"I'm waiting for you to return in triumph!"
Kou Ji solemnly clasped his fists to the three of Lu Yijian.
"If it's not victorious, I'll be shrouded in horse leather!"
Yang Wenguang said with a serious face.
Li Zhaoliang and Lu Yijian froze for a moment, and nodded together.
This battle was a crucial battle for Da Song.
If it wins, Song Dynasty will leap into a new hegemony; if it loses, Song Dynasty is likely to be beaten back to its original state overnight.
Kou Ji accompanied the three of them after a simple meal, then sent the three of them north.
When leaving, Kou Ji entrusted Kou Zhun to his students and entrusted to Lu Yijian.
Lu Yijian saw that it was a student Kou Zhun admired, so he did not refuse, and took them to the north.
After sending away Lu Yijian and his party.
Kou Ji took the rest of the people back to the city of Bianjing and rushed all the way to Duting Station.
Today is a special day, so Duting Station is very beautifully decorated, and Duting Station is guarded both inside and outside.
Kou Ji led people to the Duting Station, showed his badge, and the guards of the Forbidden Army let him in.
After entering the Duting Station, I saw that the officials of Honghu Temple had all fallen.
The officials of Hongshe Temple saw Kou Ji and hurriedly stepped forward to give salutes.
Kou Ji returned the gifts one by one.
Then, accompanied by officials from Honghe Temple, Kou Ji checked the things he needed for a while.
After confirming that there are no omissions.
Kou Ji led the officials of Honghe Temple and sat in the Duting Post, waiting for the arrival of various envoys.
The alliance of all states, such a major event, naturally the envoys dare not be late.
When the time for the officials of the Hongyou Temple to send a message to the envoys of the envoys came, the envoys of the envoys all arrived at Duting Station.
Then there was a greeting.
Then, the original covenant, which was several feet long, was rolled out and signed and sealed.
The talk is over long ago.
Today is a formal cutscene, so there are not too many complicated things and accidents.
You can sign and seal the original covenant one by one.
There is more than one copy of the original covenant, but many copies.
There are as many original covenants as there are alliances between states.
Except for the original copy of the covenant belonging to the overlord of the Song Dynasty, you need to send envoys to rush to the tribes to stamp the seal of the state after the event, and the other ones are stamped with the seal of the foreign envoy.
After the event, it will be distributed to the states.
Signed and stamped and lasted all morning.
It was not until noon that all the signatures and seals were completed.
After Kou Ji signed and sealed the covenant, he took all the covenants and led all the envoys into the palace to a banquet.
Said it was going to a banquet, but in fact it was also going to talk about business.
The two parties mentioned in the covenant to dismiss swordsmen and open up mutual markets require detailed discussions.
Kou Ji led people into the palace, and Zhao Zhen had already led the civil and military officials, waiting in Yanfu Palace.
After everyone was seated, the civil and military officials began to pull the various envoys, began to talk about the border suspension of troops, and the opening of mutual markets.
You must get the wool as early as possible.
If you can help Da Song in the bilateral trade and strive for greater benefits, you must be as early as possible.
If the bilateral trade is opened as soon as possible, the Song Dynasty will be able to make profits as soon as possible.
Kou Ji is responsible for discussing bilateral trade issues with Qingtang and Yuanshan.
There is nothing to talk about in Yuanshan, what Kou Ji said and what they did.
The main thing Kou Ji needs to conquer is Qingtang.
In order to facilitate Kou Ji to conquer Qingtang, Zhao Zhen specially ordered the people to place Kou Ji's seat next to An Ziluo.
However, after Kou Ji spoke to An Ziluo, he was not talking about bilateral trade, but about military affairs.
"Brother An, have you ever seen a heavy armored rider..."
Kou Ji asked.
An Ziluo is very concerned about the word'heavy armored rider', so when Kou Ji mentioned the heavy armored rider, he stared at Kou Ji earnestly and said, "Which heavy armored rider Kou Xian is talking about?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "A heavy armored rider that can't speak..."
"Slave ride?!"
An Ziluo's expression was a little heavy questioning.
Mamluk is also translated as slave.
An Ziluo's slave riding refers to Mamluk.
Kou Ji pretended to be surprised and said: "Brother An knows?"
An Ziluo gave a wry smile and said: "I Qingtang borders the Karahan Dynasty, and I naturally know the elite iron horses under the Karahan Dynasty."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Listening to Brother An's meaning, seems to have encountered it?"
An Ziluo nodded and said: "There was once a 100-person slave rider appeared on the edge of my Qingtang. I sent more than a thousand warriors to pursue it. They were beheaded on the road, with no survivors."
Kou Jillo was surprised and said: "So powerful?"
An Ziluo said very seriously: "Yes, very powerful. Even the newly-built heavy armor of the Yuanshan Department and the Tiger Army of the Great Song Dynasty will be defeated by the same number of slave riders."
Kou Ji groaned: "I can hear the people of Yuanshan tribe say that Yuanshan tribe has wiped out a slave ride."
An Ziluo sighed and said: "I also know about this... Yuanshan Department has wiped out a slave ride, but it has also paid a painful price."
Kou Ji pretended to be deep and said: "They are so powerful, will they become a threat to me and Qingtang?"
An Ziluo frowned.
People of the Karakhan dynasty have no end to their greed for territory.
Da Song is okay, I haven't encountered them so far.
Because there are Qingtang and Xichuan Uighurs in the middle.
But Qingtang is different. Qingtang is next to the Karahan dynasty.
The attention of the Karahan dynasty is now on the Xichuan Uighur, and there is no spare time to deal with Qingtang.
But once the Xichuan Uyghur was defeated, or the Karahan dynasty could not eat the hard bones of the Xichuan Uyghur, it was very likely that the war would spread to Qingtang.
The Karakhan dynasty is a powerful dynasty.
How powerful is it.
Strong enough to raise a million troops.
Among the nations around Qingtang, only the Karahan Dynasty and Song Dynasty, as well as the Liao Kingdom, have the strength and are qualified to build millions of troops.
Fortunately, Da Song has never raised a million soldiers and launched a war.
Because the Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers, the necessary supplies behind it was a huge number.
It is very likely to drag down the finances of the entire Song Dynasty.
The Karakhan dynasty was different. It was a state built on horseback, and it had been seeking life on horseback.
It is their way of fighting to eat the enemy.
So they don't need to bring too much luggage, they dare to build millions of troops.
If the soldiers and horses of the Karahan Dynasty invade Qingtang, Qingtang will be plunged into an endless war.
An Ziluo was confident that the current Qingtang could hold up under the attack of the Karahan dynasty, but he did not dare to assert how long it lasted.
Kou Ji saw that An Ziluo frowned and fell into deep thought, and guessed that An Ziluo was worried.
Kou Ji opened the mouth and said: "I heard that Yuanshan of Yuanshan Department, after seeing the tyrannical slave cavalry, decided to help Xichuan Uighurs and help them deal with the Karahan Dynasty.
I guess Yuanshan meant to tie the footsteps of the Karahan dynasty to the Xichuan Uighurs so that they could not attack Yuanshan.
Take this to ask the Karahan dynasty to threaten the Yuanshan tribe. "
An Ziluo slowly turned around, slightly surprised and said, "Yuanshan will send troops to help Xichuan Uyghur?"
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Yuanshan seems to have this meaning."
An Ziluo groaned: "It is a good idea to tie the Karahan dynasty's footsteps to the Xichuan Uyghur. However, the Karahan dynasty is so powerful that it will help the Xichuan Uyghur to deal with the Karahan dynasty. I am afraid that it will damage many soldiers. life."
Kou Ji firmly said: "I have dealt with Yuanshan and know that Yuanshan is not a person who likes to lose money. Since he dares to do this, he will definitely not lose money.
You know, when I entered the Western Regions, no one is sure whether I can stand firm in the Western Regions, and no one is optimistic about whether I can make a difference in the Western Regions.
But Yuanshan approached me decisively and said that he would help Da Song deal with Xixia together.
The final result was that with the help of the Yuanshan Tribe, my Great Song defeated the army of Huangtouhuihe, destroyed Huangtouhuihe, and defeated Xixia, who had been tyrannical in the Western Regions for a while.
My Dasong got Hexi, the Yuanshan Tribe and you Qingtang divided the territory of Huangtouhuihe.
The Yuanshan Tribe can transform from a horse thief living in Danshan City into a hegemon in the Western Regions, relying on Yuanshan.
Yuanshan can turn a city into several states with the hands of my Dasong, and with the hands of the Xichuan Uyghur, Yuanshan can grow stronger. "
The rise of Yuanshanbei is a miracle in the Western Regions.
If a pure tribe suddenly rises in the Western Regions, An Ziluo will not have any surprises.
Because many tribes in the Western Regions have been glorious and have risen.
The tribe members of the tribe are very loyal to the tribe.
As long as the number of people reaches a certain number, they can rise in the Western Regions.
But Wonsanbu is different.
The Yuanshan tribe is a tribe that suddenly emerged from the horse thieves, and the tribe of the tribe has little loyalty to the Yuanshan tribe.
Their rise is entirely a gamble on Grand Canal.
After Kou Ji entered the Western Regions, they bet the treasure on Kou Ji, and then wholeheartedly helped Kou Ji do things.
In the end, Kou Ji made a good return and helped them take half of the territory of Huangtouhuihe.
This shows that Yuanshan's eyesight is very accurate, and he can sniff out who wins and who loses before the war arises.
Then he made a desperate bet in order to reap huge profits.
Yuanshan is not like the lord of a tribe, more like a gambler.
A gambler who has a keen sense of smell and is profit-only.
As Kou Ji said, this type of people will never do unprofitable things.
He sent troops to help the Xichuan Uighurs, which is bound to be profitable.
An Ziluo could not guess the secret benefits for the time being.
But An Ziluo knew the benefits on the surface.
Gold and silver jewelry.
As long as Yuanshan sends troops to Xichuan Uighurs, Xichuan Uighurs will surely give Yuanshan a lot of gold and silver jewels in return.
Gold and silver jewels are actually of little use to the Xichuan Uighur, so the leader of the Xichuan Uighur will certainly not be stingy.
Why
Because currency has been in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, people in the Western Regions still like to barter.
In the eyes of many Westerners, cattle, sheep and horses are their currency.
Trading transactions are usually calculated on the basis of cattle, sheep, and horses.
Money, even if they have it, will not use it.
Therefore, the nobles of the Western Regions often used cattle, horses, and sheep when rewarding the people of the Western Regions. Not gold and silver jewelry.
Even Liao people, who are used to using currency, like to reward cows, sheep, and horses when rewarding them.
It is precisely because of this that a large amount of gold and silver jewelry fell into the hands of the nobles of the Western Regions.
It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji was able to search for so many gold and silver jewelry in the Western Regions.
It can be said that the people of the Western Regions do not pay as much attention to gold and silver jewelry as the people of the Song Dynasty.
They can fight for a cow, a horse, or a sheep, but they will never fight for a silver cake.
Therefore, it is inevitable that Yuanshan sent people to help Xichuan Uighurs and received a large amount of gold and silver jewelry in return.
In the past, the tentacles of the Song Dynasty did not reach the Western Regions, so most of the gold and silver jewelry in the hands of the Western Regions were playthings.
Now that the tentacles of the Great Song Dynasty have reached the Western Regions, the gold and silver jewelry in the hands of the Western Regions are currencies with powerful purchasing power.
Yuanshan and Qingtang are about to start large-scale trade with the Song Dynasty, and currency becomes even more important.
As long as Qingtang has enough gold and silver jewelry, they can buy everything they want from Da Song.
These include muskets and artillery.
As long as Da Song dares to equip the guns and artillery, Qingtang will definitely be able to buy them.
An Ziluo figured out the joints and stared at Kou Ji, "Da Song is going to establish a mutual market where Shazhou and Yuanshan are bordered?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Qingtang and Yuanshan are all subordinates of my Song Dynasty. Naturally, my Song Dynasty cannot favor one another."
An Ziluo sighed slightly, and said, "The money returned by the Yuanshan warriors with their lives will eventually flow to the Song Dynasty."
Kou Jishi smiled and said: "You can't say that. If Yuanshan Department uses money to trade with me, Da Song will naturally have to pay for the equivalent goods.
Although the money came to my Da Song, the goods went to the Yuanshan Department.
Each takes what it needs.
If Yuanshan Department feels unfair, it is absolutely necessary not to buy the goods of my Dasong Dynasty, and can go to those traveling merchants in the Western Regions. "
Kou Ji paused, staring at An Ziluo and said, "But... IMHO, how dark those travels are, you know better than me. A durable earthen jar can cost me less than a dozen cents. You can get a sheep in exchange for the Western Regions.
Such transactions are everywhere in the Western Regions.
Do business with my Dasong, I am sure the price is fair.
Do business with those traveling merchants, you will only be exploited completely. "
Kou Ji curled his lips and stared at An Ziluo who was silent, "Are you willing to be taken advantage of?"
An Ziluo shook his head with a ugly expression.
The people of the Western Regions are obviously the ones who don't like to be taken advantage of, but they have carried the identity of the taker for hundreds of years.
Kou Ji said to An Ziluo: "The business of buying and selling is beneficial to both of us. After the opening of the border market, you will feel the convenience. So now I say it is useless.
Let's continue to talk about the Karahan Dynasty.
I am going to write a letter to Zhu Neng in Hexi, asking him to select a team of thousands of elite soldiers to help the Xichuan Uyghur. "
An Ziluo asked unexpectedly, "Da Song will intervene in the battle between the Karahan Dynasty and the Xichuan Huihu?"