Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

If the Xixia people knew that Da Song had sent the prime minister to negotiate, they would definitely think that Da Song attached great importance to this negotiation and desperately hoped to negotiate a peace, so they could grasp this mentality and make Da Song more comfortable at the negotiating table.

Brother Li Cha made a bow and said, "Envoy Song, please."

"Please!"

"A certain is the clan of the Great Xia Kingdom, the younger brother of Lord Xia, Brother Li Cha."

Zhao Ding said: "It turned out to be King Jin, and the name of King Jin is like thunder."

"I still don't know your honorable name?"

"A certain is Zhao Bushi, Minister of Rites."

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhao. He has admired Mr. Zhao's name for a long time. I heard that Mr. Zhao guarded Xiangzhou in the first year of Jingkang, and the Jin army was not allowed to break through Xiangzhou."

"It's all for His Majesty's concern."

Zhao Ding didn't say any more, any more would reveal his truth.

He changed the topic back, and said bluntly: "This time you provoked first, a truce is okay, and all exchanges between the two sides are closed."

As soon as he came up, he gave Brother Li Cha a blow.

This is a technique of negotiation. If you are direct and ruthless, directly poke the other party's psychology a few times, and then talk later, it will be easier for the other party to accept some things.

Sure enough, Brother Li Cha's face darkened.

Shut down the exchange?

What are you kidding?

I made a lot of money in the Song Xia mutual market, if you closed the trading market, wouldn't I lose a lot!

Brother Li Cha will never allow the mutual market to be shut down.

This time, the reason why he watched Wei Ming Anhui encourage Li Qianshun to start the Song Xia War was because he wanted to be the final winner.

Brother Li Cha couldn't help but look at Zhao Ding twice more, surprised at how calm and sophisticated this man is.

He revealed the majesty of a superior, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

"Emissary Song, the mutual market is for the people of the two countries, and it is good for everyone."

Zhao Ding said succinctly: "The mutual market is more to benefit you, and it is not good for my Song Dynasty."

Chapter 396 Blackmailing Xixia (Part [-])

Zhao Ding's words were true. Huizhou mutual market was the strategy of Da Song's rights and interests when facing the pressure of Jin State at that time. Apart from alleviating military conflicts, it had no other benefits to Da Song.

This is also the way for Brother Li Cha to make a fortune.

Under the current international situation, it is impossible for any of the three powers to stud one of them out in one go. It must be due to local frictions and sit down to negotiate.

However, the reason why Brother Li Cha dared to sit here to negotiate with Da Song was because he knew that under the current situation, Da Song, as a victorious country, might not have the strength to act arbitrarily.

For example, Da Song didn't dare to really shut down all the prefecture market.

He concluded that Zhao Ding was giving him power.

Brother Li Cha said: "Mr. Zhao, don't talk too much."

"When have I ever said enough?"

"Huizhou Mutual Market, a large amount of silk and tea from the Song Dynasty entered our country, and were even exported to Uighurs through our country. These are also beneficial to the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ding laughed and said, "I don't need such a little income."

There are only less than 300 million people in Xixia. How many people can afford tea, silk and ceramics? Is there 1 people?

I'm afraid not!

Many people in your Xixia country probably don’t even have currency at home, and many places use barter.

Those who really need it are some big businessmen and a few powerful people.

Even if these people piled their homes full of silk, how much would the total amount add up?

There is also the Uighur, once the total demand is calculated, for the Song Dynasty, it is simply pitifully small.

So when it comes to why the ancient dynasty was unwilling to trade frequently with its surroundings, is it closed?

Close the hammer!

If you are sitting in the position of prime minister, you look at the Central Plains Dynasty, good guy has 6000 to [-] million people, hundreds of millions.

You look at the surrounding small countries again, 100 million people?

Perhaps the population of any provincial administrative region in the Central Plains Dynasty can beat the population of a neighboring country.

Then calculate the purchasing power of the surrounding small countries, good guy, such a small poke can afford it.

Do you want to say to the people in the Zaiguan Yamen: Hey, guys, for the sake of the Jade Emperor, let's go trade with them?

All the driving forces of human expansion are inseparable from interests.

Why did the Central Plains dynasty not go north when it expanded to the Yinshan area?

Because the Yinshan area is the critical point of [-] millimeters of rainfall. Although this critical point is relatively vague, it is roughly the same.

Once you go further north, you can't grow crops.

Is it possible to relocate the population in that way and herd sheep?

The nomadic population is mobile, which is not conducive to the Central Plains dynasty's tax collection, that is, it cannot collect taxes.

The imperial court spent countless manpower and material resources to take down a piece of land that could not be taxed, resulting in the ruin of countless families and making the country's finances unable to make ends meet. Only Liu Che can do this kind of thing.

And there must be Sang Hongyang, a super wool-rolling master, as an assistant, otherwise the country will perish if you don't pay attention.

Of course, Liu Che's main purpose was to solve the border troubles, but in name, Liu Che felt that he should establish the first meritorious service in the ages and completely wipe out the most powerful foreign enemy in the world, otherwise he would be too sorry for his devil-like head.

Back to the issue of trade with Xixia, there is actually a reason.

My Da Song trades with you Xixia, but my Da Song doesn't make any money at all.

You know, many surrounding countries are staring at my Dasong market, begging to trade with us.

You Xixia?

A group of bumpkins dressed in animal skins have the confidence to talk about international business?

Faced with Zhao Ding's sharp question, Brother Li Cha used his amazing calculation ability, and successively calculated an account for Da Song from various aspects.

Finally Zhao Ding stood up and said goodbye.

The first negotiations between the two sides ended in a less pleasant atmosphere.

After returning, Brother Li Cha truthfully reported the situation of the negotiation.

"I already know that King Jin doesn't have to worry, let's talk slowly." Li Qianshun looked calm and calm on the surface, but in fact he was already panicking inside.

In the first two years of trading with Dasong, Xixia earned nearly a million guan.

It is not bad to have 20 guan in one year's tax accounting for the Xixia Kingdom. It is so tempting to earn nearly [-] years of tax in two years.

And this million miles does not count as Brother Li Cha's personal income.

Now if the Song Dynasty forcibly closes the mutual market, it will be a nightmare for the monarchs and ministers of Xixia.

So, people are always so greedy.

When people have no money, they feel thankful that they only need 1 yuan a month. When it reaches [-] a month, they hope to be [-] a month.

When it is [-] a month, I hope that the annual salary will be one million.

In the past, Xixia people would never have thought that they could earn a million guan in two years.

After earning so much, I am not satisfied anymore, the soldiers are strong and horses are strong, and I can do it myself again, so I start to send troops to grab the attention directly.

In the end it paid for it.

The second negotiation is on the eighth day of June.

Zhao Ding still insisted that the Huizhou mutual market was unnecessary, and demanded that the mutual market be shut down. As for Yinzhou, he would never return it.

As for the conditions imposed by the Xixia people in the second negotiation to make the prince go to Tokyo as a hostage, in Zhao Ding's view, it was dispensable.

At least he acted dispensable.

Of course, the conditions for the second negotiation also added the condition that the price of silk sold by Da Song to Xixia was increased.

In the past, silk was sold at a low price in Xixia.

This time Xixia took the initiative to ask Da Song to increase the price, which also gave Da Song enough conditions.

But after all, there is still no mention of Qingbaiyan, which is what both parties really care about.

Seeing that Song Envoy's attitude was very firm, both Li Qianshun and Brother Li Cha couldn't sit still.

The two settled an account for themselves.

Since Song Xia started fighting at the beginning of the fifth year of Jingkang, until now in June, the market in Huizhou has been suspended for half a year.

Xixia's original plan was to make a fortune from the war after capturing Shaanxi.

But the current situation is that Li Liangfu paid tens of thousands of people, Fei Tingrongju paid tens of thousands of people, the trading in Huizhou stopped for half a month, and Yinzhou was lost.

How to count how to lose money.

According to the million guan in the past two years, the monthly income is [-] guan.

In other words, if he spends an extra month here with the Song people, Li Qianshun will benefit from [-] guan, which is equivalent to one year's tax revenue from Xixia.

The same is true for Brother Li Cha.

Obviously, this account made them both extremely pained.

Moreover, a large number of conscription has already affected the agriculture in Houtao and Hengshan. Time continues to drag on, and the Xixia people can't afford it.

This is the reason why everyone works so hard on the battlefield.

If Xixia won the battle, it was up to them to put forward conditions. Da Song reluctantly cut his flesh, and there would be no such painful negotiations now.

Li Qianshun said angrily: "What does the State of Song want! Closing the market in Huizhou means directly blocking Qingbaiyan, which is absolutely impossible!"

My mother finally earned 50 guan a year, you want to beat me back to [-] guan a year with one sentence?

Instead of this, it's better to fight harder, press all the elites, use up your Song Dynasty, use up everyone, and benefit the Kingdom of Jin together!

Shu Wang Li Renli said: "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty may think that we have made a lot of money in the past two years and used the money for military equipment, posing a threat to the Song Dynasty, so they want to close the Huizhou market."

"Then go tell them we can limit our armaments."

"The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty may not believe it."

Brother Li Cha was also very annoyed, he said: "Brother Huang, I'll go talk to the envoy Song again."

The third negotiation was on the tenth day of June.

Zhao Ding's schedule is obviously very particular, and he gave Xixia monarchs and ministers a few days to digest.

In the third negotiation, the Song Dynasty's attitude was still very tough.

Even in the negotiation venue, Sun Fu blatantly proposed to close the Huizhou negotiating field and ask Xixia to pay compensation.

Brother Li Cha said: "Emissary Song, we can limit the development of our country's armaments, and we will not fight against the Celestial Empire in the future."

"You have promised repeatedly before." Sun Fu said unceremoniously.

"Emissary Song, the road can't be cut off. I still have hundreds of thousands of elite fighters in Daxia. Does it have to be done?"

The two sides began to quarrel again.

Until Zhao Ding said: "How about this, since you promised to limit armaments, then we will trust you again, we don't have to pay compensation, and the Huizhou market can also be reopened, but I also have a condition."

Chapter 397 A New Beginning in the Northwest (Second Update)

"Emissary Song said it's okay."

"My court is currently short of copper coins, and the court is facing a copper shortage, so it is promoting the handover of banknotes. If you accept the handover, the Huizhou market can be reopened, but you must follow your promise to us and limit armaments."

Hearing such a simple request, Brother Li Cha immediately felt relieved.

But in fact, Zhao Ding put a smoke bomb in it.

Brother Li Cha proposed that Xixia restrict armaments, Zhao Ding grasped such a seemingly sensitive element, and at this time proposed the concept of handing over banknotes, which made Brother Li Cha think that the reason why Zhao Ding let go was because the people of Song Dynasty valued the limitation of armaments conditions of.

In order to convince Brother Li Cha of this, Zhao Ding also gave reasons why there was a handover of banknotes, in order to downplay the purpose of forcing Xixia to accept the handover of banknotes.