Chapter 218 Chapter 218
Chapter 218
"Sheng Xingsi was too impulsive this time..."
In the office, Director Yang sighed and said.
"The minister has been very restrained. He didn't even call those MPs pigs. It doesn't look like he lost his mind this time."
But Caroline, who had just finished her mission and came to report, had a different opinion.
As Sheng Xingsi had just entered the Special Management Bureau and had successfully cooperated with him to kill a companion in the Jindan stage, she thought that she had figured out her boss's temper over the past few years.
Although he seems to be indifferent to everything, he actually attaches great importance to family. Under the guidance of Director Yang, he also has his own persistence in the country.
So Director Yang is actually also to blame for this statement.
——How could Minister Sheng have said such a thing a few years ago?
"But that's because we know what kind of person he is and we know he has restrained himself, but others don't know."
Director Yang frowned as he looked at the obscene language in the comment section.
"But it's also Congress who is backstabbing... After all, the soldiers on the front line fought hard and even sacrificed hundreds of people, but now they want to negotiate. The proposal doesn't even mention the soldiers' compensation. Ordinary people won't agree to it."
Caroline said, frowning.
She didn't pay attention to these things before, but she knew about them this time only because she had just come back from the battlefield and happened to run into this incident when she went to report to Director Yang. Director Yang caught her and asked her about her opinion.
——But unfortunately, one of the soldiers who died was her former colleague’s husband.
The strong woman almost collapsed. She was just an ordinary clerk, and she and her partner had to raise the child and barely send the child to a normal private school.
Her husband died half a month ago, and she still hasn't received any information about the pension, but instead wants to negotiate...
Even Caroline found this hard to accept.
"Congress will have more things to consider, and the public probably won't be on Ah Sheng's side this time."
Director Yang shook his head and said.
This made Caroline open her eyes wide, she was a little bit unbelievable.
"Why? Can't the people see such an obvious surrender?"
"So what even if we know?" Director Yang sighed.
"Now prices have tripled. They can only survive on cheap food, and half of the food we bought has disappeared."
Director Yang clicked on several news reports about rising prices, which were followed by various criminal cases such as violence, robbery, and gunfights.
Caroline had been on a mission before, and was brought to the battlefield by Sheng Xingsi as soon as she came out. She was very busy and naturally had no time to pay attention to the news.
But Caroline was very smart. After seeing the news, she understood what Director Yang meant. She was silent for a long time before she spoke.
"…What the people want is bread and work. As for the so-called patriotism or hatred, it is too far away for them."
Director Yang nodded, deep wrinkles forming at the corners of his eyes that showed the traces of time.
"This is what the people want. The so-called dignity and patriotism are worthless in front of food."
"They know that Emperor Wen Liwen was harmed by someone from the cultivation world and is now lying in the ICU. They also know that with such a deep blood feud, Sheng Xingsi will definitely not let the other party go."
Director Yang pointed at the table and said, "They would have cheered for a plot like The Count of Monte Cristo or Hamlet, but only if they were well fed and well clothed."
Caroline also frowned. She was flipping through the news on her phone and saw that the comments section was getting more and more obscene towards her minister, and her face suddenly darkened.
"Have these people forgotten how the minister protected them? If it weren't for the minister, they would now be waiting to be enslaved by the people in the cultivation world!"
Caroline said rather angrily.
Director Yang was actually a little angry, but after all, he had been in the political arena for many years and had finally developed some skills to cultivate his qi.
"That's because they don't know that without the pandemic, they would be enslaved now. They actually think this is normalized war. Only some of the martyrs and enslaved people in the past will say how miserable they are - but not many people can understand what this represents."
Director Yang's words made Caroline, who was originally angry, a little confused.
"Why? Was it deliberately guided by Congress?"
"No, no, no, in fact, Congress is eager to publicize this war and get people to join the army to fill the front lines in the desert."
Director Yang shook his head and said, "But Caroline, you seem to have too much confidence in our national education."
Caroline then recalled what her country's public schools were like - and that their illiteracy rate was 21%.
And this is for those who are completely illiterate or only know a few words.
——There are quite a few things that don’t make sense.
Under such circumstances, it is really difficult for them to understand political things.
Now they probably only know that relief food will be distributed if there is peace talks.
The anger in Caroline's heart suddenly subsided, leaving only a deep feeling of powerlessness.
"Alright, let the higher-ups worry about it. The most we can do is to guide public opinion for the reputation of the Special Management Bureau and prevent our dear Minister of Armed Forces from getting scolded."
Director Yang spread out his hands and said.
Caroline took a deep breath, nodded, and began to contact people to prepare for public relations.
What happened next was similar to what Director Yang said.
Public opinion on the Internet and in real life was suddenly swayed, all pointing in the direction of peace talks, which would bring good luck.
Even if some people want to make the public more awake, they are all drowned in the vast ocean of the masses.
However, sliding has emerged as a new force among them and has become a place for various knowledge bloggers to output knowledge.
And the remarks of these knowledge bloggers were indeed seen by some people.
Unfortunately, it was just a drop in the bucket and at most it changed the reputation of Shengxingsi.
After all, isn't it quite normal that his father doesn't want to negotiate with the enemy since he's in the ICU?
Moreover, given the level of those politicians, if they really succeed, we don’t know whether they are saving them or harming them.
The public's topic finally shifted away from Sheng Xingsi and began to discuss whether the peace talks between Congress and the government would be successful. If successful, whether the conditions agreed upon could restore their economy to its previous state.
The people of country A were discussing happily. In the cultivation camp outside the defense shield, the monks looked at the invitation for peace talks in front of them and looked at each other in bewilderment.
“…Is that it?”
*
No matter whether it was Yan Qing or Di Wu, or other Jindan stage or foundation building stage cultivators, they all looked at the invitation for peace talks with a bewildered look on their faces.
Especially Yan Shan and Di Wu, the expressions on their faces were the most confused.
It's not that they were just trying to hit the big one. Who would have thought they would actually hit the big one.
Yan Qing looked at his junior sister with a rare look of confusion on his face.
Although they had dealt with the officials before when they first came to Country A, and they were quite normal to them, things are different now. Country A is so easy to talk to, there must be some trap...
"There shouldn't be any traps. All the resources in Country A are controlled by their merchants. These merchants hoard various resources and sell them at high prices, causing the prices of food and drink for the mortals in Country A to soar. Now they think they can have enough food and drink if they negotiate with us."
Speaking of traps, Di Wu also reacted to the information he had heard before and spoke quickly.
This made Yan Qing relax his guard a little.
However, the negotiation conditions made them a little embarrassed.
None of them had ever done this before. Not to mention having done it before, at most Yan Qing had the experience of signing a menial labor contract with his master, as for peace talks?
This kind of thing really has little to do with these little guys who are at most a hundred years old.
After thinking hard for a while, Yan Qing discussed with Di Wu and the leaders of other sects and finally came up with a conclusion.
——Go home and ask your elders for advice!
Although it’s not really going home, it’s almost the same.
Yan Qing communicated with his master through Wanjietong and found that his master had no problem, so he quickly threw the question away.
The master on the opposite side responded to Yan Qing quickly, but still said in Wanjietong that Yan Qing's movements were a bit too slow.
Yan Qing also knew that his master must have made his plans and guesses based on the ideas of all the mortals on the other side.
but……
Although most of the people on the opposite side are still mortals, there are already some who can practice cultivation, and some have even reached the Golden Core Stage within a few years.
Moreover, the mortal world is covered by a protective shield. Even if they can break through the defenses of those cultivators, they cannot pass through the protective shield.
Even if someone had attacked before and succeeded, that was a Nascent Soul!
Their Jindan stage attacks are completely different from those of Yuanying stage.
But now they can’t find a single Nascent Soul, and they are all under collective surveillance in the world of cultivation.
The feeling of powerlessness that Yan Qing had felt when he attacked the defensive wall came back again.
Fortunately, after scolding her, Yan Qing's master also told her how to negotiate with the other side.
Apart from letting local mortals teach them the format, it is best to shout out a sky-high price as much as possible.
After all, you have to give people room to bargain.
The opinions of other masters and sect elders are similar.
After discussing with others, Yan Qing finally followed the method taught by the elders of the sect and signed a paper contract, which was then submitted to Congress by a diplomat specially sent from City M.
The congressmen privately looked at the contract that was handed over so quickly and felt that the other party seemed a little impatient. Benjamin even had a smile on his face.
——Until he saw the contract.
"...100,000 people will serve as witnesses of friendship between the two sides and will be managed by the Cultivation World. Country A will also be responsible for providing a large amount of land for the population of the Cultivation World to live on."
Congressman Benjamin finished reading the contract in a daze, his whole body shaking.
Then a sentence popped into his mind.
Could he be hallucinating?
——Otherwise, why would we see the lion in the world of cultivation opening his mouth so loudly?
*
It turns out that Benjamin was not hallucinating.
That contract also exists.
The cultivation world was really like a lion, asking them for people and land, and the number was 100,000 at a time.
If the cultivation world did not use spirit stones instead of money, they might even ask them for money.
But even so, the lawmakers still discussed the issue seriously.
——After all, the words have been spoken, so even if I have to slack off, I have to get a result.
Do you still want public support?
The legislators discussed for three days before finally coming up with a plan for the contract.
It’s not so difficult to ask for people. After all, there are a lot of mentally ill people, homeless people and drug addicts in the country, and we can easily gather tens of thousands of people.
But the same cannot be said for land. Even if one is selling out the country for personal gain, it has to look good!
National territory is sacred and inviolable, but Country A is thinking about how to expand its territory every day.
If they want to snatch the land from them, but they don't want to be replaced during the term change, they'd better be honest and not bring up these issues.
Although they were quite envious when the cultivation world wanted to recruit disciples in Country A, they immediately calmed down when they thought of the prerequisites mentioned above.
This peace agreement really cannot be passed just like that, and fortunately it was issued privately, which prevents these congressmen from pretending to be rich.
Finally, I set the tone on what I should say so that the other party would not get angry and at the same time modify the contract.
Yan Qing and the others were also waiting anxiously.
In fact, they were also nervous when they sent out the contract - after all, there were too many people.
In fact, they only wanted to write 10,000 people at the beginning, but their elders increased it tenfold. If the master had not thought of something and did not continue to speak, Yan Qing believed that the master could increase the population to one million.
But Yan Qing could also understand.
After all, for some reason, there are fewer and fewer people in the world of cultivation. Before the immortal came down, there were not many people in the Qi training stage. After the immortal came down, the Qi training stage cultivators who were originally running all over the streets seemed to have disappeared from the world of cultivation overnight, and many cultivators in the Qi training stage disappeared.
As a result, some commercial streets and shops could not operate due to the lack of monks in the Qi training stage.
However, even if only 100,000 people were written, Yan Qing was afraid that the mortal country on the other side would bring Sheng Xingsi to attack him.
but……
Yan Qing looked at the official document that was delivered half a month later. The tone and wording on the document were quite gentle while answering in an official tone.
"Can the mortals of Country A accept such harsh conditions?"
Yan Shan frowned and thought.
"They probably didn't accept it. Judging from their news, they didn't want to send so many people. But they were very careful with their words, as if they were afraid of angering us."
Di Wu frowned and said that he didn't like such high-level people very much. It reminded him of some sects in the cultivation world. When facing those people from the fairy world, they took the initiative to give up their master's inheritance.
That would have been fine, but they also gave up on those unwilling disciples and didn't even bother to protect them, instead handing them over to the Immortal Realm to deal with.
And those disciples naturally disappeared in the world of cultivation, and God knows whether they are dead or alive.
——After all, even their natal tablets were destroyed on the spot, and their fawning appearance made all the sects who learned about this matter feel disgusted.
This matter was actually said by the sect's leader himself as if to show off.
Even the immortals in the fairy world looked at this sect with disgust.
"...So the top leaders of Country A are the same as the people of that sect?"
Yan Qing said thoughtfully.
Di Wu nodded and said, "It should be about the same. Judging from the news on the phone, Sheng Xingsi is still against this news."
He said as he turned on his phone.
This was brought to them by Gao Wenjun, and of course Congress was also informed.
But they didn't stop.
And the people who came to attack country A this time also learned a lot about the current trend of country A through this method in the past few days.
——Except Yan Qing, she was too busy to watch the news and could only rely on Di Wu and the others to summarize it.
Di Wu opened the social software and said: "...the civilians who originally wanted to negotiate also expressed strong resistance after hearing the content of the peace talks. This morning they were still scolding the officials who proposed this plan."
At this time, other monks also said: "Indeed, if I were them, I would also object. Although we are the ones who made the request, we are asking for a high price and paying it back on the spot."
"It's obviously their government's problem. Now we are in the same situation as the devil cultivators." The junior sister pouted and muttered.
"Alright, alright. We are here for the future of the cultivation world. Naturally, this will infringe on the interests of the world and the country. There is nothing we can do about it. If we want to blame someone, we should blame the people in the fairy world. When the time is right, we will take back the cultivation world and then compensate them."
Lei Xuanzong's third senior brother said this, with a hint of melancholy between his brows, but his words made the cultivators present all stand up and shout yes.
But when everyone else stood up, Di Wu, who was sitting stiffly in his seat, stood out.
The third brother asked doubtfully, "Brother Di, what happened?"
Di Wu then woke up from his dream and sent the news on his mobile phone to their social software group.
——They knew that country A might monitor their mobile phones, so their receivers and other places were all sealed with magical instruments, and they chatted with paper cranes. The mobile phone was just a prop for reading the news.
Everyone took out their mobile phones from their space bags at the same time, and received the news link the moment they got a signal.
——Then the bumpkins in the world of cultivation received a racial shock from Country A.
"We only accept people of color being forcibly conscripted!"
"Ganxing Group and other groups announced that their supermarkets will soon offer daily purchase limits."
"We only accept the forced conscription of black people!"
*
The naive people in the cultivation world were shocked by the unique atmosphere of Country A.
They really had never seen a country, after accepting a race, where people within it would target those people so openly.
The sect must be wiped out on the surface. If that doesn't work, a chivalrous act can make this race disappear.
——But if you don’t like the other person but want to keep him/her, at least be nice to him/her!
Isn't it just the energy that both sides are wasting when they quarrel? !
People in the world of cultivation really don’t understand the politics of the mortal world over the past few hundred years.
They just felt that the mortals across from them seemed to be sick.
But when they saw the quality of most of the so-called black people and their educational level, they also fell silent.
"…You'd better pass the test, don't have any innocent lives on your body, don't have any drug addiction, and can read before coming here."
Di Wu said stiffly.
Senior sisters Yan Qing and Yan Shan nodded stiffly at the same time.
They just had some sympathy for those so-called discriminated people.
But now…
Don’t think they don’t know that there are laws in the mortal world as well!
Behind them is Feng Chao, and they also know what a normal country looks like!
"Senior Sister, seriously, can't we borrow land from the Emperor of Feng Dynasty? The situation across the street is like this..."
Yan Shan said after a long silence.
She was really a little disgusted.
Yan Qing was silent for a while. She didn't want to, but...
"Pavilion Master Han Juehan, I just went to the industrial park outside the city with the little emperor yesterday..."
"well……"
The monks present all sighed, they didn't dare to take the risk.
But thinking about their elders who were still practicing Taoism, they cheered up, revised the document again, and made some benefits known.
However, something that these monks found difficult to understand happened again.
——Among those so-called discriminated races, some people actually say that this is racial discrimination.
Although they could not sue the cultivation world - they sued the media that reported the incident.
The monks who saw the news: "..."
Are they fantasy, or is country A fantasy?
*
However, these incidents did not affect the progress of the negotiations.
After several months of you coming to Senwan to organize my past, the peace talks between the cultivation world and Country A have finally entered the interview stage.
This time the location was chosen outside the defense shield of City M, at the border between the cultivation world and Country A.
While it has political significance, it also makes it easier for lawmakers to escape when talks break down.
And as expected, the first negotiation broke down.
"...We came here with sincerity. You know that it is an honor for Country A that we have chosen Country A. We are willing to contribute our knowledge. All we need is your land, and we will use it to train your citizens!"
Di Wu said these shameless words with a righteous look. He has grown rapidly in the past few days and already looks like the person on the opposite side.
——This caused the third senior brother to wake up every morning and have to force himself to suppress the urge to beat Di Wu in the next room when he saw him.
However, Country A did not back down.
"We naturally come here with sincerity, but land is an integral part of a country. We will not allow other forces to occupy our citizens on our territory!"
Congressman Sarah also spoke with great righteousness and justice.
After a heated exchange of words between the two sides, Yan Shan, who was called an intruder and felt guilty, slapped the conference table.
"Do you want to give up the opportunity for the entire country to practice?"
This is not a easy statement to respond to, after all, one can indeed practice in the world of cultivation.
Fortunately, there was someone on the scene who never fell for this.
The young man wearing small round sunglasses stood up leisurely - and then slapped the conference table in the same way.
"If you have the guts, call out your Nascent Soul elders. Otherwise, don't talk about giving up the opportunity to practice."
The young man said slowly.
“——I, who reached the Golden Core Stage without being taught by you, am still alive.”
"You!" Yan Shan shouted through gritted teeth.
The young man did not respond, but held his chin and said, "Okay, everyone, stop talking nonsense. If you want to fight, then fight. If you don't want to fight... where are your elders in the Nascent Soul stage?"
"Is there no way out, or... can't get out?"
*
After the talks broke down, both sides left the meeting room with gloomy faces.
Only the media were looking at the photos they had just taken with great excitement.
Especially the scene where the young man is leisurely arguing with the monks from the world of cultivation is full of tension.
"I will definitely win the Pulitzer Prize." One of the photographers murmured as he watched the scene.
Little did he know that he would repeat this sentence frequently in the following days.
The protagonist of the picture is on his way back to his residence.
"...Why did you ask about the Nascent Soul stage just now? What if the other side really has one?"
Caroline looked at Sheng Xingsi beside her and asked worriedly.
"If they really had it, they wouldn't have negotiated with us. But we still have to prepare, otherwise that sentence alone won't intimidate the other party for long."
Sheng Xingsi opened the door and hugged the big black-haired fox that jumped out of the room, and said with cold eyes hidden behind his sunglasses.
Director Yang, who was following them, was a little confused.
"Although we know that their elders in the Nascent Soul stage are trapped, how can we prepare?"
Sheng Xingsi narrowed his eyes and looked at the forest outside the window and the village in the distance.
That is the scenery belonging to Fengchao.
"Of course I did—I complained."
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