Seeing that Zhou Peigong fell into silence and did not answer him immediately, Deng Ming did not ask questions but said generously: "Mr. Zhou, don't worry, think about it carefully, and think about everything you want to do, so that we can discuss it clearly at one time." Reporter Deng Ming further found a step for the other party: "Maybe Governor Zhang has more ideas, and Mr. Zhou can send someone back to Wuchang to ask, I can still wait these days."

Zhou Peigong thought for a moment, stood up and said goodbye to Deng Ming: "Since the admiral can wait, I will leave today and come to visit the admiral in two days."

"No problem." Deng Ming ordered the guards to see off the guests.

After Zhou Peigong went out, Li Xinghan immediately said, "Admiral, this guy is not honest!"

Deng Ming nodded. Zhou Peigong's final performance clearly explained this point. Everyone present saw that Zhang Changgeng had more requirements.

"I don't plan to force him to say that because he is forced to lie, and once he starts lying, he can only stick to the end." Deng Ming explained his intentions to the people around him as usual. Before he threatened, he was not sure that Wuchang must have other plans; but now that Zhou Peigong has said goodbye and left, he will definitely reveal more truth when he comes to him next time: "Since he has left today, he himself knows that we have seen through their intentions and will not tell lies that no one believes next time he comes."

"What do the admiral thinks they want to do?" asked Ren Tang. Deng Ming's performance today made him very impressed.

The others also stared at Deng Ming intently, hoping to hear a general judgment of the intentions of the Qing army from him.

"I don't know," Deng Ming shook his head.

Everyone was a little disappointed when they failed to see Deng Ming show his ability to see everything, but soon this disappointment was overwhelmed by the full of admiration.

"Mr. Zhou Peigong actually wanted to play tricks with the admiral," Li Xinghan sneered: "It's really a show of his awesomeness."

Deng Ming, who was drinking water, almost choked because of Li Xinghan's words. Since he learned a lot of idioms, Li Xinghan had the chance to use it. Deng Ming admired this spirit of applying what he learned, but using it here seemed to imply that Deng Ming was the scheming king. In Deng Ming's view, Zhou Peigong's progress can be regarded as rapid. After only a few months of training, Zhou Peigong's negotiation skills are different now, and he even found a set of means to control the rhythm of negotiation.

"I have seen many business war movies, novels, newspapers, and TV often have biographies of business giants, such as detectives and mystery films, and often involve negotiation skills. Zhou Peigong can also contact the owners of some business shops. He probably spent the first twenty years studying and bargaining. He didn't have to do anything about buying vegetables and bargaining. All of this was learned and half-examined by Zhou Peigong recently." Deng Ming thought to himself that if he had a broad vision and a broad vision, Zhou Peigong would not have been able to catch up with Deng Ming for ten or twenty years: "If Zhou Peigong had the opportunity to come into contact with the same amount of information as me, I'm afraid he would not be his opponent."

When Deng Ming secretly lamented Zhou Peigong's negotiating talent, the latter was full of dismay and was so upset that he wanted to whip him when he left the Ming army camp. Zhou Peigong knew that Deng Ming was several years younger than him, and Zhou Peigong had met many high-ranking gentry and worked as a staff member in the Huguang Governor's Office for two years. He thought that his experience was much better than Deng Ming, a guy who had been with bandits all day in the valley. However, during the first negotiation under Wuchang City, Zhou Peigong was led by Deng Ming, and later it was even more terrible. Zhou Peigong felt that it was not a confrontation at all, and was completely influenced by Deng Ming, and he had no power to resist.

Since Deng Ming left, Zhou Peigong has carefully summarized his past experiences and lessons, and asked many gentry how to convince others - most of them did not help Zhou Peigong very much. They were good at sending red envelopes and flattering. Zhou Peigong knew that it was not very useful to Deng Ming. In order not to continue to be beaten by Deng Ming, Zhou Peigong had no choice but to demote himself to seek advice from merchants in Wuchang, and practiced with Ming army officers around Wuchang for a long time.

Before Zhou Peigong came to Deng Ming for negotiation, he made preparations seriously. Today, most of the lines were repeatedly previewed in his belly several times, and even his expression and expression were practiced in the mirror. The beginning was also very smooth, and he firmly grasped the rhythm of the negotiation in his hands and steadily controlled the emotions of Li Laiheng and others. Unexpectedly, it was just like last time, and Deng Ming solved it simply and neatly at the last moment.

Knowing that so far, Zhou Peigong still couldn't believe that he was so vulnerable in front of Deng Ming, and casually resolved his carefully prepared psychological offensive: "Deng Ming is so young and has never seen any big scenes, why is he so experienced? Could it be that he was born to know it?"

Now Zhou Peigong's loving proposition Chang Geng has encountered some problems that need to be solved.

First of all, **: After learning that Jiang Guozhu was commended and Liang Huafeng was praised by Emperor Shunzhi, Zhang Changgeng was very jealous and wanted to gain some reputation and achievements from Deng Ming. Of course, he had to take advantage of Deng Ming when he was still in Huguang, otherwise there would be no chance;

Secondly, Zhang Changgeng had some favors and debts to repay: in order to win over the gentry in Huguang, Zhang Changgeng made a big wish to be appointed and made a wish to go out. Now the world is not yet determined, and the imperial examination may not be guaranteed to be given a position, but the recommendation of the chief officials in the border area will almost certainly be approved by Beijing. Especially in the war zone like Huguang, Zhang Changgeng, as the future governor of Huguang, his recommendation is more effective than the origin of the top scorer, so Zhang Changgen won the support of a group of gentry with his wish to be appointed. However, there are too many monks and less porridges. After the situation stabilizes, Zhang Changgeng carefully calculated and found that there was no such empty position at all. The wish that he made was almost repaid after Deng Ming left Huguang;

Finally, Zhang Changgeng had some economic problems: In recent times, goods worth millions of taels of silver have been transported to the Ming army. Although this problem can be solved by forging accounts and placing the charges to the former Wuchang prefect, such a large amount of material flow is still too much, and there are many people involved. At first, Zhang Changgeng used the kickbacks given to him by Deng Ming, and later used the hush money given to him by Ming Jun to buy insiders, but later Zhang Changgeng was reluctant to give to others even the hush money. He didn't want to pay the money, but the number of insiders was increasing. Zhang Changgen decided to bring more people into the water, such as the cotton coats given to Ming Jun were subcontracted to Wuchang City.

Some of the gentry inside made money from the vassal treasury in the future... In short, it was the cotton coats that ended up in the hands of the Ming army. Zhang Changgeng not only had to get kickbacks, but also used the new cotton that should have been for Yunnan and Guizhou as materials in the name of making winter clothes for the officers and soldiers of the green camp, and paid the money to hire the gentry to make them. Many other goods were handled accordingly, so that he could not only get kickbacks from the Ming army, but also receive gifts from the gentry. Because of the wealth, everyone won the hearts of the gentry in Wuchang and Hanyang. Although this method is very good, it also has sequelae, that is, the financial gap in Huguang is getting bigger and bigger, and it is difficult to cover it up simply by making fake accounts.

If the administrator steals a stone of rice in a warehouse full of grain, no one will know; stealing a hundred percent of the rice can also be explained as a rampant rat; but if half of the rice in the warehouse is stolen, there is only one way left - steal the remaining half of the rice in the warehouse, and then burn the warehouse, and report lightning to drive away the water.

Many gentry in Wuchang have made great money in the past few months. They cannot watch something happen to Governor Zhang, otherwise no one will have any good results after the Qing court pursued him. The idea these gentry gave Governor Zhang was to "burn the warehouse."

It just so happened that Deng Ming returned from Nanjing. In the script of producer Zhang Changgeng, Deng Ming will play the role of this Lei Gong, capturing several prefectures and counties in Huangzhou Prefecture and other places. Zhang Changgen can report losses. Since he knew in advance that the city would be lost, Zhang Changgen could also transport the inventory in these places to fill the deficits of some vassal treasurys. As for the issue of leadership responsibilities, Zhang Changgen was not worried. This could be completely pushed to the predecessor Hu Quancai, the governor of Huguang. It was because he took the troops of various prefectures in Hubei desperately, which led to such a situation. As long as Zhang Changgen could guarantee that these lost lands would be recovered, he would not be afraid of anything. What Zhou Peigong said to Deng Ming was that Zhang Changgen did not want the Ming army to capture cities and plunder the land for the position of the governor. It was simply a smoke bomb used to confuse Deng Ming, or it was deliberately leaking the flaws to the other party.

This not only solves economic troubles, but also helps Zhang Changgeng solve political problems. Hu Quancai's previous recommendation was also very effective, and Governor Hu did not waste this right and appointed many local officials. Regarding the remnants of the Hu Party, Zhang Changgeng, who was guilty of being a thief, has always eliminated them quickly. After using Deng Ming to eliminate them, he can also free up space for Zhang Changgeng to fulfill his wishes. As the saying goes, killing two birds with one stone.

As for the merits and reputation that Zhang Changgeng longed for, he could whisper whatever he wanted after "recovering" the prefectures and counties that were "captured" by Deng Ming.

After Producer Zhang handed the script to Zhou Peigong, he was strongly opposed by Director Zhou. Director Zhou said: If the male protagonist Deng Ming saw this script, he would definitely speak out and shout out a sky-high salary. If he didn't give it, it would be a trivial matter for starring Deng to not take on the film. What if he brought someone to the studio?

When Producer Zhang thought it was reasonable, he hurriedly asked Director Zhou about the plan. Director Zhou thought for a while and came up with an improvement solution: pretend to be pitiful first, so that Deng Ming would believe that as long as he conquers the city and plunder the land, Zhang Changgeng would lose his position. He won the trust by actively telling the other party about this matter (selling a flaw). Deng Ming would definitely realize the value of Zhang Changgen as the governor of Huguang, so he could use this to convince Deng Ming to cooperate with Zhang Changgeng's actions and be satisfied with accepting some food and grass to pass through peacefully; then Zhou Peigong would be able to

He claimed that some county magistrates noticed the abnormality, or refused to provide food and grass by swearing to be loyal to the Qing court, and planned to report Zhang Changgeng and let Deng Ming take action to wipe out these local officials. Since Deng Ming was determined to keep Zhang Changgeng's position, he would definitely return the city and allow Zhang Changgeng to boast about victory (Zhou Peigong can say that if Deng Ming did not agree to lose his reputation, Zhang Changgeng would lose his official position because of the loss of the city, forcing Deng Ming to take the least of the two evils).

Director Zhou pointed out that this way of filming can greatly save the money, and starring Deng will work harder. What producer Zhang needs to pay is just the 18,000 taels of golden finals he originally did not plan to ask for.

Once again, Zhang Changgeng was so happy that he was scratching his head when he heard this. He immediately ordered Zhou Peigong to go to the Ming military camp to fool Deng Ming, and was fully responsible for Hubei's suppression and pacification matters.

Originally, Zhou Peigong was not very worried about Deng Ming's awakening later. First of all, he might be kept in the dark forever, and secondly, Deng Ming regretted it. The Qing court was unlikely to believe his words. The attacks of the defeated generals of the Ming army on the Qing government's border officials were like counter-espionage.

However, Deng Ming's performance today shook Zhou Peigong's confidence. His carefully prepared remarks were suddenly disintegrated by the other party, which greatly shook Zhou Peigong's confidence, and he suspected that Deng Ming had guessed some of their plans. After leaving the Ming army camp, Zhou Peigong immediately asked Zhang Changgeng's confidant to report back to Wuchang, and told him the threat of Deng Ming's words about the negotiations today.

Within two days, Zhang Changgeng's confidant rushed back from Wuchang with another consul. After listening to the report, Zhang Changgeng ordered Zhou Peigong to "tell Deng Ming bluntly and then meet all his requirements." Worried that one person could not explain clearly, Zhang Changgeng also sent a second confidant. He repeatedly reminded Zhou Peigong to say justice: "The Governor said, don't lose the big picture because of the small, don't be fooled anymore. The Governor said, Mr. Zhou, you are a gentleman and cannot fight Deng Ming, so you should tell him everything."

After the explanation was clear, the two people also asked to go with Zhou Peigong to listen to his negotiations with Deng Ming.

Since his immediate superior had surrendered, Zhou Peigong also lost all his fighting spirit. After entering the Ming army camp for the second time, he honestly put forward Zhang Changgeng's true request and asked Deng Ming for the price of cooperation.

"I can't agree to Governor Zhang's brag about what defeated me. Everything else is easy to discuss, but this concerns my reputation and the loyalty and morale of my soldiers." As Director Zhou expected, after starring Deng understood, he immediately began to change the script: "My great cause of ZTE cannot be bought with money. You can only say that I gave up because I had no food. It cannot be said that I defeated me and drove me away, otherwise I should not blame me for turning against others."

Two people who were listening behind Zhou Peigong lit their heads as if they were pecking rice with chickens. Zhou Peigong didn't see their movements, so he wanted to resist stubbornly: "But Governor Zhang can't explain it to Beijing in this way."

"Anyway, you can put the blame on Hu Quancai." Deng Ming looked at Zhou Peigong's two negotiating deputy who nodded like garlic and sneered: "These local officials are incompatible with Governor Zhang. I'm going to help me to solve it. Governor Zhang also wants me to lose my reputation. Is there anyone in the world who treats my friends like this?" Deng Ming felt that fighting two battles is not a bad thing. In actual combat, it is best to train troops. This kind of risk-free actual combat is really hard to find.

Bang!

Li Laiheng, who was listening to the Ming army, slammed the table suddenly and shouted sternly: "It is because Governor Zhang is a friend that we help him. If Governor Zhang doesn't treat us as friends, why should we protect him? Even if another Governor comes, will he not do good things that he has money to take? Governor Zhang doesn't want to be the governor of Huguang, but some people want to be!"

"No, no." The person behind Zhou Peigong's face turned pale and shouted hurriedly: "The Governor is definitely a good friend of the Admiral and Hushuai. Just do as the Admiral means, and do as the Admiral means."

Deng Ming then proposed a condition, that is, after the Qing army in Huguang recovered the city, it would not harm the people in the city. Zhou Peigong had no objection. The Qing army led a large plunder to boost morale first. If the army suffered heavy casualties but did not allow soldiers to massacre the city, the soldiers might not be willing to fight in the future. The city where Deng Ming recovered obviously did not need to fight, and there were no reasons and needs to boost morale. Secondly, there would be sequelae in the city washing, and there were also many Hubei people in the Wuchang Governor's Office. If there was no fierce battle, there would be no need to condone the army to loot their hometowns and offend their colleagues.

"In the memorial from Governor Zhang to Beijing, I would see such words: 'Deng Mingqiu has no offense, no property, and no luck in women, this thief has made up the hearts of the people, and his ambition is not small.' The meaning is almost the same, in short, it is to let everyone in the world know my benevolence and righteousness. It is also possible to use this reason later, or to Governor Zhang himself want a reason to promote it for me." Deng Ming bluntly applied Fan Zeng's words to Liu Bang on himself.

"Just do as the admiral wants." Seeing that Zhou Peigong was hesitant about such a small matter, he seemed to want to push back and forth. Governor Zhang's confidant servant was so anxious that he agreed on Zhou Peigong.

Deng Ming did not agree, but stared at Zhou Peigong, who sighed and nodded slightly to express his approval.

After all the requirements were met, Deng Ming paused and pondered for a moment. Zhou Peigong looked desperate. He could only wait for the other party to offer the offer. The people sent by Zhang Changgeng gave up all the bargaining chips. Now Zhou Peigong no longer wanted to struggle. He knew that even if he tried to resist, two pig-like teammates could help Deng Ming achieve his goal smoothly.

"The debt of 18,000 taels of gold is exempted." Deng Ming offered the first condition.

"Okay." Zhou Peigong agreed very happily, as expected, he probably still had the big head behind him.

"Supply our military food and grass along the way." Deng Ming said the second condition.

"No problem." This request was even more natural. Zhou Peigong did not even expect Deng Ming to present this matter solemnly.

"There is nothing else." Deng Mingzhan smiled: "If Mr. Zhou has nothing else, let's just stop here."

"Do you have any other requirements?" Zhou Peigong could not believe his ears. Deng Ming, who was extremely cunning, did not take the opportunity to make a slap. As for the two Zhang Changgeng's confidants who were listening, they were even more stunned. Although they both met Deng Ming for the first time, they had heard about the other party's strength from Zhou Peigong many times. Before leaving Wuchang, they were also worried when they saw Zhang Changgeng, and asserted that they would definitely have a heavy bleeding this time.

"There are no other requirements." Deng Ming smiled. He observed the expression on the other person's face, full of surprise and joy, and gradually began to doubt and worry. Zhou Peigong was troublesome, but his two teammates could easily see clearly. After the two of them became more and more suspicious and basically occupied the entire face, Deng Ming explained: "To be honest, this time Governor Zhang was so heart-warming about me, which was beyond my expectations, and it also moved me very much. Ask yourself, if I were in a different place with Governor Zhang, I would probably not be able to do such loyalty, and loyalty would be rewarded with loyalty! Since Governor Zhang treats me as a friend, what is it that I can do a little effort for my friend? Friends are sharing weal and woe, and we will go together for the rest of our lives."

After hearing Deng Ming's words, Zhang Changgeng's confidant was so moved that his eyes turned red. He suddenly stood up and knelt down to Deng Ming: "The villain has long heard that the admiral is unfair. Today, he saw that it is true. The admiral is right. The head of the family is the admiral's good friend, and he has always regarded the admiral as a good friend."

Another person also had similar performances and assured Deng Ming: "The head of the family will definitely treat the admiral sincerely in the future. The admiral has recorded this friendship. If there is a place that can be useful to the head of the villain in the future, the head of the family will definitely repay the admiral well."

After being polite with these two people, Deng Ming got up to see him off. He kept sending Zhou Peigong and the others to the gate of the camp, and finally said goodbye to Zhou Peigong intimately.

"The admiral is indeed unrighteous." Zhou Peigong smiled bitterly and said to Deng Ming. After thinking for a while, he found that Deng Ming's move had shaken his status as a "negotiation expert" and an "expert on Deng Ming's issue". Although no one believed in any nonsense that Deng Ming would be loyal to Zhang Changgeng, after these two Zhang family servants returned to report, it may affect Zhang Changgen's strategy for Deng Ming, and they may also send more civil servants to participate in the negotiations in the future. After all, they are the Zhang family, and are more reliable than Zhou Peigong, an outsider. Zhou Peigong believes that

, Deng Ming did not have a big talk with a lion, but it was mostly a long-term move to increase the fish. If these two servants were not next to him, Zhou Peigong could also carefully analyze Zhang Changgeng and convince him to agree with his point of view. If Deng Ming had a big talk with a lion today, Zhou Peigong would be easier to do this, and at the same time, it would also make Zhang Changgen realize the harm of letting his confidants who have no negotiation experience participate. But it is almost impossible to do these two things now. The two servants' favorability towards Deng Ming will definitely affect Zhang Changgeng, and the latter will not fully trust Zhou Peigong's analysis.

"I'm not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but I'm afraid of teammates who are like pigs." The two servants of the Zhang family were far apart. Deng Ming whispered softly in Zhou Peigong's ear, then laughed, turned around and strode back to the camp.

After hearing this, Zhou Peigong was struck by lightning, standing there in a daze and unable to move. A surging feeling surged from the bottom of his heart, which made him almost unable to help but whistle to the sky: Those who gave birth to me, those who knew me were the admiral!

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