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The next day, the negotiations continued, and this time Fang Yue also came!

Kuroda Shigenori spoke first with dark circles under his eyes, probably because he had not slept all night.

"Marshal Xu, we discussed it last night. The price we can provide is: 200 grams of silver for soldiers, 2 kilograms of silver for non-commissioned officers, and 20 kilograms of silver for lieutenants. 20 kilograms of gold for majors, 30 kilograms of gold for lieutenant colonels, and 50 kilograms of gold for colonels. 1 ton of gold for major generals and 2 tons of gold for lieutenant generals. In addition, we will pay 10 tons of pig iron and 8 million yen!"

The overall price is almost doubled what he said yesterday. This is certainly not the final bottom line of the Japanese headquarters, and Kuroda Shigenori also knows that Xu Le will not agree to it just like that, so he will increase the price slowly later!

Before Xu Le could speak, Fang Yue couldn't help but said, "What? A dollar in my Tang Dynasty weighs 26 grams and is made of silver! You mean one of your elite soldiers is not worth 8 dollars? And 10 tons of pig iron is not enough for us to build a few tanks!"

As he said that, he looked at Xu Le and said, "Marshal, this little devil is too much, there is no point in talking, let's go!"

Just like that, Wei Li watched Xu Le and Fang Yue leave.

This scene left the three Japanese soldiers stunned!

Where the hell am I?

what am i doing?

What happened just now?

"Well, why don't you listen to my advice? You all know my Marshal's temper. I reminded you yesterday that if you really want to talk, then make a good offer. If you don't want to talk, I can guarantee that you will leave safely!"

With a heavy sigh, Wei Li left without looking back, leaving behind only the cold eyes of the guards.

"Well, let's go, it seems we still need to discuss it!"

Kuroda Shigenori dares to guarantee that he has never encountered such a weird negotiation in his life. Please at least give me a way out!

Who doesn't want to negotiate sincerely? I think it's you Xu's army!

On the third day, the negotiations continued, but this time Xu Le did not come, only Fang Yue and Wei Li!

Wei Li spoke first: "General Kuroda, my Marshal is busy with official duties and doesn't have that much time to spend with you! The Marshal said that today is your last chance. If you don't cherish it, you will bear the consequences. Of course, my Marshal also said that he will help you transport the bodies for free! 18, it will take a while to transport all the bodies!"

Kuroda Shigenori said with darker eyes than yesterday: "Alas, we really don't know how to start. How about this, please give a reasonable price, but if it is the same as what Marshal Xu gave the day before yesterday. Sorry, this is really not negotiable!"

Fang Yue sat in the main seat. He glanced at them and said, "Do you think we are willing to support them? 18 people need a lot of food every day. How about this, we will reduce it by half based on what the Marshal said. This is our final bottom line!"

Kuroda Shigenori understood the temper of Fang Yue and others. If he directly rejected it, there would probably not be a third chance.

"How about this? The price of silver will be halved as your army requested. The price of a lieutenant general will be one-twentieth of that, a major general will be three tons, and a lieutenant general will be four tons. We are willing to pay 20 tons of pig iron, which is 3 billion yen."

After hearing this, Wei Li immediately pretended that his eyes lit up and looked at Fang Yue with a hint of excitement.

Kuroda Shigenori saw this scene and thought his price was reasonable.

However, Fang Yue rejected it again: "No, just cut the silver in half. One-fifth for a junior officer, 5 tons for a major general, and 10 tons for a lieutenant general. 20 tons of pig iron, no less. The minimum is 50 billion yen!"

Kuroda Shigenori really wanted to imitate Xu Le and slam the table and leave, but he was afraid that if he didn't seize this last chance, the 18 elite troops would really be gone.

"18/4 of a major general's rank, 5 tons for a major general, and 20 tons for a lieutenant general. 15 tons of pig iron, billion yen!"

.....

After another half day of bargaining, the final price was set at half of the silver, one-fourteenth for a major general, 14 tons for a lieutenant general, 4 tons for a lieutenant general, 10 tons of pig iron, and 30 billion yen!

This has exceeded the bottom line of the Japanese headquarters, because they do not believe that Xu Le dares to directly kill these 18 prisoners.

But Kuroda Shigenori's intuition told him that Xu Le really dared.

Any convention in this world is designated for the weak. The strong can completely ignore it or even use their strength to rewrite the rules.

Finally, he said he would go back to base camp to discuss and convince the top brass back home.

Fang Yue also generously let him go, and before leaving, he also allowed him to take away Naka Yutaro's ashes to show the sincerity of Xu's army!

Three days later, the Japanese headquarters agreed to this condition, but said they were only willing to pay one-third first and pay the full amount after receiving all the personnel.

Xu Le directly shouted in public, either bring it all at once, or bring an empty truck to transport the bodies.

So there was another round of debate, and finally an agreement was reached that Japan would pay two-thirds first, and the rest would be settled after all the prisoners were received.

Total value: 110 tons of silver, 210 tons of gold, 30 tons of pig iron, and 30 billion yen.

If these 18 prisoners were from a recently formed division of recruits, Japan would not agree even if the price was halved.

Xu Le grasped this point. Although the Japanese Army had 700 million soldiers, if weapons and equipment were not counted, only 400 million of them had strong individual combat capabilities, and among these 400 million, only 200 million could be considered elite.

而这18万俘虏里面有包括第5师团、第6师团和第16师团在内的3个常设师团，那是精锐中的精锐。

Another important reason why Japan finally agreed to this condition was that Fang Yue said: If you don't agree, then forget it. Our army will send bombers to Japan, but we won't drop bombs, we will drop leaflets! He said that your military was reluctant to spend that little money and ignored 18 frontline soldiers.

This scared the Japanese headquarters. They knew the performance of Xu's army's bombers and knew they could definitely do it.

The reason why they were able to expand their army to 700 million in these two years was because of the support of Japanese civilians.

If civilians knew that they or their family members were abandoned by the country after joining the army, the entire country would be in chaos, and future mobilization would be even more difficult.

"Young Marshal, you really have a way. As soon as I said this, the Japanese actually agreed!" Fang Yue gave a thumbs up in praise.

Xu Le only knew some things about Japan through his memories of his previous life. He smiled and said, "There are many ways to deal with the Japanese devils. Notify Zhu Xiaoping and let him be responsible for receiving the spoils!

Commander Fang, as soon as the things sent by the Japanese arrive, you will personally escort 15 prisoners back to the country and send them to Yunnan and Sichuan and Kang provinces, and let them work for me.

I will order the five reserve regiments in Shanxi Province to come over to assist in the custody, and the new recruits in Sichuan, Kang and Yunnan will also join in. We can use them to practice when we have nothing to do, but be careful not to make it too obvious! "

Wei Li was immediately shocked: "Marshal, why don't we return the Japanese prisoners to Japan?"

Xu Le smiled coldly: "Return? Return what? In Nanjing alone, the Japanese slaughtered hundreds of thousands of my unarmed compatriots. If I let these 18 Japanese go, how can I be worthy of those compatriots?"

Wei Li smiled awkwardly: "I didn't think of letting them go, but you said before that you wanted to negotiate with the devils, so I thought you really wanted to trade with them!"

Xu Le waved his hands and said, "This is the money we earned by cheating people with our own ability. If the Japanese are not satisfied, let them send troops to fight us!"