Yeluqi sat high on the throne and looked coldly at Song Wen, who was bowing and standing in the hall. Next to him, the third prince Yeluqi, who knelt down on one knee to salute, smiled bitterly: "Song Wen claimed that he was not a citizen of Daliao, so he refused to step down.
Kneel down...Father, I will see you clearly."
Yeluqi said nothing and waved his hand... Brother Yelushan immediately stepped aside.
"Your youth surprises me... I'll give you a hundred breaths of time! If you can't convince me, you and all your relatives, friends and followers, including your people in the Song Dynasty... will all die!"
Song Wen knew that Yeluqi was really murderous... He didn't really care about the bird powder bombs! But he still underestimated the power of this weapon on a certain battlefield. How did the Jurchens use this weapon?
It was a gunpowder bomb. No matter how much I asked Brother Yelushan, he refused to tell me.
But what I have to do is to reassure Yeluqi that I will prevent the Jurchens from getting this weapon, and also ensure that the Khitans can get it! If I don't handle it well, I'm afraid I will really die in Daliao...
"My lord, I'm just a merchant...just a business. I don't understand other things, so I just want to know what your lord wants?"
"There are still seventy breaths left..."
A hint of coldness flashed in Yeluqi's eyes!
Song Wen broke into a cold sweat... He raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the villain's sect has a unique heritage. It emphasizes equality of all living beings, human freedom, and benevolence and righteousness first! The war between Daliao and Jurchen has nothing to do with me, so..."
Yeluqi closed his eyes... "Fifty breaths..."
Song Wen's back was a little wet, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I have already arranged things at home. If I am harmed by someone...whether it is a Khitan or a Jurchen, his enemies will get a steady stream of gunpowder."
The supply of ammunition! Whether it is Liaodong where the Jurchens are active, or the coastline controlled by Daliao...my ship can directly dock to provide goods!"
Yeluqi raised a finger... "Thirty breaths!"
Song Wen took a breath and said calmly: "Since you dare to come to Daliao with gunpowder bombs, I just want to come and see the prince! The prince himself does not know the goods, and he has gone too far with threats and beatings. Who can he blame? I am a merchant... except for blood.
In my hometown, everything can be bought and sold!"
Yeluqi finally frowned: "What do you want?"
Song Wen cupped his hands and said: "Fair trade!"
"What if I use this gunpowder bomb to attack the Song Dynasty in the future?"
"The villain just said that the bloodline of the hometown is the bottom line! If the prince wants to destroy the villain's hometown and kill the villain's family and friends... then the villain will spare no effort to support the imperial court in resisting foreign invasion!"
Yeluqi then asked: "What if the Song Dynasty court wants your gunpowder bullets?"
"If the imperial court wants to rob it by force, I will try my best to refuse it!"
"Aren't you from Song Dynasty?"
"I am a Chinese descendant of Yanhuang blood! I am not a slave of any family..."
Yelu Qi's eyes finally flashed with a hint of relief as he saw through Song Wen's thoughts, and sneered... "You are an ambitious person... but you are still calm! I want you to open a gunpowder ammunition workshop in Daliao!"
Song Wen shook his head... "That's impossible! But I can open the workshop on an island above the Bohai Sea. The independent parties on the island are not allowed to harass at will... The prince can send subordinates to supervise and monitor the island, and I will ensure that the gunpowder bombs except myself
The equipment will be given to the subordinates, and the rest will be supplied to the Liao Kingdom!"
"What does it mean?"
Song Wen said to the puzzled Yelu Qi: "It's just for fair trade! No matter the Song Dynasty court or the prince... I don't want anyone to take away my hard work. The Song Dynasty's government is corrupt, and the Liao Dynasty is corrupt.
The country is currently in endless war... The villain just wants to live in a corner to protect the safety and interests of those around him!"
Yeluqi laughed loudly: "Do you think you are so ambitious? You just want to go to the sea to occupy an island and become the king?"
Song Wen felt contempt and disdain in his heart... That was not yet the time. Do you really think that Liao could still withstand the two-sided attack of the Jurchens and the Song Dynasty? By then, the Liao Kingdom would be destroyed like a landslide... You will have no place to cry!
I'm going to hide and protect myself first, and then I'll have a good deal with the Jurchens in the northern part of the Central Plains that was completely smashed. What do you think?
Yeluqi shook his head and smiled: "You are unfaithful and unjust... and you dare to risk your own life. You are really a profiteer! Hahaha... Well, I can promise you fair trade! But if
If this king finds out that you dare to deceive someone or secretly befriend the Jurchens... I will definitely take the lives of your entire family! I will do what I say!"
Song Wen cupped his hands and said: "I hate the barbaric Jurchen Tatars, and the young marquis, uh, the third prince can prove this!"
"I support you in setting up a workshop on the island, and I can give you a fair price...but I want to station troops on the island! In order to control you and not allow gunpowder bombs to flow out at will..."
"The prince can withhold most of the villain's wealth, so there is no need to garrison the army, right? With this wealth as a guarantee, the villain will never break the contract!"
"How can I, the king, have most of your wealth in my hands?"
"The prince can settle the accounts every six months and only be responsible for providing part of the material resources. In this way, the villain has to pay the manufacturing cost first! If the villain does something inappropriate, it will be easy for the prince to first deduct the villain's wealth and then send troops to destroy the villain..."
Yeluqi sighed... "I am stubborn...I want three thousand gunpowder bombs a month!"
"A villain can't do that much even if he dies...eight hundred!"
"Two thousand and five..."
"One thousand! To be honest, Your Majesty, some processes can only be completed on land, which is very troublesome... This villain will never lie!"
Yeluqi frowned: "Then one thousand! But your price has to be lowered...three taels of silver is enough!"
Song Wen bowed and saluted: "Please take action, Your Majesty! It won't be that much cheaper to cut a villain into pieces with a thousand cuts..."
"How many did you say."
Song Wenyi stretched out his hand... "Eight Liang!"
"Someone... drag him out and cut him into pieces!"
"But if the prince is willing to let the villain's caravan enter and exit the grassland at will, the villain is willing to sell two thousand pieces per month at a cost of six taels of silver! Because he gets the horses, cattle, sheep, and leather minerals from the grassland... the villain can make more money.
Come out to subsidize gunpowder workshops to reduce costs and increase production!"
"How much bigger can it be?"
"If we continue to operate like this, we will be able to supply the prince with five thousand gunpowder bombs every month in two years! In five years, the villain will be unable to support the continued expansion of the workshop... At that time, the villain will sell the workshop for one hundred thousand taels of silver.
To the prince!"
Yeluqi gritted his teeth... "Now I see that you are not afraid of death, but now I can give you 150,000 taels of silver. How about you open your workshop in Xijin Mansion?"
"Hometown of blood... I can't abandon it. In five years, I am confident that I will be able to protect myself in the Song Dynasty. By then, the same gunpowder workshop will be sold to the imperial court of the Song Dynasty. By then, I will be able to protect myself."
People just want to be free and at ease."
Yeluqi shook his head... "Silly lunatic... From now on, I will not allow the Jurchens to get a single gunpowder bomb!"
Song Wen bowed and saluted: "I obey the prince's instructions... From today on, I will never have anything to do with the Jurchens! If you violate this oath, you will be ruined and die without a burial place!"
Yeluqi frowned and asked: "Song Wen...from the beginning, what you wanted was free trade with the grassland, right?"
Song Wen shook his head and said with sincere eyes: "Actually, what I don't want to see is the defeat of the Liao Dynasty at the hands of the Jurchens, and let those savage barbarians who only know how to kill and destroy poison the world... It is better to support the Song Dynasty for dozens of years.
Daliao, our neighbor who has enjoyed peace for many years, has weathered the storm."
Yeluqi smiled bitterly... "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Now the Daliao Dynasty really knows how hateful and ferocious the Jurchen barbarians are. It's a pity... The Song Dynasty court is a little ready to make a move. You don't even have the knowledge of a merchant like you. The Daliao and Song Dynasty lips are dead and the teeth are cold."
, once the Jurchens really occupied the territory of Daliao and gathered the troops of all ethnic groups, how could the Southern Dynasties be their opponents?"
Song Wen also sighed... "I just hope that day never comes."