The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

"Extra number! Extra number!"

A few days later, in the streets and alleys of Kaifeng City, the men selling Bao Xiaolang were shouting enthusiastically: "The four countries have formed an alliance, with the Song Dynasty as the leader. Take a look and take a look. Each portion is worth three cents."

"Da Song Daily" immediately published the joint communiqué of Song, Jin, Xixia, and Dali on its front page.

The content of the joint communiqué is a word-for-word document published by the imperial court in the memorial hall. There is no rhetoric about "respecting the Song Dynasty" at the beginning of the text. It is simply "The Communique of the Four Kingdoms of Song, Jin, Xixia and Dali".

The contents of the communiqué are also concisely worded and without much embellishment.

"In the summer of the second year of Jingkang of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Fujin, an official of the Song Dynasty, cordially received the envoys of Jin, Xia, and Dali in Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty. The four countries conducted friendly consultations on territorial disputes, food issues, trade issues, cultural exchanges and other issues. Zhao Fujin pointed out , the people of the four countries are all sons and daughters of the Chinese nation, of the same origin, and they should support each other, advance and retreat together, shelve disputes, and form a Chinese consensus. Under this premise, mutual respect, non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality, reciprocity, and peace To live together.”

"Wanyan Zongwang, Chairman of the Jin Guojian Council, Richard Chage, King of the Jin Dynasty of Western Xia, and Gao Kaisheng, Governor of the Prime Minister's Office of Dali, strongly agreed with Zhao Fujin's proposal. Wanyan Zongwang also expressed his deep regret for the harm caused to the people of the Song Dynasty by the Jin army's march south. From now on, the Kingdom of Jin is willing to work with the Song Dynasty to work hard to create a community with a shared future for the people of the four countries, and there is no upper limit to cooperation around the clock."

"The Grand Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty Li Gang, the Young Prime Minister Li Bangyan, the Young Prime Minister Sima Pu, the Privy Councilor Yue Fei, the Minister of War Han Shizhong and others attended the meeting. Emperor Daojun presented the national gift "Rooster Picture" to the envoys of the Three Kingdoms."

The attachment to the communique is the outcome of the talks.

A brief summary is as follows:

1: Comprehensive trade among the four countries, in addition to border settlements, also allows merchants from various countries to move freely to carry out trade activities, simplify entry procedures, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of merchants from other countries in their own countries.

Two: The four countries will build embassies in each other's country and send permanent ambassadors to each other to be responsible for coordination and communication.

Three: The four countries unified their scripts, and the official script of the Song Dynasty was the common script among the four countries.

Four: Open up non-governmental cultural exchanges, allow non-governmental intermarriage, and allow Da Song Daily to establish branches in various countries.

These four items may not seem to have any substantial benefits, but they have opened communication channels for the four countries in many aspects such as economy, politics, and culture.

Zhao Fujin estimated that as long as these four items are all implemented, it will not take many years for the concept of "China" to become the consensus of the four countries' courts and people. Only in this way can further integration be achieved. Otherwise, all cooperation will be rootless and sourceless. of water.

Afterwards, it will be a matter of course to form the Chinese Federation.

During this period, through folk cultural exchanges and official propaganda, the map of the world was widely publicized, so that the courts and people of all countries could understand that the world is very big, and we Chinese descendants should not fight among ourselves. Our enemies...

Enemies are amazing things.

Creatures like humans cannot survive without enemies.

The easiest way to get two people or two countries to put aside their disputes and fights is to find a common enemy for them.

If aliens invade the earth, that fat man born in the 1980s will definitely get along with that old man from the Western Hemisphere!

Therefore, Zhao Fujin felt that the Western Crusaders and the group of Japanese pirates from Ryukyu were both good choices.

There are no enemies, let’s make it ourselves!

Different people have different views on this joint communique.

For some people, this communique has just become a source of bragging in restaurants and tea shops, saying things like how awesome the Song Dynasty is and how powerful the officials are. For others, this communique is What is it?

That's money in vain. Previously, when Chen Dong was selling facial masks, he promoted that buying facial masks meant he loved me, the Song Dynasty. As a result, two young ladies who were rushing to buy facial masks were besieged by a few rough guys.

One of the young ladies is a businessman.

The Liu family in Tianshui Lane.

The Liu family is engaged in the spice business, which is one of the best in the Song Dynasty. Half of the spices in Kaifeng City are provided by the Liu family.

After seeing this communiqué, Liu Jun, the young master of the Liu family, felt that an opportunity had come.

Since his family's business has reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, after the trade between the four countries, wouldn't the Liu family's spice business be able to reach the Jin Kingdom, Xixia and Dali?

Theoretically, the Liu family's wealth can be doubled.

Liu Juncai's proposal was immediately approved by his two brothers. They felt that letting the third brother Liu Juncai go to explore outside was, firstly, in response to the court's policy, and secondly, to expand the family business. This was a great thing.

"If third brother has this idea, second brother, I will provide the money and effort."

"Third brother, if you want to go, I can allocate 10% of the inventory to you. Once you get a foothold there, you don't have to worry about the supply of goods."

But Mrs. Liu won’t allow it!

"Fart! Why don't you two go?" Old Mrs. Liu paused hard on the tiger head crutch in her hand.

Seeing their father getting angry, the two brothers didn't dare to talk back. They lowered their heads and muttered: "Didn't you say every day that we should help the third brother? Now the third brother wants to do something, and you say that again."

Old Mrs. Liu sneered: "Ha, I think you two just want to send the third brother away!"

"Dad, don't think so of your brothers." Liu Juncai explained: "It was my decision to go to Huining Mansion, not my brothers' instigation."

Old Mrs. Liu took Liu Juncai's hand and said, "Third brother, just study hard for three more years and get a good reputation. Our Liu family has no shortage of money, so why do we have to do business?"

Liu Juncai smiled bitterly: "Dad, I'm really not good at studying."

"Then you can't go to Huining Mansion! What kind of people are the Jin people? They are like dragons and tigers, but they are not human beings. Whether they can make money by doing business there, it doesn't matter whether they can survive or not. The big question is whether they can survive." Mr. Liu Taigong waved his hands repeatedly: "If you don't want to study, you don't have to study. Dad will find you a wife and start a family. Then you can stay in Kaifeng in a down-to-earth manner. Dad has some friendship with Zhang Jun and Taiwei Zhang, and he will give it to you when the time comes. Looking for a job..."

"Dad! I can't always live an idle life in the Liu family. Just let me try." Liu Juncai begged.

The two elder brothers also advised: "Dad, we really don't want to send the third brother away. After all these years, the third brother obviously doesn't like to study, but you let him study every day, go to so many private schools, and invite so many people." Mr. Duo..."

"Shut up, both of you! Our Liu family is in the spice business, so why go to the Jin people? Do they know about fragrance?" In Mrs. Liu's opinion, the Jin people are uncivilized barbarians who eat raw meat and raw meat. For extravagant fish, grill it over fire and sprinkle some salt and spices on it.

"The book says that food is the most important thing for the people. It's not that the Jin people don't know the deliciousness of spices, but they are in short supply of spices there. Without spices, how can you let them eat?"

What Liu Juncai said makes sense.

No one in this world finds food delicious, but the reason why Jin people don’t eat it is because most spices grow in places with warm climates, such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, etc. It does not grow in alpine areas.

That’s why Liu Juncai felt that as long as the price is right, there must be a market! (End of chapter)