The Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs were currently the most solid allies of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the First Battle of Western Xia, the Uighurs in Qingtang and Ganzhou made a lot of efforts.

It would have been easier for Kou Ji to get horses from the Uighurs in Qingtang and Ganzhou.

Kou Ji originally thought that when he had free time, he would go to Qingtang and Ganzhou by himself, and get some horses from the Qingtang Zanpu Jiao and the Uighur Khan of Ganzhou.

But now An Ziluo sent the horse to the door, allowing Kou Ji to see a new way.

He probably didn't need to make a trip to Qingtang and Ganzhou, but only needed to pay a sufficient price, and the Qingtang Zanpu Jiaoluo and the Ganzhou Uighur Khan could help him send the horse to the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the number of horses in the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs was far less than that of the Western Xia and Liao states, it was far more than that of the Great Song Dynasty.

The number of their horses is even larger than their population.

Kou Ji bought horses from them in the name of the suzerain, and gave them enough benefits, I believe that they will happily reach a deal with Kou Ji.

What Kou Ji needed to do now was to touch the bottom of the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs and see what kind of price it would take to get good horses from them.

Kou Ji didn't plan to do this himself, he planned to send Zhang Yuan.

It is not only necessary to find out the bottom of the Qingtang and Ganzhou Uighurs, but it seems that the Shazhou Uighurs and other vassals with horses also need to be contacted.

The envoys of various vassal subordinates have now entered Beijing one after another, just taking the opportunity to find out.

After some deliberation, Koji returned to his room.

Under Xiang Yan's service, he washed up and lay down on the bed to sleep.

Early the next morning.

Kou Ji rarely put on the court clothes, put on a big hat, carried a hand warmer, and went to the court to swing around.

It's the end of the year.

The yamen of all ministries and departments are very busy.

The same is true for the Ministry of Works.

The newly acquired power of the Ministry of Industry in Dushui and Tuntian needs to be summarized and integrated in some government affairs of Dushui and Tuntian in recent years.

Kou Ji threw these government affairs to Wang Yunsheng in one go, and hid aside to relax.

Time flickered, and two days passed.

During this period, An Ziluo visited Kou Ji twice.

An Ziluo doesn't have many friends in Bianjing City, and Song Chen who can talk to him is only Kou Ji, so when he has his spare time, he likes to talk to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was also happy to talk to An Ziluo, and by the way, he could also touch the bottom of the Qingtang horses.

Kou Ji spends his days in the house.

Zhao Yuanyan was angry in his palace, but he threw things straight away.

Kou Ji seemed to have forgotten his agreement with him, and after the three-day deadline was up, he didn't even give him a word.

"Smack......

A porcelain vase that was paid tribute in Jingdezhen was thrown to the ground by Zhao Yuanyan.

Zhao Yuanyan shouted angrily: "He didn't take this king in his eyes at all. ”

Wang Qinruo stabbed his hands into the cuffs and said faintly: "Lord Wang, Kou Ji obviously rejected you by doing this. ”

Zhao Yuanyan glared and shouted: "Even if he rejects this king, he should send someone to pass a word to this king." Who is the king who cares about it like this? ”

Wang Qinruo sighed and said, "Lord Wang, please restrain your anger." ”

Zhao Yuanyan clenched his fists, snorted heavily, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "What should I do now?" ”

Wang Qinruo pondered for a moment and asked, "The craftsmen in the mansion haven't worked out a way to mint new money?" ”

Zhao Yuanyan sat on the chair with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and said: "Counting on them to work out a way to mint new money, this king might as well expect Kou Ji to bow down to this king." ”

Obviously, Zhao Yuanyan instructed the craftsmen in the house to study the casting method of the copper coins used in the Yizi Jiaozi shop.

It's a pity that the craftsmen in his house still haven't figured out the casting method of the copper coins used in the Yizi Jiaozi shop.

Otherwise, Zhao Yuanyan would not have said so.

Wang Qinruo groaned: "Then you can only start with Kou Ji." ”

Zhao Yuanyan said fiercely: "You have also seen that Kou Ji's little cub doesn't care about this king at all." This king can't send someone to kidnap him and torture him to extract a confession, right? ”

Wang Qinruo thought about it for a while and proposed: "Send Su Chan'er to go again, and let Su Chan'er lower her posture as much as possible." ”

Zhao Yuanyan said viciously: "Sooner or later, one day, this king will dismantle him into eight pieces." ”

When Wang Qinruo heard this, he wanted to speak, but he didn't.

Zhao Yuanyan sent someone to Wanhualou to deliver a message and asked Su Chan'er to go to Koufu.

After Su Chan'er heard the message, she gritted her teeth and hesitated for a long time in the Wanhua Building, and finally had to follow Zhao Yuanyan's order and go to Kou Mansion dressed up.

When I arrived at the gate of the Kou Mansion, I asked the door to go and wait at the gate of the Kou Mansion.

After a long time.

Kou Zhong appeared at the door and said lightly to Su Chan'er: "My little master said that he went out." My little master also said that the house does not entertain those cats and dogs. ”

When Su Chan'er heard this, her anger became smoky.

Kou Ji is not in the house, she doesn't know.

But Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to pass on such words to her, making it clear that he was angry with her.

But she couldn't have a seizure yet, so she could only hold back the anger in her heart, lowered her posture, and said, "I'm sorry for you, just say that the little girl came to Kou's mansion this time to apologize to Kou Gongzi."

Previously, the little woman put Kou Gongzi in place, and she didn't choose what to say, and said some bastard words.

Now I came over to apologize to Kou Gongzi. ”

Kou Zhong glanced at Su Chan'er, smiled faintly, and said, "You wait here, I'll go in and pass the word." ”

Like Su Chan'er, Kou Zhong has seen a lot.

What Su Chan'er was thinking when she lowered her posture, Kou Zhong could also guess it.

It's just that Kou Ji obviously doesn't want to see her, and Kou Zhong naturally can't help him pass the word.

Kou Zhong returned to the mansion and went straight into a side room.

There was a man in green clothes sitting in the room, this person was dressed as a Song person, but when he was eating and talking, he revealed the identity of Qingtang people everywhere.

This person is the long-term follower of An Ziluo.

Every time An Ziluo visited Kou Ji in Kou Mansion, this person would always come with him.

Kou Ji entertained An Ziluo, and Kou Zhong entertained this person.

Kou Ji took the news from An Ziluo's mouth, and Kou Zhong took the news from this mouth.

After three conversations, Kou Zhong had already extracted a lot of useful information from this mouth.

Although this person was always secretive when talking to Kou Zhong and mentioning Qingtang's affairs, Kou Zhong was able to analyze some useful things from the words he revealed.

After Kou Zhong returned to the room, he poured wine for the man, and the two continued to talk.

For Su Chan'er outside the mansion, he didn't care at all.

The two chatted for a long time.

It was only when An Ziluo sent someone to summon this person that he left.

After Kou Zhong left, he went to the Four Monarchs Garden, where Kou Ji was.

I met Kou Ji, after the salute.

Kou Ji asked with a smile, "How much useful news have you heard?" ”

Kou Zhong stood respectfully in front of Kou Ji and laughed in a low voice: "There must not be as much as you have heard about it, young master." ”

Kou Ji asked Kou Zhong to sit down, but Kou Zhong insisted on not sitting.

Kou Ji didn't force it, and said with a smile: "After Qingtang Zampujiao exterminated Wen Qiqi, he collected the Tubo tribes near Qingtang, and some weak Tubo tribes were also attached to him.

Now the people under his account are millions, and so are the horses. ”

Kou Zhong smiled: "The same is true of the news that the old servant heard. The old servant not only inquired about the news of Qingtang, but also took the opportunity to inquire about the news of the Uighurs in Ganzhou. Since the Ganzhou Uighurs occupied Xiliangfu, the population exceeded 400,000, with 100,000 elite soldiers and more than 300,000 horses. ”

Kou Ji lay on the back of his chair and said quietly: "The little Ganzhou Uighurs have far more horses than my Great Song Dynasty. Do you think it's a joke? ”

Kou Zhong laughed in a low voice: "A major minister of the court said before that I, the Song people, are not good at raising horses. ”

"Bullshit!"

Kou Ji scolded disdainfully and said, "If I, the Song people, are really not good at raising horses, then what are the horses I raised in Baozhou?" What are the small Khitan tribal vassals attached to the Zhejia family, and those Tubo small tribal vassals under the Cao family?

As far as I know, they can contribute hundreds of good horses to the Cao and Zhe families every year. ”

When the late head of the family, Zhe Yuqing, was in Fuzhou, there were more than 300 small Khitan tribes that were put under his account and became vassals of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Wei sat in the northwest frontier for many years, and there were also many small tribes that invested under his account and became a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Taizong Zhao Guangyi got tens of thousands of horses from the Liao State back then, he handed them over to these people to raise.

It's just that after the first emperor Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, he took back the horses of the imperial court from these people and distributed them to the eunuchs.

When Kou Zhong saw Kou Ji scolding, he smiled and said: "The old servant naturally knows that there are people in my Great Song Dynasty who can raise horses, so the old servant said that it was said by an important minister in the court." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, not wanting to discuss this issue anymore, he asked, "I heard from An Ziluo that the most scarce thing for the people of Qingtang now is cloth, iron, salt, ......."

Kou Zhong smiled and said, "The same is true of the Ganzhou Uighurs...... If we want to get horses from the Qingtang and Uighurs, we must exchange cloth, iron, and salt. ”

After a pause, Kou Zhong stared at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, little young master, when you build a textile workshop outside the city, did you plan to exchange cloth for horses from the Qingtang people and Uighurs?" ”

Kou Ji chuckled in a low voice: "When I was thinking about helping the homeless people make a living, I had a little idea. ”

Kou Zhong said with a bright smile: "You are really long-term. ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "It's just a small calculation, and it can't be put on the table." After Zhang Yuan returns home, you and Zhang Yuan go out and make contact with the Qingtang people and Uighurs to see how much cloth and salt can be exchanged for a good horse. ”

When Kou Zhong heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Little young master, the salt and iron are in charge of the salt and iron division of the third division. Your relationship with the Third Division's envoy Li Jian is not very good. Will he let you touch the salt? ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Why don't you let me touch it?" Salt and iron are in charge of the three divisions, but those nobles sell salt and iron behind their backs, he doesn't care, why should he care about me? ”

Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "Little young master, you can't say that. ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Peace of mind...... Since I dare to trade salt with the Qingtang people and the Uighurs, I have my own plans. The Ministry of Works, which I am in charge of, has just obtained the power of Tuntian, do you say that Yantian is a field? ”

Kou Zhong looked stunned.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "If Li Jian dares to embarrass me on the issue of salt." I can use the power of Tuntian to embarrass him. ”

When Kou Zhong heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh.

He arched his hand, prepared to leave, took two steps, turned around and said, "Little master, the woman from Wanhualou is still waiting outside the mansion, do you want to see it?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "She's not at ease, so she can't see her." ”

Kou Zhong nodded and exited the Four Monarchs Garden.

After Kou Zhong left, Kou Ji got up, changed into a less conspicuous outfit, and left the house through the back door.

He hadn't been outside the city for a long time, and he didn't know how the wrought iron workshop outside the city was built, and building a wrought iron workshop was far less time-saving than building a textile workshop.

Kou Ji walked out of Kou's mansion, and just a few steps away, a person was put into his arms.

Without waiting for Kou Ji to take a closer look, he heard the person in his arms wail, "Fourth brother save me......"

Kou Ji lowered his head and carefully looked at the person in his arms, and said with a slight surprise: "Liu Heng, how did you become like this?" ”

Liu Heng raised his head, revealing two panda eyes, the corners of his mouth and face, and a whip mark ran down Liu Heng's forehead and ran through 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 to stand up straight, frowned, and said, "What the hell is going on?" You are an official of the imperial court, how can you be beaten like this? Aren't those who beat you afraid of being punished by the court? ”

Liu Heng said with a bitter face: "I'm really not afraid of ......"

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "Could it be your father......"

Kou Ji glanced Liu Heng up and down, and hesitated: "But he's too ruthless, right?" ”

Liu Heng shook his head and said, "It's not my father...... It's a minx. ”

"Mad girl?"

Kou Ji wondered.

Liu Heng nodded heavily and said mournfully: "That crazy girl, who chased me unrelentingly, has been chasing me for three days. ”

Kou Ji was puzzled: "Your martial arts are not weak, why can't you be a crazy girl." ”

The corners of Liu Heng's mouth twitched, but he didn't speak.

Kou Jihu looked at Liu Heng suspiciously, and saw a little different meaning from Liu Heng's expression.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask Liu Heng for clarification, he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Less.

A woman in military uniform, with a long whip in her hand, rushed into the alley on horseback.

When the woman on the horse saw Kou Ji with his hands on Liu Heng's arms, she immediately snorted and threw a long whip at Kou Ji.

"Smack!"

"Let go of my man!"

Kou Ji hurriedly pushed Liu Heng away, and the two dodged the long whip.

Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and the woman on the horse with a stunned expression.

"Men?"

Kou Ji questioned Liu Heng uncertainly.

Liu Heng pulled up his sleeves and covered his face, ashamed to see people.

The woman on the horse rode her horse to the two of them, raised her whip to teach Kou Ji a lesson, and after seeing Kou Ji's face clearly, she said unexpectedly: "Are you the lame?" ”

Kou Ji's face darkened, he stared at the woman on horseback twice, and muttered, "You are An Ziluo's sister?" ”

It's been two years since Kou Ji last saw her, and the girl at the beginning also had a feeling of being slim.

Koji almost didn't recognize her.

The woman sat on the back of the horse and said proudly, "Not bad......"