Dressed as Wu Dalang, Jinlian please respect yourself

Chapter 619 Courtier Argument (1)

"I have seen His Majesty, and it is our honor that His Majesty can summon us."

King Yelang thought that they would have some complaints when he left them in the cold for so many days, but listening to their tone, it seemed that there were no complaints.

"The two envoys are polite, come and give me a seat!"

The two eunuchs came forward with chairs and asked Dai Zong and the golden mouse to sit down.

The two of them bowed their hands to King Yelang and sat down.

King Yelang said straight to the point: "I know that you are here this time to follow the order of His Majesty Liang to discuss trade with our Yelang Kingdom. To be honest, when I heard the news, I was really hesitant. , but now I have figured out everything, so I will never hesitate again. I am willing to start trade with Liang Guo, but I want to know, what conditions Liang Guo can offer me?"

Seeing that King Yelang was straight to the point, Dai Zong didn't hide it, and cupped his hands and said: "After the Liang State and the Yelang State started trade, the Liang State will introduce domestic technology to the Yelang State at the same price as other countries. The road between our two countries has been built, so that it is convenient for the people of our two countries to communicate and businessmen to trade. In addition, it will facilitate the transportation of goods to each other in the future. After the road is repaired, we will set up banks on the border and trade envoys between the two countries The setting up of money houses facilitates the exchange of currencies between the two countries, and the setting up of trade envoys means that when there are conflicts, they can be resolved on the spot to avoid turmoil."

After hearing this, King Yelang thought for a while and nodded.

"Then I don't know, how much money is needed to build this road?"

Dai Zong made a rough calculation and said, "About 200 million taels of silver are needed."

King Yelang was stunned, and looked at Dai Zong in disbelief.

Two million taels of silver is their four-year income from the Yelang Kingdom.

There are only 260 million taels of silver left in their Yelang treasury, and it will cost so much money to build a road. What if there is an urgent matter in Yelang's country and money is needed?
Dai Zong saw that King Yelang was in trouble, and continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, the money for road construction does not have to be paid all at once. Your Majesty only needs to pay one-third of it first, about 70 taels of silver, and the remaining 140 million taels Your Majesty can pay for the silver within ten years. After the road is built, within ten years, the tax revenue alone may be more than 140 million taels of silver. So I boldly suggest that Your Majesty build this road."

King Yelang heard that he could start building the railway by paying 70 taels of silver first, and thought this plan was good.

He stood up, bowed his hands to Dai Zong and said: "I will keep the envoy's kindness in my heart, but this matter is very important. I can't make a decision right now. I will call all the ministers to discuss it. So please go back first, I will give the messenger an answer the day after tomorrow."

Dai Zong and the golden mouse stood up.

Dai Zong bowed his hands to King Yelang: "Since your majesty has said so, then I will go back and wait for your majesty's good news."

King Yelang nodded, and Dai Zong and Golden Mouse said goodbye.

After they left the palace, the golden mouse asked Dai Zong: "General, I can see that King Yelang is very interested in the plan you just proposed to pay 70 taels of silver to build roads. You said that our mission this time is Hasn't it been successfully completed?"

Dai Zong shook his head.

"Although King Yelang has such a thought, don't forget that there are still many people in Yelang who have trouble with King Yelang. They don't want to see King Yelang become stronger. So King Yelang summoned the group The ministers will definitely encounter difficulties when discussing this matter. If he agrees to this matter without calling a group of ministers, he will definitely encounter a lot of troubles during the construction process."

"That's why King Yelang decided to go all out and persuade all the civil and military ministers to build this road. This is the purpose of his summoning a group of ministers."

After hearing this, the golden mouse was slightly surprised, and gave Dai Zong a thumbs up.

"General Dai Zong, you are so powerful. You have seen King Yelang through just one meeting."

Dai Zong laughed and knocked the golden hairy mouse on the head.

"Don't flatter me, kid. As long as you observe carefully and scrutinize carefully, you can also draw these conclusions. So all our hopes now rest on King Yelang. If he is steadfast, then this matter will definitely be done." If he has doubts or is suppressed by the officials, then this matter will be difficult to handle."

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When Yelang's civil and military ministers heard that King Yelang had summoned him, they rushed to meet him in groups of three or four.

King Yelang told all the civil and military ministers present about the conversation with Dai Zong and the things he sent his confidants to Liang Guo to observe.

After hearing this, some were surprised, some were happy, some were resentful, and some were filled with hatred, but their faces were calm.

Seeing their different expressions, King Yelang frowned involuntarily.

"Dear dears, what do you think about the alliance with Liang Guo and the development of trade?"

Doctor Zuo stood up, bowed his hands to King Yelang, and said, "Your Majesty, although our Yelang Kingdom is a slightly larger country among the southwestern countries, it is far inferior to Liang Kingdom in terms of territory, military strength, and economic status. Since the country is willing to cooperate with us and develop trade, I think this is very good. In this way, we can develop the economy of our Yelang country and let the people live a happy life."

Doctor You also stood up at this time, and bowed his hands to King Yelang: "Your Majesty, I feel that what Doctor Zuo said is very reasonable. Liang Guo is a big country in the Central Plains, and we can't afford to offend it. We can form an alliance with such a powerful country. With strong foreign aid in the future, even if there are countries in the southwestern countries that want to attack us, Yelang Kingdom, they will never dare to attack us after hearing the news. Therefore, I also feel that we must fight with Liang Guo cooperate."

King Yelang was very happy to see that the two doctors on the left and right supported the cooperation with Liang Guo.

The status of these two doctors in the Yelang Kingdom is not low. If they support them, more than half of the courtiers will not object.

Sure enough, after the two of them finished speaking, most of the courtiers recognized King Yelang.

Although the remaining half of the courtiers were silent, judging from their expressions, they were unwilling to support the cooperation between Yelang and Liang.

King Yelang looked at the other half of the courtiers, and said with a smile: "You dear ministers, if you have any ideas, please tell me. As long as your words are reasonable, I will accept them."

When the courtiers heard this, they glanced at each other.

Finally, Sikong came out and bowed his hands to King Yelang: "Your Majesty, I don't think we should cooperate with Liang Guo. As the two doctors on the left and right said, Liang Guo is so powerful, and we are weak compared to Liang Guo. Then, my minister There is one question, logically speaking, we should go to seek refuge with Liang Guo, how could Liang Guo take the initiative to contact us Yelang Guo?"

(End of this chapter)