Wait until Yang Lin's legs are floating, and he returns to the study in a tired state.

As soon as he successfully persuaded His Majesty and did not accept Gao Mingtai's surrender, Duan Miaozhen, who was in disbelief, jumped into his arms like a forest.

Feeling the strength of the jade arm wrapped around his body, and the slightly torn cry, Yang Lin knew that this princess belonged to him completely.

From now on, even if she whips and kicks with her feet, she can't drive away her heart.

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With the fall of Western Xia and the reopening of trade routes, the once prosperous Silk Road once again glowed.

The northwest came up to play a song, saying that the Mongols wanted to open a border exchange market on the border of the steppe, and exchange horses, animal skins, and animal tendons for grain, iron tools, and tea in the Great Song Dynasty.

It is a good thing to communicate with each other, but Mongolia is under the rule of the Khitan, and this kind of thing should be handled by the Khitan.

In the capital hall, several Zaifu gathered, including Wang Hao, Yang Lin, Zhang Shangying and Cai Jing.

Yang Lin and Cai Jing discussed it and decided that this was a private connection between the Mongols, and they might have started to engage in some of their own development behind the back of the Khitan.

The current Mongols are divided and divided into wars, all under Khitan rule.

Cai Jing groaned: "The Ancient Tea Horse Road, if it is opened, can greatly alleviate the need for horses in the Great Song Dynasty.

This horse is short in size, its appearance is not good, but the head is big and the neck is short, the body is strong, the chest is wide and the mane is long, the skin is thick and the hair is thick, and there is a little benefit, this horse is not frightened on the battlefield, brave and fierce, has always been a good military horse. ”

Wang Hao hurriedly said: "In this case, what else is there to hesitate about, opening the border and mutual market is a win-win situation." Looking at the city, I don't know how many soldiers and civilians have been fed in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Everyone present knew his intentions, and of course Wang Hao wanted the market to open, so that it might anger the Khitan.

If the Great Song Dynasty did not pass through the Khitan, it would open a border exchange market with Mongolia, which invisibly raised the status of Mongolia, and the Khitan would definitely not be willing.

Now Liang Shicheng, who is behind Wang Hao, colludes with Tong Guan and is bent on making a fuss in the land of Youyan.

Only by recovering Youyan can he regain control of the imperial court and suppress Yang Lin and Cai Jing under him.

Yang Lin didn't want to start a war with the Khitan for the time being, this decadent and huge grassland empire was like a fat sheep.

At this time, it is best to wait until the other beasts bite the fat sheep to death, and then go up to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The Great Song Dynasty Khitan is a country of brothers, good neighborliness and friendship for so many years, although there are occasional frictions, but brothers must help when they are in trouble.

Look at Dali, isn't it a living example...

However, opening the border and mutual markets and establishing tea and horse trade routes on the border of the Mongolian steppe can indeed solve the urgent needs of the Great Song Dynasty.

Da Song, lack of horses!

After winning the battle, there was no way to expand the results, and as soon as the people raised their whips, the foot soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty could only stare dryly in the back, running so slowly that they couldn't even eat the ashes.

And once they lose, the four-legged war horses of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers can't run.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Yang Lin still decided to focus on military horses and support the opening of the border tea and horse trade route.

Cai Jing was a little surprised, in his opinion, it was impossible for Yang Lin not to see the plot of Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan.

Combined with what Yang Lin did on the day the Xixia war report came, Cai Jing pinched his beard and nodded.

Yang Wenyuan looks like a bastard little bastard, and he still has the Sheji court in his heart.

He was about to work with Liang Shicheng to give Yang Lin a bitter taste and suppress this powerful competitor for his position as prime minister, when he heard this, he said with a smile: "Since everyone agrees, we will submit it and ask the Holy Lord to decide." ”

These people all nodded, Zhao Ji would not object at all, and even if he wanted to object, he had to weigh it.

The Mongols are not having a good time, and the Khitan on the steppe enforce their rule by enforcing their own rule by adopting a free-range policy and watching them kill each other.

If there is one word to describe the current life of the Mongols, it is poverty.

If they can open a mutual market with the Great Song Dynasty, they will be very happy, and their horses will no longer have to be taken away by the Khitan at a low price, and then they will not be able to exchange anything.

They are not afraid of the Khitan's investigation, they can't live in the first place, and they will die in the winter after a natural disaster, what can the Khitan people do with me? How could I get any worse?

This is a group of people who are desperately poor, and they are the most difficult to provoke.

After the capital decided to open the market, the western army should be the happiest people, and they can finally form cavalry on a large scale.

The preservation of the Northwest Gate was the result of a compromise between several forces in the imperial court.

The Western Army is the most capable army in the Great Song Dynasty, Tong Guan has a deep understanding, and Liang Shicheng doesn't know it.

They are preparing for the Northern Expedition to Youyan, and when the time comes, they will definitely pull the Western Army to be the vanguard and be cannon fodder.

With this layer of "foresight" and Yang Lin's protection, the Western Army was able to be preserved.

Now that he learned that Mongolia wanted to open a border market, the seed master Dao discussed with Yao Gu, Zhe Keqiu and others, and immediately sent people to Bianliang to find Yang Lin.

In Zhaode Fang, there is a small Taoist temple, and dozens of handsome-looking Taoist children practice with Yang Lin.

Yang Keshi, the envoy sent by the Western Army, stared at a pair of bull's eyes like copper bells, and was amazed.

After practicing all morning, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and Mei Daochang finished his work.

A group of Taoist children shouted at Yang Lin in unison: "Senior Uncle Ancestor." "Say goodbye, then retreat in a group.

Yang Lin walked to the rattan chair under the tree in the courtyard, wiped his face and asked, "The Prime Minister sent you here, what is the so-called matter?" ”

Yang Keshi said with a smile: "The old minister felt sorry for his daughter, so he sent ten boxes of gold beads, ten handmaidens, and ten brocade horses, so that the eldest lady would spend the envoy." ”

Yang Lin nodded, this kind of gift is quite safe, not afraid of people's irresponsible opinions.

Seeing this, Yang Keshi stepped forward and said: "Shaozai, the Western Army lacks horses, but there is no shortage of soldiers on stirrups. I heard that the imperial court has decided to open a market with Mongolia, and the old minister meant, can you ask for a document from Xifu to allow us to form cavalry? ”

"What do you want the cavalry to do?" Yang Lin asked knowingly.

Yang Keshi said with a smile: "Now that Shaozai is attacking Dali, after winning it in the future, won't Tubo be a thing in the pool." We are flanked on both sides, taking Tibet is like probing for things, and war horses are indispensable at that time, especially Mongolian horses suitable for war. ”

"Between the old land of Xixia and Yinxia, it is a natural land for raising horses. You can't expect to buy all from Mongolia, you must know that the opening of the market is only temporary, as long as it is a border pass, there is no war. In the event of a conflict with Mongolia, you will be blinded. This time, I will ask you to make a document, it is not impossible to form a cavalry, but you must have your own horse breeding land and horse source. ”

When Yang Keshi saw that he agreed, he was overjoyed, and he hugged his fists again and again and said yes.