"It's really our family's fault that we have to bother Mr. Cai to make a trip during this snowy and cold winter..."
Tong Guanlang strode forward with a smile and greeted.
Gao Qiu on the side just greeted Cai Jing politely.
Cai Jing, who was covered in thick fur, returned a salute to the two men and then said with a wry smile.
"To be able to have Tong Guanwan and Lieutenant Gao get together in such weather, and to have this old man like me join in on the fun, it must be related to those... well, the matter in Suzhou, Jiangnan, right?"
I wanted to say evil beast, but considering that there was also the biological father of Gao Zhang, the prodigy and number one scholar, standing beside him.
Cai Jing, who is also very shameless, can laugh at his son in front of Tong Guan, who is also an evil beast.
But he really didn't want to lose face in front of Gao Qiu.
As soon as he finished speaking, a steward of the manor came quickly, followed by the messenger who had not met Cai Jing before.
"Prime Minister, this is the letter Liu Lang ordered the villain to send to the Prime Minister. Liu Lang told the villain that it must be in the hands of the Prime Minister."
Cai Jing took the letter. It was naturally difficult to open it at this time, so the three of them went straight into the house.
Compared to the wind and snow outside, the inside of the house seemed much warmer, especially the big iron stove in the center of the house.
Although the temperature in this room is not as good as spring, it is still much more comfortable.
This kind of large coal-burning iron stove was first made by the Kaifeng Metal Workshop. Nowadays, many blacksmiths and iron shops in Bianliang, Tokyo, have begun to manufacture such stoves on a large scale.
Compared with the carbon, this coal-burning stove is hundreds of times stronger than the carbon basin in terms of firepower and heating effect.
The only thing that is a bit unsightly is that a long iron pipe needs to be installed to discharge the smoke generated by the combustion.
However, because the price of coal is very low, people's heating is guaranteed, and this kind of iron stove is not expensive.
So much so that in this winter in Bianliang, Tokyo, especially when the snow is falling heavily during the day, you can see green smoke hovering everywhere.
They all took off their thick fur clothes and the guest and host sat separately. Tong Guan smiled at Cai Jing who was looking at the letter in his hand.
"Since your Liulang's letter has just arrived, then Mr. Cai, please take a look at what your Liulang said first, and then we can discuss it carefully later."
"That's fine, then I'll offend you..." Cai Jing left the two of them and began to open the letter.
In a short time, the familiar handwriting of Cai Yao, the sixth master of his family, appeared on the paper.
The content of the letter described in detail the great achievements of the Qilin son of the Cai family in Suzhou these days.
Even the Hangzhou International Commodity Expo, which was a big hit some time ago and shocked the entire southeastern coastal area, was planned with all his heart and blood.
In addition, his reputation as Cai Liulang has spread back to his hometown in Fujian, and even people from his hometown came to Suzhou to visit him.
Just seeing this, Cai Jing's breathing began to become heavier. Fortunately, the whispers of Tong Guan and Gao Qi came to his ears.
Finally, Cai Jing was asked to control himself and not lose his dignity as the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty in front of others.
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In addition, between Goryeo and Japan, there is another country called Fujiwara Country.
Originally, they had been suppressed by the Japanese country, which prevented them from contacting the Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, now, Mr. Benge accidentally discovered this small island country and introduced him to Gao Zhang.
At the end of the letter, Cai Laoliu finally talked about something practical, which meant that the specialty of this island country was gold and silver, precious metal commodities that were scarce in the tribute system of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the Fujiwara King personally came to negotiate and was willing to donate a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver to Cai, the elder of the pavilion, every year.
However, considering that you are my biological father, and as a Qilin son of the Cai family who knows how to keep things in order, these money should be regarded as my son's filial piety to you.
Cai Jing read this with great pain, and began to squeeze the water out of his mind repeatedly.
After excluding the nonsense and all the treacherous remarks made by the disobedient son, the conclusion is that Fujiwara is a friend worth dealing with in the Song Dynasty.
Of course, the truth is definitely not for the sake of getting thousands of taels of gold and ten thousand taels of silver for free every year.
But in the last paragraph of the letter, Fujiwara Country is now in a very chaotic country, with a large number of gangsters causing chaos everywhere, and because Fujiwara Country is an island country, it has no iron mines.
Therefore, even if soldiers and horses are recruited now, there is still a lack of weapons, protective gear, etc.
It is hoped that the Song Dynasty court will take pity on the loyal vassal Fujiwara Kingdom and sell all kinds of weapons eliminated by the Song Dynasty to Fujiwara Kingdom.
By the time the frowning Cai Jing raised his head, Zhu Xiang's time had passed.
And over there, Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, who had been muttering quietly for a long time, also looked towards Cai Jing in unison.
"It seems that both Tong Zhuan and Lieutenant Gao already know about the Jiangnan incident?"
"Exactly, it's just that this matter has a lot to do with it. It is a blessing for the imperial court to have another obedient vassal state in the Song Dynasty."
“It’s just that there is chaos in the Fujiwara Kingdom and they ask me, the Song Dynasty, for help.
Please ask me, the Song Dynasty, to sell weapons and armor to this country. This is something that has never happened since the founding of the Song Dynasty. "
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"However, if the Song Dynasty recognizes its status as a vassal, and the Fujiwara Kingdom asks for help from the Song Dynasty, if it does not show any expression, wouldn't it be easy for the newly attached vassal to feel cold?"
The three big guys with their hands covering the sky expressed their pain, but they also knew very well that this was the fault of their three children.
Being able to persuade the Tibetan vassals to come over was one achievement. The important thing was that this Tibetan vassal country was very obedient and polite, and was able to provide the Song Dynasty with gold and silver that the court was in short supply. This was another achievement.
After all, the Song Dynasty needs to give the Liao Kingdom annual coins every year, and even Xixia has to pay for it.
The Liao Kingdom does not want your copper coins, iron coins, paper money and food from the Song Dynasty. It wants the Song Dynasty to give the Liao Kingdom 300,000 pieces of silk and 200,000 taels of silver every year.
To the Song Dynasty, silk was nothing, but hard currency like silver could not be grown and could only be mined.
However, the production of silver in the Song Dynasty itself was very rare. The only silver producing areas in the Northern Song Dynasty were Guiyang, Fengzhou and Jianzhou.
The income from silver classes in the Northern Song Dynasty was less than 220,000 taels even during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. This is well documented.
What this means is that it can be said that the silver mined every year in the Song Dynasty must be paid to the Liao Kingdom in addition to keeping three melons and two dates for itself.
It's like the people of the Song Dynasty worked hard to mine silver mines, but they were actually working for the Liao Kingdom.
Once something happens, or there is a problem in the mine, it will be a big deal.
So much so that every year the imperial court spent these two hundred thousand taels of silver, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the imperial court did not know how much hair they lost.
And now, the newly attached Fujiwara Kingdom has paid 50,000 taels of Byakugan in one fell swoop, which can really be regarded as an urgent need to solve the Great Song Dynasty Coin.
(End of chapter)
