Gao Xi smiled and nodded: "Hua Qiang is really clever, you don't need me to break it, you will know it yourself." Presumably you also know the risks of this trip, I still say the same thing as in Jiankang at that time, I don't force you, whether you want to go or not, it's up to you to decide. ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed secretly in his heart, I am afraid that Gao Xi paid attention to himself as early as when he was in Nanchen, he had the face of a Hu man in the Western Regions, could speak Sogdian and Turkic dialects, and was an expert in business, these conditions are naturally suitable for being a spy, plus he is resourceful, and he has proved his courage on the battlefield, and what is even more rare is that he has a strong desire to be promoted to a knighthood, and he has searched the entire Great Sui, I am afraid that no one is more suitable than himself.

But Wang Huaqiang still felt that it was necessary to figure out a few questions first, so he opened his mouth and said: "Qi Guogong, there are a few problems that Xia Guan has to figure out first, you should know that Xia Guan is not afraid of death, but he is not willing to die in vain." ”

Gao Xi nodded, raised his hand, and motioned for Wang Huaqiang to say.

"The first thing is that the lower official doesn't know that Liu Jushi now, even if Liu Jushi sends someone to blend into the envoy group of An Sui's family, or travels with our next envoy team, the lower official can't ask that Liu Jushi to give me an identity certificate, if there is a problem with my identity, then the Turks may turn their faces on the spot, and even cause trouble to General Changsun and Pei Sheren, and miss the important affairs of the imperial court."

Changsun Sheng immediately said: "You can rest assured about this, today Liu Jushi and An Sui's family have made an appointment and exchanged tokens, when the time comes, Liu Jushi will find a way to let people sneak into the mission with the tokens, and the Turks will leave tomorrow, Liu Jushi said, I plan to let his envoy follow the next time we send the Turkic mission on the road, we will definitely find out this person, and when the time comes, secretly kill him, and you can bring the token." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded and continued: "This second thing, that is, if the previous thing can be carried out smoothly, after we go to the Turks, how should the lower officials set up a situation for Princess Dayi?" If this princess is smart, it will never be possible to meet me in person, the envoy, and she will only send An Sui's family to contact me, and she will not be able to catch the current one when the time comes. ”

Gao Xi thought for a moment and said: "This mainly depends on you, but I can pretend to be a merchant to accompany you, and all the missions I have sent to the Turks will carry a large number of goods to trade, mainly silk and silk. In this case, I think that the An Sui family, as the Tutunfa in charge of the market trade of the Turkic Khan's headquarters, will have the opportunity to contact you openly, and then arrange a secret meeting with the princess of Dayi. ”

Wang Huaqiang shook his head: "Xia Guan thinks that if you want to express Liu Jushi's sincerity to the Turkic side as an internal response, I am afraid that it is not enough to bring silk and silk silk and other legal goods. ”

As soon as these words came out, Changsun Sheng and Pei Shiju's faces changed greatly, and even Gao Xi's brows were slightly furrowed.

In the past, the Turkic Ashina tribe was the first to be a forging slave for the Rouran Khanate in the Jinshan generation of the Western Regions, but the iron ore came from the countries of the Western Regions. After the Turks split into the East and the West, the Western Turks also supplied iron ore to the East Turks for the first few decades, but later after Sha Bolu and Datou Khan turned around, the Western Turks took the opportunity to interrupt the supply of iron ore.

Therefore, later Sha Bo was so anxious that he couldn't even care about the Sui Dynasty, and tried his best to fight against Apo Khan and Datou Khan, just to seize the control of the Western Regions, so as to grab the origin of iron ore.

Battles on the steppe have always been based on bows and arrows, but if the arrows are made of animal bones instead of iron, the power will be much reduced, and one of the important reasons why the Khan's headquarters is stronger than other tribes is that the Khan's elite guards often wear iron armor, and the arrows and weapons are also made of iron.

Since the Sui Dynasty, the export of pig iron has always been strictly forbidden to the Turks, and there are clear provisions in the law that those who sell 100 catties of pig iron to the Turks will be beheaded immediately. Therefore, when Wang Huaqiang mentioned this condition, all three people present were shocked.

Gao Xi took a sip of tea, his expression was still calm, and said, "Hua Qiang, if you want to gain the trust of the Turks, how much pig iron are you going to sell them?" ”

Wang Huaqiang looked at Changsun Sheng and said with a smile: "According to General Changsun, if you want to arm the twenty or thirty thousand iron cavalry of the Khan's headquarters, how much pig iron is needed?" ”

Changsun Sheng's eyes sparkled, and he said: "If there are 30,000 elite soldiers, a pair of armor needs 30 catties of pig iron, which requires 90,000 catties, 3 million arrows, and each arrow cluster needs 3 taels of pig iron, which requires 900,000 catties. Brother Wang, it's impossible for you to put millions of catties of pig iron in the cargo of the mission. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "It's really impossible, but if you smuggle hundreds of thousands of catties, or a million catties out, first secretly park somewhere outside the plug, and then find Turks to pick up the goods, this method is always possible." ”

Gao Xi's eyes lit up and nodded: "This idea is very good, but how can you transport these millions of catties of pig iron out of the customs?" Huaqiang, you must know that the pig iron embargo is the national policy of our dynasty, and it has been strictly observed by the border states and counties over the years, not to mention millions of catties, even tens of thousands of catties are difficult to transport out. If the old man gave the order directly to the border prefecture and county, it would inevitably leak secrets, and when the time came, it would arouse the vigilance of the Turks. ”

Wang Huaqiang laughed: "The subordinate has a plan about this matter just now, the superior Wang Yu I followed during this southern expedition, isn't it now that he has the post of Zhuguo and is transferred to the history of Daizhou Assassin?" ”

Gao Xi's brows suddenly stretched: "Hua Qiang, what do you mean, do you want to use your friendship with Wang Xuan to transport pig iron out of the customs from Daizhou?" ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "Yes, Daizhou is the ancient Yanmen Pass, out of the pass is the Turkic realm, Wang Xuan this time in Jiangnan privately digging Chen Baxian's mausoleum, that night I led the troops to go, did not stop, but helped him dig the grave together, so Wang Xuan owed me a big favor, plus this southern expedition, he was promoted from Kaifu to the pillar country, and my eldest brother died in battle, but only got a nine-grade school book, presumably I also feel guilty about me." ”

Changsun Sheng shook his head: "Brother Wang, you are all private affairs, after all, Wang Xuan is an official of the imperial court, and now he is a state assassin, it is impossible to let you out of the customs because he owes you a favor, and let you go out of the customs with millions of catties of pig iron, not to mention such a large-scale transaction, even if Wang Xuan nods, it is impossible for the governor of Daizhou, Sima and the generals of the garrison to agree." ”

Wang Huaqiang smiled slightly: "This requires a secret order from the high servant, and also asks the high servant to ask the emperor for a secret decree and show it to him before the king goes to work." Wang Xuan added Kaifu when he went on the southern expedition, and there were thousands of people in the old Southern Dynasty who followed him after coming back this time, and he would take these people to Daizhou, and as long as Wang Xuan found a way to arrange these people to patrol, we could smuggle the pig iron out of the customs without causing others to notice. ”

Gao Xi didn't speak, stood up, paced back and forth, obviously weighing the gains and losses in his heart, Wang Huaqiang's eyes were staring at him tightly, and he was also thinking about other plans in his heart.

After a while, Gao Xi stopped, looked at Wang Huaqiang calmly, and said: "Millions of catties is too much, we have already limited the Turkic military strength very much over the years, if it is to get rid of a righteous princess, help him raise a division of 30,000 tigers and wolves, some gains outweigh the losses, Huaqiang, you are just trying to win the trust of the Turks anyway, I think it's okay to give 300,000 catties." ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "Then do it according to Qi Guogong's wishes, anyway, it's just the first batch of goods, if you get too much at one time, the Turks may also be suspicious." However, in the caravan cargo to the Turks this time, it is best to bring a hundred catties of iron ore as a sample, so that it is easy to catch them. ”

Gao Xi smiled and said, "Hua Qiang, how many silk silks are you going to bring over this time?" You must know that this time to reward the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, the treasury of the imperial court is now not much silk. If you want to cover up a hundred catties of iron ore, you must bring at least 100,000 pieces of silk silk. Could it be that you have taken a fancy to the silk silk that the emperor rewarded you with this time? ”