In the afternoon, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) sent a letter to Sikong Nan to send two horizontal knives, a sword, and two steel guns to the Liang State Legation's Mansion, and exchanged them for 150 inches of silver, which was really a good deal.

Due to the shortage of iron ore and coal, the supply of raw materials is small, and the production capacity is seriously insufficient, resulting in serious deformity of the price, the production cost of the horizontal knife is thirteen inches of silver, the sword is more expensive, the long-bladed steel gun is less material, the process time is short, it is cheaper, and it cannot be said that it is too expensive to sell thirty inches of silver, but the cost is indeed more expensive than the existing fine iron sword, and thirty inches of silver is hard-earned money and royalties, even if it is sold for fifty, it is not expensive.

Of course, in the final analysis, the technology is too advanced, and the ore mining and transportation technology lags behind the metallurgical technology of the deserted village, so if the advanced technology can not match the current productivity, it will inevitably pay the corresponding price, and at present, reflecting the reality level, is the rise of economic costs.

Fortunately, Liang is a well-known dog in the Central Plains, and there has been no war in the country for two hundred years.

Negotiated a deal with Ji Tong, stayed at night for Baili Yan to eat, and at the dinner Ji Tong wanted to use liquor to get drunk Bai Li Yan to get out of the secret, but Bai Li Yan quietly saw through it, and Ji Tong failed to succeed.

Early the next morning, Bai Liyan returned to the station, wrote a secret letter in detail about what he had talked about yesterday, and handed it to Lu Gao, so that he could immediately forward it to King Xian. King Xian summoned Lu Gao in the Imperial Garden, read through the whole letter and learned the news, and was deeply shocked in his heart:

"Lu Gao, what did Wei Xian tell you?"

Lu Gao shook his head and said:

"General Wei did not reveal a word to the last general, and only asked the last general to hand over this letter to the king."

King Xian frowned, stroked his short beard thoughtfully, and was silent for a long time before he said:

"The widow knows about this matter, you go back and tell Wei Xian, the widow promises him a strategy to clear the wilderness, and the rest of the things will be decided in two months."

"No!"

King Xian thought about it again and again, and felt that this was the benefit of the white wolf with empty gloves, and it had become a benefit for the Xian country, but if it didn't work, it was Wei Xian who was asking for his own hardship, so he might as well give it a try.

Not long after Lu Gao left, a eunuch came in a hurry:

"King Qiqi, Xiangguo and Da Sima ask to see."

"Tell them that the widow is talking to Princess Lanyuan and the Marquis of Xuanting about family matters, and let them wait."

"No!"

Not long after the eunuch retreated, King Xian came to the lotus pond in the imperial garden under the pavilion, where Princess Lanyuan and her husband Xuanting Hou were waiting.

"Brother Wang!"

"King Xian."

The husband and wife gave a deep salute, Jiang Hai laughed, and was very easy-going.

"Excuse me."

"Brother Xie."

After waiting for the three of them to sit down, Jiang Haiping retreated from the forbidden army of palace maids, and then said to Xuanting Hou:

"Brother-in-law, how is the business lately?"

"Thanks to the king's blessing, the income can still be maintained."

"Yes, Xianguo is in an eventful season, and you have to use money and food everywhere, so it's hard for your brother-in-law."

At this time, Princess Lan Yuan interjected:

"Brother Wang, look at what you said, over the years of ups and downs, Qiao Lian has earned enough, Brother Wang, have you seen the floating corpses on the roadside starving, all of them were starved to death on the side of the road. Girls like my sister were born in an imperial family, and they are content to enjoy the glory, and what is the use of hoarding gold and silver at home that cannot be eaten and clothed. ”

"Hehaha...... What my sister said was very true. ”

Jiang Hai laughed slowly, and Xuan Tinghou said embarrassedly:

"Over the years, the Hou Mansion has not earned much, and most of them have been circled by Da Sima, Xiangguo and others, and the Hou Mansion is really not rich."

"Brother-in-law is worried that the widow will reach out to you."

"No, no, no, everything the minister is given by the king, and the minister has no such intention."

Xuan Tinghou shook his head like a rattle, and Lan Yuan covered his mouth and said with a smile:

"Brother Wang, don't listen to him, he knows money all his life, and my woman is not as valuable as his pearls."

"Haha...... The widow admires his brother-in-law the most, and loves money. No one in the world loves money, and no one loves it. If there is no money and food, how can the soldiers be driven to be used by the widows, I think my brother-in-law is right. ”

"Brother Wang, look at what you said, I don't know, I still think that the Hou Mansion is Taicang."

"Why not, the Xian country is a widow, the widow is a salty country, and the widow can do what he says. That's right. Jiang Qian suddenly changed his words and said, "Fu'er is in time for this year." ”

Princess Lan Yuan nodded and said:

"The Chinese New Year is sixteen, Fu'er is still young, and my sister still expects Fu'er to stay by her side for a few more years, Brother Wang won't want Fu'er to marry Jinguo."

"Eh, if you have married a widow and a princess, how can you compensate another county lord, they are delusional. The widow recently found a peerless talent for Fu'er, and temporarily gave him Fu'er first. ”

"How can you not ask your sister about this matter first, and Brother Wang will make his own decisions." Princess Lan Yuan complained.

"Sister, don't worry, the widow only allowed him, and he didn't give a dowry to settle his feelings. Let him go for a year first, and if the widow is satisfied, it's not too late to marry Fu'er. However, the widow has said first, if this matter is successful, Fu'er can't be the main room, and I hope my sister doesn't care. ”

Jiang Hai didn't have the heart to say, when he heard that his daughter could only make a side room, Princess Lanyuan immediately became angry:

"What, Brother Wang's marriage can't be the main room, whose talent is this, and he can still bargain with Brother Wang!"

"After listening to the widow, Guangxin Gong will start first, and the county lord of Guangxin will be married to this person, if he forcibly withdraws from the marriage, Guangxin Gong will be determined to rebel."

"What kind of person is so worthy of wooing that he can let Guangxin recruit a son-in-law."

"But no, a generation of geniuses, if the widow used him back then, how could he lose Jiangdong Dongjun, he is a terrible person."

"Brother Wang said that the sky is falling, who is this person."

Princess Lan Yuan asked, Jiang Hai said without hesitation:

"Last year, there was a Lang Zhong surnamed Wei in the city of Chenling, whose name was Wei Xian, who was a guest in Zhao Xun's mansion, and opened a medical officer Yicaotang in the west of the city, and the Yicaotang signboard is still there, and my sister has never heard of it."

"It's him, isn't he just a better doctor."

Princess Lan Yuan didn't think so, and at this time, Xuan Tinghou, who had not spoken for a long time, had a bright eye, and said with a smile:

"It was Wei Xian of Guangxin, but I didn't expect it to be this person."

Jiang Hai was surprised when he heard the news, looked at Xuan Tinghou and said:

"Brother-in-law also knows about this person?"

"Yes, I haven't seen this person's medical skills and strategies great, but he is good at business, I know something."

"Oh!" Jiang Hai became more and more curious, and asked, "Tell the widow to listen." ”

"The king doesn't know that there is a deserted village under the name of this Wei Xian, and there are three famous artifacts in the deserted village. One is red, white, black porcelain, red blood, white transparent, black bright, the sound of percussion is like a bell running out of clear and long.

The two are cold, I personally sent people to Guangxin to investigate, Guangxin City Drunken Xiangju does have cold ice, the source is the deserted village.

The third soap can be bathed, silky as oil, can wash oil stains, and is 100 times stronger than alkaline water and soaphorn. ”

Jiang Hai listened to it with relish, thinking that Zhao Xun had also said these things, accounting for the vast majority of the income of the deserted village, Jiang Hai did not think about it at that time and did not study it deeply. Gongsun Yue, Jiang Yan and others didn't talk about it, and now what Xuanting Hou Qiao Lian said made Jiang Hai even more annoyed, if Zhao Xun had been used three years earlier, Xianguo would not have fallen to this step.

"Brother-in-law, the porcelain produced in this deserted village is really better than the royal Sigong porcelain?"

"The king, not only is it better, it is really as thin as white paper, transparent as jade, the world's rare famous ware, if this kind of porcelain-making technology into their own homes, why worry that the world's wealth is not used by the king."

Xuan Tinghou's three sentences are inseparable from the word money, and King Xian laughed:

"Hehaha...... So, did this Horse Xuan Tinghou admit it? ”

This Princess Lanyuan bluffed, her eyes signaled her husband Xuan Tinghou to shut up, and then said to Jiang Hai:

"Fu'er is still young, shouldn't Brother Wang have to observe him for a year or two, and it's not too late to wait for another two years."

"Sister, isn't she worried that Brother Wang will not succeed if he cheats." King Xian finished speaking.

"Where does my sister dare, I heard that Jiang Rong, the daughter of Guangxin Gong, is very tight, and Fu'er is still young, my mother is worried that Xiang'er will suffer a loss if she passes the door early."

"Then my sister is not afraid that Mr. Jiang Rong's next son and half daughter will snatch the throne?"

"That's no way, who let Jiang Rong be a few years older than me."

"That's fine." Jiang Hai sighed: "Then wait another year or two." ”

Finalizing this family matter, Xuanting Hou Qiao Lianle's eyebrows opened and smiled, and when Princess Lan Yuan saw it, she glared back to her original form at a glance, and she didn't dare to get carried away at all.

Bailiyan officially became the commander of the Liang army, Antai Hou Ji Tongce should make the news, and the news officially spread two days later, Xihuan was stunned for a long time when he heard the news, as if in a dream, at first glance he thought it was a mistake:

"Gu Chen, is this news accurate?"

"It's true, the Liang State Embassy's Mansion is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to spy on the news, Wei Xiance's position as envoy was appointed four days ago, and the news came out today."

"I can't get in with anyone from the Jin Kingdom, and the Xian Kingdom has sent more than 60 people in one go, which is really hateful!" Xihuan's charming face immediately showed a fierce color.

"This ...... King Xian suddenly reused Zhao Xun and snubbed Gongsun Yue, Jiang Yan and others, it seems that there is a suspicion of overthrowing the cabinet, could it be that King Xian and Zhao Xun conspired? Gu Chen guessed.

"No way!" Xihuan denied: "Zhao Xun is familiar with the art of war but is not good at political fighting, and King Xian has no such skills, there must be a master behind him to help." ”

"It can't be the Marquis of Ding Yang and the Queen Mother." Gu Chen boldly guessed.

"Marquis Ding Yang is a waste, the Queen Mother and Jiang Yan and Gongsun Yue are one party, how can they cut off their own arms. King Xian is now quietly using Ji Tong's hand to promote Wei Xian, either at the behest of An Taihou, or with the guidance of another master. ”

"But in the Bailing Garden that day, I had never heard that King Xian had a deep conversation with Wei Xian, and there seemed to be no basis for saying that there was a master to guide him. Only the sons of Wei Xian and An Taihou have the grace to save their lives, so it is not impossible. ”

"Can An Taihou send 100,000 troops to an expedition to Xianguo for a Wei Xian? You don't have to think about it, how can Wei Xian be virtuous, let Antai Hou Xingshi move the public. Liang Jun can't be Xianguo here, there must be an inside story that we haven't yet known, this An Taihou turned his face ruthlessly, I really don't know what his father thinks. ”

Antai Hou Jitong went to the Jin Kingdom last year to marry his son Ji Kang, and the Jin King promised to marry the eldest daughter of the crown prince Ji Jun, who was only six years old, to Ji Kang, in order to deepen the relationship between the Jin State and the Liang State.

originally thought that Antaihou led the army on an expedition, how could he give face to the Jin State and let Wei Han serve as Antaihou's envoy, but now not only did Wei Han fail to serve as the envoy, but let Wei Xian get ahead, Xihuan couldn't swallow this breath in his heart.

"Gu Chen, didn't Guangxin Gong give the county lord Jiang Rong to Wei Xian!" Xihuan asked.

"Yes, the news also came out of Jiang Gan's camp the day before yesterday, and it is believed that Jiang Qian was furious when he heard the letter."

"Oh, it seems that there is no harmony within the Guangxin Army, and Jiang Qian doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about this brother-in-law."

"What does Your Highness mean?"

"In the afternoon, this princess entered the palace to probe the tone of King Xian, and see what King Xian's attitude is, you go to stare at Xiangguo and Da Sima Mansion, and find out the situation of Gongsun Yue and Jiang Yan clearly, Wei Xian's matter is probably not so simple. Guangxin is married, if King Xian wants to use Zhao Xun and Wei Xian, how can he tolerate this marriage to raise tigers"

"What His Highness said is very true, and his subordinates will do it."

Xihuan is not worried about what winds and waves the half-dead Xianguo will be able to turn over in the future, but is worried that Wei Xian is a native of Qiguo, and he will not die for King Xian after all, and he must use Xianguo to waste the strength of the Jin State and make the Jin army withdraw from Qiguo.