"This matter is not a promise!" In the Yan Dynasty, facing the Seleucid envoy Silanus, Xiong Jing said.

After Chengjie and Shi Yan were summoned to the Yan Dynasty, Silanus was also summoned in. As soon as he entered, he proposed that the state of Chu strictly forbid the sale of weapons to rebels in Egypt, Antigonus, and the Seleucid Antotalia region. If the armies of these countries have Chu weapons and armor, Chu must be held responsible.

"The armor sold by the E-Yi can also be resold by other countries, and how can the armor resold by other countries be held responsible by the E-E." Xiong Jing could understand Greek, while Seisuke was a step slower, and he was extremely opposed to Silanus's request.

"If your country cannot guarantee that the weapons sold will be resold, you can hand over all arms sales west of India to our country." Silanus tried to squeeze out some smiles to appear tolerant enough.

"Why bother your country about the affairs of our country?" Xiong Jing stopped talking, and Seisuke began to take charge of negotiating with Silanus. "Naturally, the rebels of your country will not sell their armor to them, but if other countries are not at war with your country, they can sell their armor."

"But I have heard that your merchants are very ...... Clever," Silanus awkwardly pronounced 'cunning' as clever, "the price of silk varies every time it arrives at the port of Oublay, and the price is getting cheaper and cheaper, which has caused losses to our merchants. And the same war horses, your country gave Bactria four times as much weapons and armor as we gave to our country. Therefore, I believe that only when your country hands over all the goods transported to the west to China for sale, can you ensure that our merchants will not be harmed. ”

Aristotle IV violated the previous secret treaty of trade between the two countries and informed Silanus of the details of the horse armor transaction between Chu and Bactria, so Siranus appeared very angry, but he was not only angry.

As the saying goes, 'every Seleucid king was a merchant magnate', from the Persian Empire to the Seleucid Empire, to the Sassanid Empire, to the Arab Empire, the kings of this land had the habit of controlling the commercial channels. Only by controlling the commercial channels can the empire pay mercenaries and officials salaries, and achieve the goal of stable rule.

The last thing Silanus could tolerate was that Chu supported the rebels in Antotalia and sold weapons to them, but in line with tradition, he was not opposed to controlling Chu's trade within the trade routes controlled by the empire. In fact, apart from the prosperous consumption in the cities, Seleucid did not have much consumption in the countryside. Later Chinese and Western historical materials show that the silk shipped out of East Asia during the Han Dynasty was eventually shipped to Rome, but only the gold and silver from the East and the West remained in Central and West Asia.

"It's impossible." Seisuke blew his beard, and it was hard for him to understand why the Seleucid envoy would make such an impudent request.

"We have always advocated freedom of buying and selling, and the court cannot order merchants to hand over to your country the 10,000 goods that have gone west." Shi Yan also interjected.

"If our merchants are harmed like the arms trade...... Silanus's gaze finally fell on Xiong Jing's face, his throat twitched, and finally he said cryptically, "...... May the gods bless His Majesty's merchants. ”

"If the sea boat of the Chu State is deliberately attacked by another country, the Chu State will definitely retaliate." Xiong Jing looked at him and pushed back on the spot.

"May the gods bless Your Majesty." Silanus's smile stiffened when he heard this, but he still bowed slightly and left.

The monarchs and ministers all watched him withdraw from the Ming Hall, and when he disappeared, Chengsuke blew his beard again and shouted, "Bai Di is rampant!" ”

"Without force, there is no trade!" Xiong Jing also spit out a sentence, and he felt that it was urgent to form a navy at this moment.

"My lord, the minister thinks that it is appropriate for all the sea boats to go to Persia this year and bring back the dragon horses." Shi Yan also sensed the crisis, the horse armor trade was not yet finished, and the Chu State had only shipped back more than five hundred Nissa horses.

"However, the victory or defeat of Zhao Guo is unknown." Seisuke said worriedly. The number of boats is still too small. If more than 30 ships all went to Seleucus to transport horses, Zhao would not be able to transport grain.

"The minister has one more thing to tell." Speaking of transporting horses, Shi Yan wiped her sweat again. "Seleucids also had sulfur."

"Yes...... There is sulfur?! Xiong Jing hesitated, and was taken aback.

"Yes, yes." Shi Yan then wiped his sweat. I saw sulfur on the manifest just now, but Xiong was on the side, and he couldn't tell him. Later, Xiong Jing began to ask about the geometry of profit. "A number of boats have been shipped back this time, and their prices are cheap. Therefore, he asked the Seleucid merchant Jaduo to buy more, ten tons, twenty tons, and thirty tons. ”

Sulfur is not only found in rivers, but also on islands and volcanoes, as well as in West Asia and Southeast Europe. Brimstone was the starting point for fire, and when Alexander conquered the Phoenician coastal city of Tyre (on the eastern Mediterranean coast southwest of Damascus) west of Mount Lebanon in Syria, the Phoenicians in Tyre loaded three old triddle ships with bitumen, naphtha, and brimstone to burn Alexander's siege towers across the strait.

Wherever the boat went, envoys, captains, and merchants would take samples and ask the local merchants for sulfur. Thanks to the volcanic islands of the Mediterranean, the merchants of Wulblay were quick to bring it in, and promised that more would be shipped next time.

Shi Yan's addition of sulfur surprised Xiong Jing for a while, but it was only for a while. Sulfur is only hard to find in the Central Plains, and even if Seleucus does not have sulfur, it will not be short of sulfur in a few years. Now the key is how the weak power of gunpowder will be used? Is it really going to be doubled with a projectile?

"I think Bactria must be punished!" Xiong Jing was contemplating the use of gunpowder, and Seisuke remembered the vest deal that Silanus had accused. He knew about this, although it was an exaggeration to exchange one horse for thirty armor, but for the sake of those dragon horses, it was okay to do so.

"How to punish him?" Shi Yan looked at Cheng Suke, very worried that something would happen to him.

"Cut half of its armor and give it to Seleucus." Seisuke suggested. "So, Seleucus exchanged one horse for twenty-three."

"But ......" Shi Yan didn't expect his punishment to be this kind of punishment. But if Seleucus has twenty-five thousand armor, what if he changes horses and me? Bactria holds a grudge against me, and sells horses to the Qin people. ”

"If Bactria is friendly with Seleucus, what can I do if he sells his horses to the Qin people?" Seisuke asked rhetorically. "Increase the armor of Bactrian to Seleucus, and Seleucus will love me and hate Bactria, so that he dares to sell horses to the Qin people?"

What Cheng Jie said was not unreasonable, Xiong Jing wanted to agree on the spot, but the matter was very important, he pressed his mind to agree, and only said: "This matter is decided by Zhu Ao." ”

"Yui." Chengsuke also thought that Xiong Jing was going to agree on the spot, and when he heard him say that it was up to Zhu Ao to discuss and decide, he couldn't help but glance at Xiong Jing.

If it was a matter of the world, Xiong Jing was confident, so he agreed on the spot. Things outside the world are becoming more and more important, and he has to be more and more cautious. Moreover, he felt more and more that Chu's diplomacy had always been a shortcoming, Chu saved Yan, Zhao, Han, Qi, and Wei, but these countries never saved Chu, and when Chu attacked Qin, Qi Wei and Han helped Qin instead.

"King!" At this time, Xiang Yan hurriedly came up with Li He and others, and before he could salute, he hurriedly said: "Zhao Jun has won a big victory!" ”

"Really?!" Xiong Jing and Chengsuke asked in unison.

"Yes!" Xiang Yan nodded again and again. "Xin Pingjun led 150,000 Zhao troops to the north and attacked the Qin army with Wu Anbo and Li Mu. The Qin army was defeated, tens of thousands of people died, and they retreated to the well and did not come out. ”

"Great goodness!" Xiong Jing shook his fist hard, and his joy was beyond words.

"The king, the minister thinks that the Qin people should retire." Li said. As soon as he and Xiang Yan received the news, they came to report. "In order to urge the Qin people to withdraw their troops, the Three Kingdoms should send troops to rescue Zhao."

Taking advantage of the defeat of the Qin army and sending troops to rescue Zhao, this was the original plan. Only in this case can it be unanimously approved to send troops to rescue Zhao Zhengchao. And if the state of Chu sends troops, the two countries of Qi and Wei will follow when they see the victory of the Zhao army and the defeat of the Qin army. The three kingdoms each sent 100,000 troops, and 300,000 people threatened the grain route of the southern line of Qin.

"The envoys of Zhao have not arrived, and they are anxious to discuss the matter of sending troops to save Zhao to the main court, which is inappropriate." Chengsuke didn't have much affection for Zhao Guo, he only suggested it when he saw that it was indeed a good opportunity to save Zhao at this time.

"Or so it should be." Xiang Yan reluctantly agreed with Cheng Jie's view. Now that the river is frozen, the war boats are not suitable for battle, and the best time to go out is after April next year, when the spring planting is over, the big river has thawed, and the war boats are just cruising on the big river.

"The Qin army is newly defeated, if you can't ...... it as soon as possible" Li and his opinion was different from Chengjie's, he believed that the iron should be struck while the iron was hot, and the three kingdoms quickly sent troops to force the Qin State to retreat.

"The Qin State has captured a lot of cities in the Zhao State, how can you say that you will retreat?" Cheng Jie reminded everyone of this reality, it was impossible for the Qin State to spit out those cities of the Zhao State. "Now the one who is asking is Qin Zhao to stop the war. And Qi ......"

Seisuke looked at Xiong Jing again. The relationship between Chu and Qi is deeper than before, and the ministers of the two countries below the monarch have interacted from time to time, and the two countries even have their own craftsmen. There is only one thing that has not been decided, and that is the marriage between the two countries, but Xiong Jing has not nodded in this matter.

Cheng Jie looked at Xiong Jing, Xiong Jing instantly sensed what he meant, so he wanted to avoid his gaze, but he didn't expect Cheng Jie to get straight to the point, "The minister thought that the king should be a concubine." The king is a woman, and then a woman, and the rest is at the mercy of the king. ”

"Ahem." Xiong Jing coughed awkwardly, and every time he talked about the ministers of Qi State, he thought of marriage. He blamed: "Now that we are discussing the matter of saving Zhao, how can we mention the matter of marriage." ”

"Marriage is no small matter." Chengsuke also did not like the Qi people, but the Qi people kept asking for the resumption of the marriage between the two countries to show that Chu Qi would be good forever.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should indeed be cautious." Xiang Yan rarely talked about government affairs, and this time he also interjected.

"Ahem." Xiong Jing coughed again, and he wanted to correct the topic. "To save Zhao, Zhao must have a strategy before reaching Ying, when to send troops, how many troops to send, there should be a plan."

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