Chapter 65: The Golden Horde II
"Great Khan, do we really want to attack Zhao, you must know that although our grain and grass are sufficient, but our money reserves cannot support our long-term war, if the war starts, Zhao will definitely block the border out of the customs more strictly, and it will be more difficult for us to obtain the salt and tea that we lack smuggled from Zhao, as well as iron tools" The Minister of Finance knew that he was going to start a war as soon as he saw Yan Lie's appearance, and hurriedly persuaded. After speaking, Barutu gave the eldest prince Wanyan Hongguang a look and motioned for him to open his mouth to persuade.
"Yes, Father Khan, salt, tea and iron tools have always been lacking in our Jin Kingdom, our prairie cannot produce these things, it has always been obtained by smuggling to us by some merchants of Zhao State, if the road out of the customs is strictly blocked by Zhao State, we will be very troublesome" The eldest prince on the side saw Balutu's eyes, and hurriedly stood up to help.
"Yes, Father Khan, if this problem is not solved, you can't start a war," the second and third princes also helped.
As for the four banner owners, they sat there silently, they had always been for Wan Yan Lie, and Wan Yan Lie told them to do whatever they wanted.
"This is indeed a problem" Wan Yan Lie also muttered, once the war starts, it will not end in a short time, and as the emperor of the Jin country, of course he knows what these Jin countries lack, and it is precisely because of these things that the Jin country lacks Zhao Guo holds a large number of things, he has been playing the idea of Zhao country, after all, they have nothing on the grassland except grass and all kinds of livestock, and salt is an indispensable thing for the human body, if he does not eat salt for a long time, his people will lose their appetite, weakness of limbs, dizziness and other phenomena; In severe cases, symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, rapid heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, blurred vision, and decreased reflexes may occur, and even lead to death.
As for tea, it is also an important life flavoring agent for them, because they basically eat meat and lack green vegetables, so tea has become a substitute for green vegetables.
As for iron, needless to say, how can you fight without iron.
As Yan Lie muttered to himself, the Golden Tent fell into peace, everyone sat quietly, and no one spoke.
"Perhaps, I can find a way to solve this problem," after a long time, the fifth prince Wanyan Hongyu whispered.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wan Yan Hongyu.
"Oh, then you can talk about it" After hearing this, Yan Lie also glanced at Yan Hongyu, and said with some surprise, he wanted to see what other surprises his humble son could give him.
"Yes, Father Khan," Wan Yan Hongyu stood up and bowed to Wan Yan Lie.
"I don't know if you still remember the big river on the south side of our prairie," Wan Yan Hongyu said to everyone on the field.
"I know, isn't it the big river that connects the South China Sea, what do you want to say, fifth brother," the second prince said impatiently.
"Yes, it's the big river that connects the South China Sea, and I think this river should be able to help us solve this problem," said Wan Yan Hongyu confidently.
When everyone heard this, they couldn't think of what a river could help, only Wan Yanlie's eyes lit up and nodded secretly.
"You go on," Wan Yan Lie looked at Wan Yan Hongyu and said.
Although Wan Yan Lie's nodding action was slight, of course Wan Yan Hongyu, who had always thought of him, saw it, so Wan Yan Hongyu at this moment continued with some excitement, "Of course, a river can't help us solve the problem, but this river connects to the South China Sea, and after this river, there is a small island called Maotai Island, and there is a small country called Maotai Island on the island, this country has only hundreds of thousands of people, and its strength is weak, but because they are surrounded by the sea, they are rich in one thing, that is, sea salt" Wan Yan Hongyu said and stopped hereHe knew that everyone in the room already knew what he meant.
"According to what you said, Fifth Brother, we are going to trade sea salt with this Maotai country, but have you thought about it, it is going to sea, we don't have sea ships, plus pirates are rampant at sea, how can you ensure that we can complete the transaction smoothly" Soon after Yan Hongyu finished speaking, the fourth prince Wan Yan Hongjie, who had always been not very good with him, immediately asked.
Everyone looked at Xiang Wan Lie Hongyu and waited for his answer.
"We can buy the problem of sea ships from the merchants of Zhao State, these merchants of Zhao State can give them enough money to let them sell their father, not to mention a few boats, as for the problem of piracy, you don't have to worry, as far as I know, the pirate leader in this part of the South China Sea is a person named Chu Ge, this person is especially fond of beautiful women, especially stunning beauties, as long as we can find a stunning beauty to give to him, let him agree that our ship will be hung with his flag, Then no pirate would dare to attack us, because then it would be a loss of face for Chu Ge, and Chu Ge would never let them go, so that we could solve the problem of salt, and it didn't matter if we lacked tea and iron tools in a short time, and as long as we captured a city in Zhao State, we could get these things" Wan Yan Hongyu said confidently.
"Okay, just do what Yu said, this matter will be handled by Yu'er with full authority, as long as this matter is done well, I will make you the prince" While the other princes were still discussing with the two ministers, Wan Yan Lie said.
"Erchen thanked his father Khan" Wan Yan Hongyu was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down to Wan Yan Lie and thanked him.
Several other princes looked at Wan Yan Hongyu with resentment, this time the limelight of the meeting was Wan Yan Hongyu, the fifth brother, and even his father Khan said that he would make him the prince, which made several other princes who had always had a peep psychology on the throne very dissatisfied, and the fourth prince was even thinking about whether to sabotage his younger brother so that he couldn't do it.
Wan Yan Lie is the emperor, since he has decided to start fighting, then no one can change it, so there is no need to discuss the question of whether to fight or not, what is discussed now is how to complete the question raised by the fifth prince.
"Great Khan, let the ministers solve the matter of the sea ships, after all, it has always been the ministers who communicate with the merchants of the Zhao State" The logistics minister Azig, who has always supported the war faction, immediately jumped out and said.
"Yes, I'll leave this matter to you," Wan Yanlie promised.
"Then the next thing is the beauty for Chu Ge, who are the candidates" Wan Yanlie looked at his sons and ministers to see if they could contribute a few beauties.
As soon as they came into contact with Wan Yanlie's eyes, everyone avoided them, wanting something else to say, beauty, we are not enough for ourselves, where can we find one for you, everyone thought like this.
"Father Khan, didn't you catch a female assassin who assassinated you some time ago, as far as Erchen knows, she is Chen Jiayi, the seventh-ranked ice and snow fairy on the list of Jianghu Heavenly Immortals on the rivers and lakes, it's useless for you to keep him, just give her to Chu Ge, I believe he will like it" Wanyan Hongyu thought for a while and said. He knew that his father Khan was not very interested in women before he dared to say this.