"I want to see Li Zhen!"
"Get out of the way, we want to see Li Zhen."
"This is about whether people are in ruins. We want to see Li Zhen."
"It's best not to stop us from seeing Li Zhen."
“…”
At the entrance of Kyushu Academy of Sciences, the envoy teams from Yamato Kingdom and Rakshasa Kingdom were noisy. He kept yelling in blunt Kyushu dialect.
In the office, Li Zhen opened the curtains and looked outside. He chuckled and said, "It seems that Du Taiping didn't reply to them."
Qi Lengzi pursed his lips: "What should I say about Du Taiping? He is a little too unhappy. He is dragging his feet."
"Oh? Why are you dragging your feet?"
"He didn't give clear replies to these envoys. He just dragged them along and hung them up. The first thing he did when he took office was such a drag on things. Now many people in Quancheng County have complaints about him."
"Oh, those who have complaints must be from the Taiping faction."
"have no idea."
"You ask them to send a representative, and I will meet them. See what they want to say. They must have not gotten a satisfactory answer from Du Taiping, so they want to come to me directly."
Li Zhen laughed and said: "They all think that I am the master of New Kyushu. But they don't know that I have already delegated power."
“…”
An hour later, in the guest room.
The envoys of the Yamato Kingdom and the envoys of the Rakshasa Kingdom, representing the second son, were sitting in the guest room and had two cups of tea.
At this time, Li Zhen arrived belatedly.
"Haha, you two have been waiting for a long time. I have some official business to deal with. Sit down."
Li Zhen strode in, followed by Ding Zhenzhen and Qi Lengzi.
The second son of Yamato and Rakshasa Kingdom glanced at Li Zhen, said hello and sat down.
As soon as Li Zhen's butt stuck to the stool, the second son of Rakshasa Kingdom couldn't wait to speak: "Li Zhen, you must be very clear about my purpose of coming."
"Huh? I don't know." Li Zhen took a sip of tea and looked at him expressionlessly.
"Uh... how could you not be clear? You are the leader behind New Kyushu."
"I'm afraid you made a mistake. I have no official position. I am just the dean of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences. I am just the principal of a small school. There is no leader."
The second son sighed: "Okay. No matter what you say. Then I will briefly explain the matter. I hope your country will not have a war with our Rakshasa Kingdom."
"Why?"
"This is very bad for both of us."
"What's wrong?" Li Zhen asked with a smile.
Although it was a question and an answer, the second son felt the aggressive momentum and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he forced himself to say:
"Think about it. Once a war breaks out between our two big countries, will there be a loss of life? Will it cause devastating disasters to innocent people? In any case, the people are innocent."
Li Zhen nodded thoughtfully: "Well, your Excellency, continue."
When the second son saw that Li Zhen recognized his statement, he immediately became happy and said: "Our Rakshasa Kingdom is not bad at strength, so we can't stand there and let you fight, right? Right? As soon as the fight starts, it will definitely happen." Casualties. This is an era of peace. If we can avoid fighting, we should try not to fight. In addition, at the beginning of the founding of New Kyushu, the country must be unable to make ends meet, and war is extremely resource-consuming. I do not agree with war."
"Well, continue."
"Also, you have seen it. Our Rakshasa Kingdom and Yamato Country have signed a common advance and retreat agreement, and the new Kyushu Migration Law applies to the whole body. Then it is not just our Rakshasa Kingdom that we are facing. Don't be angry, I am Present the facts and be reasonable. In fact, the most important issue in the final analysis is that when the war begins, it is the people who suffer."
Li Zhen rubbed his chin and pondered.
Upon seeing Li Zhen meditating, the second son and the envoys of Yamato were ecstatic. Sure enough, Li Zhen would be much easier to talk to.
Li Zhen does not have as many tricks as Du Taiping. Du Taiping is a completely moody person. But Li Zhen can be reasonable.
Talking to reasonable people is comforting.
The envoy of the Yamato Kingdom took advantage of the opportunity: "Dean Li, think about it again. How many civilians are innocent? There will be bloodshed and sacrifices in the war. But who will provoke the people of the Rakshasa Kingdom and our country? Who is it? Right?"
"right."
"Yes. To put it bluntly, this is just a matter for our countries. It has nothing to do with innocent people. We did do something bad before, so now we are here to discuss the issue of compensation."
"What do you mean, come and have a chat." Li Zhen said with a smile.
The envoy of Yamato had a stern look on his face: "We, Yamato, are very sincere. We are willing to belong to New Kyushu in terms of reputation from now on. New Kyushu can send officials to Yamato to govern, and Yamato only retains its army and political power. Other than that, New Kyushu can send officials to Yamato to govern. Everything else will be handed over to New Kyushu. Moreover, once Yamato has any trade relations, it will be the first to do business with New Kyushu."
Li Zhen smiled and said nothing, then looked at Rakshasa Kingdom: "Where are you?"
The second son said: "The Rakshasa Kingdom is willing to cede 10,000 square kilometers of land to New Kyushu."
"Oh? Ten thousand square kilometers? Which ten thousand?"
"Here..." As he said this, the second son took out a map he had prepared in advance.
Basically the alpine regions of Siberia. Li Zhen laughed.
He turned to Ding Zhenzhen and said, "Who said that the Rakshasa Kingdom can't do business? Did you see it, a 10,000-square-kilometer alpine area?"
Ding Zhenzhen covered her mouth and snickered: "It's very generous. All the wood within the entire ten thousand square kilometers is considered a gift to us."
Li Zhen couldn't help but smile: "So, in such a large area, we only need to build concrete buildings, and then use underground heating to provide heating all year round. And provide cotton-padded clothes and quilts to the people all year round, and we can succeed. The population of Shengcheng has been relocated."
The second son looked gloomy upon hearing this and gritted his teeth without saying a word. How could he not hear it? It was irony.
The envoy of Yamato Kingdom had a smile on his face. He thought that the concessions made by Yamato Kingdom were very satisfactory.
But Li Zhen changed the subject and added: "The Great Harmony is still generous. We are willing to be a dog without a rope around its neck. As long as we pay a greater price and take longer to assimilate their citizens. That's it. I can get practical benefits. Tsk tsk."
“…”
The atmosphere in the entire guest room dropped to freezing point.
The second son looked at Li Zhen gloomily: "Then what do you want? How can we not start a war. I am not stopping the war for our country, I am just for the innocent people on both sides of us."
Li Zhen sneered and turned around to ask: "When the Rakshasa Kingdom invaded a few days ago, how many cities were massacred? How many people in Northeastern Prefecture died in the war? How many soldiers died in the war? Is there any statistics?"
Ding Zhenzhen said without thinking: "A total of more than 102,300 Jiuzhou warriors died. There were more than 200,000 injured and disabled. According to the total number of innocent people who died in the massacre, the total number reported from various places was 547,000. Some are missing and some are not counted.”
Li Zhen clapped his hands, looked at the second son, and said with a smile: "Look. When you were fighting against Kyushu some time ago, you seemed to be ignoring this problem. Tsk tsk. Qi Lengzi, someone else killed your family, what do you think about this? manage?"
"eye for eye!"
Li Zhen's face became solemn, and he looked at the two of them coldly: "Did you hear me clearly?"
(End of chapter)