Zhu Chongde looked at Yan Ze'an who was sitting in front of him and stood there for a long time. It was not until Yan Ze'an's assistant beside him brought him some fragrant tea that he finally laughed dryly and bitterly and slowly sat down.
"I didn't expect that four years ago, we fought side by side, and four years later we were sitting at the negotiating table!" Zhu Chongde felt bitterness, helplessness, emotion and infinite melancholy in his heart.
"It's four and a half years!" Yan Ze'an's tone was calm, but there was a sense of alienation in his calmness.
Zhu Chongde hesitated for a moment, ready to play the emotional card: "Old Yan..."
Yan Ze'an suddenly waved his hands, and said calmly: "You know, I walked from Shangyongcheng, the former capital of the State of Cai, to Anyang, a distance of 827 kilometers. More than 300,000 people came to 'see me off', and more than 5,000 people threw stones and debris at me, and even... rushed to spit in front of me!"
Zhu Chongde suddenly clenched his hands tightly together, and his joints began to creak.
Yan Ze looked at Zhu Chongde quietly, "If it were you, if you were sitting in my position now, what would you do?"
Zhu Chongde opened his mouth, but could not utter a word. As a high-ranking official of the State of Cai, how could Zhu Chongde not understand how much Yan Ze'an had contributed to the State of Cai, and how he had helped the State of Cai, which was on the verge of collapse, to regain its prosperity, while Yan Ze'an's family had suffered humiliation and were nearly executed.
The word hatred cannot describe Yan Zean’s feeling!
Yan Ze'an pulled out a map from under the table, took out a red pen and drew a line on the map, just circling out the copper mine in Tongchuan, the valley that Li Xian requested, and the surrounding mountains, a total of about 40 kilometers in diameter.
Then Yan Ze'an pointed to this place and said, "With the red copper mine as the center, the land within a radius of 40 kilometers just covers the valley between the Chixia Mountain Range and the Emerald Mountain Range, including the valleys of the two mountain ranges. We need the right to use this place for 10 years, and it will only take 10 years, and then we will return it to the State of Cai after 10 years. Within 10 years, Anyang will pay the State of Cai 500,000 taels of gold every year, at the end of each year. In addition, we only do business and develop mineral resources, and will never interfere in your internal affairs!"
Zhu Chongde first found it difficult, then felt conflicted, hesitated, gradually felt surprised, and finally was shocked!
It’s difficult because of Yan Ze’an’s experience.
The reason for the dilemma was that Yan Ze'an had asked for a huge sum of land, covering 40 square kilometers of land, including the entire valley and the government seat of Tongchuan Prefecture.
The hesitation was because Yan Ze'an said it would only take ten years, and he would pay 500,000 taels of gold every year... Anyang was being too generous!
However, Yan Ze'an's next words made Zhu Chongde jump up like a cat whose tail was stepped on - I will not interfere in your internal affairs!
This is the bottom line of the negotiations mentioned by the Emperor of Cai. How could Yan Ze'an know it
Was it just a casual remark? But thinking of Yan Ze'an's strange tone and looking at Yan Ze'an's strange eyes, Zhu Chongde gradually calmed down, and then the calmness turned into coldness, and his heart sank a little bit.
Such important information, Anyang actually knew it. I set out overnight last night, but Anyang already got this information, what does this mean
At this moment, Zhu Chongde felt like a stripped clown. He felt good about himself, but he didn't know that countless eyes were watching him from all directions!