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Liu Gongquan reported the information to Xia Guo.

Song Xing was surprised:"You said that the two princes are about the same ability? And the seventh prince also wants to leave his name as a sage king, so all the previous plans were wrong?"

Liu Gongquan nodded and said:"I just found out the truth. But I have already Just tell them to go ahead and achieve the goal by letting them perform independently. I don’t want the process, just the results; just be careful about the process so that nothing goes wrong."

Song Xing nodded. Knowing that Liu Gongquan would handle it, he stopped saying anything. He himself knew that when spies went abroad, the rules were too strict to be effective. As long as people were trustworthy and they let go, it would have miraculous effects.

Liu Chengwen, the Minister of Rites of the Song Dynasty, arrived at Pingshan Pass on the last day of May and was treated as a state guest again.

It’s just that the price of sheep feels cheap, and I want to adjust it back to the price of the year before.

Because in the history of tens of millions of years before Song and Hu, there had never been such a large transaction between countries, and Song and Hu were both poor countries, because the Hu people wanted to buy sheep from Song for a long time, and the price It is almost 20% cheaper than the black sheep of the people in the Song Dynasty. It is just that the trade between countries is large and large. It is not like the people who buy a sheep and then kill it and sell it by the pound, so they are willing to buy it cheap. Besides, the price was originally negotiated between Xia and Song. If others can sell it, I can sell it too.

The Hu people's spies have already inquired about the sheep affairs between the Song and Xia last year. The Xia people's sheep are priced at the same price for the old and the young. Compared with the 10% lower than the previous year, the actual sheep price is not low. But the white sheep of Donghu are all fat and strong. Even if the Song army collects the sheep, they have high vision and low hand. Generally speaking, they are better than the sheep of Nanxia. Therefore, it is natural to adjust the price back to the previous year.

It is also appropriate to sell good sheep at a high price and poor sheep at a lower price.

You must know that the price of sheep is 10% lower. One million sheep is still one million sheep, but the silver is only 900,000 sheep's silver, which is a difference of 100,000 sheep's silver.

The sheep is still the same sheep, but the silver is 10% less.

One hundred thousand sheep, compared to the herdsmen; compared to the taxes of the Donghu royal court, it was a big loss.

Donghu officials also proposed a compensation method, which is to use goods from the Song Dynasty workshop; if the price can be reduced by 10%, that is also possible.

Liu Chengwen would find it difficult to accept both, if the goods from Song Guo's workshop were reduced by 10% to Dong Hu. Other countries also had to lower their prices, and the losses were unimaginable. So they told the other country that things from the Song Dynasty's workshops would earn 10% profit after leaving the workshops. Donghu was in the north and the road was too far. After deducting the cost and freight. Only if the quantity is large can you make some money. If the quantity is small, you will lose your pants.

As for the price of sheep, it is absolutely impossible to increase it. The orthodox emperor bought it to the public officials of the Song Dynasty for free; he itself was losing money. Although it was not profitable to sell it to the people, at least the shipping and taxes were deducted. At least they were not losing money; but the soldiers and political officials were eating for free. The treasury of the Song Dynasty had no income. If the price of sheep was raised or the price of workshop goods was lowered, salaries would not be paid out.

Everyone in that country has no objection to the fact that all military meals in that country are served by the court.

Therefore, it is impossible for sheep prices to increase.

The two sides engaged in a month-long back-and-forth. Even Wu Jiashan, the commander-in-chief of Pingshan Pass, couldn't stand it anymore and asked Liu Chengwen for advice. He said that he would not buy it. Last year, Heaven's grace gave him two months' salary, and even the soldiers who died in the battle were compensated. His majesty, the wise and mighty orthodox emperor, had treated the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty well enough; every big money spent on buying sheep was He is from the treasury of the Song Dynasty, and he is willing to go back to the court with Mr. Liu to get rid of the crime of not buying sheep. If His Majesty, the orthodox emperor, is found guilty, he is willing to take all the blame, and there is no problem in being demoted from the second rank back to the fourth rank. When he replaced Lu Li, the barbarians gave him a 10% price increase. The people of Song who didn't know it thought he was incompetent. If you spend money from the treasury indiscriminately, if the people find out, you may be scolded to death. I would rather be demoted than be scolded by the people for being incompetent.

The money in the treasury belonged to the entire Song Dynasty. The Holy Emperor even pursued rewards for dead soldiers, but any surplus was given to ministers; the Duke said it was from the national treasury, but privately and disrespectfully said that it was equivalent to the money of the public officials of the Song Dynasty, but at this moment everyone's money was put together; chaos He must not bear the reputation of spending money from the treasury. I can't bear to spend my money carelessly. If you buy so much at one time, you should get a discount for large quantities, but foreigners come to increase the price, which is absolutely impossible; Xixia can sell it, why can't you? Besides, if you increase the price by 10%, will Xixia also increase the price by 10%? When someone asks me about it after Western Summer, how do I answer? To rise or not to rise?

When doing business, a bowl of water should be balanced. The treasures of your Song Dynasty workshop are sold at the same price everywhere; but the barbarians came to raise the price, 10% price, as many as one million sheep, which also requires a lot of money, plus Xixia , the number is so large that it is difficult to calculate.

What if the people of the Song Dynasty find out in the future that prices were lowered when Lu Li was here and prices were raised when he replaced Lu Li? Do I still want this reputation?

Besides, if it goes up by 10% this year, will it go up by another 10% next year? If he keeps it for three years and gets three times, not to mention the people of the Song Dynasty, even his ancestors will scold him.

In the future, all the underground heroes of the Wu family will be scolded by the people of the Song Dynasty. As a descendant, will I still have a reputation in this life? Do you dare to go see your ancestors after death?

As a general, life and death are indifferent, reputation is the first priority!

In the past, the Song Dynasty had only two square meals, and the salary was low. They also sacrificed their lives for the country, but now they just have no sheep to eat in winter. Will they die if they don't eat sheep in winter?

As soon as this was reported, the soldiers at Pingshan Pass were all indignant and said they would no longer eat sheep.

The truth is obvious. Everything a soldier eats and eats is provided by the court, including military uniforms. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and political officials, millions of sheep, the cost is so large that ordinary generals cannot calculate it, let alone ordinary soldiers. His majesty, the wise and mighty orthodox emperor of the Song Dynasty, gave free money to the barbarians. If the barbarians were not satisfied, then forget it. It’s not that countries that have been good brothers for hundreds of millions of years have been countries that have been enemies of hatred for hundreds of millions of years. If you don’t eat sheep, you won’t die.

His majesty, the orthodox emperor, who is as wise and powerful as the gods, has an imperial heart and no longer cares about the affairs of the previous dynasty. The business is doing well, but the price increases?

If the orthodox emperor hadn't taken care of you Donghu, poor people like you Donghu wouldn't even have money to buy salt. Now that I have made money, I will increase the price. It seems like we have to buy it.

Depend on! If I don't eat mutton, will I die?

Besides, biological fathers and sons, brothers and sisters from the same mother, all money matters must be carefully separated; aren't you a foreigner? I will take care of your business. Of course, the cheaper the better, do you want to raise the price by 10%? no way!

Throughout the ages, have emperors in every dynasty received an extra two months of salary at the end of the year? Buying sheep for the soldiers to eat? It was distributed last year, and all public officials got it; this year, it is considered as not eating mutton to get money, and it is also Sheng En Tianlong.

If I don’t eat sheep this year, will I die this year?