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Richard was played hard by Wang Zhongling for a few days, and finally found out the news of Li Qi, how could he let it go lightly, and the next day, the sky was still slightly bright, and he rushed to the pear orchard in the eastern suburbs of Li Qi with his entourage and gifts, for fear of missing Li Qi.

But because Li Qi didn't come at that time, and Richard didn't make an appointment, the fruit farmers in the pear orchard didn't dare to allow Richard to enter, after all, it's harvest time now, and God knows if you, a dignified guy in good clothes, want to come and steal pears.

Richard didn't care, because Richie was not there, and he waited when he went in, pacing up and down in front of the door, so he was not in a hurry.

Nearly half an hour later, I saw a carriage coming slowly from the west.

It's finally here!

Richard looked at the carriage and was very excited, because he saw Li Qi appear for a long time in front of him, and even wondered if Wang Zhongling was lying to him, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"Privy Counsellor, Privy Counsellor."

In the distance, Richard began to shout emotionally, like a wife at home greeting her husband who had returned from the expedition.

"Phew!"

Ma Qiao, who was driving, stopped, turned around and said, "Bu Shuai, someone called you." ”

"Who?"

Richie's voice came from inside.

At this time, Richard had already come to the side of the car and hurriedly said: "Privy envoy, it's me, Xixia Richard." ”

As soon as the words fell, one hand lifted the curtain of the car, and saw Li Qi walking out of it, "Oh, it turned out to be the prince!" As he spoke, he had already stepped down from the carriage, first arched his hand, and then said curiously: "Why is the prince here?" ”

Richard didn't play any more vain, and said directly: "I'm here to find the privy envoy." ”

"Really?"

Li Qi was slightly "surprised" and said, "Looking for me?" What do you want me to do? ”

"Me."

"Oh, I'm really sorry, lord, let's go to the garden. Please. ”

Richard was full of grievances and was about to tell Li Qi, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Li Qi, swallowed the words in his mouth, and nodded his head curtly.

Li Qi and Richard came to sit down under a pear tree in the pear orchard, and a fruit farmer hurriedly sent a fruit bowl, but that's all, Li Qi is poor, and it is enough to get some fruit.

Li Qi smiled apologetically: "I didn't know that the prince would come today." Please forgive me for the poor hospitality. ”

However, now, even if Li Qi puts the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and even cooks it himself, Richard may not have an appetite, and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's really suitable to eat the freshly picked pears on this day." ”

"The prince is really a man of taste."

Richie laughed. He said mysteriously: "Reveal a secret to the prince." ”

Richard wondered, "What? ”

Li Qi said: "The prince doesn't know, this pear is the unparalleled raw material in the world." ”

This -- this can also be called a secret. Richard muttered to himself, but exclaimed, "Really? ”

Wow! I'll just say it casually, and it's no secret. You're so surprised, it's too fake, isn't it? Li Qi said: "Of course it's true, when it comes to this unparalleled in the world, the prince is just right." My peerless peerless is almost finished, and the prince may wish to give some advice then. ”

It's still peerless, and it goes on like this. I'm afraid I'm going to die on a hunger strike. Richard smiled and nodded, and said perfunctorily: "Definitely, definitely." After a pause, he added: "Actually, I came here today to ask the privy envoy for help. ”

Li Qi said very cheerfully. "Really? That prince is really looking for the right person, I, Li Qi, am famous for helping others. ”

Richard was overjoyed when he heard this, but Li Qi immediately said: "However, you can't talk about official affairs, and in terms of private affairs, you can talk about anything except borrowing money." ”

You still call it a pleasure to help others? Richard felt the urge to vomit blood, and wondered, "W-why?" ”

Li Qi said very honestly: "I can't hide it, in terms of business, I don't have the right to make decisions, and in private affairs, I don't have money." ”

Richard looked embarrassed.

Li Qi said: "The prince won't really come to borrow money, right?" ”

"Of course not." Richard hurriedly shook his head.

"Not? Is it a business matter? ”

Richard nodded awkwardly.

Li Qi sighed: "Then I really can't help it." ”

Richard hurriedly said: "This-this is impossible, the privy envoy is a big red man in the eyes of His Majesty, and he holds great power, and I heard that the previous Goryeo envoys and Japanese envoys were received by the privy envoys. ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "The prince has won the award, but what you said is not wrong, I am indeed in charge of this matter, and the Goryeo envoys and the Japanese envoys are also received by me, but that is because there are a lot of important matters to discuss between our three countries, and the emperor did not arrange for me to meet you." ”

His words can be regarded as direct, and the implication is that there is nothing important to discuss between us, and this is a knife to kill chickens.

Richard frowned and said, "But because of this war." ”

Richie chose to remain silent.

Richard added: "I have come here today specifically for this purpose, and I dare to swear to heaven that we, the king, have never thought of meeting your country, and this--this is what the Kingdom of Jin forced us to do." ”

It's strange to believe you, you Xixia are not good birds. Li Qi nodded and said: "We all know this, but it doesn't matter, haven't we already turned our rivalry into a jade silk?" ”

Richard was a little confused, and said, "Yes—is it?" ”

Li Qi said: "Didn't we already sign a brotherly alliance with your Jin Kingdom?" ”

"Our Jin Country?" Richard was stunned.

"Yes! Haven't you already become a courtier of the Kingdom of Jin? I guess I'm not mistaken. ”

"This."

Richard wanted to speak and stopped, Li Qi was right, they had already declared themselves vassals to the Jin State, but everyone knew that their Western Xia was actually an independent country, and their diplomacy was still all up to them, and they did not have much to do with the Jin State. "That being said, it has never affected our relationship."

Li Qi sighed: "We used to think so, but it turns out that our diplomatic strategy against your Western Xia is very wrong. ”

Richard said, "Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

Li Qi said: "You said that you sent troops this time. It's all because of the Kingdom of Jin? ”

Richard nodded repeatedly.

"Isn't that it?"

Li Qi put his hands together and said: "You keep saying that your surrender to the Jin State will not affect the relationship between us, so how do you explain your dispatch of troops?" ”

Richard was speechless when he said this.

Li Qi sighed again and said: "Lord Wang, it's just the two of us here, I'll tell you the truth from my heart, our emperor has decided to cut off contacts with you, you should not have had a relationship, so you come to beg me." There's nothing I can do about it. ”

Richard was shocked and said, "You-how can you do that?" ”

Li Qi snorted and said: "Do you think I want to, but I single-handedly promoted the trade between our Great Song Dynasty and your Western Xia, and now I have suffered a lot of blows because of this matter, if it is you who come here this time, even if your people wait here for a day, I won't see him, you are playing our Great Song Dynasty as a monkey!" ”

Richard was sweating profusely. His voice began to tremble, and he said, "The Privy Counsellor has, why do you say that?" There must be some misunderstanding in this. ”

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? We are not blind. Li Qi smiled: "In the past, our Great Song Dynasty regarded your Western Xia as an independent country, whether it was to lift the salt ban or strengthen trade. We thought that you had the right to call the shots, but unfortunately we were wrong, a word from the Jin Kingdom, you sent troops to my Great Song Dynasty. The relationship we have worked so hard to build is gone.

I thought it didn't matter if it was between people or countries. This trust is the most basic, right, but you don't even have the right to be the master, how do you tell us to believe you, today the Jin Kingdom asks you to send troops, you will send troops, tomorrow the Jin Kingdom will let you cut off contact with us, you will cut off contact with us, then the contract signed between us, what is the binding effect, instead of talking with you as a courtier, we should go and talk with your master.

To tell you the truth, in the process of negotiation with Jinguo, we have already given you your share to Jinguo, you can negotiate and coordinate internally, if you communicate internally, you can let Jinguo send envoys, and we can negotiate again. From now on, we will treat your Western Xia and Jin as a whole. Whether it's trade or other aspects of communication, we will look for Jinguo, as for between you, it is your internal matter, and we will not ask. ”

Li Qi's words are also very reasonable, you can't make money, profitable, you are an independent country, once you betray the alliance, then you will become a courtier of the Jin State, but after betraying the alliance, he said that this is a contradiction between the Jin State and you, and it has nothing to do with our Western Xia, we are still very friendly, you are treating everyone in the world as a fool here, this is too unreasonable.

And now the Jin State is also annoyed with the Western Xia, in fact, from beginning to end, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan are guarding against the Western Xia, because at that time, the Jin State adopted some Huairou policies in exchange for the submission of the Western Xia, and at that time, because the Jin State was busy destroying the Liao, it did not have much to consolidate the relationship with the Western Xia, and the Wanyan regime knew very well that the Western Xia was actually unwilling to surrender to itself in his heart, and the Western Xia had always put himself in the position of a normal country.

So later, Wanyan Zonghan did not give the land originally promised to the Western Xia, as much as the Western Xia, and some of it was returned to the Great Song Dynasty, as for some strategic places in the Jin Kingdom, they all held it in their own hands, in order to deter the Western Xia, which is why the Western Xia wanted to send troops to Lanzhou, that is, because they couldn't beat the Jin State, but they refused to give up, so they picked a soft pinch, hoping to take back the land from the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, but just went out, they were defeated by Yue Fei in Lanzhou.

However, this defeat cast a shadow on the relationship between Jin and Xia, and the two sides began to suspect each other.

Richard kept wiping the beads of sweat on his face, if the Great Song Dynasty really imposed economic sanctions on them, then they would definitely suffer a big blow in Western Xia.

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