Taking a step back, even if Liang Guo cannot destroy Beidi, as long as it has the strength to severely damage Beidi, Beidi will still respect Liang Guo. After all, between countries, whoever has the bigger fist always has the right.
What principles, etiquette, legal system, Liang Guo cares about these, Beidi may not care!
Qin Feng pointed out the contradictions between the two countries as soon as he came up.
Based on this alone, Lu Li attaches great importance to today's peace talks. At least there are signs of real peace talks.
Qin Feng knew all the stakes involved in this war, and the whole hall was silent. Both the Beidi envoy and the Daliang peace ministers were all listening quietly.
"This ten million yuan in compensation is not your bottom line."
"To put it more clearly, this bottom line is the bottom line you drew without authorization based on the strength gap between the two countries."
"I, Daliang, naturally cannot admit your arrogance in Beidi."
"However, the debate about which of the two countries is weaker is not the focus of today. Therefore, we will directly bypass this point and move on to the next topic."
"Since you, Beidi, have already assumed a position, then we will also assume a position in advance."
"You, Beidi, are not as good as Liang, or in other words, we, Liang, have the power to destroy you, Beidi."
"Then it will be much simpler to go back and settle the account."
Qin Feng's legs hurt from sitting, so he simply stood up, walked along the negotiation table with his hands behind his back.
"A weak country's war reparations to a strong country consist of three parts."
"First, the losses suffered by the victorious country are solely responsible for the losses of the defeated country."
"The second is the withdrawal costs paid by the victorious country in the hope that it will withdraw its troops."
"The third part, and of course the most important part, is the protection fee."
"In other words, in the next period of time, the victorious country will no longer attack the defeated country, and the defeated country will pay a certain amount of funds to show submission."
Although Qin Feng's words were extremely harsh.
But no one from Lu Li or even the entire Beidi mission spoke out to refute it.
After all, Qin Feng has made his attitude clear from the beginning, and all of this is based on an assumed position.
In other words, Qin Feng is just stating the facts, and this fact may not have an impact on the peace talks between the two countries.
So to refute it at this time would be a bit fussy and even narrow-minded.
Qin Feng walked behind Lu Li with his hands behind his back, and continued to settle the accounts that had been calculated countless times.
"In this national war, our losses in Daliang are mainly concentrated in four aspects."
"First, the loss of weapons and equipment, cities and livestock."
"Second, pensions for soldiers who died in battle."
"Third, the wanton purchase of military grain has led to an increase in grain prices in various places, which in disguise has increased the burden on the people."
“Fourth, due to the heavier burden on the people, it is difficult to collect taxes from various places, resulting in an empty national treasury.”
"After calculating these four parts of losses, I and the accountants at Tianji Camp came up with a figure."
"One hundred and fifty million taels of silver."
Hearing this number, Lu Li couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.
Because according to Qin Feng's character, he is someone who absolutely refuses to suffer.
Now that Qin Feng has calculated this number, he will definitely work in this direction, and this amount of money is equivalent to two years of tax revenue for the entire Beidi.
Beidi can afford it, but the consequences will severely damage Beidi's vitality, and he will not be able to regain his strength in the short term.
Paying war reparations is even more serious a drain on national power than launching a war directly.
Lu Li could no longer sit still, but Qin Feng had no intention of stopping.
after all……
Qin Feng gave three aspects as soon as he opened his mouth. The compensation of 150 million taels of silver was just the beginning.
"Let's talk about the cost of withdrawing troops."
"This war was not initiated by me, Daliang, but by you, Beidi, who coveted the hinterland of the Central Plains and sent troops to attack. In the end, it failed."
"Then as a victorious country, it is necessary to punish you Beidi."
"This move can not only appease the people of Liang, but also set an example to the surrounding countries. Those who dare to violate the prohibition will suffer this fate."
"On the contrary, if I, Daliang, easily withdraw my troops, the surrounding countries will definitely feel that I, Daliang, are weak and can be bullied."
"If you want me, Daliang, to give up the idea of revenge, you must pay the withdrawal fee."
"The money doesn't need to be much, just ten million taels of silver."
Lu Li clenched his fists tightly, and because he used too much force, his fists made a "creak" sound.
Lu Li wanted to stand up and refute several times, but was held back by Han Yu and Chen Si.
The two of them shook their heads at Lu Li at the same time, signaling him to calm down.
After all, Qin Feng is assuming a position. If Lu Li refutes it, wouldn't he admit Qin Feng's remarks?
At this time, Qin Feng had already walked behind Qin Tianhu, looking at Lu Li and the peace ministers opposite.
This seemingly meaningless move is actually full of profound meaning!
In front of Qin Feng was his father, the Minister of War, and on his left were the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Taichang Temple.
The officials at the entire negotiation table are all Qin Feng's party members, occupying "half of the country" in Daliang Chaotang.
It can be said that Qin Feng's words represent the direction of the officialdom in Daliang!
This was by no means a simple intimidation, but made the Beidi mission understand that Qin Feng's words were extremely weighty and could even determine whether the two countries would withdraw their troops or start another war.
"As for the protection fee, it needs to be discussed."
"This realm of thousands of miles under heaven belongs to you, Beidi, and me, Daliang, with the strongest national power."
"Beidi will never surrender willingly. You and we know this in our hearts."
"We, Daliang, have to deal with such a big threat, but we can't send troops to attack. Naturally, we have to strengthen border defense. All of this is money."
"Besides, after you, Beidi, pay the war indemnity, your national strength will be somewhat empty. If something goes wrong, I, Daliang, will send troops to protect you."
"This military expenditure is naturally included in the protection fee."
"Adding the previous two parts of compensation, the total of the three is 200 million taels of silver. Round it up. What do you think?"
two……
Two hundred million taels!
This number, not to mention the Beidi mission, was taken aback. Even the peace ministers in Daliang were caught off guard.
This is no longer the lion's mouth, but it is about putting Beidi to death!
Two hundred million taels of silver, even for a big country like Beidi, is a full three years of tax revenue.
In other words, once the war compensation is paid, it is equivalent to the whole country of Beidi working for Daliang for three years in vain.
The gap between the two countries will become wider and wider.
It was only a matter of time before Beidi was completely trampled by Liang Guo.
Lu Li couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, and shouted angrily: "Qin Feng, I think you are crazy!"
"He really lives up to his name, the madman of the Qin family."
"Two hundred million taels of silver? You really dare to speak!"
