Of course Chen Tianhua couldn't follow his train of thought. He knew more about the psychological tactics of negotiation. He put the coffee cup on the table and said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Ma's words are wrong. The ancients said that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a right way. The Yunze Gang clearly knows that we, Fengzhong Mining, have sworn hatred with the Japanese people. If they insist on intervening, think about it.

The idea of ​​making money on both sides is very dangerous."

Seeing the sudden change in the other person's face, Ma Zhankui's heart skipped a beat and he was very frightened. "Mayo, he got angry just after I said half a sentence. This is really serious."

"Oh, Mr. Chen, you have misunderstood. We, the Yunze Gang, really didn't know about the feud between Fengzhong Mining and the Dongyang people in advance, and we had no intention of getting involved in the feud between you. This is all the unauthorized work of the Third Master and the others.

The result of the disposition.”

Ma Zhankui never made a draft of a lie. He thought that when the Japanese took the initiative to get involved, they first passed on his words and then persuaded Zhang Beiji to accept it.

But looking back now, this business was a huge loss.

The Japanese first gave 200,000 taels of silver, 30 artillery pieces and helped refit the ship, as well as 1,200 Murata rifles and corresponding ammunition.

The white snowflakes are very eye-catching, and the modern artillery and standard rifles are also very attractive. These are real things. Money and guns are the most important to gangs. Who is not greedy?!

What people didn't expect was that Fengzhong Mining was not easy to mess with. In two water encounters, most of the artillery, guns and ammunition sent by the Japanese were lost, and the Yunze Gang also lost half of the navy. This loss was far away.

It’s not just the two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Afterwards, the Japanese people were not only unsympathetic, but also complained that the Yunze Gang was too incompetent and unwilling to accept their tactics.

The tactics of the Japanese were to directly intercept with large gunboats, use strong artillery fire to sink the Fengzhong Mining fleet, and implement the vicious method of robbing, killing, and burning them all, creating a terrifying intimidation force that made the entire fleet intimidated.

No more mineral products will be transported to Fengzhong Mining. In this way, the purpose of blocking the water transportation line of Fengzhong Mining will be achieved.

But the Yunze Gang is unlikely to agree with this approach. They are water bandits. The ancestors set the rules based on collecting tolls and protection fees. The most vicious method is to detain ships and people and let merchants redeem them with money.

Do not destroy ships or kill hostages as a last resort.

If the vicious Sanguang policy is implemented in the waters of Dongting Lake, it will scare away all businesses, thereby ruining the wealth of the Dongting Lake water bandits and triggering public outrage. Wouldn't it be suicidal?

But now, it has caused an extremely serious crisis in the gang, and it is useless to regret it now.

"Mr. Ma, I don't care who of your Yunze gang has the most powerful ideas. The fact is that the Yunze gang is working for the Japanese people, acting as pawns for the Japanese people, and bullying the people of the Qing Dynasty. This is against the law.

The issue of principle of national justice is something that I will never tolerate!"

At this point, Chen Tianhua's eyes widened. He hit the table with his palm, causing the coffee in the cup to splash.

"Oh, Mr. Chen, please calm down, calm down. Our gang leader also knows that this is wrong. He has ordered not to have any contact with the Dongyang people from now on. He will not allow the chief helmsman of the Yunze Gang and the branch helms to cooperate with the Dongyang people again. It is against the law.

Your Majesty, please help me deal with the matter carefully!"

Ma Zhankui was so frightened that his face turned as pale as a corpse. His knees went weak and he knelt on the ground again, kowtowing and apologizing!

"Haha, Captain Zhang has issued an order strictly prohibiting contact with Japanese people. Why didn't I hear about it?"

Chen Tianhua did not shy away from the fact that there was a shadow. He frowned and questioned.

"Your Excellency, this matter was discussed with the chief helmsman last night. It is estimated that it has not had time to be communicated to the higher ups. Of course, it is impossible to reach your Excellency yet."

What Ma Zhankui said was true. When he and Zhang Beiji were discussing important matters in the gang last night, he summarized many things that had happened in the early stage and naturally talked about cooperation with the Japanese people.

Both he and Zhang Beiji believed that this matter was not done prudently and they did not understand the real purpose of the Dongyang people in advance. They wanted to cut off the water channel of Fengzhong Mining.

I never expected that these Japanese people would have such a deep hatred for Fengzhong Mining.

Now even an idiot can handle this account, and the Yunze Gang has suffered a huge loss.

Since the Dongyang people have a cold attitude towards supporting the Yunze Gang in the future, they should simply break it off in exchange for Fengzhong Mining's forgiveness.

Chen Tianhua thought that Ma Zhankui would never dare to speak arrogantly or lie at this moment. This kind of serious diplomatic situation is not a child's play, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Besides, it won't be long before this matter, together with the truth about those two bloody palms, will come to a conclusion.

"Well, I will trust your Yunze gang again and ask Mr. Ma to get up and sit down."

"Thank you, Sir, for your kindness!" Ma Zhankui stood up and sat back down. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He was still in shock.

"Mr. Ma, if the Yunze Gang is really willing to make a clean break with the Dongyang people and never have any contact with each other again, I can forgive the Yunze Gang for the harm they have done to Fengzhong Mining. Let the past be in the past, and we can cooperate again."

"Re-cooperation?!"

After hearing this, Ma Zhankui immediately became interested.

Rekindling old friendships and re-cooperating are the scope of his mission this time.

If this negotiation is successful, he will have made great contributions to the Yunze Gang, and his status in the gang will be more consolidated in the future. He may not only be the chief military advisor, but also be listed among the leaders in terms of merit this time.

The Yunze Gang is the helmsman. Since the second master died unexpectedly a few years ago, the third master is usually in charge of daily affairs.

This time the Third Master's power was unexpectedly thwarted, and one hand was missing from his body. People's will will naturally be depressed a lot. In this case, Zhang Beiji was in urgent need of an assistant to the master.

Among all the people in Juxian Hall, the one who can be considered capable and qualified is none other than Ta Ma Zhankui.

"Yes, let's cooperate again. If Captain Zhang really understands the situation and orders the entire Yunze Gang to have nothing to do with it, so that the Dongting Lake water bandits will not embarrass the Fengzhong Mining fleet, and can provide necessary protection, except every year

Provide a cooperation commission of 300,000 yuan, and I can also sell you some conventional weapons, standard rifles and artillery at cheap prices!"

After listening to Chen Tianhua's words, Ma Zhankui suddenly became excited and quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind.

Everyone knows that the Qing Dynasty explicitly prohibited private individuals or groups from possessing guns and other standard weapons, and all those who smuggled and sold standard weapons would be treated as traitors.

Didn't you see that the artillery used by the Yunze Gang are all old items from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some of which can be called antiques. However, these artillery have shortcomings such as being bulky, short range, and low in power.
Chapter completed!