Li Shi said: "Thank you King of Western Qin, the journey was very smooth!" After entering the Western Qin, the king and the officials and ministers accompanying the mission were very surprised, in just ten years, the king of the Western Qin actually governed the land of the Western Qin so richly, the hot sand sea of the Western Qin, the white Tianshan snow scene at a glance, the steaming Daqing Pond, the endless cement avenue and so on left a deep impression on the king! ”

"There are still many beautiful scenery in various parts of Xiqin, and the people of Xiqin also welcome His Highness, and His Highness can stay here for a while longer!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he looked at the accompanying officials behind Li Shi and said, "Some of His Highness's entourage officials are known to this king, and some are not, can you please introduce Your Highness?" ”

"Please!"

Under Li Shi's introduction, Zhao Ziliang and Li Shi's entourage got to know each other one by one, and the two sides saluted each other. The www.biquge.info officials who came with Li Shi this time are all heavyweights, Wang Jin will not say it, he is the emperor's prime minister, Liu Yan has been an official in the Xuanzong Dynasty, and he will also be a prime minister-level figure in the future; Yuan Zai, this is also a prime minister-level figure in the future; the emperor's living room Lang Chang Gon, this person will also be a prime minister-level figure in the future, and this will be the prime minister in three days in a row, which makes Zhao Ziliang quite surprised.

After getting to know all the officials accompanying Li Shi, Zhao Ziliang said to Li Shi: "King Yong's first time in Western Qin, he may not be very familiar with some important officials of my Western Qin, this king will introduce you to you!" ”

Li Shi hugged his fists and said, "Thank you so much, the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took Li Shi onto a long red wool carpet and introduced to Li Shi one by one the main officials of Western Qin, such as Liu Wei, Dugu Jun, Gao Shang, Cen Shen, Gao Shi, and Dugu Wenshu.

Liu Shan walked over and said to Zhao Ziliang and Li Shi: "Please ask His Royal Highness King and King Yong to review the honor guard of the three armies!" ”

Looking at the several columns of soldiers standing neatly in front of him with murderous blades in their hands, Li Shi felt a little worried in his heart, his face changed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Wang Jin, Wang Jin hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, don't worry, this is not a show of force, this is the highest standard of ceremonial reception in Western Qin, and until now, only His Royal Highness deserves it, His Highness only needs to follow the King of Western Qin through a formality!" ”

Li Shi swallowed his saliva and nodded involuntarily.

At this time, Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said, "Let's start!" ”

As the major pointed forward with his saber and shouted, and the drum band began to play, the one hundred and fifty soldiers of the guard of honor marched forward in unison under the leadership of the commander.

Behind the commander, a standard-bearer carried a flag, two soldiers with spears and guarded closely, followed by several neat columns of soldiers, all with spears, uniformly dressed in uniform black armor, with blue feathers on helmets and blood-red capes on their shoulders.

Neat movements, neat queues, every action is clean and neat, without the slightest drag and water, after entering the positive walk, the momentum of the entire honor guard soars sharply, every neat sound of stepping on the ground roars in everyone's heart, every action appears strong and powerful, the team keeps moving forward, but the sharp blade in their hands has never shook a little.

The performance of the soldiers of the honor guard made hundreds of people around Taiji Square raise their applause, and the cheers came one after another.

The honor guard walked to the flagpole stand in front of the square and stopped, under the command of the commander, the team turned to face the towering flagpole stand like a cloud, two flag guards and flag bearers escorted the two flags to the flag stand, a Tang dragon flag, a Western Qin sword flag was hung on the two flagpole activity ropes, the flag bearer pulled the rope through the pulley group to raise the two flags into the sky, and the flag fluttered in the wind.

Watching the two flags slowly rise, Li Shi's heart was inexplicably excited, and there seemed to be a force in his body that filled his body, at this moment, he finally understood why Zhao Ziliang led the troops to fight without a defeat, a simple flag raising made everyone's blood boil, Zhao Ziliang used these methods to improve the morale of the army, so that the soldiers were not afraid of death, even in the worst situation of the war, the army still would not collapse.

"King Qiqi, the honor guard of the three armies is complete, please review the king and the distinguished guests!" The major reported to Zhao Ziliangyu.

Zhao Ziliang stretched out his hand and said to Li Shi: "King Yong, please!" ”

"King of Western Qin, please!"

The two walked from one end of the red carpet to the other, and on the way, Li Shi kept crowding every soldier who passed by.

After the ceremony, a six-wheeled carriage with its luxurious decoration and atmosphere came and stopped beside Zhao Ziliang and Li Shi under the drive of the emperor, the front two wheels of the carriage are the front of the carriage, and the back four wheels are the carriages, and the front of the carriage and the carriage can be freely turned and moved in contact first.

Zhao Ziliang said to Li Shi: "His Royal Highness King Yong, the carriage and horses are tired, this king has ordered someone to prepare a banquet, please invite His Royal Highness and the accompanying officials to enjoy the light in the evening, please go to Liangyi Palace to talk first!" ”

Li Shi hurriedly said: "The king pleases first!" ”

The two got into the carriage from the left and the right respectively under the support of the waiter, and the sedan chair was still a little shaky when carried by people, but there was no trace of bumps in the carriage walking on the flat ground, and the carriage was luxuriously decorated, comfortable and cool to sit on, and there was a cover above the head to block the sun.

The carriage was interested in the palace gate bridge under the protection of the forbidden soldiers, and Zhao Ziliang kept introducing to Li Shi: "This is the palace gate bridge, behind it is Xuanwu Fort, which is the gate of the palace, and you will enter the palace through Xuanwu Fort??????."

Li Shi said: "Great King, Xiao Wang heard that Heng Luo used to be just a small Saibao, but now it has undergone such earth-shaking changes, I don't know how long it has been?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Heng Logos was originally just a small town, it was under the control of the Tuqi Shi people at that time, after the rebellion of the Fire Immortals, Heng Logos was assigned to the Shi Kingdom, becoming a military town in the northwestern part of the Stone Country, with more than 2,000 people stationed. In the tenth year of Tianbao, the Great Cannibal invaded and captured all parts of Sogdia, and soon waved his army north to capture Hengluos, Gao Xianzhi was once again defeated by the Great Food General and Bo Xilin, and then the king led his troops to defeat the Great Food Army, and pursued all the way to drive the Great Cannibal back to the Great Food. In the eleventh year of Tianbao, the king took over as the protector of the northern court and the envoy of the festival, and wrote to the court to suggest that the government should be moved to Hengluos, and the city began to be expanded from that year, and it has been a full ten years now, and the construction of this palace took three years, and it was completed last month! ”

The tall and towering Xuanwu Fort made Li Shi feel extremely depressed, the deterrent power of this fortress was too strong, after entering the palace, all kinds of buildings came into view one by one to make Li Shi dizzy, the palace not only has the pavilions and lofts of the Central Plains, palaces, corridors, gardens, ponds, but also a variety of Western buildings, these buildings are beautiful, he has never seen them.

Li Shi couldn't help but ask, "King, how much silver did it cost to build this palace?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "About 50 million copper coins!" ”

Li Shi gasped, was so stunned that he didn't say anything for a long time, and kept saying to himself in his heart: "Where did Xiqin get so much money? Now the household department of the Li Tang Dynasty is very reluctant to take out a million."

Li Shi still couldn't help but ask out loud: "Great King, as far as Xiao Wang knows, most of the land in Western Qin is either desert or desert, and it is too barren compared to the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, why is it so rich?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Your Highness, in fact, Western Qin is not rich at all, compared with the Central Plains, Western Qin is indeed very poor, and the Central Plains is much richer than Western Qin!" ”

"Then why does the imperial court have no money, but Western Qin can spend 50 million yuan to build a palace?"

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's not that the Central Plains has no money, on the contrary, the Central Plains has countless times more money than Xiqin!" Compared with the ordinary people, the ordinary people of my Western Qin are richer than the ordinary people of the Central Plains, but compared with the powerful and the rich, the wealth of the powerful and rich people in my Western Qin is far less than that of the powerful and rich in the Central Plains, because the money in the Central Plains is in the hands of the powerful and the gate lords, but the money of my Western Qin is in the people, and the Western Qin government will not accumulate after receiving the tax, but will immediately spend the money in the second year, so that the people can earn money, and the government can collect taxes, if the government only collects taxes and does not spend money, the money is in the hands of the government, So how can the people collect taxes when they never have money left in their hands? Money needs to be circulated to reflect its value, and money has no effect in the hand! ”

Liu Yan, an accompanying official of the mission who was walking next to him on horseback, was shocked after listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, and said: "The words of the king are really incisive, listening to the words of the king is better than reading for ten years!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head and saw that it was Liu Yan, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's Lord Liu, by the way, Lord Liu is the household servant, no wonder he is so interested in this aspect!" ”

Liu Yan hurriedly said: "Listening to the king's high theory, the lower officials know that the king is a person who is proficient in arithmetic and financial management, and the lower officials have many puzzles and want to ask the king for advice, I wonder if the king is free?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "In this regard, this king is just a half-hung bucket, if you want to ask people for advice in this regard, this king can recommend a person to you, Yang Yan, the financial secretary of the Government Council!" ”

"Yang Yan, thank you for telling me!"

Soon, a group of people came to the Liangyi Palace, Zhao Ziliang formally met with Li Shi and the accompanying officials in the Liangyi Palace, the two sides reaffirmed the relationship between the Central Plains and the Western Qin, the Western Qin and the Central Plains are a strip of water, is a whole, Zhao Ziliang said that the founding of the Western Qin was allowed by the Li Tang Emperor of the Central Plains, and after the founding of the Western Qin, the Li Tang Dynasty of the Central Plains is still the suzerain, and anyone who wants to destroy this relationship will be spurned by all the people of the Central Plains and the Western Qin, Li Shih, on behalf of the emperor and the Li Tang dynasty, expressed his appreciation for the loyalty of Zhao Ziliang and Western Qin, and the two sides spent an afternoon in such formulaic talks.