"Thank you for your generosity, your servant has brought you a great gift, please accept it."

Old Hatuk didn't seem to hear Kou Ji's threat, he heard Kou Ji easily agree to his request, and the smile on his face was very bright, and he showed a very reverent expression.

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, I will never refuse anything you send." ”

Old Hatuk reverently saluted Kou Ji, which can be regarded as a response to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji continued: "The teenagers sent by Gargamel have been studying the art of war in my Great Song Dynasty for more than three years. I think you might consider taking them with you when you go back.

I believe that they will definitely make a contribution to Gargamel.

In the future, you can continue to send people over under the same conditions. ”

Old Hatuk was overjoyed, "Thank you for your generosity. ”

Kou Ji didn't say anything more, waved his hand, and motioned for Old Hatuk to leave.

Old Hatuk humbly bowed and left the bamboo courtyard.

Before leaving, he left a rich gift for Kou Ji.

There are animals and plants that Kou Ji asked Zhu Neng and others to search for, as well as a large number of gold, silver and jewelry.

Kou Ji didn't rush to look, but sat in the study, staring at Wang Anshi with a smile.

Wang Anshi has been following behind Kou Ji after the old Hatuk left, and obviously has something to say.

"Sir, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others have left the fiefdom, and in the land of the Western Regions, they have violated the identity of a prince.

Sir Ann can trade with them?

They are clearly dissent. ”

Wang Anshi said to Kou Ji with a solemn expression.

Kou Ji sat on the chair and said with a smile: "What they did, the official family also knows. But the officials didn't say anything, didn't issue an order to reprimand them, and didn't send troops and horses to crusade against them. ”

Wang Anshi said bluntly: "The official family is raising tigers. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "There is indeed a risk of raising tigers. But now that the Great Song Dynasty has been decided, various reforms are being gradually implemented, and there is no way to go on an expedition.

They had already penetrated farther than the Western Regions.

The official family is also beyond the reach of the whip.

But the officials wanted to know what it was like outside the Western Regions.

So only with the help of their eyes. ”

Wang Anshi said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that they will set their eyes on my Da Song." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "The place west of the Western Regions has a large territory, which is enough for them to toss. Until they have tossed enough places west of the Western Regions, they will not be enemies of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Wang Anshi looked at Kou Ji with a puzzled expression.

"You have two enemies, both of whom occupy equally rich and fertile territory. One soldier is strong and sharp, and the other is poorly armed, fighting according to a phalanx similar to a formation map.

Which one will you choose? ”

Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and said, "Students naturally choose enemies with poor armament and fight according to a phalanx similar to a formation map. ”

There is no need for Kou Ji to say more, Wang Anshi has already understood what kind of situation the West is.

In Wang Anshi's view, generals like Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng, who are proficient in tricks, go to the west to fight the kind of enemy who relies on a phalanx similar to a formation map, which is no different from a father beating his son.

Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng have an absolute advantage in force, and with the help of the Great Song Dynasty behind them, they will definitely lay down a lot of territory in the West.

It's just that it's more difficult to govern.

But judging from the identities of Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang, they should prefer to conquer.

Therefore, they must remain in the West and fight until they die in battle.

As for the matter of governing the place and managing the territory, it will inevitably be left to the children and nephews.

Hit the Great Song?

Unlikely.

Unless they have reached the far west and built a solid empire.

Otherwise, the brain is pumping.

Seeing that Wang Anshi had figured it out, Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't pay too much attention to Western affairs." You just have to take care of those big food books.

After sorting, the parchment rolls and human skin rolls are reprinted as soon as possible.

Origin sent to me.

Everything else is as usual. ”

Wang Anshi nodded and exited Kou Ji's study.

After Wang Anshi left, Kou Ji rushed to see the animals and plants sent by Lao Hatuk.

As for animals, Koji has little interest.

Koji prefers those plants.

After looking closely at the plant seeds, most of the interest disappeared.

The seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peppers, and other crops that Kou Ji was most interested in were also missing.

Most of them were seeds that Kou Ji didn't recognize, as well as some vegetable seeds.

And the poppy that Koji least wants to see.

It is said that this substance was introduced to China during the Six Dynasties and has been used as a medicine, and it is clearly described in the "Materia Medica" written by Chen Zangqi, an important scholar in the Tang Dynasty.

Its flowers are called hibiscus, and its rhizomes and branches are called broken intestines.

Li Taibai also once wrote a poem, saying, "In the past, it was a hibiscus flower, but now it is a broken intestine grass." How long can you get good things for others? ’

From the Six Dynasties to the Qing Dynasty, it has always been a life-saving medicine.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, it became a harmful thing.

Kou Ji couldn't cut it down, so he could only keep his mouth shut, not telling anyone that this thing was a great harm to the world.

Kou Ji watched as the people in the house ground the poppy into powder, mixed it into the mud, and buried it deep in the ground, and then identified the remaining seeds one by one.

Whoever knows, tell the people in the house their habits, and let the people in the house take it and cultivate it.

Those who didn't know were also handed over to the people in the house to cultivate.

After the seeds were processed, the animals were thrown into the royal hunting ground of the Great Song Dynasty, and the money was lost to Xiang Yan.

Koji entered the palace in a carriage.

When I arrived at the palace, I met Zhao Zhen playing with his younger sons.

Kou Ji accompanied a few little princes to have a while, and followed Zhao Zhen to the council hall.

Arrived at the council hall.

After sitting down.

Zhao Zhen asked with a smile: "They took advantage of the actual opportunity to send books, and put forward conditions to you?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's not a condition. Mutually beneficial things. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji with a curious expression.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "They should have laid down a lot of territory in the West, and they should have gained a lot of good things by forming an alliance with a powerful dynasty in the West."

So I want to ask the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to come over and turn those things into the goods and armor they need. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Aren't they businessmen?" I've given them the craftsman to forge armor, huh? ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "Didn't the minister say it just now? They should have laid down a lot of territory, and the Song people in their hands have always been a minority. Divide some into various cities, and you will basically be stretched thin. They can't trust the aliens, so they can only ask us to take the initiative to digest their spoils.

What's more, their eyes are now on the West, and they have no intention of expanding their trade routes.

They need our people to expand their trade. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and asked, "That's all?" ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji laughed louder, "I also want my merchants of the Great Song Dynasty to keep seeds in the West and strengthen the power in their hands." ”

Zhao Zhen also laughed.

After such an obscene matter becomes a state affair and is put on the table, it is indeed easy to make people laugh.

After Zhao Zhen laughed, he said to Kou Ji: "Didn't the fourth brother intend to expand the business path before?" It is also going to send them some readers.

Now it's just right to push the boat down the river. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "It's easy to conquer a land, but it's very difficult to completely turn a place into my Han land." Indoctrination must be pursued.

As long as they help us lay the foundation, it will be very easy for future generations to plot that place. ”

Zhao Zhen looked approving.

Kou Ji continued: "As for the armor, they still have to rely on my Great Song. Although the official family gave them craftsmen. But the number of craftsmen is always in the minority.

If they want to get a craftsman to teach a new craftsman, the first thing to overcome is the language barrier, and the second is the learning process of the forging skills.

For these two things alone, they will have to work for five or six years.

It's just that they are not young and ambitious.

Therefore, if you want to achieve something before you die, you can't delay for a moment

The armor can only continue to rely on my Great Song. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "In this way, after Jiaozhi and Qingtang, some people have begun to buy a large number of our Great Song Dynasty armaments?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded.

Zhao Zhen laughed, "I never thought that my Great Song Dynasty would be able to make tens of thousands of dollars by selling armaments." ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "As long as we continue to innovate, we can continue to do this kind of business." ”

Zhao Zhen sighed: "Then you have to rely on the fourth brother." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Everything has to be decided by the officials." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "That's right...... How is the fourth brother going to do business with them? ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "The scale of ordinary businessmen is too small and it is not safe. Let's just use the soldiers and horses to transport the goods. Not only can it be like a finger, but it can also attract small businessmen to follow.

More importantly, it can ensure the safety of goods and goods, and it can also help us see the situation in the West clearly.

If necessary, you can also share the results with them. ”

"What's more, you can also train soldiers!"

Zhao Zhen said in one sentence.

The two looked at each other and laughed loudly.

Li Di, Wang Anshi and others all felt that conniving at Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others in the Western Regions and the West was a process of raising tigers for trouble.

But they don't know.

In the eyes of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng are the hunting dogs they let out, which can help them see the West clearly and help them collect money.

As long as Da Song has maintained a leading position in all aspects.

More than half of everything that Li Zhaoliang, Zhu Neng and others grabbed in the Western Regions and the West will flow into the Great Song Dynasty and be swallowed by the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen both knew very well that it would take a long, long time for Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng and others to fight in the Western Regions and the West before they could gain a firm foothold.

They don't have that much time to develop.

Even if one of them settles down to occupy a place to develop, it will take a long, long time to catch up with the Great Song Dynasty.

During this time, money is of little use to them.

They plundered money, and they had to exchange it for talents, materials, and armor.

Only in this way can we grow further.

And the only one who can supply their huge needs is Da Song.

Therefore, the more Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others made trouble in the Western Regions and the West, the greater the benefits of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others are like hunters.

After they caught their prey, it was Da Song who ended up eating meat and drinking soup.

While eating meat and drinking soup, the Great Song would give them sharper bows and arrows and knives to catch more prey.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen discussed it a little, and finally decided to organize some poor soldiers who had retired from the forbidden army into two supernumerary baggage battalions.

They took the merchants and transported the goods to the Western Regions to trade with the West.

Since they will be released from the constraints of military law after leaving the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, they are destined to do some unsightly things.

So Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen didn't put them in the sun.

Instead, they were placed under the jurisdiction of the Inner Government.

In order to make sure that the people of the inner house do not oppress them.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen set the rules.

When they go on a trip, 30% of what they get belongs to them.

And inform them all.

After the matter is decided, there is no need for Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen to work anymore.

Just throw it all to Chen Lin and Yang Wenguang.

With the identities of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, there is no need to go into battle shirtless at all.

They only have to move their mouths, and there are thousands of people for them to drive.

After Kou Ji explained some details to Chen Lin, he left the palace.

When he returned home, he stopped paying attention to the matter.

Instead, he wrote a letter to Kou Tianci, who was far away in Korea, and asked him to recruit a labor force and let people build a huge library in the Korean capital.

The library building must be built with stone, and fire prevention must be done.

Kou Ji also drew the drawings himself, put them in an envelope and sent them out.

Since then, Kou Ji has been staying in the house to collect the parchment rolls and human skin rolls sent by Wang Anshi.

Before there was no paper, Westerners did not choose bamboo slips for their books, but preferred to use parchment rolls.

Some precious books, I also like to use human skin rolls.

So there are actually a lot of parchment rolls and human skin rolls sent by Gargamel.

It took Wang Anshi more than two months to distinguish the parchment roll from the human skin scroll, and left a reprint.

Then it took three months to sort out the religious texts in a million books.

The big cannibals are crazy.

To be precise, religion is crazy.

Of the millions of books, 150,000 are religious texts.

There are also more than 60,000 volumes of books on various witchcraft.

The cruelty of those witchcrafts made Wang An's stone skin numb.

The number of those witchcraft made Wang Anshi unbelievable.

It was hard for Wang Anshi to imagine how worthless human life was in a civilization inheritance with more than 60,000 volumes of witchcraft books.

True gods, evil gods, demons, and legendary heroes all seem to need human lives to communicate.

And it must be a human life that has been killed in a brutal way.

There are also cruel punishments.

For example, the punishment of stuffing people into bronze oxen and burning them alive.

In the bamboo courtyard.

Wang Anshi looked at Kou Ji with a suspicious expression.

"Sir, you told me it was a place of learning. But the students saw nothing learned, only cruelty, ignorance, and madness. ”

Kou Ji put down the parchment roll in his hand and asked with a smile, "Hit?" ”

Wang Anshi said: "It is difficult for students to imagine that in that kind of cruel and ignorant place, there will be any sages. ”

Kou Ji asked rhetorically: "Aren't the punishments of cannon branding, potting, lighting sky lanterns, etc., cruel and ignorant?" ”

A look of struggle flashed on Wang Anshi's face, but he couldn't say anything to refute.

Kou Ji said bluntly: "Zi said: If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher." As long as there are written people, they are worthy of our exploration, and the sages of their ethnic groups are even more worthy of our exploration.

There must be something to learn from them.

We feel that our Han culture is incomparable, and there is nothing wrong with that.

But if you blindly keep to yourself and don't know how to learn, sooner or later you will fall behind others.

Only by constantly learning, constantly comparing, and constantly improving our knowledge.

We have been in an unbeatable position. ”

Kou Ji didn't wait for Wang Anshi to speak again, waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, chop those things together with a guillotine, and mix them in the night incense to make fertilizer."

Out of sight and out of mind, there will be no more troubles when it is ruined. ”

"......"

Wang Anshi agreed and left the bamboo courtyard.

Kou Ji instructed the housekeeper to follow and keep an eye on it, so as not to let Wang Anshi be troubled by these trivial things again.

After sending Wang Anshi away, Kou Ji stayed in the study to sort out the books for the big food.

In the evening.

The housekeeper hurriedly returned to the house with Wang Anshi, with a somewhat panicked look on his face.

Seeing them stumbling into the study, Kou Ji put down his pen in amazement and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Whether it is the housekeeper of Kou Mansion or Wang Anshi, they are all people who have seen big scenes, and it is not enough to disturb them.

Without waiting for them to speak, Liu Heng also rushed into the study.

When he entered the study, he opened his mouth and shouted at Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, something happened!" ”

Kou Ji asked in a deep voice, "Tell me carefully." ”

can attract Liu Heng to be moved, then it is not a trivial matter.

Liu Heng took a deep breath and said with a gloomy face: "Prince Zhao Run broke into the Yuchun Palace and played the beauty of Fang. ”

Kou Jiluo stood up suddenly, and said with a cold face: "Impossible! ”

Liu Heng said with a solemn face: "The human and material evidence is complete, and it has already made trouble to the official family." ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "The official family has already done a punishment?" ”

Liu Heng nodded and said, "The official family confined the prince to the Daqing Hall and ordered Chen Lin to block the palace, but the news still came out.

It is said that Chen Lin is now being instructed to investigate the truth of this matter in the palace. ”

Kou Ji's eyes circled around Liu Heng, Wang Anshi, and the housekeeper, and asked coldly, "Do you think Zhao Run would do this kind of thing?" ”

The three of them shook their heads in unison.

Zhao Run, as a student of Kou Ji, often crosses up in Kou's mansion.

The three of them often see Zhao Run, and they know some of Zhao Run's character.

If it is said that Zhao Run stole the money of the Inner Government, or took out some things from the Inner Government to do business without permission, the three of them would believe it.

It can be said that Zhao Run ran to Zhao Zhen's harem to tease Zhao Zhen's women, and they didn't believe it when they were killed.

After seeing the three of them nodding, Kou Ji snorted coldly: "I don't believe it either!" When Zhao Run was in the house, he also went to some elegant meetings and saw many women with outstanding styles.

There are many people who can seduce people.

In this way, he was not moved.

How could he possibly go to that Fang Meiren who was like a walking corpse.

There must be an article behind this matter.

What do you guys think? ”

The housekeeper didn't say a word and looked at Wang Anshi and Liu Heng.

Wang Anshi and Liu Heng looked cold, and said in unison: "Take the heir!" Here we go! ”

Koji nodded and said, "I think so. ”

After saying this, Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said coldly: "The official family is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I, Kou Ji, are in the court, in such a situation, there are still people who dare to provoke the matter of seizing the heir."

Do they think the tail of a real dragon is easy to touch?

Or do you think a tiger's head is a thing? ”

Kou Ji coldly ordered: "Wang Anshi, you go to the Heavenly Saint Pavilion to continue your work. Butler, you are optimistic about my students. Liu Heng, you are guarding the gate of the house, and after I leave, no one will be seen. ”

The three of them agreed in unison.

Kou Ji flicked his sleeves and walked out of the study, "I want to see who's behind the scenes." ”

Kou Ji went out of the study, and told the groom to put on the carriage and go to the palace in the carriage.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I saw Fan Zhongyan and several people also arriving, as well as a number of officials from the Supervision Department.

Fan Zhongyan and the others saw Kou Ji and hurriedly greeted him.

"Sir, what's going on in the palace?"

Fan Zhongyan and the others came to the side of Kou Ji's carriage, and after giving the salute, they asked with complicated expressions.

Kou Ji said with a grim face: "I don't know anything else, but I firmly believe that the prince will not do anything out of the ordinary." Go back, you don't have to stay here, the officials won't see you. ”

Ouyang Xiu said in a deep voice: "Sir, the news of Bianjing City has spread. If this is true, the impact is too great. ”

Kou Ji smiled coldly: "I just knew that before I had time to enter the palace, the news of Bianjing City spread. The channels through which the people get the news are better than me? ”

Fan Zhongyan and the others' faces changed.

They are all smart people, and they have guessed that there must be something hidden in this matter.

Now that they heard Kou Ji's words, they were even more convinced of their guesses.

But they didn't put their guesses out there.

Ouyang Xiu arched his hand at Kou Ji and said, "How to deal with this matter, I hope Mr. will show me." ”

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Since the person behind it wants to use this to cause the situation of the hundred officials impeaching the prince, then we can't let him get his wish."

All three of you are staring, and not a single note about the prince is allowed to appear.

And don't tell your opinion on the matter in front of anyone.

I'd like to see how the people behind it coping with this situation. ”

Fan Zhongyan and the others glanced at each other, and they all bowed their hands in agreement.

Kou Ji waved his hand, "Go back, do what you need to do." ”

Fan Zhongyan and the others gave up their hands again, got into their carriages one by one, and left the palace gate.

Kou Ji instructed the groom to drive to the edge of the Jinshui Bridge.

A eunuch stopped in the middle of the road, bowed down and said, "The official family has a purpose, and no one will see it." ”

Kou Ji sat in the carriage and spat out a word faintly.

"Get out!"

The eunuch hurriedly stepped aside.

He knew that he couldn't stop Kou Ji, so he didn't desperately stop it.

He's done what he's supposed to do, and the rest is none of his business.

Kou Ji drove across the Jinshui Bridge, knocked on the palace gate, and drove into the palace.

The journey to the Vertical Arch Hall was halfway there.

Chen Lin appeared in front of the carriage.

Kou Ji sat in the carriage and asked, "Where is the official family?" ”

Chen Lin bowed and said: "The official family is in the dormitory, and the queen mother and the queen mother are also there." The crown prince was confined to the Daqing Palace. ”

Kou Ji thought for a moment, "Then I'll go to Daqing Hall first." ”