Xu Chongguang listened to Lu Chengqi's "lofty talk", and opened his mouth to advise: "Your Majesty, the reckless use of military force will make Dashun irreversible!" ”

Lu Chengqi suddenly laughed and said, "What Xu Qing said, it is not okay to blindly use military force. I have calculated this account www.biquge.info this time, and this time I only used tens of thousands of troops, and I spent as much as one million yuan in food and salary. If it takes a longer time and uses more troops, I'm afraid this number will have to be increased. I begged for millions of dollars from Liao, in order to fill this hole, do you understand my painstaking efforts? ”

Xu Chongguang nodded and said, "Your Majesty's concerns have also been discussed by the ministers. But the Liao country, I'm afraid I can't come up with so much money. ”

Lu Chengqi smiled slyly and said, "So I said that they can be allowed to exchange cattle, sheep and horses." These Khitans are not stupid, and they will definitely not exchange horses for them. But cattle and sheep, they have a lot of them, and naturally they will gladly agree. In this way, my Dashun is not too much of a loss, after all, cattle and sheep are not worth much in Liao, but they are still quite valuable in my Dashun......"

Xu Chongguang nodded and said, "Yes, in Chang'an City now, a cow is worth more than ten yuan, and a sheep is worth four or five yuan. If it were in Liao, there would probably not be this price. ”

Cabinet minister Zhu Xucai also said: "Your Majesty's move is equivalent to exchanging my Dashun with a shortage of livestock, and good governance." There is no shortage of ploughing cattle in my Dashun, and the skin, tendons, and horns of the ploughable cattle are things that make weapons, and I Dashun has long set them as forbidden items. In Yichen's opinion, it is impossible for the Khitans to exchange cattle. The value of sheep is high, and the Khitans also breed more, so they may be exchanged. ”

Lu Chengqi didn't expect this layer, in fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bow-making technology reached a very high level. The six materials recorded in the ancient books are as follows: wood dry (including Zhe, mulberry, orange, papaya, wattle, bamboo, etc.), horns, tendons, glue (glue made from the skin, bones, tendons or internal organs of animals such as deer, horses, cows, rats, fish, and rhinos), silk and lacquer. The production process of the bow is really very particular, do the bow dry in winter, soak the corners in the spring, treat the tendons in the summer, and make the bow body together with silk, glue and lacquer in the autumn, and place the bow body in the bow box to determine its shape after the winter, and then install the bowstring test in the spring of the next year, and make a good bow for three years. Among them, the most used are beef tendon and horn. The leftover cowhide was also useful, and was generally used to make siege equipment to shield the arrows that came from it. Or make leather armor, which can also effectively resist arrows. Cowhide is also an important material for making boots, and it can be said that a cow is extremely useful whether it is dead or alive.

There is a clear stipulation in the "Dashun Law", "Those who slaughter cattle privately shall be fined 100 times and sentenced to hard labor." "If a ploughing ox dies of natural causes, the local county magistrate will send a government official to verify it, and after registering it, the skin, horns, and tendons will be removed before the meat is allowed to be sold. The price of cattle is not expensive, but the value of beef is nearly a pound, and the price is frighteningly high, and non-rich families cannot afford to eat it.

After understanding the value and potential value of a cow, Lu Chengqi did not think that the Khitans would exchange it for ploughing cattle. That is to say, the only thing that can be exchanged is sheep.

After Lu Chengqi understood this, he said: "Zhu Qing is right, the Khitans are not stupid, they will exchange cattle for them." That is, we can only ask for 200,000 sheep. Fortunately, these sheep from the grassland have a good gimmick, or they can be sold for ten dollars. In this way, Feng Qing, Liu Qing, as my Dashun negotiators, the bottom line of the negotiation is that the Khitans shall not be allowed to commit offences within three years, and the compensation of 150,000 sheep will be paid. These two conditions are the most basic, and the rest can be fought for, anyway, they can't make the Khitans feel better. ”

Feng Chengping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Geng, a cabinet member, readily agreed, and Lu Chengqi "taught" some more negotiation skills, and the meeting was over.

After the ministers left, an attendant stepped forward to tell him that the envoy of Goryeo had asked to see him for many days. Lu Chengqi thought about it, it was not a way for these Goryeo sticks to spy on Dashun's intelligence in Chang'an City every day, and after looking at the time, he said: "You can't favor one over the other, let's announce their audience tomorrow." ”

When the chamberlain received the decree, he went to the Tongbunkan to announce the decree. Unfortunately, Cui Jie'an, the envoy of the Goryeo Kingdom, was not in Tongwenguan at this time, and he had been waiting in the Duting North Station for a long time, wanting to get the latest news.

After a short time, Yeluliang returned to Duting Beiyi angrily, and while scolding Lu Chengqi in Khitan dialect for ignoring etiquette and not performing in a state of etiquette, he was furious and vowed not to compromise. Fortunately, Cui Jie'an couldn't understand the Khitan dialect, and Yeluliang saw that there were outsiders present, so he stopped scolding.

Cui Jie'an asked: "Angel of Shangguo, I don't know what conditions Emperor Dashun summoned this time and negotiated with Shangguo before he was willing to release people?" Did you say when you will summon my envoy from Goryeo? ”

Cui Jie'an didn't say that it was okay, this said, and then hooked up the anger that Yeluliang had just suppressed. He was furious and said Lu Chengqi's words again, and scolded Lu Chengqi for ignoring etiquette. Even Cui Jie'an didn't get a good deal, and was sprayed with blood.

It is no wonder that Yeluliang is so angry, even in the most difficult time of the Khitan, he has never surrendered to anyone, and he has not been forced by any country to pay reparations. But today Lu Chengqi is really aggressive, blocking all his retreats, knowing all his hole cards, and putting him at a disadvantage every moment.

After Cui Jie'an silently digested this information, he waited for Yeluliang to finish his anger before he said: "Angel, the minister thinks that Dashun is a wolf's ambition this time, and he harbors evil intentions, so he must be guarded against. Just imagine, cattle, horses and sheep are all abundant things produced by the kingdom, but Dashun does not produce much. Sheep are of little use other than wool. But cattle and horses are different, they are all strategic things. ”

Yeluliang didn't expect the use of the cow, and when he reminded him like this, he came to his senses, and once again scolded Lu Chengqi for being uneasy and kind. Cui Jie'an saw Yeluliang fall into his hub, he was secretly happy in his heart, and continued to make suggestions: "Needless to say, ox horns and cow tendons are also necessary things to make bows and arrows. Horses can not be given, Dashun is the most lacking of good horses, if Dashun makes up for the shortcomings, the kingdom will suffer also. ”

Yeluliang nodded and said, "Do you have a good plan?" ”

Cui Jie'an whispered a few words in Yeluliang's ear, Yeluliang's face turned from cloudy to clear, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "Master Cui, your strategy is very good, no less than these cunning Han people." Cui Jie'an did not take this as an insult, but was complacent. In his heart, he believed that Goryeo was called "Little China" and had long regarded himself as the inheritor of Chinese culture. The thinking of these Goryeo sticks is really not something that ordinary people can keep up with.

Yeluliang still had a lot of doubts, and said hesitantly: "But Your Majesty has not given me much time, how about Nai?" ”

Cui Jie'an looked strategic, as if he had already known this, and said: "Don't worry about the angel, the little emperor of Dashun is more anxious than you." In the opinion of the ministers, the little emperor of Dashun is an impatient person, where can he afford it? The minister concluded that within ten days he would end the negotiations. ”

Yeluliang thought carefully about Lu Chengqi's character and said, "Yes, Lord Cui is really clever!" The two men looked at each other and smiled as if nothing could escape the palm of their hand.