Li Liangzuo, the emperor of Western Xia, who looked extremely noble to outsiders, actually put down this noble identity and went up to the tower to find Wang Bian in person, and at this moment he unexpectedly wanted to recognize Wang Bian as his brother, is he really just childish, Wang Bian couldn't help but stand in the perspective of an elder, and carefully looked at the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Li Liangzuo in front of him,

Li Liangzuo didn't joke at all, his expression was very sincere, he ascended the throne at the age of twelve and pacified the civil strife at the age of fourteen, he didn't know what governing the country was, what forced him to do so was just that he wanted to live, and the scene he just saw on the street really touched his heart a little, he looked up to the sky from Weizhou City and sighed for a moment, and he wanted to have a kind of protection for him next to the king in his heart, which naturally the king didn't know,

Wang Bei pondered for a moment, if he agreed to Li Liangzuo, it means that no matter what happens in Xixia in the future, he must at least consider it from the perspective of keeping this younger brother, and the pressure he feels from Li Liangzuo's expectant eyes is different from the pressure of the royal order.

Li Liangzuo saw that the king hesitated, he pulled the king to the side of the tower, pointed to the vast land in front of him, the magnificent Xingqing Mansion and the Helan Pass in the west, and said: "Brother, you see, my father left me not only this land and the palace, but also left me tens of millions of people, I regret sending troops this time, I want to be as strong as Jiaoguoluo, so that the people will live a prosperous life, and the country will not worry about being invaded." ”

This time, Wang was moved by Li Liangzuo's words, he looked at this mighty young man, and patted him dryly: "Okay, as long as you have the heart of loving the people and sincerity for the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, I will recognize you as a brother, but if you say it first, this is just a private matter between you and me." ”

Li Liangzuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and he bowed down and thanked the king: "Brother, now you can tell me whether I agree or not to agree to the conditions of the Song Kingdom." ”

Wang listened to his brother's mouth is really sweet, this Li Liangzuo has never been so affectionate to Li Xili, these two sentences turned the topic to the right place, it can be seen that he really put his heart into it, Wang said earnestly: "You can agree to the conditions of the Song Kingdom, and the conditions are not harsh, not to mention that trade with the Song Kingdom is only beneficial to your country's exports, and this can drive other industries with income." ”

Li Liangzuo listened to the clouds, what is what Wang said next, it is both export and industry, but he seems to understand a little, but he still feels that there is a problem somewhere, he can't help asking: "Then if the discussion is opened, can we ensure that my Xixia goods can be sold well in the Song Kingdom, you are like the current Qingyan, you don't know what these officials are doing, no matter how cheap they are, they can't be sold." ”

Wang looked at Li Liangzuo's young, but insolent face in front of him, and thought that now the Song Kingdom is controlled by fighting a price war with the Western Xia, but the price war can only play a role in occupying the market for a certain period of time, in all fairness, the salt transportation of the Song State is very inconvenient, and the quality is not as good as the green salt of the Western Xia, at present it can only be a space to control smuggling, once the price war is opened to discuss the Song State is beneficial and harmless,

Wang Bei thought of this, and patted Li Liangzuo on the shoulder: "If I let you sell salt without reducing the price, are you willing to listen to me." ”

Li Liangzuo's eyes lit up, and he knew that Wang Bei could have this ability: "Okay, you say." ”

Wang Bei took a deep breath: "I want you to have supplies in the future, not only salt, but also horses, herbs, etc., and the pricing power is up to me." After he finished speaking, he looked at the vast world outside the tower with his hands behind his back, silently counting the countdown in his heart, waiting for Li Liangzuo's decision,

Li Liangzuo doesn't understand what pricing power is, but he understands the literal meaning, isn't it just that the king said that he will sell at whatever price he wants, if it is his brother Wang who has just made a sworn bow now, not the envoy of the Song State who will discuss with him, then he is willing, this is a trust in his sworn brother, he decided to Bo Yi and asked: "This matter is decided by my brother, or is it decided by the Song envoy." ”

There is a play~ Even the king himself is tempted, is this pricing power in his own hands or in the hands of Song Guo, seeing Li Liangzuo asking, he turned around and looked at Li Liangzuo with a smile: "You are now my brother Li Liangzuo, or the emperor of the Western Xia Kingdom Li Liangzuo." ”

Li Liangzuo stretched out his palm to high-five the king and said: "I am determined to be a brother as the emperor of Western Xia. ”

Wang Bi shook his head, this is unfounded, if he is the emperor of Western Xia, he still has no jokes, isn't it like a child playing like a child now?

Li Liangzuo raised his hand, he couldn't let it go, he touched his face embarrassedly and said: "Don't you Han people say it, do your brothers settle accounts, since my brother is not at ease, then I will write it in my edict, so that my future generations will do the same." ”

Wang Bei knew that Li Liangzuo had made up his mind, and the edict was a royal affair that could not be disobeyed without permission, so he turned to say: "Since you have made this decision, my brother can't let you listen to me in vain, I want to set up a salt quarry and a medicinal herb field in your Western Xia, and the price of your official salt in Western Xia can only listen to my guidance." ”

Li Liangzuo is sure that Wang will not lose Xixia, now in order to fill the treasury he has no choice, he is silent just stretched out his high-five again, Wang next to know that the ancients believe in a word, now there is no need to set up any words and documents, anyway, those things will be handled by people in the future, as long as he can operate smoothly in Xixia, control the official salt and medicinal materials, he has his own way to sit down, so he smiled and stretched out his hand, the two of them "snapped" a crisp high-five, but Wang next to a big thing,

It seems simple to say this, but it is not so easy to operate, and it will take three or two months to build this foundation at the earliest, but fortunately, there are already suitable candidates in Wang Bei's heart, He Xingyuan's four apprentices: the eldest apprentice Qian Yixia; two apprentices, Bai Sha; three apprentices, Sun Mo; The four apprentices Zhang Tu returned, and the news came and went before coming to Xixia and his contact during this period in Xixia, Wang felt that these four people were all usable people.

Li Liangzuo is also happy in his heart, he seems to have more trust in the king than he is an official in the court, and now he trusts the man and his son the most, and he doesn't say that the loyal man and son don't say, but it's a pity that the old general doesn't understand the economy,

Li Liangzuo smiled, imagining that one day he could compete with Song Liao in a strong position, he was satisfied with this trip, thinking of this battle, he couldn't help asking: "Brother, can you tell me why Jiao Guluo is so strong, even if I am defeated, I will know where the defeat is." ”

Wang Bian also felt that it was better not to talk about the matter of discussion, so he told Li Liangzuo how Jiaoluo was self-reliant, and how to maintain domestic stability and slowly develop and grow with Song Tongmao.

Under the tower, he raised his head for an afternoon, and looked at Li Liangzuo and Wang on the tower from time to time, although he couldn't hear the conversation clearly, but when he saw the two of them pulling and talking quietly, his heart also followed up and down, and finally saw the two of them go down the tower, and the heart that was hanging was put down.

On this day, Li Liangzuo returned to the palace under the usual protection, and immediately issued an edict to raid Ji Ralei's house and arrest Ji Laqing, Ji Laqing knew yesterday that his father's head was gone, this kid rolled up the gold and silver and ran away, Queen Liang Luoyao was weak-hearted, in addition to complaining more about her brother Liang Yiburied, she didn't dare to discuss more to provoke Li Liangzuo's displeasure,

Just as Wang Fang expected, within three days Li Liangzuo signed the terms of trade proposed by the Song State, and ordered Xiazhou and Huizhou to implement the two state capitals to cooperate with the Song State to set up a field.

Wang heard so many things, his task is completed, but he can't return to Bianjing with the horse team, and hurriedly sent a quick letter to Renzong, which is not a trivial matter to return to the Song Kingdom with two thousand horses.

This good news immediately caused a sensation in the court of the Song Kingdom, and the officials discussed a lot, and Lord Bao said in a sloppy manner: "Haha, it seems that Lord Sima has foresight, and it is really not cheap to trade so easily in Western Xia." ”

Sima Guang didn't say a word, anyway, what he said was not wrong, but an official who was going to curry favor with Bao Zheng said: "Lord Sima proposed well, and Wang Shilang has a high ability to do things." As he spoke, he raised his finger at Bao Zheng Wang Anshi,

Wang Anshi was more modest, he remembered that at that time, the Western Xia sent troops to Jiaoluo, but the king was in a dangerous situation, and hurriedly said: "Where, it is still the emperor Shengming, if you rashly send troops to help Jiaoguoluo, I am afraid that not only the king will not even be peaceful." ”

He said this is Kua Renzong, everyone is in line with the emperor's sage, Renzong is comfortable and happy to sit in the Jinluan Palace, but the prince Zhao Shu who is standing on His Royal Highness is not a taste the more he listens, the idea of sending troops to attack Xixia is his own, if he can't take a few more pieces of land when he sends troops, the more he is unconvinced, the more resentful he is, and he has made a great contribution next to the king, if it weren't for the main hall, he would have been unable to bear this breath, and he might have smashed many tables and chairs,

Seeing that the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty were elated, and some of them were counting that the king would be able to return to the capital in ten and a half days, Zhao Shu felt that he was such a prince, and he was not as good as a four-grade squire in the eyes of the emperor and the ministers.

After retiring from the dynasty, Zhao Shu was not in good spirits, returned to the mansion with a depressed expression, hid in the ancestral ancestral hall alone, and sighed mournfully holding his biological father's spiritual position, this has to let him stay up until he can ascend to the emperor's throne, even if he ascends the emperor's throne, how can he suppress this vigorous king,

No, you must not let the king stay in the court, you must take him away from afar, Zhao Shu made up his mind, and the opportunity for him to take the king away finally came in two days, Zhao Shu's henchmen brought secret news, Yelu Chongyuan, the imperial uncle of Yelu Hongji, the monarch of Liao, was privately recruiting troops, and was suspected of usurping the throne,

Zhao Shu listened to the heart moved, and saw that it was about to reach the birthday of Yelu Hongji's mother Xiao Tart, who used to be Fu Bi's envoy, but now Fu Bi is not in the court, it is better to take this opportunity to promote the music to the king, and ask the emperor to give him an envoy to Liao, Zhao Shu didn't believe it, the king's life is so hard,