There are no free lunches in the world; to gain, you must give. Luo Zheng sensitively detected sothing from Bar's words, seeing so people bringing mutton and firewood over, but did not respond imdiately. Bar also arranged for everyone to send them inside, watching Luo Zheng and waiting for a reply.
Luo Zheng noticed Bar's intention. He was surprised to talk directly with Bar instead of the clan leader, even more so at negotiating right at the doorstep. This guy is indeed practical. He couldn't help but smile and say, "Our Huaxia Country is a nation of etiquette. We have always been warm to friends and always thank those who have helped us."
"Indeed, such etiquette is admirable." Bar said with a smile, but his eyes fixed unwaveringly on Luo Zheng, clearly unsatisfied with the vague answer.
"Yes, don't you believe it?" Luo Zheng said with a smile, in no rush to make a statent.
"Speak directly." Bar, seeing that Luo Zheng was being ambiguous, lost his patience and straightforwardly said, "I've helped you fend off Hariri's pursuit; we're taking a big risk, how will you repay us?"
"Repaynt is due. What do you need?" Luo Zheng said with a smile, secretly bracing himself.
"You have seen our situation, too poor, lacking everything. We need dicine, need weapons. If you can provide so suitably, you will be the most honored friends of our Basto." Bar said seriously, eyes fixed on Luo Zheng, gleaming with greedy light.
Luo Zheng smiled with a calm face; you can't rush with such greedy people; you must take it slow. Feigning difficulty, he said, "Weapons are probably impossible; transporting those things here is troubleso, hard to handle, also with dicine. After all, you are not a state regi, your country would oppose."
"Then what can you provide?" Bar said sowhat discontentedly.
"To provide you with a chance to grow stronger." Luo Zheng's expression beca solemn, saying seriously.
"A chance?" Bar looked at Luo Zheng suspiciously and sneered disdainfully, "To put it bluntly, you have beco stray dogs, unable to protect yourself, still have a chance for us? Did I hear wrong?"
"I'm sure you have investigated our situation, three people took down hundreds of enemies; do you think we're not qualified to give you a chance?" Luo Zheng retorted, seeing the other party's face darken and eyebrows furrowed in deep thought, he continued, "Don't forget, we are not just three people; behind us stands an entire country. In other words, as long as we are willing, we can mobilize thousands and thousands of people over."
Bar's face subtly changed, looking at Luo Zheng in bewildernt, asking, "What is this opportunity you're talking about?"
Luo Zheng saw he had shocked the other party, relaxed his expression and smiled, "I've already told you, it's an opportunity for you to grow strong. Whether you can grasp it depends on you. Once successful, you will beco the largest tribe around."
"What if it fails?" Bar quickly asked, interrupting Luo Zheng.
"Failure? The word 'failure' has never existed in my dictionary." Luo Zheng said sternly, exuding a strong sense of self-confidence, while looking at Bar continued, "To be honest, our people will arrive in two days to counterattack Hariri. Then your chance will co."
"Let's hear it, more specifically." Bar said sowhat intrigued.
"Are you sure you want to discuss here?" Luo Zheng smiled and asked.
"Follow ." Bar also realized he was being a bit too eager, whispered, leading the way.
Luo Zheng closely followed up, passing through a section of the street, arriving at a solid-looking, very wide wooden house door, with many ard personnel patrolling at the door. Seeing Bar coming, they all stepped aside. Bar led Luo Zheng into the wooden house, its living room filled with various furniture, looking like a Council Hall from the setup.
An old man sat quietly beside the bonfire, a middle-aged woman was focused on roasting lamb, the room had no other people. Bar walked up and said sothing to the old man, making the middle-aged woman leave, and signaled Luo Zheng to sit down, explaining, "This is my father, the current clan leader; he's old, not very good hearing, and can't understand international common language, let's continue our previous topic."
"All right, send my regards to your father." Luo Zheng said politely.
Bar said a few words to the old man, who nodded to Luo Zheng, said sothing incomprehensible, Bar picked up a knife, cut a piece of lamb, placed it on a wooden plate, and handed it to Luo Zheng. Luo Zheng was not polite, took it and started eating, truly hungry, Bar also cut so and ate.
The two tacitly said nothing, eating while contemplating the ensuing negotiation, until eating up the lamb on the plate, Luo Zheng put down the wooden plate, politely said, "Thank you for the at, it tasted very good, shall we continue our earlier conversation?"
"Of course, go ahead." Bar said, getting motivated.
In a daze, Luo Zheng recalled negotiations with Hariri, striving fiercely for a way out last ti, this ti it was also for a way out but with a completely different mindset, couldn't help but smile, "Very simple, we attack Hariri's tribe, once successful you all press in, delivering a fatal blow to Hariri, all of Hariri's tribe's wealth will be yours. If we don't succeed, you don't need to dispatch troops; this is the opportunity I'm giving you, how about it?"
"Sounds good, but how to operate specifically?" Bar urgently asked.
Luo Zheng understood Bar's mood, continued, "They stay at your tribe, but you have to entertain them well, I take two people to follow you, what do you think?"
Upon hearing hostages in hand, Bar sighed in relief, thought for a while and continued, "Let's lay the ugly facts first, the timing of sending troops is decided by , you must stay with us, and if unsuccessful?"
"If not successful, we will give you a battalion's equipnt, a batch of dicine valued at millions, once you get the items I'll leave with them, how about that?" Luo Zheng said seriously.
"Then there is no problem at all." Bar happily said, upon hearing this, as long as the people are in his hands, Bar isn't worried, a win-win deal, very pleased with Luo Zheng's arrangents, cutting a large piece of lamb to hand to Luo Zheng said, "Then thank you for the opportunity, wish our cooperation a success."
Upon hearing this, Luo Zheng also smiled; with Basto's ard help, chances of successfully attacking Hariri greatly increased; about when to dispatch troops, as long as there's enough profit, Luo Zheng isn't worried greedy Bar can hold back; might even charge without orders, as for compensation for failure, Luo Zheng isn't concerned, it's just a blank check, Luo Zheng doesn't believe he would fail, nor can fail, let alone afford to fail.
Successfully dragging Bar onto his war chariot, and the other side seems willing, Luo Zheng quietly sighed with relief, smiled and said, "Wish your tribe's early growth and strength."
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