Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

After the meeting with Lian Ti in Furong Pavilion, Song Qingyuan went back to the life of going out of the door and not going out.

With the efforts of Master Nianci, papermaking is developing in an orderly manner.

A few days ago, he sent a letter to Song Qingyuan, saying that the first batch of paper had been produced and put into use.

Master Nianci was so excited about this, he insisted on giving him a few Buddhist scriptures hand-copied with the paper he made.

However, Song Qingyuan refused with various reasons.

There is no decision about leaving Nanzhou, and everything he does now may be in vain.

Song Qingyuan didn't plan to develop any more careers in a short period of time, so he hid in the study all day doing nothing, reading miscellaneous books, teasing the little lion, and paying attention to the income of the farm shop at most.

But within a few days of the clean days, Qin Zizhen brought back a big piece of news.

"Your Highness, King Mobei handed Emperor Hongde a book this morning."

"What did you say?" Song Qingyuan asked casually without paying attention.

Qin Zizhen's face was strange, and he said quietly: "The king of Mobei said... that he will return the three cities of Qin, Bing and Mao that he occupied in the summer of this year to Southern Zhou in exchange for..."

Song Qingyuan slowly put down the scroll in his hand, feeling dizzy for a while.

It can't be the result he expected.

He looked at Qin Zizhen in disbelief, but he only got a positive look from the other party.

Song Qingyuan held back the swear words that blurted out, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Lian Ti always had a way to make every step unexpected by Song Qingyuan.

But this is the end of the matter, worrying can't change anything, it's better to think about how to operate this matter.

Protons represent the submission of one nation to another.

As a symbol of Yanyun, it is impossible for Song Qingyuan to be like an ordinary object, which was randomly taken by Emperor Hongde and exchanged for the city with Lianti.

If Lian's wish was fulfilled and Song Qingyuan was brought back to Mobei, then whether Yan Yun surrendered to Nan Zhou or Mobei would become an embarrassing question.

His cheap daddy wouldn't agree either.

But the three cities of Qinzhou, Bingzhou, and Maozhou are too attractive.That was an important military site in the Southern Zhou Dynasty!

Therefore, although this method sounds absurd at first glance, it is not without room for reversal when you think about it carefully.

Nan Zhou only had Song Qingyuan in his hands, and he had to give Yan Yun many years of gifts every year. To put it bluntly, it was a last resort if he couldn't beat him, otherwise he could just call him back, why bother so much.

And Yan Yun only surrendered on the surface, and if he had the chance, he would definitely annex Southern Zhou. This matter is no different from the empty-handed white wolf.

Therefore, Song Qingyuan's proton is actually more symbolic than practical.Anyway, Emperor Hongde was not a man of integrity, and it was a bloody profit to exchange three cities for a dispensable symbol.

As long as Yan Yun agrees, Nan Zhou can live with his face.Maybe he will really agree to this decision that violates the ancestral system.

After all, isn’t the ancestral precept created to be broken by others?

Yanwang's side is easy to solve, Song Qingyuan has been operating Yanyun for more than a year.Although it ended up in the current situation, it is still very simple to cause some small troubles for King Yan, so that he has no time to take care of this matter.

Right now, as long as Emperor Hongde can create a legitimate reason to agree to mention it repeatedly, Song Qingyuan's return to freedom will be just around the corner.

Just exchanging three cities, wouldn't it be a bit too exciting?

Song Qingyuan was also a little worried for a while.It's one thing for him to have confidence in himself, but it's another thing for his boss to expect too much from you.

Now he finally understands the despair of many employees in his previous life when he saw the ridiculously high KPI set by the leader.

Not only that, the leader also patted himself on the shoulder, and said to him earnestly: "Xiao Song, the leader did this out of trust in you, you have to understand the painstaking efforts of the leader!"

Song Qingyuan suddenly felt a toothache.

But this is the end of the matter, and there is no use worrying.Song Qingyuan could only pull himself together and think about how to give Emperor Hongde a legitimate reason to let him go.

Song Qingyuan stood up from the couch, and said to Qin Zizhen: "Come with me to the Mobei Prince's Mansion."

Qin Zizhen had been anxious these days because of the autumn hunt, worried about being punished by Song Qingyuan, but today he suddenly heard such a shocking news, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

Seeing that Song Qingyuan was still calm and unhurried, he suddenly made up his mind, and ran to lead Song Qingyuan's horse heartlessly.

The place where Lian Ti lives now is a courtyard belonging to the Sifang Pavilion.

Although this place is called a courtyard, in order to show the majesty of the Southern Zhou Dynasty to the envoys of various countries, it was naturally built extremely gorgeously.The occupied area is not smaller than a palace of Emperor Hongde.

If ordinary envoys come, they can only occupy one of the courtyards.

But who is Lian Ti, if they dare to let King Mobei and his party huddle together in a courtyard, next year Mobei will dare to directly lead the army to Huijing.

Such a beautiful garden is not inferior to Emperor Hongde's palace.All of them were given to King Mobei and his party, which was a bit of a waste.Song Qingyuan looked at the five-color glazed tiles on the top and thought.

After he handed over the greeting card, a follower who looked like a Huye led Song Qingyuan into the inner hall.

Song Qingyuan looked at the entourage next to him with some doubts, and heard the other party explain in broken Central Plains Mandarin: "Our king ordered the slave to lead His Highness to the flower hall in the backyard."

He nodded without expressing any objection.

Song Qingyuan recalled the information about Mobei that he knew in his heart, while looking at the scenery around the garden, but after a while, he saw the King of Mobei coming from a distance.

This tall and long-legged Mobei King is more than half a head taller than the people around him, Song Qingyuan can hardly ignore it.

But it wasn't until the person across from him approached that he suddenly realized that under the sunlight, Lian Ti's eyes turned a faint olive green.

Tsk, it's quite beautiful, why didn't I find it before.Song Qingyuan thought.

Lian Ti smiled at him, turned away the servants on the left and right, and led Song Qingyuan to the flower hall in front.

"Your Highness knows what happened today?" Lian Ti sat down and asked casually.

"Yes, I just heard from my subordinates." Song Qingyuan nodded, and looked at the person opposite, "If I guessed correctly, these three cities were originally exchanged by the king for the control of the mutual market from the Southern Zhou Dynasty. This matter is related to everything. The livelihood of the people of the country, the king should not be too impulsive."

To be honest, Song Qingyuan's first reaction when he knew about this was to refuse.

In his prediction, these three cities should be used to blackmail Emperor Hongde into setting up an exchange market, but now they are used to replace him alone.It's the same as when I suddenly notified my assistant to give him an annual salary of tens of millions in my previous life.

The poor assistant, far from being ecstatic about it, would just feel uneasy about what he was going to do with his life hanging by a thread.

The same is true for Song Qingyuan, who exchanged three strategically important cities for him. If he can't create the same value, he will face more than just being fired.

Lian Ti nodded, "His Royal Highness guessed right. But even if the trading power is held in the hands of the king, Mobei is still the weak side in the transaction with Nan Zhou."

This is true.Most of the trade between Mobei and the Southern Zhou Dynasty was to exchange horses and livestock for food, agricultural products such as tea, and cloth, which Mobei could not produce handmade products.

However, due to the great loss of goods such as horses and livestock after long-distance transportation, Mobei is almost always at a loss in this transaction.

Not only that, in this era, horses are also an important strategic resource.

Daonan Zhou would not even allow horses to be sold in large quantities.

Commodities such as dried meat and dairy products were not really popular in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

One is because there are not many people who can afford meat in this era.The second is because people can buy fresh meat, so why buy dry and hard jerky?

Not to mention dairy products, people in the Central Plains hardly have the habit of eating dairy products...

But the goods of the Southern Zhou Dynasty are indispensable in Mobei.Not to mention daily necessities such as food, cloth, and tea.Those production techniques alone do not necessarily have to be complicated handmade products, which are also necessary for Mobei.

It's not because of technical reasons, but because Mobei doesn't have that much labor force for production. The young men in Mobei are all busy fighting!

Song Qingyuan sighed, although Mobei seems to be strong now, but if it wants to develop in the long run, besides the problems of the tribes, there are also many internal problems.

Song Qingyuan sees clearly because he has thousands of years of development experience in human history, and has vision and consciousness far beyond this era.

But now Lian Ti does not continue to expand blindly, but turns to seek other development directions, which is rare foresight.

Song Qingyuan couldn't help praising Lian Ti, "Your Majesty has a long-term vision, and I admire you."

"These three cities are a great temptation for the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but the king should also know that Emperor Hongde will not easily agree to this because of his special status."

"That's the case." Lian Ti heard the words, with a smile on his face, and said in a firm tone: "But since Your Highness is here today, you must have a countermeasure."

Song Qingyuan didn't hold back, looked at Lian Ti, and slowly said a person's name, "Your Majesty, do you still remember Master Nianci from Daxiangguo Temple?"

"Oh?" Lian Ti thought for a while, and soon understood Song Qingyuan's plan, "Your Highness wants to use the theory of gods and Buddhas to get Emperor Hongde to agree to this matter?"

To be precise, it is the theory of ghosts and gods.

Song Qingyuan nodded, and said in his heart: Dealing with smart people is really easy. He just said the beginning, and he understood what he meant by mentioning it.

Throughout the Southern Zhou Dynasty, from Emperor Hongde to ordinary people, they all believed in gods and Buddhas.

Emperor Hongde was even more superstitious about the art of longevity, and built Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.In recent years, because of his obsession with seeking immortality, he began to ignore the government.

Master Nianci was not only the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, but also an eminent monk who was deeply supported by the people.

If Master Nianci told Emperor Hongde that Song Qingyuan was an unknown person, it would have affected the prosperity of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

He believed that Emperor Hongde would be happy to pack him and send him to Mobei.

It's just that monks don't tell lies, and they don't know whether making up lies will be detrimental to Master Nianci's practice.

Lian Ti frowned, and said with some disapproval: "This method is feasible, but it will damage His Highness's reputation."

Song Qingyuan waved his hand, not caring too much, "It's just an 'unknown', I don't care. "

He understood Lian Ti's concerns, after all, nowadays people generally value their own reputation very seriously.

If a person's reputation is ruined, let alone becoming an official, even weddings and funerals will be affected.

But Song Qingyuan, as the prince, as long as he doesn't intend to inherit the throne, it's not good if he has a bad reputation, and it doesn't matter.As for the matter of marriage, it is not within the scope of his current consideration.

Moreover, Song Qingyuan firmly believed that, compared with those illusory theories of gods and ghosts, the common people were more willing to believe in people who improved their actual lives.

Doing practical things that benefit the country and the people is far more important than pursuing fame.

The author says:

It's late Bobo--

It is about to change to Mobei, and start Xiao Song's great cause of Mobei transformation.

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!