When Liu Mingzhi heard Zhuque's somewhat venomous words, he stared at the rice paper on the table and fell silent.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head slightly and took a sip of tea.
"Quieer."
"Master, tell me."
"These contents have not been confirmed yet, and they are not enough for me to start a big war."
"Master, these contents on the rice paper were personally listened to by the brothers and Mr. Lu from the mouths of the Japanese envoys and deputy envoys. Do you still need to confirm it?"
"Quer, you also said that you secretly monitored it, where is the evidence?
In the absence of evidence, Sakai Ga, the chief and deputy envoys of the Japanese mission, and Taro Ishibashi can completely deny the matter directly."
"Master, as long as they are detained on the spot, the brothers of the Qinglong Division will have dozens of ways to pry open the mouths of the Japanese people, and they will not be afraid of not getting evidence.
And there is no need for any evidence at all. If they dare to deceive the young master, it is already a capital crime.
It's just a foreign barbarian mission, and if it is detained, it will be detained."
"Well, this is indeed a way.
But Que’er, have you ever thought about what kind of panic I will cause to the other envoys from other countries if I deploy my troops and detain the Japanese envoys?”
"Young Master, please forgive me, Que'er has never thought about this."
"The most important point is, it is true that many of the Japanese envoys deceived the young master, but have I suffered any losses, young master?"
"No."
"Quer, it's easy to deal with the people from the Japanese mission, but the impact of their actions is also terrible.
The simplest point is that the envoys of the missions from various countries may be frightened by this, and subconsciously think that the behavior of our Dalong Celestial Dynasty is too cruel.
At that time, even if they don't dare to say anything dissatisfied in front of us, a seed of fear of our dragon will be planted in their hearts.
And once this seed of fear takes root and germinates, it may cause them to never dare to come to our country, Dalong, to pay homage again.
Do you know how much annual tribute each time the envoys from various countries come to worship my dragon?"
"Qie'er, Que'er doesn't know."
"Young master, let me tell you that all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, rare treasures, exotic animals and other things donated by envoys from various countries, when added together, can be converted into silver, which is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
If it's less, you should have at least one or two hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Ah? There are actually so many?"
"Are you surprised?"
"Yeah, Que'er is indeed a little surprised.
Que'er only knew that every time envoys from various countries came to Beijing to pay homage, they would make a lot of annual offerings, but he never expected that the annual offerings they made would be worth so much silver."
"Silly bird, there are still many things you don't know.
Once this much money is used in the construction of people's livelihood and civil service, at least the people in several state capitals will receive basic benefits.
However, the envoys of these countries are not fools, they have smart minds.
When they contributed a large amount of annual tribute, they also brought a large amount of special products and goods.
After our Dalong sells the goods they bring, they can earn a large sum of money. Then they use the money they earn to buy a large amount of Dalong specialties and transport them back to their homeland.
Our Dalong court lords, nobles, and wealthy families are not short of money, and their lords, nobles, and wealthy families are also not short of money.
When these goods are transferred from hand to hand, money will flow into their pockets.
And among them, the biggest beneficiaries are, in all likelihood, the royal family members behind the missions of various countries.
Maybe they are nobles and powerful officials from their countries, but this is not important to us at all.
We just need to take control of our own interests.
Let them handle matters that belong to them.
Even if the world collapses, it has nothing to do with our dragon or this young master."
"This? Master, if this happens, won't our dragon suffer a loss?"
"Silly Queer, where did we lose?
When they buy our Dalong specialties in the market, don’t the common people get their money?
Moreover, there are city and city departments between the two cities inside and outside that collect commercial taxes to enrich the national treasury. This is obviously a matter of killing two birds with one stone and making everyone happy. How can we lose money?
No matter how much money they earn, it is not money that belongs to us Dalong people."
"Well, that seems to be the truth.
Que'er just felt that the things they bought at a low price were sold at a high price, so she subconsciously thought that we had lost money.
If we go by the situation you just analyzed for Que'er, young master, our dragon is indeed not at a loss."
"You, just put your heart in your stomach, you won't hurt us.
Que'er, you've been with the young master for so many years, don't you still understand what the young master is like?
Master, am I the kind of person who is willing to suffer losses?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Que'er's vision is too short-sighted, or Master, your vision is more far-sighted."
"Don't flatter me, young master. We just look at things differently."
Zhuque's cherry lips curled up, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she sat astride Liu Mingzhi's legs.
"Master, Que'er didn't flatter you. What I said was from the bottom of my heart."
Liu Mingzhi took the opportunity to hold the beauty's slender waist, nodded and pecked the beauty's lips.
"Master knows, Master just wants you to understand one thing, that is, the Japanese mission cannot move for the time being, not because of fear of them, but because there is no need.
Killing is always the last resort.
You must know that many times living people are often more valuable than dead people."
"Then? Then the matter of the Japanese mission daring Sakai He to deceive you will be settled like this?"
"We will wait and see what happens for the time being. The most urgent task is to find out whether the content recorded on the rice paper is true."
Zhuque'er raised an eyebrow, looked at Young Master Liu with some hesitation and asked softly: "Master, do you doubt Mr. Lu?"
Liu Mingzhi rolled his eyes angrily and flicked the beauty's fair forehead with his finger.
"What are you thinking about? I have known Lu Wuming for a long time. How could I doubt him?
The young master was just worried that Lu Wuming had heard something wrong while monitoring, so he wanted to seek more detailed verification."
"What do you plan to do, young master? Do you want Que'er to arrange something?"
"No, these matters are just a game between the court and the barbarians, and there is no need for spies from your two companies to intervene."
"Yes, Que'er understands."
"Besides, is there anything else to report?"
"And some little things."
"What's up?"
Suzaku bowed slightly, took out two letters from his arms and handed them to Liu Mingzhi's hands.
"According to the reports from the brothers, Young Master Chengqian and Young Miss Yaoyao have begun to investigate the list of people who have been asked to be executed after the autumn in various prefectures.
The brothers carefully investigated the situation around them and found no potential dangers.
I think the letters from Miss Yaoyao and Young Master Chengqian reporting their safety will soon be in the hands of the young master.
Apart from these, Que'er has nothing else to do."
"Okay, I will read the letter later. Que'er, you can go back first."
A hint of resentment flashed through Zhuque's charming eyes, and her slender jade fingers gently slid on Young Master Liu's.
"Master, Que'er is thinking about it again."
"Good bird, let's go in two days. The young master now needs time to think carefully about the Japanese mission."
"Oh, then Que'er excuses himself."
"Go to work first."
In an instant, after the beauty left a gust of fragrance, the beautiful figure disappeared into the courtyard in a few ups and downs.
Liu Mingzhi raised his hands, rubbed them and pondered for a long time, then stood up, picked up the rice paper on the desk and walked straight out of the study.
After walking out of the study, Liu Mingzhi hurried to the garden of Liu Mansion.
Liu Mingzhi walked aimlessly along the intricate paths in the garden, picking up the rice paper in his hand and looking at it from time to time.
During this period, Liu Mingzhi sometimes frowned, sometimes sighed, and sometimes showed a hesitant look, as if he had encountered something difficult to make.
I don't know how long it took, but Liu Mingzhi suddenly stopped and glanced at the blue sky in the northwest.
"Well, a few well-equipped soldiers are nothing, and I don't care if I lose something or something.