"Brother Xia is making money every day, and I am afraid that I will not agree so easily. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Belus laughed.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Yes, let alone one million, even if it is five million, I won't agree." Why? Because I have enough money for myself, I don't have much interest in money. On the contrary, if he had promised to give me a chair at the academy for a scholar who was proficient in his studies, I would have agreed. And if I am especially proficient in philosophy, economics, or other disciplines related to nature, then the situation is not that he begs me, but that I beg him, and I am willing to help him do a few things, in exchange for this gentleman to go to Jingyang Academy as a professor! ”

"Your Highness, what Young Master Xia means is that instead of exchanging what you think is the most valuable wealth, it is better to invest in what you like, what you lack, and what you don't have!" Wang Xuance said to Belus with a smile.

"Xiao Wang understands!" Belus nodded solemnly and said, "What Xiao Wang thinks is the most precious thing in Persia is not necessarily what the Tang Dynasty wants. If Xiao Wang wants to exchange the earth-shattering thunder from Datang's hands, he must first know what Datang wants. ”

Xia Hongsheng clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "That's right!" ”

"There's one more problem." Wang Xuance asked: "The palace is a forbidden place, and the earth-shaking thunder is a murder weapon, how can it be brought into the palace?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince will see His Majesty, there must be a few boxes of greeting gifts!" Xia Hongsheng said.

"Bring it in?" Wang Xuance was stunned: "Bringing weapons into the palace is a big crime." In case Your Majesty blames ......"

"That's just a gamble." Xia Hongsheng said: "If Your Majesty has the heart to make friends with Persia, he will not grasp this point, but will take the opportunity to negotiate terms with Persia." And if His Majesty insists on the crime of carrying weapons into the palace, then although he will not do anything to His Highness because of this, it is possible to expel the mission. It depends on whether His Highness has the courage to take a gamble. How can Your Highness dare to gamble? ”

With that, Xia Hongsheng raised his head and stared at Belus, waiting for his decision.

"Good!" Belus clenched his fist and slammed it on the table: "What is the warrior to fear! ”

"Good!" Xia Hongsheng also slapped the table: "Your Highness is so courageous!" Tomorrow I will get a heaven-shattering thunder and give it to Your Highness. After His Highness makes a request to His Majesty, His Majesty will also do his best to say something in front of His Majesty! ”

Belus solemnly bowed to Xia Hongsheng: "Thank you, Brother Xia!" ”

The three of them talked in detail again, filling in many details of the beginning, until it was nearly curfew, when they came out of the restaurant and hurriedly sent Belus back to the Sifang Pavilion.

Xia Hongsheng and Wang Xuance left the Sifang Pavilion together, and in the carriage, they talked about Persia.

"Young Master Xia asked Belus to say this tonight, he must have reported to His Majesty." Wang Xuance asked.

Xia Hongsheng smiled: "That's natural, otherwise how dare I talk such nonsense." Just wait for Belus to go and ask Your Majesty. Your Majesty has made it clear to me that I want land without money, even if I earn less, or even by renting land, I will use the money from Persia to buy weapons to offset the annual rent, and I will get a few enclaves in Persia. ”

"Why is Your Majesty so anxious?" Wang Xuance asked: "The exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and Persia will not be short. At least for ten years, the Tang Dynasty was unable to include Persia in its territory, so why was it so eager to occupy the territory? ”

"Brother Xuan Ce is confused." Xia Hongsheng said: "If you want to pass through Persia, you must first have one foot to step over. Even if it is just a shallow footprint, at least get involved in it first, and then interfere in the affairs of the land of Persia in the future. ”

"The Great Food is pressing step by step, and in a few years, Persia and the Great Food Society will be dragged down in the stalemate of the confrontation, and then the Tang Dynasty will naturally take over Persia and become the principal of the Persian land. At that time, it was not a matter of His Majesty's will to want that land in Persia? Wang Xuance said.

"That's easy, but it's also easy to stir up local rebellion in Persia, which is not conducive to the assimilation of the Tang Dynasty in the future." Xia Hongsheng said: "At present, Persia continues to stand in line with Persia for the Tang Dynasty, to announce to the world the support of the Tang Dynasty for Persia, and to form a deterrent to the Great Eclipse. The most direct move is that Datang directly sends troops. But Datang can't send troops directly. For Persia, if Datang can have an enclave in Persia, at least in a political sense, it is the same as Datang directly sending troops. Therefore, it is easier to ask for important places in Persia at the moment, but it is in the hands of the Persian royal family. ”

"Why?" Wang Xuance said: "Now that Datang does not send troops, there is no need to station, and there is no reason to ask for land." After the collapse of Persia, it was weak and powerless to fight against the Great Food, and the Tang Dynasty also had the ability to send troops at that time, and if they sent troops directly, they would have a reason to ask for land. ”

"There's a reason for that, too." Xia Hongsheng said: "The maritime trade of the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more developed, and now the maritime trade of the Tang Dynasty is not weaker than the trade on the road, and most of the sea ships have finally arrived in Persia, which is the most reasonable reason at present." ”

"You want to build a port along the coast?" Wang Xuance thought about it for a while, and immediately understood the intention, and said: "Based on the seaport, in order to develop to the shore. Gangming is commercial, but it is actually military! ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed: "This is Your Majesty's foresight. Now there is no one in the world for Datang's ironclad ships. There may be considerable progress and development in the future. The Tang Dynasty is still invincible on land, and if it occupies the sea around Persia again, it will be equivalent to choking the throat of the Persian land, blocking Persia and Da Shi at both ends, and they will have no way out. ”

"I see!" Wang Xuance nodded: "Using the sea to chart the land is indeed the best policy." However, the idea of the next land map is somewhat limited. ”

"By the way, Brother Xuan Ce has been in Persia for so many years, and he is familiar with Persia and the surrounding places?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

"From the city-state to the village, you know it all." Wang Xuance said.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bother Brother Xuan Ce to stay up a few more nights, and transcribe the detailed information of Gongbra, Muhamara, and Bushehr as soon as possible and hand them over to Honglu Temple." ”

"Gombra, Muhamara, Bushehr......" Wang Xuance repeated these place names, thought about it for a while, and asked: "These three places are just small fishing villages with little names, why would Young Master Xia know?" Datang wants these three places? ”

"Although these three are only small fishing villages, they are geographically suitable for the construction of ports, and they are strategic arteries near the Persian Gulf." Xia Hongsheng explained: "If Datang can build military ports in these three places, and then develop and extend to the land, then in a few years, the sea of Persia will be the Tang Dynasty." Fortunately, the Persians still only regard this as a small fishing village, which is convenient for the Tang Dynasty to ask for. ”

Wang Xuance took a deep breath and nodded: "Okay, I will immediately start sorting out the materials in these three places and hand them over to Honglu Temple as soon as possible." ”