Wang Zeng and Cai Qi opened their mouths in a daze.

Tens of millions of quintals of food are not the most critical?

Do you know how many lives can be lived by tens of millions of loads of food?

Do you have any misunderstanding about the number of tens of millions of loads of grain?

In the stunned expressions of Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, Kou Ji said with a smile: "The most important thing is that the official family and I have already sent someone to negotiate with the King of Jiaozhi County, and the King of Jiaozhi County has promised to sell Jiaozhi to my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Poof!"

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi stood up abruptly as if they had been stung by a bee, staring at Kou Ji in horror.

"Out of ...... Sell? ”

"Cochin?!"

From the two of them to the present, they have never heard of the entire territory of a dynasty, and they can still be sold at a clear price.

The king of Jiaozhi sold all the territory of Jiaozhi, where did he go?

Do you want to be a rich man in the Great Song Dynasty?

I heard that the king of Jiaozhi is a generation of heroes who calmed down the chaos in Jiaozhi, and he will be willing to go to the Great Song Dynasty to be a prisoner?

Of course, that's not too important.

Anyway, when the civil and military forces of the Great Song Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty knew that the grain of Jiaozhi was ripened three times a year and four times a year, Jiaozhi had become the granary of the Great Song Dynasty.

Where did the king of Jiaozhi sell Jiaozhi, they don't care.

The territory of Jiaozhi is determined to be won by the Great Song Dynasty.

What really frightened Wang Zeng and Cai Qi was that the Jiaozhi of the Great Song Dynasty was regarded as a commodity by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, and they said that they would sell it back.

Isn't that a bit too shocking?

Too child's play?

Facing Wang Zeng and Cai Qi's frightened eyes, Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Wang Zeng suddenly came to Kou Ji's side and shouted urgently: "The people from the Political Affairs Hall and the Six Ministries are here, and the people from the Honglu Temple are also there, I haven't seen any weighty people sent out by the official family, what are you talking about?"

Who will talk about it, and will the price be too great? ”

Cai Qi didn't care about his identity, so he came to Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "It's not a question of discussing the price or not, if you can buy it back, you can pay as much as you want." ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment and nodded heavily.

In the eyes of Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, Jiaozhi is a big granary that continuously delivers grain to the Great Song Dynasty.

It is also the foundation for the Great Song Dynasty to completely embark on long-term peace and stability.

As long as the Great Song Dynasty has this big granary.

Then the people of the Great Song Dynasty no longer have to worry about food.

The number of civil rebellions in the Great Song Dynasty will plummet, and in the end it will even die out completely.

As long as there is no rebellion among the people, the Great Song Dynasty can really be called a prosperous era.

The prosperous era is what everyone yearns for and looks forward to.

Kou Ji faced Wang Zeng's questioning and said with a smile: "The court has no people, but my house has people." ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi were both stunned.

"Liu Heng?!"

Wang Zeng said in astonishment.

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Liu Heng is the most suitable candidate." He is the prince of my Great Song Dynasty, although the throne has been passed out, but his identity, status, and merits will not be wiped out because of this.

Therefore, when he faced the king of Jiaozhi, he could deal with him equally.

When the king of Jiaozhi saw him, he could also feel the sincerity of my Great Song.

In addition, Liu Heng is familiar with military affairs, and even if he can't negotiate a deal with the king of Jiaozhi, he can secretly help me Da Song inquire about a lot of military information in Jiaozhi.

If the king of Jiaozhi does not agree to sell Jiaozhi to my Great Song Dynasty, then my Great Song Dynasty will also have a lot of confidence if he sends troops to recruit Jiaozhi. ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi groaned, nodded and said, "Liu Heng is indeed a suitable candidate. ”

After saying this, Wang Zeng raised his head and stared at Kou Ji, "Listen to the meaning of what you said just now, Liu Heng has already negotiated with the king of Jiaozhi County, and has already sent someone to inform you and the official family of this matter." ”

Kou Ji didn't hide it, he said frankly: "Three days ago, Liu Heng wrote a letter, saying that the king of Jiaozhi had promised to sell Jiaozhi to my Great Song Dynasty. And he has already sent an envoy to follow Liu Hengyi back to Beijing. ”

Wang Zeng said in disbelief: "The king of Jiaozhi County really agreed?" ”

Cai Qi said with a shocked face: "It's hard to imagine that the founding monarch of a dynasty would sell a dynasty. ”

After the two sighed, they all looked at Kou Ji.

Wang Zeng asked in a deep voice, "What is the request of the King of Jiaozhi County?" ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Firearms, big ships, manpower, and supplies." ”

When Wang Zeng and Cai Qi heard this, they glanced at each other and fell into deep thought.

Kou Ji continued: "If my guess is correct, he should have found a place bigger than Jiaozhi and was about to occupy the land as the king, so he made these requests to my Great Song. ”

"He doesn't want money......"

Cai Qi couldn't help but mutter.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "He has seen through the essence of money. Money is to be spent, not hidden. If he wants to ask for other places, money is the most useless place for him.

After he gets the money, he will inevitably take it out to buy enough materials from my Great Song.

After such a toss, it is better to ask me directly for materials in Da Song.

The link of handing over is also omitted in the middle. ”

Wang Zeng nodded approvingly.

"If he really decided to conquer another place, money would be of little use to him. Besides, after he pacified Jiaozhi, he did not make a lot of money, and he made a lot of money by selling grain to my Great Song Dynasty over the years.

So he already has enough money in his hands, and he doesn't need to make money at all. ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "Not bad, so he only needs supplies and armaments, and he still has enough manpower." Because he needed enough soldiers and horses to help him expand his territory and govern the place. ”

Wang Zeng asked with some uncertainty, "Is he really selling?" ”

Kou Ji grinned, "It's really ......"

Wang Zeng took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

It was a quarter of an hour before he composed.

He stared at Kou Ji and said: "Jiaozhi grain is ripe three times a year, four times a year, he doesn't want such a good place, but he wants to plot other places, will other places be better than Jiaozhi?" ”

Cai Qi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded approvingly.

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, "As far as I know, four crops a year is the limit of rice and other grains. ”

Wang Zeng hesitated and said: "The world is so big that there are no wonders, we used to be complacent, so we didn't know the world, but now we have opened our eyes, and we can see a lot of amazing good things."

So there may not be no better place in the world. ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Wang Xiang, you are greedy. A thousand birds are in the forest, it is better to have a bird in hand. Now that we haven't gotten our hands on it, you're starting to think about other places.

Although other places are good, I may not be able to take care of them.

Besides, the king of Jiaozhi is plotting other places, and it is not necessarily that other places are better than Jiaozhi.

It is possible that he is trying to avoid the powerful country of my Great Song Dynasty.

It is also possible that he found other places that were much larger than Cochin's territory to allow him to establish a larger dynasty. ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Kou Ji was also full of emotion in his heart.

In the past, Da Song was like a family dog who locked himself in the door, and just wanted to guard his own one-third of an acre.

Today's Da Song is like a tiger wolf released by him.

As long as you come across something good and see a good place, you don't care if you can take care of it or not, and whether you can send someone to manage it.

The first thing that comes to mind is to grab those good places and good things first.

With such a temperament, Kou Ji really likes it.

The Great Song he hopes to see is the kind of Great Song that pursues the way of the inner saint and the outer king.

Internally, he is like a sage, generous, benevolent, and universal to all sentient beings.

Claiming to be a king and hegemonic to the outside world, the direction of the knife is either surrender or death.

But today's Great Song Dynasty has expanded its territory to a certain limit.

In the case that the Great Song Dynasty did not thoroughly digest the existing territory, and in the case that the Great Song Dynasty did not completely control the existing territory, it was easy to be blown up if it went to expand the territory.

Kou Ji admonished: "Wang Xiang, as you said, the world is big, there are no surprises, and good things abound. But my Great Song Dynasty has not yet digested Liaodi, Qingtang, nor has it completely digested Xingqing Mansion, Dali Mansion and other places, and now it is expanding again, it is easy to eat bad stomach.

Now that we are governing Liaodi, we have shown a posture of inadequacy.

If you go to open up the territory and open up the territory, you can only whip it out.

It's like the people planting crops.

A person with a cow can plough five acres of land, which is easy, twenty acres, it will be a little difficult, and a hundred acres will definitely not be able to plant.

The same is true of the places governed by the Great Song Dynasty.

In the past, I was in the Great Song Dynasty, and we were able to govern it easily.

Now in the Great Song Dynasty, we have struggled to govern it.

No matter how big it is, we won't be able to do it.

So, it's good to be able to take the cochin.

Don't worry about anything else just yet.

Besides, the King of Cochin is willing to let Cochin out, and it may not be that he has found a better place than Cochin.

It is very likely that he was a person who negotiated through my Great Song Dynasty, and he knew that my Great Song Dynasty was worried about Jiaozhi, and he was afraid that my Great Song Dynasty soldiers would be strong, so he had to give up Jiaozhi and go to other places to beg for a living.

After all, he can get a lot of things by trading with my Da Song.

If you fight with my Great Song, you won't get anything. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Wang Zeng was a little stunned for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he said with tears and laughter: "It's me who is greedy......

Kou Ji smiled and said, "As the rulers of a big country, it is good for us to be greedy. If we are not greedy and blindly show mercy, those small states and small countries around us still think that we are easy to bully.

But do everything according to your ability. ”

Wang Zeng nodded and said: "I just think that there are so many good things in the world, but I can't do it in the Great Song Dynasty, it's really a pity." ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "When I first entered the court, I encouraged the Great Song Dynasty to send troops. Two-thirds of the courtiers in my Great Song Dynasty want to protect themselves and seek perfection.

But few people think that my Great Song can't do the good things in the world, which is a pity. ”

Wang Zeng glanced at Kou Ji and said angrily, "I admit that we are not as good as you." If it weren't for you who led the Great Song Dynasty to embark on the road of conquest in all directions, my Great Song might still be in Mingzhe to protect himself and seek perfection. ”

Kou Ji said very humbly: "I don't dare to take all the credit on me alone. ”

"You two are endless, is it time to talk about this?! Now we should discuss the conditions put forward by the king of Jiaozhi. ”

Cai Qi shouted loudly on the side.

Kou Ji and Wang Zeng were both stunned, glanced at each other, and shook their heads with a smile.

Wang Zeng apologized to Cai Qi and said: "I just wanted to praise our Kou Xiang, but Cai Xiang was still standing on the side." ”

Cai Qi glared at Wang Zeng, and snorted coldly: "The king of Jiaozhi County wants firearms, a big ship, manpower, and supplies, and we will find a way to allocate the big ship to him, and we can also find a way to get what he wants."

But manpower and firearms, what do you say? ”

When Wang Zeng heard this, he groaned slightly: "I am afraid that the number of manpower required by the king of Jiaozhi is not small. My Great Song Dynasty recruited troops twice and relocated the people several times, and I have already transferred seventy-seven, eighty-eight of the population that the people can draw, and it is impossible to draw a large number of people to him.

As for firearms......"

At the mention of firearms, Wang Zeng looked at Kou Ji.

Although firearms have now been equipped in the major forbidden armies of the Great Song Dynasty.

But the power of production and jurisdiction is in the hands of Koji.

In order to prevent the leakage of firearms, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen gave death orders to everyone in the Great Song Dynasty.

If a firearm is leaked, the court will investigate it to the end, and the people involved in the case will be beheaded.

If the supervision of officials at the top and bottom is not good, they will also be held accountable.

It's not that no one is taking risks.

But without exception, they were all taken.

Either reported by the people below, or detected by the people above.

It is precisely because of this that the Great Song Dynasty has been equipped with firearms for so long, and there has been no rumor of leakage, let alone any enemy in the Great Song Dynasty using firearms.

Now the king of Jiaozhi wants firearms, and the number is probably not small.

Whether to give it or not, Kou Ji has the final say.

Even if the others nodded, Kou Ji did not cooperate, and he could not get the firearms.

If a group is requisitioned from the army by other means, Kou Ji will turn his face.

After Kou Ji completely turned his face with everyone, no one knew what he would do, and no one dared to gamble.

Don't look at the previous ministers who participated in the court and impeached Kou Ji.

He made a list of crimes against Koji.

But there was no one who asked the court to condemn Kou Ji to death.

Because no one can afford the consequences of Kou Ji's complete reversal.

Kou Ji saw that Wang Zeng's eyes fell on him, and said with a smile: "I won't give firearms, and I won't give people either." ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi stared at Kou Ji with stunned expressions.

Wang Zeng couldn't help but say: "Firearms and manpower are probably the two most important conditions put forward by the king of Jiaozhi, if we don't give it, the king of Jiaozhi will probably not talk to us." ”

Cai Qi nodded solemnly and said, "The king of Jiaozhi County is willing to sell Jiaozhi to my Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid it is for firearms and manpower." Previously, the king of Jiaozhi County asked me more than once to move some people to Jiaozhi in the Great Song Dynasty.

Now that he can make a deal with my Da Song, he will naturally put this condition in the first place. ”

Kou Ji put away the smile on his face and said, "I, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, am not goods or slaves, how can I trade them as goods and slaves?"

If we really do this, then what is the difference between us and those people who shoot flowers?

Maybe we're not even as good as those who shoot flowers.

Because they're just kidnapping and selling one or two people.

And we are sending a large number of people out to be eaten by men.

Previously, although my Great Song Dynasty moved some people to Jiaozhi, it had nothing to do with buying and selling.

It was purely the official family who took the initiative to send those destitute people out in order to keep them alive.

So, we can't trade people like goods.

If he is the king of Jiaozhi County, he can attract the people of my Great Song Dynasty to take the initiative to take refuge in him.

Then I won't say anything.

But if he wants to buy people from my Great Song Dynasty, it is impossible.

I won't say yes, and no one else will want to. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Wang Zeng and Cai Qi glanced at each other and fell into silence.

Koji continued: "As for firearms, I don't want to sell them to anyone yet. So I can't give the firearm to the king of Jiaozhi.

If he retreats and buys armor from my Great Song Dynasty, I can agree.

But firearms are absolutely not going to work. ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi were silent for a while.

Wang Zeng suddenly spoke: "If the king of Jiaozhi County has to ask for firearms and manpower, what should we do?" Watching Jiaozhi leave us? ”

Kou Ji knocked on the table in front of him and said, "Then gather the soldiers and horses and fight over." I personally led the troops to Jiaozhi and asked the king of Jiaozhi if he wanted firearms and manpower. ”

Wang Zeng pondered for a moment and said, "That's all it can be." ”

Cai Qi nodded and said, "If you can't talk about it, you can only fight." After all, my Da Song is determined to win Jiaozhi. ”

Kou Ji got up and said, "Then it's decided, after the envoy of Jiaozhi enters Bianjing, I'll talk." During this period, all government affairs of the government and the opposition were handed over to the two. ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi bowed and said, "It is incumbent on ......"

After the matter is decided.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi took over all the government affairs of the political hall, freeing up enough time for Kou Ji to plan and prepare for negotiations.

They cannot participate directly in the peace talks, though.

But they also want to indirectly help the peace talks.

After Wang Zeng and Cai Qi took care of all the government affairs, Kou Ji was idle.

He didn't go to the government hall again, and stayed in the house all day.

Time flashed, and a month passed.

Liu Heng quietly appeared outside Bianjing City with the envoys of Jiaozhi.

The sale of Jiaozhi by the king of Jiaozhi to the Great Song Dynasty has been known by no more than one hand so far.

They all knew the seriousness of the matter, so no one revealed anything.

Therefore, the Jiaozhi envoys rushed to Bianjing City, which did not cause much turmoil.

Since the strong rise of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been many envoys to the Great Song Dynasty.

All of them are very humble.

The people of Bianjing have long been surprised.

After the Jiaozhi envoy arrived in Bianjing, he lived in the post station in Bianjing.

Liu Heng took a person without attracting anyone's attention, and quietly appeared in the bamboo courtyard where Kou Ji lived.

After the man entered Kou Ji's study, he fell to his knees in front of Kou Ji with a pop.

The man was not very old, about nineteen years old.

After kneeling down in front of Kou Ji, he said solemnly: "Little nephew Cao Min knocks to see Uncle Kou." ”

Kou Ji looked Cao Min up and down and said, "You are Cao Yun's grandson?" ”

Cao Min raised his head and said solemnly: "The eldest grandson of the Cao family......"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "When I first brought you out of death row, you were only a little older, and you grew into a big guy in a blink of an eye. ”

Cao Min clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "The Cao family remembers the great kindness of his uncle. ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and asked, "How is your grandfather?" ”

Cao Min said: "My grandfather's body is quite tough, but he is rarely dealing with military and civil affairs, and now my father is handling the big and small affairs of Jiaozhi." ”

"Cao Yuan?"

"Exactly!"

Kou Ji sighed: "Over the years, I have asked you to fight in the southwest and west, not only did I not give you any reward, but I also took a lot of money from you that you fought with your life, can you blame me?" ”

Cao Min shook his head decisively and said: "My Cao family has been fighting in the southwest for all these years, although my Cao family is leading the army, but it is my uncle's people who are really deadly.

My Cao family can win a domain today, and it is also a gift from my uncle.

Don't dare to complain. ”

Kou Ji sighed and said, "After Jiaozhi enters the Song Dynasty, your Cao family will no longer have to do things for me." There are no more grievances between me and your Cao family.

When everyone meets again in the future, whether they are friends or foes, it all depends on the subsequent friendship. ”

Cao Min said: "My grandfather said, you saved my Cao family in times of crisis, and you are as kind to my Cao family as a mountain." I, the people of the Cao clan, whenever and wherever I meet you, must make a great salute.

My grandfather also said that although he has raised some ambitions over the years, as long as you don't open your mouth to give permission, he will bring ambition into the coffin. ”

Kou Ji sighed faintly and said, "It doesn't have to be like this...... I, Kouji, am not a person who wants to repay my kindness. Your Cao family has done enough over the years, you are worthy of the Great Song Dynasty and me.

What you owe to me and to the Great Song Dynasty will be paid off together with your grandfather's resignation. ”

Cao Min stared at Kou Ji without words.

Kou Ji asked, "What do you mean by those conditions that your grandfather proposed?" ”

Cao Min said frankly: "After my Cao family sacrificed Jiaozhi, there is no way to stay in Jiaozhi, and there is no way to return to Bianjing City to enjoy glory and wealth."

So my Cao family needs a place to live.

So firearms, big ships, manpower and supplies are needed. ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "I have already told Liu Heng about my conditions, presumably Liu Heng has already conveyed them to your grandfather." I will promise what I should promise, and I will not promise anything that I shouldn't. ”

Cao Min nodded and said, "When I came, my grandfather also said that you are a very assertive person, and the things you decide will not change."

My grandfather said that he did not intend for you to agree to these conditions.

The reason why he opened his mouth wide was mainly to prevent outsiders from seeing the flaws.

After all, if he sacrificed Jiaozhi and only asked Da Song for some big ships and supplies, it was easy for people to see the clues. ”

Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Your grandfather doesn't need other armaments?" ”

Cao Min said frankly: "Don't hide it from my uncle, the armaments that my grandfather captured from the Jiaozhi people and the big cannibals are enough. Uncle, you sold nearly half of the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty to Jiaozhi.

Those armaments are enough for us for a long time. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "You should have recruited a lot of craftsmen from the Great Song Dynasty, and you can already use those craftsmen to create the same armament, right?" ”