Chapter 801: The Secret of Diplomacy

Han Qi proposed that as the ambassador stationed in the Dinghai Navy, this request was approved by Renzong, and it was quickly approved, although Han Qi did not go to the local state capital to retire and go to the position of the relatively important Dinghai ambassador as he did in the previous governor's affairs, but for them, the goal was achieved, and the next step was to see who was more capable and able to reach the position of prime minister.

Renzong also seems to have doubts about this, and did not appoint an ambassador after Han Qi stepped down, but just let people take his position concurrently.

This is not the best decision, but it makes this person the most likely to replace Han Qi, and suddenly, the undercurrent in the court appears again.

The position of the first assistant, before, because of Han Qi's ability and Han Qi's holy family, others had no way to start, and they couldn't get it, but now, they haven't been directly appointed, but they just handed over the management of the first assistant to someone to manage, so this person will become the target of the public and attack it in groups.

After stepping down as prime minister, Han Qi also knew a little about Renzong's follow-up approach, what turmoil would occur in the Northern Song Dynasty, but these had nothing to do with him, and next, he needed to go to Dingjun.

The financial crisis of the Northern Song Dynasty, the current volume, can be much larger than in history, under the premise of several million, you can also reduce some expenses through some means, but now, with the increase in the volume of the Northern Song Dynasty, there is a problem again, so find a navy to solve it, that is the only way.

Between the monarch and the minister, Han Qi has a very good appetite for Renzong, although he said that he has been the prime minister for more than ten years, but everything is doing well, and the financial situation is not his problem alone, take it down, avoid the limelight, since he asked to come over, then go to the Dinghai Navy to have a look, maybe, he can solve the problem.

Han Qi's first step in joining the company, not to go back to recuperate, but to go to the Privy Council, the Northern Song Dynasty did not open up the Ministry of Foreign Affairs like the Dingjun, everything related to diplomacy is controlled by the Privy Council, now the privy envoy is Fu Bi, he is also the same as Han Qi, how many years Han Qi has been the prime minister, how many years he has served as the head of the Western Mansion, and the cooperation between the two sides is relatively close.

Even if Han Qi leaves his position, above the court, there are very few people who can ignore him, more than 10 years of prime minister's position, I don't know how many people have been promoted, and how many people have been maintained, this is the foundation of Han Qi's life, as the head of the Western Mansion, Fu Bi is not Han Qi's system, and there are even some contradictions, but the contradictions are only in government affairs, as a person, personal relations are okay.

Knowing that Han Qi was going to serve as the ambassador of the Ding Navy, Fu Bi had already made preparations in advance, as a partner and opponent, after so many years, he still had a very deep understanding of Han Qi's mentality, and he almost inevitably had to read the information of the Ding Navy.

Han Qi received all the information from the Ding Navy, and he didn't say thank you for Fu Bi's help, but just spent 3 days, in general, looking through the contents.

Han Qi can say that he has some understanding of the Ding Navy, but based on the relationship between his location, what he understands is at the level of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he has never considered the understanding of the Ding Navy, and has never considered this relationship from the diplomatic level and from other aspects.

The relationship between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Ding Navy is close, this is not only the relationship between Zhao Xin and Renzong, but also the population, roots, and a series of relationships, which are almost inextricably linked.

But the focus is different, and the things you see are different, because there are too many materials, too much information, even if it is carefully selected by Fu Bi, it will not be able to finish it in 3 days, but just seeing it makes Han Qi gain a lot.

Between the Navy and the Northern Song Dynasty, the relationship is the most close, and the most convenient connection is nothing more than transportation, and in the middle, it is inseparable from the railway.

For more than ten years, Dingjun has built a large number of railways in the Northern Song Dynasty, at the beginning, it was only a horse-drawn train, and there was no transfer of steam railways, but with the passage of time, the steam railways that had not been transferred before, also accompanied by the improvement of the management level of the Northern Song Dynasty, slowly came over, in a certain sense, this is also an improvement for the Northern Song Dynasty.

In recent years alone, the income from the railway is enough to support a large part of the finance, and the convenient transportation of the railway has also made the entire commercial and trade activities and industry very smooth, which is also the improvement of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the root cause of the continuous rise in the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Because of the emergence of a large number of railways, the traditional caravans, and some caravans, are no longer available, and they don't even need to be transported, and after ordering directly, they can then let people transport things by rail, and they don't have to worry about robbing the road.

In the period of horse-drawn trains, and when the steam train appeared, especially the Dinghai, the more mature steam engine, which could pull the heavy train, and when the speed was more than 60 kilometers away, who would come to find death.

Safe and convenient transportation also reduces the transportation cost of goods to a very low level, and to a certain extent, it also promotes the sales of factory products.

No matter how cheap the product is, in the face of sales, it cannot be expanded on a large scale, and among the products transported by the caravan, there are few of them, which are widely popularized and often used in daily life, for very simple reasons.

These products are available everywhere, and the sales are very good, but if you add the cost of transportation, it is not cost-effective, most of the caravans, transported, are higher prices, or are scarce somewhere, with higher profit margins.

In fact, this also restricts the emergence of large enterprises, large enterprises, the productivity is very terrible, even if the production of a sufficient number of products, but these products, after adding the cost of travel, can only radiate a small range.

The emergence of railways and trains has solved all this, thousands of miles a day, or even more distances, representing the increase in the scope of products and radiation, and at the same time, the reduction of prices, so that these products with a wide audience have begun to radiate around.

Workshops in various places have become well-known products, and some are even famous throughout the country, among which it must be mentioned that the 200 factories were built at the beginning.

Initially, the navy helped to build, the vast majority of the cotton textile enterprises, later, these enterprises were copied the most, even if there is no such machinery as the navy, in the original handicraft workshop, after transformation, centralized, so that the capital and manpower intensive premise, will also produce higher efficiency, and better quality, these, may not be as high as the profit margin of the factory, but for them without machines, this is already a very good solution.

Similarly, there are others, Dinghai built a factory, and then the Northern Song Dynasty followed, even if it was solved by hand, under the premise of large-scale reduction of transportation costs, these industries became the key fulcrum of the Northern Song Dynasty's financial revenue.

Han Qi knew these things before, but he didn't know such details, he didn't look at the problem from such a perspective, the achievements he was proud of before, those that solved most of the problems, and made the financial income of the Northern Song Dynasty continue to increase, and even the practice of operating the Northern Song Dynasty and making the income of the Northern Song Dynasty higher is not his credit, but the credit of these factories.

Aside from these factories, the income of the entire Northern Song Dynasty was very limited, which also made Han Qi frustrated.

Carefully keep these data in mind, Fu Bi manipulated these things, and from a side perspective, let Han Qi see what the purpose is, he also knows that among all factories and enterprises, the powerful and nationally developed industries are almost all the foundations laid by the Dinghai Navy.

At that time, when choosing a solution, he also informed the Ding Navy, in Han Qi's opinion at that time, if the Ding Navy supported a few more, the size would be similar to before, no more, one or two hundred would be enough, maybe it would not be able to improve as before, but it would be no problem to increase the total income of the Northern Song Dynasty by 30%.

Open source and reduce expenditure, under the no way to reduce expenditure, open source is also a very good way to deal with it, however, it was rejected by the Ding Navy.

Han Qi didn't think much about it that day, but among these materials, there was a simple judgment, that is, the Dinghai Navy was restricting high-end industries from entering the Northern Song Dynasty, and all the incoming industries were the most high-end and the best developed, or the textile industry, and the reason for the introduction of the textile industry was actually the restrictions of the Dinghai Navy itself.

In 10 years, for the Northern Song Dynasty, the ultimate secret may not be found, but some can be deduced.

Originally, how many textile factories were in the navy, how many are now, almost eighty or nine percent were transferred to the Northern Song Dynasty, although it is said that the navy was still left with one or two percent, but such one or two percent, all of them are high-end, these fabrics are expensive, and relatively expensive, low-end, almost all of them have entered the Northern Song Dynasty.

Similarly, about women taking care of housework and giving birth to children, Dingjun has never covered it up, and there are many people who say it, so there is no way to cover it up, maybe in a short time, the Northern Song Dynasty can't know, and after a long time, you can guess it.

It's just that these guessed things can't be taken to the public, let alone used as evidence, and handed over to Dongfu.

This is also the root of Han Qi's previous understanding, and he has heard some rumors, but he has never believed it, and now, Han Qi's identity is different, he is not the prime minister, but the ambassador, he must know that these may be true, or may be false inferences, only by knowing these, and then with the help of the identity of the ambassador, in the Dinghai Navy to verify, and strive to find the correct answer.

There are many similar things, and there are even many inferences, most of which are selected by Fu Bi and taken out, and they are very directive.

In 3 days, in general, after reading all these things, Han Qi was stunned, he regretted it a little, if he had come over earlier and seriously to read these diplomatic materials, he should have gained more, at least, in some aspects, more things from the Dinghai Navy.

Others may not be able to do it, and they can't deduce the real reason, as Han Qi, who knows Zhao Xin well, and has been dating for a long time, and understands some of his mentality, it can almost be concluded that the textile industry is provided by Ding Haijun, and they have reduced production, I don't know what the reason is, but there must be a reason that the Northern Song Dynasty does not know.

At that time, he thought that the acquisition of 200 factories was a big harvest, in fact, it was also a big harvest, but this big harvest, passive acquisition, and active acquisition, the value in the middle is different.

Next, Han Qi did not set off at that time, when the order was issued, to the handover, he had at least a month, and this time itself was to prevent some problems in the handover when the transportation in the Northern Song Dynasty was not developed, and it was set, but at this time, it became an opportunity for Han Qi.

Han Qi took advantage of this opportunity to spend almost a day in the Privy Council, so that Fu Bi no longer provided the filtered things, but provided the original ones.

The Northern Song Dynasty and the Dingjun have been friends for so many years, it can be said politely that the two sides have close contacts, and in the more than ten years of photographing each other's ambassadors, they have gotten a lot of news.

Han Qi also knew that this was a bit excessive, but fortunately, he also knew that according to what he had seen before, there were also places of interest, and several aspects were mentioned, which greatly reduced the workload, Rao is like this, Han Qi also spent 25 days in the Privy Council, this is the end of the reading.

The time of departure has also arrived, and now between Bianliang and Shenyang in the Northern Song Dynasty, the traffic is relatively developed, from the original two or three months, reduced to about 2 days, but the time can not be stuck.

Han Qi drove lightly, but brought a very simple number of attachés, and of course, selected important documents and copied them in the Privy Council.

Although it is said that some top-secret documents of the Privy Council are generally not circulated, this generally has restrictions, and at the level of Han Qi, it is no longer possible to restrict it, and even Fu Bi opened the door of convenience in order to solve the conflict, which is the root cause of Han Qi carrying a large number of documents when he left.

Packed three carriages, Han Qi and the attaché together, the guards on both sides, the central one is the core, and Han Qi has already entered the state of work, and began to review the documents he thinks are important again, and the purpose in his heart is gradually strengthened.

Han Qi didn't realize that the train was slowly departing, the steam train spraying smoke, on the railway, moving forward quickly, this is the fastest train on this railway, and it is also a direct train, coming out of Bianliang, only staying in few places such as Daimyofu, Zhuozhou, Shanhai, etc., with an average speed of up to 125 kilometers per hour, that is, a distance of nearly 3,000 kilometers, as long as a little more than a day can be reached.