Chapter 1435: Talking about Business
By the time Zhou Xu received the news from the Saint Laurent Empire, it was already the beginning of spring in the second year.
On the Saint Laurent Empire side, Saint Laurent V was going through a lot of trouble, but Zhou Xu was undoubtedly unaware of the situation at this time.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't have any idea.
Saint Laurent I's status as the founding emperor and ancestor of the Saint Laurent royal family is there, and he also has the power of the Zongheng realm to dominate the situation.
Even if Saint Laurent V was unhappy, he could only feel a little angry.
After a few decades, as a mortal, this life will be spent in cowardice. When Saint Laurent VI ascends the throne, a new round of Emperor Saint Laurent's cowardly life will begin.
Instead of wasting time thinking about this, he might as well focus on the transaction at hand.
After he signaled Ye Jinghong to release the news, the Saint Laurent Empire took the initiative to propose to trade military equipment with them, which was undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu.
He knew what the Saint Laurent Empire was planning.
With its territory doubling, even the Saint Laurent Empire would suffer from indigestion.
Apart from anything else, in order to be able to garrison, they need a larger force and more military equipment.
If they could now purchase a large number of military equipment from the Great Zhou, it would undoubtedly be able to effectively alleviate their internal pressure.
Zhou Xu didn't mind this at all.
He made money and cleared out inventory, and the other party also relieved its internal pressure. It was a mutual benefit for everyone and there was nothing to say.
After all, we have formed the United Nations, so internal cooperation is still necessary.
Zhou Xu turned around and wrote a handwritten order to Kong Daqian, then ordered the personal soldiers beside him to take it over.
"Give this warrant to Kong Daqian and have him go to the embassy of the Saint Laurent Empire to negotiate with them."
"yes!"
Kong Daqian is quite experienced in foreign trade negotiations, so Zhou Xu is basically confident in leaving things to him.
Of course, there is a more important reason, which is that he doesn't care even if the talks fail.
At worst, he can sell it to Peter and Fisher gradually according to the original plan. Anyway, he will not lose money. From this point of view, they are invincible in this business.
Of course, it's easy to say this, but if they want to gain benefits, then this deal cannot be settled in just one round of negotiations.
If Zhou Xu wanted to obtain something from the Saint Laurent Empire, then mithril would definitely be the rare resource he wanted most.
Originally, relying on the research and development project that he had verbally agreed upon with Saint Laurent I, he would be able to obtain mithril resources to a certain extent stably after the mass production of enchanted weapons began.
Now the other party simply pretended that this incident never happened, and Zhou Xu was suddenly cut off from obtaining mithril.
They will definitely develop advanced level enchanted weapons in the future.
The amount of mithril on hand was limited, so he certainly couldn't count on arming the troops, but at least he armed the generals under his command.
Now that we have the opportunity to trade, we must get more from the Saint Laurent Empire.
However, Zhou Xu also knew that as a rare resource, the Saint Laurent Empire would definitely not be so willing to take out mithril for trading.
So in this negotiation, Zhou Xu set another hidden goal for Kong Daqian, that is, the bones of the undead!
They pretended to be interested in mithril, but in fact they were eyeing the dead body bones.
With the formation of the Undead Army and the Undead Mage Corps, the value of Undead Bones also increased.
Especially for the Undead Mage Corps, the Undead Bones are natural undead magical tools. With the Undead Bones, they can transform more Undead units, making the scale of their Great Zhou Undead Army larger.
Although the number of undead bones is still sufficient now, considering the long-term development in the future, the more undead bones the better.
Under this premise, it is still unknown whether the Saint Laurent Empire has discovered the existence of the Undead Mage.
For this reason, we must not let the Saint Laurent Empire notice that they are desperate for more undead bones.
Kong Daqian was also a smart man. He understood Zhou Xu's meaning, so when he arrived at the negotiation table, he did not mention a word about the undead bones. He held on to the mithril tightly the whole time and even had the intention of opening his mouth like a lion, demanding a hundred kilograms.
This number was based on the one that Zhou Xu and Saint Laurent I had agreed upon at that time.
But in the eyes of the diplomats of the Saint Laurent Empire, the current situation is different from that time.
At that time, what was discussed was the right to use the mantra of "Resurrection of Skeleton Soldiers". This mantra directly involves the undead army, which can be said to be a very big deal.
But now they are talking about military equipment.
The weapons such as individual crossbows and bed crossbows may have more varieties in the Great Zhou, but they are essentially the same and they can make them themselves.
To put it bluntly, we came here to find Da Zhou to do this deal just to ease the internal production pressure and save trouble and effort.
But just because they want to save trouble and effort doesn't mean you can slaughter them like pigs! Mithril is a precious metal with a scarce output in the Saint Laurent Empire. How can it be sold like this? A round of negotiations failed to produce a result. The diplomats from the Saint Laurent Empire obviously had to write a report and ask for instructions.
Given the distance from Da Zhou to the Saint Laurent Empire, in this era when information transmission is not convenient, the efficiency of both sides cannot be fast enough.
By the time Saint Laurent V received the report, it was already late spring.
It is true that Mithril is a precious metal with a scarce output, and it is also an important raw material for making sophisticated equipment, but Saint Laurent V does not mind using Mithril for transactions.
Because the enchantment problem could not be solved, after so many years of research, they had not been able to successfully produce any high-quality equipment.
Under this premise, using Mithril to make excellent-grade equipment will certainly improve it, but due to the strength limit of the enchantment mantra, the improvement is very limited, and ultimately it cannot break through the level limit.
In the eyes of Saint Laurent V, if they cannot produce sophisticated equipment as the raw materials for making sophisticated equipment, then large-scale mining and stockpiling will only be a waste of space and labor.
Instead of hoarding large amounts of it in warehouses, it would be better to use it to make some trades that would benefit the development of their empire.
Of course, he is not a fool. Even if in his eyes, the existence of mithril has limited value, but as long as the other party wants it, this thing is valuable. He can't just let the other party quote the price and give him a hundred kilograms if he says one hundred kilograms.
As his thoughts raced, Saint Laurent V pondered for a moment, then picked up his pen and wrote down a minimum price. He gave a few more instructions, then sealed the letter with wax, and asked the messenger responsible for communicating between the two countries to take his reply and rush to Da Zhou as quickly as possible!
(End of this chapter)
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