Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 134 There are a lot fewer messengers today. Do you have any clues?

The Jin Kingdom does not produce vanadium, but there are many metal mines of various types. In addition, after the Jin people occupied the Liao Kingdom, all the iron mines in the Liao Kingdom also belonged to them.

Liu Ling had coveted iron mines and blacksmiths for a long time. What he got was just a dilapidated Yandi. Most of the essence of the Liao Kingdom had been taken away by the Jin people. This time, the Jin people rarely surrendered in private. He wanted to Take this opportunity to get ripped off.

Han Fang attended all the alliance meetings in the next few days instead of Liu Ling. The main purpose was to determine the actual scope of control of each party. For Xu Kangzong of the Song Dynasty, his original task was to help Liu Ling obtain land first.

In any case, Liu Ling now belongs to the Song Dynasty in name, so this time the Jin people cut off the south of Yinshan Mountain to Liu Ling. The Song Dynasty's domestic court can proudly puff up its chest and shout that under the wise leadership of the officials, the Great Song Dynasty In the past few years, Song Dynasty has achieved great victories and expanded its territory!

With this, many generals from Tongguan's lineage and many ministers in the court can rely on this "merit" to receive rewards, and everyone is very happy.

You are riding horses to watch the snow at your border, and I am proud of the spring breeze in my court.

Take what you need.

Liu Ling was not a fool who allowed them to take advantage of them, but he acquiesced to Tong Guan and others to erase half of their credit. However, this year, the money and food and other amounts requested from the Song people were all secretly adjusted upward by 30%.

In addition, Tong Guan reported to the court and recruited civilians from Hebei, Hedong, and Henan as well as a large number of untouchables to work in Yan land to reclaim wasteland. It is estimated that the number of people is about 50,000.

Low status, that is, slave status, happy status, and even various types of craftsmen and criminal troops, were all requisitioned and transported to Yan.

Not to mention other things in the Liao Kingdom, just take the blacksmiths as an example. The salary was relatively high, but the status of the blacksmiths in the Song Dynasty was very low. This time, many people were trying their best to make money and find people to intercede. Unexpectedly, something happened again. What a scandal.

In addition, the imperial court transferred 4,000 Western troops and 30,000 forbidden troops to garrison in Yunzhong Mansion, and set up a capital commander and two temporary general managers to lead the troops. As for the positions of officials in other prefectures and regions of Yunzhong Mansion, the imperial court has not yet sent anyone. Come and take charge.

"In the Yunzhong area, the Jin people only want Huanzhou and four hundred miles to the north. However, most of the Great Wall in Yunzhong Prefecture and the south of Yinshan Mountain belong to you. However, the Yinshan Grassland tribes have great opinions. When they just came back, the Wanggu tribe The envoy went directly to the ministers and said that he was willing to pay tribute of horses, cattle and sheep every year in exchange for their autonomy."

Liu Ling put down the military newspaper and commented lightly, "It's a beautiful idea."

"Where are the other tribes?" he asked.

"When I went to speak, only a few envoys from small tribes made it clear that they were willing to submit to the commander-in-chief."

The Yinshan Mountains are composed of Yinshan Mountain, Langshan Mountain, Daqingshan Mountain and Yinshan Hills. To the north is the Mongolian Plateau and to the south is the Yinbei Grassland.

To the east of the Yinshan Mountains is the Yanshan Mountains. There is a gap between the two mountains, which was named Zhangjiakou in later generations. It has always been a battleground for military strategists;

Liu Ling had previously colluded with Tong Guan to exploit the Song Dynasty's gold coins in the name of building the Great Wall, but this time in order to defend the north, he had decided to send civilians to build a new city and the Great Wall at the gap between the two mountains.

If the Great Wall and passes in this area are repaired, the area around Yunzhong Mansion will be a pretty good land for farming and mulberry. As long as this area is stabilized and the Yan land is allowed to recuperate and recover slowly, within a few years, Liu Ling will be able to gradually become self-sufficient. Self-sufficient.

The grassland to the south of Yinshan Mountain, together with Yunzhongfu, together form the Hetao Plain - "the Yellow River has many evils, but only one rich one", this is where it is said.

"But..." Han Fang agreed with Liu Ling's decision, but still shook his head and said, "There are not enough people."

"A large amount of land reclamation and restoration of mulberry trees. I also heard that you plan to renovate the waterway in Yunzhong and open a new waterway to the north of Yunzhong Mansion. This thing not only consumes money and food, but also takes time and effort. The most important thing is that you are prepared to Where do you get so much manpower?”

Han Fang was responsible for internal affairs, and he thought Liu Ling was a little eager for success now.

Liu Ling shook his head and said with a smile: "Aren't the Yinshan grassland tribes very disobedient? At worst, we will build another Jingguan in Yinshan."

Although they were very angry that the Jin people directly traded them to Liu Ling like goods, most of the tribes knew that their family might have to be served by another master in the future.

"Don't worry, everyone," the envoy from the Wanggu tribe said in a deep voice: "The place where our tribe is stationed is far away from Yan. The Marquis of Yan does not dare to lead his army here. Even if he dares, wait for his army to come here." After a long journey here, we are not without warriors in the clan, and when the time comes, we will all work together to drive him away!"

"Of course you Wanggu tribe are not afraid!" Someone said angrily: "My tribe is very close to Datong. Now let alone the Marquis of Yandi, even the Song army has entered Yunzhong Mansion. A Marquis of Yandi , plus the Song Dynasty, if they really attack, we will be completely destroyed by then!"

The Wanggu tribe is closest to the Yinshan Mountain, which is equivalent to greeting other people's families on the other side of the world through the Internet in future generations. They are not afraid of others coming to their door, so they are more aggressive now and even have the courage to tangle with many envoys from other tribes in private.

Little did they know that their secret conversation here tonight had already been revealed to Liu Ling.

"I said, you guys are setting this fire up?"

Liu Ling had just finished dinner and was standing outside the handsome tent. In front of him was Wang Ahai, with a rare smile on his face.

The Yinshan tribe secretly held a small meeting, and the person who reported it was the Jin man. He almost had the idea of ​​urging Liu Ling and the Yinshan tribe to go to war written on his face. "Is Mr. Liu prepared to ignore it?"

Wang Ahai clicked his tongue, bowed and saluted, and then left.

Han Shizhong had been listening silently, and then he raised his head and looked at Liu Ling: "Commander, how about I go?"

"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife."

Liu Ling waved his hand and said: "Let Zhen Wuchen lead 300 cavalry, form an array outside the camps of those tribes, and charge into the camp!"

"Here!"

Looking at the cavalry rushing out, Han Fang asked with some worry: "Is it too reckless?"

Liu Ling sneered: "If a child doesn't get spanked, he won't know who his father is. What's more, the previous assassins may not have anything to do with them. Even if they are killed, the grassland tribe will just send people to apologize to me again. "

Once can happen twice. Now they just dare to have a small meeting secretly. Liu Ling doesn't dare to think about what they will do in the future.

This unhealthy trend must be stamped out!

"Um, are they really related to the assassins?" Han Fang hadn't realized what was going on.

"I said yes."

When the loud sound of horse hooves appeared outside the camp, the followers of the envoys from each tribe glanced in panic, without much thought of resistance, and then fled in all directions. The Uighur envoy was making out with a Xia woman in the tent. Unexpectedly, the tent above her head collapsed completely. The woman felt a chill in her body. When she looked up, she saw countless cavalry around her looking at them.

The scene was silent for a moment.

Zhen Wuchen frowned and stared at them for a while, then waved his hand and shouted: "Sorry, we went to the wrong place!"

"Have you told him?" Wanyan Loushi asked.

Wang Ahai nodded and replied: "Liu Ling seems to be taking risks, but in fact he is always cautious. He will not take the initiative to find trouble with those tribes this time. So we can be regarded as planting a grudge between him and the tribes in Yinshan."

Wanyan Loushi was very satisfied and patted Wang Ahai on the shoulder.

"well done."

The next day, the weather was pretty good, and the winter sunshine was exceptionally warm, making people unable to help but yawn.

Wanyan Gao was so angry with Liu Ling on the first day of the alliance that he was half-dead. After returning home, he contracted the cold again and was not in good spirits.

It was only today that he finally recovered. After arriving at the alliance venue, Wanyan Gao waited patiently for a while. Only a small number of envoys came in in front of him, saluted him and sat down.

Wanyan Gao waited for a while and found that there were still many empty seats. He frowned and looked towards Wanyan Lou's room.

"what happened?"

"I don't know." Wanyan Loushi immediately shook his head.

At this time, Han Fang came in with several envoys and bowed to them: "You two, Mr. Wanyan, do you know what we are discussing today?"

"We haven't all gathered yet, so why should the envoy be impatient?" Wanyan Gao said calmly.

Han Fang stood up straight and looked around. The messengers did not dare to look at his face and lowered their heads.

After looking around, Han Fang said seriously: "We are all here."

(End of this chapter)