Master Lingji wrote to the Sixth Prince while looking for a killer. He had only one purpose. If the Prince did not support it, then he would ask a killer to deal with Ma Hanshan. In a word, he wanted Ma Hanshan to die, otherwise, he would lose face all over the place in Shaoguang Fort.
Can't find it back.
While Master Lingji was busy "mobilizing troops and generals" to deal with Ma Hanshan, he had already entered Xingqing City with the envoy's team.
Now, he is just a personal follower of Bi Liancheng.
Of course, his personal entourage also became Bi Liancheng's personal entourage, and Bai Shengxi had already said goodbye and left. The task of "guide" was completed, and she had to rush back to Baituo Villa.
The person who greeted Bi Liancheng and his party was Fang Liquan, the young minister of Honglu Temple in Xixia Kingdom.
The government structure of the countries around Dasong, no matter how big or small, is basically modeled after the Tang Dynasty. Xixia was originally a Tang Dynasty, and all the institutions are exactly the same as the Tang Dynasty. The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, one of the Nine Qings, a fourth-grade Beijing official,
He is also considered a high-ranking official.
However, it was really "impolite" to treat Dasong's envoys by sending only one young minister and only greeting them outside the capital gate.
Of course, whether it is a country or an individual, respect is always a sign of strength. After Dasong ceded its territory and moved south, its strength was no longer enough, and its dignity was naturally gone. Therefore, no one in the surrounding countries regarded it as a central country.
, naturally there is no respect.
Fang Liquan led everyone to Honglu Temple to settle down, and after a few words of explanation, he was ready to leave. Seeing this, Ma Hanshan quickly asked the adults to wait.
Damn it, just leave me here. The bullshit emperor has to tell me when he summons me.
"Who are you? What's the matter?" Fang Liquan stopped and looked back, with a look of displeasure on his face.'
"Haha, it doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that adults should read this document." Ma Hanshan said as he took out a stack of banknotes and stuffed them into Fang Liquan's hand.
Um, this guy actually gives gifts in public? Isn’t it a bit too much?
What Ma Hanshan did was actually quite rude. Not to mention that a follower of his could not be so rude to stop the gift from the house. This kind of gift-giving in public is really embarrassing. Should you accept it or not?
One-third of the land under the jurisdiction of the Xixia Kingdom is desert, and another third is grassland. The rest is mountainous, and the population is not large. Therefore, the economy is really not good. It can be said that
A poor country.
Because the salary of officials cannot be compared with that of Dasong. Moreover, although the yamen of Honglu Temple is said to be a "diplomatic" institution of a country, it is a clean yamen with no oil and water...
Therefore, when Fang Liquan saw a stack of thousand taels of silver notes in his hand, he was stunned, and then his blood boiled. He had never seen so much silver at once, and the money was still in his hand.
"You...what do you want to do?" Sometimes, money can be scary, and Fang Liquan was scared by this stack of banknotes.
"I didn't want to do anything, it's just... You guys have worked so hard to send us out of the city to greet us. I'll just treat you all to a glass of light wine." Ma Hanshan leaned closer to Fang Liquan and whispered, "Give 20,000 points to the soldiers.
The rest is your hard work."
"This...that...isn't right..." Fang Liquan grabbed a stack of banknotes and looked back at the people below. He wanted to accept it, but was afraid of getting into trouble.
"Thank you, Ambassador Songchao..." I don't know who took the lead. Fang Liquan hadn't expressed his position yet, but dozens of soldiers, scribes, officials, etc. who were following him had already bowed to Ma Hanshan.
No matter what the military system is, soldiers are the most miserable. Therefore, when they heard Ma Hanshan say that they had a share of the stack of banknotes, everyone was excited. The whole team was refreshed and even stood straight.
"Then thank you, Your Majesty." At this time, Quan Dare not dare to say that he would not accept the house gift, unless he took out the money himself and distributed it to the entourage who were receiving the envoy.
Ma Hanshan smiled and hugged him, then returned to the queue.
Forty thousand taels of silver were spent like this. Ma Hanshan smiled brightly on his face, but in his heart he cursed himself as a prodigal.
Fang Liquan left with his people, and Ma Hanshan was drinking tea in Ambassador Bi's room. He was thinking, would there be any gain from spending these 40,000 taels of silver?
"Brother Ma Xian, why do you spend so much money on giving gifts to those Xixia people?" Bi Liancheng felt a little sad for the tens of thousands of taels of silver. In his opinion, Xixia was just a traitor, and as the envoy of Dasong, he didn't need to pay attention to a mere Honglu.
The young minister of the temple.
"Haha, Brother Bi, I still have some experience in studying human nature. Yes, a young minister, especially the young minister from Honglu Temple, does not have power. Spending money on him may not get anything in return.
But it is very easy for these powerless people to do bad things. Spend a little money without asking for anything in return, just ask them not to do bad things." Ma Hanshan said with a smile.
Small people often lead to big things or bad things. What's more, the fourth-rank Beijing official, Honglu Temple Shaoqing, is not considered a small official.
It should be impossible for Fang Liquan who is stuck in the position of "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" to ask him to help or do anything. He is powerless even if he wants to. However, when such a person who is helpless and has no intention to help, he will be unable to help.
, but it is easy to do.
"Well, the money belongs to the wise brother anyway." Bi Liancheng said with a smile.
"Haha, I lent this to Brother Bi. I just sent it out on Brother Bi's behalf. Brother Bi, after you get promoted and make a fortune, don't forget your little brother.
"What? What did you say...the money you spent is considered to be lent to me? Oh my god...how did you know you could do this? I don't agree..." Bi Liancheng was really anxious, huh, such a loan.
Haha, it’s true, loan sharks all over the world borrow money like this.
"It's useless if you don't agree. Mr. Bi agreed." Ma Hanshan said with a faint smile, "Now, take a break. After you have rested, let everyone pack their belongings and be ready to enter the palace at any time."
"Brother Xixia, do you think Emperor Xixia will meet us tomorrow?" Bi Lian brought the topic back to business.
"I guess it won't be that fast. I think it will take three or four days at the fastest." Han Shan smiled and said, "In these two days, we will go to visit the important ministers in Xixia."
"Hmph, what's the point of visiting the important ministers of the Bianchui Man Kingdom?" Bi Liancheng said disdainfully.
"Brother Bi, you must put away this mentality. As the saying goes, the situation is stronger than the people. Now, Dasong is asking for help from Xixia. Therefore, your posture must be correct. Otherwise, if you fail, you will not be able to get promoted or get paid.
It is very possible that even the small hat will be taken off." Ma Hanshan said seriously.
"Okay, listen to my dear brother. Then... who should we start with? Their prime minister?" Bi Liancheng nodded and said.
"Brother Bi, do you know that someone in the Xixia royal family has always wanted to usurp the throne?" Ma Han hasn't decided who to worship first. He has to do some research, not only for Long Guangning's affairs, but also for his own business.
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Although the population of Xixia Country is not very large, it is still a country after all. The consumption capacity of high-end products may not be high, but some people's livelihood products and rigid demand are still necessary. The most important thing is that the glass produced in Xixia Country is now
Aside from the gourmet food, whether you are buying or selling the best quality food, now that you are here, you have to arrange it well.
What Ma Hanshan calls layout is not about opening a few stores, but about the layout of connections.
No matter which one of his products, Ma Hanshan has no worries about selling them. As long as they are made, people will come to buy them with money. Even so, Ma Hanshan has always spent a lot of money to build his own network.
If you have your own network of contacts and your own information channels, you can make money even if you don’t have a product. But if you only have a product, no network of contacts and no information, the new product will always turn into an old product, even if you don’t have your own network of relationships.
, even if you make money, you may not be able to pocket it safely.
"Which country and dynasty doesn't fight for power? Dear brother, you don't want to get involved in these things in the Xixia Kingdom, do you?" Bi Liancheng looked at Ma Hanshan and said, "Don't, brother, you can get involved in anything, including imperial power."
Fighting is the most dangerous."
"Brother Bi, you don't get involved in many things if you don't want to. There are some things that get stuck with you even if you don't want to get involved." Of course Ma Hanshan didn't want to get involved in other people's fights for the throne, but things got stuck.
He came up, but he was never afraid of trouble. He took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and said to Bi Liancheng, "Brother Bi, do you know who attacked us in Shaoguang Fort?"
"They...are they from Xixia?" Bi Liancheng asked in surprise.
"They are from the Sixth Prince of Donghu and the Imperial Uncle of Xixia. Brother Bi, these two bastards want to usurp the throne. Therefore, they do not allow Da Song to have a good relationship with Donghu Xixia. Therefore, they want to kill us and then let
Dasong and Dongxixia are at war."
"Ah! They...they actually do such a thing? Isn't this a favor to Bei Meng? Isn't this a case of tormenting their own people? For the sake of power, they don't care about anything?" Bi Liancheng exclaimed.
"Haha, Brother Bi is seriously poisoned." Ma Hanshan said with a helpless smile.
Although Bi Liancheng is not a scholar, he is from this era after all, and has read the so-called sages' books, so the thoughts of a sage are still deeply rooted in his bones, and he always likes to ignore evil and infinitely magnify good.
He simply couldn't understand that in the eyes of some people, everything was fake except for interests. For the sake of interests, everything could be sacrificed and discarded. Morality and law were just tools they used to punish others.
"Brother Yu was poisoned?" Bi Liancheng was confused.
"Haha, I'm just kidding. Let's do this. I'll do some research later and see who I should visit first, and then discuss it with Brother Bi." Ma Hanshan was about to go back to his room to meditate. Damn, we don't have a common language.
It's hard to talk.
"Report..." As soon as Ma Hanshan finished speaking, before Bi Liancheng could speak, a voice of 258 sounded at the door.
"What's the matter?" Ma Hanshan stood up and said.
"Master, someone requested a post." 258 handed a post to Ma Hanshan.
"Haha, great. Now I don't have to worry about who to visit..." Ma Hanshan took a look at the post and found that it was a post sent by someone from his old acquaintance Yelucai. Ma Hanshan frowned and said to himself, "
This Yelu Cai is said to be the largest merchant in Xixia, North Mongolia and Donghu, so it’s time to see if he lives up to his name.”
In the evening, Ma Hanshan dressed neatly and took Xiaoyue and 147 to the most famous Xingqing Tower in the Xixia capital.