Huang Fu's personal soldiers hesitated for a while before saying: "The red copper mine of Cai State, Emperor Cai State is preparing to sell the wing barrel to Anyang. Zhu Chongde had already flew to Anyang overnight to prepare for negotiations. He is expected to see your wise king tomorrow morning."

The Anyang businessman opposite was shocked, "I want to know the specific information, and the reward depends on the situation."

Huang Fu's personal soldiers were silent for a while and finally made up their minds: "Okay, I believe in Anyang's credibility, and this will tell you. The specific situation is: the bottom line, not interfere with Cai's internal affairs."

"Hey, this deal requires 50 magic weapon-level flying swords in nine words. But if this deal is done, it is worth the price! I will notify the Virtuous King of this information first. For specific information, you can follow Anyang Daily; if it is important, I will notify it separately. It is still an old place, an old method.

The rewards of 50 flying swords will be delivered within one month at the latest!”

"good!"

A few minutes later, Huang Fu looked at the Lingtong Treasure Mirror in front of him, "Good thing!"

Here, the information appeared on Li Xian’s table in a few minutes! Poor Zhu Chongde, the plane had not left the border of Cai State, and the bottom line of the negotiations of Cai State was already on Li Xian’s table!

Li Xian, Xu Ren, Li Yuanming, Yan Ze'an, Yuan Yong who just returned, and other new think tanks, etc., looked at the information in front of him and started discussing it in words.

The discussion was almost done, and Xu Rencai made a summary speech: "Obviously, Cai State has not given up its final efforts and is still struggling.

They want to throw the red copper mine to us and let us take the pressure from all countries on their behalf and face the greed from all countries.

We have two opinions after discussion, both of which are of great reference value.

First, ignore it at all and watch the fire from the other side of the river. When everyone is almost done fighting, we will jointly send troops with the Tang Kingdom, which will greatly prevent the Three Chuan of Cai Kingdom from being controlled.

Second, accept, but we use red copper as an alternative arms, and publicly sell it, which can also relieve pressure from all countries; and we do so, which is also the balance that all countries hope to see, and we can also make profits from it.

Moreover, using red copper to open the way can well assist Anyang's business development and open up many blocked joints in the past.

I personally go to the second one. But there is a question, we cannot be sure of the production of this ancient red copper mine. In fact, I think the red copper mine should have been exhausted long ago, and what remains are just residues."

"Actually, I'm more interested. Who revealed this information?" Li Xian pointed to the information on the table.

Everyone shook their heads, and Chen Jinbing even shook his head: "The person who corresponded with me is Wang Linyuan, the son of Wang Jingde, the owner of Qingquan Trading Company. I asked about Wang Linyuan's identity as another person, but Wang Linyuan didn't know either. He only knew that the other party was very cautious in his actions, had no flaws, and had good reputation."

Yan Zean suddenly sneered: "Working with caution without any flaws, but there is no news at all. Who is this person? Isn't it about to come out?"

Li Yuanming narrowed his eyes slightly, "If it was the information disclosed by that person, then we must be careful. I don't know if there is a trap. That is the "capable minister" who can almost make Prime Minister Yan doom!"

Yan Ze'an's face was awkward.

Xu Ren smiled and said, "There are traps, but I'm afraid it's not aimed at us, but at Zhu Chongde!

Let’s take a step back, even if this trap is targeting us, we can’t even want this red copper ore! Black iron, red copper, mitril silver, pure gold, etc., we can already produce it in industrialized manner. Whether or not we want this ore will have no impact on us.”

Everyone had a heated discussion and had their own opinions, but they generally preferred to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. Moreover, Anyang and the current Cai Kingdom are still separated by Tang Kingdom. Although Tang Kingdom and Anyang seem to be one, they are essentially two "political systems".

The relationship between Anyang and Tang is more like a brother country; of course, because Li Yulong is Li Xian's father, some things must be paid attention to. But from a political perspective and from the essence, these are actually two respective countries.

Therefore, if Anyang takes over the red copper mine, it will be a bit inconvenient - the most important thing is that there is no benefit! Anyang is not short of red copper, and it can produce it by itself, which was unexpected by Cai State!

At the end of the discussion, even Xu Ren could not stick to his initial choice.

Just as everyone was about to make the final decision, Li Xian suddenly stood up, "Is there any detailed topographic map around the Red Copper Mine?"

"Yes!" Chen Jinbing immediately took out a map from the file cabinet next to him, "This is a topographic map drawn according to the latest technologies such as contour lines."

The map is expanded, this is a map that is not disclosed to the public. Unlike ordinary maps, this map only retains basic cities and national territory, and more detailed information such as mountains, rivers, geography, etc.

Chen Jinbing pointed out the location of Tongchuan: "Here, here is the topographic map of the entire Tongchuan County of Cai State, here is Tongchuan Prefecture, and next to it is the red copper mine vein."

"Where is the specific location of the red copper mine?"

Chen Jinbing searched for it but found no: "Because I had always thought that the red copper mine had been mined in the past, there was no mark. But the approximate location should be about ten kilometers south of Tongchuan Prefecture."

Li Xian looked at the surrounding terrain and suddenly his eyes lit up, his tone was a little excited and rapid: "Although the entire red copper mine is in the mountains and rivers, there are two larger mountains that wrap the red copper mine in a large basin of more than 30 kilometers."

Everyone looked at it, it was indeed the case; but it was not worth being excited, right? It was just a terrain, and what is the use of this terrain? Should I migrate Qingyun Valley here? But it wasn't right!

But Li Xian didn't explain anything, but looked at it and finally made a decision, "This place needs to be taken down. It's not just the red copper mine, but also this valley.

As for the rewards to Cai State, I think it should not be too much. After all, we use industry and commerce as the slogan of development, and we should not be too ugly. Considering the current situation of Cai State, we should follow the price of...8 cents.

This matter... Yan Ze'an, are you willing to be responsible?"

I, Yan Zean, pointed at him, a little stunned, and then understood what Li Xian meant. After hesitating for a while, Yan Zean finally nodded, "Okay, I'll be responsible for this matter!"

Li Xian asked Yan Zean to take responsibility, which obviously gave Yan Zean a chance to breathe. But equally, venting breath can be done, but it cannot affect Anyang's interests.

It is interesting to say that Li Xian sent someone to serve as an envoy recently. He asked Yuan Yong to go to Xiao State, Gongsun Wushang returned to Liu State, and now he asked Yan Zean to negotiate with Cai State.

This arrangement is very meaningful.

First, give them a chance to breathe.

Secondly, it is also a good publicity to win people's hearts.

Third, Yuan Yong’s understanding of Xiao State, Gongsun Wushang’s understanding of Liu State, and Yan Ze’an’s understanding of Cai State were also unmatched, so it was very appropriate for them to come forward.

Fourth, it is also a test for these officials.

But these officials are actually very happy to accept such arrangements. Just say that Yan Ze'an's eyes have begun to shine. Everything in the past is Yan Ze'an's heart knot. If this heart knot can be untied, Yan Ze'an's cultivation will have a small explosion.

After confirming that everything was arranged, Li Xian yawned, "Everyone will go and rest, it's midnight. Tomorrow I will be busy. Tomorrow, except Yan Ze'an, the rest of the people will discuss the issues of overseas territory and new trade routes.

In another three days, we will discuss the construction of Beidou City, the initial spread of science and technology, and projects supported by private manufacturing. Ah..."

While yawning, Li Xian left the venue swayingly. Xu Ren and others looked at each other, smiled slightly, and dispersed one after another. In Anyang, although everyone felt unprecedented pressure, they also felt unprecedented light. Because of hope and progress, the officials, politics, etc. in Anyang are all clear, trusted, and positive.

…………

It was late at night, and the Emperor Liu from the south was not sleeping, thinking about the performance and profound meaning of Gongsun Wushang during the dinner.

Emperor Cai did not sleep, and was waiting anxiously.

As for Jin State, the emperor of Jin State was ambitiously looking at the map, his eyes from the north to the west to the south, and swept through Anyang, Houxia, Qi State, Lu State, and Liu State.

In Qi State, the palace hall was brightly lit, and civil and military officials were sitting in the middle of the night. The meeting lasted from evening to late at night, but the atmosphere was still tense.

There are two points to discuss, one is Eastern and the other is Western.

However, the focus now is on the East. Simply put, Qi’s strategy in the East has miscalculated!

In the afternoon, the envoys sent by Qi from Houxia came back. Houxia simply accepted Qi's advice and became a vassal state of Qi. This was a delightful thing. But the envoy also brought back another message - Songzhou County surrendered to Anyang!

This is simply a shocking bolt!

This small change (perhaps it is) disrupted Qi's plan.

At the suggestion of Prime Minister He Zhiguo, Qi State originally included Houxia as a vassal state, as a barrier between the East and Anyang, forming a buffer zone.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Houxia must have enough strength.

Before, the Later Xia was composed of three counties: Guangling County, Songzhou County, and Nanyang County. Among them, Guangling County has almost one and a half areas of ordinary counties, and Nanyang County has almost twice the area of ​​ordinary counties. Songzhou County is the smallest, but it also swallows Ningzhou County and some Wuyang County, and the area also reaches the average area of ​​ordinary counties.

Although Nanyang County has been swallowed half by Anyang's mercenary group, it still retains considerable strength.

At the suggestion of He Zhiguo, Qi State stopped attacking Houxia. Houxia still retained most of Guangling County, half of Nanyang County, and all Songzhou County, which could barely gather the territory of the three counties. It should be said that it was not small.

The Houxia, which retains the area of ​​three counties, is quite powerful and is enough to become a "fence" between Qi and Anyang.

However, Songzhou County surrendered to Anyang, which instantly weakened Houxia's power by half.

Songzhou County, Guangling County, and Nanyang County are like three legs, one leg missing at once, and Houxia is already shaking. Now, Houxia not only cannot become a barrier of Qi, but also needs Qi's support and becomes a burden to Qi.

Without Songzhou County, Anyang's military power came from the east and northeast; in the east, the mercenary group, with the support of Beichen Yuqing, went crazy to grab territory... Cough cough, save Nanyang County. Seeing that she would not swallow Nanyang County, Anyang would not stop.

Then the question is, if Nanyang County is swallowed again, can Houxia, which only half of Guangling County, be called the "country"?

The answer is obvious, obviously it cannot be called a country!

If the later Xia Dynasty "never a country is not a country", what can we do to ensure the best interests of Qi?

The answer seems to be obvious: swallowed Houxia.

But there is another problem: Qi State just agreed to accept Hou Xia as a vassal state, and then turned against him and swallowed Hou Xia in one bite. This eating appearance is too ugly and has a great impact on Qi State's reputation!

"Let Houxia take the initiative to surrender!" Qi State Grand Tutor Dong Jingrong put forward his opinion.

"What's the reason?" He Zhiguo asked.

The Grand Master smiled very gently: "This is the responsibility of the Prime Minister. Is it the Prime Minister who said that Hou Xia would become a vassal state."

He Zhiguo actually nodded seriously, "The Grand Master is right, I am responsible for this matter. I think we can follow Anyang and buy Houxia over!"

Brush... Everyone looked at He Zhiguo.

He Zhiguo was calm and turned to the Emperor of Qi: "Your Majesty, I have three considerations for doing this:

First, following Anyang can avoid conflicts between us and Anyang well, so that we can continue to live peacefully with Anyang. In this way, Anyang has nothing to say!

Second, we can make this a wind-oriented label, which shows our determination to promote industry and commerce. There are still many people in China who are resisting industry and commerce, which is not good.”

As he said that, He Zhiguo glanced at Taishi Dong Jingrong, but just glanced at him and continued: "Industry and commerce have shown strong vitality and formed an irresistible trend. The biggest terrifying thing about industry and commerce is that it explores everyone's pursuit of wealth.

This is an unstoppable trend, and any people, things, and things that block the trend will be torn apart.

Since we cannot stop it, we must control this trend. After purchasing, it will have a good demonstration effect."

Dong Jingrong glared at He Zhiguo.

He Zhiguo did not pause at all and continued: "There is a third point. After we buy Xia, we can get a lot of benefits and avoid a lot of trouble.

For example: we can get the talents, skills, etc. of Houxia, and we don’t have to be responsible for the personnel arrangements of Houxia royal family, so we let them take the money and leave. How to deal with the royal family that surrendered to the country has always been the most difficult problem, but it can be easily solved at the moment.

In addition, it can avoid the many pressures caused by wars on both sides and provide opportunities for rest and recuperation for the robbed dam and Langhuan counties in the east.

In this way, we can attack west with all our might.

Also, this can prevent Houxia from falling to Anyang!"

Seeing that He Zhiguo finished speaking, Dong Jingrong finally spoke: "What if Anyang attacks us?"

"No!" He Zhiguo's tone was straightforward, affirmative, and confident, "As long as we do not take the initiative to attack Anyang, Anyang will not attack us. Anyang's political strategy destined them to make active decisions in business and passively in military affairs."
Chapter completed!