In the side hall, only these governors are left, as the top group of people in the Northern Song Dynasty, their every move affects the livelihood of more than 100 million people in this huge country.

But today, the core is thousands of miles away, even more than 2,000 miles away in the northwest.

Before, in the court discussion, it was just a simple explanation, and there were no detailed things involved, and when they arrived in this side hall, there were only a dozen or so people, so there was no need to cover it up, and the twists and turns from Han Qi, plus the original of the Liao State contract, were also passed on to everyone.

At this moment, these top courtiers saw the specific details, and took advantage of the critical moment of the war between the Liao State and the Western Xia to quietly occupy Lingzhou.

This requires accurate judgment and timing, without alarming the Western Xia and Liao, quietly running Lingzhou well, and ensuring a foundation, which is what a steady minister should do.

Han Qi did all this very well, no matter what happened later, how it developed, a foundation was laid, that is, the Northern Song Dynasty pressed Lingzhou.

Lingzhou is the base of the Western Xia attack on the Northern Song Dynasty, geographically, has a very important role, coupled with the abundance of water and grass, it is a rich land, in history, the Hetao Plain, is also an important place through the Western Regions, take here, it is equivalent to saying, in the struggle between the two countries, occupy the upper hand.

If it is said that the capture of Lingzhou is acceptable, if they can barely do it with the support of sufficient intelligence, the next thing is a little terrifying.

Taking advantage of the critical moment when the Liao State captured Xingqing Mansion, he entered the attack battle, reached an agreement with the Liao State, destroyed the city wall with special weapons, and finally captured Xingqing Mansion in one fell swoop.

At the slightest question, it would not have been possible, and everyone asked specifically about the weapon.

The Northern Song Dynasty is known for its defense, and its defensive capability is the best in the world, and under the premise of losing on the front, they often make the choice of building a series of city walls and using a chain-like defense system to resist the opponent's attack.

A thing that can have a huge destructive power on the walls of the Northern Song Dynasty, which needs to be in your hands anyway.

Asked this question, Jia Chaochang was a muggle, because of Zhao Xin's request, Han Qi kept this secret, and even the compromises were vague, only mentioning that it was a new product of Dinghaihou, and the quantity was limited, and at the same time, there was no threat to the fortress.

It's Dinghai Hou again, and now these slaughterers found out that there are too many people who have heard this name today.

The formulation of the plan was proposed by Dinghaihou, who was in Baozhou at that time, and the modification of the forbidden army was also suggested by Dinghaihou, and the longbow showed a terrible role in this battle.

The battle of Xingqing Mansion, the language is unknown, and the role that can be shown is also covered up by the more vigorous blowing up of the wall of Xingqing Mansion, but after that, in the ambush against 30,000 iron harriers, this is a real feat, completely showing the horror of the longbow.

These are all related to the Marquis of Dinghai, if you add iron materials and some changes in the system, the entire Northern Song Dynasty government almost benefited from the Marquis of Dinghai.

However, soon, including Jia Chaochang, they all shut up, Dinghaihou is a taboo word, not that it can't be said, but it's inconvenient to say it on this occasion.

Renzong also sighed that if the Daimyo Blacksmith Workshop showed Zhao Xin's ability to make money, then this time, it would have a huge impact on the entire Northern Song Dynasty, and Western Xia would no longer exist.

Renzong sat on the throne, and he couldn't believe the news, according to Han Qi's recital, Yuan Hao did not die, and Western Xia did not perish, but there was no difference from extinction.

For the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia, which was a big trouble, no longer existed, and the Western Xia, who had hundreds of thousands of armor and kept harassing the Northern Song Dynasty, became the opponent of the Liao State, and even shrunk to a very small extent.

In the land of five continents, under the premise that there is only one state left, in this case, there is no way to support Yuan Hao's attack.

Maybe it's because of this contract, maybe it's because of the broken jar, and the Liao State has also begun to search frantically, and it can be seen that this has been reached, and the Liao State simply took all the things in Western Xia in his hands.

This is also the source of such a large number of livestock, in the twists and turns, there is also Han Qi's simple explanation, on the land occupied by Western Xia, 10 million cattle can be taken out, and the carrying capacity of the grassland is far higher than they think.

Han Qi also put forward an idea to continue this mutual market, similar to the transaction of Burenjia, but this time, the Liao State did not have that funds, and if it continued, it was food and other daily necessities that could continue.

After the property of Western Xia was scavenged, more livestock could still grow on the prairie, and as long as this mutual market was maintained, more benefits would be obtained.

Then food is the most necessary, and it is also urgently needed by the nomads, but compared with iron weapons, the profit of grain is low.

After all, the road is far away, the grain is also large, and it is not obvious to send it to Hebei, and when it arrives in the northwest, the price of a stone of grain will be doubled by seven or eight times, and the grain of 700 wen in Bianliang, or even only three or four hundred wen in the south of the Yangtze River, is as high as 5 yuan, so the price of the transaction is not high.

On the premise that the previous series of problems are all possible, the final question has also become the focus of discussion.

Because there is nothing else to discuss, you can still discuss it to determine whether it is true or not, and when it is confirmed that it is true, what else to discuss, even the contract with Liao has been agreed.

This is somewhat unreasonable, but in the face of huge gains, no one will say it.

On the books, 250,000 sets of step armor, plus other equipment, the price is more than 3.5 million yuan, but that is on the books, these step armor have been used for at least ten years, and the most critical problem is that now the iron is worthless.

That's right, from the famous blacksmith's workshop, involved in the Northern Song Dynasty's other iron materials, the price of iron has been greatly reduced, according to the new standard, the price per catty of Buren armor is only 60 Wen, which is one-third of the previous one, that is to say, the price of this batch of goods is at most one million.

But what was exchanged was tens of millions of livestock, no matter the size or breed, and I always bought 10 heads, even sheep, or the kind of lamb that had just been born for a short time and did not have much meat, which was enough to surprise people, not to mention, at least a quarter of them were large animals such as cattle and horses.

Blood earnings are certain, 20 million is just the foundation, maybe thirty or forty million, it is possible, this is probably the biggest benefit of the Northern Song Dynasty in all previous wars, with this, even if it is a hundred years old coins for the Liao State, it is cost-effective.

According to Han Qi's assessment, in the original Western Xia land, at least 7 million sheep, 1 million cattle and almost the same number of horses can be produced a year, even if you take out one-tenth of this, it is enough to support the continuation of this transaction.

However, what is needed is only grain, not a large amount of iron, and at the same time, a large amount of iron is not suitable for extensive output.

The grain was sent over, and there was a loss, 5 pieces of grain, exchanging with the other party, perhaps, only a little benefit was obtained, which made the senior officials of the Northern Song Dynasty, who were accustomed to eating big fish and meat, a little uncomfortable.

How can we reduce the cost of food?

A governor suddenly proposed a method, build the road, repair the road, can't you reduce the cost, to a certain extent, you can also use the method of water transportation.

That's right, this is an adequate entry point, why is it also the front line, the grain price on the Hebei front line is far lower than that in Longxi, because of the existence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Compared with land transportation, water transportation is a few tenths of the cost, even if it is a checkpoint and freight, these are all mixed together, and it is not high, which is also the fundamental reason why the rice in the south of the Yangtze River is only 700 Wen when it is sent to Bianliang, and it is not more than 800 Wen when it is sent to Hebei.

But Longxi is different, although the Yellow River exists, but only a small number of places are navigable, most of the places, are relying on people, with cars, or backs, to get through, even on the road, the consumption of grain, is already several times the grain itself transported.

Everyone knows that repairing the road a little and using horse-drawn carriages on a large scale can reduce the freight and reduce it to a lot, but the Northern Song Dynasty has no money, and the war is not fought all the time.

But now, not only are there tens of millions of cattle, which urgently need to be transported to the territory, but also the future is at least 2 million head of cattle per year, if a road is built, a large number of horse-drawn carts are used, and supplies are prepared, the freight of grain can be reduced by eighty percent, which is eighty percent, but it is all profit.

The cost of building a road, hundreds of thousands, or even millions, but it can't stand the huge profits, even if the annual transaction volume of 2 million heads, this transaction is tens of millions of levels, eighty percent of the freight is saved, and the annual profit may be more than a few million, take out a part, or even take it out in advance to repair the road, this is not impossible.

Everyone turned their attention to Ye Qingchen, Ye Qingchen is the envoy of the three divisions, and the life of the three divisions has been better recently, and the savings in all aspects may reach more than 10 million.

Noticing the eyes of the courtiers, Ye Qingchen secretly complained, if it was changed to before the start of the farmland water conservancy project, he could take out the money without saying a word, and he could even increase the weight, but now, he has almost invested in this farmland and water conservancy, and the huge expectations in the future have made him invest a little too much, and he originally wanted to go to the Ding Navy to make a fortune, but now, the military exploits in the northwest will be rewarded, and there is this road construction plan, where will he go to get the money back, is it difficult to stop the farmland and water conservancy?