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Zhao Chen said again: "Besides, this is a trivial matter. It's just three hundred sets of equipment. You Tubo can't make much trouble."
Lu Dongzan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly inwardly. Zhao Chen was right about this.
Three hundred sets of equipment was a trivial matter to Tang Dynasty, but to Tubo, it was more important.
The fighting strength of Tubo's elite soldiers cannot be improved, and the level of craftsmen is not good either. These 300 sets of equipment are of great importance to Tubo.
If one can equal ten, that is equivalent to three thousand elite soldiers!
After thinking clearly, Lu Dongzan clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhao, I will send the news back, please wait for me for a day or two."
Zhao Chen nodded.
Lu Dongzan also left again.
Cheng Yaojin sighed and said: "Mr. Zhao, in this case, the envoys from the four directions and three envoys have been tricked by you."
Zhao Chen glanced at Cheng Yaojin: "Old Cheng, can you speak? How can business be called a scam? One is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy. This is obviously a mutual love between the two."
Tang Jian almost spit out a mouthful of water.
And at this moment, the servant outside said again: "Sir, the Silla envoy is outside asking for an audience."
"The last one."
Zhao Chen smiled: "Invite her in."
Li Chengqian behind the screen did the math. He made more than two hundred thousand taels from Baekje alone. He could make another 3,000 cattle and sheep from Tubo. He could make another piece of land from Yamato. Then from Silla. What to earn?
For the first time, he discovered that diplomacy could be so simple. These foreign envoys were really sent to Zhao Chenzai.
Silla envoy Jin Shengman walked in, took small steps to the front, and saluted Zhao Chen and the others.
She is the only female envoy among the Four Kingdoms.
"Master Zhao."
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Miss Jin, are you here for three hundred sets of equipment?"
Jin Shengman saluted again: "Mr. Zhao, for the sake of my little lady, can you come to Chunjiang Tower to have a talk tonight?"
"Oh? What do you need to say there?"
Jin Shengman hesitated to speak: "Master Zhao, there are some things I want to tell you privately about my Silla's bid."
Zhao Chen looked at Jin Shengman. The future Queen of Silla also had a heroic spirit at the moment. She seemed weak, but had perseverance in her eyes. Most importantly, she was very beautiful.
"Okay, I promise you this."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao."
As Jin Shengman left, the envoys from all directions finally left, and Li Chengqian and Fang Xuanling also came out from behind the screen.
"Your Highness, how do you feel?"
Zhao Chen asked with a smile.
Li Chengqian looked in admiration: "Mr. Zhao, I have only read in ancient books that those powerful counselors and lobbyists can change a country and even persuade a country to surrender with just a few words. Mr. Zhao's talent is no better than the lobbyists in those ancient books. Bad. It¡¯s just that there are some things I can¡¯t figure out.¡±
"Prince, please speak."
Li Chengqian had doubts on his face: "The first one is, are we really going to sell weapons to Tubo?"
"Sell, and I will sell as much as Tubo wants to buy."
Zhao Chen folded his folding fan and said, "One is because these weapons are defective products eliminated by the Tang Dynasty. If their weapons and armors encounter our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty on the battlefield, they will only break into two pieces if they encounter a head-on collision. The second reason is that Because exchanging Tibet¡¯s cattle and sheep is equivalent to taking away Tibet¡¯s spare food reserves.¡±
"oh?"
Tang Jian and the others also looked curious.
"Besides highland barley, cattle and sheep are the top priority in Tubo. It seems that they have made a profit, but what if the cattle and sheep are not enough and the Tubo people starve to death? Then there are only two possibilities. The first is to let the Tubo people Starving to death, of course, this possibility is unlikely, the second possibility is that Tibet launches a direct attack."
Cheng Yaojin recognized the taste: "Mr. Zhao, are you trying to force Tubo to go to war with the Tang Dynasty?"
"It's not that I force Tubo to fight, but there must be a battle between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty."
Zhao Chen said with deep meaning: "Old Cheng, think about it, if a war really breaks out, what will happen if there is not enough food in Tubo?"
Cheng Yaojin was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses: "So Mr. Zhao, you only want Tubo's cattle and sheep to prepare for war? Weaken Tubo in advance?"
Zhao Chen smiled: "Old Cheng, you have learned to draw inferences from one example."
Li Chengqian?But when he woke up, he couldn't help but admire him more and more. Mr. Zhao's vision was too far-sighted, and the layout was so terrifying that no one could have imagined it.
"Mr. Zhao, I have a second question."
Li Chengqian looked solemn: "What is the use of Yamato's land?"
"Your Highness, you don't know this. As far as I know, although the land of Yamato is narrow, it is the territory of the entire eastern Pacific Ocean. From here, you can cross the Pacific Ocean to North America by taking the ocean current. Geography Firstly, the location is unique; secondly, there are not many other places in Yamato, but there are a lot of silver mines."
Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling had already seen the map in the geography textbook of Zhao Manor and knew what the Pacific Ocean and North America were like. But now they were shocked when they heard about the silver mine!
??Silver mine? !
Li Chengqian also stared wide-eyed, silver mine, isn¡¯t that just silver?
"Mr. Zhao, how many are there?"
Cheng Yaojin¡¯s tone was filled with excitement.
"I can only say that there are more than you can imagine."
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "Being rich and rivaling the country is not a problem."
"Great! I, Old Cheng, will do it right now. Mr. Zhao, don't you want to send an army over? I'll make arrangements right now, how about that?"
Zhao Chen was quite amused: "What are you in a hurry? This is just a small matter. I will ask my students to bring a few hundred people. If we invade rashly, it will arouse opposition from the entire university and the nobles. It is best to divide them first." .¡±
Li Chengqian took a breath, it turned out that Zhao Chen's arrangement had such far-reaching meaning.
"What about Mr. Zhao, and Baekje and Silla? How to deal with these two countries?"
Li Chengqian asked curiously again.
"No need to deal with it."
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "In a short time, Baekje cannot annex Silla, and Silla cannot annex Baekje. They are just two small countries. Let them fight on their own. We can just reap the benefits. The key now is It¡¯s Goguryeo, and our first priority is to defeat Goguryeo first.¡±
After saying this, Zhao Chen thought of something again: "Your Highness, you go back and tell His Majesty that two more things need to be done. The first thing is to set up a port in Yuyang, which is Jixian County, and at the same time start to recruit craftsmen and build a Shipyard, start building ships; the second thing is to dredge the Grand Canal and restore the Grand Canal to use. These two things are very important and must be done."
"Yuyang" Jixian County, this place was called Tianjin in later generations, and its geographical location is self-evident.
At the same time, the Grand Canal also plays a great role in revitalizing the economy. Although the Grand Canal was excavated before, some parts of it were not dredged. Some sections of the river had sedimentary silt, so they had to be dredged.
Li Chengqian nodded: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I will go back and mention these two things. However, the national treasury may not be able to come up with so much money for the time being."
Fang Xuanling also said from the side: "Yes, Mr. Zhao, if this imperial edict comes out, it may arouse opposition from those ministers of the famous families."
Zhao Chen said with a smile: "No money? This is easy to handle, I will pay for it!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com