Chapter 713: Talking about money hurts feelings
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Nine hundred and fifty thousand!
The Great Song Dynasty and Goryeo reached the largest arms deal of the year.
Afterwards, Li Qi warmly entertained Park Zhiqian and others, and faintly revealed the meaning of the alliance, Goryeo is now in need of allies, Park Zhiqian and others saw that Li Qi actually showed it first, ouch hey, that's called an excitement, the two sides quickly reached a certain tacit understanding, but now this matter can't be put on the table, after all, this is a big deal, and neither side can call the shots.
Li Qi threw an olive branch to Goryeo obviously to unite them to contain the Jin State, in terms of Jin, Goryeo has a unique advantage, that is, Goryeo is in the rear of the Jin State, as soon as he goes out, it is the hometown of the Jin State, and it can also be said to be the initiation place, if it can form an encirclement of the Jin State one after the other, then it can reduce a lot of pressure on the Great Song Dynasty.
On the other hand, Goryeo has never given up on the land of the Jurchen tribe, and he dreams of taking it for himself, so this is also a big reason why Li Qi values Goryeo.
Of course, Li Qi didn't believe in Goryeo, a country with a grass, and he didn't intend to let Goryeo get out of that peninsula, just because the Jin country is too strong now, if he doesn't unite with other countries and fight against Duli, it will be too difficult, and this is an expedient measure.
After these three large orders, there were a few small orders, which were represented by the regime and Jiaozhi in the Tibetan region.
Since Tong Guan recovered the Hehuang region from the Tibetan regime a few years ago, Tubo has also begun to disintegrate internally, with a pro-Xia faction on one side and a pro-Song faction on the other, and it is natural that the pro-Song faction who came here is the pro-Song faction.
It is also thanks to the fact that the Great Song Dynasty is now too busy to take care of itself, otherwise with Li Qi's temper, he would have to completely destroy Tubo in one breath, because they control the Silk Road, which is undoubtedly a hidden danger for Li Qi's economic reform.
At this point, the Song court's thoughts are surprisingly consistent, after all, it is the ancestral motto of the Song Dynasty to allow others to snore on the side of the couch, in fact, don't say this Tubo, even the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty is intolerable, and the Song Dynasty's determination to unify is still undoubted. A few years ago, the Liang coup d'Γ©tat of the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty attacked on a large scale, and there was a chance to destroy the Western Xia, but the Tubo, who had always been pro-Song Dynasty, was afraid that the Northern Song Dynasty would destroy the Western Xia, so they came to them to settle accounts after the autumn, and as a result, they secretly colluded with the Western Xia, and provided assistance.
It is precisely because of this that the relationship between the Song Dynasty and Tubo suddenly fell into the ice cellar, and Song Huizong later ordered Tong Guan to attack Tubo.
This Song Huizong is also a strange person, you have to say that he is as timid and afraid as the later Song Qinzong, that is really a naked slander, Song Huizong is afraid of the northern powers, like Liao and Jin. But the Western Xia, Tubo, these are really not afraid at all, this is thanks to his great joy Xingge, he always wants to destroy the Western Xia, conquer Tubo, from a military point of view, and only in this way, the Song Dynasty can control the Hetao Horse Farm, enough capital to fight against the Liao State or the Jin State, in other words, Song Huizong's strategy is not wrong, suffering from the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes.
Having said that, now Li Qi still has to rely on them to contain Xixia, and now it is very likely that Xixia will ally with the Jin Kingdom, and when the Jin Kingdom comes, the Western Xia is likely to send troops to rob while the fire is on, so Li Qi agreed to them in one bite, and he didn't go to pit them, and the key is that they have no money to pit.
And Cochin became the only one of the arms deals to be rejected. Cochin is the area under the jurisdiction of what is now Vietnam.
This choice was decided by Li Qi recently, Li Qi, a science student, was really not very familiar with Jiaozhi, until he was about to do business with Jiaozhi, he went to find someone to ask, it was okay not to ask, Li Qi, who was angry, wanted to send troops to fight Jiaozhi now.
It turns out that this Jiaozhi has been governed by the Central Plains since ancient times, and can even be called the land, even when the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasty is also firmly in control of Jiaozhi, until the Northern Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi is basically duli, then there is no way, in the early days of the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taizong was defeated by the Liao State, the Song Dynasty was greatly injured, unable to recover Jiaozhi, and he was crowned a Jiaozhi king, and as a result, the Jiaozhi regime underwent a great change, the Li family, and the Li Dynasty was established. The Song Dynasty also sent troops, but they did not gain anything. Not only that, in 1075 AD, Li Renzong of the Li Dynasty launched a surprise attack on the three prefectures of Qin, Lian and Yong in the Northern Song Dynasty, killing more than 58,000 soldiers and civilians in Yongzhou, Guangxi alone. In addition, the people of Guangxi Qin and Lian Erzhou who were killed before were no less than 100,000, and even some monks and Taoists were not spared. It also occupied a part of the land in Liangguang.
Later, the Song Dynasty counterattacked and defeated the Li Dynasty army, but because the battle line was too long, the supply could not be supplied, and the Song army was not suitable for the climate of Jiaozhi, so it did not cause much damage to Jiaozhi itself, and at that time, the Song Dynasty had to deal with the Western Xia and Liao, and could not take care of it at all, seeing that Jiaozhi surrendered, so the two sides shook hands again and made peace, and the relationship also flattened, but the Song Dynasty completely lost control of Jiaozhi.
After Li Qi understood the beginning and the end, Jiaozhi has become an enemy in his mind, even if he doesn't talk about history, just say that at the moment, Jiaozhi is also Li Qi's henchman, first, Jiaozhi is in the rear of the Song Dynasty, there is a hungry wolf behind him waiting for an opportunity to move, who can sleep. The second is that Jiaozhi and Dali's Gao's wolf bΓ¨i are jiΔn, and they jointly plot to take advantage of this big country in the Central Plains, which is extremely shameful.
There is still a big insect in the north, and there are these two ungrateful hungry wolves in the south, how can the Song Dynasty be at ease.
Every time he thought of this, Li Qi felt that he and the Song Dynasty were fighting the trapped beasts!
Therefore, in any case, Li Qi will never allow Jiaozhi to continue to save zΓ i, once he has the opportunity, he will definitely wave the butcher knife at Jiaozhi mercilessly, and, based on the principle of long-distance and close attack, Li Qi will not be able to sell weapons to them, even if it is an arrow.
Since Jiaozhi has a good relationship with the Song Dynasty now, it is not easy for Li Qi to refuse openly, he just said that now that the Ordnance Supervisor has taken over several businesses, I am afraid that he will not be able to deliver weapons until the third year.
In this way, the envoys of the Li Dynasty naturally knew the difficulties and retreated, and after three years, God knows what the situation was.
For Li Qi, after three years, the situation will gradually become clear, whether according to the development of history, the Southern Song Dynasty, or the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty will not exist.
After dealing with these people, Li Qi forced himself to cheer up and received the last guest, that is, the Dali envoy. The Dali envoy's name is Duan Shiwen, who is a descendant of the Duan family and a confidant of the Dali Emperor Duan Zhengyan.
When Duan Shiwen came to the Ordnance Prison, he was not very interested, his face was depressed, his expression was lonely, and he was even a little depressed. It's no wonder that he came to Bianjing with great expectations, but he was treated like this, and he was finally received, how happy do you make him happy. But as long as he pays a little attention, he can find that Zhao Huan is here in person.
In the past, Li Qi discussed with Zhao Huan in advance, and then reported to Zhao Huan afterwards, and then Zhao Huan went to inform Song Huizong, but now Zhao Huan is present in person, which is a treatment that others do not have.
Li Qi and Zhao Huan looked at each other, both smiled, and then got up and arched their hands towards Duan Shiwen, and said a few polite words. After inviting him to sit down, Li Qi said straight to the point: "Envoy Duan, you must have also come with weapons." β
Duan Shiwen was slightly stunned and nodded slightly.
"Okay, this is our price list, and I would like to ask the envoy to take a look."
Duan Shiwen raised his hand, but finally put it down and didn't pick it up, and Shen Sè seemed a little hesitant.
Li Qi smiled and asked, "What?" Is there something wrong? β
Duan Shiwen frowned, and after a while, he said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, supervisor, don't hide it, I-we didn't bring money this time." β
Zhao Huan smiled: "It's okay, after we negotiate, it's okay for you to take the money again." β
Li Qi nodded and said, "The prince is right, and you only need to pay half of the money first." β
Duan Shiwen's face turned red and said, "The two of you misunderstood what I meant, I mean, we can't come up with the money for the time being." β
Li Qi's eyes widened and said, "You don't want to take credit, do you?" β
Duan Shiwen nodded vigorously.
Li Qi said with a strange face: "No, although you Dali are not rich, but this money will not be on credit, do you want to sell millions of weapons?" Do you have so many soldiers? β
Duan Shiwen shook his head and said, "We actually just want to sell some weapons back, which is 200,000 at most." β
"Can't you Dali even take out 200,000 guan? I'm neither- I can't take it. Li Qi exclaimed, halfway through speaking, he almost exposed his family background, and glanced at Zhao Huan embarrassedly.
Duan Shiwen only felt that his face was like fire, and said: "Our Dali is out of it, but-alas, I'm not afraid of the two jokes, it's our king who can't take it." β
Li Qi pursed his lips and said, "Envoy Duan, what you said is contradictory, isn't Dali your king's?" β
Duan Shiwen sneered: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should know the reason for this. β
Zhao Huan suddenly burst out laughing.
Duan Shiwen thought he was making fun of him, and he couldn't wait to leave immediately.
After a long while, Zhao Huan said: "Li Qi, that's enough, you can just play again." β
"Yes, yes, yes." Li Qi laughed and said, "Envoy Duan, do you know why I saw you last?" β
Duan Shiwen shook his head blankly.
Li Qi smiled: "That's because I'm afraid of delaying other people, because the deal between us can't be negotiated in a day or two." β
Duan Shiwen's mind couldn't turn around, and he looked at Li Qi blankly.
Li Qi said: "I don't know about the situation in your Dali. Your king has always been very friendly to my Great Song Dynasty, and has made a great contribution to the relationship between the two countries, which our emperor has seen in his eyes, and our emperor has always used brothers to describe their relationship, not to mention weapons, even if you want to borrow troops, we will never blink an eye, and talk about money to hurt feelings. β
Borrowed soldiers?
Li Qi's words made Duan Shiwen feel like he was in a dream, and he couldn't believe his ears with happiness, and pinched himself hard.
Li Qi said, "You're not dreaming. β
Duan Shiwen was trembling, and hurriedly asked, "Supervisor, are you serious?" β
Zhao Huan said: "Li Qi's words are true, and they were instructed by his father. β
"W-why is that?"
The corners of Li Qi's mouth twitched, and he smiled: "It's very simple, because our emperor is determined to help your king regain what should have belonged to him." β
"Huh?"
"What? Does your king want to continue to be a puppet? β
"No, no, no, then you really don't want money to give us weapons for free?"
"It's all trivial." Li Qi waved his hand and said, "Your king is right, if you want to get out of the hands of the Gao family, you can only do it by force." I know that your Dali Kingdom has been quelling the rebellion recently, and this is indeed a good opportunity, but this is only a good opportunity to build up power, and if you want to, then you have to wait a little longer. As for weapons, I think it's useless for you to hold them for the time being, but now your key is to take the opportunity to recruit troops, and it's useless if no one has weapons, and if we give you weapons now, it won't help but be useless, and it will scare the snake. But rest assured, in the future, our Ordnance Commission will build a larger Ordnance Institute in the south, and the weapons you need will be allocated to you directly from there, and the weapons and horses can be lent to you. β
"But."
Without waiting for him to finish, Li Qi said, "I know you want to ask why we do this, after all, there is no such thing as a free lunch." The reason is very simple, the Gao clan colluded with Jiaozhi and repeatedly disturbed the border of my Great Song Dynasty, while your king was inspired to make friends with my Great Song Dynasty, and his sincerity has been proven by countless facts, and we do not doubt it at all. What would you do if you were us? β
Hearing this, Duan Shiwen completely believed that this was not a dream, and he cried with joy, and his gratitude was beyond words.
Li Qi and Zhao Huan laughed unscrupulously. Zhao Huan patted Duan Shiwen's shoulder and said cordially: "Brother Shiwen, Li Qi has already set up a banquet inside, let's go inside to eat and talk." β
What else could Duan Shiwen say, wiped the corners of his eyes, and choked up: "Okay, good." β
Li Qi stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Ask you something, can your Duan clan know the six-vein divine sword?" β
"Six-vein Divine Sword? Is it a weapon? β
"Huh? Haha, no, no, I'll just ask. (To be continued.) )