Law of the Devil

The Earl of Villa is also extremely cunning. Feeling depressed, he sneaked a peek at this guy. I thought to myself: He wants to evade responsibility, and deliberately put the burden on me... Whether it is war or peace, the relationship is of great importance. No matter what the result is, he will surely offend many people in the end. How can I let him relax in such an unflattering thing? !

Besides, Duwei has dealt with Count Villa several times, so he knows how smooth this guy is. When he was in the imperial capital that day, Du Wei had a conflict with the steward of Count Villa's house in the slave market. The count actually broke the leg of the steward just to show his favor. He still left it at the gate of his duke's mansion for a day.

This kind of thing is done at the expense of his own face, it can be seen that this Earl is a very tolerant person! In fact, he didn't need to bow his head to Du Wei at all. Although Du Wei has a higher title than him, he is also favored by Prince Chen. But Earl Villa was also an old friend of Prince Chen before he became the regent, and he was always an old man who was in Prince Chen's side. Otherwise, after the coup, he would not have skyrocketed and immediately divided up the original Solomon family's property.

He would rather lose face than show affection to Du Wei. Such a person... Be careful!

Thinking of this, Du Wei smiled slowly: "Master Earl..."

Villa quickly laughed and said: "You and I are old friends too. This kind of address, you can see outsiders. In this way, there are no outsiders anyway. In the future, you will not call me Earl in private, and I don't respect you Duke .Everybody take it easy."

Du Wei thought for a while and said with a smile: "Well, you are much older than me, and you were once my father's old friend. If you don't mind, I'll just call you Uncle Villa."

The count laughed: "Then from now on, I'll call you Du Wei in private, but don't think I'm taking advantage of you."

After the two of them chatted politely for a while, you called "Uncle Villa" and I called "Du Wei". Jiao's intimacy is exhilarating. Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Du Wei smiled and said, "Uncle Villa, your family has quite a lot of business dealings with the prairie. You are also familiar with all the affairs on the prairie. For this negotiation, although the regent is in name I'm in charge, but I'm young and inexperienced, and I have to rely on you to preside over some of the embarrassing things."

Villa immediately shook his head and said with a smile, "That's out of the question! Du Wei, although you are young, you are more than ten times more famous than me when it comes to fame. Now on the mainland, who doesn't know that Duke Tulip is a genius Magician? And even though you have only been in the Northwest for one year, you have created countless miracles. What's more, this time the prairie people sneaked in... Although the Northwest Army's guys took the military exploits, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the Northwest Army is no more than It's an imposter, and you are the one who really defeated the golden wolf head. It is only natural that His Highness Chen values ​​you. You will do your part in this matter! I... just wave the flag for you by the side."

Du Wei didn't take it seriously, and secretly scolded this guy for being cunning, but his smile became more and more affectionate: "Uncle Villa's compliment made me a little embarrassed! Anyway, you are older than me. This is the best proof." You are much more familiar with things than me..."

"It's just that I was born a few years earlier, and I have grown older. Du Wei, if there is anything you don't understand about this negotiation, I will tell you everything. His Highness Chen sent me to assist You, I will try my best to be your assistant."

The two circled around for a long time, but Villa clung to the word "assistance" tightly. Du Wei sighed, and the other party refused to take the hot potato of mind. He couldn't help but smiled wryly, and gave up the distracting thoughts in his heart. Finally, after contemplating for a while, he suppressed his smile and said sternly: "In this case... Uncle Villa, you are here in the capital, and now in the capital... What is the tone of the military department and His Highness Chen?"

Suddenly, a trace of disapproval flashed in Villa's eyes: "Military department? Hmph... What can the big bosses in the command department do, but they quarrel three times a day, and the sky is dark. His Highness Chen is also tireless. Hey! Don't you I know that the High Command is now arguing internally about whether to fight or not. Then the High Command and the Ministry of Finance are arguing about how much the military budget will be increased. Then, the Ministry of Finance and the Supervision Office are arguing, blaming the Supervision Office for its inability to control intelligence. Finally The Supervisory Office and the High Command quarreled, blaming the Northwest Army for not cooperating with the intelligence collection work... The imperial capital is in chaos, and I'm going to say something bad here... Hmph, if this quarrel continues, it will only be seen by grassland people What a joke! I think His Highness Chen assigned the matter to you this time, and moved the venue of the negotiation to Loulan City, in order to prevent the grassland people from seeing our internal strife and losing their prestige."

Du Wei was furious when he heard this, this Villa was rambling, talking about gossip in the current imperial capital... But how could Du Wei use him to tell these things? I have a source of news from the imperial capital! This Villa has a tight mouth and refuses to reveal anything.

Thinking of this, Du Wei couldn't help showing some dissatisfaction on his face. He snorted, put down his teacup, and said lightly, "Uncle Villa, the door is closed now, and there are no outsiders. The conversation between you and me, after we go out, No third person will know. I sincerely want to ask... What do you mean in private whether it is war or peace?"

Seeing that Du Wei was getting impatient, Villa also knew that he couldn't pretend any more. It's not good to pretend to be a turtle too much, so he smiled and said, "Du Wei, you are impatient. Well... If you really ask me to see Are you coming..."

He took a sip of tea slowly, then glanced at the closed door, and lowered his voice: "No way!"

Du Wei nodded, and continued to stare at him closely. Villa was helplessly stared at by Du Wei, so he continued to add: "This is what we said in private... Well, in my opinion, the grassland and our empire now seem to be a boy who is about to grow up People, and a strong man who is seriously ill! Both sides are covetous, eager to punch each other. But they both have scruples in their hearts. The boy is still underage, and his strength has not grown. The stronger the body, the better the chances of winning. As for the sick man, after a serious illness, his strength has been greatly reduced, and he wants to stay for a few more days, so that when he recovers from his illness, his strength will recover."

Du Wei smiled: "So, everyone doesn't want to fight anymore."

"It's not all like this." Villa sighed helplessly: "Both parties know their own situation, but they also know each other's situation. Although young people understand that they need time to grow, they are also worried that the other party will get sick if time goes by. When Han recovers from his illness, it will be more difficult to fight. And the sick man also thinks that although he is not recovering from his illness, if he really waits until the day when he recovers from his illness, the young man will become an adult, with greater strength, and he will be more difficult to fight. It's even more difficult... This is the current contradiction."

In fact, Du Wei also knew what Villa said. But he always needs to force the deputy to stand up. Thinking of this, he continued to ask: "Since it's a contradiction, why do you say that you can't fight, Uncle Villa? I think it's better to have a short-term pain than a long-term pain. Since I'm afraid that it will take time to fight in the future, why don't you just work hard and pay a certain amount now?" Beat this young man to the ground. Even if he loses a little more, it will be done once and for all."

Earl Villa's heart skipped a beat. Looking at Du Wei's ruthless eyes, his heart jumped: This kid is really ruthless! However, he immediately said: "Your idea is the same as those of the main fighters in the current imperial capital. But... In my opinion, although this argument is reasonable, it is too difficult to implement. First, once we are right What should the Northwest Army do with the grassland people? Let the Northwest Military Region attack the grasslands, let alone move these warlords... Hey, what if they don't obey the order? Let us mobilize the troops from the north and the south, Or send the Royal Guards to the northwest? How will the Northwest Army react? In case of a fight, it’s okay for the Northwest Army to help us, but if they stab us in the back...it’s bad.”

This sentence speaks directly to the point.

The current state of the empire really cannot withstand the defeat of a war! Whether it's Prince Chen who has just ascended to power, or an empire showing signs of illness, what is needed now is stability!

Seeing that Villa said something real, Du Wei smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that what Uncle Villa said is really good, it seems that he can't beat it!"

Villa hurriedly said: "This... I'm just my own opinion, I can't make it right! Du Wei, as the person in charge of this time, you can listen and not follow blindly. The big idea is still up to you Well done. His Highness Chen has great trust in you, and I don't think His Highness has made a decision yet, so he will hand over the power to you. If you decide to fight, I think His Highness will probably support you to fight! Before I came, I heard that in the imperial capital, His Highness has summoned the most important figures from the military into the palace for two days in a row and talked about the dawn all night long!"

Du Wei sneered in his heart, did he really delegate power to himself? I'm afraid I'm making myself a villain!

Du Wei came from the world in his previous life, so he naturally knew the truth of "a weak country has no diplomacy"! Just imagine, if you are the US diplomatic spokesperson, you will naturally have unlimited scenery. If you want to fight Iraq, you can fight Iraq, and if you want to fight Afghanistan, you can fight Afghanistan. But if it was Li Hongzhang in the late Qing Dynasty, it would be miserable!

The most unlucky thing is that whether it is war or peace, I am afraid that I will be the most powerful group of imperial capital.

If you advocate war yourself, you will offend the doves. If the main peace, it will offend the hawks.

After talking with Villa for a while, the old fox excused himself from the long journey and went down to rest first. Du Wei immediately found Philip to discuss. Du Wei is now relying more and more on this rapidly growing staff member, and the generals around him, such as Longbottom, looked down on this frail young man at first, but later gradually respected him, and privately felt that this young man Man is definitely a prime minister.

After talking with Du Wei for a while, Philip thought for a while. Suddenly came up with a solution.

"My lord duke, I think it's okay to fight or not! This decision-making power is a hot potato. Since Prince Chen threw it to you, can't you throw it to someone else?"

Du Wei smiled wryly and said, "I would like to throw it to Villa, but this guy is slippery than oil. He will never be fooled."

Philip smiled and said in a low voice, "You can't throw it away to your own people... Then, why not throw it to the prairie people?"

"Huh?" Du Wei's eyes lit up! These words were like a ray of light, immediately illuminating the fog in my heart. Du Wei glanced at Philip appreciatively. He suddenly smiled and said, "Well, Philip, over the past year or so, your electronics have become more and more cunning!"

Philip also smiled slightly, bowed and said: "Working beside the adults... well, what was that sentence you said to me at the beginning... Ah, yes: it turns red when it is close to red, and it turns red when it is close to black." black."

Du Wei was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "What... I'm talking about those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black!"

It seemed that the people of the Roland Empire couldn't understand the true oriental culture, but Du Wei immediately came to his senses and scolded with a smile: "Good Philip, you are turning a corner, you learned your despicableness from me. ?”

Philip smiled slightly: "When you get close to vermilion, you get red; when you get close to ink, you get black!"

With an idea, Du Wei immediately relaxed a lot, so he ordered to start preparing for the negotiation.

Count Villa brought a car full of documents, including two large boxes, all of which were Tampa records that had been negotiated in the imperial capital for many days. Du Wei flipped through it roughly, but there was nothing in it. It was full of records of some things that the two sides slobbered at each other, but there was nothing nutritious in it.

It was as if two vicious and introverted guys were yelling at each other, "Hit me!" "Hit me first!" "Hit me first!" "Hit me first!"

The saliva of these politicians and the quarrel with Wantong are actually nothing more than more flowery rhetoric.

Hmm... Throwing this hot potato to the prairie people... is an excellent idea! .