Liu Heng's face instantly turned iron blue.

He stammered, "She's going to ...... To be sent back......"

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and smiled, "Hmm...... To be sent back, not to come. ”

Liu Heng gritted his teeth and said: "How can this be, it is not yet the New Year's Day, and they have not yet met the official family, how can they go back." ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "An Ziluo's sister is just here to play in Bianjing, and she is not an envoy, why can't she go back." ”

"That's not going to work......"

Liu Heng blurted out.

Seeing Kou Ji staring at him with a smile, he hurriedly turned his cheeks sideways to prevent Kou Ji from seeing his face.

Kou Ji smiled: "Do you care about people? ”

Liu Heng said in a panic without looking back: "What...... How can it be...... How could I care about a minx...... It couldn't be ......."

Kou Ji said with a smile: "That's what I said, you Liu Heng is also a figure in Bianjing City now." How can I be worthy of you? ”

When Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, he didn't know what was wrong, so he retorted: "What kind of person am I, in Bianjing City, there are many people who are more powerful than me, and there are countless people who are higher than my officials.

They are not feudal girls, in my Great Song Dynasty, they are envoys, and when they arrive in Qingtang, they are the heroines of a tent.

If I go to Qingtang, I'm afraid I'm not as good as others......"

Liu Heng's voice became smaller and quieter the more he spoke, because he saw Kou Ji's eyes looking at him more and more strangely.

Liu Heng saw that he couldn't hide it, so he could only hang his head and say in a low voice: "Okay...... I admit, I admit that I have a crush on her......"

After saying this, Liu Heng suddenly raised his head again and explained: "But it's just some good feelings, and there is nothing else superfluous. ”

Kou Ji shook his head with a smile.

As early as a few days ago, when Liu Heng came to look for him, he saw that Liu Heng was interested in An Ziluo's sister.

If not, can Liu Heng still let An Ziluo's sister sprinkle on him?

If you were a bystander, I am afraid that Liu Heng would have been waiting for you in the dungeon of the Imperial City Division and the eighteen torture instruments.

It's just that Liu Heng himself covered it up in front of him, and Kou Ji was not easy to debunk.

Just wait for Liu Heng himself to can't help but show it.

In the letter he sent to An Ziluo before, he did not ask An Ziluo to restrain his sister.

Just told An Ziluo that there are many rules for entering the palace to see him, and An Ziluo entered the palace as an envoy of Qingtang for the first time, and some etiquette needs to be learned.

He will send someone over to help An Ziluo, so that An Ziluo and the others can learn the etiquette of entering the palace to meet the court, so as to avoid making jokes and making people underestimate Qingtang.

An Ziluo is very concerned about this.

Qingtang has just been pacified, and it urgently needs the recognition of the suzerainty of the Great Song Dynasty.

As long as the Great Song Dynasty recognized Qingtang's current territory and status, Qingtang Zanpu Jiaoluo would be able to further obtain the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty, and would be able to use this to carry out more in-depth trade with the Great Song Dynasty.

With the abundant material and financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty, Qingtang will develop better.

So any question about Qingtang's reputation, An Ziluo cares.

It is precisely because of this that when Kou Ji sent Mama to teach the etiquette of the Qingtang people, An Ziluo restrained everyone and stayed in the post station to learn etiquette.

Kou Ji took this opportunity to indirectly achieve the purpose of restraining An Ziluo's sister.

In order to force out the truth in Liu Heng's heart.

Kou Ji saw that Liu Heng still had the meaning to explain, so he smiled and said, "Okay, there is no need to explain...... I know what you're thinking. ”

Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji stunned, and asked suspiciously, "Do you really understand?" ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled, "I'm from here." ”

Liu Heng let out a sigh of relief, nodded slowly, and said, "That's ......."

Kou Ji smiled and said, "You like her......"

Liu Heng widened his eyes and exclaimed, "What do you like...... Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense, I just have a good impression of her, not like it. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "There are thousands of ladies in Bianjing City, and I haven't seen you have a good impression of anyone." There are countless women in the Great Song Dynasty, and I haven't seen you have a good impression of anyone. is the only one who has a good impression of a Qingtang woman, you say, is this fate? ”

Liu Heng nodded stiffly.

Kou Ji continued: "In the past two years, there have been many women who have frequently shown favor to you, and there are many beautiful women, but you ignore others. On the contrary, it is An Ziluo's sister, who shouts and kills you, but you are thinking about others.

You say, is this like? ”

Liu Heng's heart fluttered, and he said slightly clumsily: "It's really ...... Like? ”

"Your intentions are so obvious, can you still be fake?"

Kou Ji said calmly.

Two clusters of blush appeared on Liu Heng's cheeks.

The more he thought about Kou Ji's words, the more he felt reasonable.

"Then I'll go find her......"

Liu Heng's face was slightly red, and he said seriously.

He was a little shy, but he didn't show any posture of a little daughter.

Kou Ji waved his hand and smiled: "Go ahead......"

Liu Heng nodded, raised his head and left the Kou Mansion.

Kou Ji stared at his back and smiled knowingly.

Liu Heng can find someone he likes, and Kou Ji is happy for him in his heart.

Kou Ji hopes that Liu Heng and An Ziluo's sister will blossom and bear fruit.

After Liu Heng left, Kou Ji didn't go out, and accompanied Xiang Yan in Sijun Garden to check the account books of Kou Mansion and take stock of Kou Mansion's harvest for a year.

The Kou Mansion family has a big business, and Kou Zhun ignores the affairs of the Kou Mansion, so Kou Ji has to work with Xiang Yan to take care of some businesses and properties in the Koufu.

At the end of the year, it is necessary to calculate the income and expenditure of the business and land of each store.

The ability of the major stewards in the government also has to be reviewed.

The capable go up, and the mediocre go down.

The reward that deserves the reward, the punishment that deserves the punishment.

Only in this way can the family business of Kou continue to prosper.

In fact, most of the family business in Kou Mansion is now taken care of by Xiang Yan, and Kou Ji will help Xiang Yan at most.

Of course, the reason why Kou Ji stayed in the house and didn't go out was not because he salted fish.

It's because he's waiting for Zhang Yuan's news.

Only two days passed.

Zhang Yuan found Kou again.

In the study.

Zhang Yuan said excitedly: "Little master, the villain has negotiated with the envoys of those vassals. According to the trading method they proposed, the number of horses we traded in the first batch was more than 10,000, of which 1,500 were good horses and 2,500 were good horses. ”

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but be excited, among the 10,000 horses, there were 4,000 horses that could be used as war horses, all of which were excellent war horses.

Kou Ji can use this to turn 4,000 foot soldiers into 4,000 light cavalry, and he can also use this to turn 2,000 foot soldiers into elite cavalry.

Although the quality of the remaining 6,000 horses is average, after they are sold to the Great Song Dynasty, they can be sold to the people, and they can also make a profit.

Although the Qingtang and Uighurs raised the price of good horses, the price of horses of average quality did not increase, not only did not increase, but also decreased somewhat.

probably thinks that when encountering a big man like Zhang Yuan, who buys wool and cotton at a high price, he can't be miserable at one time, and he must keep it slowly.

Zhang Yuan originally thought that Kou Ji would be happy to hear the news, but he didn't expect that instead of showing a happy look, Kou Ji frowned.

Zhang Yuan's face stiffened with excitement, and he asked cautiously, "Little Master, are you not satisfied?" ”

Kou Ji wrinkled his brows and said, "It's still too little......"

Zhang Yuan was stunned and said, "It's still less?" ”

Kou Ji looked at Zhang Yuan and said: "From Qingtang, Ganzhou and other places, to transport horses to Baozhou, you can't pass through Dongping Road and Xiping Road. Therefore, if the horses are to be transported to Baozhou, they have to take a detour.

If you take a detour to transport horses, it can take months to come and go.

Delivered three times a year, it was held to death.

Four thousand good horses are transported at one time, and twelve thousand horses are transported three times a year.

That's 36,000 horses in three years.

Thirty-six thousand, too few ......"

Zhang Yuan stared at Kou Ji stunned.

In his cognition, 36,000 good horses is already a huge number.

After all, the sum of the many horse supervisors in the imperial court may not be able to draw 36,000 good horses at one time.

That's it, is Kou Ji too little?

As for what Kou Ji said, when the horses are transported, they can't pass through Dongping Road and Xiping Road, Zhang Yuan can understand it.

Dongping Road and Xiping Road have just been recovered, and the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the two roads are all mixed with the attached Xixia people and the people who migrated to the past.

Dragons and snakes are mixed.

There is no guarantee that they will not pull up a team and grab the horses on the way to transport.

In addition to the threat of the local population, it was also necessary to prevent the troops who were transferred to the Great Wall to loot.

Therefore, it is not advisable to transport horses from Dongping Road and Xiping Road.

Although Dongping Road and Xiping Road are the closest roads to Baozhou from Qingtang and Ganzhou, they must be bypassed in order to ensure the safe transportation of horses to Baozhou.

Kou Ji let out a long sigh, saw Zhang Yuan stunned in place, thought about it for a while, and roughly guessed what Zhang Yuan was thinking.

But he didn't plan to help Zhang Yuan solve his doubts, but opened his mouth and ordered: "Since you want to buy a horse, let go of your hands and feet to buy it." From the envoys of the ministries they could only get four thousand good horses. After arriving in Qingtang, Ganzhou and other places, you can find a way to buy some more good horses from other small tribes.

With envoys from all tribes taking the lead, those small tribes will inevitably do business with us and sell us horses. ”

Zhang Yuan was secretly frightened, feeling that Kou Ji's appetite was too big, but he asked quietly on his face: "What if the vassals know that we bought horses from the small tribes and take action to stop them?" ”

Kou Ji glared and said, "If you're afraid of being stopped, can't you think of a way?" Wouldn't it be nice to buy a batch of horses and ship a batch of them? Could it be that those vassals still dare to lead troops into our Great Song Dynasty and take the horses back from us? ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "It's not that the villain has no choice, the villain is just afraid of causing trouble, and you will punish the villain, little master." ”

Kou Ji said angrily: "If there is any trouble, even if there is trouble, I will bear it." As long as you can get me a good horse back, and make a big mess, I'll help you out. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard this, his face turned slightly straight, and he arched his hand and said, "With the words of the little young master, the villain will be relieved." Please rest assured, the villain will definitely help the little master get enough good horses. ”

Kou Ji nodded, "Go down to find Kou Zhong and ask him to prepare your things and leave immediately." Now that we have made a deal with the envoys, let's go and get our horses back as soon as possible to avoid them from repeating themselves. ”

"The villain understands."

Zhang Yuan exited Kou Ji's study, found Kou Zhong, and told his purpose.

Kou Zhong gave Zhang Yuan a scroll of papers, telling him that all the items that Kou had used to exchange horses had been transported to a warehouse in Xining Prefecture, near Qingtang.

Zhang Yuan only needs to take the paperwork, and after arriving in Xining Prefecture, he can directly pick up a number of items from the warehouse.

In addition, Kou Zhong also told Zhang Yuan that as long as the border army guards in Xining Prefecture did not change people, he would send people to Xining Prefecture for all the items that Zhang Yuan wanted in the future.

The border army guard of Xining Prefecture was originally under Cao Wei's command.

After Cao Wei was transferred to Beijing, the former general of Xining Prefecture was also transferred to Beijing and served as the head of the first army in the forbidden army.

is now the general of the Xining Prefecture Border Army, and is one of Zhu Neng's former henchmen in the Yongxing Army.

Kou Zhong just sent someone to take a handwritten letter from Zhu Neng and gave it to the guard of the Xining Prefecture border army, and the general of the Xining Prefecture border army, and immediately vacated two warehouses for storing ordnance for Kou Fu.

As for the overseers in the army, under the deterrence of Kou Zhun and Kou Ji, they didn't dare to let go of a fart, and let the Kou Mansion toss in Xining Prefecture.

After Zhang Yuan took the paperwork, he immediately went to the envoys of various ministries.

After some consultation with the envoys, they each sent some men to accompany him on the road to Xining.

Zhang Yuan left Bianjing not long ago.

Yuyou led a group of men patrolling the horse guards, escorted a cartload of goods, and also embarked on the road to Xining Prefecture.

After Kou Ji got Zhang Yuan and Yuyou and rushed to Xining Prefecture, he no longer paid attention to this matter.

How capable Zhang Yuan is, Kou Ji knows better than anyone else.

Not to mention letting him sell horses, even if he is allowed to lurk in the Western Regions, stir up the wind and rain behind his back, and plan a foundation, he can do it.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan was in charge of trading horses with the Qingtang people and the Uighurs, and he was very relieved.

As for the matter of Yuyou transporting the horses, he was also relieved.

With the ability to swim in fish, he led a thousand patrol guards who could fight well, and they were enough to run rampant in the Western Regions without the Uighur armies of Qingtang and Ganzhou.

After the horses were transported to the Great Song Dynasty, the border troops of Xining Prefecture took care of them, and there were not many people who dared to rob them.

The paperwork for the horses to be transported from Xining Prefecture to Baozhou on the way, Kou Ji will help him arrange it properly.

The rest is a matter of time.

After the matter of the horses is over.

Kou Ji threw himself into the wrought iron workshop outside the city.

Two blast furnaces have been set up in the wrought iron workshop, and the iron ore and charcoal transported back have also been processed in the early stage.

Iron ore has turned into iron ingots.

Stone charcoal is also fired to make coke.

Just wait for the furnace to be made into steel.

On the day of the opening of the furnace, the director of the Ministry of Works, who was guarding Ruishengzhuang outside the city, sent someone to inform Kou Ji.

Kou Ji took a carriage early in the morning, took Mu Chong, Qian Le, and Meng Weizhong to Ruishengzhuang.

When I arrived outside the village, before I went in, I saw Li Jian rushing over with a group of people.

When Mu Chong and the others saw this, they were shocked.

Kou Ji stared at Li Jian who rushed over with great momentum, and smiled coldly.

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