Chapter 183, Seeking Interests with a Lion's Mouth
Naturally, you can't ask for some useless gold and jade jewelry when you ask for a dowry from Bozhigede, and there is no shortage of these things in Jinguo.
Lin Taohua remembered that when she was studying in modern times, in addition to the internal disputes in the Central Plains, there were also troubles that lasted for thousands of years. At that time, there was a saying that Han is not weak Hu, Hu must be weak, and it is equally applicable to moving to this different time and space.
The Jin Kingdom was equivalent to the Central Plains civilization at that time, and Igil was the representative of the grassland civilization. Over the years, the grassland tribes such as Jinguo and Yigir have also fought wars, and there will be several large or small looting incidents of other countries on the front line of Jinguo Baizhou almost every year, and countless grain, cattle and sheep have been lost, and even sometimes an entire village will be slaughtered by this group of Hu people who are more fierce than horse thieves. For a long time, weakening and containing grassland countries and tribes such as Igil has been an important task of Jinguo.
This time, Wu Lunke, who Zhou Ming is going to serve, is on the border of Baizhou, bordering Igil, and he will have to deal with these so-called barbarian Hu tribes in the future. Although she was framed by Mama Feng this time, she also caught an opportunity to make a profit by chance, so naturally she couldn't waste it in vain.
Lin Taohua didn't directly answer Bozhigede's words, but asked, "Does your envoy have a map of Jinguo and Igil?" ”
Bozhigede's face darkened, "Don't you want the land of our Igil?" ”
Lin Taohua said with a smile: "I just want His Royal Highness the Prince to give it, besides, if the two countries are married, and Igil is also my home, how can I let His Royal Highness the Prince take the territory of Igir as a dowry?" Your joke isn't very clever. ”
The corners of Bozhigede's mouth twitched: "Since you don't want land, what do you want to do?" ”
Lin Taohua said in his heart, if you want to see, you naturally want to see where it is most profitable. Of course, she couldn't say this to Bozhigede, so she said patiently: "You will know if you look at it." ”
Bozhige was not here to fight, how could he carry that thing with him, so he turned his head to look at King Heng.
This is the Hengwang Courtyard, naturally it is indispensable to Kanyutu, he glanced at Lin Taohua and clapped his hands.
Huang Tai had been waiting outside, and when he heard the high-fives, he hurriedly walked in. He knew that King Heng had a special status, and he had already stated that he would not speak here, so he looked directly at Bozhigede.
Bozhige also obediently took over the task of speaking.
"Go and bring the Jinguo Igil Kanyu map."
Huang Tai bowed and retreated.
Lin Taohua began to stare at King Heng again. This guy can clearly understand what they say, but he doesn't speak, is he afraid that his voice will show his feet?
"Your Highness, the milk papaya is ready, do you still want to eat some?" Xiao Tao put the hot milk papaya on the table and asked Lin Taohua softly.
Lin Taohua glanced at it and said directly, "Give it to this envoy." ”
Xiao Tao nodded and respectfully put the stew pot in front of King Heng. King Heng was not polite, and he was all wrapped up.
Huang Tai brought the Kanyu map, and Lin Taohua said to Xiao Tao: "Pour all these vegetables into the lotus pond." ”
Xiao Tao's legs were weak, and he quietly glanced at King Heng.
"Your Highness, I heard that the same kind do not eat each other, can you not pour these fish into the lotus pond for the fish to eat? It's always like this, and I'm afraid the lotus pond is going to stink in summer. ”
Lin Taohua pouted, "I'm not here in the summer, what does it matter to me if it stinks?" ”
"Your Highness." Looking at King Heng sitting firmly on the stage, Xiao Tao was about to cry.
Lin Taohua saw her looking pitiful and begging to be spared, waved her hand and said, "Forget it, if you don't fall, you won't fall, you can take it and eat it, how can you say that it is thousands of taels of silver, it is really a pity to pour it all." ”
"The slaves and maids are gone." Xiao Tao didn't dare to eat his master's favorite, so he hurriedly summoned someone to take down the table of fish and bury it.
As soon as the little maid who came in saw the big tiger entrenched beside Lin Taohua, she screamed in fright, and the noisy Lin Taohua's head twitched and hurt.
"Let's pour it into the pool." Done on the spot, a group of people in the province shouted and screamed and gave her a headache.
"Don't! The slave and maid immediately took it away. Under the cool gaze of King Heng, Xiao Tao pulled a few still calm maids to quickly remove the dishes on the table.
Huang Tai then unfolded the map and placed it on the table.
Lin Taohua looked at it, and actually showed her the side that was upside down, and showed the other two to the right, and said coldly: "Huang Guanshi, although the picture belongs to your family, it is me who wants to see it, do you think I only deserve to look upside down when you place it like this?" ”
Huang Tai just habitually did this, and when he heard it at this time, he reflexively looked at King Heng's face. King Heng glanced at him as if unintentionally, and the frightened Huang Tai hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, it's a small one's fault." Then he quickly turned the picture to her.
"Let's go down." Lin Taohua didn't want to embarrass him, so she waved him away directly.
Huang Tai wiped his sweat, swept the corner of his eye, and King Heng bowed and retreated.
Lin Taohua didn't care about these small movements, and looked at this very detailed picture intently.
She first determined the location of Igir, then looked in the direction of Wulenco, and finally carefully studied the terrain and towns on the lower border, silently jotting down the main names she needed before preparing to strike.
King Heng was actually quite curious about what she wanted, and his eyes looked at the places she had paid attention to. Lin Taohua didn't know exactly what he saw, but there was probably always a number, and it was either a plain or a mountain range or a desert with dangerous terrain.
What is this trying to do? He was confused. is studying and thinking, Lin Taohua has already determined her needs.
"It is said that the world's BMW is out of the West River, and the world's warriors are in Yongdu. Hehe, if I am fortunate enough to live in Yongdu, I will naturally give this world-famous Xihe horse to my father, and then send warriors to Kyoto to pay a visit, so that he will be pleased. I don't ask for much, just send 500 horses from the West River every year, and 300 strong men to congratulate my father on his birthday. ”
Five hundred horses in the West River? Bozhige glared at her, angry fingers pointing at her. Does this woman know how many foals the West River gives birth to each year? I really dare to ask for it. Also, Jinguo looked down on them as grassland men and called them barbarians, but this woman asked him to send 300 strong men to Jinguo Kyoto, why did he send them?
The corners of King Heng's mouth twitched when he heard this, this little lady is really ruthless, not to mention that she asked for a quarter of Igil's best steed, but she even wanted to exploit Igil's warriors, the plan was not small.
In fact, Lin Taohua didn't know how many excellent horses there were in Xihe, she felt that she had already said it to Shaoli, but looking at the expressions of the two people opposite, it seemed that it was too much. But so what, how can a son-in-law be stingy when he sends a congratulatory gift to his father-in-law, and besides, it is too much to weaken Igil's strength, anyway, she is not Igil's concubine, so she doesn't have to feel distressed at all, and she should also carry it if she wants to be Duanhui.
"What? Difficult? Lin Taohua pretended to sigh with pity.
Bozhige is now difficult to ride a tiger, he is anxious to wait for the money to pave the way for the war, the war horse is only a little less for himself, but if he can't win Duanhui to get the funding of Jinguo, he will even have a shaky future, no matter how many horses there are, it has nothing to do with him.
"I made a note of it, and I will report it to His Royal Highness the Prince when I go back." He gritted his teeth and said, but he thought in his heart, when Lao Tzu sits firmly in the sweat position, give less or don't give, what can Jin Guo do with Lao Tzu? Anyway, the Khan position has already arrived, and Duanhui is also his, and Jinguo is accusing him of going back on his word, and he can completely ignore it.
Lin Taohua said with a smile: "Your envoy must bring the words as soon as possible, otherwise, I am afraid that it will be too late and the materials will be useless for him." ”
Bozhige was so angry that he felt humiliated, but he had to back down.
"I'll go back and report it, and ask Her Royal Highness the princess not to break his word."
Lin Taohua said with a smile: "This princess has always been a man of his word. Now let's talk about the second dowry. ”