Hold on to the Liao army to the south?
It was still the Liao army heading south while deliberately looking for trouble.
Li Jilong shook his head: "The official family is determined to reduce military expenditure of 20 million yuan next year. How can we fight without money?"
"I'll get you 100 million yuan, but the trouble is that if the Liao people are forced into a hurry, they will probably turn against each other and may fight again."
Hahaha!
Li Jilong laughed to the sky: "Is there a hundred million yuan in hand? Are you still afraid of war?"
Liu An picked up the wine glass and sat next to Li Jilong: "I told a small story about Huagen to the third minister and the sixth minister in the official study. Is the old general interested in listening?"
"Listen." After Li Jilong said that, he waved his hand gently. Even though it was his trusted soldiers here, he also asked these people to retreat temporarily.
After the personal soldiers retreated, Li continued to say to Liu An: "Don't worry, let's talk in detail."
It was the story of Huagen again, and Li Jilong's eyes changed after listening to it.
"The Liao people have good flowers?"
"The Liao people... have sable fur. I have three thousand sable fur on my hands and a huge amount of financial support from the seven major merchant alliances. Now the market price of sable fur in Bianliang City is about 26 1,000 to 1,300 sables. What if the price increases by 100 times, then it will fall back to the original price overnight."
Li Jilong squinted his eyes and looked at Liu An.
Everyone in Bianliang City knows that Liu An is a ignorant.
Liu An is so disguised.
One hundred times is one hundred thousand coins, and one of three thousand sables can be used as 30,000 pieces of goods, which is really 100 million coins.
Once this matter is done, the Liao people will really go south.
They killed the Liao nobles in one wave. Apart from fighting, they could not recover their losses.
Li Jilong shook his head: "No, I feel guilty. Even if there are 100 million Guans in hand, if the Liao people go south in large numbers, even if the Song Dynasty can win, it will be a tragic victory. If such a victory destroys countless prefectures north of the Yellow River, the loss will be more than 100 million Guans. On the other hand, if 100 million Guans in hand, the Song Dynasty will launch a large-scale northern expedition, but it will not be able to fight at the moment."
After Li Jilong calmly thought about it, this matter really couldn't be done.
In the last war, not to mention other things, it only took at least two years to make up for the loss of the arrowheads.
Arrows can't be used by just cutting them with a stick.
Not to mention, Liu An kept transporting the ordnance from the Central Plains in Champa, and the consumption of the arrows was astonishingly large. This problem could only be solved after the Guangzhou Ordnance Workshop was built and the craftsmen were proficient in it.
Liu An knew it in his heart.
Even the God of War in the Song Dynasty, honored by the Liao people, believed that it was not appropriate to start a war in a short period of time, so this battle would definitely not be fought.
The Liao people probably did the same, the loss last time was too large.
Li Jilong brought the topic back to the topic: "It's such a big thing for sacrifice to heaven. Others ask for a place to find favors everywhere, but you have a place but don't go? I'm old, and I'm weak and my legs hurt. Where are you?"
"Sacrifice to the sky, no. This is just a small matter to talk to the officials and God. The truth is a commodity exhibition..." Before Liu An finished speaking, he saw the Li family's personal soldiers knocking on the door: "Report, urgent matter."
"Come in."
The team was running in: "The three elders of the Xiao family in Hangzhou Business Alliance said that there was a hundred thousand people who were eager to see Anping Hou, and a hundred thousand people who were eager to see him."
"Call them in." Li Jilong did not refuse.
After all, this time, the Hangzhou Business Alliance is responsible for the women's official dress and the imperial guards' dress when sacrificing the heavens. If there is any mistake, someone may die.
The three elders of the Xiao family were the heads of the Hangzhou Business Alliance in Bianliang. After the permission of the three of them entered, one of them held a semi-finished skirt in front of Liu An.
Liu An said: "Simple, direct, talk about things."
"Mr. Marquis, we got some news from Li Deming, a Sasanian. While we rushed to ask for instructions from the Hou. When we were talking, we got some news, so we changed the style of the dress."
The semi-finished product was opened, and Li Jilong took a look: "It looks pretty, this color is good, and the pattern of the royal sacrifice to the sky is also good."
Liu An said, "The old generals don't know what the Byzantine royal family is called the Eastern Roman royal family. What they call it doesn't matter. They have another name, called the nobles under the purple hat tent, representing the ultimate honor. Three hundred years ago, the technology of silkworm breeding spread there, and they themselves also have silk."
"However, there is no silkworm. They are far from the essence of silk. Why is it purple? Because their purple raw material comes from a shell, dyeing a purple one. Not to mention whether the color is correct or not, the cost is three times gold. And we... use purple grass. The color is positive and the cost is low."
The three old shopkeepers were stunned. Liu An actually knew all the news they had worked hard to find out, and he knew it in such detail.
Liu An pointed to the semi-finished long skirt: "To be precise, this should belong to the product that the Eastern Roman royal family has given them. I agree, go and do it."
"Mr. Xie."
Liu An said again: "Who is the most valuable person in this world?"
"Please give me advice."
"Think about Zhaixing Pavilion, think about it again. Go."
After delivering his salute, the three old shopkeepers went out and stopped outside the door. One of them asked: "What is the most valuable thing in Zhaixing Pavilion?"
"Message, news is expensive. At first, after receiving the news that the number of horses in Lingzhou increased greatly and the need for a large amount of cloth in Lingzhou, many people took this opportunity to make a big profit. Therefore, news is the most valuable."
"Yes, the purple color over there is extremely precious. Now I know that they have a huge cost to dye purple. This is valuable news."
"Yes. I'll send someone to modify the model when I go back. Even if I can't change it, I'll add some purple thread to the clothes. Even if I add a cuff, it's necessary."
The Hangzhou Business Alliance has already made up its mind and will use the hand of the Dashi Merchant to swing the knife hard this time.
The three of them were about to leave, but the personal soldiers of the Li Mansion were running out: "The Marquis has something to tell you. The Marquis said that the clothes of the Eastern Romans were a sleeve and a shawl, so that you could find a way to study the ancient Roman style. Then the Eastern Romans' shoes were very bad, and they had no hats except the emperor. Just that, go."
"Thank you, Mr. Hou."
After thanking the three, they were very excited: "Shoes are new business and hats. They are just where to study ancient Roman styles."
"Li Deming."
"Yes, Li Deming."
Li Deming had forgotten his original name. He was originally a nobleman of the Sassanid Kingdom. He had lived in the Song Dynasty for twenty years and had given the name of the Han people.
However, he understood ancient Roman history and also understood ancient Greek history.
More importantly, he has ambitions.
He needs money, arms, and ships.
He needs only one goal to revive the Sassanian Kingdom and kill the great cannibals. Therefore, as long as it is a matter of being able to cheat the great cannibals, he will participate in it even if he is not good.
What if it is beneficial?
The three shopkeepers went back and gave him a big order.
"Official Li, this matter will give you three points of profit."
Chapter completed!