The Red Age of Sword and Magic

Chapter 180 There is nothing that cannot be negotiated

Randy was taken aback for a moment, and instantly knew where the pitfall of his knighthood was, and he was waiting here.

By the way, don't you Lucians investigate how much property I have before you canonize me?Do I look like a fat sheep?

The Minister of Finance still smiled, "I heard that there are a lot of treasures in the Dragon Cave, how much is 1000 million gold coins for a dragon knight?

Not long ago, you received a reward of 100 million rubles from His Majesty, and the nobles are very dissatisfied.

Of course, I will not force others. Once you hand in all the tribute, I will immediately order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle the transfer of land ownership, and ask the Ministry of War to withdraw the troops stationed there. "

Ah, I can't get the territory directly for feelings. If I don't pay, I will be an empty duke who has nothing and doesn't even pay salary.

Seeing Randy in a daze, Zeng Jiayi poked Randy and looked back at the Minister of Finance, "My lord, please wait a few days, Duke Lan will go back to raise tribute."

"You guys have to hurry up, this time His Majesty canonize the Duke of Lan, I strongly advocated it.

The former king intended to sell Alaska 30 years ago, but it happened that a large spiritual vein mine was discovered in the Urals at that time, and the government's funding situation was eased.

Now... The Dark Federation is in contact with Gilles, and they are re-purchasing Alaska. Both parties have formed a negotiating team.

The Dark Federation's bid is quite high.Generals Frunze and Kolchak of the military department opposed the sale of the territory, thinking it was a disgrace to the soldiers, so they supported my opinion of confiscating the territory to you.

His Majesty is not very willing to sell the land, after all, the land is entrusted to you, and it belongs to Lucia, right?Can keep Lucia decent.

And as a dragon knight, you have a powerful weapon in your hand..."

Speaking of "powerful weapons", the chancellor rolled his eyes and showed a "you know" look.

You can threaten Fort San Suberte with a god-level forbidden spell. Wouldn't it be more effective to frighten the mages of the Dark Continent?

"If you can sit in Alaska and resist the infiltration of the Dark Federation and the Maple Leaf Country, Lucia will lose a front line and can use her troops in other places, which is why His Majesty agreed to canonize you.

However, if you keep failing to pay the tribute, your dukedom may be deprived of your dukedom because you do not pay tribute to His Majesty, and Gilles and the others will be forced to restart negotiations with the Dark Federation. Neither His Majesty nor I are willing to do this. have witnessed. "

negotiation?Zeng Jiayi rolled his eyes, "Your Excellency, the barren land in Alaska is not worth 1000 million gold coins, and the Dark Federation will definitely not pay this price.

Duke Lan will definitely go to raise funds immediately, but there may not be so many, so the amount of this tribute..."

"I can't decide this, the 1000 million gold coins were proposed by Gilles..."

"Understood, thank you sir."

Zeng Jiayi dragged Randy out of the palace, but Randy didn't understand what trick Zeng Jiayi was up to.

"Brother Lan, no, Duke Lan, congratulations."

"My duke will be deprived of his title just after he was conferred, what congratulations?"

"Isn't it okay if you pay the money?"

"Can you lend me 1000 million gold coins?"

"Look, my parents are still there, and it's not my turn to make decisions about the Zeng family. Besides, my family doesn't have that much money."

"Can the imperial court help me out?"

"That's impossible. But I can help you investigate various information about Alaska, the bid of the Dark Federation and the bottom line of the Lucians, and try to cut down the amount of tribute."

"Is it still possible to bargain?"

"Why not? In the eyes of diplomats, there is nothing that cannot be negotiated. Nicholas II demanded a lot of money, and it is normal for you to pay back the money on the spot. I think it can at least cut the price and get a [-]% discount."

"Then thank you for negotiating for me."

"You have to find the negotiators yourself. As a court official, I can't help you negotiate with Duke Lucia, otherwise you will be impeached.

It is the limit of what I can do to provide you with some information.At most, help you mediate and have your negotiators engage with Gilles' negotiating team. "

Zeng Jiayi went back to the embassy, ​​ready to visit the nobles, and helped Randy inquire about the news.

Randy summed it up, more than 170 million square kilometers of land, which is equivalent to the area of ​​the Great Xia Western Region.

It's all barren land. In fact, 1000 million gold coins are not expensive. It's only a matter of time before minerals can be found underground.

What's more, at least there are fur profits now, and Lucia's company loses money, because Lucia is too corrupt. If it is handed over to Erjin to manage, it will definitely make money.

What's more, the price of 1000 million gold coins can be greatly reduced, which must be won.

Now we are facing two problems temporarily, one is to get money, and the other is to find negotiators to bargain.

Randy recalled the negotiation in Yili that he had experienced. The negotiation was protracted, so he had to find someone to bargain first, and the money was not busy.

Both Shi Yuan and Liu Ming are resourceful and can give ideas to the negotiating team.But Liu Ming is enough, Shi Yuan, a great sage, can't afford it by himself.

But neither of these two people had ever been abroad, so they had some ideas, but there was still a lack of someone like Zeng Jiayi who understood foreigners and talked to Lucia people.

By the way, Brother Shao Shan knows more about the world in New Frank, of course he is also a great sage, so I am too embarrassed to ask.

But the Zhong Hong who followed him seemed to be able to ignore... that eloquent talent is quite good, you might as well ask and try to see if you can help yourself.

Randy immediately called Liu Ming, "I've figured out the situation on Lucia's side, and I've got the land, but I need to bargain and pay.

You ask Shi Yuan to help bring the horse back to Tanzhou, and go back to the Pujiang Hotel in Magic City to wait for me. We will meet and discuss in detail. "

Putting down the phone, Randy didn't immediately go to Lyon to find Shao Shan, but took back Dian Wei and the two monsters, lit up the city return amulet, and returned to Shi Lanchong with a whoosh.

Unknowingly, Randy has become the prodigal son of Henry who often uses teleportation arrays, teleportation charms and city return tickets.

Who made Randy's recent work so high-end? The Duke of Lucia, more than 170 million square kilometers of land, such a large transaction, there is really no delay.

Yes, this duke is clearly a deal.

"Mom, how's the cleaning going?"

"It's been packed a long time ago. Didn't you say you went to Tanzhou for two days? Why did you go for four days?"

"Um, Shi Yuan went to Anxiang County, and I chased him to Anxiang, and I just stayed in Fort Saint-Subert for a long time, but it's morning there, and it's almost dark here."

Mother Lan didn't know where Fort San Suberte was, and the name was far away, but her son was doing important things now, so she just didn't want to cause trouble for her son.

Randy didn't even say that he was a duke now, and the common people in Daxia didn't recognize him as a duke of orcs. It seemed that he was not as useful as his third-rank first-class captain of light vehicles.

"Lan Zuo, you go to the school again, ask Master Xu for a day off, let's go to Bern, and leave immediately after dinner.

By the way, come back first, I will teach you and your mother how to locate the city return talisman in Shi Lanchong, your mother will be staying for a while, and you have to come back and continue your studies soon.

And do you know how to use your magic phone?Come and try calling. "

An hour later, at one o'clock in Bern time, in the new city on the right bank of the Aare River, in Randy's manor, three groups of white lights flashed, and Lan Mu, Randy and Lan Zuo arrived.

"It's noon here. Mr. Xu said that the earth is round, and it's true."

Lan Zuo looked curiously at this place, which was completely different from Shi Lanchong's style.

At noon, the girls who went to the middle school next door all went back to the manor for dinner, and when they saw Randy appear, they all greeted him chirping.

Lan's mother looked around, "The inside of this wall belongs to our family? Well, the land is not as large as Lan Batian's house, but the house is much more beautiful than Lan Batian's Wubao.

Why are there so many beautiful girls?Randy, you are rich, and you raised so many concubines all at once?

Well, alright, even though you are a foreigner, as long as you can give me more grandchildren. "

"Mom, what are you guessing? They are all my revolutionary comrades, and they are studying in the middle school next door."

"Randy, we all love you!"

Randy: ...

(End of this chapter)