Li Nan's marriage to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty this time not only alarmed the two countries, but also spread the news to the surrounding countries.

A few days ago, he was busy preparing for the wedding, and Li Nan didn't have time to worry about other things, so as soon as he pacified Emperor Shunde, he summoned envoys from various countries in the palace's Yin'an Palace.

The first to enter the hall were envoys sent by Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia, Li Qianshun.

In fact, Zhennan is not bordering Western Xia now, and Li Nan is quite surprised that Western Xia actually sent envoys.

The state of Western Xia was established by the Dangxiang people in the northwestern part of China, and since the founding of the state, the country that has been mired in four wars has not been stable.

The Western Xia fought with Tubo and attached to the powerful Tang Dynasty, and because of his many contributions, he was given the surname 'Li'.

During the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, no matter who was in power in the Central Plains, the Li clan (Tuoba clan) was "bowing down to the vassals", exchanging the dominance of the place and a large number of rewards with the left and right.

After the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, began to attack these alien forces, and since then, the truth of the Western Xia and the Song State has never stopped, and the most elite Western army of the Song State has grown up in the long-term battle against the Western Xia.

Just a few years ago, the Western Xia, which had a close relationship with the Liao State, also fought with the Song State, and the two sides suffered losses from each other, and finally under the pressure of the Liao State, the two countries continued to maintain peace.

Now the Jin State is prosperous, occupying a large area of mountains and rivers in the Liao State, the Liao Emperor Tianzuo Emperor was chased and fled in all directions, Goryeo stood by and watched, the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the fire to rob, but only the Western Xia sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to aid Xijing.

After the loss of Xijing, the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun learned that the Liao Tianzuo Emperor had fled into Yinshan, and sent the general Li Liangfu to lead 30,000 troops to the rescue, I have to say that the friendship between the two countries is really deep.

The envoy sent by the Western Xia this time was a middle-aged man about forty years old, although his skin was slightly dark, but his appearance was good, he was knowledgeable, especially the Chinese dialect was extremely fluent, and it seemed that he was a guy who had seen the world.

"The envoy of Western Xia, Li Zhizhong, see the king of Zhennan!" After entering the Yin'an Palace, he saw Li Nan sitting upright on the dragon chair on the high platform in the middle, and the envoy of Xixia hurriedly bowed down.

The two countries are not at war yet, not to mention that Zhennan has nothing to do with Western Xia, and they also sent heavy congratulatory gifts, Li Nan smiled and said: "You don't have to be formal, you want to come from Western Xia, it must be hard, sit down." ”

Li Zhizhong sat down carefully, and the maid of his own palace brought fragrant tea, and he was immediately surprised when he saw the crystal clear tea bowl.

Li Zhizhong took a sip of fragrant tea, then carefully put down the tea bowl, and said to Li Nan: "The prince is famous and famous, and he has already resounded all over the world, and the lower officials have long admired it. The prince first captured the three kingdoms of Dali, Jiaozhi and Zhancheng, and then defeated the Zhenla Empire. ”

Although there is an element of flattery in these words, whether it is Li Zhizhong himself or Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, they do have great admiration for Li Nan.

In this land, the Western Xia, Song, and Liao kingdoms have been in place for a long time, but Li Nan actually relied on his own strength to conquer three countries on the Indochina Peninsula, defeated the Zhenla Empire with hundreds of thousands of terrifying war elephants, and recently defeated the 150,000 Great Song Western Army that kept the Western Xia people awake at night, such a feat really shocked the world.

Before Li Qianshun succeeded to the throne, Western Xia had always been in power in the harem, and the family wealth accumulated by the ancestors had been defeated by several empress dowagers in power.

Li Qianshun was also in power with the Empress Dowager Liang's family, and he borrowed from the Liao State to eradicate the Hou Party and become the real lord of Western Xia.

For example, if there is a big chaos today, the powerful Liao State was defeated by the small Jin State, and after losing this backer, Li Qianshun and the hundred officials of Western Xia were all panicked.

Li Qianshun knew that if the Liao State was destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty, which had an enmity with the Western Xia era, would definitely attack them, so the Western Xia must now find a strong ally, and Li Nan's Zhennan Kingdom has experienced several wars and already has such qualifications.

The main purpose of Li Zhizhong's visit to Zhennan this time was to try to conclude an alliance between the two countries, and secondly, to see the livelihood and armament of Zhennan people, and to focus on observing what kind of person Li Nan, the lord of Zhennan Kingdom, was

After the two sides chatted a few words about the customs and customs of Western Xia, Li Zhizhong got to the point: "Now that the sun is setting in the West Mountain of the Liao Kingdom, I am afraid that there will be no day of resurgence. Therefore, Emperor Chongzong of my Great Xia Kingdom wants to form a brotherly alliance with your country, help each other, and fight against strong enemies, does the prince think so? ”

"Hehehe." After hearing the words of the envoy of Xixia, Li Nan smiled and took a sip of the tea bowl.

What the Tangut people are most afraid of now is that after the Song State recovers the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it will once again use troops against the Western Xia, and without the suppression of the Liao State, I am afraid that this time it will be the battle of the Western Xia to destroy the country, but Li Nan, who knows the direction of the time, knows that things will not come to that point.

After thinking about the pros and cons a little, Li Nan said: "The current situation in the world is not very good, and the worries of your lord are also somewhat reasonable, but my Zhennan Kingdom is an in-law of the Song Kingdom, and the relationship between the two countries has also improved greatly recently. ”

Li Zhizhong anxiously persuaded: "Lord Wang, the Song State is now in a hurry to go on the Northern Expedition, so this is the only way to be lenient to you, if you wait for the Song State to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, then the Zhennan Kingdom must be the target that the Song State wants to get rid of the most!" ”

"Hahaha......" Li Nanlang laughed loudly: "What you say is indeed reasonable, but don't forget, my Zhennan Kingdom is not afraid of the Song Kingdom attacking." ”

Li Nan stepped down from the high platform, came to Li Zhizhong and asked, "The 150,000 elites of the Western Army of the Song Kingdom are defeated and fled under this Guizhou city!" This king asks you, how many Western troops in the Song Kingdom dare to attack me? ”

"This ......" was forced by the powerful coercion emanating from Li Nan's body, and this question was difficult to answer, and the envoy from Western Xia was speechless for a while.

After a while, Li Zhizhong, who had regained his composure, gave up the alliance between the two countries, and instead begged for Ken: "Lord Wang, in fact, the minister has a reluctant invitation to come. Jiuwen Zhennan has everything in the south of the country, and the Song State often uses the open and closed field trade to contain our Xia Kingdom, so I implore the prince to allow the two countries to trade. ”

Li Nan knew that the goods that Western Xia wanted most were tea and iron, but both the Song and Liao kingdoms strictly prohibited the outflow of strategic materials such as ironware, so whether it was the Western Xia or the Tibetan tribes, many people did not even have iron pots at home.

The main exports of Western Xia were sheep, horses, cattle, camels, salt, jade, felt blankets, licorice, honey, wax, musk, hairy brown, antelope horn, claysand, bupleurum, cistanche, rhubarb, safflower, feather, etc. However, the Western Xia Qingyan, which was favored by Song Liao, and Zhennan, which had a large sea territory, did not need it at all, and only horses were considered important goods.

Thinking about the key to it, Li Nan said quietly and lightly: "Okay, this king already knows about this matter, let this king think about it." ”

Seeing that Li Nan had the intention of expelling customers, Li Zhizhong didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly said a few polite words and got up to say goodbye.

After the envoy from Western Xia left, Li Nan asked Ludia, who was acting as a secretary, "Where else have you not seen the envoy?" ”

Ludia smiled habitually, picked up the list in her hand and said: "Waiting in the side hall are the heads of the six tribes of Tubo, as well as the envoys sent by Li Ziqian, the prince of Goryeo Korea, and a woman from the island country, who said that she is an old friend of the prince. ”