Looking at Li Deming's stunned look, a sense of superiority arose in Lu Yijian's heart.
A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin, and the world has never seen this.
However, they all laughed. When Lu Yijian and other ministers heard about these terms for the first time, they were no less shocked than Li Deming.
After the shock, the first reaction of the ministers was to object in unison.
Food and ironware must never be let go!
Even if the Xiazhou Li family offers land as a vassal, they cannot agree. After all, the Xiazhou Li family's capriciousness is a well-known fact.
The flow of strategic materials such as grain, grass and iron into Xiazhou is tantamount to capitalizing on the enemy!
But their opposition had no effect at all.
In the end, it was the officials who convinced them.
Capitalize on the enemy?
The Li family of Xiazhou was not qualified to be the enemy of the Song Dynasty.
As long as the Song Dynasty can maintain its lead and sell some grain and ironware, so what?
Even if Xiazhou Dangxiang is given enough ironware, their production technology cannot keep up.
Not to mention iron tools, even if the "Invincible General Cannon" was given to Xiazhou Dangxiang, they would not be able to imitate it.
Taking a step back, Xiazhou Party Xiang Hongyun took the lead. After ten or eight years of painstaking research, he finally cracked the general cannon and copied the 'youth version' of the general cannon. So what?
At that time, the artillery of the Song Dynasty would only become more advanced!
In fact, it wasn't that Li Jie looked down on Xiazhou Dangxiang. Given Xiazhou Dangxiang's internal environment, he couldn't figure out artillery for ten or eight years.
The Song Dynasty was able to develop artillery, although it was due to technological accumulation, but the technological accumulation of the Song Dynasty could only account for two to three layers of merit.
The remaining seven floors all belong to Li Jie.
Without him, it would have been impossible for artillery to come out a hundred years ahead of schedule.
Moreover, after ten or eight years, whether Xiazhou Party items still exist or not is still a question.
Therefore, the problem of capitalizing on the enemy does not exist at all!
After a long time, Li Deming finally recovered from the shock, and then he stood up quickly and asked excitedly.
"May I ask if what the envoy just said is true?"
Just now, Li Deming even suspected that he was hallucinating.
He doesn't understand!
He even felt that Da Song had some conspiracy!
But no matter how much he doesn't understand, no matter how much he speculates, he can't resist the temptation. At this moment, Li Deming just wants to know whether the terms are true.
If money was really used to buy the supplies Xiazhou desperately needed, why would there be a need to fight?
Totally unnecessary!
It is unwise to anger a powerful country like the Song Dynasty. The Li family of Xiazhou has no ambition to take over the Central Plains. If they want to develop, they can go west and bully the soft persimmons like Tubo and Uighurs in the Liugu tribe. Isn't that good?
"of course it's true."
Lu Yijian smiled meaningfully: "However, these terms can be true or false. Everything depends on King Xia's sincerity and performance."
"The little king is willing to worship your Majesty as the Holy Emperor!"
Li Deming didn't hesitate at all, and immediately faced the east and knelt down on the ground.
After giving a big salute, Li Deming slowly stood up and turned to look at Lu Yijian.
"Xiao Wang has always admired the culture of the Central Plains, but he is too old to listen to it. Now, Xiao Wang wants his two sons to go to Bianliang to study.
I wonder if the envoy can agree?"
In order to show his loyalty, Li Deming did not hesitate to send his two sons to the Song Dynasty to serve as hostages.
"Educating all the people is a ritual of our dynasty. Since the King of Xia has the intention, he should take it upon himself to fulfill it."
Lu Yijian nodded slightly and agreed to Li Deming's request, but it was limited to this, and there was no more promise.
Hearing this, Li Deming immediately understood.
This is not enough for the other party!
After thinking for a moment, Li Demington made up his mind.
"The little king is willing to be the sword in your majesty's hand. Any holy words, the little king will take them as a guide."
"Xiao Wang promises that if smuggling occurs in the future, we will never tolerate it and will investigate and pursue it to the end!"
"good."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yijian immediately relaxed.
"I will definitely inform His Majesty of King Xia's wishes."
"Thank you, envoy."
With that said, Li Deming raised his wine bottle.
"Xiao Wang would like to offer you a drink."
"Drink this cup to the full."
Seeing this, Lu Yijian raised the wine bottle and replied with a smile.
"Drink full!"
After saying this, Lu Yijian drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Almost at the same time, Li Deming also finished the glass of wine.
The bottle fell, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
After drinking this glass of wine, the atmosphere of the banquet became much more lively.
But whether it is sincere or false, only the person involved knows.
Did Lu Yijian really believe what Li Deming said?
Definitely not!
If Li Deming really had no second thoughts, he would not have sent his son to Bianliang to serve as a hostage, but would have personally led the team to Bianliang to pay tribute and receive gifts.
After all, if the son is gone, he can still be born again.
This sentence may be a bit cold-blooded, but for people like Li Deming, it is probably not difficult to let go of his wife and children.
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Although the two parties did not completely reach a consensus, thanks to the "compassionate" terms provided by the Song Dynasty, the two parties at least had one thing in common.
With this common ground, the negotiation process went much smoother than imagined.
When Li Deming learned that Lu Yijian was the pacifier of the Shaanxi Road Economic Strategy, his attitude toward Lu Yijian became even more enthusiastic.
After all, Lu Yijian was mainly responsible for the trade between Song and Xia in the future.
A few days later.
Li Deming issued a summons to all ministries, asking all their leaders to come to the royal capital for a meeting to discuss the matter.
After several days of exchanges and discussions, Li Deming agreed in principle to all the terms proposed by Da Song.
Compared with the previous mutual trade, the conditions proposed by Song Dynasty this time can be said to be full of sincerity.
The Song Dynasty successively defeated Xiazhou Dangxiang and the Khitan, and went all over China. The strength of the Song Dynasty was the undisputed number one.
Such a powerful Song Dynasty proposed such generous terms. If the Xiazhou Li family did not agree, wouldn't they be looking for trouble?
At sunset, Meimi was lying naked next to Li Deming. Judging from the glistening sweat stains on her body and the equally naked Li Deming, it was obvious that the two had just experienced a big battle.
"Your Majesty, Chengyu is still young, can you..."
Meimi looked at Li Deming pitifully and begged softly.
However, before she could finish her words, she was rejected by Li Deming.
"no!"
"This matter is not negotiable."
"Can……"
Meimi was beautiful and very good at acting coquettishly. When her suggestion was rejected, she immediately looked at Li Deming with tears in her eyes.
Seeing Mia Mi's expression of pity, Li Deming quickly coaxed her.
"My dear concubine, think about it, Bianliang is so prosperous. Chengyu goes to Bianliang to live there to enjoy happiness, so how can he suffer?"
"Don't worry, my beloved, when the time comes, the king will definitely give Cheng Yu more money and won't make him suffer."
"real?"
"certainly!"
After coaxing and coaxing, Li Deming's palms became restless, and after a while, there was another wave of chattering in the inner hall.
A quarter of an hour later, Meimi fell into a deep sleep, and Li Deming fell into deep thought while playing with the grapes.
There are some things that he will not tell Meami.
For example, when Li Chengyu went to Bianliang, it also meant that he lost the qualification to inherit the throne.
In the same way, the same is true for the three sons.
Li Deming would rather have a few more children and train them from an early age than let his two sons who went to Bianliang inherit the throne.