Chapter 1562: White Wolf with Empty Gloves
The strong man was obviously rising, but he saw the guards retreating suddenly. With a little unhappiness, he still grabbed a guard who was lying on the ground with a broken bone and whispered, and directly lifted the man like a chicken. With a swing of his arms, the man shouted and was thrown away.
At this moment, a Ross man in a big robe and beard came forward. This man looked ordinary but was dressed in luxurious clothes, but his outfit was quite similar to that of the Mongols.
The man stepped forward, crossed his hands, and said a few words, and Zhu Houzhao also started chatting with him with a smile.
This is Mongolian.
As a result, Ye Chunqiu could not understand it. Zhu Houzhao had ambition since childhood, so he was very interested in Mongolian. He learned some since childhood. He had walked outside the pass before, and he had already become familiar with Mongolians. The Rus people have been ruled by the Golden Horde for nearly two hundred years. This Golden Horde was a group of Mongolians under Genghis Khan's son, Commander Badu. He ruled Central and Eastern Europe. The nobles of the countries below naturally rushed to learn Mongolian.
After talking for a while, Zhu Houzhao thought of Ye Chunqiu who was also present, for fear of neglecting Ye Chunqiu, so he smiled and said to Ye Chunqiu: "This man is Ivan, and he is the envoy of the Ross. They have an irreconcilable hatred with the Tatars. Oh, but this Tatar is not the Tatar, well, I can't explain it clearly for a while, but they heard that my Ming Dynasty wanted to fight to the death with Batumonk Khan, and were willing to make an alliance with our Ming Dynasty, and attack Batumonk Khan from both sides. This Ross state claimed to have a wide land, a fertile field of thousands of miles, a armored army, hundreds of thousands, and now it is at its peak. I am willing to help my Ming Dynasty with a strong armament. I didn't believe it at first, but now I see this hero, I believe it deeply. With the support of this Ross state, Batumonk will be afraid that the day when Batumonk surrenders is not far away."
As he said that, Zhu Houzhao looked at the strong man who came forward with the envoy with envoys, and couldn't help but say, "Oh, look at him, how many heads are taller than me, and his arms are thicker than my legs. Such a person can still be regarded as one hundred even when facing the Tatars. Spring and Autumn, you don't know that this person is called Victor. Well, in the words of our Han people, it is called Victor. It's such a good name. Ha, come and reward this Victor. This is a real hero."
When Ye Chunqiu heard about the alliance, he roughly understood a lot of things.
In fact, the Duchy of Moscow at this time had no intention of looking east, because their targets were always the West, and now they are conquering cities and territory with Lithuania and Eastern European countries. Where can they gather large troops and expand their space eastward? Even if they advance eastward, it will be decades later.
But the Ross said that he wanted to attack the Tatars with the Ming Dynasty, which made Ye Chunqiu feel a bit like making a fortune.
According to Ye Chunqiu's understanding, the Tatars and the Mongolian Khanate remaining in Siberia and other places have always been the biggest concerns of the Ross people. As long as they form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, they can consolidate their eastern borders and free up their hands and concentrate on managing the West.
On the other hand, if the Ming Dynasty was defeated, the negative impact on them would be very large for a while. Once the Ming Dynasty won the war against the Tatars, this ally from the West would probably send troops and horses to attack without hesitation, and then take the opportunity to conquer the city and surround the land.
After all, in their eyes, the Ming Dynasty was just an empire composed of a group of farmers. The Ming Dynasty's people were delicate and weak, and could not withstand the bitter cold of the north. As long as the Tatars were destroyed, they could take the opportunity to advance eastward and replace the Tatars. In this way, wouldn't it be a huge benefit to empty-handedness?
But although he thought about the consequences in his heart, Ye Chunqiu was inconvenient to say anything to Zhu Houzhao in front of the envoy.
Zhu Houzhao still looked excited, and looked at Ye Chunqiu with bright light, as if he said something again. Ye Chunqiu couldn't understand, and Zhu Houzhao naturally knew that Ye Chunqiu could not understand Mongolian language, so he explained to Ye Chunqiu: "Chunqiu, Ivan said that I have long admired your reputation. I heard that the firearms you made are very powerful. The country of Ross wanted to contribute to our Ming Dynasty, but the firearms were insufficient. I wonder if the Zhenguo Mansion could provide a batch of firearms to Ross."
This is a very capable person to make money from nothing.
However, as the emperor of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire, Zhu Houzhao was rich in all directions, and with Zhu Houzhao's character, as long as he was happy, Zhu Houzhao didn't care about these rewards.
Zhu Houzhao said: "Spring and Autumn, this time, the people of Ross came to Beijing and paid a lot of tributes. Although they were not very valuable, they showed their sincerity. I was thinking about what to reward them. Since they wanted firearms, they might as well give them a batch. How about it?"
Ye Chunqiu thought to himself that the Ross people are ambitious. If they give it, wouldn’t they be more powerful? Now is the rising period of the Ross country. They have almost gained a foothold in Eastern Europe and conquered cities and lands. It won’t take long for their grand duke to proclaim themselves to be the Tsar and look at the East.
Now the Tatars are the main concerns of the Ming Dynasty, but in the future, once the Tatars are captured, the ambitious Ross may not be the main concerns of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Ye Chunqiu could not refuse in a blunt way. After all, he had to take care of Zhu Houzhao's face and said, "Your Majesty, the Zhenguo Mansion is not owned by me. If you want to give it to the guns, it is probably necessary for the shareholders to agree. Otherwise, wouldn't it be like me to borrow flowers to offer the interests of the shareholders to Buddha? This example is not a good thing."
In this situation, it is actually Ye Chunqiu's real intention to let the princes invest, so that everyone's interests can be mixed in. On weekdays, as the backbone of the Zhenguo Mansion, he can have his own room to play, but if there is anything, he can use them as a shield. It seems that Ye Chunqiu has sold some of his own interests, but in fact, it has become Ye Chunqiu's own capital.
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao thought about the shareholders of Zhenguo Mansion who valued the interests, and felt that their heads were inexplicably ached. It is not difficult to imagine that there would be a lot of resistance to this matter. Not to mention others, Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo must have strongly opposed it. Most of the others would not support it, because a group of firearms were small, and I guess everyone was afraid of it, which was set such a precedent.
Today, Ye Chunqiu can give things generously, but will he still give more things tomorrow? If they are given out every few days, won’t the shareholders go to eat Guanyin soil?
This is also the importance of rules. Many disputes that are unwilling to give in are just some small profits, or even not very harmful in themselves. However, the parties involved still refuse to compromise. In fact, they are afraid that they will lose more after breaking through this bottom line.
(To be continued., Your support is my greatest motivation.) 17-02-20 09:34:32
Chapter completed!