When Li Qi said the answer, Pu Zhiqian was very surprised. Obviously, he had never thought that Li Qi would say these two words. To put it bluntly, the reason why he was surprised was because even their country, Goryeo,
Look down on Japan.
Li Qi glanced at Pu Zhiqian, his heart was like a mirror, and he smiled and said: "What? Brother Pu, does he look down on Japan?"
Although this is the truth, you can't say it, it would hurt people so much! Pu Zhiqian waved his hands quickly and said: "The economic ambassador is joking, how dare I mean it. But, I think there must be a deep meaning in the economic ambassador's words
, I couldn’t figure it out for the moment.”
"Let's sit down and talk."
The two sat down again. Li Qi suddenly asked: "Brother Pu, what do you think of Jin Guo's strength?"
Pu Zhiqian was stunned and said truthfully: "In terms of wealth, the Kingdom of Jin cannot compare with your country, but in terms of military strength, then your country is probably slightly worse."
Li Qi didn't take it seriously at all and said hehe: "It's not just a little bit worse, we are aware of this. Then do you think there is any army in the world that can compete with the Jin Army?"
Pu Zhiqian hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head. The strength of the Jin Kingdom's military was obvious to all. No matter how reluctant he was to admit it, he could not deceive himself in this regard.
Li Qi smiled and said: "But there is one country that is not afraid of the Kingdom of Jin at all."
Park Zhiqian frowned and said, "Could it be that the economic envoy was talking about Japan?"
"good."
"How is this possible?"
Li Qi chuckled and said: "How is it impossible? The Kingdom of Jin is indeed powerful in military strength, but that is just because of its iron hoof strength. If horses are replaced by boats, I can assure you that your navy can defeat them.
No way to the north. And Japan is alone overseas. Even if Japan points the nose of the Jin Dynasty Emperor and scolds him, the Jin Dynasty can only stay close to it. At most, it will scold him back. If they dare to go to sea, it will be a dead end. In other words,
Compared with Japan, the Jin Kingdom can only be passively beaten, and in terms of economy, Japan's biggest reliance is the Song Dynasty, which has nothing to do with the Jin Kingdom. Japan is completely outside the control of the Jin Kingdom. Do you still think that Japan is useless?
?"
Pu Zhiqian's heart brightened when he heard this, and he felt that what he said made sense. If the Jin people had a water fight, they would not be afraid of Goryeo.
Li Qidao: "So, Japan is not afraid of the Jin Kingdom at all. If you can seek their help, they can help you without any scruples. Whether it is sending people or money, the Jin Kingdom has no way to do anything to Japan."
The more Pu Zhiqian listened, the more tempted he became. However, the relationship between Korea and Japan was very weak, and Japan would not be able to help you at all costs just by your words. This made him at a loss. He couldn't help but cast his eyes on Li Qi again, and said with a smile: "It's better.
The economic envoy has seen it more clearly. Haha, please trouble the economic envoy to help people to the end. Please tell me how to find help from the Japanese."
Li Qi didn't answer and asked: "How much do you know about Japanese samurai?"
As a diplomat, Park Ji-qian naturally has some knowledge of the current situation in neighboring countries. He nodded and said: "I have heard a little bit, a little bit."
Li Qidao: "Today, Japan is still controlled by their nobles. The luxurious life makes those nobles content with the status quo. They never want any changes. If you ask them for help, there is little hope. But the Japanese samurai are different. They have
The nobles are still at a disadvantage, but their strength has begun to grow gradually. They have great potential and deserve our attention. The most important thing is that they have also begun to seek help from forces outside Japan, which is a good match for your country. However, as the saying goes,
Tao, if you want to take something, you must give it first. If you want to get their help, you must first give them a certain amount of help. It just so happens that Iga and Tenji are old friends. If you are interested, I can introduce them to them.
you know."
Pu Zhiqian said quickly: "Thank you so much." Whether it works or not is one thing, but it will at least provide an extra way and have one more friend, which is why he agreed decisively.
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's just a little effort. However, I have to remind you that while seeking help from others, your own strength must also be improved, especially the strength at sea. After all, whether it is the Song Dynasty or Japan, we have to take ships.
To help you, therefore, you must build a large enough port to strengthen the connection between the three parties, and there must be no shortage of ships. You must know that the navy is the weak point of the Jin Kingdom, and you cannot give up this advantage."
When Pu Zhiqian heard what happened, he realized that Li Qi was selling ships, and they happened to be planning to purchase ships in large quantities. So he said, "What the economic envoy said is that the most important task of my coming here is to sell ships to Conggui."
The country purchased some ships and weapons."
Nowadays, the frequent pressure from the Jin Kingdom has made them panic. In order to resist the pressure from the Jin Kingdom, they have no choice but to purchase armaments.
"Yeah?"
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Then we have to have a good talk."
In fact, it was Li Qi who had already planned to bring Goryeo and the Japanese samurai into collusion. It was no secret that he wanted to support the Japanese samurai, but he did not want to pay a high price, so he thought of bringing Goryeo into the fold.
Share the burden, and every time Goryeo finds an ally, it will become more determined to fight the Jin Kingdom to the ground. This is what Li Qi is happy to see, and the two of them help each other, which can also reduce a lot of pressure on the Song Dynasty.
, the benefits far outweigh the harm.
When it came to buying and selling, that was Li Qi's strong point, and the other party was already interested, so the atmosphere became more and more harmonious when talking, and he even forgot about the time. Before he knew it, it was already late at night, and because the weather was too cold, so
Li Qi simply invited Pu Zhiqian to stay here. This small gesture greatly increased Pu Zhiqian's affection for Li Qi and felt that Li Qi really treated him as a friend.
As everyone knows, in the hearts of businessmen, there are no absolute friends, and of course, there are no absolute enemies.
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Less than a day later, a new guest arrived on the sofa in front of the fireplace.
This guest is the Dali envoy, Duan Shiwen.
Qin Hui also complained a lot about this. You chose to receive the Goryeo envoy first. That's fine. After all, the other party also sent money. It's just less. But it makes no sense for you to receive the Dali envoy.
Everyone knows that the real power in Dali is the Gao family. The king of Dali only has diplomatic rights and cannot make decisions on anything. Moreover, Qin Hui has already found out clearly that the only envoy from Dali who came to Beijing this time did not bring a large amount of money. In other words,
They are not here to do business.
You ignored the rich people over there and ignored this pauper. Qin Hui found that he could not understand Li Qi more and more.
Little did he know that Li Qi had already regarded the Duan family as his own, so of course he had to give him a back door.
Duan Shiwen was very moved by this. In the previous meeting, he was undoubtedly the most lonely foreign guest. It could be said that he did not say a word. He sat in the corner and looked at the envoys with envy and shouted loudly. He also wanted to participate.
, but he doesn’t have this capital, because he can’t make the decision in anything, he is just an errand boy.
You must know that this is a world that laughs at poverty but not at prostitution. If you have no ability, no one will talk to you, so few people will talk to him in meetings.
Only Li Qi treated him with high enough courtesy from beginning to end, how could he not be moved by this?
Although Li Qi did not attend the meeting, he was well aware of Duan Shiwen's encounter at the meeting, so at the beginning, he did not talk about official matters, but just chatted with Duan Shiwen and talked about his personal situation in the past year.
This brings the two of them closer together. There is a saying that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
When it was almost done, Li Qi said: "Envoy Duan, do you still remember the conversation we had at this time last year?"
Duan Shiwen nodded and said, "Of course I remember."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Then I wonder how your monarch's preparations are going?"
Last year, Duan Shiwen asked the Song Dynasty for help, hoping that the Song Dynasty could help Duan Zhengyan regain the power that originally belonged to the monarch from the Gao family. However, Li Qi felt that the Song Dynasty did not have the strength to help Dali at that time. However, he did not refuse Duan Shiwen and only promised to do so in the future.
Give him some weapon support, but regarding the army, he still has to figure out his own solution.
Duan Shiwen sighed bitterly and said: "The Economic Envoy didn't know something. After I returned to Dali at the beginning of the year, I told His Majesty the Economic Envoy's words. Your Majesty was very happy and confident after hearing this. However, there has been little success this year.
.”
Li Qi frowned and said, "Did you encounter any difficulties?"
Duan Shiwen had tears in his eyes and sighed: "This is all the fault of the Gao family. Your Majesty is diligent in political affairs and loves the people like a son, but he can't stop the Gao family's cruelty. In the past year, the Gao family has been
Internal strife continued to occur. In order to compete for power, they ignored the lives of the people in the world, so that rebellions broke out. Your Majesty was unable to stop the Gao family, so he could only find ways to reduce the harm to the people, but this was just a drop in the bucket. Seeing that the people of Dali were in dire straits,
Your Majesty---Your Majesty---he is almost disheartened---."
Speaking of this, Duan Shiwen burst into tears, and his cry was very miserable.
Although it was just a few words, Li Qi had already deeply felt Duan Zhengyan's sadness and sympathized with him in his heart, because he also had this kind of sadness, but he didn't like to show this side, and he didn't stop Duan Shiwen, letting him vent and praise him.
Sipping a cup of tea, leaning on the sofa, silent.
After a while, Duan Shiwen finally stopped crying, looked at Li Qi with great embarrassment, and said, "That's right --- I'm sorry, Duan lost his composure."
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, I can understand that."
Duan Shiwen wiped away his tears and said urgently: "Economic Envoy, please help our Majesty."
Li Qidao: "How do you want me to help you?"
Facing Li Qi's generosity, Duan Shiwen seemed to be unable to believe his ears. After a while, he reacted and said: "If your country can send troops to help, that would be great, but I also know
Your country also has many difficulties, so we hope----hope----."
At this point, he suddenly stopped and seemed unable to speak.
Li Qi glanced at him, put the tea cup in his hand on the table, sat up straight, looked at Duan Shiwen seriously, and said in a calm tone: "Five hundred thousand guan, is that enough?"