Coming out of the Xuan Pavilion Pavilion and seeing that the sky was still bright, Bailiyan drove his horse to the palace and reported the detailed results of the transaction with Boyuanjun to King Xian, because Boyuanjun was very likely to use marriage as a threat, Bailiyan was very cautious.

"Bo Yuanjun really threatened you like this?" King Xian asked with a frown.

"Back to the king, the minister wanted to capture Ji Feng and take the bait, but he didn't want him to make such a move, the minister really never expected that Ji Feng would use marriage as a threat to coerce the minister to give in."

"Then how is Aiqing going to deal with it?"

"In this matter, Ji Feng has asked my country Xianguo, the later it drags on, the later it will take to get the machine, and the premise is that Bo Yuanjun fulfills his promise in the bidding. Therefore, if he had broken the contract, there would have been no way to buy the machine, so it was he who was really urgent.

But if he openly agrees to our country's conditions, and gets the machine from Yongxing City, and at the same time persuades the Son of Heaven to marry in the future, and the minister judges that he will most likely do so, and imposes coercion in the future, and appoints Yongxing City as a fiefdom for marriage, this will be very difficult.

However, the minister thought that there would be a war in the Central Plains within a few years, and it would affect the Liang State. And the marriage is scheduled to be given after Bo Yuanjun gets the first batch of machines, so once the war spreads to the Liang State, if he has a bad relationship with my Xianguo again, he may not dare to mention the marriage again. ”

"How can Aiqing conclude that it will affect Liang in wartime."

"It is possible to artificially guide the war to turn."

"Oh......" King Xian muttered, vaguely counting in his heart, and then said, "So speaking, it is to defend the country." ”

"King Shengming. This time the defense of the country is unprofitable, and the princes of the Central Plains have all gained, and the Changsun Kingdom has a lot of profits, but the combat power is weak, so the minister judged that the defense of the country may attack the eldest grandson first, and will not provoke our country first. ”

According to the marriage customs of the world, it is natural for the man to give a dowry, and the dowry for the woman can be less, and the commoners can omit nothing, as long as the woman is virtuous and can sew and mend the house. The upper class is the right person, and the woman will accompany a lot of dowry, but the dowry is still the woman's decision, and it is rare for the man to specify the dowry of the woman.

However, at the princely level, marriage is a product of politics, and in most cases, the strong party asks the weak party for a designated dowry, such as when King Xian married the lord of Xuanting County to Bailiyan, it is for Bailiyan to grow pearls and make steel.

This is a visible dowry, and the invisible dowry, such as the influence of the family, military power, connections, business channels, etc., are all married into the imperial family with marriage

The Son of Heaven gave marriage even more so, and those who could marry into the Son of Heaven were all prominent families of the princes and nobles of various countries, and they all looked forward to the ascension of the dragon and the phoenix chicken dog to heaven, so the Son of Heaven asked for a dowry became a matter of course blackmail, usually negotiated by both parties, and the conditions were framed by the Son of Heaven.

When today's Zizheng family is the nobles of the eldest grandson country, the resulting fief is an excellent silk production area, if the daughter of Baili Yan marries into the imperial family, the Son of Heaven asks for the specified benefits, although you can negotiate and negotiate their own compromises, but it will be very difficult to completely refuse, unless you don't want to mix in the Central Plains, so the marriage of the Son of Heaven is actually no different from robbery.

Of course, since it is a marriage with the Son of Heaven, the dowry is quite rich, and it is inevitable to reward some land and gold and silver benefits, and it is also essential to fake a title, and more importantly, it is also beneficial at the political level of the country.

However, there are no absolutes, today's Son of Heaven is extremely treacherous, and the eldest grandson country, as his mother's family, will inevitably be betrayed by the Son of Heaven, so marrying the Son of Heaven means serving the strategic interests of the Son of Heaven, and family affection cannot be talked about at all.

Although Ji Feng's plan was vicious, he would never have dreamed that the bidding method was a poisonous plan designed by Baili Yan to trap the princes. This time, the eldest grandson's profit is second only to Xianguo, and he is annoyed and angry when the country is unprofitable, and he will pick up soft persimmons and pinch them first.

At the same time, Bo Yuanjun promoted Liang to "leave enough and give up the shortage", which was tantamount to betraying the country, even if the country did not dare to openly retaliate against the Liang State, he would never sit back and watch the loss, and would inevitably form an encirclement of the Liang State on the way to the Northern Expedition. At that time, it will be hellish if Liang Tianzi can still sit still, and at that time, only the three kingdoms of Xian, Jin, and Zhi can balance the country.

The Jin State is far away, there is no land to obtain, it will send troops, but it will only be a show, the political contradictions of the Zhiguo are becoming more and more acute, the result of participating in the war can only be to force the Gongliang army to attack the west to defend the country, if it wins, the counties controlled by the Gongliang clan will be further expanded, if the war is not conducive to the Gongliang clan, the Zhiwang can only force the anti-Gongliang clan under the force, so the Zhiguo will only do it, and the only one who can lend a hand is the Xianguo.

At that time, what conditions are not at the mercy of Bailiyan, let alone marriage, and there is no qualification for ** toe.

said all the benefits and disadvantages, but did not dispel the concerns of King Xian, Jiang Hai said:

"Having said that, the world is unpredictable, if it really comes to Ji Feng's step, how will Aiqing prepare?"

"If it really comes to that point, my Xianguo is thousands of miles away, and the Son of Heaven can always know that the minister's movements are not successful, marry his daughter one step earlier, cook raw rice and mature rice, and drag it for more than ten years, what can he do."

"Well, then I'll drag it out first. In addition, recently, there have been repeated incidents in the city about businessmen from other countries being beaten, and the widow has to report that it was Wei Guo's doing, so he ordered the newspaper to publish it to deter him, but Wei Guo has no intention of restraint, and Ai Qing can have a good plan to break it. ”

"Please rest assured, the king knows this matter. However, the minister asked the king not to publicize the marriage of the Son of Heaven for the time being, especially the Marquis of Xuanting and Princess Lanyuan, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"The widow understands, Aiqing can rest assured."

"King Xie, the minister has retired ......"

bowed, and Bai Liyan slowly withdrew from the Inquiry Pavilion. At this time, it was already dark, and after leaving the palace, Baili Yan took advantage of the darkness to go to the Dingyang Marquis' Mansion.

The Yongxing Incident reconciled Zhang Jun and Bailiyan, but it was far from being harmonious. After all, in the battle of Jiangdong that year, the Marquis of Dingyang was stubborn and self-serving, causing the war situation to slide out of control, and Bailiyan almost died, and it was impossible to completely reconcile.

But over the years, the power of Ding Yang Hou has disappeared, Tai Wei is completely empty, Zhang Jun's threat no longer exists, Bailiyan rarely asks Ding Yang Hou on weekdays, and after Zhang Jun took leave, there is no contact.

This time I went to his mansion, or because of the position of Sima of the city government.

Chengfu Sima was originally Zhang Jun's confidant Qu Lu Jing, and after Lu Jing died two years ago, his son Lu Tingxun succeeded him as Chengfu Sima. At present, official positions and titles, like titles, are free from principled faults, and can be replaced by hereditary succession in principle due to special political events and the urgent needs of reality.

Therefore, Lu Tingxun inherited the political relationship between his father Lu and Zhang Jun at the same time, although the city government Sima was under the direct jurisdiction of Lingling, but some things still needed Zhang Jun to come forward.

So after convincing Zhang Jun that night, Bai Liyan returned to the Hou Mansion very late.

Because Bo Yuanjun, together with Ji Kang and Li Yi, disappeared for a few days in a row, and did not see any guests, it inevitably caused speculation from all parties that the paper could not keep the fire after all. A few days after Ji Feng mysteriously disappeared, he was inquired about by Xihuan early in the morning, so Xihuan asked Ji Kang to come over the house to test the depth of the water on the second day after Ji Feng returned to the city.

Ji Feng has been cunning all his life, I am afraid that Uncle Kuo would not have thought that Ji Feng went to the Jin Kingdom to raise disaster relief food, but he never expected that Ji Feng would take away two money-making businesses from Bailiyan in the middle of the road. When Ji Feng heard the news, Xihuan invited Ji Kang to come over, and he was already prepared.

Ji Feng clearly knew that Bailiyan was very wary of the Jin Kingdom, and in the past few years, the Jin Kingdom had nothing but economic benefits, and it was impossible to know the secrets in Yongxing City, let alone take away a machine from Yongxing City.

The Jin Kingdom is larger than the Xian State, the geographical position is superior, and there is almost never the bad danger of being attacked by the enemy, and the harm of obtaining the technology of the Xian State in the future is more serious than the Xian State itself.

Going down the train of thought, before the Liang State became strong, it was impossible to raise a Jin State to harm the Central Plains, so Xihuan never asked the reason from Ji Kang's mouth.

At the same time, Bai Liyan was busy with the layout of the Yixian Pavilion, and continued to negotiate the deal with Ji Feng.

Almost unsurprisingly, during the negotiation process, Ji Feng did not directly mention the marriage of the Son of Heaven, except that the situation has reversed and the time is urgent and cannot be delayed, the point is that the marriage of the Son of Heaven does not need to be agreed upon, and it cannot be agreed upon. In principle, Ji Feng has no right to promise and deny marriage on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but it is a different situation for him to say that the matchmaker in the future.

The first thing to do now is to consolidate the benefits that have been made and avoid losses, so the negotiations are moving forward relatively smoothly. As for the Yongxing machinery transaction, since the purchase of machinery is only the words of Ji Feng's family, even if he has the intention to buy and build his own factory, this money is not something he can afford.

Taking a step back, the millions of dollars in transactions are themselves official transactions, and he has neither authorization nor financial rights. As a result, the two sides only entered into general terms, and Xian would allow Liang to purchase the equipment it needed.

In addition, Yongxing Machinery is a new thing after all, and the specific purchase process, industrial planning, personnel training and equipment models need to be negotiated one by one, and cannot be achieved overnight in a short period of time.

Further, Ji Feng is a layman at all, looking at the Central Plains, in addition to salty foreign countries, I am afraid that I can't find professionals who are proficient in machinery and processing and production, the first time to eat crabs, Ji Feng is bound to be cautious, and only when he clarifies his thoughts can he make a move.

Of course, the "required equipment" here is not a generalization, and of course some of the controlled equipment and forward-looking technical equipment are not sold.

There are two copies of all the negotiations, one is that Xianguo will exchange Wanshi ships and new looms for Liang State's support to retain a share of trade transactions, and the second is Yongxing Machinery to buy a secret agreement.

The first will be submitted to the Cabinet, and the second will only be presented to King Xian for reading, and will not be reported to the Cabinet for the time being.

Yongxing machine purchase said that the small is a commercial transaction, said that the big is a political transaction, the current situation is already very chaotic, and adding another fire will become more difficult to clean up.

Second, all countries have coveted the secret of Xianguo Yongxing for a long time, and once the news is made public, it may set off waves again in the current situation. Finally, the details of the transaction procurement have not yet been determined, and it will take a long period to wait until Ji Feng confirms the details of the purchase and then places the order, equipment production, delivery, personnel training, etc., and it is much better to find an opportunity to disclose it during the period.