Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 560
Catherine walked into Yang Menglong's tent with a charming smile. The foreign girl's smile was so sweet that it almost stunned Zaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao. She didn't even think of stopping them until everyone walked in.

Yang Menglong was cooking rice, and when he saw Catherine coming in, he was taken aback for a moment, his cheeks were puffed up, and he asked vaguely: "Miss Catherine, why are you here?"

Catherine smiled: "You are all going to fight a big battle, can I come and have a look?" She sat down by herself, and said to Yang Menglong sincerely: "Yang, congratulations, your army has won an epic battle. In just a few days, an enemy equivalent to the total population of the city-state of Venice was wiped out in just a few days, such a great victory is rare even in Europe!"

Yang Menglong said nonchalantly: "That only shows that you have little knowledge! In the history of our country, most of the battles that wiped out 10,000+ enemies in World War I couldn't be completed with a hundred horse-drawn carriages... Tell me, what can I do for you?" thing?"

This guy speaks quite straightforwardly, without any twists and turns. He is used to using beautiful rhetoric to flatter the other party, leading the topic to the core without any trace, and then tactfully put forward his own wishes. Finally, Catherine reached an agreement. Facing this guy whose whole head was buried in that small washbasin-sized sea bowl and was eating like a piglet, she felt a little overwhelmed. She had never seen such a freak before.In fact, negotiating is similar to going to a brothel. You have to find a topic first to create an atmosphere, and when the atmosphere is almost created, you can blow the candle and pull the wax.What a rude bumpkin!There was no other way, so she had no choice but to calm down and say, "Actually, it's still the same sentence. I'm very interested in your army's weapons and equipment."

Yang Menglong raised his head from the sea bowl, his face was covered with grains of rice, his face was horrible: "Then what?"

Catherine said: "I hope to buy some weapons and equipment from your army, especially naval guns. We are willing to give any amount!"

Yang Menglong put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Oh, Miss Catherine, why are you here again? Didn't I tell you that our naval guns are just like yours!"

Catherine said: "How could it be the same? Your naval guns can sink a battleship with one shot, while our naval guns take a long time to sink a battleship!"

Yang Menglong said: "That's because we were lucky and hit their powder keg!"

Catherine responded tit-for-tat: "Do you have such good luck in hitting each other's powder keg with every shot? Yang, although I am not a soldier, I have been running on the sea with armed merchant ships for many years, and I have often fought with pirates and even Turkey. Dealing with the navy, I know as much about naval warfare as you do, don't take me for a fool!"

Yang Menglong spread his hands together: "If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."

Catherine got a little angry: "Yang, I thought we were friends! Can't friends be honest with each other?"

Yang Menglong smiled wryly: "Well, let me tell you the truth, we do have some such powerful cannons, but not many...Miss Catherine, if your Venice develops a powerful cannon that can overwhelm neighboring countries, Will you take out the weapon that sweeps all arms at this stage and share it with your good friends?"

Catherine hesitated for a moment, and said angrily: "We won't take you for nothing! How much does it cost? You just send a message, and we will never bargain!"

Yang Menglong said: "It's really not a matter of money. Once the technology of this weapon is leaked, the entire war mode will change, and my country will also face great danger. No amount of money can sell it!"

Catherine gritted her teeth and said, "We won't ask for too much, just buy [-] doors, and equip a few main warships to deal with the threat of the Turks. This is no threat to you, right? Five thousand ducats, [-] doors, that's enough." It’s equivalent to one-tenth of Venice’s annual fiscal revenue, so it’s okay, right?”

Yang Meng shook his head like a rattle: "No, no matter how much money you give, you can't sell it. This is a life-saving guy!"

Catherine was really angry, she slapped the table hard, and glared at Yang Menglong angrily... A beauty is a beauty, even when she is angry, she is so cute.Yang Menglong was startled by her, and he stammered and asked, "You...what do you want to do? Don't be angry, just talk about it..."

The momentum is weaker than before, isn't it at 01:30...

Catherine gritted her teeth and said, "Yang Menglong, I've never seen a man as stingy as you! You don't look like a gentleman at all!"

Yang Menglong muttered: "I was never a gentleman!"

This guy doesn't like anything, Catherine hates it so much, if she had brought her revolver with her, she would have pulled it out and fired a long time ago... Uh, if he was shot in the head, what would she do? I can't buy it anymore, alas, if only her rapier was here, first poke two small holes in this guy's thigh, and then force him to sign a contract!
Of course, these ideas are all unrealistic. In order to buy what she wants to buy, she has to find a way.Take a deep breath...inhale...exhale...try to calm down because getting angry is no good for a negotiation, it will just screw things up...

Yang Menglong stared blankly at this foreign girl, not knowing what kind of stupidity she was doing.He is not afraid of anything, he just gets angry with a woman... The premise is familiarity, if it is a strange girl who dares to bark her teeth and claws at him... Where is my formation-breaking crossbow?where it goes?

After calming down her anger, Catherine showed Yang Menglong a charming smile, although a bit stiff, but still charming.She walked lightly to Yang Menglong's side with lotus steps, her beautiful eyes were shining brightly, and her voice was charming and piercing to the bones, which made Yang Menglong's skin crawl all over: "Yang, do you think I'm pretty?"

Yang Menglong let out a grunt in his throat, and said: "Pretty, of course she is." Stunning, this figure, this appearance, placed in Europe, is the number one beauty.

Catherine leaned forward and blew into his ear, only to see his face flushed with brushing.She chuckled slightly: "Then...then we each get what we need, I will give myself to you, and you sell me the cannon, okay?"

Yang Menglong grunted again: "I have a wife!" And there are more than one...

Catherine didn't care: "What's the matter?"

Yang Menglong was a little dumbfounded: "Are all of you Venetians so open?"

Catherine smiled: "You are very young, and you hold a heavy army, and manage countless people and land... Let us each get what we need, I will not only be your partner in life, but also a good partner in your career, Believe me, I can definitely increase your wealth at an astonishing rate..."

Yang Menglong blushed all the way to the ears: "Listen...it sounds good..."

Catherine said: "It's hard to find someone who is as beautiful as me and who is so good at business and financial management! Sell me the cannon, as long as you sell me the cannon, you can get a countess who is both beautiful and talented!"

Yang Menglong let out a broken moan and shouted: "Zaji, Zaji!"

Catherine froze for a moment and said, "Why are you calling him? Don't call him!"

Yang Menglong didn't care, and stared at Zaji Chongweng who was walking in slowly with eyes that could kill people, pointed to Catherine, and said, "Take her down to rest! Her brain is burned out!"

Catherine almost kicked her: "I'm not sick! I'm negotiating with you very seriously!"

Yang Menglong hid far away: "You are indeed sick! Go down and rest for a while, and we can talk about it after your fever subsides... Zaji, take him down!"

Zaghi tried his best to hold back his laughter, and said to Catherine: "Miss Catherine, go and have a rest first, our general still has things to do."

Catherine hesitated to speak, and finally stomped her feet resentfully and left.When passing in front of Yang Menglong, she stomped her foot again, gritted her teeth and said, "You are the worst person I have ever seen!" She walked away with a cavity of anger.

Yang Menglong hugged his feet and jumped straight, baring his teeth and claws: "Hey, you stepped on someone! You stepped on someone! Do you know if you stepped on someone!"

I know, of course I know, otherwise how could it be possible to step on it so hard and so accurately that it hurt so much that he almost shed tears?

Shi Tianbao looked at Yang Menglong, looking like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Yang Menglong glared at him: "Is it funny?"

Shi Tianbao snorted and said, "It's not funny, it's not funny at all!"

Yang Menglong roared angrily: "It's not funny, you're still laughing!" Sitting on the carpet, he took off his boots and took a look, good guy, his toes are swollen, this foreign girl stepped on her foot really hard.

Shi Tianbao asked: "My lord, do you want your subordinates to go over and tie that girl back, and let you whip the whip twice to vent your anger?"

Yang Menglong waved his hand weakly: "Forget it, she has a very good relationship with the three of my family. If you whip her, it will be my turn to be whipped when I go home. Don't hurt me!"

Shi Tianbao was a little puzzled: "My lord, why are you so afraid of women? It is reasonable to be afraid of the red lady, after all, she is one of the top female heroes, but Ms. Cheng and Ms. Liu are all weak and weak women. Why are you afraid of them? "

Yang Menglong tugged at his hair, and said distressedly: "How do I know! Anyway, as long as they stare and slap the table, I feel terrified, and I can't help being half a foot shorter!" Full of hope, he looked at Shi Tianbao pitifully, "It must be Is it a disease? You Miao people have many ancient prescriptions handed down from generation to generation, which can cure any difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Is there any medicine that can cure this disease?"

Shi Tianbao was depressed: "...No!"

Disappointed, Yang Menglong put his boots back on with a sigh, and muttered as he put them on: "Forget it, it's not a bad thing to be afraid of women. A real man doesn't need to prove his bravery by being vicious or even domineering towards women..."

He can only comfort his wounded heart like this...

(End of this chapter)