Huang Shang's smile widened, and then he nodded at the masked warrior who had stopped Helian Tieshu, revealing an approving look.

Since Helian Tieshu had already dismounted, Huang Sheng turned to the side of his body and stretched out his hand, and said, "General Helian, please." ”

Helian Tieshu stepped to Huang Shang's side.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty who followed Huang Sheng were stunned, and they really didn't know what kind of diplomatic skills Huang Shang used.

In the 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there were many people who dealt with foreigners in the surrounding area, not to mention defeating the war, even when winning the war, no one had ever left the experience of dealing with foreigners like Huang Shang.

Huang Shang didn't know what the others were thinking, and entered the city side by side with Helian Tieshu, and the others followed behind.

Although Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo was the leading metropolis at the time, it was not comparable to the scale of a modern city due to transportation, population, and other reasons, and it did not feel far on foot.

Along the road, you will cross the most prosperous streets. On both sides of the street are teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops. There are also many small vendors with large umbrellas in the open spaces on both sides of the street. The streets stretch east and west to the quieter suburbs outside the city, but there are still pedestrians on the streets: some carrying burdens, some driving ox carts to deliver goods, some driving donkeys to pull wagons, and some stopping to enjoy the scenery of the Bianhe River. With the tall castle tower as the center, the houses on both sides are lined up, and there are tea houses, wine shops, foot shops, butcher shops, temples, public houses, and so on.

Although foreign envoys visited, Huang Shang did not close the road to disturb the people in order to welcome them, but just walked through the people.

A group of officials dressed in court clothes, with a few people in exotic costumes, just walked down the street, and when they met ordinary people, they gave way, which was really weird enough, and they all looked sideways.

The common people of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo have insight and can see that these foreigners are from the Northwest Xia Kingdom, and they have all heard that the war has just ended and that the Great Song Dynasty has been defeated. But there was no grand welcoming ceremony, and no one could have guessed that they would be envoys, and they all guessed what they were doing.

The civilian ones should not be received by the officials, and the official ones should not be so casual. I've never seen such a lineup for so many years, and I haven't heard of it.

Huang Sheng didn't care, and casually pointed out to Helian Tieshu the various wine shops and shops on the street to make an introduction, and said to Helian Tieshu: "The general sees that my Great Song Dynasty is rich in resources, rich in products, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the business is prosperous, how is it compared to the Xia Kingdom?" ”

They are now walking through the most prosperous street in the capital of the most developed country in the world, and they ask an envoy of the minority regime that has seized the northwest by force: Can your country be more prosperous than here?

Helian Tieshu hated it and shouted in his heart: "You are defeated! Why don't you compare the army with me? ”

However, the more fearless Huang Shang became, the more cautious Helian Tieshu became. The Song envoy has always been very good-mouthed, he has already heard of it, and he has long been mentally prepared, and he never thought that he could compete with the Song envoy for the benefit of his tongue.

His reliance today is on the strong army of the Xia State, no matter how lively he says, he will not lose a single or two meats, and Song Ken's peace talks are not the army.

Helian Tieshu said coldly: "It is indeed prosperous, but it is a pity that such a prosperous trade is not protected by a strong army. Pity! Pity! ”

said two "pity" in a row, and shook his head.

Huang Sheng glanced at Helian Tieshu in a little surprise, a little sharp, and what he said was also a little bit, he was young enough to be an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, but he really couldn't be a straw bag.

Huang Shang smiled: "Yes, the army of the Great Song Dynasty is a little embarrassed this time. ”

Helian Tieshu didn't expect Huang Sheng to bluntly say in front of him that the army was not, isn't this just admitting defeat?

Huang Shang continued: "It's the wrong way. ”

Helian Tieshu said coldly: "Shouldn't it mean that your attack on Great Xia is just that the army is lost and in the wrong place, right?" ”

This kind of excuse should not be used to embarrass people, the war is over, and it doesn't matter why you fight, only winning or losing matters.

Huang Sheng shook his head and said, "That's not what I mean, I mean that there is a problem with the construction of our army." The Great Song Dynasty lacks horses and is not good at attacking. Penetrating deep into enemy territory, what is magnified is weakness. However, the Great Song Dynasty defended the city with advanced weapons, and only by defending it could it give full play to its greatest advantages. ”

Helian Tieshu sneered, "I haven't heard that a country can be strong by passive defense. ”

Huang Shang means that we can't win if we fight, but we can't win if you fight. How could Helian Tieshu agree to this, if he agreed, wouldn't the victory be in vain? What's the point of talking about that!

Huang Shang said with a smile: "It's understandable that the general doesn't understand, after all, the Xia Kingdom has not yet been civilized, and he only knows how to conquer by force." ”

The subordinates are defeated, and they are not ashamed.

Although Helian Tieshu had expected that he might not be able to speak of the Song Envoy, but he avoided the important and trivialized himself like this, and sarcastically mocked himself for being barbaric, he inevitably regarded himself as too barbaric, and he couldn't even understand this kind of words, right?

Helian Tieshu said coldly: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Huang Shang said: "Okay, there is still some way to the post house, so I will talk to the general." In fact, war is not the only means to strengthen the country, we once had a dynasty called the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty had an emperor called Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his martial arts were strong, and he defeated the Xiongnu, but the country became weaker and weaker. We in China are different from you, our production is production, war is war, and your war and production are relatively unified. It may be that in recent years, you have learned more about China, which is different from the beginning, but if you want to reach the level of China, there are too many restricted things. ”

Helian Tieshu scolded in his heart: "Just talk about things, don't forget to step on me." ”

Huang Shang continued to himself: "Even if you win the battle, can you still not die? Since you too too will die, how many of you are dead enough? ”

Helian Tieshu's heart moved, this is not unreasonable, the sparse population is their fatal wound. The territory of the Song Dynasty is so large, the population is so large, it is useless to win, and they absolutely cannot afford to consume the vast sea of the people's war.

Huang Shang said again: "You won the battle just for a little money, we have a lot of money in the Great Song Dynasty a year, what we have is money, and that money is our best weapon." There are many poor ghosts in the world, and there are countless people who are willing to work for money, and our army cannot win, so it is enough to spend money to hire people to fight for us. Wouldn't it be better if we only paid for the money and didn't care about the rest, and we didn't have to worry about how many people died? ”

Helian Tieshu was startled, and his heart shook violently. In fact, people are very complicated, and Huang Shang's words can't stand scrutiny, but no one has ever put forward this theory, and now that it is suddenly proposed, Helian Tieshu is powerless to refute it.

But what he thought in his heart was that there was not only one country around the Xia Kingdom, but Song Dynasty, and he was already surviving in the cracks. Moreover, Xia was not a country composed of a single party clan, and there were also ethnic minorities in his country, such as the Han Chinese, the Tibetans, and the Uighurs.

(End of chapter)