Although the two countries exchanged troops, the exchanges between ordinary people were not greatly affected. The official peace market has been suspended by the outbreak of war, but private private trade is still thriving. Therefore, there are also a lot of Han people from the Great Song Dynasty in Xingqing Mansion, and most of them are here to do business. There are also a large number of Han Chinese who have settled here for many years. Du Wenhao and they are mixed in and are not eye-catching. Of course, at this time, I didn't see the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Royal Forest Army behind them.

Cai Tou is very familiar with Xingqing Mansion, and there are also many shops here, and he took Du Wenhao to visit the entire Xingqing Mansion. Wang Runxue is a shopaholic, when she went out, she was empty-handed, and when she came back, almost all the guards had big bags full of things.

After the transfer, return to the Royal Inn.

The three of them were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the Western Xia capital in the living room of their luxurious emperor's suite, when they suddenly heard a knock on the door, Du Wenhao called in, and Cai Tou led a middle-aged woman with a scarf covering her face to come in. - The wind and sand in Western Xia are strong, and women mostly wear veils.

Du Wenhao looked at Cai Tou strangely, wanting to ask who this was, a little blind, Cai Tou smiled slightly, wiped it on his head, and took off a hair cover,

Du Wenhao looked at it fixedly, and the person who came was the secret envoy Wei Mingshanli Gongma (referred to as Wei Ma) who was secretly sent by Emperor Huizong to ask for a joint Great Song Dynasty to kill the Empress Dowager Liang.

As expected, Du Wenhao smiled and gave up his seat.

After the two sat down, Du Wenhao said meaningfully: "Lord Wei, since the last time I said goodbye, there has been no news of you, which makes people miss it so much." ”

Wei Ma looked a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "The last time I came back, the Empress Dowager Liang was sick, and she was very sick, and the emperor said to look at the Empress Dowager Liang's illness first, and then ......."

"Hehe, I understand, what your emperor means is that if Empress Dowager Liang burps directly, you don't have to trouble us, right? Now that the old witch is finished, what are you still coming to me for? ”

Wei Ma's expression was even more embarrassed: "This ......, Lord Zai Zhi misunderstood, our emperor never meant this, now although the Empress Dowager Liang is dead, the military and political power is still in the hands of the Empress Dowager Liang's nephew Liang Yikui." Our emperor has decided to continue to form an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and I ask you to help the emperor regain imperial power. It's just that this condition, can you discuss it again......"

Du Wenhao thought to himself, since you took the initiative to come to me, it means that you must have asked for me, and if you give in at this time, you are simply the number one fool in the world. At the moment, he spread his hands and said: "I have always said the same thing, and the price I offered last time was already the most favorable." If it works, pull it down. After we worship the Empress Dowager Liang, if we continue to make peace, then we will discuss with the regent about welcoming the family, and after marrying the princess, we will return to Western Xia. If we don't get along, we'll slap our butts and leave! ”

Wei Ma smiled and said, "Lord Zaizhi, the Danshan Horse Farm is really very important to my Western Xia, and it is really indispensable, so let's divide the boundary south of the Yellow River to the Great Song Dynasty, how about it?" ”

This land does not include Shandan Racecourse, and most of it is wasteland, Du Wenhao didn't look at it at all, his goal was Shandan Racecourse, and immediately waved his hand and said: "Don't talk!" We don't do dark things, and the conditions can't be changed! ”

Wei Ma scratched his head: "It's not a secret, we also discussed with Da Liao, and the price offered by Da Liao is much lower, but our emperor has always been pro-Song and is more willing to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty, so we will not consider inviting troops from Liao until it is absolutely necessary." ”

Sure enough, Du Wenhao had expected this trick a long time ago, and smiled slightly: "We don't care whether you rely on the Liao State to help you regain the imperial power, because the Song-Liao alliance has been a hundred years, and we will not endanger my Great Song because of your alliance with the Liao State." Therefore, it doesn't matter if this thing is done or not. - If Lord Wei is fine, please go back, I just went out for a big turn, and I am tired and want to rest. ”

Wei Ma was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Du Wenhao to answer so simply, and he directly issued an eviction order later, he couldn't help but be very embarrassed.

He pondered for a moment, clenched his fists and said, "Okay, I'll give you Shandan Racecourse, but only Shandan Racecourse, excluding other places in Ganzhou and Liangzhou." Moreover, the annual coin must be paid twice as much as the previous standard, and the city should also be restored immediately, never interrupted! ”

The annual coins given by the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia were an important financial source for the Western Xia, and the cities of the two sides were more important to the Western Xia, and the silk and silk clothing materials of the Western Xia, as well as the daily necessities such as incense, porcelain and lacquerware, tea, as well as gold, silver, copper, and tin precious metals, basically relied on imports from the Great Song Dynasty. Especially for grain, Western Xia was dominated by animal husbandry, so the annual grain gap was very large, and it relied heavily on purchasing from the Great Song Dynasty.

The export of camels, horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock and commonly used Chinese herbs such as Bupleurum chinensis, wolfberry and rhubarb to the Great Song Dynasty in the Western Xia Dynasty is also an important source of its finances.

Therefore, at that time, the Song Dynasty jokingly called "Xia people Yangwu and the city, like the baby's milk". Every time the two sides fought, the payment of the annual coins stopped and the city was cut off, and the prices in the Western Xia would skyrocket, and famine would follow.

Du Wenhao is naturally very clear about this situation, twice the annual coin, and for the financially powerful Da Song Dynasty, it is just a drop in the bucket, but he hates such things as land reparations, as long as he gives money for no reason, he will not be angry. Then he said coldly: "Absolutely not!" ”

"Why?"

"It's very simple, an alliance is an alliance, both sides must be equal, why does my Great Song give you hundreds of thousands of coins every year? What benefits do you give us? Why don't you give us money? ”

Wei Ma sneered: "This is what I gave to the Great Song Dynasty from Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"The reward of Fanguo is a reciprocal payment in the case of tribute from Fanguo, which can only be decided by the emperor according to the situation, whether to reward, how much, and when to reward, all have to be decided by the emperor, how can there be a contract stipulating how much must be rewarded every year? What is this not blackmail? Therefore, as I have already said, as long as I am the ruler for one day, I will resolutely oppose such a coin, and I will never allow it to continue to exist! It's doubled, and I don't give a penny! ”

The more Du Wenhao spoke, the more angry he became, he stood up and said: "Besides, you only give us Shandan Racecourse, not including Liangzhou, and Shandan Racecourse is in your Western Xia near Tubo, hundreds of miles away from our border, we want to go to Shandan Racecourse, we must pass through Liangzhou, you don't give Liangzhou, how can we control it?" Do you fly over? ”

"We will assign the passage of the Shandan Racecourse to the southwest and the five-mile-wide section along the border with Tubo to the Great Song Dynasty to the Great Song Dynasty, so that you can directly control the Shandan Racecourse."

"What?" Du Wenhao's eyes widened, "A five-mile-wide passage? On the left is Tubo, on the right is Western Xia, five miles wide and hundreds of miles long, like a noodle, this channel can rush out of bounds with a fart, how do you let us control it? If you pinch this passage, won't the hundreds of thousands of horses we have stocked at Shandan Horse Farm become your pocket? You've got a good idea! Let's help you be Bi Ma Wen, raise the horses well, and you eat ready-made, right? Just because of your idea, I know that you have no sincerity at all! - That's it! Drop-off! ”

Wei Ma looked quite embarrassed, and hurriedly glanced at Cai Tou.

Cai Tou understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to laugh and said: "Grandpa Guo is angry, if you have something to say slowly, it's all easy to discuss......

Du Wenhao said angrily: "What are you discussing? What time is it now? Empress Dowager Liang has just died, Liang Yiqi has just been regent, and the foundation is stable, at this critical moment to regain the imperial power, the other party will have one more preparation one day later, they are not in a hurry, we are still in a hurry! ”

Wei Ma's heart sank, what he said was true, time is the most precious now, and he turned his heart sideways at the moment and said in a low voice: "That's good!" So, Lord Zaiji, I'll give you one more suggestion, and if this doesn't work, I'm out of the question. I can only go back and report to the emperor. ”

Du Wenhao knew that there was a door, and he was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was full of anger, and he sat back on the chair without looking at the horse.

Wei Ma arched his hand and said: "Since Lord Zai Zhi is taboo to say that the year is given, then we can change the way, what do you think?" -- I, Xixia, will give you the Shandan Racecourse and the long and narrow passage, and the rest of Ganzhou and Liangzhou will be leased by you, and you will pay rent every year, and the amount will be twice the amount of the original annual coin. What do you think? ”

This is about the same, Du Wenhao thought to himself, this result is still satisfied, after all, Emperor Huizong was originally pro-Song, helping him regain imperial power and supporting a pro-Song emperor was originally very beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty, even if there was no other price, this result was also hoped for by the Great Song Dynasty. Now the Western Xia has ceded the Shandan Horse Farm to the Great Song Dynasty, which is already an additional dividend, and at the same time, it can also lease Liangzhou and Ganzhou in the Western Xia, which are very large, accounting for about one-tenth of the total area of the Western Xia, and they are both fertile Hetao Plains.

The rent is calculated according to twice the original annual currency, and the original annual gift of Xixia silver is 72,000 taels, 153,000 horses of silk, and 30,000 catties of tea, even if the rent is calculated by twice the amount, it is still very cost-effective, because these two states are fertile soil, and because the agricultural population of Western Xia is small, so many of them are wasteland, and once developed, the products produced will definitely exceed twice the number of annual coins. This business must only make money and not lose money!

Du Wenhao had already agreed in his stomach, but his face was still impassive: "How long is the lease period?" ”

"How about ten years? At the end of the ten-year period, you will return the leased area to Western Xia. ”

"Then what about the buildings we build on this land?"

"The house goes anywhere, and it naturally belongs to us. Because these two plots of land are very large, the rent is already very cheap for twice the amount of coins. ”

"Haha, your abacus is good, ten years, we are almost done, it should be returned to you, which is equivalent to working for you for free! Hey. ”