Putting down four in one go, Yuan Fang's self-confidence was bursting, and when he was about to put down everyone in one go, Guan Xiaoyun jumped out to avenge the red clothes, the two of you come and I push the cup and change the lamp, Yuan Fang is a little powerless, and he can't hold on, at this time, someone knocked on the door, and the savior came.

Yuan Fang put down the wine glass and ran to open the door, but when he saw the person Yuan Fang came, he was stunned: "Shu Ping, why are you?" "The person who came was Shu Ping, the foreign minister of the Yuanhe Empire, an old acquaintance of Yuan Fang.

Shu Ping smiled and said, "As soon as I arrived here, I came to ask for a glass of wine, Lord Yuan wouldn't be unwelcome, right?" Yuan Fang hurriedly asked Shu Ping to come in, and the two female soldiers who accompanied Shu Ping saw this and helped close the door and leave.

Shu Ping, many people present are no strangers, Shu Ping and Qin Cao and Doctor Ye, who were sobering up and still a little dizzy in their heads, were pulled to the wine table by Yuan Fang after they looked for hello.

There were outsiders, Yan Yue, Xiaomei, and Damei politely found an excuse to go to the living room, and there were only Yuan Fang and Shu Ping left on the wine table, as well as Guan Xiaoyun, who was surging with wine.

Yu Jingqiu took Shu Ping a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and by the way, she took Guan Xiaoyun away, and she stayed alone to accompany her, or to protect Yuan Fang's safety, after all, Shu Ping's identity was a little sensitive, and Yu Jingqiu didn't worry about letting them get along alone.

After a few glasses of wine, Shu Ping adapted to the atmosphere here, put down the wine glass and said leisurely: "Lord Yuan, I came to ask you for help this time." ”

Yuan Fang smiled and teased, "What can I help you?" If you're borrowing money, you're looking for the wrong person, but if you're looking for a woman, I've got a bit of a way, and the beauty of our bathing center is absolutely top-notch. Yu Jingqiu rolled her eyes, got up and poured a cup of ginseng tea for Yuan Fang.

Shu Ping smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Yuan, you should know the purpose of my visit this time, I hope you can say a few kind words in front of Your Majesty, come forward to help us Yuanhe Empire say a word, and I, Yuanhe Empire and Ningyi Empire, Wen'an Empire are free from swords, and the people of Xiahe Yuanhe Empire are grateful, this is a little heart, and please don't dislike it." As he spoke, he put the two silver tickets on the table and pushed them in front of Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang glanced at it and was taken aback by the amount on it, the two silver tickets were in the denomination of 10,000 taels, and the bribe of 20,000 taels of silver was the first time Yuan Fang had seen it, from this, it was not difficult to see that the Yuan and Empire had been cornered and desperately sought peace and recuperation.

Yuan Fang really wanted to have 20,000 taels of silver under his hands, but he couldn't accept it, and after a moment of silence, Yuan Fang returned the silver ticket to Shu Ping, waved his hand and interrupted: "You take the silver ticket first, let's go to the study and say." ”

Yu Jingqiu followed the two upstairs with ginseng tea, Ye Qingru and they began to clean up the table, Xiaomei personally cooked noodles, and everyone was not full yet.

Yuan Fang and Shu Ping came to the study to sit down with the guests, Yu Jingqiu put down the ginseng tea and stood aside, no one spoke, and the room was silent.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Fang took the lead in breaking the silence: "Shu Ping, I treat you as a friend, that's why I told you this, but what I said next was only to my friend and not the foreign minister of the Yuanhe Empire, you can understand what I mean, right?" Shu Ping looked at Yuan Fang, his eyes became gloomy, he had already guessed what Yuan Fang was about to say.

Shu Ping said dejectedly: "Lord Yuan, please speak, I am only Shu Ping now, not the Minister of Foreign Affairs." ”

Yuan Fang nodded: "Maybe, maybe you will think that we are doing this a little bit without this, we are taking advantage of the danger of others, and I don't want to make any excuses, this is the case between countries, and the same is true of your Yuan and Empire at the beginning, but I want to clarify one point, we are not doing this revenge, it is the overall situation." Let's put it this way, do you think the current state of the Yuan and Empire can still be the same as before? Even if you elect a new emperor to succeed you tomorrow, do you think that after this cholera, even if we don't take action, will you be able to resist the two-sided attack of the Ningyi Empire and the Wen'an Empire? ”

Shu Ping still didn't give up, and tried his best to say: "We can't stop it, but if the Dongsheng Empire is willing to stand up and help us say something, I think with the relationship between you and the Ningning Empire, Dugu Zhen should be able to stop, and the Wen'an Empire will not risk the world's condemnation to offend the powerful Dongsheng Empire." ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand and said: "I'll give you a secret, our Dongsheng Empire is strong on the surface, but in fact, everyone knows how to do it, if we really fight desperately at any cost, it's hard to say who wins and who loses, of course our Dongsheng Empire won't do that, it is impossible to stand up to help anyone at this time, and we are just barely protecting ourselves." ”

Shu Ping smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Yuan is too modest, and the strength of the Dongsheng Empire is obvious to all. ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand and interrupted: "Even if it is what you say, then why should we help you Yuan and the Empire?" ”

Shu Ping successfully put the topic on the right track, straightened his body and talked eloquently: "If you ask for someone, you have to show sincerity, we know this very well, and we also have enough sincerity to be willing to pay a part of the land as a reward, Lord Yuan, to put it mildly, if you and the other two empires send troops to Yuanhe, isn't it for the land?" Even if it succeeds, it will inevitably bear the notoriety of aggression, so why not accept our gift, which is not better for the reputation of the Dongsheng Empire? At the same time, it has also won the friendship of our Yuan and the Empire, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Shu Ping's conditions made Yuan Fang very surprised, land is the foundation of the country, the Yuan and Empire actually have such courage, in order to protect themselves, they are willing to take out the land as a reward, to be honest, Yuan Fang is really a little tempted, you can get what you want without using swords This is the best choice.

However, Yuan Fang still shook his head, because the matter was irreparable, if Shu Ping came earlier, at that time Yang Xing had not reached a deal with Ning Yuan and the Wen'an Empire, then Yuan Fang would definitely persuade Yang Xing to agree to the conditions of the Yuan and the Empire, but now let Yang Xing stand up and help the Yuan and the Empire speak, although Ning Empire would definitely give up, but Dugu was really not happy in his heart, and it was not easy to explain to the Wen'an Empire, and more seriously, if Yang Xing did this, he would have received the benefits of the Yuan and Empire afterwards, once the matter spreadIn the eyes of other countries, the Dongsheng Empire will no longer have credibility at all, and will be rejected by other countries, how will the Dongsheng Empire develop at that time, development is not just a closed-door project, but needs to carry out various trade cooperation and technical exchanges with other countries.

Shu Ping looked at Yuan Fang: "Lord Yuan, is there really no other way?" ”

Yuan Fang sighed and said, "I really can't help it." ”

Shu Ping was silent for a moment: "If we are willing to give half of the land to Dongsheng, Rather and the Wen'an Empire, do you think they will stop?" ”