Chapter 421

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Li Wei's hand holding the wine cup was stuck in front of him. The word "imperial court" moved him a little.

Chang'an is at the foot of the emperor of the state of Dayu. It is the ideal of many officialdom to hold a position in Chang'an.

"Yes, the court." Xiao Ming's words are more and more explicit, "now the Minister of Honglu temple will leave office in three years, and now many officials are scrambling to go up. Although Honglu temple is not a rich position, it is also a fourth grade official residence."

Li Wei's face struggled for a moment, and suddenly said: "but what does this have to do with me? I may stop here in my whole life."

"Not necessarily. If the emissary is willing to recommend a person to the emperor as the Minister of Honglu temple in his present position, isn't it? If the emissary is willing to work for the king, three years later, the king will guarantee that the emissary will be the Minister of Honglu temple. "

Xiao Ming made it clear that Li Wei was obviously a person who attached great importance to official positions. He was a Biejia under the Wei king and a senior official of the imperial court. The difference between them was day by day.

Moreover, when he failed to recruit, Xiao Ming did not lose anything. At most, he could not take advantage of the king of Chu.

Li Wei was lost in thought. His father was once a junior official of the imperial court. Before he died, he hoped that he would become a supreme Minister one day, but there was no hope under the command of the king of Chu.

As the king of Qi said, he is getting older and older now. If he can wait any longer, he can only go home to farm.

Once he got the position of minister of Honglu temple, he could enter the court to discuss business. What a glory it was. He said, "Your Highness, this is true."

"Seriously."

Xiao Ming smiles. As he once said, betrayal doesn't happen just because there are not enough interests. People live with selfishness. Few people can completely abandon temptation and confusion.

Li Wei continued: "there is no basis for empty talk, but your highness is requested to set up a letter. If your highness repents in the future, even if I die, I will let the people with lofty ideals in the state of Dayu know that your highness is a man who has no faith in his words."

Smell speech, Xiao Ming laughs, he says: "this has what difficulty."

After that, he asked aster to prepare ink, paper and inkstone and write down his promise. Then he said to Li Wei, "since it's a promise, two people need to sign it."

Xiao Ming wrote down his name and handed the pen to Li Wei.

Holding out his hand to take the brush, Li Wei stayed on the note for a long time, because he understood that once he wrote down his name, he would have to wait for the king of Qi.

If he didn't follow, the king of Qi would also be able to ruin himself.

But the humiliation of being sent to Qingzhou and the depression of these years finally made him decide to write down his name on the note.

"Your Highness will give orders in the future. I will do my best." Li Wei finished signing and got up to salute.

Xiao Ming waves his hand to let Li Wei sit down. This is the first time Xiao Ming has won over a minister. Fortunately, he has not thought of success. Now he finally understands why the ministers in the court have turned to different vassals.

These vassal kings with different surnames had been operating in the state of Dayu for such a long time. Naturally, they were better at wooing the important officials of the imperial court than he was.

"Messengers don't have to be nervous. I won't let you do dangerous things. I just need messengers to tell me the information of Chu from time to time. At the same time, if the king of Chu has any tricks in this transaction, please let me know."

Li Wei, who had already signed the letter, was also very conscious. He said to Xiao Ming, "I'm only a Lin'an Biejia in Chu palace. This Biejia's name seems not small. In fact, it's just a record of daily affairs for Lin'an assassin. But because of this, I know something about some secret things."

Xiao Ming raises his glass and drinks, waiting for Li Wei's reply.

"Now there are 15000 Musketeers in the army of the king of Chu, and there are more than 3000 merchant ships under his command. These 3000 ships are large-scale merchant ships, not including medium-sized merchant ships and small-scale merchant ships. If you add these two together, the king of Chu has 8000 merchant ships. This time, the king of Chu and his highness did not want to take out large-scale merchant ships to his highness, but just wanted to use medium-sized merchant ships and small-scale merchant ships to hand them over to his highness At the same time, there are 30 shipbuilding workshops under the command of the king of Chu. But this time, the king of Chu did not intend to hand over the real core craftsmen to his highness, just ordinary craftsmen to his highness... "

Li Wei tells Xiao Ming everything he knows.

Before he went to Qingzhou, the king of Chu told him a lot about the bottom line of the negotiation, and he knew all the tricks clearly, but the king of Chu didn't expect that Li Wei would come clean now.

Envoys in the state of Dayu have always played a very tragic role. Envoys to barbarians are basically risking death, because if a barbarian is not happy, he will be killed.

At the same time, the vassal Kings also sent envoys to each other. If the envoys made each other unhappy, they would be humiliated even if they were not beheaded.

So when the king of Chu chose him as an emissary, he was very disappointed with the king of Chu.

Xiao Ming nodded frequently. It's true that the king of Chu wants to buy guns, but it's also true that he wants to sell inferior guns as good ones. If he doesn't buy Li Wei today, it's estimated that he will let the king of Chu take advantage this time.In addition to the tricky business in this trade, Li Wei also talked about the business between the king of Chu and Cao's family, and the transaction between the Dutch and the king of Chu.

Generally speaking, at present, the Dutch mainly buy Porcelain, silk, tea and other things from the state of Dayu, while the king of Chu only buys firecrackers from the Dutch.

Moreover, the muskets were sold at the price of 521. A few days ago, the Dutch sold the mirrors to the king of Chu at a high price, which made the king of Chu lose a lot.

"The reason why the Dutch are really dissatisfied with the king of Chu this time is that the Dutch feel that they have suffered a loss in trade, because the purchase of porcelain, silk and tea hollowed out the Dutch money." Li Wei concluded.

Xiao Ming nodded. In fact, what Li Wei said was the trade deficit. Now the Dutch obviously realized this. The long-term trade made Chu more and more prosperous, but the king of Chu seldom bought their goods.

At that time, Britain's huge trade deficit with the Qing Dynasty made the British eventually import opium into the Qing Dynasty. It seems that now the Dutch are crazy about it.

Xiao Ming is very satisfied with Li Wei's information. In three years, he will continue to provide information, and at the same time, he will continue to uncover the traps in this trade, so that he will not be fooled by the king of Chu.

At the end of a meal, Xiao Ming sent Li Wei to Wei's restaurant to have a rest. He was thinking about how to get the king of Chu's large merchant ships and high-quality shipbuilders.

While he was thinking, a sudden "bang" came from the direction of Bowen college, which frightened Xiao Ming.

At the beginning, for the convenience of teaching in Bowen college, the Bowen college was only a few streets away from the palace. I don't know what happened to such a huge explosion.

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