The sun was at its peak, and the Queen covered her cherry lips and yawned.
Liu Mingzhi stretched his graceful waist in his eyes as he woke up from meditation.
"Pfft..."
The Queen chuckled with a strange look on her face, looking at Young Master Liu's dark circles with a narrow smile in her bright eyes.
"Why did your eyes become like this?"
Liu Mingzhi moved his arms and looked at the empress with narrowed eyes resentfully: "What do you still think? I spent my time and put in more effort. Just because my eyes are like this is already good. After I meditated, they got much better. I just don’t have the face to see anyone in the morning!”
The queen glanced at the sleeping little cutie and leaned towards Young Master Liu and blew a breath: "I haven't washed up yet, otherwise I have to let you know how powerful I am. If you exchange half a year for one night, it will be a loss for me, okay?"
Liu Mingzhi shuddered: "Then you can't ask for nothing like this...Forget it, I will die young sooner or later because of you bunch of foxy bastards!"
"That's what you asked for. If you weren't so romantic, how would you end up today! I alone make you overwhelmed, and I don't know how you can hold on at home?"
"To put it bluntly, we have to speak with our conscience. Yesterday you said that I am not a lecherous person, and today you accused me of being a womanizer. Isn't this inconsistent?"
"Besides, there are so many ladies in the capital and you are the only one to torment this young master!"
The queen raised her hand to comb her messy black hair: "Stop talking about this, aren't you eager to go back to manage the people's livelihood in Yingzhou?"
"Now that Wanyan has had enough sleep, you can go back and wait until Yue'er wakes up. I wonder if she will pester you for another day!"
Liu Mingzhi murmured for a moment: "Speaking of the management of people's livelihood, this aspect of government management is relatively easy for me to manage. The key is the issue of people's livelihood. I only need to use the power of my governor to handle it easily. The aspect of people's livelihood has nothing to do with border affairs. Mutual markets are closely related!”
Liu Mingzhi sighed, bent down and picked up the little cutie and walked out of the tent.
The queen didn't understand why she also put on her robe, and checked that nothing was missing before getting out of the tent and following him.
It was still the Yingzui Rock from yesterday. Liu Mingzhi stopped and looked at the border market outside Yingzhou City.
"To put it bluntly, the mutual market a few years ago was very crowded. At first glance, it was crowded with businessmen from the three countries of you and me. Take a look at the current mutual market."
"Although it can't be said to be completely deserted, what's the difference between these two-and-three caravans and no one at all?"
"Except for a very small number of big businessmen, there is no businessman from a small family. Nowadays, businessmen would rather organize themselves together and travel thousands of miles to the Western Regions to trade than come to the mutual market that was first formed. Business!"
"The fundamental reason is nothing more than the war, and businessmen are worried that their lives will not be protected."
The Queen directly understood what Liu Mingzhi meant. After pondering for a moment, she looked at Liu Mingzhi as if pointing and asked.
"So what do you mean?"
"Similar to the border peace coexistence contract signed at that time, the three countries sent troops to protect the safety of merchants and stationed troops in each other's trade so that merchants could trade with peace of mind."
"Each of them will send an additional 30,000 troops and horses, and set up post stations of varying sizes within a radius of fifty miles to station troops and horses."
"As long as we ensure that the mutual trade will not be affected by the war between the East and West Turks and Heshuo and Hetao, the merchants who have left will come back!"
"Businessmen pursue profits, and there are only a few big merchants among the Three Kingdoms. Not all merchants have enough strength to cross the vast Gobi to reach the Western Regions!"
"Many merchants have no choice but to go to the Western Region, because the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Region protects their lives, but what about border trade?"
There was a faint smile on the corner of the Queen's lips: "Aren't there 200,000 Longwu Guards stationed in Yingzhou? They are all elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. They are not necessarily much worse than the new army stationed in the Western Region Protectorate!"
"This is different. All the thirty-eight countries in the Western Regions obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Protectorate. They will never dare to attack Dalong's merchants!"
"When my master returned to the court, the monarchs of the thirty-eight countries in the Western Regions signed the treaty. Anyone who rashly touches the merchants and people of Dalong will destroy the city and destroy the country!"
"But your Jin Kingdom has no such agreement with the Turks. Yingzhou has 200,000 dragon guards, but your Jin Kingdom's Songzhou also has 200,000 eagle guards who are evenly matched."
"As long as our three parties peacefully station troops and trade with each other to ensure the safety of merchants, all the Turks in the Western Regions will basically be available. Businessmen with small families will never abandon the near and seek the far away, braving the wind and sand and traveling thousands of miles to do business in the Western Regions."
"In this way, the issue of people's livelihood will no longer be an issue. As long as I open up some preferential policies to businessmen, I will ensure that the mutual market can be as prosperous as before, with an endless stream of businesses!"
The Queen looked at Liu Mingzhi quietly, with a hint of melancholy in her bright eyes.
"Nine thousand and nine hundred miles to the west, it's the territory of the dragon!"
"Those who rashly touch the people and merchants of Dalong will destroy the city and destroy the country!"
"Liu Mingzhi is such a white-robed Confucian commander, but a general can be victorious. There is no need for the emperor to build the Great Wall. You became famous in one battle in the Kingdom of Jin. No matter what I do, I can't stop you from returning home. What is this dragon worth you in the end?" Nostalgic?"
Liu Mingzhi was about to speak when the Queen raised her hand to stop him.
"One code equals another. Our private affection is private affection. Now when discussing state affairs, I would like to borrow a merchant's saying and ask Dalong's Duke Dingguo and the governors of the two prefectures of Yingzhou."
"In business, without the border trade outside Yingzhou City, the people of the Jin Kingdom can still be self-sufficient and have no worries about food and clothing. I can also exchange weapons and armor for the cattle, sheep and horses of the Royal Court of Huyan."
"Don't doubt my words. Yan Yu is no longer the princess of the Huyan Royal Court, but she is also the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom."
"My face is not good, but I still have Yue'er's face and Fei Xiong's face."
"You were ordered to rectify the people's livelihood in Yingzhou. That was your Majesty Li Zheng's order. Li Zheng can order you, but I can't order you."
"Since mutual trading is dispensable to me, why should I help you rectify the government and people's livelihood? What benefits can I get?"
"To put it mildly, don't overstate your words. Without the taxes from merchants, your treasury will be empty sooner or later. It's not too late to make up for it. By the time your treasury really has a problem, it will be too late to save it! "
The Queen sneered softly: "How long will it be sooner or later? Liu Mingzhi, don't forget that the Kingdom of Jin is now peaceful and without war, but your dragon has the bottomless pit of Wu Guogong's northern Xinjiang army that is encroaching on the country all the time. Dragon’s treasury!”
"I will tell you bluntly that the gradual weakening of your dragon's border strength is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. In this case, why should I go out of my way to help you?"
"You are Yue'er's father, and I am Yue'er's mother? The bargaining chip of fame seems far from enough!"
"And what we are facing now is not this relationship, but the Empress of Jin and Duke Ding of Dalong. Why should I help you restore the people's livelihood in a thankless way?"
"It's not a problem if you want me to help you, but what price can you pay?"
Liu Mingzhi pondered for a while with a solemn expression, then raised his eyes and looked into the Queen's deep eyes.
"I don't know what kind of chips you want?"
The Queen's bright eyes turned slightly. After a moment, the Queen stared at Liu Mingzhi with bright eyes: "Ding Guogong can choose any of the drawings and data for the creation of the Hengdao Eight Ox Crossbow, or the casting method of the artillery and shells."
Liu Mingzhi's pupils tightened and he stared at the indifferent empress: "The lion must be talking loudly. Besides, these drawings are kept in the Ministry of War. Even if I want to exchange them, I can't make the decision!"
The Queen sighed silently: "Liu Mingzhi, is it so difficult for you to tell the truth to Wanyan?"
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