Chapter 685 Cooperation
"cooperate?"
Grand Tutor Tong raised his eyebrows. Although the five people sitting opposite him were wearing the robes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one could vaguely tell that they had the aura of a foreign race from their facial features.
The young man in the lead called himself Jiang Tangwen. He was from Western Xia and was sent by Li Jiqian, the ruler of Western Xia, to discuss cooperation.
Master Tong raised the corner of his mouth, his eyes revealing a hint of self-mockery, why do they all like to cooperate with him?
"Tell me, how do we cooperate?"
Master Tong said this, but his eyes were looking vaguely out the window.
A dim light shone through the ice-cracked window frames, and an icicle just happened to fall from the copper bell at the eaves.
The crisp sound of broken ice hitting Taihu rocks woke up the old plum tree outside the warm room.
The frost flowers on the twisted branches fell off with a rustling sound, as if someone had scattered broken jade on the glazed tiles.
Jiang Tangwen couldn't help but frown, but after a second or two, he regained his humble look.
He said respectfully, "This winter's ice and snow not only wreaked havoc in the Great Zhou, but also caused us in Xixia considerable trouble. We originally wanted to start border trade with the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but Duke Yun seemed to have a problem with us in Xixia and did not take up the offer."
"Hmm." Master Tong picked up the teacup and picked up a piece of plum cake.
Beside the broken bridge outside Fengyi, the flower blooms lonely and ownerless.
It is already dusk and I am alone and sad, and the wind and rain make it worse.
I have no intention of competing for spring, I just let all the flowers be jealous.
It falls into the mud and turns into dust, but the fragrance remains the same.
Without a plum tree in the backyard, the winter season is less interesting.
Shen Che was dissatisfied with Master Tong's coldness, and a look of resentment appeared on his face.
Jiang Tangwen remained calm and continued, "I heard that Duke Yun started a war on two fronts and gained something in Henan County and Guangde Prefecture. We in Xixia can do our part."
"Do your best?" Master Tong sneered, and asked with a half-smile, "How do you do your best?"
Shen Che's face flushed red. Although Master Tong did not say it explicitly, he exuded a strong sense of contempt from his hair to his toes!
Jiang Tangwen clenched his fists tightly, closed his eyes, and then opened them again: "The Gu family army has been at the border of Western Xia. In other words, we have attracted a lot of firepower from Duke Yun for the Great Zhou court. If we reach a friendly cooperation with Duke Yun and Duke Yun can take back the Gu family army, it will probably put a lot of pressure on Guangde Prefecture and Henan County, right?"
"so?"
Jiang Tangwen frowned, and Master Tong had a dull expression, as if he didn't take Gu's army seriously at all.
Could it be that the Great Zhou court really had 800,000 troops, and that was not a false number? That was why he was so confident?
Jiang Tangwen calmed down. No matter how many cards the Great Zhou court had, at least from the current situation, they had no intention of putting all their military forces on the two counties in Henan. This was their chance!
"We Xixia are willing to cooperate with the Great Zhou court and attack from both sides, so that Duke Yun will be unable to cope with all the attacks."
Master Tong lowered his eyes and sighed dejectedly.
It's so boring, different opponents, same routine.
If you can't win, use dirty tricks.
"What do you want?"
Jiang Tangwen took a deep breath: "Yunzhou."
Master Tong smiled, his eyes cold: "You have quite a big appetite."
We only mentioned Yunzhou, so do the grasslands to the north of Yunzhou and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun also belong to them?
He is quite bold in speaking out, much bolder than the Khan.
It’s quite bold of you to make such a big request when discussing cooperation for the first time.
Jiang Tangwen said: "Not only us, but also Tubo."
"Oh? Tubo is also going to show up?"
Master Tong finally looked at Jiang Tangwen straight in the eye.
Jiang Tangwen smiled and said, "If the Great Zhou court does not want to cooperate with us, we can only cooperate with Duke Yun."
By then, with the injection of Western Xia military force, Duke Yun will be able to be unstoppable.
If Tubo continues to tie down the Zhou's southern garrison from the southwest, even if Zhou has 800,000 garrisons, it will still lose a big piece of its meat.
However, Lord Xixia and Jiang Tangwen were unwilling to choose this method unless it was absolutely necessary.
Because Duke Yun is too overbearing, Yunzhou will definitely not be ceded to them in this cooperation.
After hearing Jiang Tangwen's words, Master Tong was stunned at first, then he burst into laughter, even laughing to the point of tears.
Jiang Tangwen and Shen Che laughed so hard that their hair stood on end. What did Master Tong mean by this?
Master Tong took out a handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and made a gesture to see the guest off: "Please go ahead."
Jiang Tangwen's heart sank, and he wanted to say something else, but Master Tong no longer gave him a chance.
After being kicked out of Grand Tutor Tong's residence, Jiang Tangwen and his group looked very unhappy.
The fact that they were given important tasks by the Xixia Lord meant that they were powerful nobles in Xixia. How could they have been driven out of the mansion so rudely? !
Jiang Tangwen's chest rose and fell, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Change someone."
Since Master Tong’s approach doesn’t work, let’s switch to Lord Li.
Through the meeting with Grand Tutor Tong, Jiang Tangwen deeply felt the condescending attitude of the people of the Great Zhou towards foreign races.
When they were in Tubo, they had heard people talk about the arrogance of the people of the Great Zhou, saying that even beggars in the capital would not accept charity from foreigners.
They didn't believe it at first. They had never seen such beggars since they came to Kyoto. Until this visit, they all felt insulted.
It's not verbal insults, but contempt that emanates from the heart and bones!
Jiang Tangwen is too familiar with this feeling of contempt, Gu Jiajun is just like this!
hateful!
This group of people from the Great Zhou Dynasty only rely on the good place left by their ancestors and live a wealthy life, so they have developed such confidence!
Xixia will rise one day!
The moon is bright in the sky, the lights are on, the streets are full of lights, the flower-shaped windows of the wine shops reflect the shadows of people drinking and toasting, and smoke is rising from the tea stalls, adding a strong smell of fireworks.
Jiang Tangwen decided to go to Fuquan Teahouse.
This time, he did not intend to knock on the door of Li Gelao rashly. Firstly, it was said that the door of the Gelao Mansion was difficult to open, and secondly, he did not want to be insulted like that again.
He plans to follow the path of Li Ge Lao's son, who is said to love money.
Jiang Tangwen believes that he can use money to pave this way!
And this Fuquan Teahouse is the property of Li Ge Lao's son.
There are many guests in the teahouse.
The storyteller on the stage was telling the Investiture of the Gods. Due to the government's ban, the storyteller changed the names of the main characters.
Jiang Taigong turned into Wen Taigong, and the nine-tailed fox turned into a nine-tailed cat demon.
It sounds a bit strange, but the guests all know who is being talked about. The main point is that it can only be understood, not expressed in words.
Many people speculate that Duke Yun will compile a list of gods in the future, and surely Boss Li, Gu Shisan and others will be on the list.
Shen Che was confused and had no idea why those tea drinkers were listening with such gusto.
What the hell is the Investiture of the Gods? Why does everyone want to be on the Investiture of the Gods?
"How come Yunzhou Weekly even has such a ridiculous story?"
Jiang Tangwen listened, but seemed to be thinking about something.
This story is about the succession of royal power, which is so consistent with the current situation. Could it be that Master Tong also wants to be on the list of gods?
Jiang Tangwen's heart tightened. He couldn't waste any more time!
He called the steward and took out a thousand taels of Jiaozi: "I want to see your master."
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