Cao Min was taken aback for a moment, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he whispered: "Don't dare to deceive your uncle, my grandfather did recruit some artisans from the Song Dynasty on and off, and the artisans can indeed create the original version of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty. arms.
It's just that Da Song's crossbows are a bit laborious to forge, and the current output is extremely low. "
Kou Ji nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, and said: "You are still honest... not bad, not bad..."
Hearing Kou Ji's compliment, Cao Min showed a smile on his face, but Kou Ji's next sentence was washed away after the smile was not on his face for long.
"How far has your firearm been researched?"
Kou Ji asked lightly.
Liu Heng, who listened to the side, showed an unbelievable expression.
The smile on Cao Min's face froze for an instant, and his body remained motionless as if he had been under a holding spell.
Kou Ji stared at Cao Min, smiled without saying a word, and waited for his reply.
Cao Min knelt on the spot, pursing his lips, unable to say a word.
Kou Ji waited for a long time, but did not see Cao Min speaking, and asked with a smile: "Are you thinking, how did I know?"
Cao Min still pursed his mouth and did not speak.
Kou Ji smiled again: "You refused to say, did Cao take advantage of it not to let you say, or did your Cao family plan to hide it from me?"
Cao Min squeezed an ugly smile on his face and said, "Uncle, although my nephew has seen firearms, he hasn't touched them much, let alone I have seen artificial firearms in my Cochin.
Uncle, you sent all the artificial firearms with you when the guards left.
Even the missing parts are not left. "
Kou Ji couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are smart and gave me an ambiguous answer. But I am not so foolish.
If you don't want to say it, I will tell you about it. "
With an ugly smile on his face, Cao Min stared at Kou Ji, as if waiting for Kou Ji's ruling.
Kou Ji sighed: "Firearms are a good thing, but no one who has seen it doesn't want it. The generals like you Cao who started through wars are even more coveted.
The generals in the Song Dynasty are all coveting firearms.
It's just that they know that they can't get a firearm over me, so they can only temporarily suppress their greed.
Not only can't reveal it, but also hide it deeply, for fear of being discovered by me and breaking with them.
Outside the Song Dynasty, there are countless people coveting firearms.
But it is almost impossible for them to have access to firearms, even if they are purchased at a high price.
You are different. You are the only one outside the Song Dynasty who has used firearms in combat and the only one who has held firearms for a long time.
I don't believe it, you won't study it in private.
Although I have warned the guards to guard against the firearms, they should not escape.
But Jiaozhi is your territory, if you want to hide from the guards, take the firearms and study them for a few days, it's easy. "
After hearing Kou Ji's words, Cao Min didn't even change the expression on his face.
Everyone inside and outside the Song Dynasty knew how much Kou Ji paid attention to firearms.
From the appearance of firearms to the present, there has been an endless stream of people studying and reselling firearms overtly and secretly, but they have been cleaned up without exception.
Although Kou Ji has never come forward to deal with this matter, there is always a shadow of Kou Ji behind it.
If Cao Min dared to admit it, Kou Ji would dare to raise his army.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said with a smile: "You don't have to cover up in front of me. You and I know whether your Cao family has studied it. Since I didn't send someone to take you down, it means I won't be because This matter is booming.
But now that I am not raising troops, does not mean that I will not raise troops in the future.
Specifically, it depends on you, Cao Jiatan's not being honest. "
When Kou Ji talked about this, Cao Min still didn't plan to speak.
Kou Ji slowly put away the smile on his face, and said faintly: "Didn't your grandfather tell you, don't try to hide anything in front of me?"
Cao Min hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth and said: "My grandfather will not take you, and my Cao family will not take you."
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Since you won't lose me, why can't you even be honest? Do you think I don't know anything if you don't say anything
Firebolt, you should have already made it, right
But all the tigers rushed to you, but they were still to no avail.
As for muskets and artillery, you should still be hovering at the door. "
Cao Min suddenly raised his head and stared at Kou Ji in horror.
Kou Ji snorted coldly, "Don't look at me like that, and don't doubt whether I have planted someone in your Cao family. When I handed the firearm to your Cao family, I knew that your Cao family would study it secretly.
I also know what your Cao family can study.
That's why I can safely hand over the firearm to you for use. "
Cao Min couldn't believe it.
Kou Ji was confident.
Things that have been separated by hundreds of years cannot be studied by anyone who wants to study them, even if the structure of the things is simple.
Some technical difficulties were overcome by Kou Ji himself, and he knew the difficulty inside.
Without the guidance of artisans who are familiar with muskets and artillery, the Cao family could not make muskets and artillery at all.
Many things are actually blind, but it is precisely this one that can block the Cao family for decades, or even hundreds of years.
Kou Ji looked directly at Cao Min, and Cao Min lowered his head with a guilty conscience before he dared to look at each other for long.
Seeing this, Kou Ji stopped chasing after him.
"For the sake of your grandfather's gracious donation of jiaozhi this time, I will not pursue this matter. When I go back, I will tell your grandfather and let him not worry about it. No matter how long you study, you won't get involved. Secret, the difference is more than a star and a half.
As long as he doesn't care about Da Song, places other than Da Song, let him take permission.
Since you have studied the Firebolt Meteor Arrow, it is enough for you to go out and bully people.
Other armaments, whatever you want, can be purchased from Da Song.
Five years later, let your grandfather send someone to my fief, and I will let people tell you the secret of a hundred tigers running together.
At that time, you can also be equipped with hundreds of tigers.
As for muskets and artillery, fifteen years from now.
Fifteen years later, as long as your grandfather is still alive, I can sell you some muskets and artillery in the past.
If your grandfather does go, look at it again. "
Kou Ji said not salty or indifferent.
Cao Min knelt on the ground and listened.
Cao Min's greatest feeling is that the man in front of him controls everything, and everything in the world seems to be judged by the man in front of him.
He is now listening to this person's ruling on Jiaozhi.
After Kou Ji finished speaking, seeing Cao Min still kneeling, he waved his hand and said, "I have said everything that should be said, and I have nothing else to explain.
Go and stay in the post.
Talk to the people at Honghe Temple about how much ship and materials you need.
How much you can get depends on your ability, I will not participate in the negotiation of the ship and materials.
Lest your grandfather blame me for bullying the junior. "
Cao Min knelt on the ground and gave a respectful salute to Kou Ji, "Nephew farewell..."
After Cao Min said goodbye, he got up and quit Kou Ji's study.
Liu Heng led Cao Min out of the bamboo courtyard and escorted him to the post house.
After nightfall, Liu Heng returned to the bamboo courtyard, and as soon as he returned to the bamboo courtyard, he went straight to Kou Ji's study.
Kou Ji was sitting alone in the study, flipping through a book, and when he heard Liu Heng getting started, he put down the book in his hand.
Liu Heng entered the study and said to Kou Ji with a smile: "Fourth brother seems to know that I am coming?"
Kou Ji sighed and said, "It stands to reason that you have been running around for a few months. I should ask you to go back and wash, and then rest.
However, you have been listening to my conversation with Cao Min today, and you must have countless questions in your heart to ask me.
So I will wait for you in the study. "
Liu Heng smiled and took off his coat, went to a recliner in the study, and let out a sigh of relief: "The fourth brother still understands me..."
After saying this, Liu Heng seemed to have something to say, but before he opened his mouth, he listened to Kou Ji said: "I have ordered the kitchen to prepare the food you like, and I will deliver it in a while.
And your favorite wine. "
Liu Heng was overjoyed and said with a big smile: "You are really my brother."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Okay, don't talk about those useless. If you have any questions, ask as soon as possible."
Liu Heng heard this, not hypocritical, he immediately opened his mouth and said: "How did the fourth brother determine that the Cao family would definitely study firearms?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "This is a stupid question. It's you. Seeing the firearm dangling in front of your eyes, you can take it easily. Don't you want to study it."
Liu Heng reached into his arms, took out a short gun, and questioned: "Do I need it?"
Kou Ji said angrily: "You are near the water platform, other people are not as lucky as you."
Liu Heng put away his short guns and smiled dryly: "I just think you saved the Cao family. They know that you don't like to let this thing fall into the hands of outsiders. They shouldn't study this thing."
Kou Ji pondered for a while, shaking his head and sighed: "Not everyone is like you, and not everyone is like you, treating friendship as the only one.
Cao took advantage of these years and did not violate my wishes, and did everything according to my instructions.
This time when he asked him to surrender the toes, he happily surrendered them.
This is already very rare for him.
I can't be too harsh on him. "
Liu Heng curled his lips and said, "But you saved their entire family. They shouldn't act against you, let alone do things you don't like behind your back.
They are called ungrateful. "
Kou Jirao glanced at Liu Heng with a deep meaning, "If you hold on to your own self-respect, there will be no good results. There are too few people who repay the grace of dripping water when there is a spring, so whenever there is a man of righteousness and righteousness, it is very valuable. .
Taizu sent Jingniang thousands of miles back then, but he was not chaotic, and was quoted as a good story.
Of course, there is the meaning of flattering Taizu, but it is more to praise Taizu's benevolence.
If you send Jingniang thousands of miles away, I am afraid that your son will be pregnant. "
Liu Heng smiled dryly without refuting.
Kou Ji continued: "So, if we can't do the most benevolent and righteous, we can't ask others to do the most benevolent and righteous. Don't do to others what you don't want."
Liu Heng grinned and said: "Don't tell me these great truths, I don't like it. Anyway, I just think that whether it is Zhang Yuan or Cao, they all started with your hands. They are not right to you. Obedience by fate is an ungrateful generation."
Kou Ji said angrily and funny: "I don't care, what do you care about so much. Besides, you don't think about it carefully. Is it the result of my deliberate indulgence that they can cultivate today's ambition?"
Liu Heng was taken aback and looked at Kou Ji in amazement.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Whether it is Zhang Yuan's belonging or Cao's use of his belongings, the most powerful soldiers and horses under him are all my people. If I really wanted to kill them, their ambitions were just beginning to emerge. At that time, they killed them.
The reason why I don't care about this is to let them breed ambitions and then continue to grow. "
Liu Heng couldn't help but sat up straight, staring at Kou Ji and said, "What are you doing this way? Are you not afraid of raising tigers?"
Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Raise tigers? As long as I live, they won't be troubles. Even if I die, they won't be troubles for a long time.
As for what I pictured, didn't you already know it? "
Liu Heng was taken aback for a moment, thought about it carefully, stared and asked, "Do you miss the Golden City in the West?"
After the destruction of Xixia, Kou Ji briefly talked to Liu Heng and others about the magnificence of the world, including the city made of gold in Western legends.
Liu Heng and others remembered it.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Gold is no longer important to me. I just think that there are many rich places in the West. If I Han Chinese can't get involved, it will become a big regret in the future.
So I wanted to indulge Cao Utilizing and Zhang Yuan to breed ambitions, and then go to the West for me to see. "
Liu Heng hesitated and said: "I heard you say that the land in the West may not necessarily lose to my Da Song. You are not afraid that they will go to the West and build a big country in the West comparable to my Da Song.
At that time, they will take the power of a great power and invade me and Song Dynasty from the east? "
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and then burst into laughter, "If they really have that ability, they can really build a huge empire in the West that won't lose to my Da Song.
I won't care what they do at that time. "
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji in confusion.
In his eyes, Kou Ji is a person who treats Da Song as a protectionist.
How could he watch Da Song being insulted by others
Through Liu Heng's gaze, Kou Ji felt the confusion in Liu Heng's heart. He smiled and said: "At that time, whoever wins and who loses will belong to me in this world.
do you understand? "
Liu Heng stared in amazement and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.
What Kou Ji said was too big for him to react to it for a while.
Kou Ji sighed: "Okay, don't think about it too much. The western region is not small, and there are soft persimmons and stubborn stubbles. They want to build an empire in the West that will not lose to the Song Dynasty. The difficulty is not small.
Maybe Yu Lie can do it for two or three years. "
Liu Heng asked awkwardly, "Can't solve it in one lifetime?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "If I open the firearm to them, of course I can."
Liu Heng raised his brows, "So... the final thing is still in your hands?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Liu Heng couldn't help but sighed: "The world only treats you as the fourth brother of the country, but you don't know that you are actually the world."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "What the world is not the world, I'm just a common man."
Liu Heng did not respond to Kou Ji's words, but instead asked: "Let's talk back to Jiaozhi. Can you really conclude that Cao can't use the research to produce firearms
I think firearms are quite simple, not that complicated? "
Kou Ji pondered and said: "If there are skilled craftsmen to help, three or five handles are still possible. But it is impossible to equip them in the army on a large scale."
"why?"
Liu Heng questioned.
Kou Ji faintly said: "The material of the barrel alone is enough for him to think about it for a long, long time."
Liu Heng pondered for a moment, and asked, "Steel is so difficult to forge? I think it is easy for people in the equipment workshop to forge?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "I made the things, and taught them nothing left, so that they can forge qualified steel.
You go to the folks to find some craftsmen to try and see if they can forge the same. "
Liu Heng scratched his head.
He didn't understand this, so even if Kou Ji explained it to him in detail, he still didn't understand.
Seeing that Kou Ji said so surely, he chose to believe it.
He asked again: "Then you really plan to give him something in five years' time?"
Kou Ji sighed and said, "When things get into the hands of the people underneath, they will leak out sooner or later. There is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if our defense is tight, others will find loopholes.
Instead of letting them try their best to find a gap, it is better to give them a time limit, and when the time is up, give them the things decisively. "
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji with dazzling eyes, and asked, "What about us?"
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng, "I'm now asking someone to send you a batch of them. Do you dare to use it openly?"
Liu Heng shook his head decisively.
If Kou Ji really sent someone to send him a batch of firearms, he wouldn't dare to use it.
Once it was taken out and saw the light, it would be immediately discovered by Chong Shiheng.
Zhong Shiheng will definitely inform the court of this matter without hesitation.
Once the court knew about this, the scene would be embarrassing.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng will have no face then and continue to stay in Bianjing City.
"Okay, you're finished asking what you should ask? Meals should have been prepared over the kitchen. Are you going to eat in the dining hall or let the kitchen bring it over."
"Let the kitchen bring you here. You and my brothers haven't had a drink together for a long time. Have a good drink tonight, and I will tell you about my experience in Cochin."
Liu Heng suggested with a smile.
Kou Ji did not refuse, nodded, and went to the door to give an order.
It didn't take long for the people in the kitchen to deliver the wine and food to the study.
Kou Ji and Liu Heng sat at the table, eating and drinking, while listening to Liu Heng's talk about what they saw in Jiaozhi.
Until midnight, the two went back to their rooms to rest.
Early the next morning.
Before Kou Ji wakes up, Wang Zeng and Cai Qi kill the door together.
The two old guys hurried into Kou Ji's bedroom without asking for convenience or inconvenience.
Fortunately, there is only Kou Ji in the bedroom.
After the two old guys entered the bedroom, they blocked Kou Ji's bed one by one, awake Kou Ji abruptly.
"I heard that the Cochin Envoy has entered Beijing?"
"Does that still need to be heard? The guards at the entrance of the Jiaozhi Posthouse have been changed. They must have entered Beijing."
"Is Jiaozhi going to dedicate his letter of the country to me soon, and appoint him to Dasong Natu?"
"People are selling, not surrendering."
"..."
The two old guys guarded Kou Ji's bed, you said each sentence.
Kou Ji opened his eyes helplessly, and glanced at the two with sleepy eyes, "Is this the opposite of you two?"
Wang Zeng snorted: "I learned that the Cozhi Envoy had entered Beijing. It was difficult to sleep at night, but you sleep comfortably."
Kou Ji curled his mouth and said, "No one is stopping you from sleeping."
Wang Zeng exclaimed angrily: "Jiaozhi came to negotiate the issue of selling land. How could we sleep on such a big matter?"
Cai Qi stopped Wang Zeng and said, "Okay, let alone these useless things."
After saying this, Cai Qi glared and shouted to Kou Ji: "Hurry up and go to Hongyou Temple. Take the people from Hongyou Temple to talk to the Jiaozhi people, and strive to make this matter today. Both of me. I can sleep peacefully tonight."
Wang Zeng nodded heavily, "This matter is uncertain, I really have trouble sleeping and eating."
Kou Ji sat up helplessly, stretched his waist and said, "As you know, this is a major event involving the sale of land, and it is impossible to talk about it in one day."
When Cai Qi heard this, he immediately said: "Then hold the Jiaozhi people to talk all night. When I was young, I traveled to many countries and talked about many important things.
When this person stays up all night and can't stay up, his ears are prone to deafness, his eyes are prone to blurry, and his brain is not easy to work.
If you can seize the opportunity, you can win a lot of benefits for my Da Song. "
Wang Zeng saw that Cai Qi had imparted Kou Ji's negotiation experience, and he was unwilling to show weakness and began to talk to Kou Ji about his negotiation experience.
Kou Jier listened to the two of them talking in his ears, they were one head and two big ones.
Negotiations were a big deal for Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, and for Kou Ji.
The talk was over last night.
Going now is just a cutscene.
Wang Zeng and Cai Qi babbled in Kou Ji's ears for a long time. Seeing that Kou Ji was either stretching or yawning, the two old guys were also anxious.
"Have you listened to me?"
Wang Zeng questioned.
Kou Ji said perfunctorily: "Listen...Listen..."
Wang Zengguo said, "Then I told you just now, what should I do in case of indecision?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said casually: "Drag..."
Wang Zeng immediately blew his beard and stared, "What is dragging! It is obviously forcing them to speak, revealing the flaws, and then we will find holes in it."
Seeing that Kou Ji was absent-minded, Cai Qi suddenly thought about it, "Let's take up his bed. If he doesn't agree on this matter, we can't sleep, and he shouldn't sleep."
When Wang Zeng heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Just do it!"
Kou Ji glanced at the two old guys, too lazy to care about them.
Under the gaze of the two old guys, he got up to wash, and walked out of the bedroom door.
The two old guys followed Kou Ji closely until they reached the door of Hongyou Temple. They watched Kou Ji enter the Hongyou Temple before the two old guys let him go.