"The ritual of the king? What are you? What are you Xixia?"

Facing the Xixia officials who came to pray for peace, Song Beiyun looked extremely despised. He wore a casual casual dress and leaned there in a loose sitting position, extremely rampant.

"I'm Xixia..."

Before the messenger could finish his words, Song Beiyun interrupted him: "I asked you to see me, which is the greatest respect for the small land of Xixia. Do you want me to see your King of Xixia with the courtesy of the king?"

Xiao Song stood up and came to the messenger, patted his shoulder and smiled, "I'll give you a word, a weak country has no diplomacy. Today I talk about benevolence and righteousness to you because I am strong. If I don't talk about benevolence and righteousness to you, what do you do to me? The previous convenience is Xingqing Mansion. You are known as the 300,000 cavalry in Xixia, but they are all mobs. Go back and tell your new emperor that if you don't go out to the city to greet me in person tomorrow, Xingqing Mansion will be a matter of fire. You can go and inquire, and I can come out if I can't do it."

Letting the king of a country go out of the city to welcome the generals of other countries is the greatest humiliation to a country. The envoy wanted to show his ambitions by his death, but was stopped by Song Beiyun and then ordered people to throw them out of the camp.

After seeing his arrogant and domineering manner, Hong Guoan turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Song, has this... been passed?"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Song picked up the wine on the table and took a sip: "If you don't massacre the city, my Song Dynasty will be the most righteous. Is it unbearable that a mere subordinate country will do some frivolous things under the eyes of the sect leader? Is it unbearable that the Song Dynasty wants to be kind to him?"

Hong Guoan felt that there was some reason, and he felt quite satisfied. Thinking of the grievances that the Song Dynasty had suffered over the years, he felt a sigh of anger.

"Okay, Brother Hong, don't be upset about trivial matters. Let's have a drink. This beach sheep in Xixia is a unique one, and the taste is very rich."

"Hahaha, I'll thank you for the hospitality of Lord Song." Hong Guoan also stood up and suddenly said, "By the way... the eldest lady came yesterday, now she is with me, and tomorrow she said she would come over to inspect."

Song Beiyun spread his hands: "Our princess came up just after smelling the smell."

Hong Guoan just smiled embarrassedly. How could he not know the filth between his eldest lady and this guy? But it was impossible to put it on the table. Even his mentor could only turn a blind eye, so he had to pretend to be confused and stand aside and smile.

Moreover, although Hong Guoan was the head coach of this expedition, everyone knew who was the one who was the one who decided to do it. No matter how many tricks there were, it was enough to just explain the large prints of the blatantly placed on Song Beiyun's table.

Isn’t this the power that ordinary people can get? It’s no longer a war on behalf of the emperor, it’s clearly the emperor himself giving orders.

So as long as he is not stupid, he must not compete for the right of the person in front of him. Otherwise, even if he is cut by him, he will die in vain.

While the two were praising each other while eating roasted lamb legs, the envoy from Xixia came again, but this time they changed their own person? He looked like a eunuch. After coming to Song Beiyun, he presented a scimitar with extremely high etiquette. Then he said to the ground: "I, Xia Kingdom, would beg the Heavenly Kingdom to go to the State Grid to open a side? I hope to go to the country..."

Anyway, Xiao Song was too lazy to listen carefully. He was talking and laughing and gnawing on the legs of lamb. The only thing he heard clearly was the last sentence "Tomorrow morning, the Emperor of Xia Kingdom will welcome the angels at the city gate."

“It’s almost the same.”

Xiao Song pointed to the person beside him: "Show rewards to this servant."

Hong Guoan next to him was gasping for breath when he saw Song Beiyun's posture? Because according to the rules, he was not qualified to reward envoys from other countries? That was something that only the emperor could do.

But he was so natural and casual when he talked about it, without any hesitation at all. Those who didn't know really thought he was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

After the messenger left, Xiao Song wiped the oil in his hand, picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "I saw Brother Hong's expression a little strange just now? I don't hide it from you, after all, they are all my own people. Before I came this time, the official said something to me."

"Um?"

"You are me." Xiao Song sighed: "Look, is this putting pressure on me? I must do my best to be a country, otherwise this trip will not be enough to shock the villains? There will be more trouble in the future."

This sentence made Hong Guoan feel at ease? And it also explains why Song Beiyun was so arrogant? It turned out that they had plans early in the morning. It seems that it was true. There were few examples of emperors personally expeditions in the Song Dynasty, but now if there is no power of emperors, it is indeed difficult to make decisions.

However, this also indirectly shows how deeply Song Beiyun was trusted by the emperor, because in history, few people can make the emperor exist as a minister whom you are. And it is really hard for the emperor to tell whether it is stupid or wise.

"Tomorrow, Brother Hong will be affected and go to the Xixia military camp to intimidate me. I will go and have a good chat with the Xixia emperor about the compensation issue."

Hong Guoan immediately stood up and fisted: "The last general will take the order."

"Oh!" Xiao Song frowned: "What are you doing? Want to kill me?"

Hong Guoan immediately felt something was wrong, so he quickly lowered his head and stopped talking, but just smiled and looked at Song Beiyun awkwardly.

"Brother Hong... You are really a straightforward person. He said that you are the same as you, and that's his business. As a minister, we should understand our position. If you are too arrogant, you will die." Xiao Song said this, and his voice suddenly became serious: "Do you understand?"

"I understand..." Hong Guoan lowered his head and responded. After a long time, he wanted to ease the atmosphere, so he raised his head and asked, "Why don't Lord Song asks Xixia for compensation?"

"I'll do it." Xiao Song said openly: "The loss of materials, the loss of the army, the casualties of personnel are one piece, and the other is the mental loss of the Celestial Kingdom. Anyway, it's about 30 million yuan. I think Xixia may not have that much money, but Xixia has mines, iron ore, copper ore, and silver ore is 30 jin per cent, and pure silver is 30 jin per cent. Platinum silver can be counted as three jin per cent, mules, horses, cattle and sheep can also be converted in equivalent terms. After all, I am not a devil."

How many more...how many?

Hong Guoan was stunned for a moment and couldn't react for a long time. He was thirty million yuan? Is this just that he can't afford to sell Xixia? Isn't this forced someone to rebel?

"But...this is too much."

"The price is easy to negotiate, and it's okay if you can't afford it. Our Song Dynasty can installment periods. For example, fifty-year installment periods, which only costs six million yuan a year? And it can be mortgaged with something, which is still very cost-effective."

"What if Xixia doesn't agree?"

"Don't agree? He won't agree?" Xiao Song pointed outside the barracks: "If he doesn't agree, then he has to ask me whether the Vulcan cannon agree. There is no such cheap thing in the world. If you have the courage to commit trouble, you must have the courage to bear the consequences. Everyone is a mature country, and you have to have some responsibility."

Hong Guoan shivered and felt that Song Beiyun was drunk because if he were the Emperor of Xixia, he would rather not have this country...

But after all, he was a straightforward person who led troops to fight. After underestimating the temptation of power on people, Xiao Song insisted that the war compensation would inevitably fall into his pocket.

A cannon of gold is not bragging, but there is a saying here that you either lose or lose or win or win. In short, this is the right thing to do is not a point of money.

Just the day before, Xiao Song also received news about Chang'an being captured by the Liao army. If he should have guessed correctly, their envoy was also on his way and would arrive tomorrow.

So Xiao Song had to transform passively into initiative before the arrival of the Liao people, and first get war compensation and then talk about other things.

As for what to do after receiving the compensation, the first thing that can be confirmed is that the Song Dynasty will also have its own cavalry, and the Western Liang Iron Cavalry is not inferior to the Immortal Cavalry of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. The Xixia will lose because the tactics cannot keep up with the times and the combat skills cannot keep up with the trend. Just look at the Western Liang Cavalry is still very strong.

After that, although there is no way to plant anything in Xixia, the mineral resources are very rich, including the reserves of copper ore, tungsten ore, mercury ore, tin ore, antimony ore, and lead and zinc ore.

These mineral resources must be obtained, and in the future, they will be counting on these trace elements when climbing the technology tree.

Finally, through Xixia, a new Silk Road can be opened and the commerce and trade field can be bigger and stronger. The huge profits brought by product dumping will bring the national strength of the Song Dynasty to a higher level in a short period of time.

By then, the new army in Sihai can be steadily built. When the new army in Sihai is fully built, if nothing unexpected happens, the world's number one will be safe.

As for the current problem, it actually lies in the Liao Kingdom. With such a large piece of cake, Xiao Song had to find a way to make Liao Kingdom unable to eat cake residue, otherwise wouldn’t it be a wedding dress for others?

As long as the Liao Kingdom still has the power to resist, it is almost impossible to succeed if it wants to swallow Liao Kingdom.

The plan to destroy Liao with the economy must continue to advance. If you really have to wait until you are eighty years old to eat Liao, it will actually be meaningless. And the longer it takes, the more unknown changes will be.

Anyway... hurry up. After all, this is a East Asian monster house. I still don’t know what kind of monster the Jin Kingdom and the grassland will become.

Yes... and Xiaohuya. If she wakes up and finds a way to crack the financial tactics of the Song Dynasty, it will be very difficult to deal with it, at least it will not be any worse than the strong enemies on the grassland.

"Mr. Song, it's getting late today, let's take a break soon. I'll say goodbye."
Chapter completed!