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Chapter 335 Master, You and Yelu Yanxi Are Really a Perfect Match (Part Two)

Abban Zhao heard Gao Zhang's order from inside the carriage, and after agreeing, he got into the carriage.

"Just now I saw Brother Zhao, you seem to be full of doubts, it seems that you don't know why Gao did this."

When Zhao Abban heard this, he quickly expressed his opinion.

"My lord, I really don't quite understand it. Of course, I also know that my lord is far-sighted. You must have your reasons for doing this."

"Brother Zhao, you really flattered me. In fact, this matter was just a temporary idea on my part. It's okay now, so we just have a chat.

After all, if this can be done, you will need the cooperation of the Imperial City Secretary..."

The Great Song Dynasty and Naxixia have been in a hostile relationship almost all the time. Although Xixia had a relative military advantage for quite a while, it was very dependent on the Song Dynasty economically.

The Xixia battlefield is all in the northwest, and the material output is very scarce.Tea, silk fabrics, grain, spices, lacquerware, copper coins, silver, etc. cannot be produced independently.

During the peace period between the two countries, the Song Dynasty was still willing to communicate with Xixia.

Because the land of Youyun was occupied by the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty wanted to strengthen national defense construction, especially the construction of cavalry troops, and Xixia's war horses were a large source.

For example, in the second year of Qingli in the Northern Song Dynasty, the government once purchased [-] horses and [-] sheep from Xixia at one time.

But as the relationship between the two countries turns bad, the trade at the national level is cut off, and naturally they can only rely on those merchants to smuggle various materials through relationships and means.

There are even precedents for bypassing the Liao Kingdom and entering Xixia trade.

After all, businessmen are profit-seeking, and for the sake of huge profits, they dare to risk their lives.

If the trade between Song Dynasty and Xixia was completely banned, Xixia would not be able to sustain it for a hundred years, even ten years.

It's a pity that the merchants of the Song Dynasty are so stupid. It doesn't matter whether you are from the Liao Kingdom or the Western Xia Dynasty, I just want to do business if I want to do business.

What's more, officials in the Song Dynasty couldn't help doing business, which led to a huge problem. Among the merchants in the Song Dynasty, a considerable number of those who dared to engage in smuggling trade had backgrounds.

What Gao Zhang wanted to do was to use Duan Zhongping, a wealthy businessman of the Song Dynasty who had a very good relationship with local officials in southern Xixia, to do things.

Let me give you the simplest example, that is, first let him go online and establish a relationship with the Xixia envoy who is currently under house arrest in the post house, like a deaf and blind man, through various coquettish operations.

Let the Xixia people understand that he is a high-quality businessman who has a heart-to-heart relationship with Xixia and is willing to work together with Xixia to get rich together.

The second is to hope that he can deal with the leaders of the Xixia tribes in the southern Xixia and Xixia officials in private.

Buying cotton at a high price, no matter how much Xixia can grow, he will eat as much.

Anything three to five million catties, even three to fifty million catties, is not a problem.

After all, the woven cotton cloth can be sold in large quantities on the market, or exported overseas, such as the Liao Kingdom, and areas where dogs froze to death in winter in Koryo and Wa.

As for why you want to do this, the first is to fight for land. Think about it, how much is a catty of grain?
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Cotton, after all, is an economic crop, and its economic value is naturally far higher than that of food.

But here comes the problem. Xixia is short of food, and mainly relies on farming in the south and central regions to harvest food, and even needs to import it through smuggling.

Therefore, as the head of the Xixia Kingdom, Li Qianshun is definitely not happy, but the problem is that Li Qianshun, who has just been in power for a few years, is still unable to completely control the Xixia tribes for the time being.

As for the Dangxiang tribes bordering on Qinfeng Road in the Great Song Dynasty, if they really want to make a fortune and grow cotton for sale, they can naturally make a lot of money.

When the planting of cash crops begins to erode the planting of food crops, it will only lead to more food shortages in Xixia.

As the noble princes and tribal leaders of Xixia, of course they will not be short of food.

But what about the poor people below?Once food prices remain high.

Either raise the pole and pull the flag to rebel, or flee to a place where you can fill your stomach.

Xixia has a small population. Although it claims to have an army of 50, it is mainly because almost all the people of the Dangxiang tribes are soldiers.

And those who support them, the Han people living in the locality cultivate and produce food to supply them.

When those local Han people had to leave because of lack of food, could Xixia continue to maintain his so many troops?

All in all, although Gao Zhang has no way to solve Xixia, he can use various means to create problems for Xixia.

"...So, this disciple thinks that I, Da Song, must not kill the envoy of Xixia. If I kill him, it will definitely ruin my name of Da Song Renyi."

"But if it can be done properly, people will win the trust of this Xixia Weizhou Jingsai Supervising Army Commander Wei Yeguang, and let Xixia feel that there is some secret agreement between our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom... "

"Firstly, it can make the relationship between Xixia and Liao continue to deteriorate, and secondly, it can also..."

"Okay, okay, I think this strategy is very good as a teacher, so how about Yang Jian, you should continue to cooperate with Xiao Gao on the side of the Imperial City Secretary."

After all, Zhao Ji, the official, seemed to feel that he had let down his lover Xiao Gao's plan, and explained with a little embarrassment.

"It's not that you are impatient for the teacher, but you are doing things. Can you still worry about being a teacher?"

"When the matter really has a clue, the teacher will plan carefully for you."

"You came at a good time today, and I have a big event for my teacher. I want to talk to you about it. Because of your efforts, my Song Dynasty has preserved the territory that I have conquered Xixia in the past few years.

Next, the relationship between Xixia and Liao is bound to turn hostile, and it can be said that we have made a great contribution to the Great Song Dynasty's pacification of Xixia..."

Under the auspices of the official Zhao Ji, after a rather fierce confrontation, the matter of meritorious deeds for Gao Zhang and others finally came to an end.

Whether it was Gao Zhang, or Zhou Bangyan, Cai Liulang and Tong Zhisheng, they were all promoted.

Although they are all only loose official ranks, Gao Zhang's scattered official rank is designated as a fifth-rank court official.

"It's a pity, it's still a short distance from you being able to put on the purple robe..."

Speaking of this, the official Zhao Ji let out a long sigh of regret, and Gao Zhang put aside the depression in his heart, saluted the faint emperor and master happily, and followed suit.

After a lot of grateful flattery, the official of the Great Song Dynasty finally made his eyebrows smile, and he stood up after a hearty smile.

"Come, come, don't gossip, let's go, let me show you a painting, it's a good thing that I just got..."

As a disciple who respects his master, Gao Zhang accompanied his master to appreciate a masterpiece of a former art master.

After the appreciation, Gao Zhang was about to say goodbye, but Zhao Ji, who was still early, told Yang Jian to prepare his car and go to Yuqing Zhaoying Palace to listen to the Taoist priest's sermon, and clean up by the way.

Gao Zhang looked at this stupid gentleman who got up and straightened his clothes, ready to set off to cultivate the truth.

Either you are writing or drawing, or you are busy cultivating yourself. You are a perfect match for Yelu Yanxi, the faint king of the Liao Kingdom who rides horses, plays with bows, and spends all day blindly hunting on the grasslands.

Walking out of the palace slowly, Gao Zhang looked at the extremely prosperous capital of the Song Dynasty, Tokyo.

Let it go, Hunjun likes to wander around blindly, and I hope he can spend his whole life like this.

As long as there are three thousand ministers in the court and you only favor Lao Tzu, there will be no problem.

Great Song Dynasty, let me help you make a deal, and try to make it so that the Song Dynasty can live for three to five hundred years.

　I'm stuck, I don't understand some places, I hope my thinking will be clear tomorrow, sorry, sorry

　　
　
(End of this chapter)