After Hemar left, Xuanzong looked at the civil and military ministers on the left and right sides of His Majesty Dan and asked, "What do you think the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire want to exchange their heavy armor technology, horse armor technology and horse taming technology for our dynasty's weapon manufacturing and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology?" ”

Li Linfu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, compared to the Eastern Roman Empire, the civilization level of my Tang Dynasty is obviously much higher than theirs, this is all the result of the rule of Your Majesty, and the Eastern Roman Empire is 108,000 miles away from our dynasty, and there are Zhaowu Nine surnamed countries and the Great Food Country in the middle, even if they get the technology of our dynasty, they can't threaten my Datang, and they are still the enemies of the Great Food Country, the Great Food Country has been provoking the authority of my Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions all these years, and the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, from this point of view, Wouldn't it be nice that we should agree to have a technology exchange with the Eastern Roman Empire, so that the Eastern Roman Empire can deal with the big food countries, while our country concentrates on dealing with the surrounding small countries? ”

At this moment, the crown prince Li Heng gritted his teeth and stood up and saluted Xuanzong: "Father, my sons oppose exchanging our dynasty's weapons and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology for the armor technology, horse armor technology and horse taming technology of the Eastern Roman Empire. Because in these technologies, the technology of my Datang is no worse than that of the Eastern Roman Empire, why should we exchange leading technology for backward technology, they have no effect on us! Besides, what does the grievance between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Great Food Country have to do with my Tang Dynasty? Nowadays, the surrounding frontiers of our country are unstable, and friendship with the Eastern Roman Empire is equivalent to fighting with the Great Food Country, and our dynasty is now having some difficulty dealing with the Turks in Tibet and the north. ”

After the crown prince Li Heng finished speaking, the officials of Li Linfu's family stood up to refute it, and the officials of the prince's family were also not to be outdone.

Xuanzong was troubled by the quarrel of these ministers. Seeing Zhao Ziliang taking a nap there, his heart suddenly moved, and he immediately shouted: "Zhao Ziliang, when you first talked about the Eastern Roman Empire, you were talking about the head and the head, now you talk about it, change it or not?" ”

Zhao Ziliang heard Xuanzong call himself. I had to stand up and salute: "Your Majesty, this matter doesn't need to be considered at all, the weapons and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology of my dynasty is unique to my dynasty, and there is no other barbarian, my Datang has used these technologies to create sharp weapons and powerful bows and crossbows, making my Datang's army invincible, and the technology that the envoys of the Eastern Roman Empire proposed to exchange just now is not what my Datang urgently needs, if we exchange it, it will be useless at all." Don't feel sorry for it, this is simply chicken ribs, there is no meat to eat, and it's a pity to throw it away, so what do we do in exchange? And as far as I know, the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire is not as bad as Hemar said, and they will definitely not lose to the Great Food Country in a short time, so there is no need to consider the saying that the enemy of the enemy is a friend. They were originally mortal enemies, and there was no Tang Dynasty. They will fight each other to the end. And, if we swap them, he'll ask us to acquit Galoline, and they're killing two birds with one stone! Their own purpose in sending our dynasty is not pure, and they actually want to steal our dynasty's technology, which is absolutely sinister. If they are openly asking for technology in exchange for our dynasty, we can still consider it, but it is unforgivable for them to take such extreme measures! ”

"Your Majesty, the civilization of my Tang Dynasty has a history of thousands of years. Many technologies have been successfully researched by the predecessors and wise men with a lifetime of painstaking efforts, and some technologies have even been researched by predecessors at the cost of their lives. To give two examples, when Shennong's tasted a hundred herbs and obtained the "Shennong's Materia Medica", the whole body was poisonous, and almost lost his life for it, which is the earliest drug classic of my Chinese civilization, and later generations used this as the basis to understand pharmacology and learn to prescribe the right medicine to treat diseases; Also, in order to create a peerless sword, Mo Ye even did not hesitate to throw himself into the fire, these techniques are priceless treasures left to us by our predecessors, if we give them to others casually, wouldn't we be sinners of the nation? Aren't they sinners of history? In a rude sentence, it is 'not painful for the cub to sell the master's heart', if we lose such a valuable technology, future generations will never forgive us, and we will leave a heavy stain on the history books! Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear! If we really want to exchange with them, Weichen thinks that we can exchange some of the technology of the previous dynasty with theirs, the technology of the previous dynasty is not as advanced as the technology of our dynasty, but it will not be too bad, but we can't ask for any armor technology, vest technology and horse taming technology, we want their sea ship manufacturing technology, if they bring it, then use the technology of the previous dynasty to exchange, if they don't have it, then don't change, otherwise, our dynasty will suffer a big loss."

These words are too heavy, Xuanzong feels that if he uses the latest weapons and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology to exchange with the Eastern Romans, he will become a sinner in history, and of course other ministers do not dare to stand up and carry this black cauldron, who does not pay attention to fame in the court, not to mention the notoriety that may be recorded in the history books?

Xuanzong was a little hesitant, he was a face-loving person, and now that the Eastern Romans were begging to come to him, he couldn't wipe off his face, so he said to Zhao Ziliang: "The Eastern Roman envoys have already begged me to come here, if I don't agree to change them, wouldn't it seem that I am too petty?" Is the sea-going ship-building technology of the Eastern Roman Empire really good? Can't my Datang craftsmen build it? Why do I think my ship should be okay?"

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the ships built by the craftsmen of our dynasty are suitable for navigating on inland rivers, once they go to sea, they will not work, the wind and waves on the sea are too great, and the inland ships do not adapt to the huge wind and waves on the sea after entering the sea, and it is easy for the ship to be destroyed and killed, I have a navy, but these sailors can only operate in inland rivers and offshore waters, while the Eastern Roman Empire has a special naval fleet, which can carry out ocean voyages on the sea, and the technology of building this kind of sea ships is not possessed by the craftsmen of our dynasty, for example, Five out of ten ships sailing from Japan to our dynasty will be overturned by wind and waves, but if it is a naval warship of the Eastern Roman Empire, such a problem rarely arises! As for what His Majesty said if he didn't change it, it would seem that His Majesty was very childish, in fact, His Majesty's concept has not changed, maybe in the eyes of His Majesty and the ministers, gold and silver jewelry is the most valuable thing in the world, but in the view of Wechen, gold and silver jewelry is gone, it can be earned back, but the technology of creating the sharpest weapons can not be earned, our ancestors from the very beginning of Ru Mao drinking blood, to now we wear gorgeous silk, eat exquisite and delicious food, read books, use the sharpest weapons, This has gone through thousands of years of accumulation, and the wisdom of countless generations of predecessors! These are definitely not measurable by money, they are the most precious treasures of our dynasty, and even if the country is ruined, these skills must not be betrayed."

Xuanzong was a little irritable in his heart, feeling that his face was not good-looking, and waved his hand to Gao Lishi and said: "Send someone to tell the Eastern Roman envoys, just say that weapons and bow and crossbow technology are the best technology in my dynasty, and they are things that will never be sold or exchanged, let them die of this heart!" ”

"No!" Colliers hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Ziliang stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, Galolin and Ryuichi Sakai already know most of the processes in the manufacture of weapons and crossbows in our dynasty, and it can be seen from the techniques they used to copy those techniques in their own Chinese language, and I ask Your Majesty to show you how to deal with these two people!" ”

Xuanzong looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs and asked, "What do you think the Qing family should do?" ”

The ministers all looked at each other, and in the end, the prince smiled bitterly, stood up and saluted: "Father, things have come to this point, I'm afraid that it will not work if you don't kill the two of them, if you keep them, whether you continue to lock them up or let them go, the weapons and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology of our dynasty are very likely to leak out, only by killing them, and then strengthening the secrecy of the technology can this kind of thing continue to happen, as for whether it will cause the problem of diplomatic relations between the two sides, this can be ignored for the time being, after all, they have bad intentions." Violating the laws of our dynasty first, it is only natural for me to kill the two of them."

Zhao Ziliang said at this time: "Your Majesty, please leave this matter to Weichen to handle, let Weichen go to see Nahemaer, Wechen will make him willing to accept this result and it will not affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries."

Xuanzong pondered for a moment and agreed, and nodded: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, Honglu Siqing will go with you, Zhao Qing, come to see me after you finish this matter, I have something to say to you."

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang and Honglu Siqing came to the embassy hall together, Hemar was very happy to see Zhao Ziliang and Honglu Siqing, welcomed the two into the hall and sat down, and patted the attendants to bring tea, so he couldn't wait to ask: "The two of you came, did the court of your country have a decision?" ”

Zhao Ziliang and Honglu Siqing glanced at each other, and Zhao Ziliang said to Hemar: "Yes, Your Excellency! I'm sorry, but I've decided that I won't sell my weapons and crossbows, and I'm not going to exchange them. If the purpose of Your Excellency's visit is only that, then we can only disappoint Your Excellency! If the envoy has any other purpose than this purpose, we are willing to listen to it."

Hemar was disappointed, but he immediately began to care about Galoline, asking, "What about Galoline?" What are you going to do with him? He is a member of our mission, and your Majesty the Emperor can't pardon him? ”

Zhao Ziliang spread his hands: "I'm sorry, we can't do anything about this matter, Galolin is the main planner and executor who stole our dynasty's weapons and bow and crossbow manufacturing technology, he must be punished, he will be beheaded for public display!" As for Your Excellency, we hope that you and the rest of your mission will never have any thoughts and plans in this regard, it will be very dangerous and will cost you your lives, I hope you will remember this, we Datang do not want to be enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire, but please do not take the initiative to provoke us, do not touch our bottom line, otherwise, we will never be polite." (To be continued.) )