As soon as he asked about Xixia, Bao Heizi obviously said with a bit of anger on his face: "That's right. In the previous battle between Western Xia and my Great Song Dynasty, they won more and lost less, and now because of the problem of national strength, they don't want to fight, so they want to negotiate peace with us, and let us pay tribute to them shamelessly, you say, this is their request not to fight, and it is not what we mean. Then where do you still give them money, and where is there such a reason in the world? ”

"Well, what Uncle Bao said is right, what about the opinions of the officials and ministers in the court?" Su Shi also asked curiously.

Although Su Shi had also learned about the Song Dynasty before, he had only heard about it, and it was far from being as close as it is now. When Su Shi came to this world and wanted to take a good look at the history of the Great Song Dynasty, he was depressed to find that there was everything in the system, but there were no books about the history of the Song Dynasty.

All the impressions of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi can only come from the understanding of the previous life and what he has seen and heard now.

"They? They..."Bao Heizi seemed to think of something unpleasant, and his face turned iron-clad and said: "They actually agreed to Xixia's request, and they were willing to pay tribute, and now the two sides can't talk about how much to pay tribute." ”

Speaking of these, Bao Heizi obviously has an expression of hatred for iron but not steel.

Obviously, his ideas are different from those of many courtiers, and he thinks that with the money of tribute, it is better to train more elite soldiers, and only when he is strong will he make the enemy fearful.

But obviously other people don't think so, and more courtiers are still obsessed with the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty. In their opinion, just giving some money can be exchanged for peace in the world, which is undoubtedly a very suitable thing.

There are also favored courtiers like Fan Zhongyan, as soon as they want to implement the new policy, they naturally want to be distracted by the war, so they also agree to pay tribute to Xixia Nagong.

And not only the courtiers in the court, but even the officials thought so, when Song Zhenzong was in power, the alliance of Lanyuan was obviously the winning side of the Song Dynasty, but the result was that the Song gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 horses of silk every year, in exchange for the war not to continue.

With such an example, Renzong also followed suit. It is precisely because these emperors are like this that the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty will decline a lot in less than a hundred years after the founding of the country, so that after less than a hundred years, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty will be completely rotten, and finally Song Huizong and Song Qinzong father and son were arrested, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished.

In the final analysis, the father and son are indeed weak to the outside world, but why is there no reason why the ancestors did not lay a good foundation?

Whenever there is a war, the idea is not how to destroy the enemy, but how much money to spend to destroy the disaster. Under the rise and fall, the enemy became stronger and stronger after gaining money, and the Great Song Dynasty used his own flesh and blood to make the opponent stronger.

This is the reason why the rich Song is weak. Su Shi knew the general trend of history, but he didn't know some of the details of what happened, so when he heard Bao Heizi say that the two sides had a disagreement because of how much money was paid, he really didn't know what to say.

"Uncle Bao, dissipate your anger, maybe the officials and those courtiers have other considerations?" Su Shi persuaded with a smile.

After hearing this, Bao Heizi wanted to say that this is simply a weak personality and lack of self-confidence. But thinking about it, he still didn't say it, he came to Su Shi here today to eat and drink, not to say that those annoying Great Song Dynasty's weak policies towards foreign countries. "Okay, let's not talk about them, let's talk about you, I heard that more than 20 nursing homes outside Zhao Shishe's house were broken and thrown there early this morning, can this matter have anything to do with you?"

Obviously, this is the business that Bao Heizi came to today.

"Yes. That's what I let people do. Su Shi did not mean to deny it.

There must not be too few people who know about this matter, and even if he denies it, the bag of sunspots will be disappointed in him, and they will think that they have deceived him, and they will form a bad image. Of course, more importantly, this thing has been done, and there is no need to deny it.

"Why?" Bao Heizi was not surprised by Su Shi's answer, but asked with curiosity.

"Why else, those more than 20 nursing homes rushed into my mansion late at night and wanted to commit murder, then of course I have to repay the situation in the way of others." Su Shi then told the details of what happened.

Of course, Su Shi did not mention that he had long known that Liu Er and the others were outside the mansion, and he had already prepared to wait in the trap, but only explained that the guards given by his father were very brave, and they were defeated after a battle with Liu Er.

"Okay, good fight." After hearing this, Bao Heizi couldn't help but shout.

This result was a little unexpected for Su Shi, "Uncle Bao, you're not talking back, are you?" ”

"What do you mean by talking back, these people have come to the door, is it possible that you still have to prepare gold and silver for them, so that they can't stop?" Bao Heizi said by metaphor.

"Hehe, too. So, did the nephew do the right thing? Su Shi knew that this was Bao Heizi's way to express his dissatisfaction with the official family and some peace courtiers.

"Of course there is nothing wrong with that. We don't look for trouble at random, but if others come to us for trouble, you don't have to be polite. Brother Shi, you are doing the right thing, you also like this kind of character very much, if it weren't for the fact that you are still young and have leg diseases, then I really want to ensure that you enter the military camp, presumably with your character to go to the border land, then neither Liao nor Western Xia can get any benefits. ”

Bao Heizi actually wanted to recommend himself to go to the military camp to lead the soldiers to fight, and at this moment, Su Shidu almost stood up directly from his wheelchair to prove himself. But such an idea is just a fleeting moment, and he will not be so impulsive, because even if he really stands up now, it is very difficult to join the army.

Not for anything else, just because of his young age, weak foundation, and more importantly, his background, Renzong will not rest assured that he will put the military power in the hands of other Zhao people. It's just that with the recommendation of Bao Heizi alone, it will never be possible.

"Hehe, Uncle Bao laughed, I don't want to go to war, it's too dangerous, although I am not in good health, I am also the only seedling of the Su family, Uncle Bao will spare me."

"Alas, you, when the young man is righteous, how can you be so greedy for life and afraid of death." Bao Heizi shook his head with a smile, thinking that Su Shi had a leg disease, so he couldn't enlist in the army at this point, so he simply forgot about the idea just now.

"Hahaha." Su Shi laughed, and his evaluation of Bao Heizi seemed to be very useful. At this time, he didn't have the sharpness that a teenager should have, but who knows what the real situation is?

Bao Heizi's trip was to ask about Zhao Shishe, and after learning about the process of the matter, he patted his chest and promised that if someone went to the court and wanted to find trouble with Su Shi through this matter, then he would definitely fight with reason.

In this regard, Su Shi naturally thanked him, no matter what, he understood Bao Heizi's heart.

But in fact, when the Zhao family really wanted to trouble him, how could Bao Heizi, who was just the right supervisor of the imperial history, stop him?

But in any case, Bao Heizi can say this, Su Shi is grateful. The two talked very late, and in the end, after drinking in Su Mansion, the somewhat drunk Bao Heizi was sent back by Zhang Chao, who came with him.

After Bao Heizi left, the smile on Su Shi's face became much calmer, and he turned around and returned to the study.

......

Facts have proved how naïve and ridiculous Zhao Shirui's idea of letting Cao Ping take the initiative to stop.

In just one day, the people of Cao Mansion rearranged the shop, and the next day the sign of a pretty woman rouge shop was hung high.

I heard that this was the name given by Empress Cao herself, and many ladies who got the news rushed over for a while, as if they wanted to touch Queen Cao's joy. After all, as a woman, she can be like the queen of a country, which is definitely the top existence.

If it is said that the reason why the customers came was to see the face of Queen Cao, but as soon as they entered the store, the dazzling array of goods completely blinded their eyes, making them completely fall into it and unable to extricate themselves.

The variety is so large, the effect is so good, and the usage is so simple, it is far from being comparable to the things in the rouge shops in Bianliang City now.

Coupled with the big sign of the queen's mother, the goods in the store were soon sold out.

It also shows from this incident that no matter what dynasty it is, a woman's money is always the best to earn.

Cao Ping got the housekeeper's report, saying that all the goods in the store were sold out, and he was shocked in his heart.

He thought that these novelty things that Su Shi brought would sell very well, but he didn't expect them to sell so well, and they were all sold out.

When the housekeeper took the full 500,000 yuan of the goods sold and piled up several large boxes in front of Cao Ping, he realized that he still underestimated the energy of these things.

500,000 yuan, you can get 10%, that is to get 50,000 yuan, this is just a day's income.

"Quick, prepare the car to go to Su Mansion. No, I'll ride forward. Cao Ping, who had just been on duty, said excitedly.

Along the way, Cao Ping almost bumped into someone on the street, but he didn't care at all, his mind was full of countless gold and silver glittering.

But soon, Cao Ping, who went to Su Mansion, walked out a little dejected. Without him, Su Shi has no goods in his hands.

Of course, there are still goods, as long as Su Shi goes to the system to exchange, he can still take out a lot. But Su Shi doesn't think that money is his first priority now, and faith is obviously more important.

Besides, Su Shi really wants to go to Shangcang Mountain to have a look, so he needs a reason to leave Beijing, and the purchase of goods is undoubtedly the best excuse.