Li Yingxiao was in a very good mood these past two days. He smiled at everyone he met. From time to time, he heard auditory hallucinations, and the content of the hallucinations was "Western Xia has been a good partner of Da Qi since ancient times"!
Don’t worry about how many years Xixia has been established. The only thing you need to ask is that it has been established since ancient times, and we will continue to develop in a friendly manner in the future.
Li Yingxiao felt that Lu Chen's words were absolutely right. If they could make a fortune without fighting, why would they fight? Could it be that they just enjoyed watching the dead?
Nomadic people did not always think about going south to forage for food. The reason for this was that the pastoral conditions were not very good at that time, and if they did not rob their own country, many people would starve to death.
The biggest reason why humans wage war is essentially a struggle for survival resources.
If everyone can have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear, who would risk their life to fight others?
That day, Li Yingxiao, sitting in his study, finished reading a memorial. He shook his head and said to the people around him, "Go tell the envoys from Liao and Jin that we have just signed a series of friendly treaties with Da Qi. We, the Western Xia, have always been a people who keep our promises and will not go back on our words."
The man next to him responded and left, but soon returned and said, "Lord, the envoy from Liao and Jin wants to meet with you."
"Humph! These Liao and Jin people are becoming more and more unruly. They also border the Great Qi, so can't they learn some etiquette from the Great Qi? Barbarians are barbarians, and they are a bunch of unmotivated barbarians!"
Although he said this, Li Yingxiao still summoned the envoy in the end, because Liao and Jin had the strongest military power at the moment.
Soon, the Liao and Jin envoys arrived at Li Yingxiao's study. With a haughty expression, they bowed to Li Yingxiao as a gesture of respect and said, "My king has said that in two months at most, we plan to march south to raid the valleys. Our countries are friendly neighbors, so I wonder if you, our king, would be interested in joining us?"
Li Yingxiao looked at the envoy in front of him with great dissatisfaction. The other party had no respect for him at all. Now that he thought about it, the envoy from Da Qi was better. At least he was polite.
"I've said it before. We've signed a series of friendly treaties with Da Qi. We've always been good men who keep our promises and will never go back on our word. So thank you for your king's invitation, but we won't be going this time."
But even though Li Yingxiao repeated his previous words, the envoy in front of him continued to speak as if he had not heard him, "My king also said that among all the treasures looted in the south this time, the king can first choose something worth 50,000 taels."
"Yes, Your Majesty, you heard correctly. It's fifty thousand taels, and you're allowed to choose first. I think that's enough to prove my king's sincerity!"
According to past experience, Liao and Jin could plunder about 300,000 taels of goods each time they went south to raid the valleys. Now they have taken out 50,000 taels, which shows their sincerity.
If it were in the past, fifty thousand taels would indeed be enough to make the people of Western Xia fight for their lives. These fifty thousand taels could buy a lot of food and save many lives.
But now, the fifty thousand taels are nothing in front of Li Yingxiao.
In the first half of this year, Li Yingxiao earned nearly 200,000 taels from the perfume business alone, not to mention the other levels of cooperation between the two parties in the future.
Two nights ago, Li Chixiang did the math for him. As long as he could cooperate well with Da Qi, his annual income would start at at least one million.
Now you tell me to give me 50,000 yuan and let me throw away the one million. Do you think I'm a fool?
Li Yingxiao's expression turned grim as he asked, "Does this envoy really think that a few mere copper coins can make a man of unyielding character like me, a Xixia man, change his stance?"
"The good men of Xixia are known for their loyalty and loyalty. A promise is worth a thousand gold, and a spit is worth a pit! Since we have promised a friend, let alone a mere 500,000 taels of silver, even 500,000 taels will not make us change our position. Please return, envoy!"
The envoys from Liao and Jin stared at Li Yingxiao, wondering what the hell is going on.
You Xixia people keep your promises? Bullshit!
Some things can just be lied to your brothers, but why do you lie to yourself?
How can I, a nomadic person, not understand the nature of nomads? Even if you're half-agricultural and half-nomadic, you're still nomadic! We're all thousand-year-old foxes, so what's with all the Liao Zhai stories you're telling me?
There is a problem! Definitely a problem!
So after coming out of the Western Xia Imperial Palace, the Liao and Jin envoys immediately found the Western Xia nobles they were familiar with to inquire about the news.
When the Xixia nobles heard that the Liao and Jin people were only planning to give 50,000 taels, they almost laughed to death and their noses were covered with snot.
Only when the Liao and Jin envoys' faces had turned extremely ugly did the Xixia nobleman speak up: "If this is the case, I think my king did the right thing."
The Liao and Jin envoys drank a mouthful of wine and said, "Why is this?"
"It's very simple. We have a very good cooperation with Da Qi now. Every year, we can make a lot of money just by selling Da Qi's products. Why should we go to war with them?"
"By the way, the most important thing is that Da Qi has established a central bank, which can now provide construction loans to neighboring countries at extremely low interest rates. You may not know this, but our monarch has already submitted an application to the Da Qi court. If all goes well, five million taels of silver will be allocated for infrastructure construction next spring. By then, we will begin constructing various water conservancy facilities on a large scale throughout Xixia."
"Pfft! How much!? How much did you say?"
"Five million taels, yes, you heard it right, five million taels, and this is just the initial investment. As long as we can repay the money on time and the cooperation between the two parties is very pleasant, Da Qi is willing to increase our loan limit."
"So, let alone 500,000 taels, our king will never agree to it, even if it's 500,000 taels. Even if our king agrees, these nobles under us won't send troops. We're so eager to offer sacrifices to the Great Qi right now, don't you know?"
Bang!
The Liao and Jin envoy smashed the wine glass in his hand. He stood up and roared indignantly, "This is too much! A king, a minister, and a country have lost their position because of a small amount of money. Where is the morality? Where is the bottom line? Where is the central bank?!"
Seven days later, Yelu Qi appeared in the court of Da Qi and cried bitterly!
"I think Liao and Jin have always respected Da Qi as the father country, but Da Qi is not fair in its dealings. Why does the monarch favor one over the other?"
Translation: "Dad! Since we are all sons, why do you treat us differently? Is it because he has thick eyebrows and big eyes from Xixia, or because I am not good at singing and dancing from Liaojin? Why does he have the right to get a loan of 5 million? I want one too!"
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