However, Honglu Temple did not rest because of him, but was busy in circles.

Since taking over the heavy responsibility from Kou Ji, the Minister of Honglu Temple has shown unprecedented importance.

Honglu Temple was very busy.

In Kou Ji's eyes, negotiating with the Cochin envoys about ordnance would only take a day at most.

But it took the people of Honglu Temple four days.

After countless verbal battles, the people of Honglu Temple reduced the number of ordnance and craftsmen proposed by the Jiaozhi envoy to an extremely low number.

Jiaozhi asked the Song Dynasty to provide Jiaozhi with 1,300 craftsmen who were proficient in making crossbows, as well as 30,000 crossbows, 35,000 heavy crossbows, and more than 60,000 other heavy crossbows.

In the past, Jiaozhi was considered a lion's mouth.

After all, the cost of making crossbows in the Song Dynasty is not low, and the cost of making heavy crossbows is even higher.

Important crossbows such as bed crossbows are not only expensive to build, but also take a very long time, usually in years.

The number of these heavy crossbows required by Jiaozhi, if converted into copper coins, would be calculated in tens of millions.

But comparing what Cochin has to pay, their requirements are not so harsh.

After all, it is not too much to ask for some ordnance at the cost of one's entire country.

The people of Honglu Temple discussed it for four days.

The number of craftsmen who made crossbows ranged from 1,300 to 300.

The number of bed crossbows and heavy crossbows has been almost halved.

Other heavy crossbows have not changed much.

In four days, Honglu Temple saved the court millions of dollars.

Kou Ji heard from the people below that a dignified minister of Honglu Temple and a high official in the court, in order to reduce the Jiaozhi people's share of bed crossbows, pulled their sleeves and lectured them for a whole night.

In the end, the Cochin people could not survive him, and based on the original reduction, another 300 were reduced.

In fact, whether it is Kou Ji or the minister of Honglu Temple, they all know it in their hearts.

Honglu Temple was able to reduce the number of bed crossbows by half, which was enough to serve the imperial court.

He then took the Cochin man to stay up all night, purely of his own free will.

But his voluntary decision saved the court a lot of money.

When Kou Ji watched Honglu Temple Qing put a temporary additional reduction document in front of him with bloodshot eyes, Kou Ji wanted to grab him and ask.

Why?

But in the end he didn't speak.

Because he knew why the minister of Honglu Temple worked so hard.

To say that we serve our country and our family is a lie.

The minister of Honglu Temple did this just for Kou Ji's trivial trust.

Kou Ji left all the weapons matters to him, and he wanted to give Kou Ji a satisfactory answer.

After Kou Ji collected all the documents, he stared at the Honglu Temple official who was looking at him with red eyes and said: "I will ask the officials for credit..."

All the officials in Honglu Temple stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and then added, "I will try my best to leave all foreign affairs to you in the future."

The officials of Honglu Temple who had not been moved when they heard that Kou Ji wanted to take credit for them were completely moved when they heard Kou Ji's words.

The Minister of Honglu Temple and the officials from Honglu Temple all saluted Kou Ji.

"Thank you Kou Xin for your trust."

Kou Ji nodded and said: "I hope you can live up to my trust. I am in the center and busy with official duties, so I cannot keep an eye on you all the time.

I only ask one thing from you.

That is, when interacting with vassals, don’t weaken my name as a Song Dynasty.

At most it's just a fight.

If they dare to clamor, you must dare to declare war.

The number of forbidden troops maintained by the imperial court will soon exceed 900,000.

The purpose of their existence is to enhance the prestige of our country.

When it's time to fight, you need to go out and fight.

Otherwise, if you keep them for a long time, they will become useless easily.”

When the officials of Honglu Temple heard Kou Ji's remarks, they raised their heads and looked at Kou Ji in shock.

They did not expect that in this era when the world was about to be at peace, Kou Ji would actually be willing to take the initiative to ask for a war.

After Kou Ji finished speaking, he ignored them. He took the documents and left the main hall of Honglu Temple.

When Kou Ji's figure appeared outside the main hall of Honglu Temple, everyone in Honglu Temple reacted.

The minister of Honglu Temple was the first to bow down, followed by the young minister of Honglu Temple.

Then all the officials at Honglu Temple bowed down.

It seemed that he was sending Kou Ji off respectfully, and also seemed to be paying homage to him.

After Kou Ji took all the documents, he entered the palace in a carriage.

Zhao Zhen had been waiting at Zishi Hall early.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi were also there.

They are paying attention to this matter all the time.

So after the discussion at Honglu Temple came out, they already knew about it.

Kou Jiyi entered Zishi Hall.

Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, and Cai Qi stood up one after another.

Kou Ji bowed to Zhao Zhen and said, "See the official family..."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand quickly, "No need to be polite, tell me how the conversation went?"

Kou Ji stood up and slightly bowed his hands to Wang Zeng and Cai Qi.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi immediately responded respectfully.

Kou Ji took the initiative to salute them because they were older.

They responded respectfully because Kou Ji's status was above them.

Above the court, the generals are superior and inferior.

There is superiority and inferiority, as well as dignity and inferiority, not just superiority and inferiority.

After Kou Ji saluted, he straightened up, took out the documents compiled by Honglu Temple from his sleeves, handed them in the direction of Zhao Zhen, and said: "Basically, the negotiation has been completed, but the Jiaozhi people want a lot of things. We

We won’t be able to raise funds for a while.”

When Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng heard this, their faces darkened.

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "As long as they can hand over Jiaozhi obediently, I will let them get what they want even if I empty the treasury."

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi nodded in agreement.

Kou Ji handed over the paperwork.

Chen Lin handed it over on your behalf.

After Zhao Zhen got the document, he quickly read it.

But after reading the documents carefully, my expression changed.

"Just...that's it?"

Zhao Zhen held the document and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.

Zhao Zhen was already prepared for the Cochin lion to open its mouth.

It was only after I got the paperwork and looked through it carefully that I discovered it.

According to common sense, Jiaozhi is indeed a lion opening its mouth this time.

But this negotiation was very reasonable.

Not only did Jiaozhi not want much, but it was so little that Zhao Zhen found it incredible.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi saw that Zhao Zhen looked strange, and they were anxious to get closer and take a look at the document in Zhao Zhen's hand.

But due to etiquette, they could only wait anxiously.

Facing Zhao Zhen's question, Kou Ji nodded and said, "That's it!"

Zhao Zhen let out a breath and couldn't help but said: "Incredible..."
To be continued...