Hearing Yelu Zhirang's words, Yelu Zongzhen was also very happy, because he also hoped that Yelu Zhirang could help him share some affairs, and it was indeed not difficult to escort the mission, just send a noble son to come forward, Yelu Zhirang was very suitable, so he immediately nodded and said: "Okay, since Zhi makes you want to go, then you will escort the Song State delegation away this time!" ”

"Your Highness!" Seeing that Yelu Zongzhen agreed, Yelu Zhirang immediately saluted excitedly, and quietly glanced at Li Zhang next to him.

Li Zhang doesn't care, whoever sends him is the same, of course, Yeluzhi makes the escort better, so he doesn't have to worry about meeting someone like Yelu Zuoya before, but before leaving, he still needs to see someone.

At that moment, Li Zhang said goodbye and left, and after returning to the station, he immediately informed the news that he was going back, which made most of the people in the mission very happy, after all, no one wants to be far away from home this year, especially since they have been out for so long, many people have begun to feel homesick.

However, before leaving, Li Zhang still wanted to meet that Zhao Anren, which he promised the other party before, because Zhao Anren had something to bring to his family, but Li Zhang's range of activities was limited, and they couldn't enter the palace at all, so Li Zhang could only wait for Zhao Anren to find him after getting the news.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Zhao Anren came in a hurry, and when he saw Li Zhang, he immediately asked, "Lieutenant Envoy Li, are you going back, when will you leave?" ”

"Yes, the time has not yet been decided, and we need to wait for the notice from His Royal Highness the Prince, but I estimate that it will only be two or three days." Li Zhang nodded immediately and said, Zhao Anren is a good friend, and what is even more rare is that he has a heart for the Great Song, which makes Li Zhang also have a good impression of him, so those who can help him will definitely help him.

"That's great, this time I'll trouble Lieutenant Li to help me find my family, if I can find them, please give them this thing!" Zhao Anren said as he took out a small box from his wide sleeve, then gently put it in front of Li Zhang, and then opened the box, but when Li Zhang saw the contents he also showed a surprised look.

"Money?" Li Zhang almost rubbed his eyes when he saw the thick stack of money in the box, because he wondered if he was wrong, the money issued by his money bank was in the box, and the amount was very large.

"Hehe, Lieutenant Envoy Li is from the Song Dynasty, he must know money, I have a lot of brothers in my family, but the family is quite poor, I hope these money can improve their lives." Zhao Anren also smiled a little embarrassedly at this time, he actually wanted to bring more things to the family, but considering that his dealings with Li Zhang could not be known to too many people, too many things were easy to expose, so he prepared these money, after all, nothing is as affordable as money.

"Zhao Zhiban, why do you have so much money in your hand, I remember that the money store seems to only be in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, right?" Li Zhang looked at Zhao Anren with a confused face at this time, he naturally knew best about his family's money bank, even if he had been imprisoned for a year before, but the money store was only expanding in the Great Song Dynasty, and it could only be opened in some larger state capitals, and many distant state capitals did not have it at all, let alone here in Liao.

"Haha, Li Zhong makes you don't know, although this money can only be exchanged for copper money in the money store of the Great Song Dynasty, but our Liao State and often do business with the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, they used to use the copper money of the Great Song Dynasty to trade, so our Liao State also allows the copper money of the Great Song Dynasty to be used in the territory, and now these merchants like to use money, and our Liao Kingdom naturally has a lot of money in circulation, after all, the money is not only beautifully made, but also easy to use, and the credit is also guaranteed, and many nobles have a lot of money in their hands." Zhao Anren laughed out loud and explained to Li Zhang.

Li Zhang also immediately understood at this time, this is the advantage of the strong soft power of the Great Song Dynasty, although it could not defeat the Liao State militarily, but the Great Song Dynasty was in a strong position in terms of economy and culture, and even the new poems circulating in Tokyo City may not take a few days to spread in Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom, such as the later Su Shi father and son, their articles and poems are also very popular in the Liao State.

Now the money banknotes of the money bank are also a kind of soft power of the Great Song Dynasty, just like the dollar of the United States in later generations, the economy of the Great Song Dynasty is too strong, and the money banknotes have also been recognized by the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, with the endorsement of these merchants, the nobles of the Liao State are naturally willing to use it, even if they cannot exchange it, but it can also be used as currency and traded by others.

"I see, I didn't expect the Liao people to be willing to use money, this is a surprising discovery!" Li Zhang smiled and said to himself at the moment, this discovery made him have some other ideas, maybe he can talk to Huozi and them when he returns to the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

"Actually, it's not just our Liao country, I heard that even some overseas merchants have begun to use money, after all, they have to trade with the merchants of the Song Kingdom, and the merchants of the Song Kingdom are used to using money, and they are slowly affected, and even the Jurchens in the north paid tribute some time ago, and some of the tributes turned out to be money, I can't figure out where they got it from." Zhao Anren smiled again at this time.

Li Zhang heard Zhao Anren mention the Jurchens, and immediately felt a pang in his heart, although the Jurchens are still very weak, but in the future, they destroyed the Liao State, and even destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the northerners crossed to the south, and finally established the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Zhao Zhiban, I heard that the Jurchens are brave and good at fighting, and they are unruly and not easy to discipline, has there ever been a mess in the Liao ruling them?" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Zhang also took the opportunity to inquire about Zhao Anren that the Jurchens were too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, so he usually couldn't get any news related to the Jurchens.

"The Jurchens are a bunch of barbarians, I heard that many people eat raw meat and drink raw blood, both men and women are very ugly, and their temperament is indeed very barbaric, but the rule of the Great Liao is also very simple, it is nothing more than to rule the Jurchens with Jurchen......"

When Zhao Anren mentioned the Jurchens, his face also showed a look of disdain, but he saw that Li Zhang seemed to be very interested in the Jurchens, so he told him what he knew, the reason why the Khitans were able to rule such a large land, and there were still Han people, Jurchens, Bohai and other ethnic groups living in the territory, and the ruling method was similar to the "Yi rule Yi" in later generations, such as governing the Han people with the Han people, governing the Jurchens with the Jurchens, and so on.

The Liao State once co-opted a part of the Jurchens and called them "Hesu Pavilion", which means "fence" in Jurchen language, and then used these people to rule over other Jurchens, and these co-opted Jurchens are "mature Jurchens", and the others are "born Jurchens", although the names are different, but in fact, they are all Jurchens.