"Lord, Liangzhou Sima Song deserves to see you!" Huangfu really came in to report.

"It seems that the people of Liangzhou can't wait, Chu Ji, please invite Song Sima in!"

Wei Shuo, who was reviewing the documents, was stunned when he heard this, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Since Liaodong successfully reached an economic cooperation agreement with all parties a few days ago, Song Pei and Chun Yuding have become ready to move.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the success of Liaodong will have a huge impact on all parties. Not to mention the political impact, economic cooperation alone made Song Pei greedy.

As a member of the Dunhuang family, no one knows the importance of the Maritime Silk Road better than Song Pei, because the Song family was stuck on the land Silk Road and made a fortune by landing on the Silk Road.

After a while, I saw Huangfu really leading a middle-aged man in.

Wei Shuo's spirit was shocked, and he knew that the Dunhuang man in front of him, who was suffering from skin diseases, was covered with scaly armor, and was not tall, was the chief strategist of Liangzhou. After Zhang Liang served as the assassin of Liangzhou, he was worshiped as Sima and assisted in the affairs of the whole state.

Among the four masterminds in Liangzhou, Song Pei ranked first among the four masterminds with his outstanding military exploits. In 305 A.D., he defeated the leader of Hexi Xianbei with weak troops, Ruo Luo Ba Neng, and captured more than 100,000 of his soldiers and civilians, thus shaking Hexi.

"Liangzhou Sima Song is worthy of meeting the general of Zhenbei!"

Song Pei's posture was very low, although he was a famous man in Hexi, but when he came to Jicheng, he didn't dare to show his majesty in front of the powerful Zhenbei general.

"Zhongye, please hurry up, I don't know what Zhang Tingshi has to do when he sends Master Sima to my Liaodong?"

"Returning to the general, the reason why my family assassin Shi sent me to visit the general is mainly to strengthen the cooperation between the two sides."

"Cooperation?" Wei Shuo's face was silent, pretending to be casual and said softly: "I don't know how Lord Zhang wants to cooperate?" ”

"This ......"

Song Pei hesitated for a moment before saying: "I heard that Liaodong has opened up the Maritime Silk Road and signed a trade agreement with the Roman Empire, I wonder if my Liangzhou can also join it?" ”

"Huh, what? Liangzhou is also interested in the maritime silk trade? However, as far as I know, Liangzhou is located in Hexi, and it happens to be located at the key point of the land Silk Road? Why do you have to travel thousands of miles to sea trade? ”

"The general didn't know that since the end of the Han Dynasty, the influence of the Central Plains in the Western Regions has been declining day by day. Especially since the death of the former Wuji Lieutenant Ma Xun due to illness, the Wuji Lieutenant's Mansion stationed in Gaochang City, the front of the Che Division, has existed in name only. ”

"Shhh I didn't expect the situation in the Western Regions to be so bad! I wonder if Sima Song would like to introduce more about the situation in the Western Regions? ”

Finally met a professional who knew the Western Regions, and Wei Shuo couldn't help but want to know more about the Western Regions. And Song Pei didn't expect that the famous general of Zhenbei would have a strong interest in the small Western Regions. Since the host was willing to listen, Song Pei had no choice but to be hospitable to the host, and carefully introduced the situation in the Western Regions to Wei Shuo.

"Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, after a long period of mutual annexation, the countries of the Western Regions have gradually formed a situation in which the eight kingdoms of Qiuci, Khotan, Kangju, Wusun, Shule, Yueshi, Shanshan, and Cheshi (rear) compete for power."

"And my Great Jin Wuji Captain's Mansion can only retreat from Gaochang to survive, and the front of the Che Division attached to my Dajin has existed in name only, and the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains is all under the rear of the Che Division."

"Didn't Zhang Jianshi think about sending troops to recover the Western Regions? As long as the Western Regions are opened up, with the important land of Hexi, it shouldn't be a problem to want to be rich and powerful? Why go all the way to Liaodong for cooperation? ”

Hearing this, Song Pei pondered for a moment and replied: "The general overestimated the strength of Liangzhou, don't look at the land of the seven counties under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, compared with the Han Dynasty, the territory has been greatly reduced. If it weren't for the chaos in Guanzhong, which caused people to move westward, the population of Liangzhou would not have reached more than 300,000 today. ”

"And Hexi is lonely and hangs outside, surrounded by the Qiang Xianbei tribes with ill intentions, so Liangzhou is okay to hold onto, how can he still have the energy to run the Western Regions?"

Wei Shuo naturally wouldn't fully believe Song Pei's words, but it should be a fact that Liangzhou was unable to map the Western Regions. Historically, Liangzhou really included the Western Regions under his rule during Zhang Jun's reign, but if Liangzhou had no idea about the Western Regions, it was impossible to be afraid.

However, Wei Shuo is still willing to cooperate with Liangzhou, so that except for the two major clan forces of Qinzhou and Jiangzuo, the rest of the non-clan towns will all be pulled into the alliance.

"That being the case, from my personal point of view, I am very welcome to cooperate with Liangzhou, and then Song Sima can find Pei Changshi to discuss the specific details of cooperation!"

"In this way, Song will retire first!"

Looking at the figure of Song Pei turning to leave, Wei Shuo intended to test the Huangfu Zhen beside him, "Chu Ji, tell me, why is Liangzhou in a hurry to join the alliance?" ”

"Returning to the lord, in the opinion of the minister, Liangzhou should make such a choice out of two considerations. First, it is clear that Liangzhou does not want to be isolated, and the previous successful negotiations between Liaodong and all parties marked the full union of the non-clan feudal towns of the Great Jin Dynasty. And Liangzhou, as one of the towns of the Jin Dynasty, has a dislike for King Nanyang, one of the clan's forces, so is there any other choice than to move closer to Liaodong? ”

"Second, it is the so-called economic interest! After the autonomic duke threw out the order of the Roman Empire, it has aroused the covetousness of all parties. And Liangzhou is the key to the traditional overland Silk Road, how can it be willing to give up this opportunity for great development? ”

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The Spring Festival is approaching, and after sending off the princes, Wei Shuo put his mind on the New Year. With several wives and concubines giving birth to five children for him one after another, the popularity of Weifu has become quite strong. Among them, the eldest son Wei Zheng is three years old this year, and the youngest daughter Wei Shu is nine months old.

Xiao Wei Zheng was the most naughty time, he ran around the house and outside the house alone, followed by a few servants with nervous expressions, for fear that he would fall and trip. I saw him run to his sister Wei Shu for a while and touch her pink cheeks, and then opened his teeth and claws to scare the other younger brothers and sisters.

Pei Ying'er looked at her naughty son, couldn't help frowning, and scolded softly: "Zheng'er must not be naughty!" ”

After Wei Zheng heard his mother's reprimand, he couldn't help but pout, and pounced on Wei Shuo next to him with a face full of grievances.

And Wei Shuo laughed, picked up his son, and put his forehead on his soft little belly, which made Wei Zheng smile after a while.

Looking at the father and son who were playing together, a smile appeared on the corner of Pei Yinger's mouth. Almost the entire Wei Mansion knew that the general of Zhenbei, who was Megatron, was a father who doted on his children very much. Since the birth of the eldest son of the defense house, few people have seen him teach his children with a straight face.

On the contrary, as the main mother, Pei Yinger has always played the role of a strict mother, in order to educate Wei Zheng well, she has taught Wei Zheng a lesson. It's not that Wei Shuo doesn't teach children strictly, but after all, he comes from modern times, and his style of acting is completely different from that of this era.

In his opinion, at present, the children are still young and have not yet been educated, and in the future, Wei Zheng, Wei Jun and others will naturally teach them strictly when they are about six years old.

"Are the gifts for the provinces ready?" Wei Shuo teased his son while asking his wife Pei Yinger.

"Please rest assured, the gifts have been prepared early, just wait for the New Year to arrive, and the concubine will let people send them to the provinces."

"Well, Madame does things, I'm relieved. Also, don't forget to take care of the Roman guests by the way. ”

"Everything has been arranged, and the concubine also sent Miss Sophia an invitation to the New Year's banquet and invited her to the banquet!"

After the trade agreement was signed, Centurion Lawrence set out on the return journey with a large cargo and an ocean-going trade fleet bound for Rome, while Blake and Sophia stayed in Thistle. Because Sophia was a woman, she had to be entertained by Pei Ying'er, and within a few days, Sophia became a frequent visitor to the Wei Mansion.

Just when Liaodong was gradually immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year, Chun Yuding from Qinzhou was still jumping up and down to see Wei Shuo. Especially when Chun Yuding learned that Liangzhou and Liaodong had also reached a cooperation agreement, he was even more anxious, but no matter how hard he tried, Liaodong always had a casual attitude towards Qinzhou.

It seems that the upper and lower levels of Liaodong have intentionally or unintentionally excluded the clan power of Qinzhou, if this is the case, then the sinister intentions of Liaodong can be imagined. Chun Yuding can even think that once Chang'an changes in the future, Liaodong will ascend to the heights, and the heroes of the Quartet will look at the scenery. (To be continued.) )