Li Jiqian is now a frightened bird, since he used intrigue to show off and kill Cao Guangshi, the inspector of the Great Song Dynasty, he thought that the big thing was still a big deal; Unexpectedly, Tian Renlang, the prefect of Qinzhou, and Li Jilong beat him all over the ground.

Recently, plagues have appeared in Xia, Yin, Jing, Yu, Sui, Feng, Fu, Lin, and Hong Kyushu, and Li Jiqian is in domestic and foreign difficulties and does not dare to provoke the Song Dynasty again; I just want to find a secluded place to recharge.

However, Xiao Tzuyong did not open any pot and mentioned which pot, and announced Li Jiqian as the king of Xia under the banner of the Liao Dynasty's proclamation envoy; But he had to rush to Fengxiang Mansion of the Song Dynasty through the ground in Xiazhou.

Xiao Tzuyong's intention to rush to Fengxiang Mansion in the Song Dynasty could not be clearer, to burn the Fenghe Cang gathered in the Xianghe River.

Once Fenghe Cang was burned down, the Song people must have suspected that Li Jiqian did it; Then it was not easy for the Song Dynasty to destroy Li Jiqian with the power of the country.

The Song Dynasty had a million elite soldiers, and Li Jiqian's troops were only tens of thousands at best; was not crushed by the iron cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Jiqian's best choice now is to attach himself to the Song Dynasty in Liao, and he doesn't want to offend the two big countries, but he can't afford to offend.

With a tiger on one side and a lion on the other, Li Jiqian, a fox, can only act at the opportunity; But Xiao Tzuyong entered the Song Realm through the Xia Kingdom, which was unclear and wanted to offend the Great Song Dynasty......

Li Jiqian thought about it after thinking about it, if he stood up to stop Xiao Tzuyong from rushing to Fengxiang Mansion, he was afraid that the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao State would turn her face; So he drank a cup of himself, looked at Xiao Tzu Yong and laughed, and said: "The lonely family dares to ask General Xiao, what is the business trip to the Great Song Fengxiang Mansion?" ”

Li Jiqian's question made Xiao Tzuyong very embarrassed; If he told the Shangxiang River to burn the Fenghe Cang of the Song Kingdom, Li Jiqian would definitely come out to obstruct it; After all, this is the land of the Xia Kingdom; If there is a falling out in the two times, the 300 Tielin Army may have to fall into the hands of Li Jiqian!

Xiao Tzuyong looked back and thought: Xiao someone flattered the order of the Empress Dowager to come to Feng Li Jiqian as the king of Xia, this kid didn't dare to do anything to himself and the 300 Tielin Army even if he ate the leopard's guts.

It is very absurd for the emperor of one country to seal the emperor of another country, and the Empress Dowager Xiao seems to do this as a last resort.

If the Liao State does not seal Li Jiqian, then the Song State will definitely seal it; From the analysis of the current situation, Li Jiqian is stepping on two boats, if Xiao Tzuyong forces Li Jiqian, he will fall to the Song State to jointly crusade against the Great Liao Khitan State; Then the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom will establish a hard bone that is difficult to gnaw and a fierce enemy that is difficult to defeat.

Xiao Tzuyong has already announced the holy decree of the Empress Dowager, so Li Jiqian is now the emperor, and it seems normal to ask Xiao Tzuyong what he is doing in Fengxiang Mansion; On the other hand, if Xiao Tzuyong conceals it and doesn't say it, it will be a bit abnormal.

After all, Xiao Tzuyong is not a reckless person like Zhang Fei, and after weighing it for a long time, he finally told the truth: "The last general flattered the order of the Empress Dowager and rushed to the Xia Kingdom to meet His Majesty the King, because he wanted to get some salt from you and sell it to Fengxiang Mansion to do a business and make some money!" ”

Li Jiqian was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and said with a sneer: "If General Xiao is trafficking in salt, then the deity doesn't have much to worry about; If you want to make enemies with the Song State; The hundreds of thousands of troops on the border of the Song Dynasty were dispatched together, and the Great Xia Kingdom was not set into a flat horse; The military and people of the Great Xia Kingdom will not forget the kindness of the general! ”

Li Jiqian's words are not like those spoken by an emperor, but like a weak man praying to a strong man; With such a posture and mind, Xiao Tzuyong has really not seen much.

Xiao Tzuyong stared at Li Jiqian's pleading eyes, only to feel that they were a pair of wise eyes; There's a lot of ingenuity and courage in it.

He is a good man who can bend and stretch, and Han Xin's ability to suffer the humiliation of his crotch back then shows that he is the only one who does great things; Li Jiqian's ability to condescend and beg for mercy like this is enough to show that his big belly can tolerate things that are intolerable in the world.

Xiao Tzuyong stared at Li Jiqian and repeated the previous words, and said: "The last general is loyal to sell the salt of the Great Xia Kingdom to Fengxiang Mansion to make some extra money, doesn't the King of Xia know that the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom is a barren land and lacks materials; Earn some silver in the rich Guanzhong Plain and buy supplies to transport back to the Khitan to make up for it! ”

Li Jiqian seemed to believe Xiao Tzuyong's words and stared at him refreshedly; Suddenly, he asked: "General Xiao trafficked salt and supported the king, but your 300 Tielin army ......"

Xiao Tzuyong sneered, and said improvisedly: "The 300 Tielin Army came all the way from the Great Liao Kingdom and is fully armed, if you want Fengxiang Mansion to sell salt, it is a packer!" ”

After a pause, he said: "Trafficking salt with the Tielin Army is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, can't the soldiers protect themselves while acting as packmen?" ”

After Li Jiqian said the above words, he asked his guards to escort Xiao Tzuyong's 300 Tielin troops to Xiazhou Yanchi.

The salt pond in Xiazhou is famous all over the world, and although Li Jiqian, a party member, is constantly entangled with the Song army, the border field is still prosperous.

Merchants from the Song, Liao, and even Huanghu, Tubo, and Dali kingdoms who trafficked salt were endless, and they came and went freely with the "road guides" issued by the salt capital.

Xiao Tzuyong saw the place where salt was produced under the guidance of several guides sent by Li Jiqian, and couldn't help but applaud.

After the few guides sent by Li Jiqian said goodbye, Xiao Tzuyong immediately instructed the 300 Tielin Army: "Immediately take off the Liao army uniform and change it into a merchant's clothes, especially the hair must be covered with a putou!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong's subordinate Daxi heard the general army say this, frowned and said, "King, what about the weapon?" Our weapons include knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, Ge, hammers, sticks, lances, rods, spears, rakes, etc. ”

Xiao Tzuyong listened to Daxidu's inquiry, and seemed to have only remembered the eighteen weapons and Turkic scimitars carried by the 300 Tielin Army.

There is nothing to say about the eighteen weapons, but the Turkic scimitar is the magic weapon of the 300 Tielin army.

The Great Liao Khitan people claim to be the Donghu Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people evolved from the Xiongnu and Turkic people; Warriors carry Turkic scimitars in order to reveal their identity.

The origin of the Turkic scimitar can be traced back to the era, and after the expansion of the Arab Empire in the early days, the Arabic scimitar was transmitted to Central Asia. The Turks took the combination of the mechanics of the scimitar and the impact of the horse to the extreme.

The Turkic scimitar is made of special steel, and the knife with a cast pattern on the surface is one of the three famous blades in the world; The length ranges from more than ten centimeters to tens of centimeters, and the handle and scabbard are made of steel, silver, etc.; There are exquisite patterns on the surface, and some are also filled with enamel and inlaid with precious stones; The Turkic scimitars of Xiao Tzuyong's 300 Tielin Army highlight the characteristics of the Great Liao Khitan State, and they are even more cold and sharp.

Xiao Tzuyong pondered for a long time, and said to the 30 Tielin soldiers: "Hide all the weapons and Turkic scimitars and hang them on horseback, and you can't take them out until you have to......

A caravan of 300 men was quickly assembled, 300 men on 300 tall horses; All of them were dressed as Song merchants, with long robes and short shirts and square heads on their heads; Come to the salt pond, the central area where green salt is produced.

The green salt of Yanchi is well-known in China and is the favorite condiment of the Song people; Salt merchants from inside and outside the Great Wall gathered in the salt pond from all directions and exchanged all kinds of silk, cotton, gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin for green salt.

After Xiao Tzuyong's 300 Tielin troops arrived, the streets and alleys of Yanchi were almost all salt merchants; Large carts and small carts, people carrying horses, and the teams transporting green salt are working day and night; Small merchants and vendors lived in the inns and inns around the salt pond, and many of them were soldiers of the Song Kingdom.

The Song Dynasty allowed the army to do business, which existed during the reign of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and the most profitable business was not the Qingyan of the Western Xia Kingdom.

Green salt is the economic foundation of the Western Xia Kingdom, and all merchants who come here to purchase salt do not refuse regardless of nationality; The soldiers of the Song Dynasty collectively purchased salt and transported it back to Weizhou, Qingzhou, Fengxiang, Jingzhao and even Tokyo Bianliang to make up for the lack of military spending.

Xiao Tzuyong circled around the ranks of salt dealers and struck up a conversation with a military leader.

The head of the army is Zhao Wenchen, the branch official of Jingzhao Mansion, and the prefect of Jingzhao Mansion is Ma Erbian; There are a large number of officers and soldiers stationed in the territory, which is the main territory of the Western Army; However, Ma Erben's Jingzhao Mansion finances have been unable to make ends meet, so Ma Erbian has to find a way to raise military expenses by himself.

After the ban on the Song and Xia fields was opened, Zhao Wenchen was ordered by the prefect Ma Erbian to lead a team of mules and horses to transport salt from the salt pond of the Western Xia Kingdom to Guanzhong.

Zhao Wenchen's subordinates were all soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion, and of course they did not wear the clothes of the Great Song army after becoming salt dealers; There are no tattoos on the face, and no one can recognize them.

The reason why Xiao Tzuyong knew that they were Song Jun was not Zhao Wenchen and they said it themselves.

Zhao Wenchen and Xiao Tzuyong chatted for a while, and Xiao Tzuyong knew that his convoy of mules and horses was too tired and dead; Looking for a new pannier.

Xiao Tzuyong was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that their 300 Tielin soldiers dressed as merchants came to Yanchi just in handy.

Xiao Tzuyong thought happily in his heart and didn't take the initiative to open his mouth, just waiting for Zhao Wenchen to open his mouth to himself.

Whoever speaks first and then opens his mouth is a business skill, for example, if you are the first to open your mouth to sell something, then the price must be reduced a little if it is not reduced; The last one to speak will seize the initiative and will not be swayed by the one who speaks first.

Zhao Wenchen is a lean and cunning man, around 40 years old, with a pair of mouse eyes full of treachery and mystery; He accosted Xiao Tzuyong a few words, and saw that he was followed by 300 majestic military horses; I couldn't hold back my temperament and asked, "My brother is also a salt dealer, right?" ”

Xiao Tzuyong nodded quietly, and Zhao Wenchen volunteered to introduce; said that he was a branch official of Jingzhao Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the mules that carried salt were tired to death; Asked Xiao if he could rent his horses to transport salt.

Isn't this drowsiness meeting a pillow? But Xiao Tzuyong deliberately twisted for a long time, and finally said sonorously: "Yes!" As long as we can make money, we will cooperate with Zhao Guanren...... It depends on whether the brother of the Zhao family is sincere......"

Xiao Tzuyong's Chinese language was precise and fluent, and Zhao Wenchen held his hand tightly and laughed loudly: "Where do brothers speak, it is a fate that we can meet in a foreign country; If this business can make money, I will definitely not lose my brother's freight......"

Zhao Wenchen and Xiao Tzuyong said a few words, looked back at him and laughed: "Brother, your surname!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong originally wanted to say that his surname was Xiao, but when he thought about it, the Central Plains people associated the surname Xiao a lot; Just because there was a Empress Dowager Xiao in the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom, she casually said that her surname was Cao, and her name was solemn.

Zhao Wenchen was stunned for a moment, staring at the name Cao Suhou that Xiao Tzuyong said; He laughed twice and said, "Cao Suhou!" Brother, your name is naughty! ”

"It's a small thing if the name is naughty, but making money is a big thing!" Xiao Tzuyong very humorously commanded Zhao Wenchen's army.