Yelu Zongzhen frowned and said, "I know that the commerce of the Great Song Dynasty is flourishing and the things are strong, but now it seems that it is far above my Great Liao. I wonder how the royal brother did it? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and didn't answer, but cut a large piece of fatty mutton and put it in front of Yelu Zongzhen and said with a smile: "It's a pity that such lamb is not eaten while it is hot, but it doesn't taste good without cumin." ”

Yelu Zong smiled at the mutton that he could eat every day: "It's better for the imperial brother to eat more...... I heard that in the Great Song Dynasty, only officials can eat, and the emperor's uncle once said: This thing is the best! ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Father did say such a thing, but today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and ordinary people can eat it." This is the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty, you asked me how I did it before, and I will tell you!

Your Liao Dynasty is a grassland people, with cattle, sheep and horses as the country's foundation, and only in the land of Yanyun in China did we have agriculture and mulberry, and the Great Song Dynasty of China was originally a country based on agriculture, with abundant products, stable environment, and the development of commerce, commerce and agriculture is far faster than you imagine. ”

Yelu Zong really showed the contempt and sneer characteristic of young people: "Before the founding of the Great Liao Kingdom in the Song Dynasty, the Great Song Taizu was just a country thief in a yellow robe!" I have a million strong soldiers, if you take it...... It's also the Zhengshuo Dynasty! ”

This raised the problem to the foundation of the country, Yelu Zongzhen is really denying the legitimacy of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen naturally can not avoid it, looking up to the sky and laughing: "At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the world was divided, and the society was in danger of being tired, and the living beings were in urgent need of being upside down. I, Emperor Taizu, swept away the Liuhe, swept the eight wildernesses, all the surnames poured their hearts, and the Quartet looked up to virtue, this is not taken by power, it is actually the destiny of heaven! ”

Zhao Zhen paused after speaking: "Off topic...... What I want to say is that your Liao Dynasty will never become a Great Song Dynasty, and it will never become a Great Song Dynasty! ”

Yelu Zong was really unconvinced and said, "Why not?!" ”

Zhao Zhen said with a serious face: "The bottleneck of the grassland people is production, and if there is less production, a large number of imported materials are needed, which also means that the population is sparse, and the population of my Great Song Dynasty has tens of thousands of people today, and the most critical problem is that my Great Song Dynasty can afford to raise so many people!" More people also means more people engaged in production, and it also means that there are more commodities in the Great Song Dynasty, what are these commodities in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Yelu Zongzhen had already faintly sensed something, but he still said with a pale face: "It's just more merchants and money......

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Is it just so?" After speaking, he knocked on the armor on his body and the sword of the Son of Heaven and said: "These are the goods of the Great Song Dynasty!" Merchants had to pay taxes, and the Great Song Dynasty encouraged merchants to obtain a large amount of taxes, so why did I exempt the people from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes? Because I don't have to collect it from the people at all, the merchants add taxes to it when they sell their goods......"

Seeing that Yelu Zongzhen was still not convinced, Zhao Zhen spoke again: "To answer your previous question, the prosperity of commerce and the prosperity of Gewu are based on this series, you should know about my Great Song Dynasty's factory, right?" ”

Yelu Zongzhen nodded slightly: "I have heard a little, I heard that some factories can produce in one day and be worth half a year of ordinary workshops." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "Yes! This not only depends on the input of labor, but also the help of Gewu, the cotton factory in my Great Song Dynasty has all kinds of machines, and the silk factory is even more numerous, these are the work of Gewu. ”

Yelu Zongzhen, who has been in power for many years, understands the key at once, the Gewu of the Great Song Dynasty is actually inseparable from business, and only when it is linked to businessmen and interests, the Gewu of the Great Song Dynasty will develop so rapidly!

Zhao Zhen's current appearance is not like a fierce opponent with Yelu Zong, but more like a senior, a division commander, who analyzes the problem quite thoroughly, and people can't help but be attracted by his elegance, and can't help but be impressed by his reasoning.

Yelu Zongzhen sighed: "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years, the imperial brother is really high, but the foolish brother doesn't know, why can't I have all this you said, I can build a factory, and I can implement it ......"

Zhao Zhen took a sip of wine, this is the latest sauce-flavored liquor produced by the Great Song Dynasty, Cai Ji named it Shilixiang, and Zhao Zhen prefers to call him Moutai...... Mainly because the sauce aroma is prominent, elegant and delicate, mellow body, long aftertaste, clear and transparent, slightly yellow color, of course, it is inseparable from its origin, Sichuan salt goes to Guizhou, Qin merchants gather in Moutai, and the prosperous Moutai town has become the wine capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

Pour a glass for Yelu Zongzhen, the aroma of wine overflowed, Zhao Zhen stretched out his hand and said: "There is not much time, you and I still taste the wine together, and talk to you for my brother." ”

Yelu Zongzhen didn't hesitate to take the wine glass and drank it all, the scorching white wine went down to his stomach, his whole face turned red, his mouth unconsciously hissed, and it took a long time to let out a turbid breath: "Good wine!" Wine! This is what strong men drink! After speaking, he said in a sluggish voice: "Brother Huang, shouldn't it be that this kind of wine also comes out of Gewu?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Although I don't want to say this, but, yes...... the reason why I said that you can't do it in the Liao Dynasty is not because you can't do it, but because there are no innate conditions, population, cultivated land, habits, culture, output, etc., which are hindering the development of commerce." The basis for the development of commerce is to let the people eat first, to have enough arable land and commercial base, and to promote urbanization, which you did not have in the Liao Dynasty. ”

Yelu Zong really listened to it for a long time, some words he could guess, and some had never heard of it at all, but he still retorted: "What you have in the Great Song Dynasty Yan Yun also owns, and the prosperity of Yan Yun's business is not weaker than that of your Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded seriously: "That's right, what you said is very right, but there is a fatal mistake, Yanyun belongs to my Great Song Dynasty, and I don't plan to give it to you, I will help you imagine it, if your Liao Dynasty will work hard when you get Yanyun, and use Yanyun's farming and commerce to promote the economic development of the Liao Dynasty, and commerce will drive Gewu, and more output, what will be the situation of your Liao Dynasty?" ”

Yelu Zongzhen's face was ugly, he knew that Zhao Zhen didn't lie to him, but it was because he knew that Zhao Zhen was telling the truth that he was so uncomfortable, and he had great ambitions in his heart, hoping to turn the Liao Dynasty under his rule into a powerful empire, hoping to surpass his father's prosperity, but all this was destroyed by the Great Song Emperor in front of him.

"Brother Huang means to fight my Da Liao to the end, and if you don't take back Yan Yun, you won't give up?!"

Yelu Zongzhen's voice became cold, his eyes stared straight at Zhao Zhen, every word seemed to be squeezed out of the root of his teeth, Zhao Zhen nodded: "That's the case, but it's not that there is no solution, your Liao Dynasty hopes for stable development, and it is a pity that you are also accumulating strength while developing, I will not allow it, if you want your Liao Dynasty, no, it should be said that if you let the Khitan exist, it must be assigned to my Great Song Dynasty and become a part of my Chinese civilization......"

Before Zhao Zhen's words were finished, he was rudely interrupted by Yelu Zongzhen: "Ridiculous! My Great Liao has a vast territory and a million armor, how can I succumb to the Great Song Dynasty? Brother Huang's big dream! ”

"I'm not talking in a dream, do you think that the Liao Dynasty, which lost Yanyun, has anything else to fight against my Great Song Dynasty? Look at the armor behind me, and then look at the Khitan warriors behind you, I don't think you can win this war, don't forget, the Tangut people have been watching your Liao Dynasty in the west for a long time...... My 160,000-strong army has blocked your back road, what are you going to do to fight my Great Song? ”

Yelu Zongzhen's face changed: "Brother Huang's sixteen guards are not used to cut off my Daliao's retreat!" ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Yelu Zongzhen in surprise, this kid's head turned very fast, since he was guessed, Zhao Zhen simply nodded and admitted: "That's right, my sixteen guards are used to block your Liao Dynasty reinforcements!" ”

Yelu Zongzhen suddenly got up and was silent for a long time, and finally let out a sigh of relief and said, "Then what should I do now?!" ”

Zhao Zhen picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Either surrender or fight......"