In the afternoon of this day, Li Yanqing came to the Qingfeng Lou Teahouse, the teahouse was full of people, full of guests, Li Yanqing went upstairs from the VIP road behind, until he came to the front of the Youlan Hall on the third floor, several soldiers pushed the door open, and Li Yanqing walked in.

There was a big fat man sitting in the teahouse, although he hadn't seen him for nearly ten years, Li Yanqing still recognized him at a glance, it was his friend Zheng Rongtai back then, Zheng Rongtai was wearing a silk shirt with an exquisite texture, a face round like a pumpkin, and a red face.

He saw Li Yanqing, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I'm fatter than before!" ”

Zheng Rongtai scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Eat too much and sleep too much, and it will become like this." ”

"But it's okay like this, the heart is wide and the body is fat."

The two laughed and sat down, Yu Feng'er, the top tea prostitute in Qingfeng Building, came in to order tea for them, Li Yanqing tasted the tea, nodded, and said, "I remember that you didn't come to Hangzhou to buy land and build a house?" Why did you go to the fleet again? ”

"It is my business to build a fleet, and the property mainly withdrawn from the north has been put into shipping, and I can't collect it for a while, and it has become bigger and bigger in recent years."

"And how many ships do you have now?"

Zheng Rongtai thought for a while and said, "I now have three sea fleets, about more than 300 sea ships, which go to Nanyang, Dashi and Japan. ”

"Still going to the big food?"

"I've been there personally, as well as the Lion Country, Tianzhu Country, if you don't go out, I really don't know how big the world is, once there was a storm, the fleet lost more than 30 ships, I was forced to live in the Lion Country for three months, where I married a local woman as a concubine, and then she became pregnant, I brought her back to China and gave birth to a boy who was very similar to me, this is my first son."

Li Yanqing laughed, "This is your true colors!" How many children do you have now? ”

"Now I have three sons, a daughter, and more than two dozen women, and sooner or later I will die on women in my life."

The two talked about cheating in the test again, and immediately laughed, and Li Yanqing asked again: "Now that the business is so big, what hope does it have for the imperial court?" ”

Zheng Rongtai said: "The only hope is that the commercial tax can continue to be exempted, I think that now that the business is prosperous, it will be exempted from commercial tax has a lot to do with it, and it will have a great impact on our interests." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The commercial tax is only temporarily exempted, it is impossible to be exempted forever, it will probably be exempted until the end of the year, but for the reconstruction of the north, the commercial tax will be exempted for at least ten years, why don't you go to the north to develop?" ”

Zheng Rongtai nodded, "Then I can build an inland river fleet to communicate between the north and the south." ”

"Sea boats can too!"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "In the future, the imperial court will vigorously develop coastal trough transportation, and you can also be exempted from commercial taxes by shipping in the north. ”

Next to her, Yu Feng'er smiled and asked, "Can the slave family invest some capital?" ”

Li Yanqing pointed to Zheng Rongtai opposite: "If you want to make money, you have to find this fat brother!" ”

Zheng Rongtai smiled and said, "How much money does the lady have to invest?" ”

"The slave family has two thousand taels of silver, how many books can be invested?"

Zheng Rongtai thought for a while and said: "Two thousand taels of silver, I can give you ten boats, and you will return to the capital within three years, and the rest is to make money, at least for twenty years, you can enjoy that others will give you some tea!" ”

Yu Feng'er was extremely happy, "I met the benefactor today, and I will give the silver to Zheng Daguan when I turn around." ”

At this time, Li Yanqing asked: "This time you donated 100,000 taels of silver to the military expenses, what honors did the imperial court give you?" ”

"The imperial court awarded me the rank of the second rank of the Pillar State, and I can also pass it on to my son."

Zheng Rongtai remembered something and hurriedly asked: "When the award was awarded, what land did Gao Xianggong mention, I didn't understand?" ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Donate five guan money, the imperial court will give one mu of land, but this land is not in the Central Plains, but the generals will cash in after destroying the Jin country, 100,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 500,000 guan money, you can get a reward of 100,000 mu of land, that is, 1,000 hectares of land, Xiaopang, the forest above the land and the mineral deposits below are all yours, you have to recruit people to plant and develop!" ”

Zheng Rongtai was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, "Is there so much land over there?" ”

"The land over there is so big that you can't imagine it, and the endless forests of thousands of miles will become our land in the future."

While the two were chatting, a personal soldier walked quickly and whispered a few words in Li Yanqing's ear, Li Yanqing nodded, "Tell them that I will come soon." ”

Zheng Rongtai was very eye-catching, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness has something to do, just go and get busy!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I do have something to do, I'll invite your family to dinner another day, I'll go first." ”

Li Yanqing put on his coat and walked away quickly, and Yu Feng'er smiled at Zheng Rongtai and said, "Zheng Daguan will continue to teach me how to vote." ”

Zheng Rongtai smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Then order another pot of tea!" ”

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Li Yanqing got into the carriage and hurried to the imperial city, he didn't expect the grassland envoy to come to Lin'an, although he didn't know their intentions, but Li Yanqing still saw another opportunity.

Li Yanqing rushed to the imperial city, Zheng Wangzhi greeted him, Li Yanqing got out of the carriage and asked, "Where are they?" ”

"Your Highness, the grassland envoy is waiting in Honglu Temple."

Honglu Temple is not far from the gate of the imperial city, Li Yanqing walked over with Zheng Wangzhi, Gao Shen and Yang Du of Honglu Temple greeted at the door, everyone entered the gate, came to the first noble guest hall, only to see two people sitting in the hall, it was Muluda and Hanbeier who had seen in Western Xia, the two of them saw Li Yanqing come in, quickly got up, laughed and greeted him, and gave Li Yanqing a grassland salute.

"The two envoys have worked hard all the way south."

Both of them can speak Chinese, and they hurriedly and modestly said that it was their honor to come to Songdu.

Li Yanqing invited the two to sit down, and some of them were entertained with milk milk, Li Yanqing smiled and said: "The war on the grassland should be over!" ”

"Just before we set off, the Jin soldiers fully withdrew, and the 200,000 Jin soldiers rushed back to Liaodong, and it is estimated that they will attack the Great Song Dynasty again."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "There is no chance to attack the Great Song Dynasty, what they have to do now is to prepare for defense, the Great Song Dynasty is about to launch a full-scale counterattack!" ”

Muluda and Hanber glanced at each other, the two of them were overjoyed, and Muruda hurriedly said: "All the departments of the grassland believe that it is necessary to completely eliminate the Jurchens and eradicate the troubles of the grassland, if the Song army is willing to act with us, then the certainty of success is even greater." ”

"The heroes see the same thing, we also think that the Jin Kingdom is a great disaster for the Song Dynasty, and attacking them now when their vitality is seriously injured is the best opportunity to eradicate them."

Muruda took out a wolf's head made of silver and placed it on the table, "This is our official invitation token. ”

"Invite what?"

"At the beginning of September, on the banks of the Tuwura River, all the tribes of the grassland will hold a grand crusade meeting, and the leaders of all tribes will come to participate, and we hope that the envoys of the Song Dynasty will also come to participate in the discussion of the golden plan!"

Li Yanqing took the silver wolf's head and said with a smile: "I believe that my envoy will definitely rush to attend the conference, and in addition, I also hope to use this conference to discuss trade between the Song Dynasty and the grassland." ”

"That's what we couldn't ask for!"

At this time, Mu Ruda said again: "Another thing, we still want to ask the Great Song to buy 100,000 sets of armor, the price is still the same as before, we exchange five million sheep, I don't know if His Highness agrees!" ”

"This can be agreed, and I will let the Privy Council negotiate with you on the specific plan."

The two were overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to thank them, and Li Yanqing asked Zheng Wangzhi and Yang Du to take the two of them to visit various places in Lin'an Mansion.

Returning to the prison room, Gao Shen asked, "What does Your Highness think is the real purpose of their attack on the Jin soldiers?" Could it also be that they want to occupy the land of Liaodong. ”

"There is a possibility in the Ministry of Murwei, but this needs to be negotiated with them, I estimate that the September conference is to discuss the division of interests, our principle is very clear, people can not do it, but we want land."

"If we go to the grassland to attend the conference in September, when does Your Highness think our counterattack on the Jin Kingdom will start?"

Li Yanqing walked a few steps in the room with his hands in his hand, and finally said: "If the meeting and negotiation are held in September, then it will definitely be too late this year, and the early spring of next year is the time when the lamb is born, and they generally will not go out, I estimate that it will be in April and May next year, just take advantage of this year, and we must also prepare well." ”