The next day, Li Shan discussed with Qing'er to teach the Japanese envoys techniques such as mining exploration, but Qing'er was unwilling: "Why? They just said a few words casually here, why did Xianggong agree to them? ”

Li Shan smiled and said, "Qing'er, do you think the iron piece is worth the money or the iron sword?" ”

Qing'er said without thinking: "Of course it's an iron sword, and the iron sword is made of iron." ”

Li Shandao: "That's right, although we have mineral deposits in Dali, there are not many, and we don't need to use our own resources to process these raw materials all the time." Dashi and the Tang Dynasty will not sell us these things, and France is too far away to quench our thirst. Japan is a good choice, we only need their minerals, and then use their minerals to process products and sell them for nothing. ”

Qing'er clapped her hands and applauded: "This is really a brilliant idea, how did you come up with it?" ”

How else can you come up with it? The losses suffered in the previous life should be doubled back now, science and technology are the primary productive forces, what Grandpa Deng said is not wrong at all, as long as the technology is leading, you can always make money and always be invincible.

"In addition, I intend to encourage Japan to attack Goryeo." Li Shandao.

"Attack Goryeo? Why? ”

"One is because Japan has long coveted Goryeo, and Japan has been learning from the culture of the Tang Dynasty over the years, and its national strength has made great progress. They must want to go further, and they will not be willing to settle for a corner, and Goryeo is the closest landlocked country to Japan, and he must want to use Goryeo to land. ”

Qing'er said: "What's the matter? Goryeo is a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, how can the Tang Dynasty give in to Japan, even if Japan occupies Goryeo, the Tang Dynasty will definitely not give up. ”

"Yes, exactly. So there will definitely be a war of attrition between them, and the biggest attrition is none other than Japan and Goryeo. What I mean by this is to let Goryeo exhaust Japan's national power, so that we can first get a lot of wealth by selling weapons to Japan. Second, when Japan's national strength is exhausted, we can take Japan and colonize Japan. ”

Qing'er's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, war is often a good opportunity to make a fortune, especially this kind of war that does not consume one's own national strength." ”

Li Shan nodded and said, "However, the Japanese side must still be very hesitant now." After all, the Tang Dynasty was huge, so we have to cheer up Japan. ”

Qing'er stopped Li Shan with a wicked smile, and the true colors of the profiteer were fully revealed, and said with a smile: "How do you say we should cheer them up?" ”

Li Shandao: "Our weapons ......"

The Japanese envoys stayed in Dali for some time and prepared to return to China. Of course, you still have to take the ship of Dali.

Only this time they were not on a merchant ship, but on a warship that had just been developed.

Qing'er led the Japanese envoy to the battleship and introduced the Japanese envoy: "This is our latest warship, the War Dragon. It is the only ironclad ship in the world, equipped with heavy guns, and any warship that encounters such a ship at sea has no power to fight. ”

The ironclad ship opened the eyes of the Japanese envoys, but they didn't expect that iron could really float on the water, which was incredible. However, they didn't know that this kind of ironclad ship was not actually an iron ship in the real sense, but a wooden ship with some iron sheets. This is also thanks to the invention of stainless steel, which is nothing more than adding chromium to it, and Li Shan still understands it.

The Japanese envoy exclaimed: "Dali is really amazing, it can make such a miraculous thing." ”

Qing'er smiled: "That's not all, there are a lot of new weapons in this ironclad ship, powerful thunderstorms, multiple muskets that can kill places hundreds of meters away, and so on." Our Majesty said that as long as Japan is willing to attack Goryeo, we will fully support it, and these highest-end weapons will be sold to Japan unconditionally, how about it? It is enough to represent the sincerity of our Dali. This warship will escort you back to China, and if you want it, you can just buy it at the original price, and if you are willing to buy it in bulk, our Majesty will also give you a certain discount. ”

The Japanese envoys were overjoyed, and the tone of their speech was different, it seemed that this War Dragon gave them infinite confidence, and they set off on the War Dragon, Qing'er nodded with a smile, and said to herself: "Xianggong's eyesight is really outstanding." ”

Qing'er asked Li Shan how he was so sure that Japan would accept his suggestion to attack Goryeo, and Li Shan sneered: "The Japanese nation is like this, when they are not strong enough, they will be very humble and respectful, so that others feel that they are so harmless, but once they have the ability, they will show their fangs, and then you will find out how arrogant and dark they are inside." Some things are like this, the two sides are often opposites, and the more silent the person, the more terrible it will be to erupt. ”

Sure enough, things went very smoothly, and Li Shan's plan was unanimously approved by the Japanese emperor and the imperial court, and they offered to buy ironclad ships and enough firearms by making up the difference in their own iron ore.

This also played into the hands of Li Shan, and the mineral trade with Japan officially began.

The two countries signed an agreement, Dali will build an expeditionary team for Japan within three years, and Japan will also pay all military expenses. Three years later, Japan attacked Goryeo, and Dali would continue to provide unconditional arms support to Japan.

This is what Japan doesn't know, at this time, Li Shan has already sent someone to the Tang Dynasty to tell Tang Suzong about this matter.

"Master wants Japan to attack Goryeo, what does this mean?" Of course, Tang Suzong couldn't understand Li Shan's thoughts.

"This is a handwritten letter from the king of Zhennan to the emperor, with a detailed explanation on it." The envoy handed Li Shan's handwritten letter to Li Heng, and Li Heng opened the letter and wrote: "Japan and Goryeo are only a small land, but they will eventually become a great trouble. Can you let others sleep soundly on the side of the couch? I hereby devise a plan to kill two birds with one stone, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, let Goryeo and Japan fight to the death, the Tang Dynasty only needs to give Goryeo enough arms support, and when the two countries fight to the end of national strength, you and I can take the opportunity to send troops to occupy Goryeo and Japan in one fell swoop, this is a great achievement in opening up the territory and expanding the territory, Your Majesty is willing to share? ”

Li Heng closed the letter and laughed: "Master is really good at scheming, so that our two countries can sit back and reap the benefits, Goryeo has repeatedly harassed my border, and he has not obeyed the control, so he has already had the intention to get rid of it." The pacification of Goryeo, the southeast of our country will no longer be invincible, which can be said to remove a piece of heart disease. ”

Li Heng immediately wrote a letter to Li Shan: "Master's plan is very good, and I should fully support it." After the matter was completed, the Tang Dynasty only occupied Goryeo, and never touched Japan, and the land of Japan was at the disposal of the master. ”

In 728 A.D., the two great powers agreed on a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf to reap the benefits, but Japan and Goryeo did not investigate it. (To be continued.) )