The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

Liu Bowen, escorted by the Tang army, prepared to return to China by ship from the Bohai Sea.

At the same time, the news that the Ming State purchased a batch of Tang knives from the Tang State had already spread in the Huaxia Kingdoms.

On the Wei side, in the cold and windy season, they also heard the news.

Wei Imperial Palace.

Wei Cao was lying on a chair, and a small stove was burning in front of him, and a pot of wine was burning on the stove, which was Tang Guo's drunken dream of death.

Although the two countries have fought a battle, as long as it is a good commodity, it can be bought, after all, merchants are sometimes very powerful, and they can sell it even if they spare a large circle.

The wine was already warm, and Wei Cao was about to pour the wine, when a half-hundred man next to him suddenly stood up and poured it before him.

"This kind of thing, just do it, and the saint rests."

Wei Cao is also half a hundred years old, but he is slightly obese and looks a little younger, and the man who speaks is thin and looks a little older.

Wei Cao didn't feel anything about this person's hospitality, and after the person poured it, he took a sip of a glass of wine and said, "Sima Aiqing, Ming Guo bought a batch of Tang knives from Tang State, do you think this matter is good or bad for my Wei State?" ”

The thin man is Sima Yi, the prime minister of Wei. Sima Yi didn't rush to answer, but thought for a moment, and after a while, he finally spoke: "Holy Lord, Tang Guo's move is obviously to make friends with the Ming State and have friendly exchanges, my Wei State is sandwiched between the two countries, to be honest, the situation is a little bad, and we must seek a way to break the situation." ”

Hearing this, Wei Cao didn't panic at all, but just picked up the wine glass and took a sip of hot wine, and after drinking like this, he said, "Then Aiqing thinks that if the situation is broken?" "The minister thinks that we can start from several aspects, the first is to seek our own allies, Zhou and Song, are two more powerful countries to the south of us, and they are now annexing everywhere, but they are also worried that we will attack them, so it is better to deal with them first

Joining forces, while they are safe, we also have less worries, if Tang and Ming make any moves, we also have troops to block them. ”

"Then there is, to provoke Tang and Ming, and the relationship with other countries around Tang State, so that Tang State and Ming State have no time to be enemies of our Wei State, and my Wei State will take the opportunity to be strong, of course, if you can find a way to get Tang Dao, it will naturally be better."

Sima Yi didn't say much, but Wei Cao moved.

The two are old friends who have been fighting together for many years, and they know each other very well and are familiar with each other. Sima Yi's meaning, Wei Cao understands that although the Tang State is now strong, and it has joined forces with the Ming State, it is undeniable that the Tang State is not safe.

Of course, what is more unfavorable to the Tang State now may be the country of Shuzhong.

Several countries in Shuzhong are now attacking, and the most powerful ones are Liu Jibang's Han State and Chu Yu's Chu State.

The Han State is in Shuzhong, and there is no border with the Tang State, so there is no need to worry too much, but the power of the Chu State has spread from Shu to the outside of Shu, and it has begun to border the Tang State.

Chu Yu, the monarch of Chu State, has extraordinary strength, and is ambitious, and has many strategists and famous generals, if Chu Yu is willing, they may be able to fight to Chang'an City at any time.

Such a threat is only afraid that it will make it difficult for Tang Guo to sleep.

These are all known to Wei Cao and Sima Yi, so Sima Yi doesn't need to say much, and Wei Cao also understands what to do.

The two of them chatted like this, more or less, and they had already seen the current situation.

"Shengshang, the Tang Dao of the Ming Kingdom, do we want it?"

Sima Yi raised his head slightly and glanced at Wei Cao, Wei Cao may have admired the Tang Dao of the Tang Kingdom for a long time, but after hearing Sima Yi's words, he hesitated.

"Although there are not many envoys in the Ming Kingdom, but there is an escort from the Tang Army, it is not easy to capture the Tang Dao, what does Sima Aiqing think?"

"It's cold, and the Ming Kingdom is ships are afraid that it will be difficult to go to sea for a while and a half, so they have to stay on the shore for a while, and this time is enough for our people to do something."

As long as Liu Bowen and them don't go to sea, many things will be easy to do, but once Liu Bowen and them go to sea, everything will be too late.

First, the ships of the Ming army were already more powerful than other countries, and the navy was also stronger, and there was basically no chance of winning a fight with them on the water.

Second, the sea is vast, and it is not easy to find them when you enter the sea. Sima Yi said, but Wei Cao thought about it again, and after a long time, he said: "You can send someone to try it, but if you want to get the Tang knife, you still have to go through other channels, and after we have a good relationship with the Zhou State and the Song State, let them buy the Tang knife from the Tang State, and we will buy it from them, although the price will be very expensive, but it is the fastest way." ”

The moment the Tang knife became a commodity, it was destined to circulate everywhere.

Wei Cao knew this very well, so he was actually a bit imperative for Tang Dao.

Of course, if the Tang knife is popular, then the Tang knife will not be as mysterious as before, nor as powerful as before, and the final fight is still the ability of the general and the physique of the soldiers.

But the premise is that you have to have a Tang knife.

It is the end of the year, and here in Bingzhou City, although many people have moved to Chang'an City one after another, at the end of the year, Bingzhou City is still as lively as usual.

Liu Bowen has been gone for more than ten days, for this person, Li Yu still likes it a little, and even regrets it a little, if he is forcibly left, it will definitely be a big loss for Mingguo.

However, now he needs to reconcile with Mingguo.

Nowadays, small countries are being destroyed at an accelerated pace, the rise of big countries is getting faster and faster, and finally, several big countries will divide up the whole of China, and the situation at that time is different from the current situation.

The war will become more and more brutal, but it will become more and more difficult to fight, and if you don't have an alliance, I'm afraid life will be difficult.

The policy of the Tang State was naturally to make friends from afar and attack closely.

As long as there is no conflict with them for the time being, and there is no interest involved, they are willing to make friends with them.

The Ming Kingdom is naturally among them.

Bingzhou is lively, the palace is here, but it is ready to move the capital, as long as the New Year passes, starting from the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, they will leave here and go to Chang'an City.

This is a major event in the Tang Kingdom, and some things will inevitably happen in it, so the Tang army must be prepared to ensure the completion of the relocation of the capital. Therefore, the state was lively, Li Yu and the ministers of the DPRK and the central government did not relax in the slightest.