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Speaking of the topic, Ban Dingyuan immediately put on a correct posture, coughed lightly, and said to Li Shen: "Li Xiang, the matter represented by the Han Dynasty is officially an equal diplomatic relationship with your country,

The specific matters have been clearly written on the submitted credentials, and the Han Dynasty wants to carry out comprehensive cooperation with your country in the commercial, military, economic and cultural fields.

So as to achieve a win-win situation. ”

Li Shen smiled slightly: "Then dare to ask the envoys, what is a win-win situation?" ”

Ban Dingyuan said: "If my country purchases surplus ore raw materials from your country and opens mines and factories in China, it will definitely give your country corresponding profits.

Your country can also make a profit by purchasing the goods needed by our Han Dynasty, and this move is not an economic win-win for both sides?

Isn't it a military win-win situation for China to sell the most advanced firearms and equipment to your country to help you eliminate outdated weapons and thus improve the combat effectiveness of the army?

Wouldn't it be a win-win situation for our country and your country to conduct a concerted effort to investigate folk culture and help the people enrich their spiritual and material life and improve their horizons?

Li Xiang thought about it, which of the three listed below is not a policy for the benefit of the country and the people? Is it a win-win situation for your country and your dynasty? ”

After Li Shen listened, his eyes lit up, and he quickly fell into deep thought.

According to Ban Dingyuan, if Jin Guo really develops according to this assumption, Jin Guo's national strength will definitely be raised by several steps.

The interconnection of business and market can boost the revenue of the national treasury, and there is no need to rely on the agricultural tax of only two seasons a year to maintain daily expenses.

Military cooperation can replace all the backward weapons in the army with new equipment, so as to improve combat effectiveness, after all, he has already learned about the power of firearms from Zhang Gui's mouth.

As for people-to-people cultural exchanges, it can also allow the long-standing grievances of the people to transfer the contradictions in the court officialdom to the outside and relieve the pressure on the central government.

In this way, Ban Dingyuan's proposal for "diplomatic relations" is indeed beneficial to both sides.

It's just that Li Shen understands that it is basically impossible to fully implement these three articles.

First of all, the first one, the ore must not be used to the enemy, this is the iron law of Dajin.

South Australia is rich in minerals, but the mining efforts are very limited, so far there are only 13 official mines in operation, and most of them are in an intermittent state, and the private mines are very small in terms of scale and number.

This was because the rulers of the Jin Kingdom believed that the mines were prone to gather a group of green-skinned scoundrels, and the miners had been a group of ruthless and brave people since history, and if they gathered in one place to make trouble, it would be enough for the local government to drink a pot.

It is only when the climate is green and yellow, seeing that the people can't survive, will they "be gracious" and "give" the people and officialdom to work to show the emperor's grace.

But once the disaster has subsided, these people will be quickly driven back to their respective territories to prevent the miners from joining together to threaten local security.

As for military cooperation, it is even more impossible to achieve.

In fact, Li Shen knew very well that among the Nanyang countries, the reason why the Jin State was able to deter the Siyi was not by virtue of advanced military technology, but by crushing manpower.

But when it comes to soldier equipment, the battle of Luzon has fallen behind the enemy many years ago.

Luzon's army was armed with weapons forged from Uzi steel, armor made of willow leaves, heavy defensive weapons such as crossbows and stone cannons, and a fleet capable of galloping through the seas.

At that time, the raw materials of the weapons of the soldiers of the Jin Army were still backward pig iron, and the penetration rate of iron armor was less than 10% of the whole army, and the navy was even more backward, relying on several times the number of enemies to defeat the opponent.

Li Shen understood that the reform of military equipment must be carried out, otherwise he would not be able to continue to show absolute superiority over the surrounding vassals.

However, Hong Lin will not recognize the fact that his army has fallen behind the world, and he believes in his bones that the Jin army is still the invincible Jin army in the world, even if he admits that there are places that are indeed inferior to the enemy, he will not change this arrogant and arrogant thinking.

As for the last piece, open cultural exchanges are a major taboo in the country, and Honglin will never allow it.

Thinking of this, Li Shen sighed lightly, and he could only take it step by step.

Yes, he said to Ban Dingyuan: "What the foreign envoy said, I will truthfully convey it to the emperor at the next meeting, but I just took the liberty to ask,

If your country opens a mine and a factory in our Daikin, how much benefit may my Daikin get? ”

This is also the most urgent problem for Li Shen to solve at the moment, since Honglin ascended the throne, the treasury money is like flowing water, there is no enough money for his loser, he urgently needs an additional way to solve the finances.

Ban Dingyuan said: "Then it depends on the scale of this factory, taking the Jizhou Iron Works in the Far East as an example, the state treasury can collect four million silver dollars in taxes from the iron factory a year. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Four million taels?

What is this concept?!

The annual revenue of the state treasury is only 80 million taels at most, and sometimes even only 50 million taels, and a single iron factory can bring one-twentieth or even one-twelfth of the tax revenue of the national treasury, which can completely solve the current and even future financial problems.

"Ban envoy, you can't talk nonsense, can there really be so many taxes?"

"Just more, no less."

Seeing Ban Dingyuan's determined tone, Li Shen had already decided to try it and persuade Honglin to let the Central Plains people open a mine in the territory.

The two talked happily until the time of the lamp, and then Li Shen said goodbye and left.

Today's meeting with Ban Dingyuan has benefited him a lot, and he has also seen the depth of the Central Plains, far beyond what he thought.

It's just that when Li Shen returned to the palace to see Honglin, before he could say goodbye, he heard Honglin ask in a calm voice, "Are you back?" ”

Li Shen was stunned, and it was obvious that Honglin's tone was displeased.

He had the courage to peek at it, only to see Honglin's face pale.

"The slave has returned, and he has talked with the Dongyi envoys, and he has roughly understood the content of diplomatic relations......

Without waiting for Li Shen to finish speaking, Honglin directly threw a secret report in front of him: "You can take a look for yourself." ”

Li Shen lay on the ground, picked up the secret report and opened it.

After reading it, he couldn't help but be shocked: "Your Majesty, the slave really doesn't know that there is such a thing." ”

Honglin said expressionlessly: "What a Dongyi, he actually sent his abacus to my Nanyang, and I still treated them with courtesy, and I didn't need the courtesy of a monarch and a minister.

But when they arrived, half of the 36 countries and 72 states in Nanyang became Dongyi territory, and they clearly didn't take my Dajin in their eyes.

If it weren't for the envoys of Manila to enter Beijing, I would still be kept in the dark! ”

Honglin was very angry, and the Han Dynasty's move was tantamount to greatly weakening the Jin State's control over the Nanyang forces, which he categorically could not accept.

In fact, there were only about thirteen colonies of the Han Dynasty in Nanyang, and these thirteen areas were all sanctioned by the Han Dynasty Navy because of the local natives who actively threatened the Han Dynasty merchant fleet, and most of the areas were actually normal commercial trade.

But even so, Honglin will never allow a second force to threaten Jinguo's absolute right to speak in Nanyang!