Li Laiheng slapped the table so loudly, but Zhou Peigong's expression remained unchanged. Deng Ming couldn't help but admire him when he saw the other party's performance. He felt that it was necessary to make a new evaluation of Zhou Peigong. The Ming Dynasty was full of swords and guns, and Zhou Peigong came alone. In addition to his good understanding of Deng Ming, he was indeed very brave. In feudal society, officials were less trustworthy than kidnappers. If they wanted to be a successful lobbyist in this era, they needed to have better psychological qualities and courage than future negotiation experts.

After Li Laiheng finished yelling, Zhou Peigong still kept smiling and asked calmly: "Dare you ask this general who is?"

"It is the vanguard of the admiral who conquered Wuchang, General Li of Xingshan." Deng Ming said lightly, implying that the large army of the Ming army had not arrived yet.

"It turns out that it is the Husband, who has long been admired, long admired." Zhou Peigong bowed to Li Laiheng, and then faced Deng Ming again: "With the admiral's opinion, how much is this silver suitable?"

Deng Ming felt that Zhou Peigong's performance today was not simple as a young scholar with no business experience. Zhou Peigong was not like Deng Ming, and he did not have the opportunity to see the style and negotiation methods of big businessmen from TV, the Internet, and other media.

Deng Ming did not directly answer Zhou Peigong's question, but turned around and asked Li Laiheng: "What do General Li think?"

Li Laiheng had never encountered a similar scene, but his mind was very flexible and could detect Deng Ming's intentions in time and began to play the role of a hawk in the Ming army.

"It is useless to say more to the admiral and the Tartars," Li Laiheng replied in a deep voice, and at the same time changed his left hand and patted it on the table to strengthen his momentum. However, the power used this time was much smaller. The force just now was too strong. Now Li Laiheng's right palm is still hurting: "When you capture Wuchang, aren't these silvers all ours?"

Deng Mingshou said nothing, Zhou Peigong hurriedly shouted: "General Li is such a bad word. Is there only money in the general's heart and no people?"

After saying that, Zhou Peigong bowed to Deng Ming again.

Before leaving Wuchang, Zhang Changgeng told Zhou Peigong that if the other party was moved, he could increase it a little as possible on the basis of 500,000 taels. Zhou Peigong said: "I hope the admiral will think of the people. If the admiral is willing to stop the army, Governor Zhang and the governor of Huguang will be willing to destroy their own family wealth and donate another 50,000 taels of silver."

A few words made a little more than 50,000 taels? Li Laiheng reached out to touch the short beard on his chin to restrain his emotions so as not to laugh happily. Although his right palm was still hurt, Li Laiheng felt that the slap of the palm was so worth it, and he sold 50,000 taels of silver at once. While Li Laiheng was increasingly impressed by Deng Ming, he thought that his performance was enough to win more silver for Xingshan Army.

Suddenly, Li Laiheng felt another kick in his calf, and suddenly came back to his senses from the trance. He turned his head and looked at him. Deng Ming was frowning at him and winked.

"General Li thinks how much is appropriate?" Deng Ming was slightly dissatisfied with Li Laiheng at this time. Every time Zhou Peigong issued a price, his alliance showed a satisfied look. He just touched his chin and began to get distracted. The corners of his mouth were curled up, and he was about to smile. If he had been in his previous life, such a negotiating assistant would have been blown out of the team long ago, right?

When Zhou Peigong saw that Deng Ming was still unwilling to agree, he looked at Li Laiheng again, waiting for the numbers reported by the Ming army.

Under the gaze of Deng Ming and Zhou Peigong, Li Laiheng felt nervous. He had not had such great pressure when he stood under the command of the war. In fact, Li Laiheng already felt that the conditions in Wuchang were very good. He was useless to get 550,000 taels of silver. Even if he swept around Hanyang and Wuchang, he would not get so much money. Now Li Laiheng is more concerned about how to ensure that Wuchang practices his promise and honestly hand over the 550,000 taels of silver to the Ming army, rather than continuing to raise prices. What if Wuchang is angry and refuses to continue the negotiations? Should he really go to the Yifu to attack Hanyang and Wuchang?

However, under Deng Ming's gaze, Li Laiheng had to continue to play the role of a hawkish person. He immediately coughed. After hearing this sound, Zhou Peigong and Deng Ming were both excited and waited for Li Laiheng's numbers with all their energy.

"How about six hundred thousand taels?" Li Laiheng thought in his mind, and did not immediately say the number. The other party had just added 50,000 taels, and he had to force another 50,000 taels. Li Laiheng was worried that it would anger the envoys of Wuchang. In his opinion, it would be good if he could add 10,000 or 20,000. In fact, according to Li Laiheng's original intention, he quickly agreed to the other party's 550,000 taels, and then urged the Qing army to transport the silver as soon as possible.

Seeing Deng Ming's eyebrows gradually frowning again, Li Laiheng was unable to think any more, so he quickly coughed again and said tentatively: "Six..."

"Yes!" As soon as Li Laiheng's voice came out, Deng Ming immediately took over the words, fearing that Li Laiheng would say a number in units of "100,000" and would lead to passiveness. He did not give Li Laiheng a chance to make a mistake. Deng Ming said loudly to Zhou Peigong: "What General Li said coincides with me, so as he said, give six million taels of silver, and we will withdraw our troops."

Zhou Peigong was shocked.

Li Laiheng was also speechless and said to himself: "Six million taels? Is this what I said?"

"If the admiral is sincere in his negotiations, he should show sincerity." Zhou Peigong calmed down and sneered: "Don't let his subordinates speak nonsense."

In Zhou Peigong's view, Deng Ming asked for a price everywhere and asked to pay it back on the spot. However, the price of 6 million taels cannot be paid. No matter how much bargaining is, it must be more than one million taels, which is far beyond Zhang Changgeng's expectations and Zhou Peigong's authority. Therefore, Zhou Peigong planned to kill Deng Ming's attempt in the cradle and let the other party negotiate on the basis of his own offer.

"I also know that this matter is definitely not something that Zhou Juren has the final say," Deng Ming did not intend to continue to quarrel with Zhou Peigong. He smiled and said, "Sir, please go back and bring this number of General Li to Governor Zhang."

Zhou Peigong knew that if he brought this number back, there would definitely be no room for negotiation. Zhang Changgeng could not afford so much money, and even half of it would never be able to take it out. Seeing that the negotiation had actually broken down, Zhou Peigong suddenly felt confused. It was progressing smoothly at the beginning, and Deng Ming was obviously moved by his words. He was about to reach an agreement, so why did it suddenly break without warning?

Zhou Peigong did not obey Deng Ming's order to expel the guest, but asked in confusion: "Does the admiral really think that the governor would take out six million taels of silver to redeem the city? If the governor really had six million taels of taels of money, he would recruit Ding Yong and advance to Zhong Xiang instead of sending students to the admiral camp."

After hearing Deng Ming's order to expel guests, Li Laiheng was so nervous that his forehead was sweating, fearing that Zhou Peigong would leave. Seeing that the other party did not leave immediately, he felt relieved. While Zhou Peigong was paying attention to Deng Ming, Li Laiheng also turned a wink at Deng Ming. However, Deng Ming seemed to have not noticed Li Laiheng's sign at all, and he was determined to knock Zhou Peigong away.

Deng Ming said: "Ju Ren Zhou is really a bully. If Governor Zhang knew which army was reliable and which army would fight with Admiral Ben to the end. Not to mention that there were 6 million taels of silver, even if it was only 500,000 taels, it could also be used to reward the warriors and defend Wuchang. But Governor Zhang didn't know whether his generals could believe it, whether they would take his reward silver and surrender to Admiral Ben to the blink of an eye, so he would send a gentleman to my camp."

Deng Ming hit Zhou Peigong's fatal point, and now Zhang Changgeng really cannot judge the loyalty of various people from Wuchang.

"Since General Li went to war, he was invincible and had to take all the attacks. As General Li said, after taking Wuchang, the money and grain of these vassal treasurys were mine, and Governor Zhang either burned the city with the city or was taken down by the captive court. So this is not a matter of withdrawing the troops as much as I give me. No matter how much money the Governor Zhang took out for me, I would have lost money but no money. It depends on Governor Zhang's heart, and I think the price of my withdrawal is worth. I think that a fair and reasonable price should be all the treasurys in Wuchang City, plus the price that Governor Zhang thinks of his life and career as worth."

"Did the admiral not consider the people of Wuchang and Hanyang?" Zhou Peigong once again sacrificed his magic weapon.

"If I hadn't considered the common people, I would have invited Mr. Zhou out of the camp long ago. Why should I be too busy here?" Deng Ming was unmoved: "Mr. Zhou will go back and tell Governor Zhang what General Li said. "

"It's not a single point to take it seriously?" Zhou Peigong softened his attitude and tried to bargain on the basis of Deng Ming's price in order to get a number with hope.

Deng Ming thought for a moment, and Li Laiheng looked at him silently, as full of hope as Zhou Peigong.

"If Governor Zhang can't take it out in a hurry..." Deng Ming said, dragging his long voice.

"I can't take it out!" Zhou Peigong said firmly: "Not only six million, even three million can't take it out."

"You can borrow money from the gentry," Deng Ming gave an idea: "Wuchang is full of humanities and merchants gather, so it should be no problem to raise millions of taels of silver."

"Then isn't the matter of redeeming the city known to everyone?" Zhou Peigong was stunned again. Zhang Changgeng and Zhou Peigong had already discussed it. This matter must be kept confidential and must not be known by the outside world that it was his side who paid for the city to be redeemed: "What the admiral said must not!"

"Just say it was borrowing from the gentry, recruiting strong men who defended the city, and rewarding meritorious officers and soldiers. Why do you say it was to redeem the city?" Deng Ming reminded: "Borrowing in the name of the Beijing Lu Court. When I withdraw my troops in the future, you can say that the soldiers strive to defend the city because of Governor Zhang's generous rewards. Governor Zhang's loans are clearly far-sighted. He is not guilty of merit, and the Governor Zhang will definitely pay the money for Governor Zhang."

Zhou Peigong was stunned when he looked at Deng Ming, feeling a mess in his head, and it was difficult to associate the person in front of him with his previous benevolent and righteous behavior. He had no idea how to refute the other party's statement in a hurry.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou can go back and discuss with Governor Zhang slowly." Deng Ming was stunned for a while when he saw Zhou Peigong, he pulled the other party back to the real world.

"Anyway, this matter is absolutely impossible." Zhou Peigong reiterated, but his tone was obviously not as firm as before.

"If there is no silver in stock, this admiral can also accept the conversion of goods." Deng Ming came up with another solution: "Cloth, grain and pig iron. Well, don't have armor and weapons. We have craftsmen ourselves. The quality of your armor is problematic, and we must convert more silver. This admiral would rather buy pig iron. However, this admiral felt that there were two problems in this matter. The first is that the movement was too great. This admiral must check the quality of the goods in detail to determine how much silver to be converted. It is estimated that the governor Zhang would not have the final say by himself, and he would also send someone to argue with our army. It is too eye-catching. Second, to be honest, this admiral's ship is used to transport soldiers, and there are no extra ships to transport these goods. Therefore, if the goods are converted, the grain ship and the cloth ship must be provided free of charge by the governor Zhang, and the silver ship cannot be converted into additional silver."

Zhou Peigong stood there for a moment and thought hard about which step was wrong, which led to the fact that the originally good situation evolved to such an extent. However, before Zhou Peigong came up with something, Deng Ming urged him to leave again.

In a helpless manner, Zhou Peigong had to bow and say, "Students will go back to Wuchang now, and they will definitely bring the admiral's words to the governor in their original form."

"Then I'll wait for the good news." Deng Ming nodded.

Zhou Peigong waited for a few seconds, and saw that Deng Ming had no intention of leaving anyone, so he couldn't find a reason to waste it, so he had to leave unwillingly.

"Hold on."

Just before Zhou Peigong was desperately preparing to leave, Deng Ming's shouting aroused his new hope. He quickly turned around and said, "What else does the admiral have to do?"

However, Deng Ming still had no intention of reducing the price. He smiled and said to Zhou Peigong: "Mr. Zhou should act faster, and this admiral will launch an attack on Hanyang tomorrow."

"What?" Zhou Peigong's face changed again: "Didn't the admiral say he had to wait for good news from the students?"

"How do I know if it's your delaying strategy?" Deng Ming said calmly: "Maybe Governor Zhang just wants to use this time to draw reinforcements from various prefectures in Huguang, even Jiangxi, Henan and other places, and he doesn't even plan to give me 500,000 taels. Mr. Zhou came here just to deceive me and give you time to wait for reinforcements."

"This is absolutely nothing!" Zhou Peigong immediately swears. Where can reinforcements be adjusted in Huguang now? The ones that can be adjusted have been drained by Hu Quancai, and the Henan Green Camp could not relieve near-thirst. If it weren't for not finding a trustworthy army at all, Zhang Changgeng would not have regarded paying for redeeming the city as the last straw.

Deng Ming kept shook his head, and when Zhou Peigong finished his swearing, Deng Ming asked back: "If Mr. Zhou was in the position of this admiral, how could he believe that this was not a delaying strategy?"

Zhou Peigong thought for a long time and found that he had no way to believe in the enemy completely. He was speechless and could only murmur: "But this is really not a delaying strategy. I hope the admiral will observe clearly."

"Let's do this," Deng Ming lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up again and said to Zhou Peigong: "Before noon tomorrow, transport 500,000 taels of silver to my camp, and I will not attack Hanyang tomorrow."

"How did this make it?" Zhou Peigong retorted vigorously: "The admiral has not agreed to withdraw his troops and the conditions have not yet been agreed. How can he give the money to the admiral now?"

"Because you said you are not using a delaying strategy," Deng Ming said, "Anyway, no matter how you negotiate the terms, it cannot be less than 500,000 taels, right? If you ship tomorrow, I will believe that you are not a delaying strategy. Moreover, during this period, the troops of Wuchang and Hanyang governments are not allowed to leave the city, and the navy of Dongting Lake is not allowed to be on the Yangtze River and Han River, because Admiral does not want to be suddenly attacked by you. After you bring the deposit of 500,000 silver as timely, Admiral will continue to negotiate, Li Xianfeng will stop preparing for the attack and collect food and grass around Hanyang, and Governor Zhang will not send troops to disturb you."

Zhou Peigong felt that such conditions were extremely unfavorable to Zhang Changgeng, and retorted again: "What if the admiral goes back on his word and takes the money and continues to attack Wuchang?"

"For me, it's just a few days earlier to get the 500,000 taels. Anyway, Governor Zhang is too busy to take care of himself, and can he escape with the silver?" Deng Ming sighed: "It's better. If you send the silver in time tomorrow, this admiral can allow Governor Zhang to send a team of soldiers near my camp and monitor our army from building siege equipment."

"A word is determined?" Zhou Peigong felt that the conditions were unimaginable and hurriedly confirmed it.

"No regrets," Deng Ming answered, and kicked Li Laiheng under the table. The latter, who was stunned, suddenly jumped three feet high and angrily shouted that this was an extremely unfavorable condition for the Ming army, a humiliating treaty that had never been seen in military history, and strongly demanded that Deng Ming take back his life.

"But you have to put on makeup and not disclose your identity." In order to appease the excited hawks, Deng Ming began to add conditions.

Zhou Peigong nodded immediately: "This is natural."

"Okay, then please send the money to my camp before noon tomorrow." Deng Ming asked Zhou Peigong to go back immediately to prepare for the relevant matters: "As for how much city redemption fee is appropriate, it will not be too late to discuss it in detail after confirming that you are not using the delaying strategy."

Zhou Peigong responded and was about to leave. Suddenly, he felt a trance in his heart. Why did the conditions seem to have completely different from the agreed prior? Originally, Zhang Changgeng did not intend to pay 500,000 taels of silver immediately, and he planned to delay it for as long as possible. If Deng Ming honestly retreated his troops and the situation in Huguang changed in favor of the Qing army, Zhang Changgeng would be very happy to have lost the debt.

"The admiral said he didn't believe us, but why do we have to believe in the admiral?" Zhou Peigong asked Deng Ming again: "The admiral said he would ask us to send someone to supervise, and said he would not attack Wuchang, but in the end this is just a sentence from the admiral."

"Because of two o'clock!" Deng Ming seemed to have expected Zhou Peigong to ask this question, and he raised a finger: "First, this is what you Governor Zhang owed me. When I assassinated Governor Hu, he owed me a favor."

Zhou Peigong's face showed a confused look again, and he couldn't guess what a favor Deng Ming meant: "Can King Shaofu kill the governor at that time, but he showed mercy?"

"You don't have to think about it all. Go back and tell Governor Zhang. He understands it very well." Deng Ming smiled, and raised his second finger at the same time: "Second, tomorrow I will start to build siege equipment and then start attacking Hanyang and Wuchang. I don't know how long your army can resist outside the city with the reputation of our army's winning streak, but I guess it won't last long. When my rushing car hits the walls of Hanyang..."

Deng Ming gently waved his arms forward and pointed straight forward. Suddenly, Zhou Peigong felt a heroic momentum spread out from the other party with this movement.

"At that time, as Mr. Zhou said, the capture of Hanyang and Wuchang was already related to my reputation, morale of the army, and my great cause of rejuvenation. At that time, no matter whether I care about Wuchang or the creatures in Hanyang, this battle must be fought to the end. My great cause cannot be bought with money."

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