Sancai stood in the corner of the Welcoming Hall of Sifang Pavilion. He was motionless and seemed to be a decoration in the palace, or it seemed to be integrated into the palace. It seemed to have never existed before, but he was already impressed by Zhao Zhen.

The envoys of Western powers are not worth mentioning in front of the officials. Even though the Liao Dynasty, the biggest enemy of the Song Dynasty, has not been eliminated, even if the Western Regions are still in the hands of the Liao people, even if they want to trade the West from Tianzhu, the officials are still not afraid of the threat from the Horse Empire.

He knew that the Welcoming Hall needed quietness at this time, and there was no outsider present, so he consciously stood on the side of the hall gate, but he just pricked up his ears and listened to everything in the hall so that he would not be overwhelmed with anything.

The imperial guard outside the door had already pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist half an inch. The cold sword light made Sancai feel uncomfortable. He glared at him and shook his head. Idiot, how could the official family take action against the messenger? Even if it was a big deal, he would wave the sword at the emperor of other people's family.

"You told me your request, and now it's time for me to put forward the conditions!"

Zhao Zhen looked at Alex who was helpless in front of him. It was obvious that he had been forced into a corner by himself. Heinrich IV thought he would compromise at this time!

The foreign trade of the Song Dynasty was a lifeline and a pillar industry. Zhao Zhen would never give it to others. Obviously, the news brought back from John was heard by the people of the Holy Roman Empire that the war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty was in a stalemate, but in just a few years, the Song Dynasty had completely occupied the top.

This is probably something that Heinrich IV could not have imagined, and something that John and Alex did not have expected. Because of the lack of estimation of the power of the Song Dynasty, Alex's mission to the Song Dynasty also suffered unprecedented resistance.

John was a bridge of Eastern and Western civilizations, and Alex hoped to be an envoy to promote economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West, so he was sent by the Holy See, supported by the Holy See, and also supported by Heinrich IV, the secular king who was crowned by the Holy See.

It can be said that he has something that John did not have. Of course, both the emperor and the Holy See hope that he would obtain trade monopoly from the Song Dynasty, which is very important for the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy See.

So Alex has lost the initiative now, but he has to listen to Zhao Zhen's conditions. The reason is very simple. Neither the Holy See nor Heinrich IV want to cut off relations with the Song Dynasty, and he is even more worried that the Song Dynasty will use goods to help the Abbas dynasty attack the Holy Roman Empire.

So no matter what the mission is going on this time, Alex must maintain a good relationship with the Song Dynasty. Of course, if he proposes extremely high prices, even if he cannot achieve them, he will have good results. From the very beginning, he knew that Heinrich IV's proposal would never succeed.

Zhao Zhen looked at Alex and said word by word: "The Song Dynasty never refused friendly trade, nor did he refuse to help his friends. But one thing is that the Song Dynasty will not tolerate betrayal and exploitation. Treating people with sincerity is the quality of China and the quality of my Song Dynasty."

After saying that, Zhao Zhen paused and looked at Alex until he responded: "Don't worry, your Majesty, this is also the quality of the Holy Roman Empire!"

"Very good, I will give you some benefits, but you also want to repay my friendship, right?"

"There is no doubt the noble Majesty!"

The three talents at the door waved to the imperial guards. Obviously, this was the beginning of friendly interaction between the two countries. These soldiers were not needed at all, and of course they had never needed them...

"The Song Dynasty's goods will still be sold to the Holy Roman Empire, and of course to the Abbas Dynasty! This will not change, not now, nor in the future. Only when the Abbas Dynasty completely disappears from the world will the Song Dynasty stop trading. Of course, if someone takes over the Song Dynasty, it will still be sold."

Seeing Alex's surprised eyes, Zhao Zhen said again: "Of course, the goods of the Song Dynasty will also give you priority and choose goods first. Of course, I need to set up a deliberation in a city between the Holy Roman Empire and the Abbas Dynasty. Do you know the deliberation?"

Alex nodded affirmatively: "Of course, the Song Dynasty's deliberation is to set up a deliberation in border cities. Intra-site trade is chaired by officials. In addition to official trade, merchants must pay taxes, pay tooth money, and obtain certificates, such as Guanzi, Biaozi, Guanyin, etc. before they can trade."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Since you know, it's easy to do, but I can set up a tentative tent in cities that tend to be in the Holy Roman Empire. Do you know what it means?"

"Of course!" Alex's eyes shining, like the light emitted by gold coins in countless wealth. He knew too much about what this meant, which meant that the Holy Roman Empire had the initiative and could even use the deliberation to suppress the Abbas Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen smiled, was he satisfied? There was still a big gift that he had not been given!

"I heard that your king was a little dissatisfied with the Roman Catholic Church, right?"

Zhao Zhen's words stunned Alex, and then he carefully tentatively said: "I wonder where Your Majesty learned it from?"

Zhao Zhen pointed to himself: "I am also a king. When the imperial power is threatened, I naturally think about how to strengthen it. Didn't Heinrich IV think so? The restrictions on him by the Holy See have never been reduced."

This made Alex speechless. In fact, Shanghai Inrich IV hoped to impose a restriction on the Holy See through the Song Dynasty's goods. And this time he was on a mission to help the Frankian dynasty fight for more interests and thus limit the Holy See.

Alex bowed and bowed again and said, "Dear Your Majesty, your eyes see through the world. You are a true wise man!" This made Sancai on the side feel uncomfortable. What did Mr. Kou say about that? Singing to the horse! It's really disgusting!

But Zhao Zhen knew that this was a habit of Westerners, so he didn't care.

"I have a small gift for Heinrich IV, which may be very helpful to him."

Zhao Zhen quickly recalled the information brought by the black hand from the Mediterranean, and said slightly slower: "I remember some of the experiences of merchants from the Song Dynasty in Constantinople. I heard that the patriarch of Constantine, Inagher, who ascended the throne more than a hundred years ago, although his moral and knowledge were extraordinary, his integrity aroused the anger of the Byzantine Emperor and he was deposed.

He also asked Foxi to replace him. Foxi had held an important position in the government and had extraordinary knowledge. However, a single church member was granted all holy ranks in a short time. Such a step of ascension to heaven and the legality of Inagh's abolition is doubtful, which caused dissatisfaction."
Chapter completed!