"Dad, you don't seem to have washed your hands...... I've been listening to Hong Tao's vernacular just now, Hong Jinhe didn't eat much at all, taking advantage of his father's departure, he just picked up a crab and didn't eat a few bites, he was really reluctant to put it down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"I don't have to wipe my butt with my fingers...... Don't forget about this as soon as you become an official, there are no outsiders here, you don't need to care too much, do you care? Hey, that's right, you don't get sick if you don't eat it cleanly. Come on, come, no one is idle, one for each person, don't waste it, this is what my son caught with his own hands, and it must be eaten! Hong Jinhe's words can be regarded as a hornet's nest, originally everyone here could hide from it, but now it's over, Emperor Hong personally distributed a crab to everyone, and it can't be eaten without eating.

"The personnel question is not difficult, but I want to ask more, do you plan to use the grassroots officials of the empire to help you manage the Great Song Dynasty? Aren't you afraid that they will secretly contact the empire and shake off the reality of the Great Song Dynasty? "Yi Yi is the most thief, he just holds the crab and doesn't move his mouth, in order to make his actions more reasonable, he can only keep talking, and he can't talk nonsense.

"Da Song still has a fart of fiction and reality, and even if there is, it has long been figured out by the Ministry of Supervision. You don't have to contact secretly, that would be too much trouble, I will allow the Imperial Supervision Department to set up a contact point in each city, just come openly, as long as you don't go too out-of-line, whoever dares to come will pray that you don't let me catch it, as long as I catch it, I will light the sky lantern for them on the dock! For Yi Yi's worries, Hong Tao scoffed. Is there anything else that Da Song can hide from people? Since there is no more, what's the use of hiding it? What is important now is not how to guard against the Jinhe Empire, but how to control the situation of the Great Song Dynasty with the help of the power of the Jinhe Empire. Under this premise, other problems are not a problem.

"And the second?" Yiyi still doesn't want to eat the crab in his hand, so his mouth can't be idle yet.

"Second, I need the empire to lend me about 5,000 land forces, which are 100% under my command as a mobile force, and I am responsible for the logistics supply." Yi Yi suddenly became so active, and Hong Tao also sensed that something was wrong. stared at him for a few seconds, then reached out and snatched the crab in his hand, didn't eat it, pulled it down, and ate it himself.

"It's not a big deal...... Yi Yi was a little embarrassed when Hong Tao saw through his thoughts, so he didn't dwell too much on this issue.

"And the third! I need you to tell the Straits Company to dissolve themselves and stop messing with me. If they can trust me, they will honestly do their business, and the matter of the imperial court moving the capital will be written off, and they will not mention the matter of wanting to be independent, which is impossible. If they don't believe me, don't blame me for being too desperate, I will send ships to sink the ships in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Qiongzhou, and no one will think about it. In this matter, can the imperial government really be neutral once and stop meddling in the internal affairs of the Great Song Dynasty? "This time I came back to rule the Great Song Dynasty, and there was a very thorny problem that was the Strait Company State. Now this organization has gone further and further from fighting for its own rights and interests, and has turned into a tool for some people to fight for power and profit. Hong Tao couldn't completely solve them by himself, and he had to rely on the help of the Jinhe Empire.

"Well...... The Imperial Government can stop providing support to the Straits Company State, but it may be a bit difficult to completely control them......" Yi Yi couldn't help but glance at Hong Jinhe after hearing this condition proposed by Hong Tao. The private agreement between them and Wen Hao was not approved by the Imperial Council, not because they wanted to hide it from the Council, but because it was not yet time. Now that Hong Tao has broken it, he can't be the master of this matter alone.

"There's a fart difficulty! I don't even need to investigate carefully who is behind the Straits Company State, I can figure it out with my toes. Without the support and promise of the Empire, those maritime merchants might dare to do this in another fifty years, but they definitely wouldn't dare at the moment. Jin He, I don't care if you have any private agreement with Wen Hao, don't continue to implement it. Wen Hao is not something you can deal with, he will become a big trouble for the empire sooner or later. Originally, you were trying to reduce costs in the matter of seeking the Great Song Dynasty, and colluding with him was also a way, but now you don't need him, so it's better to hand him over to me, and Premier Wen and I will deal with him. By the way, is he here? Hong Tao had clearly stated in his letter to Hong Jinhe that he would bring Wen Hao to negotiate with him, but when he came, he just wanted to see his son and forgot about the matter.

"Well, we agreed to your terms, he's in the fleet, and I don't think you like to see him, so I've arranged for another ship." On the question of whether to cooperate with Wen Hao or with his father, Hong Jinhe quickly gave an answer. Wen Hao was ruthlessly abandoned, he didn't even make a fake plea, and he obviously didn't care about his life or death.

"Jin He, don't come out of this kind of thing in the future. You are the emperor of the empire, the spiritual sustenance of the people of the empire, you must make yourself pure and immaculate, even if you want to do dirty work, it should be done by the government of the prime minister of Iraq. Anyone in the imperial government can take the blame and resign, they themselves have the obligation to bear the blame for the interests of the country, but you don't, and the emperor can't be elected, isn't that the truth, Prime Minister Iraq? Although his son agreed to his request, Hong Tao was not happy. His son is still too young, and he doesn't think comprehensively about many details.

“…… You're right, it's none of your Majesty's business, and I'll make it clear to the Parliament when I get back. Yi Yi's face turned green, although what Hong Tao said was very subtle and the reason was not wrong at all, but saying it in front of himself was too direct and hurt people's self-esteem. What's more, there is Speaker Wang on the side, and he has begun to stare now.

"Is the negotiation between us complete? The rest of the details will be slowly summed up by the two prime ministers, and I will just take the general direction right. Unconsciously, Hong Tao has taken the place of the owner of Hong Jinhe and has become the one who controls the overall situation.

"I don't have any problems, I'll just ask Premier Moon for the rest...... What do Your Majesty and the Speaker of the King mean? Yi Yi really wanted Hong Jinhe to take the initiative back, but he also knew that it was a bit difficult, so he didn't force it.

"I don't have any problems anymore...... "Speaker Wang actually has no problem at all, he is in charge of voting issues, not for solving problems and discovering problems."

“…… I have a problem! Hong Jinhe was very depressed, he should have made his own decisions, but after eating a meal of crabs, he had nothing to do with himself. Even if the opponent is his own father, he can't swallow this breath.

"Oh! Your Majesty has any questions, just mention it! Hong Tao squinted at Hong Jinhe, and his son's face was engraved with three words: unhappy!

"The Empire needs a warship, a warship like yours, now, not to dismantle anything! Since you said that you won't pose a maritime threat to the Empire, it shouldn't be a problem to provide your new weapon for Imperial Research, right? "Hong Jinhe is no longer negotiating with the heads of other countries, but deliberately embarrassing his father. He thinks that Hong Tao's main reliance on coming back this time is these strange-looking battleships and the new naval guns on the battleships, if it is so easy for his father to occupy the initiative, wouldn't it seem that he has no ability as the emperor, and he must prove to him that he is not a waste.

"......" Yiyi is very relieved, this problem is good, very reasonable, and very deadly.

If Hong Tao refuses to exchange warships, it means that he has other plans, and negotiating with the empire is just a pretense, even if the two sides will cooperate in the end, the degree is different. If Hong Tao agrees to this condition, the empire will not suffer either. Who doesn't know that the battleships and naval guns made by the old emperor must be good things, once the empire has a physical object, it will soon be able to imitate it, and then he is really not afraid that the old emperor will come out with other moths.

“…… If I come back to stir up your good deeds, you can't spare me in turn, can you? Cheng, good son, I hope you are stronger than your father, the battleship is given to you, you can pick one at will except my flagship. But your father and I are not willing to suffer, these ships and these naval guns are the hard work of your Grandpa Qi and Uncle Wen for half a lifetime, and if you want to take them away with a word, I am sorry for their labor. In this way, the imperial government will contribute technology and equipment, and the Great Song Dynasty will contribute people to build a large smelter and forge here, and we will level it out, how about it? Hong Tao finally put down the crab in his hand, took out a cigar and lit it, and took several sips before agreeing to Hong Jinhe's conditions. However, it is not in vain, it is conditional.

Hong Tao's performance made Hong Jinhe and Yi Yi extremely excited, and finally stumped their opponents once. Exchanging a warship for the technology and equipment of a steel mill is a huge profit for the Golden River Empire. It is not that there are no steel mills in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is one on Hainan Island that is more modern. And with Hong Tao and Qi Zu here, the steel mills of the Great Song Dynasty will develop very quickly, which is beyond the limits of the empire. But a new technology, especially a new technology related to naval shipbuilding and cannon casting, is a very crucial thing for the sea-based Jinhe Empire.

"It's still a border area, and although the Mongols have moved north, there is still no population here, so why build a steel plant here?" But when Hong Jinhe and Yi Yi saw the location pointed out by Hong Tao on the map, they were a little confused. What kind of place is this? On the north shore of Bohai Bay, except for the people from the Imperial Supervision Department and the old sailors who had gone north with Emperor Hong, I am afraid that few people in the whole empire know what that place is like, and all the information comes from intelligence officers.

(To be continued.) )