After Zhang Jian got on the highway he was doing, he realized that what the little colonel said was right, and the speed was indeed much faster, and it was very stable, even the speed of the ox cart on it was much faster than usual.

But what shocked Zhang Jian the most was that a cement road stretched from a distance to Wende County, as if it had appeared on the earth, distant and boundless.

How big of a project is this? When did the Great Song Dynasty start construction, and how long did it take for such a road to extend to where? These questions all made Zhang Jian put a big question mark in his heart.

After Wende, the speed is obviously faster, and it is closer to the Khan Prefecture where the Great Song Emperor is located, and the name here comes from the name of the Tian Khan of Tang Taizong, when Liao Taizu came here to name it the Khan State, in order to hope that the Great Liao would be as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor of the Great Liao would become the Tian Khan admired by everyone.

But now, the Khan Prefecture was fought by the Song people, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty became the Heavenly Khan, and Zhang Jian was even a little uncomfortable under the reversal of the two sides. Why did Da Liao weaken so quickly? When did the Great Liao begin to decline? When did the Great Song Dynasty rise?

In the final analysis, the answers to all questions point to the Great Song Emperor Zhao Zhen, Zhang Jian sat on the ox cart and sighed, although he didn't want to admit it, but he still had to say that the Great Song Emperor Zhao Zhen was a rare Ming monarch, and he was also a veritable master of Zhongxing in the Great Song Dynasty.

Expedition to the west, south to destroy Dali, these two exploits alone are enough to make him shine in the history books, now there is the Northern Expedition to Daliao, to recover Yanyun's hometown, if he can meet such a Ming Jun how good it would be, the only one who can compare with him is his own emperor Yelu Zongzhen, but he still died under his sword, which can be regarded as both Shengyu and He Shengliang.

The Great Song Dynasty was governed by Zhao Zhen in an orderly manner, the rule of officials, the development of learning, and the rise of Gewu, all of which were ahead of the Liao Dynasty and Western Xia.

Nowadays, the prosperity of commerce in the Great Song Dynasty is unmatched by any country, and I heard that the shipping of the Great Song Dynasty has been able to buy goods to distant Dashi and even farther places, and the spices brought back from there are even more innumerable, all of which are consigned by sea ships.

Originally, the Japanese people supported by the Great Liao have become vassals of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are tens of thousands of tons of silver transported to the Great Song Dynasty every year.

Zhang Jian, who is familiar with political affairs, knows what these official Jiaozi mean, without huge gold and silver reserves, these official Jiaozi are a piece of waste paper, and the Great Song Dynasty dares to print official Jiaozi with such confidence, it must be full of treasury and rich taxes.

In contrast, the treasury of Da Liao is only enough for the royal family, Yan Yun has emptied the treasury that there is not much in the first battle, and there are many soldiers' salaries are on credit, and there is not a copper plate sent down, which is also a huge hidden danger, Zhang Jian has asked his henchmen to carry their secret letter to the capital, as long as the imperial concubine sees the secret letter and gives up the money, the matter will be half the success, and then it will depend on herself!

Zhang Jian believes that with his sharp mouth and three-inch tongue, he will definitely be able to move the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty!

But when the group arrived in Fengshengzhou, they were told that the emperor's imperial car was no longer here, but went to the center of Yanyun, Xijin Mansion! Zhang Jian was really anxious at this time, and along the way, he gave up the ox cart and the banner that summoned the soul of Yelu Zongzhen, stepped on the military horse borrowed from the Great Song Dynasty, and "humiliated" wrote his name on the horse borrowing contract.

Zhang Jian really didn't understand, why he was a dignified Liao Dynasty Prime Minister Zuo borrowed a horse in the Great Song Dynasty and wrote a contract? Could it be that Da Song is stingy to such a point?!

The knights who accompanied the escort were all known to him, this is because of his identity as a Liao person, in the eyes of officials, he Zhang Jian was first a Liao person, and then the left prime minister of the Liao Dynasty, and there was no privilege that could be exceptional, as long as the Liao people must be cautious, the horses bought by the Liao people back then were geldings, and now the Great Song Dynasty has good horses, and naturally will never give them to the Liao people.

Zhang Jian sighed slightly, this is also reasonable, so it is convenient to worry about the little official, and it is the most important thing to rush to Xijin Mansion day and night, after all, Khan Prefecture is not close to Xijin Mansion, along the way you have to pass through Shimen Pass, Juyong Pass and Changping, cross the Wenhan River and cross Xiangshan to finally arrive at Xijin Mansion.

Not to mention that it takes so long on the road, the layers of passes make Zhang Jian uncomfortable, and every time he passes, he sees that the Great Song Dynasty guards these passes are impregnable, which is not comparable to the Great Liao guards, if the Great Liao had such strength at the beginning, the Song people would not be so easy to get here.

After passing the Juyong Pass, the knight guarding Zhang Jian suddenly asked him to take a carriage to Xijin Mansion, which made Zhang Jian very dissatisfied: "It has been delayed for a long time, if you change the carriage and still don't know when you will be able to meet the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, the time for Di Shuai to promise the old man is almost up!" ”

The leading junior colonel said with a smile: "Prime Minister Zuo has misunderstood what we mean, with the carriage and the road, you can travel day and night, twelve hours in a row, will never delay the time, but will arrive one step earlier, if you don't believe it, how about I personally give you a car?" ”

Zhang Jian's old face turned red and bowed slightly: "The old man is rude, and he still looks at General Haihan." ”

This made the originally unhappy cavalry dare not even speak, the literati are like this, usually hold the shelf high, once they make a mistake, they put the shelf down, which makes people embarrassed......

The speed of the carriage is not as fast as that of a horse, but it is another matter if the level and energy of a knight are limited, there are four people in the carriage, Zhang Jian and the scholar plus two coachmen, and the coachmen take turns day and night, and the carriage does not have to stop.

The carriage was speeding on the highway without much bumps, which made Zhang Jian very surprised, and after thinking about it for a while, he realized that the iron bars under the carriage were used to absorb shocks, and he couldn't help muttering: "Has the Gewu of the Great Song Dynasty become so widespread?" ”

The driver in the carriage said with a smile: "It's funny, this is what kind of thing, the real thing is a big means to benefit the world, and the official family attaches great importance to it!" As he spoke, the coachman gestured a big circle with his hand, as if the whole Song Dynasty was in it.

Zhang Jian asked again: "Then when will you arrive at Xijin Mansion at such a speed?" ”

"If you want to calculate it like this, it won't be long before dawn, I'm afraid it will be there before dawn, but can you enter the city or two, the official can bring a night travel certificate?"

Zhang Jian stuck his head out of the window and asked the little schooler, "Do you have a night travel certificate?" ”

The little colonel nodded and said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Zuo, Di Shuai has already issued it, and with the Shuai Seal, the gatekeeper of Xijin Mansion will naturally let you in." ”

Zhang Jian finally put his mind at ease, leaned on the slightly bumpy carriage and fell asleep, the rush in the past few days has exhausted him, and Zhang Jian, whose physical fitness is not good, naturally can't withstand the bumpy hypnosis.