Chapter 420: Value for money

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Li Wei's hand holding the wine glass stagnated in front of him, and the word court made him a little moved.
Chang'an, this is at the feet of the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and being able to hold office and a half in Chang'an is a lifetime ideal for many officialdom.
"Yes, it's the court." Xiao Ming said more blatantly. "Now the Hongyou Temple will step down in three years. Now many officials are rushing to get in, although Hongyou Temple is not a lucrative position. , But it is also the fourth grade of official residence."
Li Wei struggled for a while, and suddenly said, "But what does this have to do with Xi Xia? This life might stop here."
"Not necessarily. If the messenger is willing, it is not a problem to recommend a person to the emperor to serve as the prince of Hongyu Temple with the current status of the king? If the messenger is willing to act for the king, three years later, the king promises to let the messenger serve as Hong Hesiqing."
Xiao Ming clarified the words thoroughly. Li Wei was obviously a person who attached great importance to official position, a man who was under Wei Wang's command, and a fourth-ranking member of the imperial court. The difference between them was one heaven and the other.
Moreover, Xiao Ming did not lose any if the solicitation failed. At most, he could not take advantage of some of the kings of Chu.
Li Wei was lost in thought. His father was a ninth-ranked official of the imperial court. His dying wish was that he would one day be an extremely human minister, but there was obviously no hope under the leadership of the King of Chu.
As Qi Wang said, now that he is getting older and older, he can only go home and farm.
And once he has obtained the official position of Hongyou Temple, he can enter the court to discuss matters. What an honor is this, he said: "Your Highness is serious about this."
"really."
Xiao Ming smiled. As he once said, the betrayal did not happen just because there was not enough profit. People live with selfish intentions, and few people can completely abandon temptation.
Li Wei continued: "There is nothing to say, but please set up a written statement. If your Highness repents in the future, even if you die, you must let the people with lofty ideals in the country know that your Highness is a person who has no words."
Hearing this, Xiao Ming burst into laughter, and said, "What's so difficult about this."
After all, he asked Aster to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone and write down his promise. Then he said to Li Wei: "Since it is a promise, two people need to sign it."
Xiao Ming wrote his name and handed the pen to Li Wei.
Reaching out his hand to take the brush, Li Wei stayed on the note for a long time, because he knew that once he wrote his name, he would have to wait for King Qi to send him.
If he doesn't follow, King Qi can also use this character to ruin himself.
But the humiliation of being sent to Qingzhou and the frustration of all these years made him determined to write his name on the handwriting.
"His Royal Highness has orders in the future, the next official will do his best." Li Wei finished signing and got up to salute.
Xiao Ming waved his hand and asked Li Wei to sit down. This was the first time Xiao Ming wooed a minister. Fortunately, he didn't expect to succeed. Now he finally understood why the ministers in the court had voted for different vassals.
These vassals of different surnames have operated for so long in Dayu, and they are naturally better at wooing important officials than him.
"The messenger does not need to be nervous, this king will not let you do dangerous things, only the messenger can always inform this king of Chu Di's intelligence, and if there is anything tricky about Chu in this transaction, please let the messenger inform. "
Having already signed the contract, Li Wei was also very conscious. He said to Xiao Ming: "The subordinates served as Lin'an Bujia in the Chu Mansion. The name of this piece seems to be not small, but it is actually just for Lin'an governor to record daily affairs. But because of this, he has some understanding of secret things."
Xiao Ming toasted and drank, waiting for Li Wei to follow.
"Today, the king of Chu’s army has 15,000 musketeers and more than 3,000 merchant ships. These more than 3,000 are large merchant ships, excluding medium-sized merchant ships and small merchant ships. If you add these two together, the king of Chu has enough There were eight thousand merchant ships. This time the king of Chu and His Royal Highness purchased artillery and did not want to give out large merchant ships to His Royal Highness. They just wanted to exchange artillery with medium-sized merchant ships and small merchant ships with His Royal Highness. At the same time, there were a total of 30 shipbuilding workshops under the command of King Chu. King Chu did not intend to hand over the true core craftsman to His Royal Highness at all, but just handed over to His Royal Highness as an ordinary craftsman..."
Li Wei told Xiao Ming everything he knew.
Before he left for Qingzhou, the king of Chu confessed to the bottom line of many of his negotiations, and he naturally knew the tricks in it, but the king of Chu would not have thought that Li Wei would now tell the truth.
Envoys in the Kingdom of Great Yu have always been very tragic. The envoys of the barbarians are basically risking death, because the barbarians will be killed if they are unhappy.
At the same time, the kings would also send messengers to each other. If the messengers raised things that upset the other party, they would be humiliated even if they were not decapitated.
So when King Chu picked him as the messenger, he was very disappointed with King Chu.
Xiao Ming nodded frequently. It was true that King Chu wanted to buy artillery, but it was also true that he wanted to shoddy it. If he didn't buy Li Wei today, it is estimated that King Chu would have to take advantage of this time.
In addition to the tricks in the trade, Li Wei also talked about the affairs of the king of Chu and the Cao family, and the situation of the Dutch and the king of Chu.
Generally speaking, the Dutch now mainly buy porcelain, silk, tea and other things from the country of Da Yu, while the king of Chu only buys matchlock guns from the Dutch.
Moreover, the matchlock was sold at the price of five hundred and two. A few days ago, the Dutch sold the mirror to the king of Chu at a high price, which caused the king to lose a lot.
"The reason why the Dutch were really dissatisfied with the King of Chu this time was that the Dutch felt that they had suffered a loss in trade because the purchase of porcelain, silk and tea emptied the Dutch's money~EbookFREE.me~Li Wei concluded.
Xiao Ming nodded. In fact, the problem Li Wei said was the trade deficit. Now the Dutch are clearly aware of this. The long-term trade has made Chu land more and more prosperous, while the King of Chu rarely buys their products.
Britain’s huge trade deficit with the Qing court made the British finally import opium into the Qing court. It seems that the Dutch are now crazy about this incident.
Xiao Ming was very satisfied with the information that Li Wei said. He will continue to provide information for three years, and at the same time, he will continue to uncover the traps in this trade to prevent him from being fooled by the King of Chu.
At the end of the meal, Xiao Ming sent Li Wei to the Wei’s restaurant to rest. He was thinking about how to get the large merchant ships of the King of Chu and the high-quality shipbuilders.
While he was thinking, a sudden "bang" explosion sounded from the direction of Bowen Academy, which shocked Xiao Ming.
In order to make it easier to teach at Bowen College, the Bowen College was only a few streets away from the Wangfu. Such a huge explosion did not know what happened.
(To be continued.)