Wang Zeng and Cai Qi stared blankly with their mouths open.

Isn’t tens of millions of loads of grain the most critical thing?

Do you know how many lives can be saved by tens of millions of loads of grain?

Do you have any misunderstanding about the number of tens of millions of tons of grain?

Amid the astonished expressions of Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, Kou Ji said with a smile: "The most important thing is that the official family and I have sent people to negotiate with the King of Jiaozhi, and the King of Jiaozhi has agreed to sell Jiaozhi to me.

Great Song Dynasty."

"bass!"

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi stood up suddenly, as if they had been stung by a bee on the buttocks, and stared at Kou Ji in horror.

"For...sale?"

"Cochin?!"

From the time when the two of them became officials until now, I have never heard that the entire territory of a dynasty can be sold with a clearly marked price.

The king of Jiaozhi sold all the territory of Jiaozhi. Where did he go?

Would you like to become a rich man in the Song Dynasty?

I heard that the Prince of Jiaozhi was the British leader who put down the chaos in Jiaozhi. Would he be willing to be a prisoner in the Song Dynasty?

Of course, these are not important.

Anyway, when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty of the Song Dynasty learned that Jiaozhi’s grain was harvested three times a year and four times a year, Jiaozhi had become the official granary of the Song Dynasty.

They don't care where the Jiaozhi County Prince sells Jiaozhi.

The Song Dynasty was determined to win the territory of Jiaozhi.

What really frightened Wang Zeng and Cai Qi was that Jiaozhi, which the Song Dynasty was determined to win, was treated as a commodity by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, and they could sell it back as soon as they said it would.

Isn’t it a bit too shocking?

Too childish?

Facing the horrified looks in Wang Zeng and Cai Qi's eyes, Kou Ji smiled and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Wang Zeng suddenly came to Kou Ji's side and shouted urgently: "People from Zhengshitang and the Sixth Ministry are here, and people from Honglu Temple are also there. I haven't seen anyone with any weight sent out by the government. How did you talk about it?"

Who is going to negotiate? Will the price be too high?"

Regardless of his identity, Cai Qi approached Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "Now we are not discussing the price. If we really can buy Jiaozhi back, we can pay any price."

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment and nodded heavily.

In the eyes of Wang Zeng and Cai Qi, Jiaozhi was a large granary that continuously supplied food to the Song Dynasty.

It was also the foundation for the Song Dynasty to achieve long-term peace and stability.

As long as the Song Dynasty had this big granary.

Then the people of the Song Dynasty no longer have to worry about food.

The number of civil rebellions in the Song Dynasty will plummet, and in the end they may even die out completely.

As long as no one among the people rebels, the Song Dynasty can really be called a prosperous age.

A prosperous age is what everyone yearns for and expects.

Faced with Wang Zeng's doubts, Kou Ji smiled and said: "There is no one in the imperial court, but there is someone in my house."

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi were both stunned.

"Liu Heng?!"

Wang Zeng said in shock.

Kou Ji nodded and said: "Liu Heng is the most suitable candidate. He is the king of the Song Dynasty. Although the throne has been passed down, his identity, status and achievements will not be erased.

Therefore, when he faced the King of Jiaozhi County, he could treat them equally.

When the King of Jiaozhi County saw him, he could also feel the sincerity of our Song Dynasty.

In addition, Liu Heng was familiar with military affairs. When he went to Jiaozhi, even if he could not negotiate a deal with the king of Jiaozhi, he could secretly help us in the Song Dynasty to find out a lot of military information about Jiaozhi.

If the King of Jiaozhi does not agree to sell Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty, then the Song Dynasty will have great confidence to send troops to conquer Jiaozhi."

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi pondered, nodded and said, "Liu Heng is indeed a suitable candidate."

After saying this, Wang Zeng raised his head and stared at Kou Ji, "From what you just said, Liu Heng has reached an agreement with the King of Jiaozhi County, and has sent someone to inform you and the officials about the matter."

Kou Ji did not hide anything, he said frankly: "Three days ago, Liu Heng wrote a letter saying that the King of Jiaozhi County had agreed to sell Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty. He had also sent an envoy to follow Liu Heng back to the capital."

Wang Zeng said in disbelief: "The King of Jiaozhi County really agreed?"

Cai Qi said with a shocked look on his face: "It's hard to imagine that the founding monarch of a dynasty would sell a dynasty."

After the two sighed, they both looked at Kou Ji.

Wang Zeng asked in a deep voice: "What request did the King of Jiaozhi make?"

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said: "Firearms, big ships, manpower, supplies."

When Wang Zeng and Cai Qi heard this, they looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

Kou Ji continued: "If my guess is correct, he must have discovered a place larger than Jiaozhi and planned to occupy the land to become king, so he made these demands to me, the Song Dynasty."

"He actually doesn't want money..."

Cai Qi couldn't help but murmured.

Kou Ji smiled and said: "He has seen through the essence of money. Money is used to spend, not to hide. If he wants to conquer other places, money is the most useless place for him.

After he gets the money, he will definitely use it to buy enough supplies from Da Song.

After all this trouble, it would be more direct to ask me directly for supplies from the Song Dynasty.

It also eliminates the need to change hands in the middle.”

Wang Zeng nodded in agreement.

"If he is really determined to conquer another place, money will not be of much use to him. Besides, after he conquered Jiaozhi, he made a lot of money. He has made a lot of money in these years by selling grain to me, the Song Dynasty.

So he already has enough money in his hands and there is no need to make any more money."

Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "Yes, so he only needs supplies and armaments, as well as enough manpower. Because he needs enough soldiers and horses to help him expand territory and govern the place."

Wang Zeng asked with some uncertainty: "Is he really selling it?"

Kou Ji grinned and said, "Really..."

Wang Zeng took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

It took a full quarter of an hour for him to calm down.

He stared at Kou Ji and said: "Jiaozhi's grain is harvested three times a year and four times a year. He doesn't want such a good place, but he wants to find other places. Are other places better than Jiaozhi?"

Cai Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded in agreement.

Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, "As far as I know, four crops a year is the limit for rice and other grains."

Wang Zeng hesitated and said: "The world is huge and full of wonders. In the past, we were stuck in our own way, so we didn't understand the world. Now that we have broadened our horizons, we can see a lot of amazing things.

So there may not be a better place in the world."

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Prince Wang, you are greedy. A thousand birds in the forest is not as good as one in the hand. Now that we have not yet obtained Jiaozhi, you have begun to think about other places.

Although other places are good, I, the Song Dynasty, may not be able to take them into consideration.

Besides, if the King of Jiaozhi is planning to go elsewhere, it may not necessarily mean that other places are better than Jiaozhi.

He might be trying to avoid our powerful country, the Song Dynasty.

It is also possible that he discovered that the territory of other places was large enough, much larger than that of Jiaozhi, allowing him to establish a larger dynasty."

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, Kou Ji was filled with emotions.

In the past, the Song Dynasty was like a domestic dog who locked himself in the door and only wanted to guard his own one-third of an acre of land.

Today's Song Dynasty is like a tiger and wolf released by him.

As long as you encounter something good or see a good place, it doesn't matter whether you can take care of it or send people to manage it.

The first thing that comes to mind is to grab those good places and good things first.

Kou Ji really likes such a temperament.

The Song Dynasty he hopes to see is the kind of Song Dynasty that pursues the principle of inner saint and outer king.

Internally, he is like a sage, generous, kind, and able to save all sentient beings.

To claim kingship and hegemony externally, if the sword is directed at you, you will either surrender or die.

But today's Song Dynasty has expanded its territory to a certain limit.

When the Song Dynasty did not completely digest the existing territory, and when the Song Dynasty did not completely control the existing territory, it would be easy to be overwhelmed if it tried to expand the territory.
To be continued...