In order to gain the support of Mount Jianu, Xiao Chen had to talk to him a lot. After all, his opinion still held considerable weight with King Burmese.

Not only do you understand him rationally, but you also express your emotions. Let him know that this matter is both public and private. It is of great benefit to you and will do no harm at all.

The disadvantage is nothing more than the loss of a few warships, but the benefits in the future will be great, so you must take a longer view and not just focus on the small gains and losses in front of you!

Regardless of whether he, Jianu Shan, could understand it or not, Xiao Chen only stayed in his military camp for one day before continuing south to Linyang City.

Mount Jianu gave Lu a command arrow and sent a team of 200 elite cavalry as a guard to escort him. No matter how you say it, it is quite interesting.

When King Myanmar learned that Xiao Chen had arrived, he immediately summoned him.

Zhongyi Hou Qianluo and General Duoma were all old acquaintances. They had fought side by side and killed enemies together. They all admired Xiao Chen very much. When they met again, they were particularly affectionate.

This time Shangguan Qiji really took it, Xiao Chen is such a piss-poor kid!

It's okay to be rampant in the palace of Dazhou, but he is also very calm in the palace of Burma. I originally thought that he had a flamboyant personality and was quite capable of winning, but now I discovered that Xiao Chen is actually a very low-key person...

King Mian had always been grateful to Xiao Chen and was very happy to see him, but he was a little hesitant about his offer to borrow a battleship to fight the Russians.

"Xiao Chen, our fleet is not small in size, but it is mainly composed of river ships. There are only more than 300 warships that can fight at sea. They are all medium-sized warships and are mainly used for offshore operations. Compared with yours, Large warships are incomparable, and they have to travel far across the ocean to fight against the powerful Russians..." The Burmese king expressed embarrassment.

Xiao Chen was surprised and happy when he heard this. You have more than 300 ocean battleships that I rely on!

This is almost the same size as our Great Zhou Navy. I came here mainly to find pirate ships to help in the battle. I just borrowed a few warships from you to steal a sheep. I didn’t expect that I would lead to an elephant. !

In fact, because Myanmar faces the sea in the south and has crisscrossed rivers in the country, the shipbuilding industry has been very developed since ancient times.

Moreover, in order to compete for ownership of the important sea area of ​​​​the Bay of Bengal, it has been fighting many Western maritime powers over the years. The navy is actually quite powerful.

However, due to various constraints, they did not develop large-scale ocean-going warships. The navy mainly relied on medium-sized ships, and the scope of its activities was mainly within the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

They do not have the ambition of Westerners to conquer the entire ocean, and the development of their naval fleet is mainly for self-protection.

"My lord, no matter what, you have to give me face even though I'm here. If you don't give me face, you have to give face to Princess Ruyun. If you don't give her face, you have to give it to our Emperor Zhou. To save face, right?" Xiao Chen forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart and began to mention the person.

"Oh, to be honest, if you Xiao Chen hadn't come here in person, I wouldn't have borrowed a ship. Don't mention Emperor Zhou and Yun'er to me either. I only care about your face!" King Myanmar said helplessly. He shook his head repeatedly.

"Then I'm getting curious. How big is my reputation?" Xiao Chen said with a smile, "I guess it's worth a hundred battleships, right?"

The key to negotiation is that the lion opens its mouth as wide as it can, it doesn't matter how big it is. This is called asking for a high price, and you have to pay it back on the spot.

"Don't joke with me, your Emperor Zhou's face is not worth a hundred warships!" King Burmese laughed.

"I didn't realize that Mr. Xiao, you still like to joke so much." Duoma on the side covered his mouth and laughed, "You borrowed all our battleships, what will we do if there is an invasion from outside?"

"Master Xiao, this is a major military and state matter, don't joke." Old General Qianluo frowned.

"I'm not kidding." Xiao Chen sighed, "This battle is a matter of life and death for me personally. If I win, I will live. If I fail, I will die. Do you think I would joke with my own life and death? If it's nothing. The stakes are so high, why would I come thousands of miles away to ask for help from the prince in person?"

It means don’t forget that I came thousands of miles away to save your life, Prince!

In order to save you, our brothers really risked their lives.

Have you ever remembered?

In your hall, we have a bloody battle with Prince Saiba...

Now is the time for you, King Myanmar, to repay this great favor to me, so don’t say how many battleships my face is worth, it depends on how many battleships you, King Myanmar, think your life is worth in exchange?

"Xiao Chen, Yun'er also mentioned your difficulties in the letter, and I also know it, but a hundred battleships are impossible..." King Myanmar frowned, really embarrassed.

"Then let's forget about fifty ships." Xiao Chen opened his mouth. Although he knew that King Burma would definitely not borrow this number of battleships, he made a big concession.

This is the art of negotiation. The King of Myanmar must not be allowed to know that his original bottom line is actually just to borrow four or five warships and be satisfied...

"Unless I am stingy, fifty warships will definitely not work. How about this, I will lend you twenty warships..." King Myanmar thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

"Twenty ships?" Xiao Chen suppressed the joy in his heart, and finally made a very disappointed expression.

Because my heart is happy and I want to smile, but my face has to be straight, so my muscles are twisted and deformed, and I look quite sad, angry and ferocious.

Ling Qianluo and Duoma both felt quite guilty and lowered their heads and couldn't bear to witness it.

"Xiao Chen, don't be anxious. Listen to me. I will give you our twenty best warships. You can choose them by yourself. And I will give you three hundred of the bravest watermen on each warship. Military officers, in addition, I can also give you ten cargo ships for logistical supplies, and I will also organize the food and grass." King Burmese said.

"There is another section. My twenty warships are not borrowed from you, but given to you. However, after the war is over, regardless of success or failure, regardless of casualties, you have to send my people back..." Mian Wang added another sentence.

"Oh, I know that King Burmese is a king who takes the overall situation into consideration and values ​​love and justice!" Xiao Chen was overjoyed when he heard this and stopped pretending. He stood up and bowed deeply to King Burmese, "Your Majesty, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Xu Tu will report later!"

"That must be repaid." King Burmese said with a smile, "Although I said it was a gift to you, naturally it cannot be for free. Your Dazhou porcelain and silk jewelry..."

"My lord, you know who I, Xiao Chen, am. Our friendship is not just a one-off thing. It lasts a lifetime. I won't make any promises to you today. We'll see what happens in the future!" Xiao Chen said.

"Haha, just make sure you know it well. There is an old Chinese saying that helping people to the end will send them to the Buddha and heaven. Then I will simply give you another general who is proficient in water warfare."
Chapter completed!