Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 292 The visitor is evil

Just as Qi Fei guessed, Xirong indeed increased its troops.

Fortunately, they also transferred a lot of troops.

Mei Qian didn't expect that the negotiations would reach this point. For a moment, Mei Qian didn't know what to say.

What she didn't expect the most was that Cang, the new king of Xirong, actually came here. Did he really think that Anguo would not do anything shady?

"How could he know that we didn't bring the culprit with us?"

When Qi Fei learned that Cang had come, she felt like she was facing a formidable enemy. Mei Qian complained to her that the other party felt that An Guo would not assassinate her, but Qi Fei said that she did not bring any assassins.

"You really have this idea?"

Mei Qian was shocked. Qi Fei glanced at Mei Qian and said, "This guy dared to come and rob people directly. Why should I not dare?"

Originally, the envoy from the opposite side asked to marry Mei Qian. She thought it was just a spur of the moment decision at first, but later she found out that it was not true!

The other party originally had this idea.

He even went so far as to be present in person.

In contrast to Cang Yi, Qi Fei said: "So is the emperor's uncle. His love rival is at the doorstep, why doesn't he come?"

"What are you saying in anger? Have you forgotten about Jiangnan?"

"So I just said it out of anger, and you took it seriously?"

Mei Qian: "..."

She still didn't speak.

The King of Western Rong has come to the border. It can be seen that although Western Rong did not threaten the border this time, the momentum of the soldiers brought by the King of Western Rong is also very intimidating.

Mei Qian looked at it from afar several times. The oppressive feeling of darkness reminded her of her family's life in exile day and night.

With the arrival of the King of Xirong, their negotiations once again became strained.

The King of Xirong wanted to participate in the negotiations, and Xirong also bluntly stated that he wanted equal status. Qi Fei was so angry that she said she could be a representative, but was ridiculed by the other party, who said she was just a princess.

A decree sent at full speed from the capital brought a turning point.

This is more like a marriage certificate than an imperial edict.

Qi Chen has issued an edict announcing his marriage to Mei Qian, and has asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the wedding in autumn.

The rightful queen!

When Xirong received the news, Thornton sighed with regret, looked at Cang who remained silent, and was about to speak to comfort him when he heard Cang himself say:

"A woman like her will naturally be remembered by smart people.

Father Zhong, I am now the king of the Western Rong, so naturally everything will be based on the Western Rong.

This trip is not only for me to marry a queen, but also to explore other prospects for the future of Xirong."

Thornton listened to Cang's words and realized that he didn't seem to have given up on Mei Qian yet, so he asked tentatively, "Could it be that you plan to persuade the other party again during the negotiation?"

"Ah."

“If you really can’t let it go and want to fight for it, why don’t we find an opportunity in private.

If we talk about this in front of everyone, even if she is tempted, she won't agree in front of so many people."

"If she wants to agree, she will agree no matter what the occasion."

After Cang finished speaking, Thornton opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what Cang was thinking.

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Meanwhile, Mei Qian's colleague had become the queen of a country overnight, and everyone was still not used to it. Seeing how they struggled every time they saw her, Mei Qian finally said:
"I am here to negotiate as an envoy, and so are all the other lords. We are all here to see each other, and to perform formalities every day. You can't handle it, and neither can I."

Mei Qian couldn't help but talk to others in the end.

"My status as queen is used to intimidate the Xirong people, not to be used here."

Mei Qian’s meaning is very simple. It’s fine if everyone remains the same as before. If you want to respect others, just respect them in your heart.

The last sentence, "Respect it in your heart," is very clever.

Regardless of whether you agree with Mei Qian's words or not, you can only agree with her. Are you going to deny that you are disrespecting the queen in your heart? During the second negotiation, a row of officials sat face to face in front of the negotiation table, and Qi Fei replaced Mei Qian's original position.

I saw Qi Fei sitting there with a fierce look on his face, which looked very scary.

It gives people the feeling that if the other person says something wrong, she will immediately start a fight with that person.

Even Thornton couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he saw Qi Fei sitting diagonally opposite him, wondering if this crazy woman who went crazy on the battlefield was going to bring her madness to the negotiating table again?

Mei Qian and Cang sat on the chairs behind each other's officials, looking at each other from a distance, as if trying to see something from each other's "expression-paralyzed" faces.

A few days ago, because the marriage with Xirong was not agreed, all the previous discussions between the two sides were overturned.

Although we are starting from the beginning today, it is just a reconfirmation of the content that has been discussed before.

However, this time, Xirong was stuck in trade again, so Mei Qian naturally had to come on stage to explain it.

The Xirong people also saw through Mei Qian's conspiracy, and Cang even mentioned the issue of the caravan.

“For bilateral trade, it is too shallow to only open a trade area on the border of your An country.

Anguo is a vast country with abundant resources, so not everyone's belongings will appear at the border for us Xirong to choose from.

Why not just set up caravans and strengthen exchanges? I request that the Xirong caravans enter Anguo to trade. "

"No."

Mei Qian refused outright, not giving Cang a chance to ask, and said:
“Regardless of whether Anguo’s caravan is going to Xirong, the purpose of our establishing the trade zone is to protect each other’s interests.

You Xirong have always been better at animal husbandry than Anguo. Your caravans brought large numbers of cattle and sheep to Anguo to sell, which was equivalent to an impact on our local animal husbandry.

If your beef and mutton are sold cheaper than ours, then our herdsmen won’t be able to sell their cattle and sheep, and that will be bad luck for us.”

Everyone was stunned by Mei Qian's words. What kind of angle is this?

Although something seemed to be wrong, they could not find any flaws for a while, but Cang said calmly:

"If we trade with each other, in addition to wool, you will also buy beef and mutton. I think it should be cheaper than in China, right? Will it affect your people if it is different?"

"Eh? That's wrong. Although the merchants will get a lower price, we won't allow them to sell at a low price, right?"

No one noticed that Mei Qian's answer had changed the topic from her previous exaggeration to something that affected the herdsmen.

If you put this situation in the future when transportation is more developed, you can probably make it up like this. But right now, there is only a limited area where people can make a living by raising livestock. How big is Anguo and how many people are there?

If meat could be sold at a low price, all the cattle and sheep from Xirong would be enough to feed all the people in Anguo for two days.

Affecting herders, are you kidding?
There is only a limited amount of low-priced meat, and when it is eaten up, it will still be sold at the same price in the market.

Therefore, Mei Qian's previous explanation was afraid that if it was questioned further, it would be exposed soon.

So Mei Qian talked about the court's price control again, which turned Cang's attention back to this.

Sure enough, Cang also noticed it and asked, "Does your court also control the prices of these items?"

"Of course! If it is a trade, the value of some exchange items will naturally need to be strictly reviewed.

You don’t think that we just provide a place for a group of people to do business, and we, Anguo, will ensure that no one gets killed, right?”

Seeing that the Xirong people were silent, Mei Qian's lips curled slightly.

Then Mei Qian said:

“If it is a trade, we can determine the estimated value of the goods brought by all merchants entering the trade, and set a maximum price, which cannot be exceeded in the market.

This way, you can avoid being deceived, and we can also avoid the situation where our original intention was good but was inexplicably distorted and we were wrongly insulted. "

Mei Qian keeps saying that it's for the good of Xirong, but everyone who knows Mei Qian's true thoughts knows that Mei Qian has ulterior motives and is deliberately putting on a show, secretly trying to harm Xirong.

As a result, this Cang really didn't play by the rules. When he heard what I said, he seemed to really believe it and said:

"I didn't expect that you would still care about me so much until now. Qian, are you really not going back to Xirong with me?"

Mei Qian raised her head and met Shang Cang's suddenly affectionate eyes, and she immediately felt nauseous...

Mei Qian: Ahhh! I’m really going to be plotted against!
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