In the palace of the king of Taihe City, Qing'er took the letter from Li Shan, and said quite unhappily: "Xianggong, what kind of trouble is this?" When did we attack Japan for no reason, and when did we not profit from it but often let us import resources, how did we do this loss-making business? ”

Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "When did Xianggong make a loss-making transaction, although I don't know what Xianggong's plan is, but according to past experience, he will definitely not lose money." What did Xiang Gong say in this letter? ”

Qing'er threw the letter to Liu Ruyan and said, "What else can it be, let's send two more ships of supplies over, it seems to expand the port and build roads." I see, Xiang Gong built Japan as his own home. Xianggong is also really, he doesn't tell us the truth every time, and I don't know what he wants to do. ”

Liu Ruyan said: "Ever since I met him, he has been like this, every time he does something earth-shattering, he used to scare me to death." Now it's calm, we may never understand Xianggong's heart, it's not that he doesn't want to say it, but we don't understand. No matter what Xianggong does, I will always support him. ”

Qing'er smiled helplessly and said, "You still know him, I can't guess him anyway." ”

"Say what? Two sisters-in-law? Li Yunshu came in with a probe and said with a smile.

"Look at your brother's letter." Liu Ruyan handed the letter to Li Yunshu, she knew that Li Yunshu was here for this, Li Yunshu's news was more concerned than anyone else.

Li Yunshu looked at it and said angrily: "What? Why did my brother marry again, she is still a Japanese princess, how old is that Japanese princess, I was a child when I went to Japan to see her before, and now she is only fifteen or sixteen. How can my brother do this? Sister-in-law, you don't care about my brother? ”

Qing'er said: "Now that your brother is also the king of a country, the necessary political marriage is inevitable, and sixteen years old is not young, it is the age of marriage." Your brother is already very well-behaved compared to other monarchs, and basically doesn't mess with flowers and grass. In recent years, he has been dedicated to the construction of Dali, and has never thought about it, this time in the name of harmony, which is understandable. ”

Liu Ruyan said: "Yes, that is, the prime minister dares to do this, if the concubines of other countries can be as powerful and comfortable as us?" Come to think of it, Xianggong's thinking is different from ours. ”

Li Yunshu said: "That's not good, the princess of Japan doesn't know anything, what if my brother is fascinated by her and makes it back?" You see that my brother is constantly sending supplies to Japan now, and I don't know what he is doing. ”

Liu Ruyan suddenly had a strange expression, looked at Li Yunshu and said: "Don't talk about Xianggong, Sister Yunshu, you are really the eldest and not small, you are in your twenties and still not married." Can't you really find someone you like? Don't be shy, as long as you like it, give it to your sister-in-law to say goodbye to you. ”

Li Yunshu suddenly squirmed, and said shyly: "Oh, what are you talking about me." I don't want to get married, I'm going to follow the ship to Japan this time, don't worry, I'm not at ease, I'm going to help you watch my brother, I can't let him do anything out of the ordinary. Saying that, Li Yunshu turned around and ran out.

Liu Ruyan and Qing'er glanced at each other, and Liu Ruyan said, "What do you look like Yun Shu?" In my opinion, it's not that she can't find someone she likes, but that she has someone she likes too much. ”

Qing'er looked at Li Shan's letter on the table, and sighed: "Xianggong, this person, everything is good, just a little, it is too attractive to women's minds, and it is affectionate, fortunately there were three chapters of the law with Xiang, otherwise I don't know how many people I brought back over the years." It's just that these two people, one pretending to be stupid and the other really stupid, we can't say anything. ”

Liu Ruyan said: "Alas, according to me, Yun Shu's mind may not be able to change." Yun Shu's temperament misses you, smart but stubborn, and the thing he believes is that he can't pull back eight horses. Look at the family affairs we have told her over the years, there are not a hundred but eighty, which time is she serious. ”

Qing'er said: "Otherwise, let's do her a favor and break it for her, so that Xianggong can understand." ”

Liu Ruyan shook his head and said, "I think it's better to forget it, Xianggong and Yun Shu are both very assertive people, so let them make their own decisions." If Xianggong doesn't want to or Yun Shu doesn't want to say it, wouldn't we be doing a disservice? ”

Qing'er pouted and said, "Xianggong is unwilling?" He, he's always been the one who comes, you see Gadot, doesn't he still accept it in the end? At the beginning, I was still squirming with us, and those little abacus in my heart were clear. ”

Liu Ruyan smiled, fanned the wind with his hand to his mouth, and said: "Hey, why did I suddenly ask a big vinegar smell, could it be the sweet and sour peanuts eaten in the morning and evening?" ”

Qing'er gave Liu Ruyan a big look and said, "I don't have a common language with you, so I'll go and talk to Jinxi." Saying that she was about to leave, Liu Ruyan grabbed her and said, "Okay, just kidding." It's still important to get down to business, I still have serious things to tell you here. ”

Qing'er took a newspaper given by Liu Ruyan, opened it, and wrote: Because opium is being sold more and more in Europe, the audience has gradually expanded from nobles to commoners. The Frankish Empire has decreed a ban on smoking, and all opium sold to the Frankish Empire has been forcibly destroyed by the Frankish Empire.

Qing'er frowned and said, "That shipload of opium is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and if the sales of our opium are cut off, then the annual loss will exceed twenty percent of the total output value." Send someone to negotiate with the Frankish Empire at once and demand that they compensate us for our losses. ”

Liu Ruyan said: "This opium is not a good thing, I have long said that the country will be banned one day." In my opinion, it's okay not to do this business. ”

Qing'er waved her hand and said, "This is not good, our current treasury is not rich, and there are too many places where we need money." Since Frank wants to ban smoking, then show his skills, the prime minister has long said that if they dare to ban smoking, they will be beaten. ”

Liu Ruyan said: "Then let's send a message to Xianggong, this matter has to be decided by him." ”

Qing'er said: "Xianggong is estimated to not be able to come back in Japan for a while, so we will send someone to the Frankish Empire to negotiate first, and it is not too late to do it if the negotiation is not appropriate. ”

In the spring of 734 AD, the Frankish Empire adopted a large-scale anti-smoking policy, and Dali, as the only opium exporting country, suffered heavy losses.

Dali sent envoys to negotiate with the Frankish Empire, but the negotiations did not go smoothly, due to the serious damage of opium to the human body, the Farak Empire resolutely did not agree to Dali to send opium to Europe. And it will not compensate for the losses suffered by Dali in the process of this smoking ban.

After several fruitless negotiations, Dali officially declared war on the Frankish Empire. The result of the war can be imagined, in the Farak Empire, there is no concept of firearms, and it is still in the era of cold weapons, but Dali already has large-scale firearms. Ten warships of the Dali Kingdom directly occupied three important ports of the Frankish Empire.

After a short two-month battle, the battle ended with the complete rout of the Frankish Empire, the 20,000 cavalry that the Frankish Empire was proud of claimed to be invincible in Europe, in a vain attempt to prevent the invasion of the Dali army, but was directly smashed by the spears and cannons of the Dali army, and had no ability to resist at all.

It took only a month for 5,000 Dali troops to occupy the capital of the Frankish Empire, capture the king of the Frankish Empire, and in desperation, the Frankish Empire signed the Opium Treaty with Dali.

The treaty stipulated that the Frankish Empire would compensate Dali for losses totaling three million taels of silver, and that the ports would be fully opened and all ships in Dali would be exempted from customs duties. And in the capital of the Frankish Empire and the major ports to establish the Dali Concession, Dali has the right to garrison troops and jurisdiction over the concession. (To be continued.) )