In Lin'an in March of the fourth year of Chunxi, although nothing earth-shattering happened, there was still one thing that alarmed the court, and the angry Shi Miyuan scolded Ye Qing for being a bastard above the court!

And this matter, even the queen Li Fengniang, Han Yanxuan, Qian Xiangzu, Meng Hui, Li Lifang and others all felt that Shi Miyuan was right, and even the scolding was a little unpleasant, and they had to find a way to treat Ye Qing.

In today's Lin'an and other places, not only ordinary people have clearly felt the sharp rise in tea prices, but even the royal nobles and court officials are shocked by the price of tea in various places today.

How can it be so expensive! Where did all the tea go? How does it feel like overnight, the tea leaves seem to have disappeared out of thin air? All of a sudden, tea has become a luxury, and ordinary people's homes have reached the point where they can't afford to drink it!

In addition to the price of tea, Lin'an people unknowingly, only to realize that it is already expensive and about to drink, silk and other items in Lin'an cities, also quietly rising in price, although the fluctuation is not as big as tea, but now ordinary people, noble and wealthy families have also felt a trace of pressure.

The reason why silk cloth and other things have not achieved overnight "leaps and bounds" in price like tea is entirely because Yan Chengcheng has never given up the Yan family's old business: cloth business, so that the fabrics in Lin'an City and other places have not fluctuated greatly.

In addition to the small fluctuation in the price of cloth, the price of porcelain can even be described as immovable, but pottery, especially some in the eyes of the delicate Song people, is enough to be called shoddy, and they are not even bothered to take a look at the bulky pottery, but the price has risen a lot.

In addition to the exchanges of water trade, these are now marketed, and many business trips to the Silk Road rarely carry these things, and most of the carriers are all out of the Tianshan Mountains, and continue to sell to the west after being bought by the Khorezmian people.

Chongguo Gong Zhao Shichun has been sitting in the porcelain business in Yangzhou back then, and he even has several porcelain kilns, and when he arrived in Jingzhao Mansion, after making time this year, Zhao Shichun also returned to his old business.

In order to reduce the cost, and also to be able to see immediate results, Zhao Shichun began to plan last year, but the porcelain kiln to be completed this year was under Ye Qing's compulsory order, and a large number of worthless pottery were fired.

The patterns and other shapes of these pottery are almost based on the ornaments that the Western Regions and other countries like, and among all these pottery, Ye Qing's death order to Zhao Shichun is, don't ask how delicate you burn, don't ask how ingenious the pattern on you is, only require that the pottery you make must be strong, fall-resistant, and heavy.

Obviously, Ye Qing's request is completely an insult to Zhao Shichun, who is accustomed to the exquisite and luxurious life in the south of the Yangtze River, if such things are fired, it is better to close the kiln mouth directly, where these things have the slightest artistic beauty, where can people enjoy the Zen!

Because of this, Zhao Shichun didn't have much trouble with Ye Qing, but what he didn't expect was that with the first batch of shoddy pottery fired, which unexpectedly brought him the first pot of gold, Zhao Shichun no longer had nothing to do with Ye Qing, but began to fire shoddy while expanding the porcelain kiln, preparing to continue to build and burn exquisite porcelain, and strive to achieve no delay.

Before the first day, Ye Qing had already begun to secretly hoard tea, so when a large amount of tea was piled up in Jingzhao Mansion, because it did not go to the market, it did not disturb the weak economic market in the north, so that the north did not go to Lin'an, and everyone in the court hated him Ye Qing.

The events of the first two or three months before the first day of the first month did not ferment until March of the fourth year of Shaoxi, which also made Ye Qing a little taken aback, and Ye Qing was smug about Li Fengniang and others scolding his letters and documents.

After all, these piled up tea, cloth and other things, during this time, will bring him a lot of excellent war horses, so that he can really form a cavalry force that is strong enough to fight the Xia people and even the Mongols in the future.

Almost at the same time as Ye Qing launched a secret preparation for the war, from the first day ago to March of the fourth year of Shaoxi, the Mongols also replaced a large number of salt, iron, tea cloth and other things to Mongolia through the towns opened by the Xia State in the three states outside the river, such a move, even the blind can see that the Mongols will inevitably have a big military move next.

The four states outside the river of the Xia Kingdom, the four states of Le, Kuo, Ning and Jishi, naturally become extremely busy and lively, the two sides of the Yellow River are also ships coming and going, a large number of goods are changing owners, a large number of businessmen are smiling one by one, in the case of taking what they need, everyone seems to be the biggest winner.

After the Yuan Day, Yu Yunwen also followed Ye Qing to the Longcheng Barracks, the Jingzhao Mansion at this time...... Although Yu Yunwen is still nominally the pacification envoy, since the Yuan Dynasty, most people know very well that Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo, may become the next pacification envoy of Jingzhao Mansion, although until now, Ye Qing has not expressed this meaning.

But after being able to send Yu Yunwen to Longcheng with confidence, and then leave Jingzhao Mansion to Chongguo Gong and King Qing, as well as Ye Heng, who gradually eased his relationship with Ye Qing, many people were already speculating that Chongguo Gong was afraid that he would become the pacification envoy of Jingzhao Mansion in the near future.

As for Yu Yunwen's whereabouts, no one believes that he is no longer trusted by Ye Qing, but they all believe that Yu Yunwen will be sent more importantly in the future.

"Liu Keshi's letter from Huangzhou, you can take a look." Yu Yunwen followed Ye Qing and rode forward in the Longcheng barracks of Nuoda, which was still under the rule of the Xia people, and it has completely become the logistics supply city of this Nuoda barracks, plus the business trips in and out of Guanshan, which makes Longcheng more and more busy, and from time to time there will be piles of goods piled up in Longcheng.

"It is inevitable that the Tibetan people want to increase the price, and if we continue to increase the price now, it will only make the Tibetan people more greedy. The New Year has arrived, and at this time, he is doing pottery and cloth business, and it is indeed a little difficult for Liu Keshi. Ye Qing held the letter in both hands and let the war horse under his crotch walk freely in the barracks.

"The tea that was secretly hoarded last year is almost now, and if it is shipped again, it will continue to be lowered by others, will it also stop?" Yu Yunwen also asked a little worriedly.

"Naturally, it is necessary to stop, the people of Fan are not so easy to deceive, and it is a fool's dream to use the old tea as the new tea that has just been transported from Lin'an this year. The Tibetan people have been dealing with the Central Plains for so many years, and they already know the cunning of the Song people or the Han people. There are not as many fancy intestines as ours, but people know that as long as they determine the price they think is reasonable, they will not easily let go, unless they lack something. Ye Qing returned the letter to Yu Yunwen, and then continued: "Jishi, Lezhou, Ningzhou, and Kuozhou now have a lot of business travel, but almost most of them are merchants controlled by Xia, Mongolia, and us, so it is impossible to trade business again. ”

"It seems that it can only be a pit for Li An'an again?" As soon as Yu Yunwen thought of Yuan Ri Li An'an's gloomy face, he couldn't help laughing.

In just one month before and after the first day, Li An'an was cheated by Ye Qing for tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even the war horses were cheated by him for nearly 2,000 horses, and they were all extremely good horses that could produce combat effectiveness when pulled out.

"How can there be such a good pit? However, this time there is another killer move, whether it is Po Li or perfume or soap, although it is not attractive to the Tibetan people, Mongolians, including most of the Xia people, but for a royal family like Li An'an, it is very attractive. It's just that I'm thinking...... How can we maximize the value of these things, and in what name is the best way to recommend them to them? After all, whether it is in the eyes of Hot Gongji or Li An'an, I, Ye Qing, am a greedy person, and if I go out in person, I am afraid that they will not even believe a word I say. Ye Qing shook his head with a smile while thinking about it.

"In this case, it seems that I am the only one who is going on this trip. Liu Keshi is still in Huangzhou and can't come back, and you can now send it to Xia Kingdom...... There is no one else who is the best person but me. Yu Yunwen looked at Ye Qing and asked, and then his eyes were attracted by the pair of soldiers who had just saluted.

Now the soldiers in the Longcheng barracks, whether it is the armor, the lining inside, or the boots, etc., are already extremely sophisticated.

However, in Yu Yunwen's eyes, what he values more is the morale and military discipline of these soldiers, compared to the Song army he led at the beginning, at least from the battle spirit and morale, he can feel a spontaneous self-confidence.

Ye Qing sighed slightly, then glanced at Yu Yunwen casually and asked lightly, "If it weren't for your recommendation, I would never have let you leave Jingzhao Mansion at this time." ”

Listening to some helplessness in Ye Qing's tone, Yu Yunwen smiled freely and said: "Although Ye Heng lost to the Jin people back then, you Ye Qing actually know very well in your heart that that battle was not Ye Heng's fault, not to mention that you are the party involved, I don't think I need to explain too much about this." Moreover, the recommendation of Ye Heng is not because he is a distant relative of you, but because in the past year or so in Jingzhao Mansion, through my observation, I can still find that he sighs from the bottom of his heart about the achievements you have made in the north now. That's why I recommend it, it's completely for the public and not for the private part. It is an indisputable fact that there is a shortage of people in the north, Liu Keshi is treated by you as two people in non-stop, I Yu Yunwen Hetao three roads, Jingzhaofu one road, a total of four roads, this year and nearly two years, I don't know how many roads I have run, and my legs are thin. Although there are no complaints, I actually know very well that it is you Ye Qing who really has no one available in your hands. ”

"How are the brothers Liu Minxue and Liu Minxing now?" Ye Qing asked casually.

And at this moment, on the school field in front, at this time, the training of war horses is underway, dozens of war horses are like wolves and tigers, rushing straight down from the high hillside, and the infantry on the opposite side can still be fearless in danger, under the roar of the team officer, firmly grounded, waiting for the first wave of impact from the other party.

"The material of co-governing a place is much worse than that of his father Liu Dexiu. Whether it is the Hetao Third Road or the Jingzhao Mansion, it is much larger than the territory of my Song Dynasty in the south, although the population is not as large as there now, but there are a lot of complicated affairs, if you want to straighten out the matter at hand, and it will take time to recover the lost land from the hands of the Jin. Yu Yunwen was quite satisfied with the strategy of the infantry in the distance, and nodded silently with approval in his eyes and said.

"But we can't wait now, the tiger is going to come out of the mountain after all, and the Song army is going to break through Helan Mountain after all, which is unstoppable! The Mongols are about to send troops, and the towns of Lezhou, Kuozhou, and Ningzhou are opened, and the Mongolians who are short of materials are making up for the weakest link...... Dangerous. Ye Qing said with some melancholy.

"Are you really going to be so indifferent? With the current relationship between you and Xia Guo, hundreds of people enter Xia and Liao, and it shouldn't be a problem to take the princess to Jingzhao Mansion, right? Yu Yunwen frowned, now everything is almost equivalent to an arrow on the bow, no matter what you say, I'm afraid it's already a little late.

However, as he said, with Ye Qing's current relationship with Xia Guo, or with Li Chunyou and Li An'an, it is still feasible to send hundreds of people into Xia to enter the Liao Kingdom and take the princess of Liao to Jingzhao Mansion.

After all, now the power of Jingzhao Mansion is already extraordinary, even if the Xia people hate Ye Qing again, even if they are wary of Ye Qing, but before the battle with Xia, Yu Yunwen believes that Ye Qing still has this face in the Xia country, and the Xia people have to give it.

"From the first day to yesterday, Bai Chun had to send letters to Liao almost every day, but with little effect...... I will personally repair a book every three or five times, but every time it is worse than Bai Chun, like a stone sinking into the sea, there is no news, after the first day, I have not received a word from there. Ye Qing looked at the blue sky above his head, the sunlight was particularly dazzling, and it was also extraordinarily gentle.

"How about I enter Guanshan tomorrow?" Yu Yunwen sighed with Ye Qing, this kind of family matter, he is naturally not an outsider to say anything, but no matter what, he still admires the princess of Liao from the bottom of his heart.

At this dangerous time, he did not choose to flee from the Xia Kingdom, but chose to live and die with the Xia Kingdom, in a sense, compared to the Zhao and Song clans, but I don't know how much stronger.

"You only have one month, whether you succeed or not, you have to rush back to Guanshan, or...... Go directly to Lanzhou Mansion for pick-up. Ye Qing nodded, and then continued to advise: "It's March now, and the spring is cold, but if it's May, we will no longer have time to grind, no matter how many cavalry we can form and how many reserve war horses we can prepare, we will take Lanzhou first with lightning speed after the Xia people start infighting." Ye Qing's legs lightly added to the horse's belly, and the war horse under his crotch immediately trotted lightly.

"I know that now that Li An'an and Li Chunyou have a showdown is imminent, they can't talk, one is a new monarch who wants to be powerful in the Xia State clan, and the other wants to inherit his father's title of prince and vow not to give up, this kind of thing seems simple, but since it has dragged on for so long, Li Chunyou will obviously not be forced to agree. According to my guess, now that Li Chunyou doesn't care whether he is bewitched by us or not, his heart to kill Li An'an is already very resolute. Yu Yunwen smiled and said.

Since Ye Qing returned to Jingzhao Mansion at the end of October last year, the relatively peaceful situation of the entire Xia Kingdom has begun to take a sharp turn for the worse, and now the two factions are on the same footing, especially with the opening of the town in the four states outside the river, just like Li An'an calling out to the Xia State court, it is equivalent to opening the prelude to the battle.

And now, it's up to see who can't hold their breath first, and who wants whose life the most.

Therefore, once the two of them fought against each other, the various armies of Jingzhao Mansion would have the excuse and opportunity to lead the army into Xia after reaching an agreement with Li An'an, obviously sending a small group of cavalry to cheer for Li An'an, and secretly naturally attacking the city, striving to erase the Xia Kingdom from the map on the wall in the shortest possible time, so that it can be preserved in the history books and never reappear.