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Chapter 1111 How can it be possible to treat the envoys of the Brotherly Kingdom slowly? (first update)
Chapter 1120

"Wang Shangshu, what do you mean by this?!" Looking at the Song Tingli Minister with a confused expression, Xiao Yan was so angry that smoke came from his nostrils. so red.

"You mean, you want my Great Song Dynasty to return the land of Liao that I attacked, to hand over the murderer who captured the border soldiers of the Liao State, and to hand over the culprit to the Liao State for punishment. And you also want to compensate the Liao State with 20 silver Two, one thousand sets of Yuanyou armors, five thousand pieces of Yuanyou crossbows, and five sets of Yuanyou catapults... right?" Wang Shangshu said in a very slow manner, as if I want to reason with you slowly.

"That's right." Xiao Yan naturally couldn't take the initiative to give in, so he could only bite the bullet and nodded in reply.

"But the asking price of your Liao Kingdom is really too high. Besides, after my envoys from the Great Song Dynasty went to the North Shaanxi Road to inspect in person, it was because of the greedy frontier soldiers of your Liao Kingdom's frontier forts, that they came for money. , disguised as a horse bandit, sneaked into the territory of our Great Song Dynasty, burned, killed and looted..."

"Enough!" Xiao Yan never imagined that this guy would start to talk all the time. Almost every time he saw this Wang Shangshu of the Song Dynasty, this guy seemed to have dementia, and he insisted on starting over. Repeat these shitty things over and over again.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath, and told himself that he must control his anger, not lose his temper, let alone walk away, what he needs to do is to reach a peace agreement with Song Ting as soon as possible, instead of continuing to grind. Keep nagging.

"Wang Shangshu, I have communicated with you so many times about these matters, how can I not be clear, I am representing Daliao at this moment, and I want to ask you, Song Ting, your response to the conditions put forward by us Daliao , rather than dwelling on those things."

Wang Shangshu smacked his lips with unsatisfactory intentions. Yes, before, the emperor was unwilling to negotiate peace with the Liao Kingdom, but he was also unwilling to turn his back on the Liao Kingdom. The task entrusted to him was just one word: procrastination.

He is a gentleman, the Minister of Rites in the Song Dynasty, a Confucian who has read poetry and books, and an old driver with rich political experience. For him, dragging formulas is definitely something he is good at.

Although in terms of mentality, he did make some mistakes against the people of Shangbei Liao, but the problem is that he and Beiliao are not allowed to fight hard.

Now, the situation in Northern Liao is getting worse and worse. Under such circumstances, Wang Shangshu's mentality has naturally changed. Today, he has leisurely and elegantly started to tease Xiao Yan in Northern Liao.

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"Since Ambassador Xiao has mentioned this point, I don't need to go around with you anymore. This is the first point, uh... please wait a moment for Ambassador Xiao. Come on, let me find that Ambassador Xiao to talk to you. terms of the peace talks.”

After Wang Shangshu gave a grand order, he drove the subordinate officer out, and then squatted down with Xiao Yan to drink tea and chat. A full half an hour passed, and Xiao Yan was already impatiently waiting. The fire has been set off, but the guy hasn't come back yet.

Wang Shangshu was very angry, and the consequences were serious. "It's unreasonable. I didn't expect that there would be such a person who neglected official duties in the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty. Lord Xiao, please wait here for a while, and I will go find it myself."

Xiao Yan was already a little angry. Seeing Wang Shangshu getting angry, he calmed down. As a result, about half an hour later, when Xiao Yan felt that his whole body was about to explode, Wang Shangshu just He walked in leisurely holding a box.

"Wang Shangshu, you really kept me waiting for a long time. Could it be that the protocol for the peace talks is not in the Ministry of Rites of your Great Song Dynasty, but somewhere else. However, it took so long. I even thought that Wang Shangshu was you It is intentional to treat this envoy slowly." Xiao Yan said coldly with a livid face.

"What did Ambassador Xiao say? No matter what I do, how can I treat the envoys of the brotherly country slowly? But you guessed it right. This process is really not in the Ministry of Rites, but in the royal study of His Majesty. I am a fee-paying official. With a lot of strength, I ran to the palace to fetch it myself."

Wang Shangshu said very seriously, of course it is impossible to tell Xiao Yan that this thing is actually placed in a warehouse not far away.

And the subordinate officer just now had been ordered. After seeing the look in his eyes, he took the order to go out, so he should continue doing what he should do, and he, Mr. Wang, went out for a walk, exercising his sore body , and went to Zuo Shilang's place to drink a cup of tea, and then Shi Shiran came over with this thing.

The two sides started discussing and arguing about the peace treaty one by one. Xiao Yan's lungs were almost overwhelmed by Wang Shangshu's slowness. Every time he mentioned a point, he had to babble about the reason for a long time, and at the end it was just a word. , No, it’s impossible, I’m really sorry, I’m so poor, or else, I don’t even have these equipments myself.

A lot of things were invented by Wang Jinglue of Shaanxi North Road. If he doesn't nod, even the emperor can't do anything about it. What's more, those things are only used in Shaanxi area now, so they can't be obtained at all.

In a word, apart from agreeing to release the prisoners of war in Xiazhou and evacuate the east road of the Liao Kingdom, it is impossible for Song Dynasty to make any concessions.

In addition, the reason why the Song Dynasty sent troops to Xiazhou was caused by the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, the Liao Kingdom also needs to compensate the Song Dynasty.

For this kind of negotiation, Xiao Yan was really blown away. After slapping the case table hard, he walked away...

Looking at the back of Xiao Yan who was furious and leaving in a huff, Wang Shangshu couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He was a dignified Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty, after all, he was a gentleman, and Xiao Yan was from Liao.

Tall and burly, he looked like a man who practiced martial arts all the year round. He was really worried about this guy just now, and in a rage, he reached out and beat him up violently.

Hmm... It seems that the next time you negotiate with these guys, even if you want to delay the time, you have to be more careful. Maybe you should call a few forbidden soldiers to sit at the negotiation site, so that you can speak with more confidence. .

When he left the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty and was on the way to the post house, when the original Taotian anger gradually subsided, he couldn't help but start to regret it.

Especially after seeing Chen Lin and Xiao Wuna who were full of expectations, this guy felt even more ashamed.

"Why, today's negotiation is not going well?" Chen Lin hurriedly got up to greet her and asked impatiently.

"Wang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Song Dynasty is really too despicable. He put forward rude conditions, and I was teased by him again and again. It's really..." Xiao Yan explained to Chen Lin with a face of embarrassment. .

"That's it..." After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Chen Lin couldn't help but look disappointed. "So, Mr. Xiao, you just went back home, right..."

Hearing Chen Lin's displeased tone, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a slight chill in his heart. After a little hesitation, he said bravely. "Master Chen, don't worry, tomorrow, I will continue to look for Wang Shangshu to continue the discussion."

Xiao Wuna looked at Xiao Yan's shameful and embarrassing appearance, sighed slightly in his heart, stood up, stroked his beard and spoke. "The old man should go with you. That Song Ting's Wang Shangshu is a treacherous and cunning person. If it is normal, then it's fine. Just fight with him slowly, but it's different now."

(End of this chapter)