Chapter 228 The rare strong-willed Empress Dowager(1/2)
Weiming Moduo, Lu Ze and Chen Yujin returned to Dutingyi.
They immediately asked for tea and started drinking it one bowl after another.
The two of them drank several bowls of tea before gasping and sitting down on the couch.
Weiming Moduo rested for a while, regained some strength, and looked at the few close followers in front of him.
He asked in Dangxiang dialect: "What are the northern envoys talking about with the southern barbarians? But they have all been found out?"
The followers looked at each other, and the leader knelt down and replied: "Reporting to the master, the Southern Barbarians are watching closely, and it is difficult for the slaves to come into contact with the followers of the Northern Dynasty..."
"The people in Dutingyi basically don't talk..."
"The servants tried their best to find out, but they didn't find out too much..."
This is natural.
Now, the people who know that the Song and Liao coins are to be handed over to Zi, except for the four Liao envoys, are the important ministers, relatives, nobles and big merchants of the Song Dynasty who are attached to these people.
And how could these people reveal this matter in advance?
People are the strictest on this kind of thing!
Even the tabloids kept their mouths tightly shut.
Only a few rumors were released.
And they are all smoke bombs, used to disturb other people's sight.
The so-called three million coins that Wei Ming Mo Duo heard about was one of them.
After hearing this, Weiming Moduo frowned, and he believed in his own judgment more and more.
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Half an hour later, the entourage outside the door came to Weiming Moduo and reported: "Ding Nu, the deputy envoy of the Nanman Pavilion, Xing Shu, is here..."
"Excuse me?" Wei Ming Mo Duo thought of the Nanman official who could even speak to him in Dangxiang dialect, and Wei Ming Mo Duo's expression suddenly became solemn.
That's not an easy guy to deal with!
"What is he doing here?" Weiming Moduo asked.
"have no idea……"
"Bring him here first..." Weiming Moduo ordered: "You all must remember that the Nanman official understands party language, so don't talk nonsense in front of him!"
"yes……"
…
Xingshu smiled and walked into the courtyard where the envoys of the Western Thieves were placed.
The envoy of the Western Thieves, Weiming Moduo, has already come out to welcome him.
"Xing Langzhong..." He cupped his hands and bowed: "What kind of wind brought Langzhong here?"
Xing Shu walked up to Wei Ming Mo Duo with a mysterious smile. He did not return the gift, but pretended to be arrogant and whispered softly: "Your envoy is really brave!"
"The Cisheng of the two palaces and the emperor are still angry at the rudeness of the noble envoy today..."
Wei Ming Mo Duo hurriedly bowed again: "I am a small minister from a foreign vassal. I don't know the etiquette of my country. I am disrespectful in front of you. I really deserve to die..."
Xing Shu chuckled and suddenly said sternly: "To be honest, your envoy, our court is furious and has ordered the Dragon Guard and the Divine Guard to command all four compartments. Liu Changzuo will be the envoy to appease the Yanyan Road Manager..."
This is the personnel appointment at the beginning of the month.
But Xingshu just bullied the Western thieves and didn't know this.
"What a pity!" Xing Shu sighed: "Everyone is going to be in ruins again..."
When Wei Ming Mo Duo heard the name Liu Changzuo, he immediately trembled all over.
That was the fierce Southern barbarian general who took the lead and almost captured Lingzhou City and caused the destruction of Dabai Gao Kingdom!
Has he actually been appointed as the envoy of Yanyan Road?
This made Weiming Moduo immediately nervous!
At this moment, Xing Shu suddenly stretched out his hand and said to Wei Ming Mo Duo in Dangxiang dialect: "I am here to make a deal with your envoy...
"One question, one hundred taels of gold!"
"Is your envoy willing to do this business?"
Weiming Moduo looked at this Southern Dynasty minister.
First doubt, then scrutiny, then contemplation.
Finally, Wei Ming Mo Duo looked behind Xing Shu and found that there was no one there, not even the officials watching outside the door were gone.
Then, his expression became serious.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to read..." Xing Shu smiled and said, "I will send them all away!"
"However, we don't have much time. If your envoy doesn't want to do this business, I'll leave now!"
As he said that, Xing Shu turned around and left.
"Stay!" Weiming Moduo stopped him: "Shangguan, I've made this deal!"
"However, the envoy does not have so much gold..."
"Can I use precious jade or pearls instead?"
As he said that, he asked someone to bring a bag of jade and gemstones - these were the private property of him and his brothers. He originally planned to find an opportunity to sell them in the Southern Dynasty, and then exchange them for tea bricks, silk cloth and other high-quality materials.
Premium hard currency is brought back to the country.
This is the welfare of the envoys who have come to Nanman throughout the ages.
Now, under the threat of national subjugation, Weiming Moduo can't care about much!
Xing Shu took the gem bag from Wei Ming Mo Duo and checked it carefully. They were indeed good jade and gemstones. Each piece should be worth more than fifty guan, and the expensive ones could be sold for hundreds of guan!
And this bag contains thirty or forty pieces of beautiful jade and precious stones, worth at least four thousand guan.
Of course, this is the market price.
Things belonging to Western thieves will naturally be discounted.
"Three thousand guan for you!" Xing Shu laughed, and without waiting for Wei Mingmo Duo to object, he stuffed the jade into his arms.
Nowadays, the price of gold is around 12 taels for gold, and around 12 taels for silver. The price of silver is 2,000 taels for one tael, and one tael for gold is roughly 240,000 taels, which is about 30 guans.
"You can ask me a question!" Xing Shu looked at the other party.
Weiming Moduo took a deep breath and then asked: "Is the Liao envoy negotiating a new alliance with your country?"
Xingshu nodded: "Yes!"
"The new covenant involves three million coins?" Weiming Mordor asked.
Xing Shu looked at him with a smile but not a smile, and said after a long time: "Forget it, it's not easy to look at you. This question is even a gift!"
"It does involve three million strings of content..."
"Moreover, I can also give your envoy a reminder... This proposal was made by the Emperor of the North to the envoy from the Northern Dynasty!"
"Why?" Weiming Moduo swallowed, his body trembling.
Three million strings...three million strings!
Even with three million iron coins, Dabai Gaoguo would not be able to smelt so much iron in one year!
But the little emperor of the Southern Barbarians did not blink an eye and took the initiative to mention it to the envoys of the Northern Dynasties in the palace.
Moreover, it seems that the Nanman ministers, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager all agreed.
Are they crazy?
Even if you have money, this is not how you play!
Dabai Gaoguo, all over the country, even the temples were destroyed, and I don’t know if they can get enough copper materials to cast three million copper coins!
Now, the Southern Barbarians proposed such an alliance to the Northern Dynasty without blinking an eye.
They don't think they have too much money, so they want to give it to the Northern Dynasty for nothing, right?
There must be a conspiracy here!
And it must be aimed at Dabai Gaoguo!
Three million strings, please take action from the Northern Dynasty?
After the completion of the matter, the Southern Barbarians took over Lingzhou, Xingqing Prefecture, Youzhou... The Northern Dynasties took over the Heishan Weifu Supervisory Army Division and other lands in the North Campus, and even the lands in Hexi?
If the content of the covenant is like this... maybe it can indeed be promoted!
Xingshu smiled and stretched out his hand.
Wei Ming Mo Duo looked at this greedy southern barbarian official and frowned. He reached out to grab the gold certificate belt around his waist.
He took off this precious scepter belt, which was carefully carved by skilled craftsmen and consecrated by the eminent monks of Dabai Gao Kingdom, and handed it to the other party.
To be continued...