Wherever the Ming Dynasty needs it, you, the Gao family, will go all out?
Isn't this equivalent to giving it away for free?
You gave it to me for free before I even thought about it. Just as I was about to take a nap, you gave me a pillow...
This is interesting.
Su Yonglin almost figured out what the Gao family meant. After searching for a while, he felt that the Gao family might have realized that the Ming Dynasty's national strategy was not conservative, and felt that there might be some minor friction between the Ming Dynasty and the Dali Kingdom in the future.
So they wanted to make a good connection in advance and make some preparations.
It seems that no matter what time, elite families will never put their treasure in the same place.
Is not it good?
There's nothing wrong with it.
Su Yonglin felt that the Gao family might be a more useful chess piece in the future, and it had almost shown some united front value now, so Su Yonglin decided to meet some of their expectations first.
"In this case, I will accept this gift. After you return, you can bring my thanks to your family head and tell him that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is very satisfied with these gifts and hopes that Dali can also communicate with me, Ming Dynasty."
Gao Zhenming was overjoyed.
"sure!"
"By the way, since you said so, I really have a bit of a dilemma that I want to ask Mr. Gao for advice."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "Regarding the uncivilized barbarian tribes living in the jungle in southern Sichuan, Ming Dynasty still feels a little embarrassed. Some tribes are stubborn and must go against Ming Dynasty. So, can the Gao family persuade King Dali How about sending troops to help?"
Are you going to send troops to help from the beginning?
Gao Zhenming was a little stunned, but then he thought about it. If Gao wanted to show his value, this was probably the only way.
In other aspects, I am afraid that Daming does not need Dali that much. On the contrary, Dali needs Daming more. If he cannot show his value in such a place, why would the Emperor of Ming treat the Gao family differently?
After thinking for a moment, Gao Zhenming gave Su Yonglin a relatively positive answer.
He said that he would go back and have a good talk with his family. If there were no problems, he would report it to King Dali and ask King Dali to order troops to be sent to help Ming Dynasty deal with those stubborn barbarians.
In fact, the Dali Kingdom was also very dissatisfied with those barbarians and their way of forcing them to become second-rate dealers between Daming and Dali, and felt that it was necessary to teach them a lesson.
Su Yonglin nodded in agreement, saying that he would wait for his good news.
Because this wave of gifts came really generously, Su Yonglin, who was as thick-skinned as he was, was too embarrassed to let Gao Zhenming go back empty-handed, so he personally wrote a message with the words "Loyalty from Generation to Generation" and gave it to Gao Zhenming, asking him to go back and hang it on the Gao family.
Then he returned a wave of gifts to Mr. Gao.
One hundred Ming Army standard swords and one hundred Ming Army standard spears, plus fifty sets of Ming Army standard armor and fifty Ming Army standard crossbows.
Feel the bravery of Ming Dynasty.
Gao Zhenming expressed his deep gratitude for this and then returned home with some rewards.
After Gao Zhenming left, Su Yonglin announced that he had received the envoys from the Khwarezm Kingdom who had been waiting in Zhongdu for several days, and accepted their gifts.
There are not many gifts, mainly precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper, which are more portable, not easy to be damaged, and are relatively expensive.
And according to Alan, the main person in charge of the Khwarezm mission, they traveled long distances for a year in order to reach Zhongdu.
During this period, they deliberately bypassed Xiliao and took the grassland route, which exhausted many horses and camels. During this period, they also encountered dangers many times and were attacked by grassland horse bandits. If their main members were not elite and skilled warriors, they would not have been able to fight. Can't get to Zhongdu.
After crossing thousands of mountains and rivers and risking such danger to come to Zhongdu, is there any reason why we have to come?
Su Yonglin was curious about this and asked Alan why.
Alan could not speak Chinese, and his conversation with Su Yonglin mainly relied on Huta, a businessman from Xiliao who was proficient in both languages.
It is said that Huta was a branch of the Western Liao aristocracy. He was educated and proficient in multiple languages. Because he offended other dignitaries in Western Liao, he had no choice but to flee to the country of Khwarezm to seek asylum.
According to Huta's translation, Alan meant that his country was being ruled by Xiliao - a woman enslaved and oppressed, and the people were living in dire straits.
But recently, their leader Ile Arslan found an opportunity to break away from the control of Xiliao heroine Yelu Pusuwan, and really wanted to get rid of Xiliao's control.
This opportunity was related to a tribal group. Because Xiliao had some problems with this tribal group, Il Arslan decided to use this as an excuse to break away from Xiliao's control.
He wants to become a true independent king.
However, he was worried that the Khwarezm Kingdom could not support itself alone and might not be able to cope with the attack of the Western Liao army, so he tried to find helpers.
He looked around to the west, south and north, and found that the surroundings were full of insects, which could not be his help. He was very frustrated. At this time, he heard from the merchants that there was a powerful country to the east of Xiliao. bordering on it.
It is said that that big eastern country is different from other insects. It is very powerful and has won many battles.
Therefore, he hoped to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to break away from the control of Xiliao and further counterattack Xiliao. After the war, everyone would share the territory and spoils of Xiliao equally.
Iler Arslan heard that Xiliao had marched eastward across the grassland under the leadership of Yelu Dashi and had posed a threat to the east. Although it did not achieve much results, he also believed that the eastern powers would not have any influence on Xiliao's existence. I was so happy that I made this suggestion.
"Is the relationship between Khwarezm and Liao very bad?"
Su Yonglin asked Huta, a Western Liao businessman who was living in the country of Khwarezm, alone.
Huta nodded.
"The Khwarezm Kingdom is not completely independent. Dashi, the founder of the Liao Kingdom, once fought with the Seljuk Kingdom, the previous controller of the Khwarezm Kingdom, and defeated the Seljuk Kingdom and obtained the Khwarezm Kingdom. control of the country, and has been demanding tribute and taxes from the Khwarezm Kingdom."
Su Yonglin nodded.
"Oh, it seems that after the Liao people were driven away by the Jin Kingdom, they were doing well in the Western Regions. Yelu Dashi did not win any battles against the Jin people. They were beaten all the way to the west. Unexpectedly, they came to the Western Regions Instead, he managed to get ahead, which shows that the people over there are not very good at fighting."
When Huta was still a businessman, he mainly did business with the Khwarezm Kingdom and followed that trade route. He didn't know much about the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains. He only knew about the dynasty change in the Central Plains through the stories of some business friends. The mortal enemy of the Jin Dynasty has been eliminated and replaced by the Han Dynasty Ming Dynasty.
So he simply did an arithmetic problem.
The Liao Kingdom was driven to the Western Regions to survive after being destroyed by the Jin people.
The Kingdom of Jin was wiped out by the Kingdom of Ming again.
Then do a simple arithmetic problem and do some conversions, and you can come to the conclusion that the Liao Kingdom cannot defeat the Ming Kingdom.
Since the Liao Kingdom could not defeat the Ming Kingdom, the opportunity for the Khwarezm Kingdom to pursue national independence was there.
The Ming Dynasty must also really not want to see Xiliao continue to grow and threaten its western border. Eliminating Xiliao must be an option.
In order to show his value, Huta made this suggestion to the King of Khwarezm, Ile Arslan, and received Ile Arslan's permission to let him go out with his crony Alan. The envoy to the Ming Dynasty proposed this joint proposal to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
If an agreement is reached, both Alan and Huta will receive generous rewards and will receive a fiefdom of their own in the future territory.
So the two of them were full of motivation and overcame many difficulties and dangers. After a year, they finally arrived at Zhongdu, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
