Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Chapter 289: Arrogant Threats, Greedy Western Regions

"What do you two want?"

Seeing that they were getting to the point, Qin Ming began to ask them a question.

Ren Pingyang said with a smile:

"I think our future transactions should be more formal. It would be best if we could trade between nations. That way, we can help you take on so much cargo."

Qin Ming nodded slightly, looked at Lu Lianda with a smile and continued to ask:

"What about Xishu?"

Lu Lianda also nodded.

"We in Xishu also mean the same thing."

Ever since Qin Ming started large-scale transactions, the transaction volume of his force has reached the scale of many large chambers of commerce in the past, and even at the national level.

Seeing them constantly trading among the people, ordinary businessmen made so much money.

At this time, the powerful people in Western Shu and the countries in the Western Regions were also getting restless.

They were very envious of Qin Ming's profits, and now they not only wanted to get their hands on them, but also wanted Qin Ming to give them more benefits.

Qin Ming understood what these people meant.

People are not enough to swallow elephants.

However, if you want to gain benefits from him, it also depends on whether the other party is valuable.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ming slowly shook his head.

"Lingnan just went through a great war, and you're all coming here to take advantage of us. This isn't appropriate."

Ren Pingyang immediately defended himself:

"You can't say that. You've made a lot of money in our Western Regions over the past few years."

"We used to turn a blind eye, but now the situation is different. After all, you have such a powerful force. It would be bad if you threatened us."

"But if Your Highness can help us and we become allies, then things will naturally become much easier."

The purpose of their trip was to get Qin Ming to trade with them as a country.

This way taxes can be raised.

It can also monitor Qin Ming's movements in all directions. Once Qin Ming agrees, he will be controlled by others in the future.

Just as Ren Pingyang told Qin Ming all about the situation.

Chen Shimao said from the side:

"Everyone, you can't say that."

"Your Highness has indeed sold quite a bit of goods through you over the years, but who can say that it hasn't benefited you at all?"

"You are short of silk, so His Highness will send you silk. You are short of food, so His Highness will send you food."

"It's no exaggeration to say that we've already been helping each other, but now you're suddenly imposing even higher restrictions on us. Aren't you afraid that His Highness will remove everything, and then no one will benefit?"

Chen Shimao's words made Ren Pingyang frown slightly.

What he said was indeed right. Although Qin Ming is making money there now.

But sending so many goods over actually helped them a lot.

There is no real controlled relationship between the two parties.

Needless to say, it seemed as if Qin Ming had taken great advantage of them.

Seeing that Qin Ming was not moved by his soft words or persuasion, Lu Lianda beside him suddenly said:

"We won't hide it from you all. Daqian has already sent us a letter asking us to temporarily reduce our dealings with the King of Qin."

"We have no other choice but to come here to ask. After all, we have withstood the pressure of the Daqian Dynasty. We can't just not get any benefits at this time."

They used the pressure from Emperor Qian to threaten Qin Ming.

It is obvious that if Qin Ming does not agree to them now, he will most likely face suppression from three parties later.

It would be extremely difficult for Qin Ming to withstand their influence on his own.

Now, everyone's eyes were focused on Qin Ming.

No matter what, we must listen to Qin Ming's opinion in the end.

Faced with their threats, Qin Ming just smiled faintly.

He had already anticipated this kind of thing.

However, it can make both forces come over to put pressure on oneself.

It seems that after this trip back, Emperor Qian still hasn't given up this land.

In this case, Qin Ming was too lazy to continue arguing with them and said directly:

"Okay, then go trade with Daqian."

"I can temporarily suspend trade with the Western Regions and Western Shu. Wait until you all return and think it through, then come back to me. We can resume trade at any time."

What Qin Ming said was very nice.

But in fact, it actually threatened them in the opposite way.

There is no one who can threaten him now.

If the other party does not want to trade, Qin Ming will send everything to the Japanese island.

But he will never be controlled by others.

Since you have already chosen to divide the land and call yourself king, it would be too cheap to let people come to you and ask for benefits.

Hearing Qin Ming say this, Ren Pingyang, Emperor Qian and others all widened their eyes.

"This……"

They looked at Qin Ming in disbelief.

No one expected that Qin Ming would reject him so directly.

Lu Lianda exchanged glances with Ren Pingyang with a somewhat ugly expression.

Both of them frowned and said to Qin Ming:

"Your Highness, if you do this, we will both suffer. We don't ask for much, just 10% of the tax, and for all those transactions to be managed by our government."

"Yes, why do you do this?"

Listening to their words, Qin Ming just laughed.

"You two, don't think I don't understand how your business is done over there."

"To bring these things under government control, I'd have to pay countless bribes every time I went there. Every step of the way would require a huge amount of money to maintain every year, or even every month."

"Why not just give me a price, give you some money every year, and let me do the rest of the business as I please. That way, no one will bother each other, and we won't have to cause too much trouble."

Qin Ming's words made everyone's expressions change.

At this time they were already a little angry.

Qin Ming's attitude made them feel very dangerous.

After a long time, Ren Pingyang broke the silence.

"Your Majesty, you are too greedy. You want to just go over and make a deal. How much money can you give us?"

Now that they have said this, they will stop pretending.

It was obvious from his expression that he wanted to give in, and then take this opportunity to ask Qin Ming for more.

Chen Shimao and Song Dingsheng both frowned slightly and looked at Qin Ming with concern.

Qin Ming smiled faintly and stretched out two fingers.

"How about this number?"

"Two million taels of silver?"

Ren Pingyang and Lu Lianda were both a little surprised.