Chapter 539 541. No Loss in Business

I really don't know what kind of look the Tongzhi and Tongzheng had in their eyes. They could praise these few crooked lines so much.

He Gaofei, "..." No wonder the civil officials and military generals in the court couldn't even pee in the same pot...

Lu Yichen, "..." Is it really okay for Deputy General Wang to be so silly and cute?

Wu Yichen, "General Wang, what do you think of this painting? If you try it, do you have a chance of winning?"

Gu Wenheng: "..." Can it be said that these three people are cooperating better and better under his leadership?

Vice Admiral Wang, "Just a few strokes? If I had let my daughter come, she could have at least added a few more strokes."

Gu Wenheng and the others could hardly hold back their laughter. Everyone knew that the daughter that Vice General Wang was talking about was only a year old. They had just attended a banquet there a few days ago.

"We admit defeat." He Gaofei nodded with a smile, "Next time, remember to bring our niece over for a competition."

Deputy General Wang held his head high and said smugly, "My lords, stop coveting my little girl. Hurry up and send a letter home, asking your wives to come and keep her company. Maybe you can have two more children in three years."

…

Fan Changxi looked at the painting in front of him with a puzzled expression, "Is this painting finished?"

Prince Zuo stood up from the floor and said proudly, "It's finished."

Fan Changxi always lowered his head and looked down at the bandits in front of him. Even if he raised his head, it would not matter, the Japanese were still the Japanese.

Receiving another look of contempt, Prince Zuo secretly clenched his palms. He had seen such looks many times these days and really wanted to dig out those eyeballs.

Looking at Gu Wenheng and Zhou Shicong who were sitting high up, his expression became calm again.

Gu Wenheng laughed twice, "Who can understand such a weird thing?

Would you like the government to make this image known to the world? Let everyone explore it.

Prince Zuo ascended, "..."

Zhou Shixiong, "This general has little education, but he is not easily deceived. Even a little creature crawling on the ground would not be able to draw something like this.

"What can you see from these few crooked strokes, Brother Gu?"

Gu Wenheng, "..." What a mistake. I didn't expect that the other party was just a stupid prince. Looking at the direction and strength of the lines, you can tell how perfunctory these words were.

Gu Wenheng took a piece of paper and pen from the side and sketched a few strokes on it. "Show it to the prince of Dongyi. I have also drawn a map. Let him open his eyes. If he can understand it, I will give him a big reward."

Fan Changxi almost couldn't hold back his expression, this was simply a caterpillar stained with ink.

Apparently, Prince Zuo Tengshang thought the same thing, "What is this? I don't understand."

Gu Wenheng walked over and placed the navigation chart he had handed in earlier side by side on his small desk, "Take another look and see what the difference is between the two papers.

This location, this turning, are all very close, and yet you still deceive us like this. Isn't it a bit unethical?

Don't forget, you are the one who needs our help now, so you'd better stop playing those tricks with us. General Zhou and I don't want you to waste your time like this."

Prince Zuo stepped forward, "I've already told you before that my painting skills are not good."

Gu Wenheng added a few strokes on the drawing paper at this moment, "The painting skills are not good, but is the line connecting the two sides seriously off track?"

Prince Zuo looked up at the coastline that had already taken shape, his eyes widened, "How could you..."

"So you'd better not play any tricks. Even if you don't provide the navigation map, it will only take time for us to find your lair."

"Since you already know everything, why bother letting me draw it?"

Gu Wenheng, "This government also wants to see if you are sincere. As expected, we can't place too much hope on you."

…

Zhou Shixiong stood up at this moment, "Since you are not willing to cooperate, ..."

"No, I sincerely want to cooperate with you, and I have already signed some promises a few days ago. I will never break my promise."

Prince Zuo became anxious, knowing that this was just a momentary anger.

Zhou Shixiong saw Gu Wenheng's gaze and said, "I no longer have any trust in you. The conditions we negotiated before are just empty talk in my opinion. I have to add a few more to that.

If you agree, we can discuss it later. Otherwise, I will be on patrol everywhere and won’t have time to watch you perform here.”

“General Zhou, this is all because of my poor painting skills. If you don’t believe me, you can ask someone under you to come over and send a more detailed picture.

As for the conditions you mentioned, I will definitely agree to them as long as I can do them. "At this moment, Prince Zuo knew that the initiative was not on his side. Even if he tried his best, he would not get what he wanted, and he might even lose more.

Zhou Shixiong snorted, walked to the table and wrote, "If you agree to these conditions, put your handprint and private seal on them."

Prince Zuo Tengshang felt a flash of darkness in front of his eyes. He had previously thought that Prefect Gu was getting too greedy, but now it seemed that this was the one with the dark heart.

This time when he returns, except for a few trusted men, all crew members must be soldiers of the Rong Dynasty.

In the years that followed, without the permission of the Emperor Rong, the people of Dongyi were not allowed to set foot on this land, otherwise they would be enslaved.

Even more excessive was the tribute requirement. As long as he was a prince of Dongyi, he and his descendants had to pay tribute to the emperor of Rong Dynasty every year.

Such harsh conditions are much more excessive than those proposed by the ancient prefect before.

Compared to those compensations for personal belongings, the regulations before him were truly humiliating to him.

"Do you still want to think about it?"

The corners of Gu Wenheng's mouth turned up, letting people know that he was in a good mood at the moment, but Prince Zuo Tengshang did not dare to relax at all.

It was this person in front of me who made me underestimate my opponent, causing me to be caught off guard and suffer such a huge loss today.

Even asking me to draw the so-called navigation map today was probably premeditated.

Just to find an opportunity to vent her anger and make him agree to these unreasonable demands.

The situation was stronger than the person, and he had no choice now. He took out his personal seal from his pocket. The other party had already put Indonesia aside and was waiting.

Looking at the bright red seal and handprints on the rice paper, Zhou Shixiong nodded with satisfaction and handed the paper to Lieutenant General Wang beside him.

"When do we leave?"

"Are you in a hurry?" Deputy General Wang folded the rice paper in half and put it away.

Prince Zuo stepped forward and said, “If you want these regulations to be fulfilled, you can have more confidence if you set out one day earlier.

Otherwise, once the new Prince Zuo takes his place firmly in power, all your calculations will be in vain."

Wu Yichen, "Your Excellency is wrong. In this way, our soldiers will not have to risk going out to sea.

If you can't become Prince Zuo, our wasteland farm will have one more laborer, so this deal won't be a big loss."

(End of this chapter)