"I'm old, I've only been eating for a few days and my stomach is uncomfortable, I really don't know how they can hold on to eating meat every day." Liang Shi put down the piece of meat in his hand and sighed.

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "If they really learn to farm, it will really be a disaster for the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"It will be impossible for a while and a half, this process will take several generations, but you kid is too chicken thief, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty from the hands of tea farmers to collect tea at a low price, the made boutique sold to the rich people of the Great Song Dynasty, the remaining residues are not let go, made into tea bricks and sold to the Liao people, and the price is comparable to the price of fine tea."

Lu Zifei smiled and said: "The importance of tea in Liao, Xixia, and Tubo has surpassed salt, and their geographical environment cannot grow tea, this is an exclusive transaction, do you say that you can not make money?" ”

Zhang Tangqing washed the last bit of bone marrow like Lu Zifei, and said with a look of enjoyment: "Hanzhang, you know that it is not difficult to make tea, many old tea farmers will, if you tell us today, you are not afraid that we will rob you of your business." ”

"No matter what kind of business it is, monopoly is the most profitable, but monopoly is disadvantageous, especially in the hands of individuals rather than the state, in the long run, I do not agree with the monopoly of this way of doing business, a hundred schools of thought are the best, there will be competition will be progress, there is innovation."

Gu Xuanze said: "Let's get involved, and we can definitely only eat the rest of him after him, the finished tea has to be planted, picked, made, and sold, he has complete channels and personnel, you don't understand anything when you start again, and you can compete with him." ”

Lu Zifei smiled and said nothing, as the youngest, it was his to serve tea and pour water, Liang Shi said: "What you said makes sense, but do you think what is the real purpose of him saying it without reservation?" ”

Zhang Tangqing said: "Lord Liang is saying that Hanzhang hopes that we will help him develop the market. ”

"In a word, the people in his hands will definitely not be able to occupy such a large market, but if you want to make money, this kid will definitely give up a part of the profits, this is an upright conspiracy, you know it's a trap, but you will still jump willingly."

"How many adults, Yelu Hongji, the prince of Liao, is asking to see you outside?" The guard came in and said.

Zhang Tangqing was surprised: "What is this Yelu Hongji looking for outside, I heard that he is a gentleman, doesn't he know that contacting foreign missions in private will violate his father's taboo?" ”

Liang Shi asked, "Do you think you should meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" ”

"See! Why don't you see him, it doesn't matter, what do we have to be afraid of, Yeluzong is really dissatisfied and went to find his son, and we didn't take the initiative to find him. Lu Zifei said.

Gu Xuanze said: "This Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a little inconsistent with the rumors! He was in a hurry, so he had to come to us, and if he didn't come up with this idea, it was because there was a master behind him who was giving him advice. ”

Liang Shi said: "No matter how you say it, you have lived in the royal family since you were a child, and this political consciousness is still there, the army in the hands of Yelu Chongyuan can already compete with Yelu Zongzhen, and the field is a money bag when it is done, if it falls into the hands of Yelu Chongyuan, there will be people and money at that time, can Yelu Hongji wait for the throne to say anything?" ”

Gu Xuanze said: "You two go!" You are all young people, easy to communicate, and have common topics, I will accompany Lord Liang to Dadu today. ”

The tall and burly Yelu Hongji stood in front of the embassy like a door god, and there was also Wang Xi, the prince of Gaoli who Lu Zifei knew, and the two of them talked and laughed, and they seemed to have a good relationship.

"I've seen the two princes," Zhang Tangqing said, Lu Zifei's level is actually not enough, and he can only be a junior brother behind Zhang Tangqing.

Yelu Hongji smiled very boldly, and did not see the prince's posture at all, and helped Zhang Tangqing, who was saluting, and said: "Today is just my private visit, there is no prince." ”

This is a polite statement, after all, the difference in identity is too big, you can't go up and hug someone's shoulder and call someone a brother! Zhang Tangqing modestly invited people into the room.

"Lord Liang, the chief envoy, is attracted by the nothingness of the capital, and is not in the embassy, so only the two of us can receive the two distinguished guests, Your Highness, don't be surprised." still explained it to Yelu Hongji, otherwise it would seem that they despise others.

"It's okay, it's okay, this time I'm here to meet you young heroes of the Song Dynasty, I've heard of the two of you in Bianjing, and after seeing it today, I feel that you Han people are right."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Liao praised"

"No, I'm telling the truth"

Lu Zifei almost laughed on the side, the man is already broad and profound, and if a word is said in a different tone, it means a different meaning, is this Yelu Hongji similar to what is described in the history books?

Zhang Tangqing is what you ask, what will I answer to you, anyway, I just don't go to the road, Wang Xi couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Lord Zhang, in fact, you don't have to be like this, Prince Yelu and I are here today for the matter of the field." ”

"What's wrong with the field, wasn't the matter of the field discussed at the court meeting that day? If the prince of Goryeo still has any questions, it just so happens that Hanzhang is also there, if you have any questions, you can ask him directly. Zhang Tangqing continued to pretend to be stupid and said crazy.

Yelu Hongji said: "I want to say the person in charge of our Daliao Field. ”

Zhang Tangqing said in surprise: "Prince Yelu's words are far away, the person in charge of your Liao State, our Song people, can't decide, if this is the case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will find the wrong person, you should go to the Liao Emperor." ”

Yelu Hongji suppressed the sullenness in his chest, reorganized his language and said: "Master Zhang knows that we Liao people are not good at this aspect, and the formation must be dominated by you and supplemented by us, so you have a great say in the choice of the person in charge of the Liao State." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means..."

"I hope you will reject my cousin Nerugu's offer to be the head of the Liao Kingdom in the Field."

"Your Highness, we are the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, your request is really excessive, forgive us for not being able to do it."

Yelu Hongji and Wang Xi glanced at each other, as if they knew that they would get such an answer earlier, Yelu Hongji said: "You Song Kingdom also hope that the two countries can maintain peace for a long time, my father and I can guarantee it, but my second uncle may not be able to say, I don't think you want to see such a situation!" ”

This sentence speaks to Zhang Tangqing's heart, peace in a traditional literati's heart is greater than everything, because when war comes, military generals will inevitably crush the literati, and he doesn't want to see such a thing happen.

Lu Zifei said: "Didn't Your Highness think that your Liao civil strife would bring more benefits to the Great Song Dynasty?" At that time, I thought that neither the Liao Emperor nor your second uncle had the heart to start a war against the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"But has Lord Lu ever thought about it, a reborn Great Liao, your Song Kingdom is not afraid of repeating the mistakes of decades ago?"

"Do you believe what Your Highness says? No one knows how the Liao State ended up in a civil strife, and the Liao State is not invincible, and there are enemies around? Not to mention the distance, the Western Xia, the Uighurs of Xizhou, and the Great Song Dynasty bordering the Liao State are also counted, what does His Highness think? ”

It's just unpleasant to play, and even if this happens, don't say it so nakedly! It hurts people's self-esteem, and it's in front of me, the prince.

Zhang Tangqing sweated for Lu Zifei, for fear that Yelu Hongji would be annoyed and angry, but Yelu Hongji was very calm, looked at Lu Zifei and said: "I think it can be discussed, no, we don't know what will happen in the future, and at the moment I feel that it has not reached the point where we can't talk about it." ”

Lu Zifei said with a smile: "I agree with Your Highness's idea, if you can't reach an agreement, it's nothing more than a lack of interests, when Your Highness gives us conditions that can impress us, I don't think it's a difficult thing." ”

Yelu Hongji's current idea is that as long as this position does not fall into the second uncle's line, everyone else can do it, and when he heard Lu Zifei loosen his mouth, he felt that this matter had become more than half.

"You two can tell me what you want, as long as I can do it."

Zhang Tangqing didn't have such courage, he thought that this kind of thing should be consulted by the imperial court first, rather than the two of them deciding here, Lu Zifei said lightly: "I want a war horse, can Your Highness do it?" We bought it at the normal price, not to blackmail His Highness into giving it to us for free. ”

Yelu Hongji said: "You know that this is impossible, every horse in the horse farm has a number, these are the father's people personally take care of it, let's change the realistic requirements!" ”

Lu Zifei said: "Your Highness still says what you can give us, and my requests will make His Highness embarrassed." ”

"I can't stay with you for more today, otherwise someone will be looking for trouble, the ideology is unified, the conditions are good, you can come to me at any time if you think about it."

Wang Xi saw that Yelu Hongji was going to end the conversation, so what about his own business?

"Lord Lu, we Gaoli also want to join this battle, do you think it's okay?"

Lu Zifei said: "I can't make the decision on this, I have to wait for the Lord to come back and see what he means." ”

Wang Xi said: "We Goryeo only trade, the tax is still paid according to your proportional requirements, it will not occupy your decision-making power, I and the prince of Liao have already negotiated, help us, Goryeo has been a vassal state of Han for many years, you can't see death without saving!" ”

Zhang Tangqing said: "The crown prince of Goryeo refers to your own uncle Li Ziyi? ”

"The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, the Goryeo royal family now needs a lot of weapons and war materials, so we need to join in the battle of your country."

Lu Zifei thought about it and said earnestly: "It turns out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince needs weapons!" Whether you buy it or not, we can sell it to you! You don't have to go through the trouble of trading and then changing weapons, how convenient it is to buy directly from us! ”

Wang Xi was dumbfounded and said, "Is it really possible?" ”

"Of course you can, what's not to do, not only the price is preferential, but we will also send special instructors to guide you to operate, which is definitely better than selling goods and making transactions."