The scenery inside the palace is very different from Chang'an City.

Although Li Shimin is not the kind of emperor who pays attention to pomp, he still has royal etiquette.

In recent years, Datang has become more and more wealthy, and it is impossible for a palace to be in tatters and let other vassal countries come to see the jokes.

In the past, if Li Shimin wanted to repair the palace, he had to pay for it himself, or negotiate with the household department.

But now it is the household department that takes the initiative to repair the palace.

The palace is in tatters, how can they negotiate business with other countries? How do people believe in your strength?

Knowing that this was the castle where the Tang Emperor lived, Egbert also secretly compared it.

Then it took about three seconds for him to give up.

That's a piece of!

The two sides are about the same, that's called comparison.

If the gap between the two sides is too big and you have to compare, you are stupid!

The size of this palace alone is about the size of its own Wessex City.

The rockery trees inside were pleasing to the eye, and the palace maids and attendants made Egbert feel that he was not a king at all, but a beggar.

This is called the real aristocracy!

"Ping Guogong, today's Imperial Majesty's court meeting is not over yet, he invites you to go directly." An attendant greeted him and said to Tang Ping.

"Then I'll go to the Ministry of Industry and wait for the debriefing." Li Yu and Tang Ping said goodbye and left.

Tang Ping took Egbert to the main hall.

"It just so happens that Your Majesty is holding a court meeting, and we will settle your affairs together when we go in a while."

"What is the Great Pilgrimage?" Egbert didn't figure it out.

"It's a conference that calls officials from all ministries, and there are quite a lot of people anyway."

After a few words, the two came to the door of the main hall.

"The Duke of Pingguo brought King Egbert of Wessex into the palace!"

As soon as he reached the door, Egbert heard a shrill voice from inside, which he couldn't understand but seemed to call his own name.

Walking into the main hall, Egbert was stunned again, the hall was densely packed with officials, and they all looked back at him at this time.

"So many people? Are you all the officials of the whole country here today? Egbert asked incredulously.

"There are only high-ranking officials in Datang here, not even one-fifth of the officials in Chang'an, and even more officials in Chang'an are not qualified to enter here."

Tang Ping explained and walked towards the front with him.

It was only at this time that many officials knew that Tang Ping had returned, and they were all talking in a whisper, but they ignored the king of the country beside him.

"Tang boy, I'll just say that you will be fine, the scourge will last for a thousand years, hahaha!" Cheng Zhijie beckoned and called Tang Ping to stand with him.

Tang Ping usually doesn't come to the court meeting, and he doesn't have any fixed position, so when he comes, he just finds a place to stand in the front row of the Guogong District.

But today he was going to be Eggbert's translator, shook his head at Cheng Zhijie, the old ruffian, and then came to the front with Eggbert. For Egbert, Li Shimin still gave high respect, although it was impossible to be on an equal footing with him, but at least he was given a seat.

Let Egbert sit down, and Tang Ping will stand beside him as an interpreter.

At this time, Egbert looked at Li Shimin, who was sitting at the highest place, and sure enough, it was the rather dignified middle-aged man he had seen yesterday.

Today, on top of this hall, it looks more powerful.

"Tang Ping, you came just in time, we just finished talking about things here, if you don't come again, the meeting will be dismissed." Li Shimin said with a smile: "You tell this king that as long as he is willing to go to South Africa to help us mine ore, we will give him the greatest support." ”

Tang Ping nodded, and then translated the words to Egbert.

Egbert was not a fool either, what he asked for yesterday was yesterday, and the only thing he could take out at that time was the treasury of Wessex.

But today is different, today is to negotiate conditions with Datang, and he naturally wants more.

"What kind of terms can you give me?" Egbert thought about it and asked Tang Ping, first look at the other party's offer.

Tang Ping asked Li Shimin and replied to him: "We can give you thirty big ships, each of which can carry 800 people." Then you will be given 10,000 weapons and equipment, and 20,000 labor tools. If you have enough food, you will be able to eat for two years, and you will be provided with good seeds suitable for local cultivation. “

"We can send someone to help you build the mine, and the shares will be divided equally, which means that half of the minerals produced will belong to us, and the other half can choose to sell to us or other countries or keep it for yourself."

"And the mines you build yourself, the natural autonomy is in your hands. The total amount of all the supplies we will fund will be at least two million gold coins from you. ”

"After that, if it is not enough, our Datang National Development Bank will also provide you with a loan as appropriate, and you can repay it with minerals."

Egbert planned to reduce the price at first, he felt that if he made a price, he would ask for at least 200,000 gold coins, and then Datang countered with his own psychological price of 150,000 gold coins.

You must know that the total value of the things he told Tang Ping yesterday to take away from Wessex is estimated to be more than 100,000 gold coins, and he feels that he is very satisfied if he can ask for half more.

Now he knows why Tang Ping said he was poor!

I am ...... It's so poor.

It was unthinkable that there were thirty large ships alone, one carrying 800 people.

At first, he expected to take 100,000 men from Wessex, but it was not so easy for them to get to southern Africa, and now it seemed that it would be enough to have such a large ship run 4 or 5 round-trips.

The price...... He couldn't talk about it anymore, he didn't know how to go up, so he simply agreed.

And the reason why Tang Ping and the others would pay such a seemingly huge price was actually because Tang Ping told Li Shimin in advance that the mineral resources in southern Africa were extremely rich, and someone would help them open the mine, of course, they had to support it appropriately.

Then it's two million gold coins, but like those ships, they were originally sailboats that were eliminated after the diesel engine and steam engine came out, so instead of dismantling and burning, it is better to use them.

As for other weapons and tools, of course they are not cheap at market prices, but the cost of Datang's own production is not so high.

Therefore, it is said that the materials given to Egbert are two million gold coins, and these things are only a lot more in their European market, but in fact, Datang has not paid much.

Compared with the subsequent harvest, it can be said that it is very small, you must know that South Africa alone is the "king of mineral deposits" on the African continent and one of the world's five largest mineral resource countries.

Not to mention Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, these countries are very rich in minerals.