"Your grandfather, my grandfather, told me that my family fled here to Australia. www.biquge.info I plan to build a new city here in the future, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty is still in Lin'an, and this can be the northern Kyoto, that is, the city of Beijing, and I will go back to live when I have nothing to do. Your grandfather also told me that there are iron and coal mines in the east of our hometown, and there are big rivers that can enter the sea. Of course, Hong Tao couldn't answer this question truthfully, so the sunken Australia was moved out by him as a shield again, saying that he had a nose and eyes, even if you knew he was lying, you couldn't find any fault.

"Your Majesty, do you want to take advantage of the steel mill to emigrate to the north on a large scale? There is more than one place where there are iron mines and coal mines in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no need to build a steel factory that needs a lot of workers so far just for the palace. But have you ever wondered how the steel produced will be transported? Even if there is a big river that can directly enter the sea, the cost of going back and forth for thousands of miles is a bit high. "What kind of words can Hong Tao use to deceive Hong Jinhe and Speaker Wang, but he can't deceive Yiyi. Governing the country and strategizing is his profession, and in the eyes of others, it is a steel factory, but in his eyes, it is not so simple.

"I only said that the coastal cities and infrastructure of the Great Song Dynasty should be opened, when did I say that even the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty had to be explained to the imperial government? I'm not begging for alms with the Empire, we're exchanging equals, does the Empire now have the custom of asking questions before doing business? "I have already explained that after a night and half a night, Hong Tao is not only annoyed but also tired. Fooling people is high-intensity mental work, and it also requires energy and physical strength, and for Yi Yi's endless interrogation, Hong Tao can't help but curse.

"Uh...... Don't get me wrong, I'm just ...... It's just ......" Yi Yi was anxious when he saw Hong Tao, and wanted to defend himself, but after taking measures for a long time, he didn't find a suitable one. It's really inappropriate to ask yourself in such detail, you said that you want to give Emperor Hong a staff officer, the identity is wrong, and this kind of staff is not needed between countries. You say that you are afraid that Emperor Hong will not think it through, and you can't say that even the people who have calculated the entire country of the Great Song Dynasty can still think about it?

"You don't need to embarrass the prime minister, it's just a steel mill, I'll make the decision for him. What do you say, Speaker Wang? Hong Jinhe felt that his father was annoyed and angry, relying on the old and selling the old, and was stumped by the conditions he proposed, and refused to show weakness, so he said nonsense about building a steel plant on a wasteland. simply agreed to this condition and saw how Daddy stepped down! When the time comes, let him give himself a soft face, it's a rare opportunity.

"There shouldn't be much of a problem with the council, I don't know much about other things, and I haven't been to this place at all......," Speaker Wang didn't think much about it, he looked at the map carefully, shook his head, and really couldn't figure out the old emperor's thoughts.

"That's good, the Iron Mill Empire is all covered, and even the cost of sea transportation is paid by the Empire, you just have to provide manpower. The empire can also build you another cement factory in the local area, so that you don't have to travel thousands of miles to transport cement by sea. If you are not reassured, Prime Minister and I can write you a memorandum as proof of this, but the battleship will have to enter the Royal Navy fleet at dawn tomorrow morning. Hong Jinhe was a little excited, and finally he had cheated his omnipotent father, and he couldn't miss the opportunity and never come again! It must be finalized quickly, and Daddy cannot be given a chance to regret it.

"Hahaha...... Lao Wen, see, how is my son? I know the cheat! Cheng, boy, don't just say it, write it down, and I'll give you the battleship immediately! After listening to Hong Jinhe's words, Hong Tao looked up to the sky and laughed, as if he was not embarrassed at all, and showed off Hong Jinhe's performance to Wennan.

"Come on, get the pen, ink and paper ready, and my seal!" If Hong Jinhe was still a little uncertain before this and was ready to gamble with his father, now he is 100% sure that his father lost the bet. Because in Hong Jinhe's memory, his father has a very hidden habit, whenever he is nervous, his hand will involuntarily touch his chin, as if he has a beard there. When Hong Tao laughed just now, his hand was already touching his chin.

"By the way, let my secretary bring the seal." Yi Yi is also a person who knows Hong Tao very well, and he is a spy leader, and he is no stranger to Hong Tao's habitual actions, of course, he is also a judge with Hong Jinhe. Although the other party is the founding emperor of the empire and has been his boss, in this case, it is not impossible to pit it, he can take advantage of the old emperor in negotiations, and he will show his face when he says it.

Everyone felt that they had taken advantage of this matter, and it was naturally very efficient to do it, and the triplicate memorandum soon arrived in Hong Tao's hand, which was clearly written, and was also stamped with the private seals of the emperor and the prime minister of the empire, and Hong Tao and Wen Nan also signed their names on it. Although this thing is not yet a formal agreement between the two countries, generally speaking, it already has legal effect, and it is enough to complete the details and have the two governments officially go through the procedure.

After eating, drinking, and talking, this negotiation can be suspended, because it is already midnight, even if it is out of politeness, the two old men Hong Tao and Wen Nan have to rest and rest. Hong Jinhe felt that he had taken revenge on his father, and the resentment in his heart calmed down, and he looked at his father who was still running around with white hair, and his heart was also mixed. In order to show his affection to his father, and to make up for the impulse just now, he gave up the emperor's cabin. In fact, this was originally Daddy's bedroom, and this ship was built specifically for Daddy.

"Oh, it's been almost ten years, and it hasn't changed much here. You go to sleep too, and I'll talk about it tomorrow morning. By the way, you tell the captain on duty not to blow the whistle when you wake up in the morning, let me sleep more. Others can't sleep when they're old, but the older I get, the more I sleep, and I can't sleep enough for a day, it's really evil! Entering the cabin under the stern, Hong Tao seemed to have returned to the era when he rode on this giant ship on the sea. Touching the boat board of Huanghuali and stomping on the floor of cherry wood, I am old, but they are not old at all, and the pattern is still so good-looking.

"Father, if you are really embarrassed, return the memorandum to me, and I will go to Prime Minister Yi and burn the other two. Keep the battleship yourself, and the Iron Mill Empire will also help, you don't need to come forward in this matter, just let Uncle Wen and Prime Minister Yi talk about it. After the anger was over, Hong Jinhe felt that his performance just now seemed to be a little disrespectful to his father.

Although his father has not helped him much over the years, but from another point of view, he does not need help without himself, because the emperor is still his father's at least until now, and he is still a crown prince. After sitting in the emperor's seat, Hong Jinhe can also realize how difficult it was for his father to abdicate back then. Rights are not something you can let go of if you want to, at least not yet.

"Boy, I have taken your heart, but as the emperor, you are no longer a person in the ordinary sense, and you must always separate national interests from private feelings to calculate, which is more important depends on the specific situation at that time. When I came back this time, I didn't expect to be able to take the empire away from you just because you were my son, because I knew it would hurt you. In the same way, you can't just throw aside the laws of the empire just because I'm your father, and if you do something like this once, you won't be able to stop it later. ”

"As for the matter of the steel mill and the warship, at the national level, I will not say anything more to you, but now that we are talking to father and son, I will say one more thing to you, I have taken a big advantage in this matter. I deliberately touched my chin at the dinner table just now, those few warships are of little use to me now, and I don't plan to compete with the empire for sea supremacy, the sea frontier of the Great Song Dynasty will be protected by imperial warships for a long time in the future, and I have even saved the cost of naval construction, what is the use of these warships? ”

"But the steel plant is different, and if the Great Song Dynasty wants to develop, it must have its own industrial base. Prime Minister Yi is right, I still have to move the rich people from the south to the north, but I can't force the people to move like the Great Song Emperor, I have to use benefits to induce them to move on their own initiative. No matter how rich the south of the Great Song Dynasty is, there will still be poor people in the end, and if I issue a decree, anyone who goes to the north to cultivate land will get a piece of their own land; Anyone who goes to work in a factory in the north can get a good salary and treatment, do you think someone will go? I think the people who go there must be crowded with official roads, which is why I have to give up a lot of the infrastructure of the Great Song Dynasty to the imperial merchants. ”

"Relying on the financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty alone is not enough to take care of both the north and the south, I am using the financial resources of the empire to help the Great Song Dynasty recover. But the empire is not a fool, and the imperial government will not do anything without interests, even if the interests are small, this is also my choice in desperation. Your father and I are both fifty-seven years old this year, no matter how good our health is, there are still about ten years to toss at most, if we don't use this method, the day I die, the Great Song Dynasty will not be able to complete the transformation. ”

Hong Jinhe was able to take the initiative to show weakness to himself, and he also planned to violate the laws of the empire and privately tear up the agreement that had been signed and was beneficial to the empire, which made Hong Tao very moved. After all, it's his own son, and it's still different from others. However, Hong Tao still has to criticize and criticize this son, he has no problem in being a man, but he has a big problem in being an emperor. If you choose the profession of emperor, you must put aside some qualities that originally belonged to normal people, no problem, every job has an occupational disease, this is the occupational disease of being an emperor, and no one can avoid it.

(To be continued.) )