The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 30 The Cao Family Has a Daughter
Cao Yang still had a little doubt.

"Really." After Liang Xin finished speaking, she ordered Liang Zhong to call for people to carry things.Then he said to Cao Yang: "I'll stay at your house for two days, just two days. I really don't want to stay in an inn."

Cao Yang: "What happened at home?"

The servants carried their luggage into the courtyard. As Liang Xin and Cao Yang walked inside, they said to Cao Yang, "My father married me a concubine. If I don't marry him, he will feel uncomfortable, so I accepted it."

"Marry? From that family."

Of course Cao Yang knew that if the word "marriage" is used for concubine, it means the entry of a noble concubine.

Liang Xin: "I don't know the name of the girl who worked as a female envoy in your Cao family, and I've naturally never seen her in person."

Cao Yang: "I, the female envoy of the Cao family, have 300 people."

Liang Xin thought for a while: "Her father seems to be an eighth-grade military attache in the Infantry Forbidden Army."

Cao Yang: "I am the female envoy of the Cao family, and there are also sixth-rank military attachés in my family including my father and brother."

Liang Xin thought about it carefully: "I heard that I am literate, can manage accounts, and can manage people."

Cao Yang: "None of the female envoys of my Cao family are illiterate, no one can't read the account books, and no one doesn't know how to serve as a servant."

Liang Xin smiled: "Originally, I wanted to ask you to see...how is your character?"

To be honest, Liang Xin wanted to say what she looked like just now, but it felt inappropriate, so she changed it to personality.

Cao Yang didn't like hearing this anymore: "Brother, are you doubting my Cao family's family tradition?"

Liang Xin: "No, no, I don't doubt it at all. In fact, I wanted to say it was about looks, but it felt inappropriate, so I changed my mind temporarily."

Cao Yang shook his head: "Let's not talk about the three bedrooms in my house. Calculation, there are three hundred female envoys, 290 I have never seen five of them, unless you can know which branch, which bedroom and which courtyard. I can also help you find out something."

"That's right." Liang Xin didn't ask about it again.He changed his tone and asked: "Your Cao family is the founding general of the country. You must know the art of war. Can you ask me a few words?"

Cao Yang was a little shy, but still said: "Brother, you have asked the right person."

"I saw Shanzhou on the map of the Song Dynasty, but from some documents in the palace, I feel that it is not from the Song Dynasty. I am a little confused."

Cao Yang:......

This is much more difficult than the art of war. Cao Yang vaguely remembered his uncle talking about it, but he didn’t listen carefully at the time.

How to answer this, this, this.

Cao Yang: "Brother, you haven't eaten yet."

"Well, I'm a little hungry."

Cao Yang said in a loud voice: "Prepare the meal..." Then he supported Liang Xin with his own hands, asked the servant to take off Liang Xin's boots, and helped Liang Xin enter the house.

Let’s talk about the palace.

As for Liang Shicheng, he was walking back and forth outside Zhao Ji's palace. He went to Zhao Ji this morning. He didn't say a word, and probably didn't hear a word. He returned to the palace and fell asleep again. His complexion was quite poor, and he couldn't walk. The feet are soft.

What Liang Shicheng reported was that the official had mild diarrhea last night, and the imperial doctor also remembered it this way.

However, if this continues, how can I hide it from the eldest lady?

You know, Zhao Ji is only 19 years old.

There was a dark shadow under his eyes.

Today's empress is weak, and she is often looked down upon by Zhao Ji, but the eldest empress is not weak. If she doesn't kill dozens of people in this matter, she will be given a lighter sentence.

Liang Shicheng was worried about running around.When Zhao Youfu arrived, the two of them glared at each other, but there was nothing they could do.

This side of Cao Mansion.

Cao Tan has arrived.

He didn't come by himself, he was invited by Cao Yang.

When asked about the art of war, Cao Yang could recite a few sentences, but when asked about He Huang, Cao Yang was neither a scumbag nor a scumbag.

Therefore, Cao Yang invited his cousin Cao Tan.

In the front hall of the long house courtyard.

A very formal hall was set up with a screen, and Cao Tan and Liang Xin sat across the screen.

Cao Tan is not a idiot like Cao Yang.

From the moment he opens his mouth, it’s hard stuff.

Cao Tan said: "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Tubo was defeated, Qingtang City changed hands several times, and the city was in ruins. Since the founding of the country by Taizu, Qingtang City has slowly regained its vitality. Although the Silk Road has not been reopened, it has It’s also somewhat popular. There are also businessmen from far away gathering in Qingtang City.”

"Zunsiluo (a small country in Tubo) has made huge profits. Xixia was established. Our Song army was defeated in a row. Since the rebel army was gone, when the Xixia country was at its peak, it occupied the entire Hexi. The party members... were extremely vicious. And a few years ago, I, the general in charge of the Song Dynasty, have also lost the support of the people, and now Qingtang can only be gentle."

Liang Xin asked: "How about turning that place into Song Dynasty?"

"First collect the people, then collect the land, and then occupy the land. The follow-up must be managed with care and people's livelihood first..." Cao Tan said not only her own understanding, but also her father, third uncle and others who had done it for the first time. What was discussed at home after the Battle of Hehuang.

Liang Xin listened very carefully.

Slowly, I also had a blueprint in my mind.

Even in name, these places are still within the territory of the Song Dynasty, and people can still be sent.The people sent tried their best to appease the people. When the time was right, the army was dispatched to wipe out the Qing, Tang and Tubo. As long as the people's hearts were towards the Song Dynasty, then this area could truly belong to the Song Dynasty.Next, if we continue to operate the Hexi Corridor seriously, the profits will be enough to support the frontier troops.

After saying this, Cao Tan said with a cold face: "Send off the guests."

Cao Yang got up, pulled Liang Xin and ran to his courtyard. Although he was only a month older, she was still his sister, and he couldn't afford to offend him. If he couldn't answer the questions raised by Liang Xin, he wouldn't want to ask Cao Tan to come forward easily. of.

Liang Xin was dragged away from the meeting by Cao Yang, while Cao Tan sat there in a daze.

Wang Jingyu, who had been hiding behind, stepped forward: "Girl."

Cao Tan stood up: "Go to my father's study. You will get married the day after tomorrow. Why don't you make some preparations?"

Wang Jingyu replied: "Mama Lu has prepared everything. I will go home at noon tomorrow and go out from home. I just want to spend more time with the girl today."

Cao Tan didn't say anything else, because she kept thinking about why Liang Xin wanted to inquire about the northwest.

It was a mess, and my father and brother frowned when they mentioned it.

Liang Xin was just listening. He agreed with most of what Cao Tan said. There was only one thing that Liang Xin didn't agree with. It was just that there were other explanations from some later books.

According to the book Liang Xin read, Qingtang City (called Shanzhou in Song Dynasty) was because Xixia was too powerful and domineering, so many merchants opened up another road, which was called Xi*ning in later generations—— The south side of Qinghai Lake-Qaidam Basin is the trade route.Therefore, Qingtang is the southernmost end of this trade route.

If this trade route can be maintained, run it well and persevere.Then it is the nail that most directly suppresses Xixia's living space, and can completely eliminate the northwest border troubles step by step until Xixia is destroyed.

On the way back to Sanfang's courtyard, Cao Yang said: "Let me tell you, it is difficult for my sister to get married. She has many female envoys around her. Among them, the two most intimate female envoys are more scary than the other. The other one spends all day studying various things. The one who grows poison, and the other who studies military ordnance, I feel that whoever marries them will not survive for three days."

Liang Xin's face twitched: "Is this so scary?"

(End of this chapter)