Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Chapter 707 The Beginning of Negotiations

The place where the Dali envoys stayed was not far from the government office of the state capital, so they walked there.

When passing by a stall selling wontons, I happened to see a customer checking out.

Zhou Chengzhong and others noticed that the other party was using Pingzhou treasure banknotes. The customer handed the stall owner a dime, and the stall owner got back five cents.

Five cents for a big bowl of wontons?

Zhou Chengzhong and Dali officials all knew the exchange ratio between Pingzhou treasure banknotes and silver and copper coins. One dime in Pingzhou was equal to ten cents, and one penny was equal to one penny.

"A bowl of meat wontons only costs five cents, so cheap." The junior official who was traveling with him said in a low voice.

Now in Dali, meat wontons cost at least ten cents.

"Don't think it's cheap. They use Pingzhou treasure banknotes to settle the bill. Can you try to settle the bill with silver and copper coins?"

Now three taels of silver are exchanged for one yuan of Pingzhou treasure banknotes. If you use copper coins, then it costs fifteen cents a bowl? Hiss, so expensive.

While we were talking, another customer came over to pay. This time he paid for it with several companions. The wontons they ordered came in large and small bowls, with meat and vegetables, and at different prices.

But the stall owner quickly calculated the cost as he reported the order amount, and then gave him change.

The guest spoke with a southern accent and sighed, "Brother, you are good at arithmetic."

The stall owner replied with a smile, "I know some simple arithmetic, and I learned it from my children."

"Does your child go to the county school?"

"No, my child is still young and goes to school at the entrance of our village."

"A school at the entrance of the village? Are there many schools like yours?"

"There are many such schools. There is one school in three villages."

"Do you also teach arithmetic?"

"Taught."

Zhou Chengzhong and his party were far away, and they could still hear the conversation between the two.

Wang Heyu's face looked very ugly.

A glimpse of a wonton stall shows that the people of Pingzhou are living a really good life. Just as Zhou Chengzhong's emotions were tumbling, they arrived at their destination.

From a distance, he saw an adult wearing a crimson official uniform standing in front of the government office gate. As he approached, Zhou Chengzhong recognized that this person was none other than his old acquaintance Lu Desheng.

When Zhou Chengzhong saw Lu Desheng, he was in a trance for a moment, thinking of the dead Prince Gong, and felt that things were different and people were different.

When Lu Desheng saw his old friend, he smiled and said, "Master Zhou, long time no see."

Zhou Chengzhong cupped his hands and said, "Master Lu, long time no see."

The receptionist smiled and said, "Master Lu, would you please let me lead them in to see the governor first?"

"Go." Lu Desheng waved his hand, and then said to Zhou Chengzhong, "Business matters are important. When the business is done, we can get together."

Zhou Chengzhong: ...Why didn’t he know that his relationship with Lu Desheng was so good?

Recalling how he had been upset for him when he was at Yushitai, Zhou Chengzhong only thought that he was happy to meet an old friend in a foreign country.

Zhou Chengzhong and his party waited for a while outside the meeting hall, and then heard the guards at the door roll call, asking them to go in to meet the governor.

This time, only three people led by the envoys went in. These three people were Honglu Temple Qing, Shaoqing, and Zhou Chengzhong.

"I've met Governor Lu."

"No courtesy." A gentle and powerful female voice came from above.

Zhou Chengzhong stood up straight and respectfully.

Wang Heyu was the person in charge of leading the team this time, so he stepped forward to deal with it.

Zhou Chengzhong pretended to glance up accidentally and saw Lu Songli at the top. When he looked back, he glanced to both sides and had a panoramic view of Pingzhou's team.

Zhou Chengzhong secretly thought that the grass-roots team in Pingzhou looked decent, and they were no worse than the civil and military officials in the Dali court.

Looking at Lu Desheng standing on the left, very forward, Zhou Chengzhong thought, Oh my god, this guy Lu Desheng will not be the emperor or the father of the country in the future, right?

Just when Zhou Chengzhong was distracted, Lu Songli and Wang Heyu had already finished their exchange.

After some diplomatic words, Lu Songli asked them to negotiate in the conference hall next door.

Zhou Chengzhong quickly calmed down.

He could also understand that as Lu Songli was the top person in charge of Pingzhou, it would be good if she could meet with them. There was no way that she would end up personally involved in the subsequent peace talks.

That would be too much of a loss.

Immediately afterwards, they moved to the meeting hall next door one after another.

As soon as he entered, he saw a rectangular table in the middle of the meeting hall. In addition, there were some short tables and chairs placed at the back of both sides.

Lu Desheng sat on the main seat opposite with his majesty, and the other Pingzhou officials or chief clerks sat beside or behind him.

Seeing Lu Desheng in full force, Zhou Chengzhong couldn't help but think of the scene when Lu Desheng fought against the Confucian scholars in the court when the late emperor was still there, and the feeling of being dominated came back.

That's right, how could it be possible that Lu Desheng was not included in the peace talks and the quarrels and conflicts over interests?

Lu Wei smiled and said, "Master Wang, Master Li, Master Zhou, please take a seat."

As soon as they sat down, but their buttocks were not yet firm, Lu Desheng said, "It's getting late, let's hurry up and start."

Zhou Chengzhong glanced sympathetically at Wang Heyu, the newly appointed young and ignorant minister of Honglu Temple.

After sitting down, he made a visual inspection and thought to himself that the negotiating table was quite wide. If the person opposite got excited and swooped over, he shouldn't be able to hit him, right?

In the meeting hall, Lu Songli was silent when she saw her father taking the lead to go to the next door with the steps of disowning his relatives.

After everyone left the meeting hall, she said to Guo Chong, "Commander Guo, you can go next door too."

Qin Heng's garrison at Shangdang, General Dali, is in a confrontation with Dali's heavy army. Both sides are currently holding back their troops.

Therefore, after Xue Xu returned to the south, Qin Heng asked Guo Chong to return to Changli.

At this moment, Guo Chong was a little surprised when he heard that the governor asked him to go next door. After all, Pingzhou was present at the negotiation this time. In addition to Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu Weilu and Mr. Chen Yuechen were also present. As Pingzhou was the dominant party, this specification That's enough.

Lu Songli coughed lightly, "Please take a look at my dad."

Guo Chong understood the governor's worries, but at the same time he felt that the governor's worries were a bit unnecessary, "The chief minister and Shaoqing of Dali Honglu Temple are both from aristocratic families, and Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, Mr. Chen, etc. are not unreasonable people. Both parties should be magnanimous in their negotiations.”

Lu Songli didn't know what to say, so she waved her hand and let him go down.

When Guo Chong entered, the scene already smelled of gunpowder.

He paused, nothing happened, everything was still under control.