Xu Kuang just smiled and ignored this person from beginning to end.

Ryan then began to show the six lords his statistics of Mushroom Ridge's losses.

The lord who stood up snatched the loss, and then shouted sharply:

"What?! The lives of those civilians are so valuable! And your weapons and equipment, and the destroyed farmland, all add one or two zeros!".

Ryan spoke unhurriedly:

"This is our Mushroom Ridge's compensation standard, which was formulated after precise calculations. Do you think alchemy weapons and the warriors who can control them are cheap?"

Six lords:...

Xu Kuang felt a little guilty after hearing this. He stood up and said to the six lords:

"If you think there is a problem with this price, you should go back and think about it first. By the way, Baron Forio, I'm afraid you have to stay."

A trace of panic flashed across Forio's face, and he asked quickly:

"Why should I stay? Could it be that you want to harm me?".

Xu Kuang laughed and said:

"Don't be nervous, I just want to talk to you about another compensation.".

The other five lords were about to leave. When they heard that Forio wanted to pay another amount of money, they sat back at the negotiation table.

"Lords, is there anything else you can do?"

"No, no, we are just observing the negotiation experience, you continue."

"Okay, please help yourself!".

Forio slammed the table into pieces, pointed at Xu Kuang's nose and cursed:

"Xu Kuang, you piece of shit, have you forgotten how my father died?".

Xu Kuang's expression remained as usual. He used his magic power to hold up the tea set, poured himself a glass of water, and then chuckled:

"I know, he was killed by my men.".

Baron Forio felt that he was about to explode. He forced himself to calm down. After a moment, he looked at Xu Kuang angrily and asked:

"Let me ask you, do you want to have a good talk with us?"

Xu Kuang smiled and said:

"I am only responsible for talking to you. The other five lords will naturally have someone to talk to them."

Everyone looked at Baron Peake, but saw Baron Peake take a deep breath and said to Xu Kuang:

"Ten thousand gold coins is really too much, and if we add the rent, we may not have gold coins available in the next few years. So, if you agree to the rent, we will pay for it."

Xu Kuang frowned and did not answer.

Ryan took out an abacus, and a group of people standing behind him also took out an abacus. For a while, the only sound in the room was the crackling sound of the abacus.

The five major lords were annoyed by the sound of the abacus, but they were on the weaker side and could not speak at this time.

After a moment, Ryan raised his head, looked at the lords, and said:

"I did some calculations. If the rent and land use tax are included, the minimum compensation we can accept is 8,947.65 gold coins."

Pique took a deep breath and said angrily:

"I paid it, I paid it! I don't want to stay here for a minute. I'll have the money delivered to me, let's go."

When the others saw this, they cursed Baron Pique in their hearts.

Seeing this, Renn understood that it was time for him to play. He also stood up, frowning, and said:

"I think the price should be lowered further. We have all suffered heavy losses. If you ask us to get so many gold coins, it will take us several years. Let's lower it some more."

After listening to this, Ryan took out his abacus again. Just as he was about to start calculating, he saw four livid faces on the opposite side.

…

After a while, Lane concluded:

"We really can't lower it anymore, but... you can use people to offset it. Two people can offset it by one gold coin, or you can offset it with land. Of course, this must be calculated based on the geology."

After everyone listened, there was no joy or anger on their faces.

Ren stood up again, cupped his hands to Xu Kuang, and said:

"In that case, let's talk about it next time. Always give us some time to think about it."

Xu Kuang stood up, bowed his hands to everyone, and said:

"Of course. I hope you can each lead a negotiating team next time. My time is precious and I don't want to waste it in this place anymore."

Everyone looked at Ren with gratitude, bowed their hands to Xu Kuang perfunctorily, and left.

Ren and Xu Kuang looked at each other, turned and left.

Everyone saw Baron Peake at the entrance of Mushroom Ridge, and they all came forward and surrounded him.

Good tempered:

"Pique, why did you agree so readily? It left us with no room for change!"

There are also those with bad tempers:

"Pique, damn you, are you Xu Kuang's spy? Eat my Japanese Iron Fist!"

Pique was punched in the eye, then thrown to the ground and kicked and punched.

Renn looked at Pique with a smile on his face, and after counting sixty times in his mind, he shouted:

"Oh, don't fight. If you fight again, someone will die."

The group of lords stood up quickly as if nothing had happened.

Peake stood up with a bruised nose and face. He looked at the four lords and glared angrily.

"I've finally seen you guys clearly. Do you really think that Xu Kuang is a fuel-efficient lamp? And you, Renn, you were obviously the main attacker at the beginning, why were you the only one who suffered the least loss? Also, where did you go on the day of the decisive battle? ?I hope you...".

Pique was knocked to the ground before he finished speaking, and of course it was the grumpy old man who did it.

The corners of Ren's mouth rose, he turned his head, glanced at the conference hall on the top of the slope, shook his head with a smile, and turned to leave.

…

Xu Kuang stood by the window, looking at the intense scene below with a telescope, and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect the fighting style between nobles to be so fresh and refined.".

Forio was very panicked. He didn't know why Xu Kuang kept him and whether he would let him go.

He didn't dare to remind him aloud, so he could only wait silently, recalling what he had done over and over again.

Forio became submissive in front of his father-killing enemy. This transformation happened so subtly that he was not even aware of it.

After a long time, Xu Kuang put down the telescope and finally said:

"Tell me, how are you going to compensate me?"

Forio's fists were clenched blue and white. He stared at Xu Kuang and said:

"My father is also dead. At least one thousand gold coins must be offset."

Xu Kuang had no expression on his face and asked:

"Is your father worth just one thousand gold coins?".

Forio's face turned purple with embarrassment, but the next moment he looked up in shock:

"My father is worth six thousand three hundred gold coins plus the entire Mushroom Ridge...".

Forio didn't understand the meaning of Xu Kuang's words.

Xu Kuang said to Forio:

"I'll give you one thousand gold coins for free. I'll let my men come and discuss the specific amount of compensation with you."

Forio breathed a sigh of relief. He finally didn't have to face Xu Kuang, but after a second thought, he still said to Xu Kuang:

"It may take me some time to raise the compensation."

"Eight months, eight months at most.".

Forio was overjoyed, and he quickly said to Xu Kuang:

"sure.".