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MTL - The King of Special Warfare-v7 Chapter 510 :treaty
Li Songping sat behind the desk, keeping a curled up posture.
His figure was not considered tall in the first place, but under such a posture, he suddenly appeared even more stooped, and his former vigor and majesty seemed to have disappeared from him.
Not far from his office is the conference room, on the same floor.
When the office was quiet, the faint sound of arguing was coming from the conference room not far away. It was chaotic, and the sound seemed to become more and more clear.
Li Songping's expression was numb, motionless, and he didn't think about anything.
The bickering in the conference room has been going on for a long time.
To be exact, it started at midnight.
No, the related quarrel should have started a few days ago, and it started to gather together in the middle of the night and broke out completely.
Li Songping looked at his watch, it was ten o'clock in the morning.
The long quarrel, the so-called discussion, has lasted nearly eight hours.
He sighed softly, scratched his hair which was not much at all, opened his mouth wide, and let out a silent growl.
This hysterical state lasted for about half a minute.
Then he became quiet again, bent his body, and buried his face in his hands.
A few hours ago, he wasn't here, but in a conference room on the same floor.
In those quarrels, he was also a participant and one of them.
However, as the quarrel continued to escalate, he really couldn't bear the atmosphere there. In a rage that almost tore his skin, he scolded everyone in the conference room, and then returned to his office.
The meeting was still not over even after he, the speaker, left.
After a brief silence, there was a more intense quarrel.
Li Songping could feel the complex atmosphere of the building today.
It was a complex atmosphere mixed with resentment, resentment and resentment, as well as fear and powerlessness.
This kind of atmosphere is constantly brewing, with this building as the center, it continues to spread throughout the entire Annan territory, making the whole country panic and restless.
Li Songping had nothing to do about it.
Because the source of this atmosphere, this mentality, is himself and those people in the meeting room.
Those who control Annan's fate all have this kind of mentality, so how to control such influence?
I can't control it.
To be precise, after the night when the alliance besieged Li Tianlan, the whole of Annan was already facing the risk of losing control.
Because Annan is too close to Central Continent.
If the distance is still considered a soft threat, then the existence of the Yuxue Juntuan is equivalent to a sharp sword on the neck of the Annan Council.
It was so sharp that it even started to see blood.
Thor is still outside the capital of Annan until now, and has not left.
What is the situation now?
Yuxue Juntuan left Nanyun and borrowed Tiannan, and the way southward was a complete sweep.
To be precise, it is crushing.
This was completely run over in a dignified manner. During the journey of thousands of miles, the whole process did not even encounter a decent obstacle. Li Songping's so-called elites collapsed at the touch of a touch, and did not cause any trouble at all.
Now in the entire city where Li Songping is located, all the supply consumption must be given priority to the Yuxue Juntuan.
Thor was not at all polite.
During this period of time, the treatment of every ordinary soldier in the Yuxuejun regiment is even close to that of Annan's general.
This kind of extravagance and even waste must be paid by Annan.
Not to mention how suffocating their deterrent power is, it's just that Annan can't afford this kind of consumption.
This is the price they must pay.
If Li Tianlan had fallen as expected on the night of the siege, the current situation would be completely different.
They can't help but not worry about the threat from Thor, and now they have even taken back part of Tiannan.
For Annan, this was a big gamble. Now that he lost the gamble, he would naturally have to pay the price.
As for how much it costs...
Specifically, that is how much they expect after winning the bet, and how much they have to pay after losing the bet.
Li Songping picked up a document on the table and scanned it absently, picked up a pen, wanted to annotate something, but started to be dazed.
There was a smell of paint in the office.
It's not actually the smell of the office.
It was the smell of the desk in front of him, the sofa beside him, and even the chair behind him.
These items are all new.
Not only these, the bookshelves in the office, the potted plants in the corners, the windows, the chandeliers, even Annan's flags and curtains are all newly replaced.
In just a few days, these things have been replaced several times.
It was night when the alliance besieged Li Tianlan.
About forty hours later, the Yuxue Juntuan approached Li Songping's territory.
The chaotic and fierce atmosphere began to spread continuously.
Raytheon came to this building alone, with great fanfare, until he entered Li Songping's office, no one dared to intercept him, not even a symbolic one.
Thor didn't do anything to the office, but facing Li Songping's flattering smile, he directly kicked Li Songping's chest.
At that time, the blood from Li Songping's mouth hadn't spurted out yet, the pair of royal boots had already stepped on his face.
This is Li Songping and even Annan's first humiliation.
And it's a shame.
It was on that day that Annan began to provide a large amount of almost luxurious supplies to the Yuxue Juntuan.
The next day, the Yuxue Juntuan came to a few middle-level people and smashed Li Songping's office.
In the next few days, the Yuxue Juntuan lost even the middle management, and just a few ordinary soldiers smashed Li Songping's office again.
This posture of persecution is too obvious.
Raytheon even said that if Annan's specific attitude cannot be seen, he will take over the building next.
Although this series of encounters is a shame to Li Songping, it is actually not a price at all.
But he really didn't dare to let Thor take over the building.
If the office is smashed, it is smashed.
Loss of face and majesty, at least spread in a small area.
But if the buildings are all in the hands of Thor, it means something different.
This is equivalent to Xingguo suddenly taking over Yinlonghai.
What is this concept?
At that time, it will be hard to say whether Annan is still Annan.
Of course, if such a thing really happened, Thor himself would feel uncomfortable, and Zhongzhou would also be under tremendous pressure.
But the so-called pressure is nothing compared to Annan's situation at that time.
After all, Central Continent is now the real overlord.
So Annan could only hurry up to contact the East Palace, and even contact Zhongzhou, his posture became lower and lower, more and more humble.
In this negotiation, Annan was supposed to negotiate with both parties.
The alliance besieged Li Tianlan, which happened in Annan.
Moreover, Annan gave considerable convenience, and even directly participated in it.
Until now, Annan has been unable to explain what happened to the sky full of artillery fire that night, nor can he explain it.
It cannot be said that the artillery fire that night had nothing to do with Annan. Li Songping and others did not give orders at all. The artillery fire was launched independently, right?
If you really want to explain it like this, it is not an explanation. Although the facts are like this, everyone will think that Li Songping is fooling Zhongzhou as a fool. Such an explanation is almost equivalent to provocation, and the consequences are even more serious.
So even if it was true that what happened that night was not an order from them, they can only grit their teeth and admit it now.
They attacked Li Tianlan.
Li Tianlan was not only the Lord of the Eastern Palace at that time, but also a person from Central Continent.
For this kind of thing, they not only want to explain to the East Palace, but also give Zhongzhou an explanation.
When contacting the two parties, Annan was already ready to bleed heavily.
And it is.
Today, they had already contacted Li Huacheng a few days ago, and then contacted the East Palace through Li Huacheng.
Qin Weibai is obviously not in the mood to argue with Annan now.
So in this negotiation, the representative of the East Palace is Han Donglou.
Who is Han Donglou?
After all, he is a businessman.
In the case of taking advantage, the conditions he proposed were also difficult for Annan to accept.
Li Huacheng, on the other hand, opened his mouth like a lion, and the conditions he proposed were like a knife, cutting into Annan's bone marrow.
This is also the reason for the quarrel in the conference room today.
Because after they gathered the appeals of Central Continent and the East Palace, everyone was dumbfounded.
The conditions set by the two parties sounded simple.
Central Continent needs land and resources.
The East Palace wants money and benefits.
Central Continent requested a reasonable amount of money to purchase more than two-thirds of the land in the north of Annan.
If Tiannan is included, the total area is nearly 150,000 square kilometers. Even if Tiannan is not counted, the area is more than 100,000 square kilometers.
This means that once Annan agrees, their territory will be directly reduced by one-third.
And in this one-third of the area, more than 60% of Annan's various resources are concentrated, among which oil, coal, and gold are the most important, and there are also a large amount of natural gas resources.
In addition, Zhongzhou believed that Annan's previous actions were extremely serious provocations, and demanded that Annan pay Zhongzhou XXXX billion in compensation.
That's right, it is XXXX billion.
There is no specific amount.
Because after internal discussions, Zhongzhou believes that this part of the compensation can be offset by the amount that Zhongzhou purchased Annan's land.
To put it bluntly, Zhongzhou wanted to prostitute one-third of Annan and more than half of Annan's various precious resources.
Finally, Zhongzhou hopes that Annan will issue a statement to the outside world, saying that they voluntarily give up this land and a large amount of resource exploitation rights, and agree with Zhongzhou and Annan's concept of friendship and harmony.
This means that if I prostitute you once for nothing, not only can you not be wronged, but you should also applaud loudly.
Fortunately, Li Huacheng still nodded, and did not ask Annan to continue to make statements like "come back next time".
As for the East Palace, Han Donglou to be precise, they were also not very particular, and they were not polite at all.
He also believed that Annan's move was a contempt and humiliation to the East Palace, and asked Annan to give the East Palace an astronomical compensation.
There is a definite amount for this compensation, unlike Zhongzhou's XXXX, which has a unit of 100 million. When Han Donglou opens his mouth, there are five digits, and the first digit is not one.
And what he wanted was Zhongzhou coins.
Conversion in both currencies...
In fact, it doesn't make much sense to care about this.
Because no matter what the amount was, Annan simply couldn't afford the money.
You can't get it out even if you sell everything and go bankrupt.
But Annan dared not refuse.
Because they have no confidence to refuse.
They could only carefully bargain with Han Donglou, trying to pay in installments...
Han Donglou did not ask for any more land.
But if Annan pays compensation according to this tree, it will be considered as an installment payment...
Their taxes for at least a hundred years in the future will all belong to the East Palace.
Li Huacheng could only be regarded as a stinky and shameless man cutting flesh.
What Han Donglou did was to completely grasp Annan's fate.
It's not just this compensation.
Han Donglou also asked Annan to give the greatest support for Shengshi Fund's next investment in Annan.
There are many specific conditions.
To put it simply, if Annan agrees, Shengshi Fund will form a truly near-monopoly position in many fields of Annan.
This kind of manipulation is completely comprehensive.
If you are not strong enough to commit a big death, you should have such consequences, and you deserve it.
Of course, Annan will be noisy internally.
It's been arguing, arguing non-stop.
There was even more than one person in the conference room who completely dropped his glass, and his excitement was simply uncontrollable.
If they compromise on this series of conditions, they will not even be considered dogs in front of Zhongzhou in the future.
It can only be regarded as a puppet on a string.
How is this reconciled to Annan?
Just not reconciled, so what?
Although the door of the office was closed, the louder and louder quarrels continued to come.
Li Song listened expressionlessly, until the door was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged man in his forties walked in with a tired face.
The moment the door was pushed open, a chaotic sound rushed into the office.
Li Songping could even hear a familiar voice shouting at the top of his lungs that he could not agree no matter what.
Then there is a large echo.
The meaning of disagree is very obvious, and it is what everyone means.
But apart from disagreeing, no one said what to do next.
The corners of Li Songping's mouth raised, and his smile became a little mocking.
"speaker..."
The middle-aged man who opened the door and came in saw the smile on Li Songping's face, moved his mouth, and smiled wryly.
Although he is middle-aged, his appearance is still handsome. Although he is not tall, his every move seems very calm. At this time, even his wry smile does not look ugly, but has a unique charm.
"It's quite noisy."
Li Songping said flatly: "Everyone is so energetic, they came here to vent their emotions? Besides venting their emotions, what else can they do?"
bang bang bang!
Li Songping patted the table vigorously, his face livid: "What else can they do?!"
The middle-aged man sighed and wanted to say something comforting, but he couldn't say a word. He could only say: "After I came out, they quarreled more intensely."
Li Songping's anger stagnated, and his whole person became a little depressed.
He naturally understood what the other party meant.
The middle-aged man was named Ruan Chenglin, the head of the Annan Exchange Department.
During this period of time, the negotiations with Zhongzhou and the East Palace, although Li Songping personally found Li Huacheng, started.
However, Ruan Chenglin was in charge of the specific negotiation work.
Everyone sitting in the meeting room knew very well what the purpose of the meeting next door was.
Negotiations have come to an end.
Both the East Palace and Zhongzhou have given the bottom line.
This also means that the other party will not give in.
Those conditions that made it difficult for Annan to accept, they promised to agree, and they did not agree to agree.
It's meaningless to say otherwise.
Because Thor was blocking the door of their house, if they dared to say no, they would not be surprised what happened next.
This time, Zhongzhou was reasonable, and he had enough strength, and made a condition out of face.
No matter how harsh the condition was, it was still for saving face.
Annan doesn't want this face, that is shameless, and he deserves what happens next.
In other words, this so-called negotiation is actually about to come to fruition today.
Annan couldn't wait for this.
Because Thor puts too much pressure on them.
He is here, and everyone can feel the oppression of life and death.
And his consumption every day also makes one's scalp tingle.
Countless people would breathe a sigh of relief if they could send him away.
And this meeting, what is the significance of their discussions?
Central Continent, East Palace, Li Tianlan.
They really can't be bothered.
So after the meeting went through the initial normal stage, the next step became a time for everyone to vent their inner emotions.
Li Songping couldn't see it and left the meeting after scolding everyone, but he had already expressed his attitude.
He was equally angry, equally unwilling, and equally reluctant, but there was nothing he could do.
So no matter how unwilling he was, he could only agree.
When he left the meeting room, expressing his attitude, he also expressed the meaning that he no longer expected these people in the meeting room to have any good ideas.
The people in the conference room did not disappoint him.
Not only did they have no good solution, but after Li Songping left, the quarrel became more intense.
Ruan Chenglin's departure was another clear signal.
Li Songping intended to compromise so he left.
Did Ruan Chenglin leave the same meaning?
Li Songping is in front.
If the communication department continues to be weak, it means that this matter has become a foregone conclusion and cannot be undone.
In fact, no one seems to want to save it.
At this critical moment, the so-called redemption is tantamount to fighting against Zhongzhou and the East Palace.
Redemption is tantamount to courting death.
The rest of the people don't want to court death, the only thing they can do is quarrel.
All the time, getting more and more violent, constantly expressing his anger, and... incompetence.
"You said, when will they quarrel?"
Li Songping asked suddenly.
Ruan Chenglin continued to smile wryly, he is Li Songping's confidant, and under the current special situation, he has become closer to Li Songping, so he sat down opposite Li Songping unceremoniously, took out a cigarette and lit it, and gulped suck.
Smoke billowed in the office.
Ruan Chenglin's voice was a little trance: "Maybe... no... They seem to be very energetic, at least they have to quarrel until after the contract is signed? Maybe they can quarrel till tomorrow?"
As early as yesterday, Zhongzhou and the East Palace had formally drawn up a series of clauses. The official name was "Tiannan Treaty".
People from the Central Continent Exchange Department are also in this city, quietly guarding the treaty.
Now we only need to wait for Li Songping and Ruan Chenglin to be in place. As long as they sign their names and leave their seals on the treaty, it means that one-third of Tiannan's territory will completely belong to Zhongzhou, and the fate of the entire Tiannan will be decided. It will also become a toy that the East Palace can play with at will.
At that time, Tiannan and Zhongzhou will simultaneously issue a series of statements to the outside world.
After Tiannan issued a voluntary sale statement, Zhongzhou will announce to the outside world that Tiannan Province will be officially established.
Today is destined to be very lively, and even shake the whole world.
When this series of things is done, this turmoil will be over.
And at that time, the quarrel in the conference room can come to an end.
Those who are still arguing at that time can pretend to be stunned, shout a few words that they haven't agreed, there must be something to do, and those who want to speculate aggressively, even publicly reprimand Li Songping and Ruan Chenglin , no matter what happens in the future, at least his status is temporarily preserved.
To put it bluntly, the so-called quarrel that is going on now is nothing more than an escape from responsibility after being desperate.
Everyone knew exactly what was going to happen next, but those people in the conference room pretended not to understand, at least delaying today.
They may want to do something, and of course it is true that they are not reconciled.
But the reality is that they can't do anything.
"Speaker, is there really no way around this matter?"
Ruan Chenglin hesitated, and spoke hesitantly.
"Are you scared?"
Li Songping glanced at him and said calmly.
Ruan Chenglin's mouth moved, he wanted to bite the bullet and say that he was not afraid.
But in such an occasion, it is meaningless to say anything.
He nodded dejectedly, his handsome face looked a little dull and stiff.
Once the "Tiannan Treaty" is signed, there is no doubt that he and Li Songping will become eternal sinners. This kind of thing, this kind of shame and humiliation, is destined to be written into the history books. At that time, they will both be stigmatized for thousands of years, and countless people will spurn them in future generations They, their families, their clansmen, will not be able to hold their heads up.
Just thinking about this made Ruan Chenglin's scalp tingle.
If you say you are not afraid, it must be false.
but...
"It's useless to be afraid."
Li Songping shook his head: "There are some things that must be done and cannot be avoided."
Ruan Chenglin remained silent.
"We have thought about all the ways we can think of, and we have tried everything that can be tried. With such an ending... what can we do? This is fate, Annan's fate."
Li Songping's tone was full of pessimism.
The so-called conceivable way, in fact, there is only one from beginning to end.
That is to beg for mercy from Zhongzhou.
If Zhongzhou doesn't let go, their second solution is to pretend to be more pitiful and act more humble.
There is simply no second way.
"We can ask Xingguo for help!"
Ruan Chenglin gritted his teeth: "They are making big moves now. If they are willing to help us, do we have a chance..."
His voice was getting lower and lower, but there was still a hint of hope in his eyes.
Xingguo is a powerhouse second only to Central Continent.
And now the fight with Xingguo in Africa is very intense.
Even based on the principle that the enemy of an enemy is a friend, they should not stand by.
Ruan Chenglin's breathing became a little short.
He really has no other way, and he doesn't dare to face today's ending. Any method, as long as he has the opportunity, he wants to try it.
Li Song looked at him calmly.
There was a trace of pity in his eyes.
In Ruan Chenglin's growing anticipation, he said lightly, "Xingguo, do you dare to take care of this matter?
Maybe they could have intervened hundreds of years ago when they were overlords.
But the current overlord is Central Continent.
Even if Xingguo wanted to make a fuss, they only dared to make a fuss in Feilu. If they dared to bark in front of Zhongzhou's house, wasn't that courting death? "
He sighed: "Your actions may bring a lot of public opinion pressure to Zhongzhou. Under the pressure, Zhongzhou may have a small possibility to give up Tiannan temporarily. If this possibility happens, Then, next, it is no longer a matter of two countries.
It is the collision between the East Palace and Annan, the friction of the dark world.
At that time, those conditions that Zhongzhou gave up will also be put forward by the East Palace and written into the Tiannan Treaty. If you don't agree, you will have no chance to be a sinner through the ages.
Not to mention what kind of actions Thor will make, if Li Tianlan kills him, how can we stop him? Who dares to talk nonsense? "
There was a strong bitterness in his eyes: "After all, we were the ones who attacked Li Tianlan first..."
Ruan Chenglin was silent and didn't speak for a long time.
"At least, there is still a chance."
Li Songping lit a cigarette, and hearing the increasingly violent quarrel next door, the sarcasm on his face turned into an undisguised sneer: "Go ahead, let them quarrel, and they will find out in the end that it doesn't make any sense at all." .”
"I'm afraid that they will turn over old accounts afterwards, and we will be very passive at that time."
Ruan Chenglin shook his head, Annan is completely different from Zhongzhou, Li Songping's prestige is extremely high, it can be said that he promises everything here, and more than half of the people who are arguing in the meeting room at this time can be regarded as Li Songping's confidant.
If nothing else, Li Songping's position is almost unshakable.
Even some small accidents, Li Songping is completely able to bear it.
But this time the accident was really too big.
Li Songping couldn't bear it at all.
Everyone has selfishness, especially those who stand at a certain height, who would not have some desire for power?
Right now Li Songping's position is on the verge of collapse, and his prestige has plummeted. Even his confidantes now inevitably have some ideas.
Regardless of whether they have the confidence to replace it or not, they must have the thought of giving it a try.
And they are still staying in the meeting room to quarrel, which is enough to explain the situation.
They just want to take advantage of this quarrel and delay the time.
Once the Tiannan Treaty is signed, they can blame Li Songping for not agreeing that it is being discussed.
Naturally, they would not dare to accuse Zhongzhou, but facing Li Songping, they could put pressure unscrupulously.
If Li Songping can be driven away at that time, they will have something to say to the outside world, and Ruan Chenglin will naturally not be able to escape, and the two of them will naturally become the scapegoats of the Tiannan Treaty.
"Is Tiannan's old debt so easy to settle?"
Li Songping smiled, his eyes were cold: "Don't worry, I have been in Annan for many years, even if there is pressure, it will be fine for two years."
"What about in two years?"
Ruan Chenglin couldn't help asking.
Li Songping took a deep look at him, and said tiredly: "Annan, how can there be two years later? After two years, Annan will already be the back garden of the East Palace."
He thought about the series of clauses of the Tiannan Treaty.
If everything goes well...
No, with the strength of Shengshi Fund, all this must be smooth.
In two or three years, everyone in Tiannan will be under the control of the Eastern Palace in terms of their basic necessities of life, the information they receive, the way they view public opinion, the environment in which they live and work.
If it is an exaggeration, when the time comes for them to eat and drink, they may all need the East Palace to nod.
after?
Judging from Li Tianlan's current age and length of life, Annan doesn't need to think about the future for at least fifty or sixty years.
"There's only one thing we need to do next."
Li Songping said calmly: "Be obedient.
Just be obedient.
Take the will of the Eastern Palace as the highest order.
As for Annan's internal affairs, no one can shake me within two years, and after two years, as long as the East Palace is satisfied with me, no one can shake me either.
In this position, I may be able to find other opportunities to untie Annan, at least better than those few idiots who can only be incompetent and furious. "
"so..."
Ruan Chenglin was silent for a while: "Sign the contract today?"
"Sign it."
Li Songping nodded: "You go there in person, the welcome ceremony at the scene must be well arranged, all restless factors should be eliminated, and the scene must be grand and serious.
I will communicate with Zhongzhou. "
When the treaty was officially signed, Li Songping had to be present.
As for Central Continent and the East Palace, Li Huacheng will definitely not come, but at least a heavyweight will come.
The same is true of the East Palace.
After important figures from both parties enter the arena, they can sign a contract.
Li Songping looked at his watch, counted the time, and sighed: "Notify the media, it's ready for publicity now.
The signing ceremony starts at six o'clock in the afternoon, and there will be a dinner after the end, I will attend, the rhythm must be controlled, and you will handle it. "
"Understood."
Ruan Chenglin nodded.
He expressed his meaning very clearly, but the whole person just sat there without moving.
Li Songping looked at him with some doubts.
The corner of Ruan Chenglin's mouth twitched, and he said with a wry smile: "Although I already understand, but... I still don't really want to go."
With the facts so clearly in front of us, it is not the so-called consolation that can have an effect.
Taking this step today, he is a sinner through the ages, no one can deny this.
Li Songping was silent for a long time before he said with difficulty: "We have no choice."
The swords from Middle-earth and the East Palace are just outside the city.
If Li Huacheng was smart enough, even if they didn't want to go to today's signing ceremony, someone should come and force them to go there soon.
"We have to be this sinner."
Li Songping said slowly: "Otherwise, when things really don't turn around, those idiots might even compete with us for this opportunity.
Anyway, at least it's better than dead. "
Ruan Chenglin took a deep breath.
He didn't say anything, stood up and walked to the door with difficulty.
The door was closed.
Li Songping silently smoked a cigarette, stretched out his hand, and dialed the communication with Li Huacheng himself.