"Your Majesty, do you really think the situation in the Northland will come to this point?" Chen Wei couldn't bear it, "Hedong and Daliang have been facing each other for decades, and in the end, almost all of them have won the Great Liang, although Daliang has become more and more old in recent years, but after all, hundreds of thousands of troops, even if they employ people, can produce a victory, how can it change because of other factors in the outside world?"

Chen Wei's rhetorical question also made Jiang Feng difficult to answer for a while.

History has already turned, and it is not even the butterfly effect brought about by this outsider, taking magic as an example, how can there be such a thing in history? Now the influence of magic is getting bigger and bigger, and it has even become an important factor in social and economic development.

In the memory of the previous life, the Later Tang Dynasty did replace the Later Liang, but the historical trajectory at that time was not the environment he was in now, and now the Liang and Jin have been facing each other for so many years, and they have been unable to hold each other, and according to the original history, at this time, the Later Liang should have been destroyed by the Later Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago, where is there any big Liang?

Now even the three towns of Heshuo still exist, and there are countless large and small feudal lords, history has long changed, it is no longer the original history, or this time and space is no longer that time and space, but a parallel time and space.

Historical memory cannot be used as evidence, Jiang Feng can only rely on his own historical experience to judge, the Hu people go south to herd horses is an eternal law, there is no other reason, the north is more bitter and cold, who doesn't want to live a better life?

Even if it was their traditional way of life, they still wanted to change, not to mention the unfavorable situation of the Han people in the south in terms of farming and warfare, which would stimulate them to go south.

The general trend is like this, but the specific time node, Jiang Feng can only be inferred.

When will Hu Cai go south? It can only be inferred from some specific signs and changes, but Jiang Feng believes that the collusion between Yang Wenchang and the party members that led to the sudden and large-scale movement of the party members to Guanzhong is an extremely dangerous signal, and perhaps the party members have no intention of destroying Guanzhong, but with Yang Wenchang's intentional or unintentional instigation and connivance, the situation will become difficult to control in many cases.

Now the Shatuo people suddenly launched an attack on Daliang, undoubtedly under the influence of the party people, in the eyes of the Shatuo people, the strength of the party people is not worth mentioning, they can actually herd horses in Guanzhong, can't the Shatuo people go south to the Central Plains?

And Jiang Feng also believes that the changes in Daliang in the past few years may have been seen by the Shatuo people for a long time, and maybe there may even be a shadow of the Shatuo people mixed in it.

If something like the wanton theft and sale of military horses happened to any feudal lord, it was enough to cause an uproar, but the Liang side was silent, which couldn't help but make people shudder.

As soon as the Shatuo people move, will the Khitans go far south?

"Ziliang, three provinces, I may not have much evidence to convince you to believe, but just from the chaos within the Liang army, we can get a glimpse, of course, this may only be the case with part of the Liang army, but such a big thing happened in an army, and there is no sound until now, it is extremely abnormal in itself, I don't think such an army can still afford to resist foreign enemies, even if it is only a part. Jiang Feng pondered his words, "The party people have already gone south, and the Shatuo people are eager to try, will the Khitans continue to stand idly by?"

"No, I don't think so, the general stability of the small fights in the north in the past is about to pass, and if we don't seize this limited time to prepare, then it will not be a question of whether we can get a spoonful of the soup, but whether we will be swept into it and become a pond fish that cannot struggle. Jiang Feng's tone suddenly turned cold and hard: "I will not let this situation appear, so we must make comprehensive preparations in advance, rebuilding a strong army is the top priority, and everything else can be put on hold for the time being!"

Now that Jiang Feng has made up his mind, there is nothing to say here in the Political Affairs Department.

Moreover, Jiang Feng's "alarmism" did make Chen Wei and Du Tuo realize that the crisis was approaching, if they want to develop, it is the primary task to resist the enemy outside the country, no matter how hard they develop, if they are beaten by the enemy, they will either be destroyed in one fell swoop, or they will make wedding clothes for others, which they also know very well, so the priority direction is determined, and the political affairs department is obliged to cooperate.

Negotiating with Sogdian merchants was not a simple matter, especially when Haizhou had not yet been recovered, and negotiating skills were required to get Sogdian merchants to lend money to Huaiyou (Wuning).

Fortunately, the Sogdian merchants had already dealt with Huaiyou once, and the cooperation between the two sides was quite pleasant, and no one would doubt that Huaiyou (Wuning) could not take back Haizhou, so the negotiations went quite smoothly.

In particular, when Huaiyou (Wu Ning) clearly proposed to use this money to buy a large number of war horses, cattle and donkeys and other materials, this was more in line with the wishes of the Sogdian merchants, and the right hand could be recovered by selling war horses, cattle and donkeys, which was simply what the Sogdian merchants wanted to see the most.

"Rest assured, Lord Commander, that the credibility of our Sogdians is harder than the hardest stone in the world, and we have our channels, believing that the cooperation at the beginning of the year has proven everything. ”

This was the first time that Jiang Feng met with representatives of Sogdian merchants after the agreement was finalized, and the respect and self-confidence of Sogdian merchants made Jiang Feng have to admit that in this era, this group of Hu people did have unparalleled attainments in business.

"Well, I'm pretty sure of that, but you probably already know that Hedong and Daliang are already at war. Jiang Feng nodded and reminded.

At this time, the idea of fighting the Liang War Horse is a little dangerous.

"The county prince need not worry, our Sogdians' supply channels are all over the north, and we do not hide it from the county prince, and when we learned that the county prince was interested in buying a large number of good horses, we had already contacted the white chieftains of the Tuyuhun people, and they were willing to sell us a batch of horses. ”

Kang Guoying, one of the leaders of this group of Sogdians, was not afraid to expose his supply channels, because he knew that Huaiyou (Wuning) did not have the ability or the energy to open such a rather complicated channel.

Jiang Feng bowed slightly.

It is normal for the Sogdians to open up the channels of the Tuyuhun people, just as the Persian Hu merchants have also opened up the channels of the Khitans and the Tatars in the north.

Tugu Hun and Huaiyou (Wu Ning) do not have much to do with it, and of course they will not refuse to sell, even if there is a contradiction, for the sake of interests, it is the same.

Similarly, although the Khitans have shown signs of going south, but this autumn, the herdsmen need to slaughter their livestock, to avoid the lack of forage in the winter, and the sale of horses is also a big income for them.

The only slightly troublesome thing was the transportation channel, which turned out to be through the three towns of Heshuo and the Pinglu army or Daliang.

However, the situation has changed somewhat, that is, Zhu Mao occupied Jeju, which means that as long as the Sogdian merchants could pass through the Heshuo, they could transport horses to Jeju across the river, and from Jeju to the south, they could pass through Yunju and enter the territory of Huaiyou (Wuning), without going through the territory of the Daliang or Pinglu army, and the well-informed Sogdian merchants should have figured out these situations long ago.

"Well, I hope to build a closer relationship and a stronger trust between the two of us. Jiang Feng's fierce gaze swept over the faces of the three Sogdian merchant leaders, "Twelve thousand war horses, I hope that eight thousand can be delivered to Sucheng within three months, and the remaining four thousand will be given you two months, and they will also be sent to Sucheng, and we will pick up the goods in Sucheng." ”

The three Sogdian merchants looked at each other, why did this county lord change his order every day? Didn't he say that there were 8,000 war horses? Why did it increase by 50% all at once, and they all had to be sent to Sucheng within three months?

There is no problem with increasing the amount, the Sogdians have the ability to eat this business, and there is no problem in sending it to Sucheng, Jeju is in need of support, and it can be done, but the total price of these 12,000 war horses has increased by half, how can this be calculated?

"The county prince ,......," the Sogdian merchant surnamed Cao couldn't help but stiffen his head.

"I know what you mean, it was originally about 8,000 horses, but now it's a little earlier, and the 8,000 horses are required to be ready within three months, and I believe you Sogdians can do it, right?" Seeing the Sogdian merchant nodding, "As for the other 4,000 horses, I hope you will prepare first, and when you send these 8,000 war horses in three months, I will let you see one thing, and then you will decide whether to give us the remaining 4,000 war horses." ”

Is there any mistake in sending it to Huaiyou? Isn't this Pengcheng County Duke Mo fainted from a fever? Or does he want to eat hard?

No, if this county prince really wanted to do this, there was no need to say such things before the agreement was put in place, and they had dealt with this Pengcheng county prince several times, and knew that this Pengcheng county prince valued the promise of faith even more than they were Sogdian merchants.

In the case of Shouzhou kiln, the refusal to agree to the abolition of the agreement with the Persian Hu merchants in any case made the Sogdian merchants feel reassured, which shows that the prince of Pengcheng was a principled man, which is exactly what many feudal lords lack the most.

Sogdian merchants deal with all kinds of people, from princes and nobles to the royal family, down to ordinary people, and even foreign savages, but the reason why they can cross thousands of miles and go unstoppable is because of their reputation, and among the so many people they have contacted, there are only a handful of people who can really be called credible, many of them are strong-faced, even if you are forced to do business with them, but it is difficult to do things beyond business with them, but this new Pengcheng county prince has subverted their perception.

Source: Fenghuang

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