Chapter 494 Everything is for the children (Part 1)
Chapter 494 If everything is wrong, there will be no children (in) Second update
Author: sunny
Chapter 494 If everything is wrong, there will be no children (in) Second update
"When it's a snowy and cold winter, I beg you to trouble Mr. Cai to make a trip. It's not our family's fault..."
Tong Guanlang strode forward with a smile and greeted.
Gao Qiu, who was on the side, greeted Cai Jing politely.
Cai Jing, who was covered in thick fur, bowed to the two men and then said with a wry smile.
"If Tong Wenwen and Lieutenant Gao can get together in such weather, and Yongtuo can let the old man like me join in the fun, it must be related to those... well, the matter in Suzhou, Jiangnan, right?"
I wanted to say evil beast, but I considered that standing next to me was the biological father of Gao Zhang, the child prodigy and number one champion.
Cai Jing, who is also very fond of face, can laugh at his son in front of Tong Guan, who is also a childish and 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, is that the letter that Liu Lang ordered me to send to the Prime Minister? Liu Lang told me that I must ask for the Prime Minister's legs."
Cai Jing took the letter, which was naturally difficult to open at that 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 large iron stove in the center of the house.
Although the temperature in the house was not as good as in spring, it was also much more comfortable.
The large coal-burning iron stoves were first produced by metal workshops in Kaifeng. Now, in the Ming Dynasty, many blacksmiths and iron shops in Bianliang, Tokyo, began to manufacture such stoves on a large scale.
Compared to the carbon, the coal-burning stove is a hundred times more powerful than the carbon basin, regardless of its firepower or heating effect.
The only thing that is a bit unsightly is that it needs to be stuck in a long iron pipe to discharge the smoke produced by the combustion.
But because the price of coal is very low, people's heating is guaranteed, and the price of iron stoves is very low.
So much so that in the winter in Bianliang, Tokyo, especially when the snow was falling heavily under the red moon, you could see green smoke hovering everywhere.
After they all took off their thick fur clothes, the guest and the host left. Tong Guan smiled at Cai Jing, who was looking at the letter in his lap.
"Since my Liulang's letter has just arrived, Prime Minister Cai, I will first take a look at what my Liulang said. 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 the family, appeared on the paper.
The contents of the letter described in detail the great achievements of the Qilin son of the Cai family in Suzhou since his confinement.
Even the Hangzhou International Commodity Expo, which was a big hit some time ago and shocked the entire southeastern coastal area, was not exactly his painstaking plan.
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 that place, Cai Jing's breathing began to become heavier. Fortunately, the whispers of Tong Guan and Gao Qi came to his ears.
Finally, Cai Jing could 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 a country called Fujiwara Country.
Originally, they had been suppressed by the Japanese country, which prevented them from contacting the Song Dynasty.
Fortunately, Ruming, I accidentally discovered that small island country and introduced him to Gao Zhang.
At the beginning of the letter, Cai Laoliu finally talked about some practical information. The point is, the specialty of that island country is gold and silver, precious metal products that are scarce in the tribute system of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the Fujiwara Kingdom Lord came over personally to negotiate and agreed to donate a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand taels of red silver to Cai, the elder of the pavilion, every year.
Considering that I am his biological father, and as a Qilin son of the Cai family who knows how to keep order in place, all the money should be regarded as my filial piety to his son.
Cai Jingshenfu read that point with pain in his stomach and began to squeeze the water out of his mind repeatedly.
After excluding the nonsense and all the treacherous remarks made by that disobedient son, the conclusion reached is no, Fujiwara Kununi is a friend worth dealing with in the Song Dynasty.
Of course, the truth is absolutely true because of the thousands of taels of gold and ten thousand taels of red silver that are received every year.
Just as in the last paragraph of the letter, Fujiwara Kingdom is now in chaos abroad. A large number of gangsters are causing chaos everywhere. Fujiwara Kingdom, because it is an island country, has no iron ore.
Therefore, even if soldiers and horses are recruited, they still lack weapons, protective gear, etc.
I hope that the Song Dynasty court will have mercy on the loyal vassal Fujiwara Kingdom and sell all kinds of weapons that the Song Dynasty eliminated from the East 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 are aware of the Jiangnan incident?"
"Whether it is true or not, there is a big debate on whether this matter is true or not. It would be a blessing for the imperial court to have another obedient vassal state in the Song Dynasty."
"No, there was chaos in the Fujiwara Kingdom, so we asked the Song Dynasty for help.
Asking the Song Dynasty to sell weapons and armor to this country is something that has never happened since the founding of the Song Dynasty."
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"Can it be said that 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 its support, won't it easily make the newly attached vassal feel cold?"
The three of them felt that their legs were so big that they covered the sky, but they also knew very well that it was the fault of the three of them.
If you can persuade the Tibetan vassals to come and join them, it will not be a battle. If the Tibetan vassal country is very obedient and sensible, and if it can provide the Song Dynasty with the gold and silver that the court is in short supply, then it will be a battle.
After all, the Song Dynasty needs to give the Liao Kingdom annual coins every year, and even the Xixia Kingdom begs the Song Dynasty to pay for it.
The Liao Kingdom does not ask me for copper coins, iron coins, paper money, and food from the Song Dynasty, but asks the Song Dynasty to give the Liao Kingdom 300,000 pieces of silk and 200,000 taels of red silver every year.
Silk was nothing compared to the Song Dynasty. Hard currency like red and silver could not be grown, so it could be mined.
However, the production of red silver in the Song Dynasty itself was very rare. The production areas of red silver in the Northern Song Dynasty were Guiyang, Fengzhou and Jianzhou.
The income from silver services in the Northern Song Dynasty was less than 220,000 taels even during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. Is there any evidence for this?
What does that mean? It can be said that every year the red silver mined outside the borders of the Song Dynasty was paid to the Liao Kingdom in addition to keeping three melons and two dates in the east.
It means that the people of the Song Dynasty worked hard to mine silver mines, but they were actually working for the Liao Kingdom.
Once something unexpected happens, if there is a problem in the mine, it will be a big deal.
So much so that every year the imperial court spent two hundred thousand taels of red silver, and the Ministry of Household Affairs and the imperial court lost no idea how much hair they lost.
And now, the newly attached Fujiwara Kuni Yitoko has paid 50,000 taels of red eyes, which can really be regarded as the urgent need to solve the Song Dynasty New Year Coin.
