On the official road east of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, a team of several hundred people was moving quickly, and the leader of the team was Zhang Guangsheng, who went to Hexi to negotiate, although he did not want to take on this task, but Zhu Jun forced him to accept it.

Just when he walked to Yongxian, the envoy sent by Zhu Zhu caught up with him on a fast horse, and added an item to the negotiation clause, requiring the Hexi army to retreat from Xiaoguan, and Zhang Guangsheng knew that Xiaoguan was captured by the Hexi army.

Zhang Guangsheng had to sigh at Guo Song's means, seize a place, and at the same time leave a chance for the next move, seize Xiaoguan, Yuan, Qing, Yan, Sui Prefecture will undoubtedly be at your fingertips, but Guo Song is just leading but not provoking, really let Zhu Zhu's head big, send heavy troops to guard, the containment is too big, not to send a heavy army, it is equivalent to giving up.

Zhang Guangsheng has realized that in fact, Guo Song is the biggest threat to Zhu Zhu, in contrast, those feudal towns in Hebei and the Central Plains are nothing, not to mention the Southern Tang Dynasty in Bashu, if they were not in danger of mountains and rivers, the Northern Tang army would have been killed a long time ago, according to the current development of the situation, within five years, Zhu Zhu's army will definitely unify the world, that is without considering the premise of the Hexi army.

If the Hexi Army is considered, the situation in the world will have to be reassessed.

Zhang Guangsheng thought of himself again, should he consider leaving a back road?

The group finally arrived at the Yellow River, the group was hungry and thirsty, Zhang Guangsheng saw that there was a food shed not far away, so he ordered his men to buy some food and drink and left, but his subordinates came back and said: "General, they don't charge new money and small money, only Hexi money or gold and silver money." ”

"How can it be!"

Zhang Guangsheng was annoyed, urged the horse to the front of the food shed, and asked the shopkeeper: "The new money is common in Chang'an, why can't it be used here?" ”

Seeing his majestic momentum, the shopkeeper didn't dare to refuse viciously, so he had to laugh and say: "This master doesn't know, the new money has been banned from circulating in Hexi since the whole year, and the merchants don't recognize it. ”

"And what money do you use?"

"We recognize Hexi money, gold and silver money, and old money, and the lord can also pay gold and silver."

Hexi Qian Zhang Guangsheng has seen it, it is indeed very good, the copper content is very high, but he has not seen gold and silver money, so he asked: "What does gold and silver money look like, you show it to me." ”

"This ......"

The shopkeeper hesitated, but still took out two coins from his arms and handed them to him, Zhang Guangsheng looked at the money and silver in his hand, and he blurted out, "Sogdian money!" ”

"Sir, this is not Sogdian money."

Zhang Guangsheng has seen it clearly, it is very similar to Sogdian gold and silver coins, but it is really not, it is a Kaiyuan Tongbao minted with gold and silver, but there are three characters at the bottom of the Hexi coinage, which is not the same as the batch of money minted during the Tianbao period.

He checked it, and it weighed about a penny, "How much can this be exchanged?" Zhang Guangsheng asked again.

"Money is consistent money, and silver money is Baiwen money." The shopkeeper said respectfully.

"Is there a lot of this kind of gold and silver money in Hexi?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "It was just launched today, it is very popular, and the amount is not much." ”

Zhang Guangsheng took out a silver ingot weighing fifty taels and handed it to him, "This can be used!" ”

"Of course you can be silver!"

"We want to eat food and herbal tea, and then these two gold and silver coins will also be exchanged for me, I will keep a souvenir, how much you eat, you can settle the account yourself."

"The villain understands, please take a seat!"

Zhang Guangsheng waved his hand, and his entourage sat down in the tea shed one after another, and the men carried a large pot of herbal tea to pour tea for them.

"Shopkeeper, come and sit down!" Zhang Guangsheng beckoned and smiled.

The shopkeeper stepped forward and smiled bitterly and said, "Are you from Chang'an?" I'm a little person, and I don't know any top-secret information, so it's useless to ask me! ”

"Let's just talk casually and say some public interesting things that won't embarrass you."

The shopkeeper looked at taking care of the business, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "What does the master want to ask?" ”

"I heard that more than 600,000 displaced people came to Hexi last year?"

"It was the winter of the year before last, and it hadn't snowed yet, and hundreds of thousands of displaced people poured in from Huizhou, and we also had a little on our side, but the number was very small, and this matter had long been over."

"What about the displaced people now?"

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhang Guangsheng and said very seriously: "They are no longer homeless people, they are residents of Longyou, last year's Hehuang wheat harvest was abundant, and every family was rich in food and clothing, I did business here, I didn't see a person who wanted to go back to his hometown, and they all settled in Longyou with peace of mind. ”

Zhang Guangsheng nodded, although Liu Sigu is powerful, but the pattern is still too small, but his poisonous plan was turned into an opportunity by Guo Song, and the population increased by more than 600,000 people, so Liu Sigu can only be said to be insidious and vicious, and he is still weak in strategy, but Zhu Jun trusts him so much.

At this time, a soldier came running and said, "General, someone is looking for you!" ”

As soon as Zhang Guangsheng turned around, he saw an official walking not far away, in his thirties, bowing and saluting, "Your Excellency is General Zhang?" ”

Zhang Guangsheng felt that he was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, so he nodded, "I'm Zhang Guangsheng, you are ......."

"In Xia Liu Ying, the county order of Jincheng County."

This name reminded Zhang Guangsheng, "Are you the county magistrate of Yuncheng County, leading a group of displaced people to escape to Guanzhong, is that you?" ”

Liu Ying nodded, "It was under Xia that Meng Guo made the monarch important and appointed me as the county magistrate of Jincheng County." ”

"You are a virtuous person, you can be reactivated, it can be seen that Guo Lingjun knows how to make good use of people, and congratulations."

"Thank you, General, I'm here to tell the General, there's news from Zhangye, Guo Yuanjun is on his way to Lanzhou, please wait for a while in Jincheng County."

Zhang Guangsheng understood, Guo Song did not plan to let himself go to Zhangye, and met directly in Jincheng County, of course, this arrangement is the best, to avoid the embarrassment of going to Liangzhou, as the former governor of Liangzhou, Zhang Guangsheng really doesn't know how to face the father of Liangzhou?

"I see, how do we cross the river?"

"We arranged a big boat and sent the general and his men across the river in batches!"

..........

Zhang Guangsheng stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the other side of the Yellow River, and he had not returned for many years, which made him feel that things were wrong with people, everything was so familiar, but it was so strange.

At this time, Zhang Guangsheng suddenly saw that the bank of the Yellow River seemed to be building a ship, there was a half-built boat, and many people were busy next to him, Zhang Guangsheng was stunned.

"Liu County Order, is that building a ship?" Zhang Guangsheng asked, pointing to the opposite side.

Liu Ying smiled and said: "In the construction of ferries, rafts can transport goods, but it is still too dangerous to cross the Yellow River, so we decided to build five or six ferries, and the boat under our feet is a new ship." ”

Zhang Guangsheng suddenly said, "I see, but ..... Is there a shipbuilder in Hexi? He asked again with a moment's hesitation.

Liu Ying smiled slightly and said: "There is no one in Hexi, but there are homeless people, and there are many of them, and the boatwrights from a county in Yongqiu County, Bianzhou are here." ”

Zhang Guangsheng was shocked that the thousands of boatwrights who built dragon boats in the Sui Dynasty were finally settled in Yongqiu, where several villagers have been famous for shipbuilding for generations, and there are at least a few thousand shipwrights.

"Are there thousands?"

"Huh! A few thousand people is too exaggerated, there are indeed quite a few people, but we can't use that many for the time being. Liu Ying was vague, how many shipwrights were important information, and he would not say anything.

The boat slowly docked, Zhang Guangsheng went ashore, Liu Yingyi waved his hand and said: "I will arrange the entourage behind, general, please!" ”

Zhang Guangsheng nodded, and walked towards the county with several negotiation envoys........

Two days later, Guo Song came to Jincheng County with several high-ranking officials in Hexi, of course Guo Song knew the significance of this negotiation, both sides had needs, Guo Song needed time, Zhu Zhu also needed time, but it was not easy to reach an agreement, it depended on how the two sides made concessions and compromises.

In the morning, Zhang Guangsheng came to the county order, and Guo Song had been waiting for him at the gate of the county government for a long time.

"I'm really sorry to keep Guo Yuanjun waiting."

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Welcome General Zhang to Lanzhou!" ”

Guo Song also introduced to him one by one the two subordinates who participated in the negotiations, Changshi Pan Liao and Zhang Qiu'an, who joined the army.

Zhang Guangsheng was secretly frightened, one of the two was in charge of government affairs and the other was in charge of military affairs, it seems that Guo Song still attaches great importance to this negotiation.

Guo Song smiled again: "General Zhang, let's go in and talk about it in detail!" ”

"Guo Envoy Jun, please!"

The two humbly walked into the county office.