Xin Yue suddenly said, "You're just a bandit, when did you care about this? Besides, what did you sell me before? Are you going to report the fact that you sold me iron to Jinguan City?"
"Well, that's not necessary. Besides iron, what else does Brother Xin want?" Seeing that Xin Yuetu really wanted to talk about business, Lin Hai became serious. After all, if one can gain benefits by showing off, then he can do it endlessly. However, Xin Yuetu had already received the message that he "wanted to raise the price", so there was no need to continue showing off.
"Armor, weapons, anything made of iron is fine. You can increase the proportion of armor and weapons in your exports. After all, we don't have enough blacksmiths, and even if we had iron, we wouldn't be able to make so many goods in a short period of time. You can ask for anything you want to exchange. After all, Cambodia has four harvests a year, and with the bumper harvests in recent years, there's plenty of food."
"What do you do with those bandits you support? Do you need them to be your accomplices?" Lin Hai did not respond, but asked another question.
"Those bandits, hey...it's fine if you don't tell me. Two of the seventeen families you swallowed were my people, but it doesn't matter now. They're all dead, and we can't let them ruin our relationship. We originally planned to use them as the vanguard of the attack on Daliang, but now it seems that the combat effectiveness of this group of bandits is really limited. I'll report to the Ministry of War and simply recall everyone, re-arm and train them. At least it's manpower."
"That's one solution, but they might not be willing to go. There's a difference between being a vassal and a subordinate." Lin Hai said, "And Qitian Village won't go either."
"You don't need to go to Qitian Village. As for the iron ore issue, we can compromise on everything else. As for the other strongholds, forget it. Those who don't go are no longer ours. When the time comes, I'll ask King Zhentian to help deal with it when he's free. Cambodia can recognize King Zhentian's sphere of influence."
Lin Hai was obviously a little shocked. It was impossible for a kingdom with a long history to recognize the sphere of influence of a bandit and hand over its supported vassals, even if they were disobedient vassals, to be "dealt with" by this bandit, even if this bandit had an iron ore bonus.
Seeing Lin Hai's shocked expression, Xin Yuetu finally raised his head and said to Lin Hai word by word: "This is a war, little brother Zhang. Even I, or the entire Cambodia, are not sure that we can hold out until the end. At this moment, as long as we can increase our chances of victory, there is nothing the four countries in the world cannot do."
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