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After listening to Ma Tianji, the scholar of Duanming palace, the French emissary said, "how can we fight against Mongolia with the strength of our own country? What's your Majesty's dissatisfaction with doing so?"

"At least, we have resisted half of Mongolia's power. Isn't that too much?" Ma Tianji, the scholar of Duanming palace, asked in reply.

The English emissary nodded and said, "as far as we know, it's not too much to say."

In the face of Ma Tianji's question, the English emissary told the truth, but he offended the French emissary.

You should know that the envoys of France are the leaders of the western missions this time. They always think that their army is the most powerful force in the European continent. Naturally, what they are fighting against is the most elite force in Mongolia. Otherwise, they will not be beaten so badly by the Mongolian cavalry.

But now the English emissary went on according to Ma Tianji, the scholar of Duanming palace, and obviously did not cooperate with the French emissary.

The emissary of France was very angry and glared at the emissary of England.

It turns out that although the British Kingdom and the French Kingdom have united for the common interests, their relationship is not so friendly. Before that, they experienced more than a century of war.

In medieval Europe, the financial revenue of the English kingdom depended largely on the wool business. Flanders was the central city of the English kingdom in this trade, and the city was controlled by a French Lord at that time.

English merchants sell their wool here, then buy wool products from here, and sell them back to England and all over the world.

In the wool import and export trade, these merchants have to pay a lot of taxes to the English kingdom, so the wool traders are subject to the English kingdom, and the prosperity of Flanders as a French territory depends on these British wool merchants.

For their own urgent interests, the Flemish wool processors wanted to support the English kingdom from the heart, but as such an important trade center, the king of France could not tolerate the separation of his kingdom's territory and join the English kingdom.

When there were serious differences in the twin trade, the king of France died, but the king had no children of his own. According to the European royal tradition, the king's throne should be inherited by his grandson, but the grandson's mother is indeed a princess of the English kingdom. If the grandson of the French King inherits the French throne In that case, it means that the English kingdom controls the French Kingdom, which is intolerable by the French princes and nobles.

For the interests of France, France unanimously elected the nephew of the French king as the new king of France.

Of course, the newly elected king of France is definitely not good news for the English kingdom.

After the new king of France ascended the throne, he took measures to support Scotland's struggle against the English kingdom. At the same time, he launched a war to reclaim his native land in the southwest of the French kingdom.

In this way, a series of contradictions intertwined, and an all-round war broke out between the English kingdom and the French kingdom.

In the first three stages of the war, the English kingdom and the French kingdom can be said to win and lose each other. In the final stage, the people of the French kingdom were widely mobilized, and Joan of arc appeared, which pushed the patriotic enthusiasm of the people of the French kingdom to a climax. Finally, the French Kingdom moved the power of the English kingdom from Europe The continent was cleared and France took back all its occupied territory.

In this way, the English kingdom returned to its native place in the Atlantic Ocean, but the contradiction between the two sides has not been completely eliminated.

This time they were able to join forces to come to the Song Dynasty. To put it bluntly, it was the attack of the Mongolian cavalry that forced them to come together.

This is also the source that the envoys of the kingdom of England and the kingdom of France can not cooperate closely at the critical moment.

Ma Tianji, a scholar of the Ming Palace, was very happy after hearing the messenger of the English kingdom. He said in a hurry: "this is it. Our Song Dynasty is a power to deal with half of Mongolia. But you, this time alone, come to our song dynasty to form an alliance, there are the kingdom of France, the English kingdom, the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire. You say that more than four countries are fighting against Mongolia Compared with a single country, the military strength of the office is naturally the greatest contribution of our song dynasty. "

"That's what Mr. Ma said. Since we have done more, we should get more rewards. "The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Palace, Dong songchen, said.

The emissary of France replied happily: "it's easy to do. At that time, the land of Mongolia in the East, including the place where their capital is located and Lin Hanting, can be owned by the Song Dynasty. We in the West don't want an inch of Mongolian land. Are you satisfied. "

" haha, it's a joke. Mongolia borders on Song Dynasty. These places were originally occupied by Song Dynasty, so they should belong to us. You western countries need to approve them. This is ridiculous! "Ma Tianji, a scholar of Ming Dynasty.The emissary of the Roman Empire was a little unhappy and said, "what else do you want to do? Have a good time and say it directly? "

" it's very simple that we send out so many troops, not to mention how many song men will die in the war, we don't know how much it will cost in terms of food and grass. In a sense, our song dynasty is also fighting for your survival in the West, so shouldn't you compensate us? "Ma Tianji, the master of the Ming Palace.

After hearing this, the envoys of the western countries realized that Ma Tianji, a scholar of the Ming Palace, had been wandering around for this reason. He said to himself, "you people of the great Song Dynasty are really implicit in your words. Just say no directly. It's really a waste of time. "

the French emissary said:" well, even if we want to support some of your food and grass, from the European continent to your song dynasty, the land route has been controlled by Mongolia, so it can't be transported at all. We all come by boat by sea. "

" then you can transport our food and grass by sea. "Ma Tianji, a scholar of Ming Dynasty.

Ma Tianji, a scholar of the Ming Palace, is very resourceful, but he is still not very clear about the sea.

The French emissary said: "Mr. Ma, what you said is ridiculous. Do you know the terrible waves in the sea? It has been a long time since the ship brought us to Lin'an of your song dynasty. If we transport food and grass for you again, it will be moldy before we transport it to your song Dynasty. "

" if so, then you western countries will give us some gold and silver as military salaries. "Ma Tianji, a scholar of Ming Dynasty.

Ding Daquan said: "Ma Tianji's idea is very good. When the silver comes, we can take the opportunity to get some money from it. Anyway, people from western countries will leave and will not stay here after they give us the gold and silver. "

he also said to the French emissary," yes, sir, if it is not convenient for you to transport grain and grass, then you should support our military pay. The gold and silver will not get moldy. "

" how much do you want our western countries to pay? "Asked the French emissary.

Ding Daquan said: "we have millions of troops fighting, so how can you give us 10 million taels of military expenditure! "

" what, ten million taels, you dare to ask for it! "The French emissary opened his mouth wide in surprise and said.

Ding Daquan said, "is that more? I thought it was less. "

" that is, Ding Xiangye is right. Millions of soldiers eat horses every day. That's all money. Besides, those soldiers have families and mouths. If you let them go to the battlefield and work hard, we can't treat them badly. "Said Dong songchen.

Ma Tianji, a scholar of the Ming Palace, said: "in fact, this ten million taels of silver is not for one of your western countries. There are so many countries in the west, and many of them are threatened by Mongolia. In order to deal with Mongolia, should each country share a little. "

" according to this calculation, each kingdom of you has not donated much silver, and no country has donated tens of thousands of taels, even less than one hundred taels. For each kingdom of you, this amount of silver is just a drop in the bucket. "Ding Daquan.

When these Western envoys came to the Song Dynasty, their main mission was to persuade the Song Dynasty to attack Mongolia with the East and the West. However, they didn't expect that Ding Daquan, a lion, asked them for so much silver.

As an emissary, they have no right to promise. Even if they promise, it will be difficult to fulfill.

The envoys of the four countries looked at each other. The French envoys said in a hurry: "respect Mr. Ding Xiang, what you said seems like a trap to me. "

" how can we say that? We are friends. If you messengers ask us for help in personal affairs, we can't say that as long as you say that, we will help each other and never put forward any conditions. But now that the two countries have diplomatic relations, we don't have to consider the people of the Song Dynasty. After all, they have to pay blood and sweat. "Ding Daquan was a little unhappy.

The emissary of the Roman Empire was very cunning. Seeing this situation, he began to cry and said: "Dear Mr. Ding Xiang, you may not know the current situation of our western countries. "

" tell me about it. "Ding Daquan.

The emissary of the Roman Empire pretended to be very embarrassed and said, "our European country is much smaller than your song dynasty, and our country is not as rich as your song dynasty. To be ashamed, the combined wealth of our several kingdoms is not as rich as your song dynasty. "

" Our Song Dynasty is very rich, but every penny in Our Song Dynasty's Treasury is useful. If the money is not spent in name, I'm afraid our emperor and the people below will not agree. In fact, the prime minister is in a dilemma. "Ding Daquan.

After that, Ding Daquan suggested: "Dear envoys, if you are in a dilemma, there is another way for me. "

" Mr. Xiang, what's your plan? "Asked the emissary of France.Ding Da replied: "you can go back to your king to report the situation. We will talk about it after your king has made a decision, so that you don't have to bear the responsibility. Isn't it beautiful! "

after listening to Ding Daquan's idea, the envoys of the western countries thought it was funny and angry, and said," how can this be possible? It has taken us several months to come here. Now you let us go back to our kingdom for the sake of money. How much time has been wasted this time? Now Mongolia has launched a new attack on the West When they ask his Majesty the king of their kingdom, they will return to the Song Dynasty to discuss the matter, even if the cucumber is cold. "

so the French emissary asked," well, dear Mr. Ding Xiang, this matter is too important. Please let us go back to the State Guesthouse and discuss it before we can reply to you. Is that ok? "

" well, for the sake of you coming all the way, I'll agree to your request. "Ding Daquan deliberately pretended to be very reluctant," he said.

The French emissary raised his glass and said, "thank you very much, Mr. Ding Xiang. Come on, let's have a drink together! "

" ha ha, for the sake of our friendship between the East and the west, it's nothing to assume a little responsibility. "Ding Daquan said with a smile.

The French emissary drank all the wine in his glass and said: "prime minister Ding, in fact, the Mongolian emissaries who came to Lin'an were the most worried. They always felt that they were the biggest obstacle to our final alliance. "

" yes, after all, there are two prime ministers in your song dynasty. Besides Ding Xiang ye, there is also Jia Xiang ye, who has great energy in the Song Dynasty. "The emissary of the Roman Empire.

Ding Daquan said: "since you know this, you should understand how much pressure the prime minister has taken to form an alliance between Song Dynasty and your western countries. "

" what Mr. Ding Xiangye said is that we should really speed up the alliance. Otherwise, if we let Jia Sidao drill some Confucius, it would be too late to regret at that time. "Dong songchen said.

In fact, they are also reminding these Western envoys to make a decision early, otherwise they may return empty handed.

Naturally, these Western envoys also understood what Ding Daquan meant.

It has been nearly three hours since the banquet was held.

Ding Daquan changed very quickly in such an occasion. Seeing that his goal had been basically achieved, he threw himself in his favor and ordered someone to bring the singer to the lobby. He asked these people to listen to the music and relax.