"Your Majesty, can you take the opportunity to cut down Song?"

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

As soon as Kublai Khan finished speaking the news of Zhao Jiaren's proclamation as emperor, the two opinions of war and peace appeared in a confrontational posture in the court in an instant.

Hao Ren almost couldn't hold back and directly expressed his opposition to war with the Song State, but he held back. Because Boyan's correct prediction made Hao Ren feel unpleasant to be used as a gun, Hao Ren is also a family of ten thousand people, and he can't do whatever Boyan says. Not to mention the fact that there have already been voices against the war.

It was Ahma's men who raised their opposition to the war, which immediately triggered a backlash against Ahma's party. For example, Lian Xixian said, "Zhao Jiaren usurped the throne and became emperor, and the Song State was unstable. As long as I, Dayuan, make a move to cross the Yellow River and leave the Song Kingdom in Lin'an empty, there will probably be people who will raise troops against Zhao Jiaren......"

Hao Ren didn't bother to refute such wishful thinking. There must be many opponents of Zhao Jiaren in the Song Kingdom, but the problem is that these people have probably experienced the southern invasion of Mongolia, and compared with the brutality of Mongolia, Zhao Jiaren is at most annoying. The result of killing Zhao Jiaren is likely to lead to a new round of Mongol invasions, and no one will be able to protect the Song from the Mongols at that time.

Looking up at Kublai Khan, Hao Ren found that Kublai Khan had no interest in the controversy in the court, and turned out to be thoughtful. This performance made Hao Ren feel at ease, no matter how much the court quarreled, it was never these Confucian scholars or Semu who decided the policy of the Great Yuan, and only the Emperor of the Great Yuan could decide the Great Yuan, and only the people of the Son-in-law family.

The officials of the Great Yuan quarreled for more than half an hour without a result, and Kublai Khan immediately ordered the retreat of the court. Hao Ren did not dwell on national affairs, but chose to go home. As soon as he entered the door, the housekeeper of the accounting room immediately led a person to Hao Ren, "Wan Hu, the people we sent to the other side of the river have arrived." ”

When the three of them arrived at the secret room, the one sent by Hao Ren Wanhu to the other side of the river hurriedly began to report the news. "Wanhu, as you expected, there is indeed a route between Jinan and Dezhou......"

Hao Ren didn't say anything, just quietly listened to the report. When he was attacked by a Crucidian in Texas a few months ago, most of them only thought about Crucidian clergy when pursuing the matter, but Hao Renwanhu turned some of his attention to the smuggling route. This is also something that can't be helped, as long as Hao Ren Wanhu thinks of the crusade priest, the strongest impression is that the guy is shiny all over.

"The smuggling in Zhigu Village, behind the smugglers are ministers, and the things they smuggle are things such as spices and other things by sea. A lot of the overland is a lot of gadgets. Wanhu, this is the best thing to sell. After the person sent by Hao Ren finished speaking, he took out something from his bosom and put it on the table.

Hao Ren's eyes widened after reading it, and he asked in surprise, "Can this actually sell well?" ”

In the afternoon, Hao Ren went to his wife's side. He took the baby from his wife's arms, and then said to Bao Xiweak: "You are pregnant again now, pay attention to your body." ”

Bao Xiqiao just responded softly, but didn't say much. Hao Ren casually put a box in front of Bao Xiqiao, and when he saw Bao Xiweak, his eyes lit up when he opened it. Inside the box is a set of steel needles and many thick paper tubes with many threads, and the thick paper tubes have been wrapped with various colored fine threads.

"Do you like it?" Hao Ren said very unconfidently.

Bao Xiwan fiddled with these gadgets, and responded very simply: "Hmm." ”

Hao Ren was a little confused at this time. Although Bao Xiweak was not from a rich and noble family, he was by no means from a poor family. After arriving in the north, there were many people who served, and life was not difficult. However, even Bao Xiweak liked the needlework produced by the Song Kingdom, and what the people sent by Hao Ren said was true? Is needlework really a hot commodity for smuggling?

Even his own wife reacted like this, and Hao Ren decided to try the advice of his subordinates and sell smuggled needles and threads in the shop he owned.

Hao Ren Wanhu is a very actionable person, so his subordinates are the same. The subordinates who encouraged Hao Ren to do needlework and trading used up the last penny of their financial resources to buy the maximum amount of needlework and thread, and if Hao Ren Wanhu did not do this business, he was ready to take advantage of the privilege of Hao Ren Wanhu's team not to be inspected, and sell this ticket of needlework and thread.

Now that Hao Ren Wanhu has purchased this batch of needles and threads in full to sell, he has already made a profit, so he chooses to be satisfied with this for the time being. If the needle and thread can really sell well in most cities, the profit in the future is the big one. In Dayuan, which of those big households has no business in their hands? Except for the share that should be given to Kublai Khan, the other shares in Zhigu Village have long been carved up. Ahma, as the spokesman for Kublai Khan's share of the Khan's profits, suffered a large part of the hostility on behalf of Kublai Khan.

When he hurried to do something, Hao Ren Wanhu's subordinates had to sigh that Hao Ren Wanhu was really an honest and loyal minister. He was able to be satisfied with the income of the 10,000 households that Kublai Khan rewarded him, and did not meddle in other industries. This insistence in Dayuan can really shake the world and cry ghosts and gods. Now, God has finally begun to make up for Hao Ren's insistence, and let the people around Hao Ren Wanhu also enjoy the benefits......

Engaging in some smuggling business is not in Hao Renwan's life plan. If Hao Ren Wanhu is willing to return to the grassland, the Great Khan will have to divide the pastures for him and divide the herdsmen. At that time, Hao Renwanhu had to consider what kind of daily necessities to sell to herdsmen. Hao Ren didn't like the Mongolian way of life, he just liked the agrarian society of the Han people.

For the next two days, Hao Ren continued to go to court. The court also continued the previous debate, and everyone had their own opinions on how to deal with the great changes in the Song Kingdom. On the third day, Yao Shu died, and the news shook the entire Great Yuan court. Yao Shu was the mastermind of Kublai Khan's Great Khan, and in addition to repeatedly failing to deal with Zhao Jiaren's unpredictable arrangements, Yao Shu almost never missed others. Kublai Khan expressed his condolences for three days and personally attended Yao Shu's funeral.

Hao Ren also had to go as an important minister in the court, and he found a time when there were not many people to go, and it was not Hao Ren's pleasure to huddle with everyone. And he also wanted to leave quickly, if he met with other officials, he would definitely be pulled and asked. For example, the recent government affairs have indeed involved a lot.

Even if he chose such a time, Hao Ren still ran into other important ministers. Shi Tianze appeared. The old man is over 70 years old, and in the past, he could follow Kublai Khan's expedition to the east and west, and traveled tens of thousands of miles. Now he was helped out of the carriage. Even if he didn't want to greet other officials, Hao Ren couldn't help but meet Shi Tianze.

Shi Tianze stepped forward and took Hao Ren's hand, and asked in the way that an old man said while breathing: "I heard that the Great Khan has been here with Yao Shu in the past two days?" ”

"Huh?" Hao Ren was stunned. He didn't inquire much about this kind of news on weekdays, but he didn't expect this kind of thing, and he didn't expect Shi Tianze's news to be so well-informed.

"Can Wanhu know how the Great Khan is going to deal with the Song Kingdom?" Shi Tianze continued to ask.

"I have to ask Shi Taishi to ask Your Majesty about this matter."

Facing the young man's suggestion, Shi Tianze couldn't help but laugh a few times, "I haven't been in the court for two years, and the Great Khan just doesn't want to say anything more to me." ”

Hao Ren's heart moved, and the development of this matter was a little unexpected. At that time, Mongolia was able to become a great yuan, and these old ministers played a huge role. Now, with the passage of time, the old ministers have withered. Four or five of Kublai Khan's ministers who were known to Hao Ren had already died.

Those old ministers are all from Shi Tianze's wave, Shi Tianze in front of him is over seventy years old, and when he observes the old man Shi Tianze up close, he feels that his body is not optimistic. Hao Ren didn't mean to curse Shi Tianze, but he was very skeptical that Shi Tianze would survive this year.

Of course, such thoughts could not be said in any case, Hao Ren said: "If the Taishi feels that he wants to say something to His Majesty, he might as well write a letter to His Majesty." ”

"Uh-huh. It's still thoughtful for you young men, and I should also put it on the watch. Shi Tianze sighed.

Hey, hey! Hao Ren already felt that he couldn't figure out the situation. He didn't mean that at all!

Fortunately, the juniors who were traveling with Shi Tianze came up to relieve the siege, and they first coaxed and persuaded Shi Tianze to go to the mourning hall, and those who stayed behind hurriedly apologized to Hao Ren Wanhu. Hao Ren originally didn't mean to hold a grudge, looking at Shi Tianze's back, he could only sigh, don't be like this when you are old.

Yao Shu is also a big family in the capital, just the mourning hall worship is very large-scale, those white cloths are hung a lot, it looks not linen, but cotton, very magnificent. Hao Ren went in to worship, and the descendants of Yao Shu's family also knelt down to bow back. Sending the money for the white affair, and talking with the family for a while, when he was about to leave, Hao Ren turned his head and asked, "I heard that the Great Khan came a few days ago?" ”

"This ...... I don't know. Yao Shu's son is not good at telling lies, even if he denies it, it also makes Hao Ren see that what Shi Tianze said is correct.

Leaving Yao Shu's house, Hao Ren couldn't help but think about what Yao Shu had come up with for Kublai Khan.

As a famous mastermind of Kublai Khan, Yao Shu had many achievements in his life. One of the most famous of them is the rebellion of Li Pu, when Kublai Khan was fighting against his brother Ali Buge. After Kublai Khan became emperor, Kublai Khan's main focus was on dealing with Ali Buge, who also claimed to be the Great Khan, when Li Pu, the marquis of Shandong, launched a mutiny.

More than a month before the mutiny, Li Yanjian, who Li Pu had sent to Yanjing as a hostage, quietly fled, and Kublai Khan immediately summoned Yao Shu to consult with him when he heard the news, asking him to predict Li Pu's movements. Yao Shu believes that after the mutiny, the other side has three strategies to choose from, "so that taking advantage of the gap of my northern expedition, smashing swallows along the sea, retreating and living in mediocrity, and fearing people's hearts are the best policy; With Song Lianhe, the negative solid is long-lasting, and the number of disturbances is the side, so that I can stop running to the rescue, which is the middle policy; If you send troops to Jinan, wait for the Shandong princes to help, this will be a catch." Kublai Khan asked, "Will the thief be released today?" Yao Shu said categorically: "Make a decision." ”

It was precisely because of following Yao Shu's advice that Kublai Khan boldly gave it a go and defeated Ali Buge first. And Li Pu captured Jinan, waiting for the Han army marquis who had sworn to him to rebel together, and gathered in Jinan to join the alliance.

The allies did not wait, and the crusade army of the Han army led by Shi Tianze arrived. These people once made it clear that they wanted to raise an army against the Mongols, and now they came to attack Li Pu on behalf of the Mongols. When Li Pu was captured, Shi Tianze once scolded Li Pu for why he rebelled.

Li Pu smiled and said: "Because you told me that you want to rebel together." ”

When Shi Tianze heard this, he took out a dagger and stabbed Li Pu to death in public.

What advice did this mastermind give to Kublai Khan at the end? Hao Ren is also full of interest now.

Not long after returning home, Hao Ren's subordinates came to report happily, "Ten thousand households, the needlework has been sold out." ”

"Huh?" Hao Ren was a little surprised, it was thousands of sets of needlework, and Hao Ren felt that it would take a few months to sell out.

The subordinates hurriedly replied: "Yao Shu died, and many people in the court had to customize the clothes they wore when they went to worship, and those tailors wanted to make them in a hurry, so they wouldn't bargain with us." ”

Although Bao Xiqiao is a lady of Wanhu, she is also a Jiangnan woman, and her sewing level of clothes is very high. The clothes that Hao Ren went to Yao Shu's house to worship were made in a hurry. Hao Ren went to ask Bao Xi how he evaluated those needles and threads. Bao Xiweak made a rare joke to Hao Ren, "It turns out that Wanhu gave the concubine body needlework, which was used to let the concubine make clothes." The concubine has thanked thousands of households, and those needles and threads are really good. ”

"Is it that good?" Hao Ren was really stunned.

Bao Xiwan joked on his lips, and knew in his heart that a guy like Hao Ren had no experience in sewing at all. She picked up a piece of cloth casually, folded it into several layers, and then handed Hao Ren a thick black long needle, "You use this needle to pierce such a thick cloth." ”

Hao Ren picked it up and tried it, and the needle was bent.

"Try this again." Bao Xiqiao handed Hao Ren a short needle, looking at Hao Ren's clumsy technique, Bao Xiqiao opened the sewing box where the new needle and thread was placed, and took out a thimble from it and put it on Hao Ren's finger. Song Guo's needle was sharp and strong, and he used a small pit on the top of the thimble to resist the tail of the needle, and with a slight force, the thick cloth was penetrated.

Hao Ren was stunned at this time, and he hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Don't you even look at the needle and thread that the official brought you?" Bao Xi asked in surprise.

Looking at Hao Ren's confused expression, Bao Xiqiao knew that Hao Ren really hadn't seen it, and she smiled: "It's clearly written on the box, this is a steel needle." ”

Now Hao Ren finally understood. He picked up the thick black needle and compared it to the steel. The color of the two sides is very different, and the hardness and toughness are very different. Even laymen like Hao Ren who don't know anything about sewing can compare the gap. Now 10,000 households can understand why those tailors can buy regardless of the price.

After getting important news from his wife, Hao Ren went out to ask his subordinates again. His subordinates told Hao Ren that the price of the smuggled needlework in the Song Kingdom was the same as that of Dayuan. In the past few days, the sales price in Dadu is three times that of the Song Kingdom, which means that there is three times the profit when it changes hands.

"Can you sell it?" Hao Ren still thinks this huge profit is too strange.

"Please take a look at this awl." The subordinates took the contrast.

The awl on Da Yuan's side looks not much different from a dagger, and the awl in Song Guo is much more slender. It is also a piece of cowhide, Dayuan's awl needs to be used to penetrate the force, and what is left on the cowhide is a rather huge hole. The Song Guo awl easily penetrated the cowhide, because the steel needle part was much more slender, and if the cowhide was smoothed, there was only a small change on it, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't even notice that it had actually been pierced.

Moreover, the awl of the Song Kingdom was tightened by the hoop ring, which was very exquisite. Hao Ren remembered the Crusader's shouting again, "...... Freshly baked cloisonné enamel crosses, hot, Rinpoche cut the light. Look at this cross, the eight hearts and eight arrows ruby is transparent, self-grinding and polishing, with three eagle dog whistles on the mouth, and you press the ...... of the switchblade under the gem."

This kind of ingenious design idea is really not comparable to those rough craftsmen of Dayuan. In other words, compared with the craftsmen of the Song Kingdom, the craftsmen of the Great Yuan look like rough men.

Hao Ren's subordinates stared at Hao Ren with eager eyes, and said excitedly: "Ten thousand households, as long as there is no other needle and thread flowing into the capital, we can sell it alone, and this price can be maintained." If you sell it to the grassland, there is no problem. This is sure to make a lot of money. ”

For the way to make money, Hao Ren Wanhu does not particularly care. People who are only in a small family may lack money, but they do not lack ways to make money. Now what moved Hao Ren Wanhu was that such a seemingly trivial transaction as needlework and thread was that Song Guo was able to make a quality that overwhelmed the entire Dayuan. It's no wonder that the Crucidian priest was always full of gadgets made by the Song Kingdom, and he really made a lot of money by selling this.

However, Wanhu still did not give up, and he went to the craftsman who produced the needle and thread and asked about the cost of making this steel needle. The craftsmen of the Great Yuan quoted a price, which was more expensive than the price that had tripled the cost in the Song Kingdom. Hao Ren did not listen to the partiality of the craftsman's quotation, he went to be in charge of the part of Dayuan Iron Smelting 'Iron Bureau', after the Iron Bureau finished reading the needle, the head of production called some craftsmen very seriously to discuss and gave a cost price. This price is one percent lower than the price of craftsmen, which means that it is still about three times the price of goods in the Song Kingdom.

Hao Ren Wanhu felt strange now, Song Guo's way of dealing with it was very strange in Hao Ren Wanhu's eyes. If there's something good, shouldn't it be more expensive? There is a huge price gap between good and regular and bad wines. There is also a huge gap between good and medium and bad horses.

This is the rule of Mongolia, and it is also the rule of Han land. How can it be that in the Great Song Dynasty, such rules seem to no longer exist.

Without waiting for Hao Ren Wanhu to figure it out, Kublai Khan called Hao Ren and arranged a task for him, as a special envoy of Kublai Khan, Hao Ren Wanhu went to congratulate the Song Emperor Zhao Jiaren on his accession to the throne.

Knowing that Kublai Khan's Wanhu had adopted peaceful means, Hao Ren was very happy. Having the opportunity to go to the Great Song Dynasty again, Hao Ren was even more happy. Over the years, Hao Ren has accumulated many new problems. With Taiwei Zhao's ability, he must have a solution to it.

"At this time, it would be better to increase the armistice by three more years." Kublai Khan pointed out the core purpose of the trip.