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Chapter 496 Negotiation
Yeluren came out from Xuande Gate first, and there were already waiting for the Duting North Postcoach.Gao Hao sent it here, and said with a smile: "Yelu Yuyue, please go slowly!"

Even though he looked down on the eunuch, but he didn't reach out his hand to hit the smiling face, Yeluren nodded first, and went straight to the carriage.This is not a luxurious carriage, with a lantern with the words "Duting Beiyi" hanging on it. With the driver's "drive", the horses pulling the carriage slowly drove towards the direction of Gwanghwamun in the northern city.

Yeluren was on the carriage first, tried hard to restrain his excitement, and thought about it seriously, whether there was any trap in the condition that Lu Chengqi raised.If Lu Chengqi knew about it, he would definitely cry out: "Heavenly conscience, I never thought of setting any trap!"

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that there are traps in it.It's just that this is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy. Even if Yeluren sees through the trap first, there is nothing he can do about Lu Chengqi.This is because Lu Chengqi pinpointed Yelu Renxian, or the seven inches of Liao Kingdom - poor!

Yes, it is poor.Compared with Dashun, the Liao Kingdom was too poor. When Shun Wenzong was so poor, it was obvious that the Liao Kingdom could retreat to the desert, but he forcibly held back.There is no way, Liao is poor and white, even if they are defeated, there is nothing to plunder.The gains outweigh the losses, this account, anyone will settle.

Again, expand the country to the vast grasslands, the road is flat, and there are no natural dangers.The Han people like to build cities for defense, and the grasslands are not dangerous to defend, which is not the style of the Han people.So Shun Wenzong was very smart. When he fought back to the old Han Dynasty land, he accepted it as soon as it was good.

After so many years, the Khitan people are still brave, while the Han people gradually lose their fighting spirit and stamina in the prosperous Central Plains.However, the Han people are still so rich, and the Liao Kingdom is still so poor, there is no difference.

Lu Chengqi's strategy of exchanging money for population was completely aimed at the poverty gap in Liao.Even if Yeluren knew it first, the Liao Kingdom would no longer be the Liao Kingdom without its population.But he has no way to refuse, no matter how determined Liao officials are, the Khitan people who are used to living a poor life, how can they not be moved when faced with such a mountain of gold and silver!
Opening the car window and letting the cold wind blow over his hot head, Yeluren first took a deep breath.Suddenly, he saw two long deep pits on the bluestone street ahead.Before he could taste what it was, the carriage suddenly shook violently twice.He almost knocked Yelu Renxian's tall body against the top of the carriage.

Yeluren said angrily, "What happened?"

The coachman was not afraid of him, even though he knew that he was a high official of the Khitan people.Because of the propaganda of "Dashun Minbao", the Khitan people no longer have any secrets in the eyes of the Han people.Hundreds of spies from the Supervision Department sneaked into the territory of Liao Kingdom through various channels.An endless stream of news came from various settlements in the Liao Kingdom, just like the Khitan people did to Dashun in the past.It's just that after Dashun became serious, most of the Khitan, Korean, and Japanese spies have been eliminated, and the rest are small fish and shrimps that have slipped through the net, and there is no trouble.

It was this kind of mentality that the coachman said he was sorry, but in fact he owed no apology: "This official, I'm sorry, this is the Chi Road built by the emperor's decree, it's amazing!"

Yeluren was taken aback for a moment: "What way?"

The coachman said triumphantly: "Chi Dao! I don't understand if I tell you. You will understand when you go to the north of the city. Before it snowed, there were stonemasons digging. Since the twelfth lunar month, the stonemasons have been digging. I’m going home. What’s this called? Yes, it’s called a holiday, and it’s called cold winter weather. It’s inhumane to ask stonemasons to do these physical labor..."

The coachman was also talkative and talked a lot along the way.But he is a star-dou little man, what does he know!Yeluren first silently remembered his words in his heart, but did not speak.

The speed of the carriage was not too slow, and it took only a quarter of an hour to return to the North Station of Duting.After Yeluren got out of the car first, he went straight into Duting Beiyi Station. Seeing his gloomy face, the coachman hummed a little song indifferently, then put on the car shaft, and drove home.At this time, the sun was already in the west, and counting the time, it was already half past unitary hour.It gets dark early in winter, so it's good to finish work early.

"Your Majesty!"

The Khitan people in the north station of Duting saluted Yeluren first, but Yeluren said indifferently: "Xiao Han's slave, come in with me."

The slaves of Xiao Han's family were members of the Xi clan. During the Chongyuan Rebellion, they recruited [-] Xi people to hunt husbands.He was originally the grandson of Zhongshu Ling Antuan. He was eager to learn since he was a child. After he became an adult, he went to Nanshan to study, read extensively in classics and history, and knew Khitan and Chinese.Therefore, Yelu Hongji asked him to be the deputy envoy to Dashun this time.

After entering a quiet room, Yeluren immediately explained Lu Chengqi's conditions at the Chongde Hall today.Xiao Han's servant pondered for a while, and said, "What does Yu Yue think?"

Yeluren first said worriedly: "I am a Khitan, and the total number of households is less than 150 million. The rest of the population is not Han, but Shiwei, Xiren, and Jurchen... Yes, the price proposed by Emperor Dashun is very high. But once we agree and set a precedent, we are afraid that it will be out of control in the future!"

Although Xiao Han's family slave was born in Xi, if he is ranked according to his knowledge, he can still be ranked high in the Liao Kingdom.So Yeluren first respected his opinion and couldn't wait to hear what he thought.

Xiao Han's family slave was silent for a long time, before he sighed: "The Han people really have a lot of tricks!"

Yeluren was taken aback for a moment, and said unconfidently, "Why did you say that?"

Xiao Han's family slave analyzed the situation once, and Yeluren understood this more or less before, so he hesitated.Listening to it at this moment, it is clear to the chest, but there is no way to decipher it.Without the use of force, it seems to be an unsolvable problem to force people to submit to softness.

Yeluren was in a daze for a long time before he said helplessly: "What should I do now? Your Majesty ordered me to wait, and I must get the money. Emperor Dashun used this as an excuse to embarrass us. Could it be that he wanted to Don't admit it?"

Xiao Han's servant nodded helplessly, and said: "Han people are the best at juggling words. Since Emperor Dashun is like this, let alone the rest of the people. Alas, Huluopingyang was bullied by dogs, if it wasn't for the emperor's uncle suddenly Rebellion, how could I, Daliao, degenerate into compromise with Dashun! Now I can only write a memorial and send it back to the Liao Kingdom for His Majesty to judge..."

Yeluren nodded first, and said in agreement: "Write down the tricks of the Han people clearly, and I think His Majesty will have a way to deal with it..." When he said this, he didn't even believe it.Those courtiers beside Yelu Hongji knew what virtue they had.Especially that Yelv Yixin, who looks like a traitor and loyal, will definitely mess up the situation.If so, it is not surprising that Yelu Hongji will make any decision.

Both of them saw helplessness in their eyes, and sighed deeply at almost the same time...

(End of this chapter)