Chapter 1104 Negotiations

Zhao Ji asked, "What else can be done?" ”

Su You said: "There is also a third party to carry out entrepot trade, and we do not deal directly with the Liao people. ”

"Tang Shilang, a wealthy merchant in the East China Sea, had an outstanding reputation in maritime trade, and the Song and Liao merchants admired his fairness. The trade volume of 250,000 guan is really not in the eyes of people. Nowadays, the business on Zhanglu Island is very attractive to the merchants of Japan, Goryeo, Liao, and Song, and you can ask him to transfer trade on your behalf. ”

"I heard that Yelu Yixun of the Liao State was in power for a while, and his prestige was prominent, and he once wanted to use the sailor to sneak attack the island, but he was almost wiped out by Tang Shilang's fleet, and he was burned by Tang Shilang outside the port of Baozhou, and he was listed as a Jingguan, so he endured it like this."

"Tang Shilang's old nest, in the emerging Songjing Port in Japan, even if the Liao people are domineering, they can't be provoked."

Wang Jue is most afraid of diplomatic disputes: "Or, just do it like this?" If we can not deal directly with Liao, we will not deal with him directly. ”

Feng Jing asked another question: "Having said so much, what are the materials for trade?" My dynasty is good to say, what goods can the Liao Dynasty provide? In the past, the smuggling of Liao salt had a great impact on Huai salt in my Hebei, but now, hehehe......"

"If there are no goods, won't the Great Song Dynasty recover all the currency that flowed to the Liao Realm? We can't take anything from that...... Silk bills, right? ”

Cai Qu finally found an opportunity to speak: "This is my proposal, at the foot of the Baitou Mountain in the Liao Kingdom, the area controlled by the female straight, and the giant trees are towering to the sky. ”

"Those timbers can be drifted to Baozhou through the Yalu River, which is only 100 miles away from Zhanglu Er Island and only 500 miles away from Cangzhou Binzhou."

"My Great Song Dynasty is now revitalizing Hebei, governing the river, and building the city, all of which require a large amount of timber, and the port selected by the Beiyang Navy Division is also in the bay of the Dagu River estuary in Jiaoxi County, Mizhou."

"The timber purchased from Liao, in addition to the above, can also be used to build my Great Song Beiyang Naval Division!"

"If it's worth the same amount, that's fine." Feng Jing agreed: "The Privy Council has been having a headache about this matter for a long time, and the port of berth of the Beiyang Navy Division has been disputed, because from Hangzhou above, there is no good place to produce timber, which has caused great trouble to shipbuilding and maintenance. ”

"Will they really sell? Hehehe, if we can use the wood of the Liao people to build our own sailor...... Wait, just now you said that the upper reaches of the Yalu River, the area controlled by the female straighten? ”

Cai Qu's eyes were full of smiles, and he was very sure of Feng Jing: "Exactly." ”

Feng Jing also smiled: "Cai's participation in politics should be a talent from my Privy Council...... In this case, Your Majesty, the minister has no objection. ”

Lu Gong wrote: "Your Majesty, everyone generally agrees with this business negotiation, but the minister wants to remind Yu Guogong and Cai to participate in politics that our dynasty must not make too big concessions." ”

"The contents of the daily consultation must be reported to the Letter, the Three Divisions, and the Privy Council, and His Majesty shall be notified. Wang Xianggong, Li Jixiang, and Feng Shuxiang need to be supervised, and if there is inappropriate content, they must intervene immediately. ”

Su You said with a smile: "That's the responsibility of my military aircraft department, and Cai Jing is doing this full-time." I have no objection. ”

Cai did bow to Zhao Ji: "The minister has no objections." ”

Su You asked the others again: "Do you have any other questions about the officials in the two systems?" ”

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Su You turned to Zhao Ji and saluted: "Your Majesty, please make a holy judgment." ”

Zhao Ji felt both novel and comfortable about this method of deliberation, and called out the knowledge system Wang Cun: "Have you remembered everything that your ministers have discussed?" ”

Wang Cun bowed: "It's already written down." ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "Then this matter will be agreed, and the Duke of Yuguo will be ordered to participate in the political affairs of Cai Qu, and promote the discussion of trade and trade with the envoys of the Liao State." For today's discussion, please all the ministers, in the words of the word, prepare the file for consultation. ”

"In the future, this law will be implemented in all state affairs and will become a system."

After everyone signed the detention, the edict drafted by Wang Cun according to Zhao Ji's will was also written, and Zhao Ji ordered the provincial lord of the door: "Hand over the Chinese book." ”

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By the time Su You and Cai Qu saw Xiao Xi again, Xiao Xi's attitude was already calm.

Yu Guogong rested for three days, and then the court discussion, which won him precious time.

Now he knows the Great Song Dynasty's strategy for controlling the Yellow River in Hebei, as well as the agricultural and animal husbandry pilot projects that began in Xiangzhou.

In other words, in the hands of the Liao State, there is now a commodity urgently needed by the Great Song Dynasty people - wood!

Although it is necessary to save time and effort through a female straight person, but what is a female straight person? That's a vassal of Da Liao!

Today's daughter-in-law Zhijiedu has made Wanyan Wanyan impeached Li Bo and his uncle and brother are inextricably linked, and several parties often attack each other, which has both the discord of the Great Liao and the indirect control of the Great Liao.

The timber business with the Song State undoubtedly added a powerful means for the Great Liao to control the birth of daughters.

For the Liao State, this is a hundred benefits and no harm, and for the Song State, it is their urgent need, this is the credit that the Buddha sent to our Lao Xiao!

Su Mingrun sat down opposite, as well as Cai Qu, and behind him were their respective teams of staff.

Su You took out a notebook from his bag and took out a pencil: "Envoy Xiao, Cai and I have conveyed your country's intentions to Your Majesty, and after the collective discussion of the officials above the two systems under Your Majesty, we have decided to agree to your country's motion on border exchange, and now we will officially notify you." ”

Xiao Xi smiled and said: "Thank you Mingrun, thank you for participating in politics, you two bothered." ”

Su You looked at the notebook and said: "But on top of the court discussion, our three divisions, the Privy Council and other ministers raised some questions, and after intense consultations, several suggestions were also formed. ”

Xiao Xi said: "Please come to Yuguogong." ”

Su You said: "First of all, regarding the matter proposed by your country to have the Great Song Dynasty assist in printing 250,000 pieces of silk banknotes, the Third Division of the Great Song Dynasty and the Imperial Song Bank agreed in principle. ”

"However, the treasure banknote plate making, molding, paper, and ink are very special, and the cost is also very high.

Xiao Xi asked, "I don't know how much Da Song is going to charge?" ”

Su You said: "After careful accounting, I think that the cost of one percent cannot be less. ”

"The printing cost of 250,000 guan of silk banknotes will cost your country 25,000 kan."

Xiao Xi frowned: "This is too expensive, right?" ”

Cai did ask the servant to send a box and opened it: "Here is a new type of plate making, as well as sample banknotes, Xiao Xiangxiang, and the cost of one percent is already extraordinarily discounted." ”

The servant handed the magnifying glass to Xiao Xi, who took it and found that the thick banknote plate of brass was full of finely coiled patterns.

This process is impossible for Da Liao to manufacture, and it can be called ingenious.

Brass is also not inked, and it is not known how the Song people used it to print money.

Then take the sample banknote, the paper is crisp, there is a watermark to look at the light, the banknote surface uses four-color ink, only one color less than the big Song Bao banknote, the pattern is a horse standing quietly, the four corners of the surrounding patterns are printed with a capital one, and a smaller Chinese character next to it.

Turning to the back, the pattern is a silk reeling workshop, with several women working on the side.

The upper part of the pattern is a few lines of text: "Da Liao silk banknotes should always be allowed to exercise the public and private affairs of Zhulu Prefecture and County from the chief official to see the flow of money."

There is another line of small words under it: "The Royal Bank of the Great Song Dynasty shall not forge counterfeits on behalf of the people of the two countries, and the offenders shall be severely punished, and the first offender will be exempted from the crime, and the above rules will be rewarded."

Xiao Xi is actually very satisfied in his heart, the Song people are really doing things, this banknote is not as good as the big Song Bao banknote, except that the pattern in the inside is a little rougher, and the surrounding and text parts are quite fine.

pushed the thing over, and said to Cai Qu: "There are a few words printed by the Great Song Royal Bank on this, so you don't need it, right?" ”

Cai did frowned: "Then you have to remake the plate, and the cost will go up again......"

Xiao Xi said seriously: "If these words are removed, I, Da Liao, am willing to pay this fee." ”

Cai did look at Su You, and Su You said: "Then according to what Xiao said, remove it." ”

"But in this way, even if Da Liao is independently issued, then I, Da Song, will no longer bear any responsibility other than printing. Therefore, the words "two countries" should also be removed. What do you think? ”

Xiao Xi nodded: "It's reasonable, so be it." ”

Su You nodded, and said to Chao Buzhi in the attaché: "No blame, record it." ”

Xiao Xi picked up the teacup: "Da Sanyuan is really extravagant enough for Mingrun to do your bookwork." ”

Su You said with a smile: "Isn't this the importance of Da Liao and the envoy, this issue can be considered to be discussed, and the rest will be left to the people below to do, and we will discuss the second ......"