Jiaozhi finally signed a humiliating treaty with the Great Song Dynasty, and the cessed deep-water port and the compensation of 500,000 Guan were also handed over to the Great Song Dynasty, and in this case, Guo Kui finally led the army to withdraw from Thang Long Mansion. However, Guo Kui's army had just returned to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but suddenly received a strange order.

Guo Kui's army first returned to Yongzhou, according to their return journey, from Yongzhou should be to the northeast to Wuzhou, but at this time the imperial court suddenly ordered them to move in the direction of the West Temo Road, but there is already the border between the Great Song Dynasty and Dali, and the road is very difficult to walk, if you return to the capital from there, I am afraid it will take an extra month.

For this order of the imperial court, many soldiers in the army are very puzzled, but a few generals such as Guo Kui and Yang Huaiyu saw the intentions of the imperial court at a glance, and the imperial court let them take a long detour from the border of Dali, in fact, it is nothing more than to take this opportunity to show Dali the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, Dali's current military strength is even inferior to Jiaozhi, and even the Jiaozhi people were defeated by the Great Song Dynasty, let alone a mere Dali.

Speaking of Dali should be regarded as the largest country in the southern border of the Great Song Dynasty, Dali Duan has been established for more than 100 years, but unfortunately Duan is born after all, and is not very good at ruling the country, there have been several powerful clans such as Yang, Dong and Gao to control the royal power, and the power in the hands of the Duan clan has been weakened, and the national strength is also declining. If Dali only had this strength when Song Taizu was marching south, I am afraid that he would not have been ruled by Song Taizu by crossing the Dadu River.

Four years ago, that is, in the last year of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty, the Yang family, the original power of Dali, was unwilling to decline in power, so he took a risk. The patriarch Yang Yunxian openly rebelled, and the Duan clan of the Dali royal family was unable to quell the rebellion, which shows the weakness of the Duan clan, and finally the Duan clan had to ask the Gao clan for help, which quelled the rebellion of the Yang clan.

However, after this battle, the power of the Gao clan grew. There is no longer any force in Dali that can restrain the Gao family, and the royal Duan family is stepping into the abyss of puppets, in fact, more than ten years later, the Duan family has indeed become the puppet of the Gao family, and even in order to save his life, the Duan Emperor has become a monk, which has also become a great spectacle in history, but unfortunately the Gao family still seized the throne and stood on his own, but later for some reasons. The Gao family returned the throne to the Duan family again, of course, the Gao family still held the military and political power of Dali, and the world called him "Gao Guozhu".

It is precisely because of the struggle of various powerful clans in the country that Dali's national strength is declining, and even Jiaozhi can't beat it, but the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and the real potential of Dali is actually much greater than Jiaozhi, especially Dali desperately learns Han culture. The domestic industry and commerce are very developed, and the domestic iron-smelting industry is very famous. Dali knife is synonymous with good knives in the Great Song Dynasty, so in the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, Dali is actually much more threatening to the Great Song Dynasty than Jiaozhi.

However, since the founding of Dali, because of the containment of various powerful clans in the country, Dali has been unable to expand outward, and his attitude towards the Great Song Dynasty is also very respectful. Even several requests were attached, and the people-to-people exchanges between the two countries were also very frequent, so at the beginning, the relationship between Dali and the Great Song Dynasty was still very good.

But just a dozen years ago, Nong Zhigao caused chaos in the south. After the final defeat, he fled to Dali, although Dali gave Nong Zhigao's head to the Great Song Dynasty, but all Nong Zhigao's tribes were left in the country, and they were reused by Dali, of course, most of these were done by the Gao family, but the royal Duan family also did not object.

It is also Dali's practice that makes Da Song very dissatisfied with Dali, and even many people at that time doubted whether Nong Zhigao was really dead, maybe the head sent to Da Song was just a stand-in, so Da Song sent people to question Dali several times, and even finally fought at the border, the two countries almost fought for it, but unfortunately Dali bit the head to death is Nong Zhigao, plus it is impossible for Da Song to keep a heavy army in the south, so in the end it was unstoppable.

However, it is precisely because of Nong Zhigao's affairs that the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and Dali has been cracked, and even the high-level contacts have been cut off for a time, and the business contacts of the people have also been affected.

Understanding the intentions of the imperial court, Guo Kui and others also put their minds at ease, and then marched to the southwest with the army, and then showed off their might in the Dali border circle, the result of Dali frightened the whole country to shake, Dali Emperor Duan Silian urgently summoned Gao Zhi to enter the court to discuss, and then Dali sent heavy troops to the border defense, but unfortunately Guo Kui's army just turned around and left, but it was a false alarm up and down Dali.

However, although the Great Song Dynasty did not really attack Dali, it also made Dali very worried, after all, because of Nong Zhigao's affairs, the director zhì Da Song was very dissatisfied with them, this time let Guo Kui lead the army that had just destroyed Jiaozhi to the border of Dali to take a turn, in fact, it is a warning, you must know that even the Western Xia in the north was destroyed by the Great Song Dynasty, and now the Great Song Dynasty does not send troops because the Great Song Dynasty needs to restore its strength, but when the Great Song Dynasty recovers fù over, who is sure that the Great Song Dynasty will not send troops to Dali?

It is also with the above worries that Dali also reacted quickly after Guo Kui left, first of all, he took the initiative to send envoys to the Great Song Dynasty, and wrote to ask for guilt, and then called the Great Song Dynasty again, and restored the original tribute, in addition, for the people of Nong Zhigao, some of them have served as officials in Dali, but this time they were all dismissed, in order to express Dali's attitude of apologies.

Zhao Shu showed off his strength to Dali to ask for this kind of result, so after he received Dali's petition document, he also laughed and convened a hundred officials to discuss the matter, because now the main energy of the Great Song Dynasty is in the north, so the main thing for the south is to appease, if it is not for Jiaozhi to do too much, there will be no such thing as this dispatch, so for Dali's submission, the Great Song Dynasty was not too embarrassed, and soon sent envoys to respond, and canonized Duan Silian as the king of Dali, Yunnan Jiedu envoy, etc., although they are all fictitious titles that do not require money, But it also showed the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty, which made Dali breathe a sigh of relief, and the two countries also resumed their previous exchanges.

"Third brother, the army of Jiaozhi is coming back, but the return of the eldest sister is still far away, how do you explain to Shu'er then?" In Zhao Yan's courtyard, Cao Song smiled at Zhao Yan while sipping tea.

Princess Dening and his wife originally wanted to come back, but they were recommended by Zhao Yan to Zhao Shu as an envoy to negotiate with Jiaozhi, and it should be fine after the negotiation, but after Jiaozhi ceded the deep-water port to the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty will send officials to manage it, and the management of the deep-water port is chaotic, and the port is also very bad, so the Great Song Dynasty must need the imperial court to rectify, and the sea trade line in charge of Princess Dening and his wife is the main user of this port, so they naturally have to stay and participate in it, and they don't know when they will be able to return to the capital.

"If you don't come back, you won't come back, it's a big deal that I will raise Shu'er as a son!" Zhao Yan half lay on the chair and said lazily, "By the way, aren't you usually busy, why do you have time to come to me today?" ”

"Hehe, today Princess Shoukang said that a group of northern craftsmen came to the moat outside the city, and they can carve ice cubes into various animals, which is really beautiful, so we are going to have a sneak peek today, if the scenery is good, then you will also take a family to see?" Cao Song said with an excited smile, he is now proud, the bank has reached the final stage of preparation, and it can be opened at any time, but what makes him happiest is that his relationship with Princess Shoukang is getting closer and closer, although there is no love between men and women, but at least it is much stronger than ordinary friends.

Zhao Yan saw Cao Song's proud appearance, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, in fact, this is also human nature, after all, his sister is about to be abducted by the guy in front of her, as a man in this family, he naturally has an uncomfortable feeling, so Zhao Yan interrupted Cao Song's conjecture at the moment and said: "Brother Jiu'er, I heard that you have been running around with the third sister a lot these days, so how can you still have time to take care of the bank's affairs, how is the bank preparing now, have you encountered any problems?" ”

"Hehe, third brother, you can rest assured, I was also stupid before, I had to do everything by myself, but it turned out to make my stewards a lot more idle, but now I understand, the scale of the bank is so large, I only need to grasp a general direction, and the specific things will be handed over to those stewards and guys, and they have done a good job, and now the bank is almost ready, and it is planning to open on an auspicious day." Cao Song said with a smile at the moment, although Princess Shoukang was more important in his heart, he didn't dare to leave the bank's affairs behind, after all, this was a good opportunity for him to wash away his notoriety, if he really wanted to marry Princess Shoukang in the future, he must successfully open the bank.

Hearing that the bank had been prepared, Zhao Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief, originally according to his original plan, the bank should have opened a long time ago, but Cao Song repeatedly changed the plan and designed the bank more perfectly, which also made Zhao Yan have no choice, and now it can finally be opened.

"Brother Jiu, inform me before the bank opens, and then I will invite some friends to congratulate me, and by the way, I will also add some momentum to the bank, and you should also use snacks, don't always pester my third sister all day long." Zhao Yan said solemnly at the moment that the bank was not only created by him to wash away Cao Song's notoriety, but the most important thing was the important role of the bank in the economy, which was also a key part of Zhao Yan's influence on the reform of the Great Song Dynasty. (To be continued......)