But now it's different, the Great Zhou has just gone through a big war, and there are floods to plague it, and there is a lack of money and food. Their condition was to trade war horses, as long as the emperor of the Zhou State was willing to open the war horses, then the Song State could exchange money and grain for war horses.

Although the Great Zhou suffered a disaster, but the Song Kingdom has been in good weather in recent years, the treasury is very sufficient, the most important thing in the Song Kingdom is food, the disgusting magic horse is different, it is what they dream of, as long as there are enough war horses Song State to deal with the Liao State will not have to shrink out, counterattack the Liao State is just around the corner, maybe one day, you can like the Great Zhou will be defeated by the Liao State and flee!

Ma Jin was silent, so that Bi Yong, who was standing in the center of the hall, felt that a big mountain was pressing against him, making his heart beat faster and sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to move.

Ma Jin looked at His Royal Highness's nervous Bi Yong, the corners of his mouth quietly curled, and then flatly refused: "No! The Demon Disgusting Horse is a strategic material, how can it be sold to other countries! ”

Bi Yong was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly persuaded: "Please think twice, your majesty, it is really beneficial and disadvantageous for the Great Zhou to form an alliance with my Great Song Dynasty!" Your Majesty!

If the Great Zhou Dynasty is in alliance with our dynasty, our dynasty can provide the Great Zhou with sufficient food to feed the millions of Li people who lost their homes due to floods in the Great Zhou. Moreover, the surrounding area is extremely vast, and there is no shortage of war horses. It's really beneficial and harmless to exchange war horses for grain and grass for me!

As long as Your Majesty is willing to sell the war horses to our dynasty, then our dynasty will definitely continue to deliver grain and grass to the Great Zhou, and the emperor of my dynasty promised that the grain can be exchanged at sixty percent of the market price, why not do it?

Besides, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the old minister guarantees with his life, these war horses purchased by our dynasty will never be used against the Great Zhou! ”

Ma Jin couldn't help but be happy when he listened to Bi Yong's endless words. This old man looks dignified, and looks kind and considerate of Da Zhou, which is actually not a good thing.

If Ma Jin agreed, wouldn't all the money and food be subject to the Song State in the future? The literati of the Song Kingdom will play a game of words. You must know that the demon-weary war horses of the Great Zhou are very sought-after, and the surrounding countries of the Great Zhou are all imported war horses from the Great Zhou, which is also a major economic source of the Great Zhou. If in the future, the Great Zhou will supply all the war horses to the Song State in exchange for grain and grass, if one day the Song State turns his face and does not want war horses, then what will Ma Jin do? Do you want to beg your Song Kingdom?

He also said that he would not use these war horses to face Da Zhou, and he would guarantee his life? Who do you think you are? Is it only a matter of lip service between nations? Ma Jin really wants to kill this bad old man with a knife!

Believe you, am I really mentally retarded?

Ma Jin thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "Your envoy's proposal sounds very good......

Bi Yong's heart was overjoyed, but he heard Ma Jinyou say:

"However, your envoy still needs to promise me a condition, as long as he agrees, I will give as many war horses as the Song Kingdom wants in the future......

There was a thunderclap in the Ganlu Palace, which made Bi Yong suddenly raise his head, and he couldn't believe his ears at all.

To tell the truth, in fact, he has no confidence today, although Da Zhou is now short of money and food, but how vast Da Zhou is, it is only a temporary urgency, far from lacking to the extent that Bi Yong imagined, but Song Guo has no powerful bargaining chips at all, and can only take advantage of Da Zhou's urgent need to use money and food to make an article.

Although the Zhou State and the Song State did not have a bad relationship, the relationship was not so good that it was there. Although the cousin of the Emperor of Song was married to Emperor Zhaowu of Zhou, she is now the empress dowager of Zhou. But so what? When it comes to countries, the queen mother has no room to intervene at all, let alone want to reap benefits for the Song Kingdom.

It is not easy to rely on a little money and food to make Zhou Guo let down his guard, not to mention that what he Bi Yong asked for was to exchange important strategic materials such as war horses, especially to a relatively powerful country. After all, the Song State is rich enough, if the Song State is armed to the teeth, other countries will not be able to live! Therefore, the Great Liao and the Great Zhou had a tacit understanding, and it was strictly forbidden for a large number of war horses to flow into the Song Kingdom.

Therefore, it is more difficult to get the emperor of Zhou to open the trade of war horses for this reason, and now the negotiations of the Song State have fallen into a very embarrassing situation, that is, the Song State needs war horses very much, and the Great Zhou may not need the so-called ally of the Song State.

Just when Bi Yong's body and mind were in turmoil, Ma Jin gave Bi Yong a ray of light, even though he knew that Ma Jin had other plans, but Bi Yong still couldn't help asking: "Please Your Majesty make it clear, and the ministers will listen to you."

Ma Jin smiled and said: "I have been friends with the Song State for a long time, and the Song Emperor is my uncle, and now I have sent an envoy to visit, and I feel that the alliance is indispensable, but it is ......"

Bi Yong's heartbeat skipped a beat, only to hear Ma Jin laugh:

"The Song State and my Great Zhou have been friends for many years, but this time the Song State and my Great Zhou alliance is not beneficial to the people. If I hastily agree to these conditions, I am afraid that the people will also have resentment against the imperial court......"

The corners of Bi Yong's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he wanted to roll his eyes. I thought to myself, you really think I'm a fool, open your eyes and talk nonsense, what does this exchange of war horses have to do with the people?

Bi Yongqiang resisted the idea of dropping his sleeves and leaving, bowed down and said: "Please ......make it clear to Your Majesty" Ma Jin said: "Don't worry, your envoy, what I said next is not to make any excessive demands, this is not a bad thing, on the contrary, it is a great good thing for you and me......"

Ma Jin paused and said, "I want to open Qinghai County, Xuanfang County, Kunwu County, Liangshan County, and Geshan County in Suzhou as a place for trade between my Great Zhou and the Song Kingdom......"

Bi Yong looked confused again, "This, Your Majesty, ......, dare to ask what the field is?" Please also ask Your Majesty to clarify your doubts. ”

Ma Jin patiently replied: "This is where I plan to open up the border counties between my Great Zhou and the Song Kingdom, so that the people of my dynasty and the people of the Song Kingdom can communicate with each other and trade with each other, that is, the people of our country and your country can bring goods to these fields to buy and sell." ”

"Your Excellency, please think that if I open the trade route between the Great Zhou and the Song Kingdom, and let the goods of the Zhou and Song countries circulate, it can greatly promote the prosperity of trade between the two countries and enrich the people's livelihood!

For example, your country's wine, grain, porcelain, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. can be sold to the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou can also sell horses and so on to the Song Kingdom.

Bi Yong's eyes lit up, and he said, "Your Majesty has promised to sell the horses to our country?" ”

Ma Jin nodded: "This is natural, as long as the emperor of your country agrees to support the border market that is open to our dynasty on the border, then all the needs of your country can be met in the border market." ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"What I mean is: From now on, I will open the people to the Song Kingdom to sell horses, and if the Song Kingdom has a demand, they can buy it at a suitable price in the border market.

Not only that, in the future, the merchants of the Song Kingdom only need to pay a certain amount of customs duties and taxes according to the number of goods, and obtain customs entry certificates, so that they can freely enter and exit the major border markets and enter our Dazhou counties.

After Ma Jin asked about his doubts, after thinking about it, he finally understood Ma Jin's intentions, isn't this the same as the market trade that the Song State is now pursuing. Bi Yong asked himself if he was not a pedantic scholar like the Song Kingdom, and naturally understood that if the commerce and trade between the two countries developed, it would be of great benefit to both countries!

But for some reason, Bi Yong always felt uneasy in his heart. But no matter how Bi Yong thinks about it, this is a good thing for the Song Kingdom.

made Bi Yong a little undecided......

Or report it to Your Majesty first, and ask Your Majesty to decide......

Bi Yong bowed down and bowed: "This matter is too involved, let me go back and report to the emperor before I can make a decision......"

Ma Jin smiled and waved his hand, signaled him to be flat, and said: "It's okay, this matter is a big matter, and it should be reported to the emperor of your country, your envoy is a righteous and capable courtier......"

"Then the subordinate will retreat first......"

"In a few days, I will hold a birthday prayer for the Queen Mother in Daming Palace, and I hope that your envoy will be there."

Bi Yong said respectfully: "Your Majesty has a heart, and the subordinates dare not obey." ”

Ma Jin nodded, watching Bi Yong bow and retreat.

Subsequently, Ma Jin asked Wang Chengen to go to meet with the envoys of other countries. There is no need to see them one by one, after all, Ma Jin is very busy. Wait for the envoys of various countries to enter the palace, a formulaic greeting. This time, Ma Jin didn't see Bi Yong being so amiable, after all, how to say that the Song State also has the name of one of the four great powers, and it should be treated equally. But these small countries that are not in the stream, Ma Jin naturally has to stand up to the Heavenly Empire.

Ma Jindu has been the emperor for almost a year, and he has a majestic and inviolable majesty of heaven, which makes the envoys of various countries sincerely fearful and awe-inspiring.

Then Ma Jin shushed these envoys for a while, and after praising them, he made these excited envoys retreat.