Lord Harland.

Chapter 109 Delivering the Ransom
After Li Cha came back, he immediately told Sophia and William what happened in this operation.

The Harland family has three hereditary barons, and they can quickly make this matter a big deal at the noble meeting by submitting a joint letter.

Howard is still in their hands, and the investigation through this line is not afraid that Jerram will deny it.

But in this way, the Harland family offended Prince Felix and passively got involved in the prince's fight for succession, which is not a good thing for future development.

But being attacked by someone hired by Jerram, the Harland family couldn't bear it.

Besides, the Sixth Squadron died in this battle. Even if he tried his best to offend the nobles of the capital, Li Cha still wanted to get rid of Jerram.

After discussing with Sophia and William, the Harland family agreed.

Just before Richard was about to go to the capital to sue, the middleman Jerram found came to Fort William.

This person is none other than Richard's old officer, Sharp.

Jerram was uneasy, he knew that he was caught by Richard, if he didn't handle this problem well, his life would be threatened.Therefore, he decided to find Sharp as an intermediary to negotiate with Richard.

He hoped to control this matter and confine it to Gerda province.

Sharp is Richard's old officer.

Although Sharpafell's Joint Territory is under the management of the Gascoigne Province, Sharp has been an official in the northern border for many years, and his network resources are very rich. He has also met Jeram in the same Gadda Province several times. .

After Jerram came to the door, after Sharp learned about this matter, he thought about it for a short time, and agreed to help him talk to Richard, and promised to control the negotiation between the three of them and not let others know about it. the existence of things.

Afterwards, Sharp came to Harland's territory.

Sharp, like Richard, has a military style, and he doesn't like to cover up and speak quite directly.

"I am here this time to be a middleman at the request of the senior official of your province, Jerram. He is very sorry about your being attacked. But he hopes that this matter can be controlled within the province. What do you have? You can talk to him if you want."

"How to talk, where to talk?"

"Li Cha, now that you have seized Jerram's handle, you have already taken advantage.

How to talk?
What conditions?
Where to negotiate?It all depends on your opinion. "

In the communication between the nobles, interests have always come first.

After thinking deeply, Li Cha felt that negotiation was the best way to deal with it.Even though he hated Jerram very much in his heart, he still had to negotiate when it was time to negotiate.

After all, despite the enmity between the two sides, no important person in the Harland family died at the hands of Jerram.

Not to the extent that hatred cannot be resolved.Even the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, whose hatred is as deep as the sea, can negotiate, let alone this little hatred.

Now Richard has grasped Jerram's handle. As long as he seizes the right time, he can get more benefits from Jeram and speed up the development of the territory.

The venue for the negotiations was Vickburg.

After being attacked by Jerram's men, Richard paid great attention to his own safety, and the negotiation must be in the Harland family's own castle.

Jerram did not come to negotiate in person, and the representative of the Holland family was his butler Saville.

"Baron Richard, as long as you can get Howard back, you can negotiate any terms?"

"How about the redemption price of [-] gold coins?"

"It can be said that after Howard is free, we will pay the ransom."

"I am very pessimistic about Jerram's character by hiring mercenaries to attack nobles. It is impossible for me to release him first, you must pay first."

Paying the money first means that you must trust Richard's character. Thirty thousand gold coins are a very large amount of money for the baron's territory.

The baronies in the south, because of their relatively small territory, earn less than [-] gold coins a year.

Although the baron in the northern region has a large territory, there are few people, and they are often poorer.

If Li Cha did not engage in extra income such as steelmaking and wine making, but relied on growing food, even if all the paddy fields in the territory were reclaimed, tens of thousands of people would be busy for a year, and after deducting the rations, the income from selling food would only be a few thousand gold coins.

Thousands of gold coins also need to raise an army, communicate with other nobles, and integrate into the noble circle.

Books need to be collected, tutors hired, and salaries need to be paid to the managers of the territory.

I've been so busy all year, I can't save much money at all.

Even if [-] gold coins raise the treatment of the soldiers in the territory to the same level as the main army, the soldiers of the seven squadrons can be supported for two years.

There is no mutual trust between the two parties now, and Savile dare not agree to pay the money first.

In the end, it was Baron Sharp who vouched for Richard, and then gave Saville a step down.

With Baron Sharp's guarantee and agreeing to pay the money first, Saville wanted to bargain with Richard to lower the price.

One afternoon, Li Cha didn't say a word, but put on a dirty face.No matter how much Saville spit, he won't let go of what he said.

At the end of the meeting, Li Cha sneered and said, "Mr. Saville, go and tell Jerram that thirty thousand gold coins and even a penny cannot be missed. If it wasn't for the face of Mr. Sharp, this time I must give Jerram Tom looks good.

Didn't you also arrange for a master to hide in the dark?Can you try to get this guy a shot?

You have to understand that your Huolan family is not the only one who can use dark methods, everyone can use assassination.

You can take this sentence as a threat from me, and this matter will not be resolved.I will not only appeal to the noble council, but also use any rules to resolve troubles. "

Hearing what Richard said, Saville was shocked.Saville was sent by the Holland family to help Jeram, of course he was very smart, and he immediately obtained hidden information from Richard's voice.

"Li Cha knows that Simon is hiding in the dark. There are only two possibilities. The first is that there are spies arranged by Li Cha beside Simon, and the second is that Li Cha's mental power exceeds [-] points and he has awakened the talent of danger perception.

The Harland family is just a small nobleman with no roots in the capital, so it is impossible to know that Simon is there.It seems that Li Cha's mental strength has broken through [-] points, and he has been promoted to a mid-level professional.He is still so young, offending this kind of person may not be a good thing for the Huo Lan family in the long run. "

Li Cha's words were so harsh that it immediately made it difficult to continue the negotiation.

Saville continued to pester for two or three days, seeing that Richard was already impatient and had already shown his unwillingness to negotiate.

Jerram was caught by Richard, and he was naturally at a disadvantage in the negotiation. Savile knew this very well, so the only ones who finally gave in were the Holland family.

At the end of the negotiation, the two sides reached a verbal agreement.

Jerram compensated Harland's territory with [-] gold coins. Richard released Howard and did not pursue this matter any longer.

(End of this chapter)