these two barons in this incident, otherwise I will choose to attack when I think it is appropriate."

"The two barons are willing to pay 30,000 gold coins each as compensation for the defeated party." Tedes said, "However, I hope your Excellency can set a limit and they will repay them in installments within six months. Of course, if you want to The two barons also agreed to pay for other materials of equal value."

The two barons didn't have much background in William's information, unlike Lonnie, who was called a baron, but behind them was the shadow of a marquis family. Therefore, it is indeed very stressful for them to collect the compensation of 30,000 gold coins, but from this point, it can also be seen that the two barons are indeed more sincere in compensation, and Sean naturally did not feel too embarrassed about this. Anyway, the territory of these two barons is not an important place, and there is no place for him to use.

But it is impossible for him to agree so easily, otherwise, it will naturally be unfavorable for his next half of the conversation.

In the middle of the talk, it was originally a war and a game of chess in another sense.

There is no fairness in the conversation between winners and losers. It is like the gap between an empire and a kingdom.

Therefore, Tedes had to argue one by one for the terms of these negotiations. For this reason, it took nearly half an hour to argue about the terms of the two barons' apologies before finally reaching an agreement: The compensation of the two barons will bring Sean a total income worth 70,000 lyne gold coins.

Tedes lightly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he finally discovered the real difficulty of the negotiating team, Sean. The limit of the two barons is 100,000 renmin coins, but it includes 60,000 gold coins and 40,000 equivalent compensation materials. Originally, he was almost able to get Sean to agree to pay 30,000 ren coins each. But he didn't expect that because he missed a word, Cecilia would grab her by the braids and clenched a compensation of 70,000 yuan, including supplies with a total value of 40,000 yuan and 30,000 gold coins.

On the surface, it seems that this compensation is actually very light, after all, it saved 30,000 gold coins.

But in fact, the total value of 40,000 gold coins is tantamount to completely emptying out the reserves of the two baronies over the years, which is more valuable than the simple 40,000 gold coins. Because the market has always determined the price based on the demand, the shortage of materials will only lead to an increase in the price. This is equivalent to saying that the few gold coins still held by the two barons will be severely reduced.

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