Regarding Xiao Temo's question, Su Jin had already prevaricated.

"First, this firearm is expensive to build, and the number is not much, when there were many fierce battles with the Western Thieves last year, there were only more than ten spears, and the dragon cannon had not yet been cast; Second, although the Western Thieves are strong, my Northwest Song Army is not unstoppable, but they are not busy using such sharp weapons easily, and when they accumulate a large number and train more accurately, they will be unexpectedly transferred to the battlefield, I am afraid that they will not directly bombard the Xingqing Mansion of the Western Thieves? ”

Xiao Temo was secretly frightened, listening to Su Jin's tone, the Song Dynasty was not small, once these firearms became large-scale and practiced accurately, Li Yuanhao's catastrophe was coming.

At the same time, Xiao Temo also had a deep concern about Da Liao, this kid is not telling the truth, who knows whether he is telling the truth or a lie, but there is one thing, the power of these firearms has been witnessed by himself, as for how much was made in the Song Dynasty, no one knows.

As Su Jin said, if the scale does not rise, hundreds of firearms cannot change the comparison of victory and defeat, if you really save thousands of ...... of tens of thousands of rods, Daliao is in danger!

Su Jin's face was full of pride, and he took the stunned Xiao Temo, Liu Liufu and others to get off the soil platform, and each got into the car and got on the horse to return to the city.

Along the way, Xiao Temo couldn't stop thinking about how to deal with such a situation, and when he returned to the post house, he couldn't wait to call Liu Liufu to discuss countermeasures.

"Deputy Envoy Liu, what do you think of the firearms used by the Song people today?"

"Chief Envoy Xiao, Xiaguan's heart is still pounding, and there is still a roaring sound in his ears, the Song people's firearm is too powerful, and it will be launched into a landslide and crack the rock and rubble, if this is on the battlefield, who can stop it?"

"That's true, the envoy has seen a lot of firearms, but in front of such firearms are not worth mentioning, the spear is not enough, the dragon cannon is unsolvable, when attacking the city, there are only more than ten dragon cannons placed under the city to bombard inside, no matter how strong the city is, it will never be able to hold it; This is ten times more powerful than our Great Liao's Whirlwind Stone Cannon. ”

Liu Liufu sighed and said, "My lord, I can't hide it, what Xia Guan is worried about now is not the power of this firearm, but the ambition of the Song people." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Didn't you listen to what Su Jin said? They are now showing weakness to the enemy, deliberately delaying time with Li Yuanhao, and fighting a tug-of-war, in order to gain time to cast firearms and improve training; After that, he was transferred to the front line in one fell swoop and killed Li Yuanhao; He said that he was going to hit Xingqing Mansion, didn't he say it very clearly? ”

"This ...... It is slightly the same as what the envoy saw, and the envoy thought the same way on the road. ”

"My lord is a good man, but have you ever thought about how I should deal with myself? The Song Dynasty destroyed Li Yuanhao, who will be the next target? I'm afraid that my Daliao is going to suffer. ”

"That's true, how can others be allowed to snore next to the couch, the Song people hold new firearms in their hands, and they will naturally deal with my Da Liao when they have their hands free, but the Song and Liao countries have always been brothers, and the Song people will not be so ruthless."

"My lord, why do you still think so, then Su Jin is right, isn't the reason why the two countries can live in peace is because of their equal strength? Once the strength is unbalanced, the Song people are still willing to form a friendly gang with us? That's weird. ”

"This ......"

"Besides, this time we stationed troops at the border, I thought we could take advantage of the internal and external difficulties of the Song Dynasty to reap some benefits, can the Song people not remember this account? During the Taizong Dynasty of the Song Dynasty, there was nothing to do with the two countries, Emperor Taizong still sent a three-way army to conquer my Great Liao, if it were not for the battle of Youzhou, I God blessed my Great Liao, how could there be a Great Liao now? From this, it can be seen that the Song people have coveted my Daliao for a long time, but they have been unable to defeat it, so they have made peace with each other; I'm afraid the Song people won't be so easy to get along with this time. ”

Xiao Temo's heart beat faster, and Dong Dong seemed to jump out of his throat, and he lowered his voice and said: "Deputy Envoy Liu, according to you, Su Jin Xiao'er has always been not very enthusiastic about negotiating with us, is this delaying time?" ”

Liu Liufu's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, he got up and paced slowly, and only said after a while: "There are two possibilities in the eyes of the lower officials, one is as the adults said, they are delaying the training of firearms manufacturing, this kind of firearms must be more difficult to manufacture, and the gunpowder used I think is also a different formula; How can the gunpowder we use every day be so powerful? ”

"That's right!" Xiao Temo nodded slowly.

"But the Song people must have slowly begun to become proficient, do you think, last year in September, the Song people and the Western Xia Yuanhao fought in Haoshuichuan, the Song people were defeated, and the Song general Han Qi was notoriously unconvinced, if there were these firearms and cannons at that time, could he not be transferred to the front line to retaliate? Therefore, what Su Jin said was still credible, and at that time, these firearms were still in the process of being manufactured and could not be used. ”

After a pause, Liu Liufu said again: "But just a few months later, you and I have witnessed hundreds of firearms and a Shenlong cannon, which shows that the Song people's skills in making firearms are becoming more and more proficient; As long as Su Jin delays with us for another month or two, I am afraid that thousands of more firearms will be made; The more this stuff, the less the Song people care about the male soldiers on our Daliao border; Although it is not enough to confront my Da Liao Xiong soldiers, as long as I hold a few dangerous passes, it is enough to inflict a lot of casualties on my Da Liao Iron Cavalry; At that time, won't we suffer a dumb loss? ”

Xiao Temo nodded slowly and said: "What you said is very reasonable, this kid will be like this for a while, and he will be like that for a while, he doesn't care about the negotiation, I always feel that he has some conspiracy." ”

Liu Liufu said: "There is another possibility, that is, the Song people can't actually make a lot of firearms at all, the lower officials are thinking, such a confidential matter, then why does Su Jin want me to know, isn't this a matter of leaking the secrets of the Song Kingdom?" I have some suspicions that he did it on purpose to keep us out of the way. ”

Xiao Temo waved his hand and said, "You are too worried about this, haven't you seen it?" I was going to take him, and he had to take out the firearm and let it go, and those sharpshooter battalions were stationed on the school grounds, and when we went, we didn't hear a single firearm explosion, which means that they didn't want us to see it at all; Later, after Su Jin took out the firearm and cast it, it was actually exposed, so he didn't stop doing it to let us see the power of the firearm, of course, it also had a sense of deterrence; However, it seems that he wants to hide it, this kid is still too young, but he has exposed such a big secret. ”

Liu Liufu thought about the afternoon's events, and it was indeed as Xiao Temo said, it seemed that Su Jin owed consideration and inadvertently exposed the firearms before sending an invitation to let himself and others visit the firearms drill, which did not seem to be intentional.

"Lord Envoy Hongfu Qitian, unintentionally got such a big secret from the Song Army, so as not to keep us in the dark; In fact, Xia Guan wanted to say that if Su Jin deliberately let us see the power of this firearm, it would be a move by the outside to be strong and the middle to do it, which shows that they must not be able to create more firearms, and showing off is actually timidity. ”

Xiao Temo said: "Don't think like this, once the miscalculation is made, do you know how many casualties it will bring to my Da Liao Iron Cavalry?" In the event that we go back and report to the imperial court that thousands of firearms suddenly appear on the checkpoint when our army is attacking, how can you and I explain it? Do we still want our heads? ”

Liu Liufu shrank his neck in fright, this matter is not alarmist, the military law of Daliao is very strict, to put it mildly, it is such a major matter as lying about the military situation, it is a complaint in the military camp, and once the generals know about it, they will cut their heads with scimitars mercilessly.

"Lord Envoy, what shall we do now?" Liu Liufu asked.

Xiao Temo stretched out his big hand and stroked it around on his beard like an iron brush, and said slowly: "In my opinion, we need to end this negotiation as soon as possible, no matter what the result is, we can't delay it any longer, this matter must be reported to the court immediately, and the court must not be kept in the dark; The emperor said very clearly, we are waiting for the time of our stay here, the border army will feint after February 18 to give us a strong momentum, force the Song people to give in, now it seems that we must rush back to the territory of Daliao before February 18, in case of a feint to suffer a big loss of firearms, we will be passive. ”

Liu Liufu nodded and said: "What the Lord Envoy considers is that today is already the sixth day of the second lunar month, and there are only twelve days left, and it will take a few days on the way back, so we must conclude the negotiation around the tenth day of the first month." ”

Xiao Temo nodded and said, "Even if it can't be over, we must also rush back." ”

Liu Liufu said: "Lord Envoy, tomorrow morning, we will take the initiative to find the rich envoy and Su Jin, we can't wait for them to come to us, they are now eager to spend time slowly, we can't afford it." ”

Xiao Temo said: "That's right, just in case, you immediately write a secret letter and send someone to the generalissimo of the border, in case you miss time and make a big mistake." ”

Liu Liufu nodded and said: "Xia Guan will write immediately, even if we fail to negotiate this time, we will not be punished if we spy on this important news." ”

Xiao Temo tugged at his beard and said: "If only I could get a model of that firearm, or a blueprint for manufacturing, I Da Liao can also make these firearms based on gourd paintings, and at that time, the Song people will be waiting for us to surprise them." And if we can do this, we will definitely be rewarded, maybe this envoy can become a general, and you Deputy Envoy Liu will definitely enter the central privy council and stand among the important ministers. ”

Liu Liufu licked his lips with his mouth half-open, and muttered in a longing and tangled manner: "This is a good idea, but...... It's too hard, isn't it? One is not good, we are all going to lose our lives here. ”

"Keep an eye on what you need to do." Xiao Temo sighed, waved his hand, and slowly paced away like a big crab.