Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs are currently the most solid allies of the Song Dynasty.
In the First Battle of Xixia, Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs made a lot of effort.
It would be easier for Kou Ji to fiddle with Uighurs from Qingtang and Ganzhou.
Kou Jiyuan wanted to wait until his free time to take a trip to Qingtang and Ganzhou by himself, and get some horses from Qingtang Zanpu Cape and Ganzhou Uyghur Khan.
But now An Ziluo sent the horse to the door, allowing Kou Ji to see a new way.
He may not need to take a trip to Qingtang and Ganzhou, he only needs to pay a sufficient price. Qingtang Zanpu Cape and Ganzhou Uyghur Khan can help him send the horse to the Song Dynasty.
Although the number of Uighur horses in Qingtang and Ganzhou is far less than that of Xixia and Liao, it is far more than that of Song.
The number of horses is even more than their population.
Kou Ji purchased horses from them in the name of the overlord, and given enough benefits, I believe they will happily conclude a deal with Kou Ji.
What Kou Ji needs to do now is to touch the bottom of Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs to see what price it takes to get a good horse from them.
Kou Ji didn't plan to do it himself, he planned to send Zhang Yuan to it.
It is not only necessary to find out what the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs are, but it seems that the Shazhou Uighurs and other vassals with horses also need to get in touch.
The envoys of the various vassals have now entered Beijing one after another, just taking the opportunity to find out.
After some calculations, Kou Ji returned to the room.
Under Xiang Yan's wait, he rinsed and lay down in his sleep.
Early the next morning.
Kou Ji rarely put on the court clothes, put on the big cloak, carried the hand warmer, and went to the court to sway around for a while.
Time to the end of the year.
All ministries and offices are busy.
The same is true for the Ministry of Industry.
The newly acquired powers of the Ministry of Industry and the Tuntian need to aggregate and integrate some of the government affairs of the capital and the farm in recent years.
Kou Ji threw these government affairs to Wang Yunsheng, hiding himself aside.
As soon as time passed, two days passed.
During the period, An Ziluo visited Kou Ji twice.
An Ziluo didn't have many friends in Bianjing. The only Song Chen who could chat with was Kou Ji, so in his free time, he liked to talk to Kou Jipan.
Kou Ji happily talked with An Ziluo Pan, and by the way, he could feel the details of Qingtang horses.
Kou Ji spends his days leisurely at the mansion.
Zhao Yuanyan threw something angrily in his palace.
Kou Ji seemed to have forgotten the agreement with him. After the three-day deadline was up, he didn't even give him a word of accuracy.
"Snapped… "
A porcelain vase tribute to Jingdezhen was thrown to the ground by Zhao Yuanyan.
Zhao Yuanyan exclaimed angrily: "He didn't put this king in his eyes at all."
Wang Qinruo put his hands into the cuffs and said quietly, "Master, Kou Ji obviously rejected you by doing this."
Zhao Yuanyan stared, and shouted, "Even if he rejects this king, he should send someone to pass a message to this king. If you don't care, who is this king?"
Wang Qinruo sighed and said, "Master, please control your anger."
Zhao Yuanyan clenched his fists and snorted heavily, suppressing his anger, and said in a deep voice, "What should I do now?"
Wang Qinruo thought for a while and asked: "The craftsmen in the mansion have not worked out a way to make new money?"
Zhao Yuanyan sat on the chair with a sullen face, gritted his teeth and said, "I hope they can work out a new method for casting new money. This king might as well expect Kou Ji to bow down to this king."
Obviously, Zhao Yuanyan instructed the craftsman in the mansion to study the method of casting the copper coins used in Yizijiaozipu.
It's a pity that the craftsmen in his house still haven't figured out the method of casting the copper coins used in Yizijiaozipu.
Otherwise, Zhao Yuanyan would not say that.
Wang Qinruo pondered: "Then you can only start from Kou Ji."
Zhao Yuanyan said ruthlessly: "You have also seen that the kid Kou Ji doesn't pay attention to this king at all. This king can't send someone to tie him up and tortured him for a confession, right?"
Wang Qinruo thought for a while, and suggested: "Send Su Chan'er again and let Su Chan'er lower his posture as much as possible."
Zhao Yuanyan said viciously, "Sooner or later, this king will cut him off."
When Wang Qinruo heard this, he wanted to speak, but he did not speak.
Zhao Yuanyan sent someone to the Wanhualou to pass the letter, so that Su Chan'er went to the Kou Mansion.
After hearing the letter, Su Chan'er hesitated for a long time in the Wanhua Lou, and finally had to obey Zhao Yuanyan's order, and went to Kou's Mansion in a gorgeous dress.
When I arrived at the entrance of Kou's Mansion, I asked the door to make a call and waited at the entrance of Kou's Mansion.
After a long time.
Kou Zhong appeared at the door and said lightly to Su Chan'er: "My little master said, he has gone out. My little master also said that the house does not entertain those cats and dogs."
When Su Chan'er heard this, Qi Qiao was angry with smoke.
She didn't know if Kou Ji was in the house.
But Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to pass such words to her, making it clear that he was mad at her.
However, she still couldn't have an attack. She could only hold back the anger in her heart, lowered her posture, and said, "I'm sorry, you just said that the little girl came to Kou Mansion this time to apologize to Lord Kou.
Earlier, the little girl visited Young Master Kou, but she didn't hesitate to say anything and said some jerk things.
Now I came here to apologize to Mr. Kou. "
Kou Zhong looked at Su Chan'er, smiled faintly, and said: "Wait here, I will go in and spread the message."
Kou Zhong has seen many people like Su Chan'er and others.
Kou Zhong could also guess what thought Su Chan'er put in a low profile.
It's just that Kou Ji obviously didn't want to see her, and Kou Zhong naturally couldn't help him spread the word.
Kou Zhong returned to the mansion and went straight into a side room.
In the room sat a man dressed in Tsing Yi, dressed in a Song costume, but when he was eating and talking, he revealed the identity of the Qingtang people everywhere.
This person is An Ziluo's long-term follower.
Every time An Ziluo visits Kou Ji in Kou Mansion, this person will always follow.
Kou Ji entertains An Ziluo, and Kou Zhong entertains this person.
Kou Ji got the news from An Ziluo, and Kou Zhong got the news from the population.
After three talks, Kou Zhong has already shed a lot of useful information from this population.
Although this person talked with Kou Zhong and mentioned Qingtang's affairs, he always covered up, but Kou Zhong was able to analyze some useful things from the words and phrases he revealed. .
After Kou Zhong returned to the room, he poured wine for this person, and the two continued to talk.
He didn't care at all about Su Chan'er outside the house.
The two chatted for a long time.
When Anziluo sent someone to call this person, this person left.
After this person left, Kou Zhong went to the Sijun Garden where Kou Ji was located.
After seeing Kou Ji, after Shili.
Kou Ji smiled and asked: "How much useful news did you inquire?"
Kou Zhong respectfully stood in front of Kou Ji, and laughed in a low voice: "There is certainly not as much you inquired about as the young master."
Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to sit down, but Kou Zhong insisted not to sit down.
Kou Ji didn't force it, and said with a smile: "After Qingtang Zanpu Jiao Lao killed Wen Buqi, he gathered the Tubo tribes near Qingtang, and some weak Tubo tribes were also attached to his account.
Today, the people under his account are as large as a million, and so are the horses. "
Kou Zhong smiled and said: "The same is true for the news that the old servant inquired. The old servant not only inquired about the news of Qingtang, but also took the opportunity to inquire about the news about the Ganzhou Uighurs. Since the Ganzhou Uighurs occupied Xiliang Mansion, the population has broken through. There are as many as four hundred thousand, with one hundred thousand elite soldiers and more than three hundred thousand horses."
Kou Ji lay on the back of the chair and said quietly, "Little Ganzhou Uighur, the number of horses he owns far exceeds that of my Da Song. Is this a joke?"
Kou Zhong laughed in a low voice: "A former court minister said that I am not good at raising horses in Song."
"Shit!"
Kou Ji cursed disdainfully and said: "If I Song people are really not good at raising horses, then what are the horses I raised in Baozhou? The tribes of the Khitan tribes attached to the Zhe family are attached to the Cao family. What are the vassals of the small Tubo tribes
As far as I know, they can contribute hundreds of good horses to Cao and Zhe every year. "
When the late owner of the Zhe family, Zhe Yuqing, was in the town of Fuzhou, there were more than three hundred Khitan tribes who were put under his tent and became a vassal of the Song Dynasty.
Cao Wei has been in the northwest border for many years, and many small tribes have been put under his account and become the vassal of the Song Dynasty.
After Emperor Zhao Guangyi got tens of thousands of horses from the Liao State, he was handed over to these people to raise them.
Only after the first emperor Zhao Heng took the throne, he took back the horses of the court from these people and distributed them to the prisons.
Seeing Kou Ji's scolding, Kou Zhong smiled and said, "The old servant naturally knows that someone in Song Dynasty can raise horses. That's why the old servant said that it was an important courtier who said it."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and didn't want to discuss this issue anymore. He asked: "I heard from An Ziluo that the people in Qingtang are most in need of cloth, iron, salt..."
Kou Zhong smiled and said: "The same is true for the Uighurs in Ganzhou... If we want to get horses from the Qingtang people and Uighurs, we have to trade cloth, iron and salt for them."
After a pause, Kou Zhong stared at Kou Ji and smiled, "Speaking of which, young master, you are building a textile workshop outside the city. Have you long planned to exchange cloth for horses from Qingtang people and Uighur people?"
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "When I was thinking about helping the refugees to make a living, I had such a little idea."
Kou Zhong smiled brightly and said, "Your calculations are really long-term."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "It's just a small calculation, you can't get on the stage. After Zhang Yuan returns to the house, you and Zhang Yuan go out and contact the Qingtang people and the Uighur people to see how many pieces of cloth and salt can be exchanged for a good horse. horse."
Hearing this, Kou Zhong hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, Salt and Iron is in charge of the Salt and Iron Division of the Sansi. You have a bad relationship with Li Zi, the Sansi envoy. He will let you touch salt?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Why don't you let me touch it? The salt and iron are in charge of the third division, but those noblemen sell salt and iron behind the scenes, and he doesn't care about it. Why should I care about me?"
Kou Zhong smiled bitterly: "Little Master, you can't say that."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Relax and rest assured... Since I dare to trade salt with Qingtang people and Uighurs, I have my own calculations. The Ministry of Industry I am in charge of has just obtained the power of farming fields. Would you like to say that Yantian is a field? ?"
Kou Zhong looked stunned.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "If Li Zi dares to embarrass me on the issue of salt, I can use the power of farming to embarrass him."
Kou Zhong couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words.
He arched his hands and prepared to leave. After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "Little Master, that woman from Wanhualou is still waiting outside the house. Would you like to meet?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "She is not at ease, so she can't see her."
Kou Zhong nodded and withdrew from Sijun Garden.
After Kou Zhong left, Kou Ji got up, changed into less conspicuous clothes, and left the house through the back door.
He hasn't been outside the city for a long time, and he doesn't know how the wrought iron workshop outside the city has been built. Building a wrought iron workshop saves much time than building a textile workshop.
Kou Ji left Kou Mansion, and just a few steps away, he put a person into his arms.
Without waiting for Kou Ji to take a closer look, he listened to the wailing of the person in his arms, "Fourth brother, help me..."
Kou Ji looked down and looked at the person in his arms carefully, and said in a little astonishment: "Liu Heng, why did you become like this?"
Liu Heng lifted his head, revealing two panda eyes. There were bruises on the corners of his mouth and face, and a whip mark ran down Liu Heng's forehead to his chin.
Liu Heng saw Kou Ji, as if he had seen a savior, and said, "Fourth brother, save me."
Kou Ji helped Liu Heng stand up straight, frowning and said, "What the hell is going on? You are the court commander, how could you be beaten like this? Are those who beat you not afraid of court punishment
Liu Heng said bitterly, "I'm really not afraid..."
Kou Ji said in amazement, "Could it be your father..."
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng up and down and hesitated: "But he is too ruthless, right?"
Liu Heng shook his head and said, "It's not my father... It's a goddamn crazy girl."
"crazy girl?"
Kou Ji was puzzled.
Liu Heng nodded heavily and said in a mournful voice: "The crazy girl, who is chasing after me, has been chasing me for three days."
Kou Ji wondered: "You are not weak in martial arts, can't it be a crazy girl."
The corners of Liu Heng's mouth twitched a bit, but he didn't speak.
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng suspiciously, and saw something different from Liu Heng's expression.
Just as he was about to ask Liu Heng for a clear question, he heard the sound of horseshoes.
For a while.
A woman in a uniform, carrying a long whip in her hand, rushed into the alley across the horse.
The woman on the horse saw Kou Ji put her hands on Liu Heng's arm, she suddenly snorted and flicked her long whip at Kou Ji.
"Snapped!"
"Let go of my man!"
Kou Ji hurriedly pushed Liu Heng away, and the two avoided the whips.
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and the woman immediately.
"the man?"
Kou Ji questioned Liu Heng uncertainly.
Liu Heng pulled up his sleeves and covered his face, ashamed of seeing people.
The woman on the horse rode up to the two of them and raised their whip to teach Kou Ji. After seeing Kou Ji's face, she unexpectedly said: "Are you that lame?"
Kou Ji's face turned dark, he stared at the woman on the horseback and looked up, and said in deep thought, "Are you An Ziluo's sister?"
It's been two years since Kou Ji saw her last time, and the girl at the time also has some slim feelings.
Kou Ji almost didn't recognize her.
The woman sat on horseback and said proudly: "Yes..."