Jing and Hu are very important to the strategic significance of the Great Song Dynasty's unification of the south, and after Zhao Dezhao returned to his dormitory, he began to plan the land of Jing and Lake, and his usual method is nothing more than secretly sending Changchun Hall and Feique to organize spies to Jing and Lake, and on the surface, it is to start his next restaurant chain.

Today's Jing and Hu are probably located in the land of Hubei and Hunan in later generations, Hunan and Hubei occupy the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, guarding the upper and lower reaches, and the terrain is precipitous, traversing the Qinling Mountains - Lingnan Mountains.

Zhao Dezhao didn't think much about it, and early the next morning, he hurriedly left the palace and went to Guangwei Restaurant to discuss the restaurant chain.

Zhao Dezhao has not participated in the shareholders' meeting several times, and now as Liang Wang Chitose, he naturally has no time to take care of business matters, so he only explained some things to Bai Gucheng, the general manager of Guangwei Group, and then talked about opening a Guangwei restaurant branch in Jing and Hu.

Bai Gucheng heard some of Zhao Dezhao's plans, and after Zhao Dezhao left, he immediately gathered the shareholders of Guangwei Group in Beijing, and then held a short meeting to discuss the opening of Guangwei Group branches in Jing and Lake, and these restaurant shareholders listened to Bai Gucheng's suggestion and agreed to the next step of restaurant planning and deployment from the perspective of interests.

Within two months, the three branches of Kaifeng, Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Quanzhou respectively drew out their respective personnel and transferred them to Jing and Hu. The delicacy that each place is good at has also flowed into the land of Jing and Lake, complementing the local cuisines of Chu cuisine and Hunan cuisine.

Within two months, the land of Jing and Lake each ushered in the first Guangwei restaurant, those merchants and traders who went south and north, and tasted the restaurant food in Kaifeng, Luoyang, Yangzhou and Quanzhou, they were naturally happy to go, and these old diners also drove the influx of local people.

The expansion of Guangwei Restaurant in recent years, but also brought flavors from all over the world, and the land of Jing and Lake is located in the hinterland of the interior, the traffic is blocked, and the influx of food also makes the local people love it.

On the other hand, Changchun Hall and the Flying Sparrow spies also went to Jing and Lake, turned into merchants, buyers, and secretly collected intelligence. And this matter, the local rulers of Jing and Hu have no idea, but there is a matter when it reaches the Liangcheng Inn in Kaifeng, it makes Zhao Dezhao secretly happy, in the Wuping Jiedu Embassy Mansion in Hunan, Ye Qiqi and others found out the news that Wuping Jiedu makes Zhou Xingfeng now occasionally feel the wind and illness, and his mobility is inconvenient, although there is no major problem, but since then he has stayed in the mansion all day, and Zhou Xingfeng has only one son under his knees, who is ten years old.

As early as many years ago, when Ma Chu was in place, they were recruited as the Jingjiang soldiers of the Chu lord Ma Xicao, and became "ten brothers" with Wang Jinkui, Pan Shusi and others.

Power is endless, even if it is a brother, let alone a brother. After the demise of Ma Chu, the Southern Tang Dynasty once captured the land of Hunan, and then Ma Chu's old general Pan Shusi killed Wang Jinkui, Zhou Xingfeng killed Pan Shuhei, and Zhang Wenbiao was also dissatisfied, worried about their own situation, and they were also looking forward to the land of Hunan, and they could not eat.

And when Zhou Xingfeng died, he summoned the generals and said a sentence: Zhang Wenbiao will inevitably rebel, and let Yang Shifan crusade against him at that time. If he didn't do it, he would close the city and stick to it and attach it to the Great Song court.

But history has no ifs, and Zhao Dezhao can't afford to joke, I'm afraid that history will change because of this, and this matter is really important, and it is common sense to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

And in Jingdi, Gao Baoqiao is also like in history, although the people are virtuous, but the frail and sick people are so absurd, the soldiers and civilians of Jingdi are also secretly resentful, Zhao Dezhao secretly shook his head and said nothing, he looked forward to the death of Gao and Zhou next year, and the changes of Jing and Hu.

It was late at night, and in Nanping, Gao Baoqiao was frail and sickly, tinnitus and dizzy, and the chaos of the military and politics was not a day or two, and he ignored the government and politics.

In Nanping, Jingzhou City inspection school secretary young eunuch, try the imperial history of the Cheng Mansion, Sun Guangxian sat alone in the pavilion, at this moment he was already worried and tired, recalling the past eventful years, decades ago, the former Shu perished, as a down-and-out former Shu old official, Shuzhong and Lingzhou did not have his stage, so he took a boat from Jiazhou to the south, to Jiangling to avoid chaos.

He has served many kings, and now Gao Bao ignores the government and immorality also makes his heart die, and at this moment, he heard that the Great Song Dynasty in the Central Plains in the north is in ruins, and the national strength is thriving, and I also heard that Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liang in the Great Song Dynasty, is young and promising, and he has shown extraordinary ability with other children at a young age, not to mention these adults.

"Zhao Dezhao, Dezhao, virtuous, for the government to be virtuous, such as Beichen, live in its place and the hearts of the people arch it. Zhao, Riming also; Zhuo Biyun Han, Zhao returned to the sky. Haha-" Sun Guangxian was still decadent, and suddenly there was clarity in his eyes.

"Master, the spicy chicken you want, kung pao chicken, West Lake vinegar fish, and assorted eight treasure rice have all been brought to you, try it, this is made by a restaurant that has just opened in Jingzhou City." Sun Li chattered on the side, handed the food from the hands of his subordinates, and then came to the pavilion in the backyard, and saw Sun Guangxian sitting alone in the pavilion, sometimes worried, sometimes happy.

Then I heard that Sun Guangxian was chattering and talking to himself, so he remembered that he still had the food purchased from Guangwei Restaurant in his hand, and hurriedly went to the pavilion and handed it to Sun Guangxian.

Sun Guangxian saw that his wife was carrying some delicacies in her hands, the moonlight was hazy tonight, and the house was already hungry, so after unfolding the lunch box, he hurriedly turned on his chopsticks and tasted it.

"Hmm! Yes, only the lady will understand the old man's heart, where does this kind of food come from, why haven't I eaten the old man. ”

Sun Guangxian still had food left on his mouth, and Sun Li patted his back and said: "You person, eat slowly, this is brought from a newly opened Guangwei restaurant in Jingzhou City, I heard that this restaurant is very famous in Kaifeng, Luoyang and other places, and the people in the city praise the delicious food, and the concubine knows that the old man is picky, so he deliberately let the next person line up to buy." The old man can see that the people in line are almost queuing up to the alley, if they don't rush early, I'm afraid they will have to wait in line until tomorrow morning. ”

"Oh? Madame, don't laugh, it's really so, old man, I also happened to hear that after the Guangwei Restaurant was opened by His Royal Highness King Liang of Kaifeng City, Fang was still talking about this person, and Madame sent food to come, hehe, old man, I really didn't see the wrong person. ”

"Master, what's wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, haha."

"Nasty." Sun Li patted Sun Guangxian on the shoulder, and the two of them ate and looked at the moon under the moon.

In Kaifeng City, Zhao Dezhao, who was sleeping peacefully, may not know about this, but if he does, he can only smile bitterly.

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It's November now, the weather is cold and frozen, Ji Si, Zhao Kuangyin is fortunate to be in Xiangguo Temple, and then fortunate to be in the country's prison.

According to the secret agent's report, the envoys of the Northwest Gua, Shajiedu, envoys and Uighur khans were about to arrive in Kaifeng City.

Gui You, Shazhou Jiedu envoy Cao Yuanzhong (the third son of the former Shazhou Jiedu envoy Cao Yijin), Guazhou regimental training envoy Cao Yanji (the grandson of the former Shazhou Jiedu envoy Cao Yijin) and other envoys sent envoys to offer jade saddles and horses.

In December, Renshen, the Hexi Uighur (Ganzhou Uighur) Khan Jingqiong sent an envoy to make offerings.

With regard to the two prefectures of Gua and Sha, as well as the Hexi Uighurs (Ganzhou Uighurs), Zhao Dezhao knew that the Hexi Uighurs were a branch of the Uighurs who moved to the Hexi Corridor after they were overthrown by the Uighurs.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Central Plains was in turmoil, the warlords dominated the situation, and in the Later Liang period, the Zhang clan in the northwest was wiped out, and the people of the state elected Cao Yijin to preside over the state affairs. After that, Cao Yijin was the envoy of the Guiyi Army and the assassin of Shazhou, and was in charge of the military regime of Gua and Shazhou.

Around Gua and Sha, there are Uighurs in the east, Khotan in the west, and various ethnic groups such as Dangxiang, and the Cao Guiyi military regime is surrounded by Liubo.

In order to stabilize the two prefectures of Gua and Sha, Cao Yijin married Princess Shengtian of the Uighur Khan of Ganzhou, married one daughter to the Uighur Khan of Ganzhou, and one daughter to Li Shengtian, the king of Khotan, and established equal and friendly relations with the governments of various ethnic groups in order to coexist. After accepting the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty, he was enshrined in the Central Plains Zhengshuo, and internally absorbed the Gua, Shawang and the leaders of various ethnic groups to return to the Yiyi military regime.

These measures enabled the Cao Guiyi military regime to be recognized by the Central Plains Dynasty and the surrounding ethnic regimes, and also won the support of the soldiers and people in the territory, enabling it to survive and develop in the complex ethnic relations of the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty.

When Zhao Dezhao thought of this, he actually admired a series of measures taken by the ancestors of the Cao family, but then the Guiyi army had a war with the Uighurs in Ganzhou in the late reign of Cao Yanlu, and the internal mutiny, war and civil strife destroyed the Cao regime, and the Uighur forces in the Shazhou region took the opportunity to develop. Perhaps it was replaced by the Shazhou Uighurs, and the Tangut Dangxiang also occupied the Hexi route, and the Silk Road disappeared along the way. During the Song and Song dynasties, various ethnic groups were mixed here, and many countries coexisted.

If the Great Song Dynasty wants to advance westward, it must appease the Cao Guiyi military regime, stabilize its position in the northwest, and at the same time recruit the leaders of various ethnic groups for the use of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Dezhao suddenly thought of a series of measures taken by the Kangxi Emperor during the Qing Dynasty to solicit between the tribes in the northwest, so he made up his mind that when the southern countries were pacified and the situation in the northwest weakened, the Great Song Dynasty took the opportunity to go west, seize the land west of the river, and deter the countries.

Later, he informed the emperor Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin accepted it, so it became one of the national policies of the Great Song Dynasty.

In December, the north was icy and snowy, dripping into ice, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Li Jixun and Kang Yanze, Yin Xun and others to lead more than 10,000 people to attack Liaozhou, Jinyang general Hao Guichao led the troops to help, the two armies fought fiercely under the city of Liaozhou, Li Jixun won a complete victory, Hao Guichao was defeated, and the Han State was defeated again.

However, Du Yantao, the assassin of Liaozhou, saw that the general trend had gone, so he and Gong Weidu commanded Ji Jin, soldiers and horses to supervise the official Hou and the American subordinates to surrender to the city.

In the city of Jinyang, Liu Jun, the lord of the Han State, saw that the Han army was defeated, and tried to recover Liaozhou, and wanted to use the Liao soldiers to recover Liaozhou, and the king of Yelu Sleep, Guo sent 60,000 soldiers to take Liaozhou, and the lord of the Han State was happy to see his help to attack.

The Liao army came to attack, the situation in the north deteriorated, and at this moment in Kaifeng City, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Li Jixun to lead 60,000 troops with Luo Yanhuan and Guo Jin to meet the battle. Within a few days, the Song army broke the Khitan and Han armies under the city.

The military newspaper was transmitted back to Kaifeng, and Zhao Kuangyin spread out the military newspaper on the court, and saw that he said: In December, Yiwei, Li Jixun defeated the Han army, and captured Fu Tingyan and Di Xun, the assassins of Liaozhou.