Chapter 458
"I don't agree with Master Zhu's words. We are not as good as him, but is the prince also not as good as him?" Wang Anbang fired a dark arrow at Zhu Xiaochuan.
"And our emperor." Chen Wenqi also took advantage of the situation and stabbed him.
"Our emperor is the Tathagata Buddha, and the lords are Bodhisattvas. Even if Xiao Chen is Sun Wukong, he can turn into somersaults seventy-two times, but he can still deceive the Buddha's eyes and find out the palms of the Tathagata Buddha, right?" Zhu Xiaochuan This is more true, and several people laughed together when they heard it.
Gong Shouli sneered, Xiao Chen, you boy is still a monkey after all!
Xiao Chen also laughed a few times, thinking that you all think you are very smart, but you don't know that the smartest person here may be this honest-looking Zhu Xiaochuan!
People say that the Emperor's loyal confidant is the Black Dragon Guard, but the nearest Black Dragon Guard is also stationed outside the city, and the one who always guards the Emperor is the Jin Yiwei!
Zhu Xiaochuan's Jinyiwei.
After chatting for a while while eating and drinking, Li Wanjiang talked about Xiao Chen's physical condition and expressed deep worry.
Now Xiao Chen has a great effect on him, so the concern for Xiao Chen at this moment is also from the heart.
"I decided to send Shangguan Qiji to go back to Yanyun County with you. With him taking care of me, I can rest assured." Li Wanjiang also had good intentions.
Xiao Chen said in his heart, the emperor, you are relieved, but I am not so relieved, you don't know, this kid has a grudge against me, he is holding back and wants to kill me, he!
But he had to accept the emperor's grace, and he had to pretend to be very moved.
"Eunuch Gong, I see that you are quite tired from standing, why don't you go and rest first? It's fine for me to serve the emperor and lord." Xiao Chen was about to talk about serious business.
Gong Shouli rolled his eyes at him.
Who do you think your kid is? How dare you order me!
"Shouli, you go." Li Wanjiang waved him out with a wave of his hand, and he knew that Xiao Chen had something to do!
"Your Majesty, how many warships can our Great Zhou Navy send to take part in the battle to recover Shunfeng Harbor?" After Gong Shouli and all the eunuchs who were serving had gone out, Xiao Chen got straight to the point.
"This...about four main warships, and a dozen small warships." Li Wanjiang frowned.
Everyone was silent after hearing this. Compared with the Ross Fleet, which has dozens of large advanced warships, the strength of the two sides is too great.
Therefore, it is basically impossible to fight against others from the sea. Only by attacking from land can there be a slight chance of winning.
"This is probably the case." Xiao Chen nodded, "Your Majesty, Xi Cun Zhicun and the others had approached me before they left, and I heard what he said inside and out, and it seems that he is willing to send troops to help us recover Shunfeng Harbor. , Of course he didn't say it clearly, but I feel that they are sincere."
"Well, that Nishimura Zhicun also hinted to me, hehe, such an important matter, he shouldn't be the one to talk to me with a little innocence." Li Wanjiang said.
Li Wanjiang's thinking was different from Xiao Chen's. He felt that the Dongying people were not sincere enough, and the reason why he made a hint was just to test whether Li Wanjiang had the intention of regaining Shunfeng Port.
If you are sincere, you shouldn't let a little Zhong Nayan come to see me, you should at least send a minister of the Taizheng or the minister of the Ministry of War or the general of the Weifu, right? It must also be the imperial envoy of your Emperor Shenzhao.
The rest of the people wait, and I will not talk to him.
There's no way to talk about it at all, and if you talk to him a word, you will lose your status.
Because you only sent one Zhongnayan here, not only is there no sincerity, but you also underestimated me. Is this the attitude a lower country should have towards the upper country?
That is to say, I can't spare my hand now, otherwise I would have wiped out you all long ago!
"Your Majesty, I feel that they are still sincere. The reason why they only sent a small Zhongnayan may be to avoid attracting the attention of the Ross people. Of course, they are also testing the attitude of the Emperor. If the Emperor decides to fight the wind And willing to follow them, they will definitely send higher-level people to find us." Xiao Chen said.
"Well, Xiao Chen's words are somewhat reasonable... Then what if it's according to your opinion?" Li Wanjiang nodded.
"In my opinion, we can temporarily cooperate with the Dongying people. As far as the current situation is concerned, we can join hands to fight the Ross people, which can be win-win and mutually beneficial." Xiao Chen's attitude is very clear.
"They little devils have such kind intentions to help us?" Wang Anbang said, "I'm afraid it's just a wolf's ambition. Don't have any plans."
"My lord Wang is right. They are wolf cubs like the Ross people in essence. They want to bite the fat when they see the fat, but their current plan is the same as ours, which is to drive the Ross people away." Going out of Shunfeng Port is also the basis of our cooperation, which is for a win-win situation.”
"As for mutual benefit, on the one hand, both of us can gain corresponding benefits in this battle, and on the other hand, we use each other, he uses our land power, and we use their sea power to win this battle In the end, we can sign some kind of contract with him, and even make considerable concessions."
This topic is sensitive.
In the diplomacy between the two countries, if one side makes a concession, it is a sign of weakness. With Li Wanjiang's temper, asking him to make a concession to a small island country is still quite a concession... I am afraid that he will never agree.
"Oh? Then I don't know what you mean by Xiao Chen's so-called concession?" Sure enough, Li Wanjiang frowned.
"Business is the main focus, military is supplemented." Xiao Chen said, "The Dongying people are developing rapidly now, and the population is also increasing rapidly, but their land is too small and they are very scarce in various resources, so they urgently need a lot of supplies. Now that overseas trade has not been opened, they can only trade with southern countries and even distant western countries."
Wilson used to be one of the trading partners of the Eastern Kingdom. Although they, Western businessmen, could transport a large amount of supplies, the cost would naturally increase greatly due to the long distance.
To give a simple example, if the people of Dongying need one tael of silver to buy ten catties of cotton from Dazhou, then if they buy it from the West, they need at least one tael or five taels of silver. The price difference is too huge, and they can't afford it. rise.
This has led to them frequently lowering prices for Western businessmen, so that they have a bad reputation in international trade. Wilson once scolded them as stingy little devils!
If this vicious cycle continues, the commercial routes in the west may be cut off, and the people of Dongying may be forced to take risks due to the pressure of the shortage of domestic materials, attacking Da Zhou and forcing Da Zhou to do business with them.
Instead of this, why don't we take the initiative to open one or two ports to trade with them.
Of course, this must be an act of feeding meat to dogs, because they will develop faster in the future and their national strength will become stronger if they get sufficient supplies.
This must be quite unfavorable for Da Zhou.