Xiao Xi said that he was sick in Duting Yi, and put down his task for a while, but the letter from Liao was still received as usual.

The letters were checked for forgery, and the latest information was obtained from the letters written in cipherland. Xiao Xi handed the letter to Zhi Gan, "Father Shang has already led his troops to Nanjing Dao, and now he should have received the news that the Emperor of the Song State had suffered a stroke." Father Shang is unpredictable with ghosts, and most of them will send troops seriously. Xingling's side has already ordered to act cheaply. In this way, sooner or later, the Song people will have to give in. Folding, what to do next, presumably needless to say, right? ”

Xiao Xi's attitude is very clear. Han Gang is indeed tough, but it doesn't mean that the court behind him will also be tough to the end. Once the war starts, under the oppression of the court, Han Gang's attitude will eventually ease. When the time comes, just give him a step down, and he will be able to successfully achieve the desired goal.

Zhigan took the letter and read it for a while, then silently put it away. He also knew Xiao Xi's thoughts, but the thoughts in his heart were different from Xiao Xi's. What had happened during this time, he had already written a reply in cipher and asked the messenger to bring it back. Now that Father Shang has arrived in Nanjing Dao, he must be able to receive this secret letter soon-Xiao Xi certainly knows about this matter, and one of the missions he has to do is supervision. Zhigan is the commander of Yelu Yi Xin Lu Duo, a general who can lead the army, compared to his cronies, of course, above Xiao Xi.

But no matter how many mistakes Xiao Xi makes, as long as the result is good, it doesn't matter. Xiao Xi just wants to gamble, and he also takes advantage of the situation to pull him into the water, and if he wants to be responsible, he will be held accountable.

Zhegan got up: "Master Han should be almost here, and the next official will make preparations." ”

"There you go." Xiao Xi didn't keep him either, "Don't forget to bring the national letter with you, so that Han Gang can know the attitude of his father." ”

At the same time in the past few days, Han Gang appeared at Duting Station on time.

Zhigan extended Han Gang to the flower hall, and after a few greetings, he took out the national letter.

was about to open it and read it, but Han Gang stretched out his hand: "You don't need to read it, just take it." ”

Zhigan's expression changed slightly, but he still handed it to Han Gang as he said.

Presenting this letter directly to the Empress of the Song Dynasty now seems impossible. Then ask Han Gang to hand it over, talk to each other, discuss a way to get the best of both worlds, and give both sides a step down. Da Song is not short of money, as long as he gives enough benefits to Da Liao as in the past, this time the matter will not pass. As for the little friction on the border, it was completely negligible in the face of white silver and shiny silk.

Zhegan felt that as long as the Song people could give Shang's father a face, even if there was only 30,000 or 50,000 yuan a year, it would not be too little.

But Han Gang took the national letter in his hand, moved his fingers, and turned the scroll wrapped tightly with the ribbon in a circle, but he didn't even look at it and put it aside.

The frivolous action made Zhegan change color, but Han Gang just smiled: "The words in this, how much is true and how much is false, you and I both know the Tao." What Father Shang wants, you and I both know it. Since the deputy envoy is an official in Shang's father, there are some things that you and I can say in private. "Him

He smiled lightly and glanced at several Liao attendants in the hall, "I will never let the deputy envoy live up to Father Shang's trust." ”

Zhegan's face changed several times, and after some struggle, he finally waved away the idle people and others, leaving only Han Gang and Zhegan in the hall. However, Han Gang's smile also alerted him: "I don't know what Nehan means?" ”

"Just for the friendship between the two countries, what Father Shang wants, the country will give. It's just a matter of changing the way that is acceptable to both parties. Han Gang had no intention of selling Guan Zi and whetting people's appetites, "Presumably, your country's father should have a lot of caravans in his hands, and he should have a lot of gains in a year." ”

Zhegan was able to be sent as a deputy envoy, not only because he was coarse on the outside and meticulous on the inside, and he was also loyal to Yelu Yixin, but also because he also had a deep understanding of the relationship between Song and Liao: "Hasn't your country always been very wary of my Great Liao, and even the entry and exit of the border have to be searched, how many merchants have been forced away?" Is your country planning to open up the field? ”

"If it's just a simple opening of the field, I'm afraid Father Shang will also have doubts, right?" Han Gang smiled even deeper.

At this time, the Liao and Song people were not without commercial contacts. On the contrary, there is a lot of business and trade. However, due to the deep-seated distrust of merchants in the Great Song Dynasty controlled by scholars, and even thought that merchants who were greedy for money would leak the military information of the country to the Liao State for money, they had been exerting visible and invisible suppression from all sides - naturally, this was a high-sounding reason, although there was some truth, but the selfishness of the Hebei clan was everywhere - the trade between the two countries on the surface had not been able to develop, and only a caravan involved in the return to the trade was running back and forth on the border.

And on the other hand, the Liao State was also very wary of the Great Song Dynasty. It is not military intelligence, but a large outflow of gold and silver and other goods from the country. The annual coins, 200,000 taels of silver in 500,000 silver silks, often return to the Song people's money bags in less than half a year.

Therefore, people of insight of different races always shout the abolition of the Han rite and the restoration of the Tibetan rite. The slogan with similar content was shouted by the Western Xia, and the Liao State was also shouted, and the system and upper-class life of the Han people were indeed very attractive, but the poetry and wine of the officials were too extravagant, and the extravagance was so extravagant that even the Great Song Dynasty was barely supported, and the law had to be changed after the most reluctance. Outside of the Great Song Dynasty, there was no country that could support the ruling class that imitated the life of the Han people. Moreover, such a life will also wear down the will of the ruling class, and at the end it will become erosive.

The Liao State has always adopted the bowl system, allowing the emperor to travel around with the entire imperial court, rather than staying in a certain capital, in fact, there is also the idea of fearing that the life of the Han people will destroy the foundation of Khitan rule.

Of course, Zhi Gan knew this, so he was even more puzzled, and even had a curiosity, "What does the bachelor mean, please explain." ”

Han Gang stretched out his hand and stretched out his five fingers: "With an income of 500,000 yuan a year, I wonder if Father Shang will be satisfied?!" ”

The body shook suddenly, and the tea cup in his hand even spilled out. He didn't care about the heat, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't the bachelor playing tricks?!" That's half the size of the coin! ”

Han Gang smiled: "The year's coins are only one million yuan, in fact, in the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Liao, they are not much." ”

500,000 pieces of silver silk, including 200,000 taels of silver, 300,000 horses of silk. Since the price of silver has always been one or two to two and a half to three times for money, while silk varies from one horse to ten times according to different textures, and the cheaper the more the quantity. Therefore, the actual annual contribution of the imperial court is equivalent to about one million yuan on average. The income of 500,000 guan is basically exactly half of it.

"Please tell me more."

"Of the 72 major guilds in Tokyo City, any deputy head of the bank can earn at least 10,000 yuan a year. And with the status and power of your country's father, if it is used in commercial affairs, the income of a year may not be comparable to 500,000 taels of silver silk for a while, but if you can't even do half of it, then it is impossible. And increasing the annual coin from 500,000 taels to 750,000 taels is probably a dream that even the father of your country himself has never thought about, right? ”

Han Gang said it politely, but Zhigan listened to it with a heartbeat. If the benefits received from the Song people can effectively increase the New Year's Coin by half—and it is specifically for Yelu Yixin alone—then after returning to the country, everything can be worth it. That's the credit.

"But how can we do so much if we don't open the field? There is no ...... in the country" Speaking of this, Zhi Gan suddenly froze, and said categorically: "Ma can't do it!" ”

"Not horses, of course. The Great Song Dynasty needs tens of thousands of military horses a year, and presumably Shang's father will never agree. Han Gang stopped smiling, but became sincere, "However, your country is thousands of miles away, and there are countless treasures and specialties, so you can just pick one of them in exchange for silk and porcelain from the country." Even if you only sell wood in Changbai Mountain, you can sell hundreds of thousands of pieces a year. ”

In the Chongzheng Hall before, after Han Gang said, 'The imperial court should not do anything, as long as it can acquiesce, it is enough', the Zaifu people all guessed that he planned to use the proceeds of border trade to appease Yelu Yixin - they all sat down to do business, how could they think about stirring up trouble at the border all day long and then blackmailing?

But what Han Gang wants to do is not only to expand border trade exchanges, but also to help Liao develop suitable commercial projects. Don't expect Jereyisin to fall for this. Any proposal must be attractive enough.

As mentioned earlier, the Liao State was also deeply wary of expanding trade. In terms of intelligence, Yelu Yixin will definitely not lose to any Mingjun. He will certainly beware of the danger hidden in temptation. It's just that if you exchange it for domestic specialties, that's a different story. Moreover, his interests are not the same as those of the Liao State, and his rule over the Liao State is not justified, and more benefits must be exchanged.

Han Gang was not even afraid to send weapons and armor to Yelu Yixin, because the first target of these weapons was definitely not the Great Song Dynasty, but Yelu Yixin's enemies in the Liao State - of course, the two governments would never agree to it.

Zhi Gan frowned and thought for a while, he was very wary of Han Gang, but he couldn't figure out what conspiracy Han Gang's words were, but Zhi Gan knew that he should not make a decision on this matter, just report the details back: "Dare to ask the bachelor, what should I do?" ”

"As for the details, there are a lot of things, and I don't have the talent of Tao Zhugong, so naturally someone will ask to see your father. When the time comes, it will be enough for the deputy envoy to talk in the middle. Han Gang took a sip of tea, "The country will send someone to your country in the name of buying horses-presumably the deputy envoy also knows how popular horse racing is in the capital of the country-but in fact, buying horses is incidental, and the country does not expect to get a large number of war horses from your country, just in the name of it." ”

The exchange of industrial goods for raw materials and local products was the most common form of trade in later generations. Whether it is bartering or transferring with money, as long as you imagine the profits, you can see the flashing golden light.

To cooperate in the Liao State, it is the power that is used, and for Yelu Yixin, there is no cost at all, a few words are enough, but the return is real money, which is naturally very profitable. Here in the Great Song Dynasty, it is also beneficial to be able to collect taxes according to the rules with merchants.

According to the information collected by SF Express from other chambers of commerce in Beijing, the total annual trade scale between Song and Liao will not exceed 2 million guan, which is still calculated by calculating the estimated total amount of trade. On the surface, the total amount of transactions in the major markets on the edge of the border was only the use of porcelain and other luxury goods, and the 200,000 taels of silver in the annual coins were recovered, and the tax drawn was only tens of thousands of yuan.

In Han Gang's view, the current scale of the transaction is too small, and the efficiency is too low, this is the amount of trade between two large countries with thousands of miles of land, and the population is the first and second in the world. It is estimated that it will only be 2 million yuan a year, which is more humiliating than having no business.

And there are still many benefits that have not been developed in Liao. For example, fur, Dongzhu, Korean ginseng, and even Haidongqing—let Yelu Yixin squeeze the Jurchens—that is, wood, especially the finest materials, which are also extremely scarce in the north. If the short-distance shipping can be successful, the wood will be cut from Changbai Mountain, put down along the water, and transported from the mouth of the Yalu River to Qingzhou, and transported all the way to the capital through the line of Jishui, Liangshanluo and Wuzhang River.

It's a mutually beneficial trade. Silk, cotton, porcelain, there are many in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is easy to expand production. It is enough for Yelu Yixin to produce only raw materials. Han Gang is sincerely thinking about Yelu Yixin, and he is not worried that he will not bite the hook.

"Of course." Han Gang put down the teacup, "I don't think there is any need for Xiao Linya, who is seriously ill from labor, in this matter, let him recuperate with peace of mind." Presumably, the deputy envoy should be able to contact your father directly, right? ”

Han Gang's persuasion, like the whisper of the devil, touched the heart of the broken dry. Xiao Xi went too far in the eighth year of Xining, and no one in the Great Song Dynasty saw him pleasing to the eye, so it was a small revenge to throw him aside and contact Yelu Yixin directly.

Origan looked struggling, but quickly regained his composure and nodded, "Origan understands." ”

Yelu Yixin's interests are not necessarily the interests of the Liao State; Xiao Xi's gain does not mean that Yelu Yixin will also benefit; In the same way, the goal of the envoy is not necessarily the goal of the vice-envoy.

Zhigan only needs to abandon Xiao Xi, and he can get benefits from Yelu Yixin that he can't imagine. What else is there to hesitate about?

Han Gang smiled slightly, it was a good start.

Next to be dispatched will be the merchants who are the vice-presidents of the Jockey Racing Association, behind which are the clans, nobles and families of the capital. Because of Han Gang's leadership, the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce can also stop by the toilet. There are roads to go in Lingxia and Hedong, and you can also pull the Zhejia family in Hedong in.

There are benefits, everyone shares.