Since the transformation of the foreign policy of the Tang Dynasty under the leadership of Xia Hongsheng, there has been an additional big room dedicated to negotiations in the Honglu Temple. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Those Datang officials in Honglu Temple have already changed from thinking that Datang should not take advantage of people's danger and lose the courtesy of saints to an excellent diplomatic negotiator who puts the interests of Datang first.

When entering the negotiation door, there is a long oval-shaped round table. On the side of the door facing the door, there are officials from the Tang Dynasty, Tang Jian in the middle, and Xia Hongsheng on Tang Jian's side. On the side with their backs to the door was the Persian legations, and in the middle sat Belus.

The two sides said goodbye to each other, and after saluting, they both sat back down. Xia Hongsheng didn't raise his head, lowered his head and silently looked at the pile of papers in front of him, although the content on it was originally drawn up by him.

"Old man Tang Jian, who was ordered by His Majesty to be the person in charge of the Tang Dynasty, came to preside over this negotiation." After Tang Jian sat down, he said: "His Royal Highness the prince came from afar to ask Datang for help, which is a trust in Datang, and the old man thanked His Highness first." After the negotiation begins, you and I will be our own masters, and if the old man is offended in his words, please ask His Royal Highness the Prince to do a lot, and do not blame him. ”

"Don't dare!" Belus said with a smile: "The Tang Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world today, and it is willing to accept Persia and help Persia, so the little king should thank the Tang Dynasty on behalf of my king!" At the time of the negotiation, the representative of the little king is Persia, not for the little king himself, so he will not be polite, if there is any inappropriate language, please also Ju Gong Haihan! ”

The two exchanged polite words, and soon got to the point.

But I heard Tang Jian say: "In order to resist the Great Eclipse, the Persian State asked the Tang Dynasty to sell some weapons, including the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, to Persia. His Majesty has already agreed to this. However, those weapons, after all, did not come out of nothing. In order to manufacture those weapons, Datang also spent a lot of money. And the earth-shattering thunder inside is the most secret weapon of Datang, even if it is the Western Regions and other countries that have come to buy Datang weapons for many years, Datang has not sold them. And His Majesty's agreement to sell to Persia shows the importance attached to Persia. ”

"Little Wang, thank you to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!" Belus said.

Tang Jian raised his hand and clicked on the pile of paper in front of him, and continued to say to Belus: "It is precisely because these weapons are also made by the Tang Dynasty with a lot of manpower and material resources and a lot of painstaking efforts, so if the Persian State wants to get these weapons, it must also give the Tang Dynasty some returns." Here, there are some conditions and requirements for our Datang to agree to sell weapons to Persia, and I would like to ask His Royal Highness the Prince and the envoys to take a look. ”

With that, the people of the Honglu Temple on the side stood up, walked to the opposite side, and laid down the same wad of paper in front of each of the Persian envoys. That's exactly what those terms are.

Belus flipped open the stack of paper and looked down.

Xia Hongsheng raised his eyes and quietly stared at Belus, seeing that his brows were already slightly furrowed, and the Persian envoys around him also began to withdraw their happy expressions and became solemn.

There was a long silence in the negotiating room, and the Persian envoys were looking at the terms word by word. The one given to them has both the Chinese language of the Tang Dynasty and the Persian language translated from the past, so I am not afraid that they will not understand it.

These clauses are all written by Xia Hongsheng, which is itself a very comprehensive and detailed contract with clear rights and obligations.

Datang, on his side, didn't speak, just waited quietly for the Persians to finish reading the contract in their hands.

"This ...... Lord Tang, these conditions ...... It's too harsh! A Persian envoy who sat on the left side of Belus, next to him, was the first to speak, and said, "A standard weapon, including a long sword, a horse lance, a hook and sickle, a riding sword, a steel crossbow, and the like, is a hundred times. One hundred, that's too expensive! ”

"There are many countries around that buy Datang weapons, and they are all at such a price." An official in the Honglu Temple said: "The weapons of the Tang Dynasty are not conjured out of vain, a riding knife made of 100 steel, the cost of materials and manpower alone is eighty times!" Sell you a hundred, and Datang will only get twenty. How expensive is it? If your country is really too expensive, Datang still has fifty steelmaking used earlier, which is much cheaper, and forty will be sold! ”

"But how much does Xue Yantuo have to wait? At most, there are no more than 10,000 pieces. Another Persian envoy said: "My Persia wants at least 200,000 pieces this time, and the merchants can do business cheaper when they know how much they need!" ”

"That's not what I said." Xia Hongsheng opened his mouth and said, "Let me ask you a question. Your country just said that it wants 200,000 pieces. If it is calculated according to 100 guan per piece, a total of 20 million copper coins are required. With 20 million yuan, from Datang, he can obtain a weapon that can equip 200,000 people in a very short period of time, not more than half a year, and this weapon is not inferior to the weapon made by Uzi Steel. The envoy took 20 million guan to make an Uzi steel weapon that could equip 200,000 people, not to mention whether it could be made, even if it could be made, how long would it take? ”

"This ......" The Persian envoy was asked by Xia Hongsheng, and he was speechless for a while.

But I heard Xia Hongsheng say again: "If this envoy doesn't answer, it must be impossible." With 20 million guan, Persia could not make a weapon of the same level as Uzigang that could equip 200,000 men. And the Tang Dynasty can make weapons that can be used by 200,000 people within half a year, and put them into the hands of Persia. You can't figure this account out, right? ”

"But 20 million ...... How could Persia have so many copper coins? The Persian envoy shook his head and retorted.

"Datang is thinking about Persia, considering that Persia uses gold as the currency, there may not be so many copper coins, so there is the supplement on the contract - after being converted into copper coins, other things can be used to replace them with equivalents. Although Persia does not have so many copper coins, as far as I know, Persia has a lot of copper mines! Datang can ask Persia to convert these 20 million copper coins into copper coins, and how much copper ore can be bought with 20 million copper coins, it is also possible for Persia to directly replace them with copper ore; It is also possible to use as much paraffin water as you can buy; How many good war horses can be bought, and it is also possible to replace them with war horses. As long as it is equivalent. ”

Belus shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Young Master Xia doesn't know, copper ore is extremely difficult to mine, and it will take many years to mine enough to be worth 20 million yuan. ”

"Your Highness, please see the second supplement. If Persia encounters a problem in the repayment process, as the suzerain, the Tang Dynasty should help it solve the problem and restore its ability to repay. Xia Hongsheng said: "That is to say, if it is difficult to mine copper ore in Persia, Datang can send people to mine it itself, and Persia can send people to supervise it." After mining, it was transported back to Datang to offset the cost of purchasing weapons. ”