Chapter 364

Renzong is paranoid, it is also very terrifying, since this thing is useful for the Lingzhou Peace Conference, it can strengthen the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty and weaken the strength of the Liao State, so let some of them be done to the extreme.

Renzong's practice was to search almost the entire palace, except for taking out all the silk and satin in the treasury, and taking out some of the rewards that had been given to the concubines, as long as they were not used, they were all taken out.

For a while, even in the palace, there was a feeling of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

That's right, even the reward can be taken back, just to add one or two pieces of silk to the northwest, which sounds a bit incredible, but for a batch of silk at 3000, or maybe even higher, one piece of silk can replace 200 pieces of foot armor, or even more weapons, this becomes the only choice.

The entire palace actually got 1,200 sets of top-grade brocades, and more than 3,000 sets of second-class brocades, all of which were tributes, each of which was on the silk that Han Qi had traded to the Liao State.

With Renzong's practice, some high-ranking officials took out some of the rewards from their families and handed them over to Renzong.

In the Song Dynasty, civil officials were treated very preferentially, and generally high-ranking officials who reached a certain level, such as participating in political affairs, they would be more or less rewarded, most of these rewards were enshrined at home, and some people were miserable, and now, they are just taking it out.

For a while, the Shu brocade of the entire Bianliang City had been concentrated in the palace, and then sent to the Privy Council through Renzong, and the request was put forward by Han Qi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and the war and military affairs were also under the supervision of the Privy Council.

To be able to gather so many Shu brocades in such a short period of time, this is beyond everyone's expectations, and the Privy Council is the same, now, things have been found, what they should do is to transport these things to the northwest in the fastest and safest way.

Messenger is the best way, 800 miles expedited is more suitable, according to the weight of a horse of silk six or seven catties, theoretically, a messenger, can carry five horses.

No one would choose to do so, 800 miles expedited, this is not a large-scale arrangement after all, even in the northwest, Han Qi, the head of the four provinces, has only four or five eight hundred miles expedited under his subordinates, and to ensure his normal operation, huge resources are needed.

For example, if you rush 800 miles, you have to change your horses almost every 100 miles or so, and in key places, you even have to change your riders, so that you can ensure that you can walk 800 miles a day.

The 800 li in the hands of the Privy Council is much more expedited, but it is purely for the northwest line, which can accommodate up to 8, and one person carries 5 horses, that is, 40 horses.

Although the price of 40 top-grade silk is still very high, as high as 120,000 yuan, in the current state, how much role can it play, under the efforts of Renzong and the entire high-ranking officials, the total number of top-level and quasi-top-grade silk is as high as more than 5,000 horses, even if they can't all be sent, they need to be sent over most of them.

At the same time, sending messengers, there are also security issues, in the past, a top-grade silk, no matter how valuable it was, as long as it was not fanfare, not many people would find out.

This time, the movement is a little big, and even people with a little ability will know that a batch of top-grade silk can be sold for a high price of more than 3,000 guan in Liao, in this case, five horses is already enough to move people, and the price is as high as 15,000 guan.

The Privy Council also made very careful consideration for this, and immediately transported almost 5,000 top-grade brocades to the northwest with a cavalry team of 10,000 people.

The Northern Song Dynasty lacked horses, but what was lacking was the one that could charge head-on on the battlefield, carrying the war horses of heavy cavalry, not ordinary horses, especially in the forbidden army, mobilized, tens of thousands of cavalry, can still be mobilized.

The cavalry team of 10,000 people took a few days to prepare, and the supplies were basically in place, and the Privy Council even sent a few generals, who not only had to transport, but also obeyed Han Qi's instructions after arriving in the northwest.

800 miles urgently, quickly sent the news to Han Qi, Han Qi was also taken aback, he never thought that things would develop to this point.

The top brocade from the palace, any of this, is stronger than Xi'an's, and it is not a little bit stronger, as for the price, the top brocade, can no longer be described by price, it is a tribute, or used to pay tribute to the emperor, only the emperor, the concubine, and the meritorious ministers, can be rewarded, which is not comparable with the top sold in the market in Xi'an.

Such a thing, of course, can't be used at such a price, it should be said well, at least, not only 3,000.

When Liao Xingzong received Han Qi's letter again, he was taken aback, thinking that it was a relatively rude condition, even if it was the Northern Song Dynasty, he would not agree in a short time, but unexpectedly, Han Qi actually agreed, and promised, this is a misappropriation of the tribute belonging to Renzong, this beauty and exquisiteness, far from the top can be compared to the United States before, however, Han Qi did not increase the price on the spot, but waited until the thing arrived, let the Liao State set the price.

This makes Liao Xingzong a little puzzled, why is this, he can lower the price, to be honest, 3000 pieces of silk, although he feels very worthwhile, but when he thinks that 2000 cattle can be exchanged for a horse, it is more or less painful, and the cattle are still very large animals, and it will take at least several years to grow.

Liao Xingzong underestimated the craftsmanship of the Northern Song Dynasty, and those who could be sent to the palace as tribute were no longer described as brocade, that is, works of art, almost most of which were unique products, each of which would be overwhelmed by a well-informed high-ranking official, not to mention, the Liao people who were like soil buns.

Even these in Xi'an, they can't pull it out in their eyes, let alone the top-level silk from Bianliang.

Because of the attention from top to bottom, coupled with the fact that the entire system of the Privy Council was in place, these cavalrymen carried 5 days' rations, and then set off in a hurry, all of which were cavalry teams, and even some replacements.

For a cavalry team of tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to replace it like an expedited 800 miles, but it can replenish some damaged ones, and give direct replenishment in a specific place, without having to eat dry food, and can eat hot meals.

Due to the importance of the reason, coupled with the fact that there was no combat mission, they could walk more than 300 miles a day under the full run, and under the frantic hurry, after 6 days, a horse team of 10,000 people arrived, sending a total of 5,573 brocades, the top of which was only used by the royal family more than 3,000 horses, were also among them.

Almost on average, one person can't carry a batch, most of the cavalry is responsible for guarding, and when the cavalry of the fast horse arrives in Lingzhou, they will send these materials to Han Qi as soon as possible.