The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 406 Big Order

On New Year's Eve, Wei Ning took Qin Ziyu and Xiao Liuxun to Weiyang Palace to celebrate the New Year.

The relationship between Wei Zifu and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has returned to its original state.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Ning took his family back to the East Palace.

Early the next morning, I took my family to Wei Qing's place to pay New Year's greetings.

Wei Qing's health has been getting worse and worse recently. He plans to resign from his official position in the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China next year and take care of himself at home.

It's enough. Wei Qing has had enough in this life. He has achieved the highest honor of a military commander and is famous among the great men.

Qin Ziyu took the little guy to play with some kids from Wei Qing's family. Wei Ning and Wei Qing were sitting in the study looking at the snow outside.

"Uncle, are you still worried that your father will take away your power?"

Wei Qing shook his head and said: "There is this level of consideration, but it is not all this level of consideration."

"I am a military general and not interested in political matters."

"Now is the best time to retire after success. Why wait until later to become suspicious of His Majesty?"

"It's good that the relationship between the king and the minister can be maintained as it is now. I also want to spend my remaining years at home."

He squinted his eyes, looked at the snowflakes outside, and said, "It is a good thing to use my official position to push my son to the top."

Now that Wei Qing had made up his mind, Wei Ning said no more.

"By the way, Princess Pingyang seems to have been showing kindness to you. You can't live alone forever. You should find a woman to serve you."

Wei Qing's face turned red for a moment, and he waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it later."

After paying New Year's greetings at Wei Qing's house today, Wei Ning returned to the East Palace.

Sang Hongyang was relatively busy. After finding Wei Ning, he said: "Your Highness, I have sent the contract to Dawan. I will probably be able to sell the weapons in the spring."

"This weapons order is worth tens of millions of dollars."

Weining nodded with satisfaction. With such a large sum of money in his account, the Han court could do a lot of things.

Sang Hongyang said to Wei Ning with some embarrassment: "Dawan is making a deal with us secretly this time, and other countries don't know about it."

According to Weining, if Dawan purchased weapons from Dahan, other small countries in the Western Region would definitely come to buy them.

But the problem is that this transaction was carried out in secret, and other small countries in the Western Region did not know about it.

Wei Ning pondered for a moment and said to Sang Hongyang: "Then just send someone to tell other countries in the Western Region."

Sang Hongyang said: "Isn't this a breach of trust?"

Wei Ning glanced at him and said, "Who knows?"

Sang Hongyang sighed: "Dawan will know sooner or later. What if they don't buy our weapons after they find out? Aren't they missing tens of millions of dollars in vain?"

Wei Ning smiled and said: "Master Sang is worrying too much, how dare they not buy it?"

"So what if we break our promise? Other countries have bought it. If they don't buy it, they will be beaten. How dare they not buy it?"

Sang Hongyang: "..."

This is indeed the truth, but he always feels that transactions between countries should be based on integrity.

If you lose your integrity, people will not do business with you next time.

Wei Ning's view was opposite to Sang Hongyang's. He asked Sang Hongyang: "When the Huns were strong before, we made peace again and again in order to exchange for peace."

"Did we get it in exchange? No, the other side will still harass and attack our country."

"Weak countries have no diplomacy, and fists are the last word. As long as we are strong, they will have no choice but to surrender."

"If one day we weaken, they will still show their fangs to us."

"Master Sang, you are a politician, don't be too soft-hearted, especially when it comes to games with other countries."

Sang Hongyang listened to Wei Ning's words carefully, nodded solemnly, and said, "I am narrow-minded, I remember." Wei Ning hummed and said, "Go and do some errands."

"it is good!"

……

Far away in the Western Region.

There are many small countries in the Western Region. The current Western Region is different from that of later generations. There is no desert or an oasis yet.

Many city-states were built here, and all sixteen countries in the Western Regions lived in this land.

When they heard that Dawan and the Han Dynasty were engaged in arms transactions, and that Dawan paid tens of millions of dollars to purchase weapons from the Han Dynasty, the heads of other countries could not sit still.

They immediately sent envoys secretly and traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an to seek cooperation with Chang'an.

Obviously, they also need to buy the big man's weapons.

By the beginning of February, the Ministry of Revenue had basically concluded arms trafficking agreements with all sixteen countries in the Western Region.

If the other party's money is in place, the big man can make hundreds of millions of dollars this time.

If this money is placed in the national treasury, it will immediately make the Han economy achieve a leap.

Weining can also do a lot of things.

The compulsory education that was previously considered was put on hold because of lack of money, and the construction of roads between various places was also put on hold because of lack of money. With this amount of money, Weining's ambition can be fully realized this year.

After the news was known to the Dawan Kingdom, their leader was furious and immediately stated that he would cancel the weapons cooperation with the Han Dynasty.

But after calming down, he became timid again.

The reason is also very simple. Basically, other countries in the Western Region have asked the Han to buy weapons. If they don't buy them, they will be destroyed by others in the end.

This is clearly the information that the Han Dynasty himself revealed to the outside world, allowing other countries to purchase weapons from them.

The country of Dayuan could only watch the cunning Han people do this, but had no ability to fall out with the Han people.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Who makes the big man strong now?

Even though I was holding back my grievances, I could only swallow it alive and pay the big man honestly.

As for those from other countries who had no money, the Han Dynasty allowed them to take loans and pay a certain amount of money every year.

It seems that the big man has lost money, but the interest on the loan is huge. If the other party reneges, they will send troops to attack. All reasonable reasons and excuses have been found, and the other party does not dare to break his promise.

Sang Hongyang was so busy during this period that he didn't even bother to eat. He was coordinating back and forth between the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War all day long.

Early this morning, Wei Ning and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rarely left the palace and came to Chang'an for a visit.

They haven't left the palace for a long time.

Chang'an has changed. The main roads have been built from dirt roads to gravel roads.

There are still many houses under construction, the city's planning is being advanced in an orderly manner, and there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going.

In the evening, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Wei Ning had dinner out and were about to return to the palace when they saw a drunken official coming out of a brothel.

Originally, Wei Ning and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't care, and the officials and the court acquiesced.

But the official casually threw a Liu Datou silver coin to the prostitute, which attracted the attention of Wei Ning and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Nowadays, the silver coins of the Han Dynasty are very valuable. One silver coin can be exchanged for a thousand dollars. If an official leaves a tip casually, it will only cost so much. Is this what an official can afford?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty glanced at Wei Ning, and Wei Ning understood. He walked towards the official and asked, "Sir, which yamen are you from?"

The official looked at Wei Ning drunkenly and said displeasedly: "Get out of here! I'm disturbing my pleasure."

There were several fat and round businessmen beside him who came to drive Weining away.

(End of this chapter)