Molested Zulong at the beginning

"Thirdly, Yuezhi will fund the construction of commercial roads leading to the Central Plains to facilitate the transportation of materials, reduce the transportation costs of trade between the two countries, and facilitate large-scale trade."

"As long as they sign these three agreements, Yuezhi will definitely become His Majesty's possession in a short time."

As soon as he said this, all the officials in the hall looked at each other, with question marks all over their heads.

They couldn't figure it out, how could this mere three agreements affect the fate of a country?

Sister Zheng raised her slender willow eyebrows, but couldn't figure out the logic behind it.

After she was silent for a while, she couldn't help asking: "You ask for supplies, I can understand, but why opening a small free trade can affect the rise and fall of a country?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "Your Majesty does not know, this free trade sounds very fair, but the actual essence is that the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker."

"The products that the Yueshi can sell to me in the Central Plains are nothing more than wine. Exotic melons are exotic. For the Central Plains, which has a vast land and abundant resources, it is just a taste of something new."

"Even without these, it is still harmless to us. After all, we have the clear Chu wine, the spicy Zhao wine, and the long and delicious Qi wine that can be replaced. Fruits can also be replaced by apricots, peaches, oranges, dates, etc."

"But the silk and silk cloth in my Central Plains are unique commodities in the world. What makes the most money in business these days is, of course... monopolized things are the most profitable, because the price is determined by us."

"Once the nobles of the Yuezhi experience the smooth and delicate silk of the Central Plains, they will no longer want to wear the rough linen clothes they used to wear. They will be proud of advocating wearing silk. At that time, the wealth accumulated by the Yuezhi over the decades will be passed through trade. , continuously flowing into our Central Plains.”

"Our treasury will become more and more full, but they will become poorer and weaker, and their national strength will become weaker and weaker. Whether it is economically, culturally, or militarily, they will become more and more dependent on the Central Plains. There is no possibility of rising."

"However, His Majesty can use the money earned from trading with the Yue Clan to govern the Central Plains, recuperate, and strengthen the country."

"In the future, when the Yuezhi has completely transformed into the shape of His Majesty, it will be just a moment of His Majesty's thought to send troops all the way to bring this weak Yuezhi into the territory of the Central Plains along the business road they built themselves. .”

When Sister Zheng heard this, a look of joy flashed in her phoenix eyes.

Her slender willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said: "But the Yuezhi people are not fools. After realizing that the wealth is constantly flowing out, wouldn't they think of a way to prohibit wearing silk?"

But Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "Even if they knew, they would be powerless to stop it."

Sister Zheng was taken aback for a moment: "Why?"

The corner of Bai Su's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "When a person who eats bran-swallowed vegetables every day and drinks porridge every day suddenly eats fresh and tender stewed meat for a whole month, you can make him completely forget the taste of meat and continue drinking porridge , can he do it?"

The officials in the hall looked at each other and nodded approvingly.

Wang Jian's eyes lit up even more, and he couldn't help applauding Bai Su's palm.

Since ancient times, it has been easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

Throughout the ages, how many powerful and powerful countries have declined because of extravagance and enjoyment from top to bottom. Once the wind of pleasure spreads, it cannot be stopped by the will of one or two people.

What's more, Great Xia can also send troops to use strong means to force the Yuezhi Kingdom to continue to open up free trade.

Even if there is no need for sister Zheng to do anything at that time, the Yuezhi Kingdom itself will have no money to relieve the disaster, which will lead to domestic refugees, uprisings, and chaos.

At that time, Sister Shizheng can hold high the royal flag and send troops to the Yuezhi Kingdom in the name of helping the Yuezhi royal family suppress the rebellion. As for the suppression of the rebellion, why don't the Central Plains troops leave?

Cough cough, of course it is to protect the allies, don't think too much about it.

Bai Su cupped his hands and continued: "If Your Majesty can bring the Yuezhi into the territory of the Central Plains, it will be equivalent to opening the door to the Western Regions, but the Yuezhi Kingdom can be used as a starting point to prepare for the future march into the Western Regions. "

There was a hint of a smile in Sister Zheng's phoenix eyes, she looked straight at Bai Su below, it was really pleasing to the eye.

She smiled and said: "You...you can always bring surprises to me. I originally wanted to beat the Huns, but you are lucky. Taking advantage of the threat of the Huns, Lian Yuezhi also counted on it."

Bai Su smiled slightly: "As His Majesty's minister, it is the duty of a humble minister to share your worries for His Majesty. After all... this humble minister wants to fulfill his promise with His Majesty one day."

"promise?"

Sister Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that in the bedroom, she promised Bai Su that if he could keep pace with her, she would follow his wish.

She looked at Bai Su's straight gaze below, and her heart couldn't help trembling.

Wouldn't it be true that Bai Su would one day make a contribution equal to his own?

Impossible, even if the Yuezhi Kingdom is destroyed in the future, the fame will not be able to catch up with him.

But if one day I really do it, I will... cut off his crotch head, seeing that after he has his own daughter, he still has unreasonable thoughts about himself as a mother-in-law.

There was a blush on Sister Zheng's graceful and luxurious cheeks, her silver teeth were clenched tightly, and she looked at Bai Su below with a bit of embarrassment.

Since she was wearing a jade crown on her head, and the hanging bead curtain covered her face, her current expression could not be seen clearly.

Bai Su's face was full of doubts, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt an inexplicable chill in his crotch, and couldn't help shivering.

Delusion?

Chapter 71 The Dedicated Princess

The meeting will disperse.

Bai Su stood in front of the main hall, looked at the scroll in his hand, and scratched his hair in distress: "What a mistake."

Originally, he just wanted to come here to punch in a card and get off work. He didn't expect to be tripped by someone accidentally. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and give Sister Zheng some advice.

Unexpectedly, Sister Zheng was very satisfied with his plan, so she entrusted him with the task of negotiating with Princess Yueshi, and asked him to be responsible for negotiating the three conditions.

"You do a good job, but you are forced to work overtime, there is no justice in this world." Bai Su looked up at the sky in the distance, and couldn't help complaining.

"Master Bai, don't take advantage of it and act like a good boy."

Wang Jian walked out of the hall, couldn't help laughing and said: "This is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, if it were someone else, I'm afraid it's too late to be happy, that is, you, obviously got a good chance to become a marquis An errand, with a bitter face."

Bai Su sighed helplessly: "Compared to being promoted in an official career, I would rather have a leisurely job, drink tea and fish every day."

Wang Jian laughed a little and said: "Listen, this is a human speech, have you forgotten how much His Majesty valued you just now?"

"Is it important..."

Bai Su recalled that when he just came to court, Zheng Jie praised him by saying that the skin of a thousand sheep is not as good as the armpit of a fox.

This statement comes from the biography of Shang Jun, which means that a thousand sheepskins are not more valuable than a collar of fox armpits.

Describing a virtuous person is far better than a thousand mediocre ones, to express the meaning of esteem.

But Bai Su looked at Sister Zheng with a look of embarrassment.

It feels like she just wants to express that if you are still so coquettish, I will take your skin off.

Bai Su looked at Bai Su who had a strange expression on his face, and asked with some doubts: "Master Bai, how do you plan to negotiate with Princess Yueshi?"

Bai Su pondered and said: "Don't worry, go back to sleep first and then talk about it."

Wang Jian was taken aback for a moment: "Sleep...sleep, son, are you serious?"

Among the ministers who received orders in the past, who did not stop to carry out the government affairs in hand, how could he go back to sleep first and not take government orders seriously like him.

Bai Su smiled mysteriously, and said, "Negotiations are different from marching and fighting. On the battlefield, the most important thing is speed, and the sooner the better."

"And what is important in this negotiation is that whoever can understand the bottom line in the other party's heart first, and make the other party anxious and flustered, will be able to obtain greater benefits."

Wang Jian understood Bai Su's meaning, and asked tentatively: "My lord has figured it out, so Princess Yueshi has the bottom line in her mind?"

Bai Su nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, I have already mastered her depth, so I don't need to do anything, just go back to sleep leisurely, pretending that I don't want to form an alliance, the longer this lasts, the more I will earn." get more."

Wang Jian looked puzzled and said: "Young Master, why dare you make such a judgment that they won't leave?"

Bai Su looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said in a low voice, "Because they have no choice."

After all, as a native of the Central Plains, Wang Jian doesn't know the national conditions of the Yue clan outside the Great Wall. He is familiar with history books, so he doesn't know.

The Yuezhi occupied the Hexi Corridor area, with [-] to [-] troops, which is not weak, but compared with the Xiongnu, it is still far behind.

Coupled with the blood feud between the two sides for many years, if they don't want to be bloodbathed by the Huns for revenge, or give up the land they have lived for generations and wander around, they have no other choice but to seek help from the Central Plains.

Now that he knew Yueshi's bottom line from the beginning, all he had to do was wait for her to come to his door to ask for help.

When the time comes, the conditions in hand will be doubled, and the lion will open his mouth wide, asking for a little more.

After all, the few words on the contract represent the taxes for the next six months or a few years.

.......

......

At the same time, a station in Xianyang City.

The environment here is beautiful, the maple trees in the courtyard, the fiery red leaves fall with the wind, and ripples appear on the water surface of the pond.

A girl dressed in foreign costumes was sitting on the edge of the promenade, her slender white feet were swaying slightly in the water, and the silver ornaments unique to the foreign race on the girl's head swayed slightly, and there was a ringing sound when they collided with each other. , pleasing to the ear.

The young girl's delicate face carried a sense of wild beauty. She looked at Yu'er in the water with a relaxed look, her slender black eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she looked worried.

It was Princess Yueshi, Xiao Li.

"Princess, I'm back."

At this time, Yueshi's guards ran in sweating profusely.

"What's the matter, is His Majesty the First Emperor willing to send troops?" Xiao Li came back to his senses, stood up hastily, and asked anxiously.

When she came to the Central Plains this time, the Xiongnu had already begun to mobilize troops on a large scale, showing signs of attacking the Yuezhi Kingdom.

I wanted to be emotional with the first emperor, understand it with reason, and after explaining the stakes, the first emperor would send troops to help the Yuezhi and join the northern expedition against the Xiongnu.

But who would have thought that after living in Xianyang for nearly half a month, Emperor Shi Huang still showed no signs of sending troops, which made her even more anxious.

After all, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous the situation in Yuezhi Kingdom will be.

The guard shook his head with a wry smile: "No, Emperor Shihuang still didn't send troops."

Xiao Li said blankly, "How could this be?"

The guard sighed, and said: "After my management, I learned that Emperor Shihuang was ready to send troops, but at the critical moment, he was stopped by a man named Bai Su."

Xiaoli was taken aback, and he couldn't believe it: "Who is that Bai Su, and why can he influence the decision-making of the first emperor?"

The guard frowned and said: "I don't know the details, but I heard that he is a great talent among the people. The Emperor Shi Huang specially sent the Imperial Forest Army to welcome him from Handan City, which won the trust of the Emperor."

"Although this person's official position is not high, he has the ability to influence the national policy of the Great Xia. If we want the First Emperor to send troops, we need to start with this person."

Xiao Li Dai frowned and said: "But how can we get him to help us speak to the First Emperor, send troops to rescue me Yuezhi, how about bribes with money?"

The guard smiled wryly and shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work. We've been going all the way to deal with the officials of Daxia and inquire about the news. We've already spent almost all of our money, and this person has won the trust of Emperor Shihuang. How could he be short of money?"

Xiao Li turned to think: "Then does our mission have any gifts that can be used for management?"

The guard sighed lightly: "The fine wine, treasures, and bloody horses we brought have all been dedicated to the first emperor, and there are no rare things in our hands."

"How...how could this be so, is my Yueshi doomed to perish at the hands of the Huns?"

Hearing this, Xiao Li staggered and sat on it as if his strength had been drained.

In a trance, she seemed to see the prosperous capital of the Yuezhi Kingdom turned into a smoky ruin, and her own people fell in a pool of blood one by one.

The guard looked hesitant and said: "No, there is actually another way."

Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "What way?"

The guard hesitated for a while and said, "Forget it, this method won't work."

"I order you to speak out, how can the first emperor send troops to save my Yuezhi?" Xiao Li hurriedly asked as if he was about to drown, grasping at the last straw.

The guard looked at Xiao Li unbearably, gritted his teeth and said, "That's...Your Highness, Princess."

"I?"

Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment, wondering what he could do to get Shi Huangdi to send troops.

The guard clenched his fists and said with some humiliation: "After my inquiries, I learned some rumors. I heard that although Bai Su is not good at money or fame, he is called a womanizer."

"With Her Royal Highness's beauty, she will definitely be able to fascinate that lustful person, so that he can go and advise the First Emperor to change Daxia's decision.

"It's just too humiliating for Her Royal Highness to lure a courtier from another country with a daughter."

"Let's think of a different way."

Xiao Li was obviously stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to think that the method proposed by the courtier to save Yueshi turned out to be this.

There was a blush on her delicate cheeks. After hesitating for a long time, she bit her lower lip lightly with her white teeth, and said in a low voice, "I...I can do it."

"your Highness!!!"

The guard stared blankly at the little official in front of him, as if he wanted to say something.

Xiao Li stopped them, and said in a deep voice, "As long as the First Emperor can send troops to save the Yuezhi Kingdom, no matter what you ask me to do."

"Your Highness, it's all my fault for my incompetence."

The guards looked at Her Royal Highness, who bent down to do such a thing, and their hearts felt like colic.

Xiao Li shook her head slightly, and looked at the guard in front of her with clear eyes: "It's enough for you to protect me for so long, as the princess of the Yuezhi Kingdom, it's time for me to fulfill the responsibility of protecting the people. "