Less than an hour and a half after the envoys of the feudal king entered Beijing, their appeals to Song Dynasty reached Kou Ji's ears.
In the bamboo courtyard.
Kou Ji grabbed the fur on his body and asked in surprise: "You mean, they want to buy iron from my Da Song?"
Zhao Run stood in front of Kou Ji and nodded solemnly.
Since Zhao Run was registered as the prince, Zhao Run has become quite calm.
Teaching him is no longer the responsibility of Kou Ji alone, but the responsibility of many people.
Zhao Run has moved out of the harem and moved into the East Palace where Zhao Zhen used to live. The Wende Building in the East Palace has become Zhao Run's place of study.
Every day, there will be doctors from the Imperial College, bachelors from various cabinets, and bachelors to Wende Building to teach Zhao Run.
The doctors and bachelors of Guozijian are not as flexible as Kou Ji, nor are they as laissez-faire as Kou Ji. They are relatively rigid, so the students taught will inevitably be less spiritual and more calm.
Seeing Zhao Run nodding, Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Do they want iron from the workshop outside the city?"
Zhao Run nodded and said: "They mean that it is best to forge the raw materials in the workshop. They are willing to spend a lot of money to buy them. If my father is willing to send a skilled craftsman to guide them in forging iron, they are willing to give them a gift. Pay a huge price."
Koj laughed, "They were smart once, I thought they would stare at the firearm stupidly..."
Zhao Run smiled and said, "My father said the same."
Kou Jidan smiled and asked, "What is your father going to do?"
Zhao Run said seriously: "My father neither agreed nor refused. He told me to come over and ask what you mean."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Then go back and tell your father, if they want it, then sell it to them. The price is more expensive, the more expensive the better."
Zhao Run hesitated: "Mr. I am not afraid that after they get the iron material, they will work out our forging skills?"
Kou Ji smiled brightly and said, "If the forging technique could be studied by others, it would have been passed down to the world."
Zhao Run nodded and said nothing more, and after bidding farewell to Kou Ji, he went back to the palace to spread the word.
After Zhao Run left, Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "Although he was clever once, but still not enough. A person who has been dead for more than ten years is smarter than you."
The person in Kou Ji's mouth that had been dead for more than ten years was the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan.
In order to get the iron material for the forging workshop, Zhao Yuanyan chose to buy a large number of farm tools from the private sector and melted it for recasting.
Zhu Neng and others never looked at those farm tools.
On this alone, they are inferior to Zhao Yuanyan.
If Zhu Neng and others proposed to Zhao Zhen to purchase a large amount of farm tools through normal diplomatic relations, Zhao Zhen would definitely not refuse, and would not even discuss with Kou Ji.
Kou Ji will not stop it if he knows it.
As for when they took the farm tools back, they melted them to make other things, or if they used those farm tools to plow the fields, no one in the Song Dynasty would care.
Zhu Neng and others directly asked Song to buy iron materials, and everyone could guess their purpose.
Their move is tantamount to adding resistance to their own purchase of iron materials.
Kou Ji called Liu Heng to his study and told Liu Heng about the matter.
After listening to Kou Ji's analysis, Liu Heng smiled bitterly: "Everyone was born in martial arts, and he is simple and rude in case of trouble. If you buy farm tools and then recast them, a lot of time will be wasted.
And no one can guarantee that after recasting, they will get the iron material they want.
So they can only ask the court for iron materials through simple and rude methods.
If the court agrees, everyone is naturally happy.
If the court disagrees, they will naturally retreat to second place. "
Kou Ji nodded and said: "I also think they think so. But they put their thoughts on the bright side so openly, it is easy to be missed."
Liu Heng said dumbfoundedly: "You and the official are now busy restructuring, how can you care about them? If you and the official don't move them, they will be fearless."
Kou Ji said seriously: "There are still powerful countries in the West."
Liu Heng asked in return: "Are you talking about the Tianzhu people shivering under the footsteps of iron hoofs, or the big cannibals hiding in the castle under the blast of a strong crossbow?"
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng in amazement.
Liu Henggan smiled and said, "I was bored recently, so I just looked at the big food books translated by your students. Some of the military books in it look very interesting."
Kou Ji asked curiously: "What do you see from it?"
Liu Heng smiled and commented: "There is courage but no plan."
Kou Ji groaned: "Tell me carefully..."
Liu Heng made a slight gesture, "Regardless of the number of people on both sides, it is clear that the horse and the horse are facing each other, and the crowded, well-equipped, and desperate can almost win.
The art of war and trickery are almost invisible.
The most important thing is that in their military books, the strongest army mentioned is either a cavalry formation or an infantry formation.
Almost no crossbow formation and heavy crossbow formation.
There is a battle formation in it that is bragged to be very mysterious.
What is Macedonia. "
Kou Ji smiled and asked: "What do you think of the Macedonian phalanx?"
Liu Heng smiled and said: "It's more than a star and a half worse than Wei Wuzu. I only need to lead the 10,000 Great Song Imperial Army to easily defeat three times as many enemies.
Soldiers and horses are too single, and you are also the one who has led soldiers. You should understand that a single soldier and horse does not have much survivability on the battlefield.
In Macedonia, the spears in their hands are long, and close combat can keep the enemy out of the spears.
But they didn't have tyrannical crossbowmen against us.
So when I met them, I only needed to order the heavy crossbow array to shoot one round, and then I could shoot through their square array.
They can do nothing but be beaten.
If it were ten thousand forbidden troops, all bowmen and heavy crossbowmen, they would not be able to reach me.
You also know that forming a formation on the battlefield and moving forward step by step is a very silly behavior.
That's what I did when Da Song used the formation to fight back then.
My Da Song still has a huge number of bows and crossbows to help out, and it's not like being beaten like a fool.
Macedonia will only be beaten even more stupid.
Of course, if they have muskets, let's say otherwise. "
Kou Ji smiled and said: "People were a strong army more than a thousand years ago."
Liu Heng smiled and said: "More than a thousand years ago, when they met Qin Jun, they would definitely lose."
Kou Ji smiled without saying a word.
Liu Heng said with emotion: "Qin Nu is as strong as the Six Nations. Its momentum is like a gale, surging and unstoppable. In terms of blood and courage, the world is a strong army, which is comparable to the Qin army?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "But people's record is not small..."
Liu Heng laughed and said: "A group of pure soldiers and horses, fighting a group of disorderly semi-agricultural soldiers, it is a strange thing to not win. In the big food article, the magical miracle that the Macedonian phalanx is boasted, you can look at their opponents carefully You will find that their record is just like that."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "But Macedonia was a military formation a thousand years ago. Maybe they have made progress now."
Liu Heng shook his head and smiled: "A military formation of soldiers and horses has become a military formation of three types of soldiers and horses. This is also called change? How many types of soldiers and horses are there in the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty
There are more than ten kinds of scouts, messengers, jumps, dashes, shields, spears, crossbows, rangers, light armors, heavy armors, throws, flames, etc.
Our army is too numerous to count.
Our soldiers can complete many changes in the army, fast and stable, and can change with the changes in the army.
They simply can't do it.
Not to mention our erratic art of war.
They only have two ways of advancing and retreating.
Which is strong and weak is clear at a glance. "
Kou Ji smiled and said: "According to you, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others are enough to sweep the Western battlefield."
Liu Heng smiled and said: "With Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others' familiarity with the art of war, when confronted with this kind of enemy, they will be able to trap their tossing people before they fight.
By the time the fight started, Xiantian had already won half of it.
Whether it can be swept, it depends on the number of soldiers and horses under Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang.
After all, ten times as many enemy forces are pressing on it head-on, and it is difficult to win without the obstacles of the sky. "
Kou Ji nodded and said, "It seems that they didn't encounter a strong enemy in Tianzhu, otherwise they would not be able to get the Bayeux and Buddha bone relics."
The smile on Liu Heng's face narrowed, "Fourth brother, I suspect that Cao Liuli, Li Zhaoliang, Zhu Neng, Yuanshan and others have already met in Tianzhu.
They obviously discussed the present gift to the official family in advance, otherwise it would be impossible to present a generous gift to the official family at the same time. "
Kou Ji nodded solemnly and said: "I found this too. They should have formed an alliance in secret, ready to join hands from my big Song Xuan wool.
More importantly, our two families were blocked by them from the alliance. "
Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "Do I need to do something?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "No, we can just watch the changes."
Liu Heng hesitated and said, "I'm afraid we are too late, and Western treasures won't have our share."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "What we have is something they can't keep up with. I will draw something to you when I turn back, and you secretly hand it to them and let them get it for me.
As long as they can meet my requirements, I can ask the official family to send someone to build a steel forging workshop for them, or I can give them the production drawings of the Firebolt and Hundred Tigers.
Since they chose to abandon our two families, then I can only let them stay behind and eat ashes forever. "
Liu Heng questioned: "Four brothers have been worrying about it?"
Kou Ji pointed to his chest and laughed and said, "I'm already in my chest."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji smiled at Liu Heng and said: "I wrote back to Tianci and Bo Xu, and let them watch the people under the rule give birth to babies and study shipbuilding.
A new ship came out and immediately sold the old ship to the Cao family.
So back and forth, the best pass is always in our hands.
And we don't need to spend too much money from start to finish, and even earn money.
They make money with their lives, and we make their money with our brains. "
Liu Heng nodded his head and muttered, "Can the Cao family eat so many boats from our two families?"
Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and smiled indifferently: "The Cao family obviously has a relationship with Cao Li, and I asked the Cao family to do it.
If the Cao family catches up with Cao Utilization, it is equivalent to catching up with Li Zhaoliang, Zhu Neng, and Yuanshan.
The Cao family definitely can't eat it, but they can definitely eat it together. "
Liu Heng thoughtfully said, "Four brothers mean that they will buy a good boat from us through the Cao family?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "That is inevitable. They are gradually getting rid of me, so they will never trade with me in the future.
But they have to ask for the good things in our hands, so they can only go through the official family or the Cao family. "
Liu Heng said with emotion: "It's really cheap!"
Kou Ji raised up to the sky and laughed, "Isn't it..."
After Kou Ji talked with Liu Heng, it took four days to drew a lot of things with illustrations and text descriptions, and sent people to print a full 10,000 copies before sending Liu Heng before the New Year’s Eve banquet. Go to the envoys of several great vassals.
The envoys of the kings were mostly relatives of them.
So when Liu Heng took out what Kou Ji had painted and offered to exchange Firebolt and Hundred Tigers, the other party agreed without thinking.
After reaching this secret transaction.
The New Year's Eve banquet began slowly.
Kou Ji, who had been at home for two full months, finally appeared in the palace.
In two months, Kou Ji has lost a lot of weight, but his power has also grown a lot.
When Kou Ji carried his hands and followed Gong E, who led the way, into the Daqing Hall, everyone in the Daqing Hall was silent.
Thousands of people froze in front of their table, quietly watching Kou Ji step by step to the position under the imperial step and slowly sit down.
"Kou Xiang..."
Someone got up to salute.
Others also got up and bowed to Kou Ji.
Even the envoys of the vassal kings, as well as various envoys, also got up to salute.
Kou Ji Da Ma Jindao sat in his seat and waved his hand flatly, "Sit down..."
"Xie Kouxiang..."
Everyone saluted again and took their seats.
After everyone arrived, Chen Lin walked out from the back of the palace, stood on the imperial steps, and declared loudly.
"Respectfully invite the official..."
"Respectfully invite the empress dowager..."
"Respectfully invite the queen empress..."
"His Royal Highness, please..."
Chen Lin announced four times in succession.
Everyone in the Daqing Hall stood up and gave salutes to welcome Zhao Zhen's family.
Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao supported the Queen Mother Li from left to right. Zhao Run followed behind her obediently, and Princess Du and her concubines followed the prince.
A big family appeared in the Daqing Hall.
"For ministers, see official..."
"See also..."
"..."
Amidst all the courtiers in the Daqing Hall, Zhao Zhen's family sat where they should sit.
Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and declared boldly, "Zhu Qing is flat..."
The courtiers in the Daqing Hall straightened up.
Zhao Zhen declared again, "Give you a seat..."
"Thank you, the official..."
After Xie took the seat, everyone in the Daqing Hall sat down.
Tang Jie, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, holding a yellow scroll in his hand, began to read it in a high tone.
A group of people in the Daqing Hall were fascinated by it.
After Tang Jie read the gorgeous congratulatory message for the new year.
Zhao Zhen instructed Chen Lin to read out the reward for the Manchu civil and military.
After the decree of the award was read out, the kings, subordinates, and envoys came out to offer gifts to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen accepted their gifts and agreed to their demands on the spot.
Then came the vassal kings, fanciers, and envoys to present their carefully prepared programs to Zhao Zhen, His Majesty Emperor Song.
Kou Ji sat in the seat without saying a word from beginning to end.
He was full of emotion when he watched those exotic programs.
Once upon a time, in the court of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty faced the envoys of various countries, and wanted to present a show to entertain them, and even launched some martial arts and powerful inmates to let the envoys kill them.
In the end, he got off the court and brought back a little face for Da Song.
Nowadays, Song Dynasty no longer has to entertain anyone, let alone push the people of Song Dynasty to kill others for pleasure.
On the contrary, it was the vassals and subordinates, and the envoys began to please the Song Dynasty.
Even though they were teaching skills in the hall, the warriors of the Song Dynasty killed the members of the envoy, the envoys would clap their hands in excitement and shout loudly, and even offered gold and silver to praise the warriors of the Song Dynasty as first-class warriors.
Kou Ji saw an imperial golden armor, smashed a majestic and mighty Tianzhu slave to the head, drew cheers from the audience, and was rewarded with an ingot of gold from the envoy of Yuanshanbei, and nodded with satisfaction.
"This should be the case with great powers. Great powers are always to be pleased, not to please people."
Kou Ji murmured faintly, picked up the wine glass and started drinking.
A grand New Year's Eve banquet ended after Kou Ji was drunk.
Kou Ji left the palace with a car of rewards.
In the next few days, Taimiao worshipped ancestors, visited relatives and friends, and was busy for four or five days.
Four or five days later.
Kou Ji was completely free.
An old ox cart stopped at the gate of the bamboo courtyard when Kou Ji was free.
The old man on the bullock cart got out of the bullock cart and stared at the character Kou hanging in front of the bamboo courtyard for a long time.
The door guarding the entrance of the bamboo courtyard saw the old man, staring in astonishment.
After the door hurriedly gave the salute, he had to enter the door to report.
But he was stopped by Lao Zhang.
After standing at the door for a long time, Lao Zhang stepped into the bamboo courtyard.
When Lao Zhang appeared in front of Kou Ji, Kou Ji was shocked.
Kou Ji helped Lao Zhang to sit down, and asked in astonishment: "You won't be staying in Hexi for the New Year, what are you doing when you run to Bianjing City
Just your bones, under the bumps of a long journey, maybe you will die. "
Li Di sat on the seat with the help of Kou Ji, rolled his eyes and said, "You wish that the old man would die, so that I could make room for you and let you behave?"
Kou Ji ordered the butler to serve tea, then sat beside Li Di and said, "I don't like your position."
Li Di froze for a moment, then smiled and nodded: "That's right... You are now the first person under the official family, in charge of all the officials of the Song Dynasty. The old man, the official who eats sand, really can't get into your eyes."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "You suddenly ran back to Beijing during the Chinese New Year, and I don't know if there will be a sound. What is your intention?"
The smile on Li Di's face gradually dissipated, and he said with a heavy voice: "One is to condolences Wang Zeng, and the other is to talk to you with the official."
Kou Ji pondered and said, "It's mainly for me to chat with the officials, right?"
Li Di didn't hide it, and nodded.
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and said, "Is there anything inconvenient to say in the letter?"
Li Di did not answer Kou Ji's question, but asked Kou Ji in a deep voice, "Do you know what Li Zhaoliang, Yuanshan, and Zhu Neng are doing in the Western Regions?"
Kou Ji said: "They are looting the money of those small towns to strengthen themselves."
Li Di said solemnly: "It's more than looting money, they are opening up territory. The old man inquired from past merchants that they have formed an alliance with the Black Khanate. They are divided into two groups, all the way to the Black Khan Go to the west of the country and head straight for the big food.
Going all the way to the south of the Black Khanate, headed straight to Tianzhu.
After they killed Tianzhu, they ran into the Lord of Eastern Tianzhu, and now the two sides have divided up more than half of Tianzhu.
Yuanshan even abandoned his territory in the Western Regions and threw those territories to Li Zhaoliang.
After Li Zhaoliang swallowed the territory of the Yuanshan Tribe, now it has joined Zhu Neng's fief and the Black Khanate.
Yuanshan moved all his people to Tianzhu.
Now he is conquering the remaining half of Tianzhu.
The old man guessed that it was Yuanshan who used the territory of Yuanshan Tribe to exchange their territory in Tianzhu with Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng, so that Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng gave up the territory of Tianzhu.
The old man believes that Yuanshan and the Lord of Dong Tianzhu will take the entire territory of Tianzhu in one or two years. They should divide Tianzhu in centimeters and establish a country.
The current territories of Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng have reached the scale that a Khanate should have.
The old man believes that in the near future, there will be four dynasties in the West who know me well. "
At this point, Li Di's face has become very ugly.
Kou Ji groaned: "Are you aware of the danger?"
Li Di nodded and said solemnly: "Once they establish four nations, they will be four dynasties that do not lose to Xixia. If they form an alliance, it will be a huge threat to my Da Song."
Kou Ji asked: "So you rushed back to Bianjing quietly, trying to persuade the officials and me to send troops to give them some shock?"
Li Di nodded, then shook his head, "If you can't send troops, the old man said it doesn't count. Now Da Song's military affairs are not something that an old man or a civil servant can participate in.
However, it is imperative to increase troops to the northwest and southwest.
The old man heard that the north side where Gao Weizhao was located was also a lot of wars.
Presumably Gao Weizhao is also opening up territory in the north.
Once they formed an alliance and cultivated a large army, invading our Song from the west, north, and southwest, it would be a disaster for us.
Therefore, the imperial court must increase troops to the west, north, and southwest.
There is only one forbidden army stationed in these three places, which is far from enough. "
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "They don't have the strength to challenge my Da Song."
Li Di said bitterly: "The old man also knows that they are not strong enough to challenge my Da Song now. What can I do? Raising a tiger is not a problem. When Xixia was still the town of Da Song Dynasty, the Manchu civil and military felt that Xixia was not enough. fear.
In the end, after Xixia became a major disaster, the Manchu civil and military realized that they had raised a cannibal tiger.
If I, Song, let a few of them sit on board, they will become new tigers.
A tiger in Xixia is enough to give us a headache.
The appearance of five tigers at once is a great harm to me. "