Chapter VIII Liangzhou Mansion Words

The world is very big, and the mind can leap thousands of miles in an instant, but the body can't, and if you want to return to Qingxiang City, there is no other way than to rely on the war horse step by step. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the Hami kingdom goes to war, it is always followed by a group of merchants, who cling to the army like greedy locusts for the highest profits.

Relatively speaking, there was a symbiotic relationship between the Hami army and the Hami merchants, and as long as the army could guarantee victory, both could transfer the crisis to the side of the vanquished.

The road trodden by the army was often the best trade route, and during the time of the army's existence, no horse thief dared to approach this road.

Therefore, the merchants took advantage of this security gap and frantically transported goods from Hami to Da Song, or from Da Song to Hami.

While they are transporting goods, they are also frantic to expand their commercial territory in this land where there are no commercial rivals.

Tie Xinyuan thought that there were no business opportunities in this area, but he was surprised to find that the merchants seemed to have dug gold here.

The barren northwest land is full of treasures, but in the past, the Tangut people did not know how to dig.

Not to mention good things like bezoar and horse, musk alone is enough to drive those merchants crazy.

"This thing is not suitable to enter the palace!"

Huo Xian explained lightly, and ordered someone to take away a box of musk sachets collected by Tie Xinyuan, he thought that Zhao Wan and Wei Chi Zhuozhuo would like it.

Huo Xian didn't tell Tie Xinyuan why Musk couldn't enter the palace, and Tie Xinyuan didn't ask, this old man has never been in the habit of talking nonsense.

Liangzhou Mansion is very calm.

Ouyang Fa welcomed Tie Xinyuan into Liangzhou City, and Tie Xinyuan found that this city, which was originally full of fear, had returned to its former peace.

There are many tribesmen selling livestock, medicinal herbs, and leather goods, and the goods are also dazzling, and after throwing two red copper coins to the owner of the goods, Tie Xinyuan grabbed a handful of wolfberries from a leather bag and ate them while walking.

And the tribesmen who began to be savage and strong did not get angry, but accepted the red copper coin with a smile.

"So, the merchants of Liangzhou City have already accepted the currency transaction?"

Ouyang laughed and said, "I abolished the cow leg tax and switched to copper money trading, and for this reason, I used copper money to buy a large amount of leather goods and cattle and sheep accumulated by the tribe.

With copper coins in their hands, they will gradually get used to trading with money instead of bartering.

In this way, it is still very beneficial to promote the commerce of Liangzhou, and the tax revenue of the government has become simpler, and most importantly, these tribes can be incorporated into the official government system of our Hami through copper coins. ”

"So, you're going to pick some officials among the tribesmen? Aren't you afraid that the tail will not fall off? ”

Ouyang Fa shook his head and said: "Domestication is very important, whether he is loyal or not, they must first learn to act according to the rules of my Hami, as for the rest, there is a large army, and they can't make any waves." ”

Tie Xinyuan sat in a restaurant selling beef noodles and beckoned for a bowl of noodles, and then said to Ouyang: "Don't be too merciful to them, it's like taming wild horses, it's better to punish them harshly at first." ”

Tie Xinyuan misses Lanzhou's beef ramen very much, but at this time that thing has not yet appeared, although the boiled beef in white water is delicious, but the noodles cooked in such a soup are not very delicious.

After only one bite, he threw down a large bowl full of beef noodles, threw down a handful of red copper coins to wipe his mouth and said to the shopkeeper: "Cook more noodles and give them to those children." Then he left.

As soon as Tie Xinyuan walked away, a group of small beggars gathered outside the restaurant swarmed in, slapping the table and shouting for noodles, as for Tie Xinyuan's remaining bowl of noodles, it had already been eaten by one of the thickest little beggars.

Tie Xinyuan and Ouyang Fa stood aside and watched the restaurant owner scrambling to get under the noodles.

"You have also seen that the strong are the foundation of the survival of the people in this land, the strong are always strong, the weak are always weak, what you have to do is to break this barrier, suppress the strong, support the weak, and finally achieve no strong in the Hexi Corridor."

Ouyang Fa nodded and said, "It's very difficult, it will take a long time, how long are you going to give me?" ”

Tie Xinyuan looked at Huo Xian's carriage and sighed, "Before Huo Xiang is completely old." ”

Ouyang Fa frowned and said, "In this case, Weichen hopes that the king can relieve Weichen's two younger brothers of their duties as herdsmen officials and change them to Qingliu officials." ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled and shook his head: "Now is not the time to avoid suspicion, let's talk about it in a few years, although the Hami Kingdom has now completed the official system change, its heels are still a little weaker."

Hami does not have the same strong foundation as the Great Song Dynasty, and it can't afford to do such a thing as avoiding suspicion. ”

"My father has already set off from Tokyo and is on his way to Hami."

Tie Xinyuan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Oh? It's great that Mr. is coming, but I don't know if Mr. is going to stay for a long time or travel this time? ”

Ouyang Fa said with an embarrassed face: "I'm afraid I won't live for a long time, mainly because my father is extremely dissatisfied with some behaviors of Weichen and Weichen's two younger brothers." ”

Tie Xinyuan laughed, Ouyang Xiu's three sons are all rare talents, plus Ouyang Xiu's relationship, the Song officials who are officials in Hami, who don't want to marry the daughter of the family to such a promising young man.

The first to attack was Liu Chu, who forced Ouyang Yi to obediently enter the boudoir of his Liu family's daughter with a scandal out of nothing.

As for Ouyang Di, Tian knew which shepherdessman he liked which was good, and after returning from Huyang City, he took the shepherdesss girl to tell his brothers that this was his wife, Yang.

The daughter of Liu Chu's family is just that, she is from the wife, she is a real lady, and she is a good match with the Ouyang family, even if Ouyang Xiu and Liu Chu don't like each other, they agree with each other's family very much, therefore, although this matter belongs to marrying without telling each other, at least the three media and six certificates are still complete, Ouyang Xiu will pinch his nose and recognize it for the sake of being thousands of miles away.

As for Ouyang Di's behavior, even Tie Xinyuan was a little incomprehensible, and that Yang knew that it was made up when he heard his surname.

There are sheep surnames in the Great Song Dynasty, how can a helpless and illiterate shepherd girl have such a surname, you know, the savages of the Western Regions have never had any names, and some are just translated names such as wild flowers, stones, and trees.

At that time, Tie Xinyuan wanted to stop it, but as a result, Ouyang Di's resoluteness was completely beyond his expectations, Zhao Wan went to persuade him, but he didn't receive any good results, Ouyang Di said that he would only marry the Yang family in this life.

Ouyang Fa was furious and did not let his younger brother change his original intention, but in the end, he was forced by his younger brother to hold a very grand wedding for them.

"You must tell Mr. in advance about your brother's affairs, it's none of my business." Although Tie Xinyuan very much welcomed Mr. Ouyang to Hami to take a look, he was absolutely unwilling to help those two uneasy guys carry the black pot.

He could imagine how angry Mr. Ouyang, who had always regarded himself as orthodox, would be when he heard the news.

Ouyang Fa smiled bitterly and said, "Since it is the big wedding I held for them, naturally all the black cauldrons will be carried by me."

It's not a big rebellion for Brother Di to marry the Yang family, presumably my father will agree when he hears about the matter between them. ”

"What's the matter?" Tie Xinyuan looked curious.

"The gentleman has a promise, please forgive Weichen for not being able to say it clearly." Ouyang Fa was resolute.

Inquiring about people's privacy is not good, Tie Xinyuan saw that Ouyang Fa didn't say anything, so he had to start talking about business again.

"Liangzhou will build a mansion, and the area under its jurisdiction in the future will even surpass the territory of Hami Country, not only is the territory huge, but there are also many fortresses that need to be defended, Xiangguo Mansion will only build a big framework for you, and the rest of the details need to be filled by yourself, by the way, who do you think will dominate the army in Hexi and your opinion?"

Ouyang Fa glanced at Tie Xinyuan gratefully, and quickly lowered his head and said, "It would be better if General A came." ”

This request was very unexpected by Tie Xinyuan, he stopped and said, "I thought you would say Leng Ping or Wang Guan."

Although Ah Da Ah Er is brave and unparalleled, he is also familiar with the strategy of battle formation, and has learned the art of kingship, although he is a good candidate, but their appearance is destined to make them unable to communicate with others.

Liangzhou is the place of four wars, just the strategy of the king may not be able to make this place calm, the necessary Huairou still has to be there, he is not good to come forward. ”

Ouyang Fa raised his head and said: "What Weichen wants is the courage and deterrence of General A, as for the governance of Hexi, Weichen thinks that there are very few places where the army is really used."

The king has already killed a little too much in Liangzhou, and Weichen thinks that the purpose of deterring the Liangzhou tribe has been achieved, and now he needs a limited amount of Huairou. ”

"Does the public court where the famous family committed suicide have an impact on your governance?"

"No, the rest of the tribes have divided the population and wealth of the Weiming, the Mumu clan, and the Yeli clan, and they are also the initiators of the destruction of the three major clans in Hexi, since they accepted those women and children, cattle and sheep, the Western Xia kingdom has become their enemy country.

Next, once Weichen set up the shelves of Liangzhou Mansion, he would start distributing acres of land to farmers in Hexi, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the "Land Order" of Hami State is being implemented here.

As for the rest, just repeat what I did in Balikun. ”

Ouyang Fa is really capable, Tie Xinyuan is very satisfied, except for the one that needs to be discussed, the rest are stubble.

As the news of the Seljuk victory in the West became more and more known, Adam's messenger was like a frightened donkey, carrying letter after letter, asking King Hami to take over as soon as possible.

When Tie Xinyuan returned to the sandbar, he saw Zachar standing alone in the desert.

The old fellow was probably going to die, and the wide monk's robe was worn on him as if it were hanging on a bamboo pole, almost going with the wind.

Among the few old immortals Tie Xinyuan knew, Musin was becoming more and more like a ghost, a cloud was becoming more and more like a king, and Zechar was becoming more and more like a dead man.