Chapter 261: Bargaining

The fire and thunder were taken by the troops of the Zhan Dynasty, so the army of the imperial capital should also be equipped with this sharp weapon. The two Simas looked at each other www.biquge.info and did not speak, and Manghou's face also became a little pale, and after being quiet for a while, he whispered angrily and said, "Why are you so careless?"

Liu Quan didn't think it was a pestle, but said with a smile: "Even if you are careful, where can you prevent thieves? If you say that there is not a single traitor in the 100,000 army of Pingsha City, even I don't believe it." It is only a matter of time before there is a fire and thunder in the Zhan Dynasty, so we should think more about how to prevent it, rather than investigating who is responsible at this time. ”

What he said was reasonable, and he advanced and retreated in a proper manner, leaving Manghou speechless. Lang Tianye walked with him all the way, knowing that this Emperor Liu was a well-behaved person, so he took on and said, "If we are facing a team with fire and thunder, then these ten thousand fire and thunder are not too big a thing. ”

Liu Quan raised his eyebrows, and his subordinate Qu Sima immediately woke up and replied: "Last year, we also fought with your country's army several times, didn't your country get the fire thunder? The implication is that even if a fire and thunder are not given, there is nothing wrong with the Northern Dynasty.

The other party's Sima spoke in a tone that was obviously more aggressive than Liu Quan's, and Manghou frowned, although he kept smiling, he obviously endured it to the end.

Manghou is a person with a city government, and he will never get angry because others speak rudely, he is angry, and naturally he has a reason to be angry.

After studying the humanities and geography of Fengguan Mangcheng with the ministers for so long, Han Feng knew the reason why Manghou was angry. Fire thunder is made of charcoal, saltpeter, sulfur three things mixed together, these raw materials, charcoal is the easiest to find, and sulfur is mostly produced from the crater or near the hot springs, Fengguan Mangcheng to the west of the deep mountains there are a few sleeping volcanoes, so although the mining of sulfur is laborious, the supply is sufficient, the most headache, is saltpeter.

Saltpeter is mainly produced in the middle and eastern sections of Daqingshan, near Pingsha City, and a small number of minerals are found in the north of Dajiang, not far from the imperial capital, but saltpeter has never been found near Fengguan Mangcheng.

Of course, houses that have been lived in for a long time will naturally have wall nits. The purity of wall nitrate is not as good as saltpeter, and it can only be used as a substitute, but Rao is so, and the wall nitrate is also in a humid environment. Without raw materials, even if they know how to make fire and thunder, the craftsmen are helpless and helpless.

How could the people of the Northern Dynasty not know about the plight of Fengguan Mangcheng, but they still made a fuss about it, how could they make Manghou not angry and annoyed?

Lang Tianye obviously also saw Manghou's face, his name is Tsukasa Zai, but he is actually Manghou's retainer, seeing that his master is angry, how dare he not care, so he said: "Qu Sima's words are wrong. Now that the two countries are both losing and prospering, why should they be so clear about each other?"

Liu Quan said: "That is what we say, so we will never leave your country alone. It's just that Pingsha City is far away from the border, surrounded by deserts, resisting Rong in the north, resisting the Zhan Dynasty in the south, and the wolf in front and the tiger in the back, which is really difficult to support. If there is silver and food in the city, I am happy to help my brother, but I have more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and I hope that your city will be seaworthy. ”

At this point, Han Feng suddenly understood why Xing Hou asked Liu Quan to send an envoy. What Liu Quan does in Lidu is buying and selling, and what he is best at is also trading, but now, it is buying and selling the country. A few people finally talked about the topic, and the next thing should be to ignore the conditions, and everyone here is not stupid, not to mention that Lang Tianye spent a period of time in Pingsha City, of course he understands what the other party urgently needs to solve.

Lang Tianye and Manghou looked at each other, got straight to the point, and said, "If we are willing to buy fire and thunder with your country with gold and silver, I don't know what the price is?"

"Buy gold and silver?" Liu Quan smiled dumbly, his left hand stretched to the side, and Qu Yuan put a small silver ingot in his hand with a heart. Liu Quan checked the silver ingot, put it on the case, and said, "Of course gold and silver are good things, to be honest, the Northern Dynasty does lack this." There are few ministers in the Zhan Dynasty who are not greedy, and it is more effective to buy a minister for 100,000 silver than to organize an army for 100,000 silver.

This question made everyone laugh, and Manghou laughed the loudest, followed by Qi Yan. Lang Tianye smiled: "Of course it's all missing, just look at what you want more." ”

Liu Quan said: "Your country wants fire and thunder more, so you think we want gold and silver more?"

Lang Tianye didn't have time to reply, but it was Situ Zheng Wenbo under Han Feng who opened his mouth: "There is a lot of rotten silver in the treasury of the Western Dynasty, and I am afraid that the treasury of the Northern Dynasty does not have so much accumulation." ”

Qu Yuan said abruptly: "Lord Zheng is confident, but even if there is no silver in the treasury, I don't need to buy anything in the Northern Dynasty for the time being." ”

No matter how much money you have, if you don't want to buy something, it's just a pile of rotten stones. Qu Yuan was full of confidence, so that Zheng Wenbo shut up in disagreement, and Liu Quan smiled again and became a good person: "There is always something to buy in the world." However, my northern dynasty now uses fire and thunder to make gold and silver, but what I want to buy is not gold and silver, but grain. Manghou, after these 10,000 fire thunders, if I want another fire thunder, I will exchange them for a pound of rice and wheat!"

To tell the truth, the grain in Fengguan Mangcheng was not as abundant as Pingsha City, so when Liu Quan proposed this condition, several people present were staring at each other, and they didn't dare to make up their minds, and even Manghou hesitated, secretly thinking about how much was available in the barn. What's more, 10,000 fire and thunder are just around the corner, and the combat power of the imperial capital army is still an unknown mystery.

And at this time, it was Han Feng who still maintained a trace of clarity. When no one dared to reply, Emperor Han, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "If you want to buy grain, why don't you exchange fire and thunder with Liang Gong or King Yue?"

Liang Gong's Futao City is in the upper reaches of the river, and the Wind City flowers of the Yue King are all in the middle reaches of the river, and the Yue King also controls the Qinghe City in the lower reaches of the river. Jiangnan is a grain-producing area, and even though Qinghe City was plagued by bandits and pirates last year, and then experienced an unnecessary flood, the grain is still piled up.

If there is more grain, the price is cheap, and exchanging a fire thunder for a pound of grain is an extremely luxurious transaction in the eyes of Fengguan Mangcheng, but it is not difficult to accept for the Huadu of Windy City. Although the fields near Futao City are not as good as the downstream harvests, Liang Gong and Xing Hou have always had a nest of snakes and rats, and when Han Feng was still in the Huadu of Windy City, he saw Liang Gong's men take out fire thunder.

His question was on point, and even Manghou cast an approving glance at him, not to mention Zhan Zhongqi, who had been sitting silently and had never said a word.

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