Xiao Zhonggong refused Xiao Ming's invitation, which was expected by Xiao Ming, Xiao Zhonggong's loyalty to the monarch is still very serious, although he has been disappointed in Emperor Tianzuo, but he still pinned his hopes on the King of Jin, counting on the new emperor to be able to revitalize the dynasty after he ascended the throne.

But the next thing may disappoint him even more, that is, Emperor Tianzuo has been suspicious of the King of Jin, and deprived him of the prince's fief, and follows him at any time in order to control it, which is obviously a fatal blow to the faction of the King of Jin, and the battle for the heir planned by the Great Liao State and Xiao Fengxian has gradually begun to heat up!

And all this is no longer a matter of concern for Xiao Ming, the Great Liao State is three years old, the fifth year of the Great Song Dynasty Xuanhe, that is, in 1123 AD, Xiao Ming officially accepted Nanjing Liunanfu as the king of the Southern Court of the Great Liao State, and concurrently served as the privy envoy of the Southern Court, and his subordinates Wu Yong, the prime minister of the Southern Court in Yueping, Xiao Gan, the deputy privy envoy, and the leading general Yelu Dashi.

Speaking of Yelu Dashi, it was arranged by Xiao Ming, when Xiao Mimi returned to Wuhuai Province, Xiao Ming arranged for someone to take Yelu Dashi with him, and Ami was the master to recognize the father of Ami, the chief of Wuhuai, as his father-in-law, and changed his surname to Xiao, and was called Xiao Dashi in the future, Ami only said that it was arranged by Xiao Ming, for his marriage with the eldest princess, but the suicide of the eldest princess was never told to him, and it was not until a long time later that Yelu Dashi learned the truth!

After that, Xiao Dashi changed his surname to Yelu, still called Yelu Dashi, he was directly called back to Nanjing by Xiao Ming, after this great change Yelu Dashi became silent, it seems that overnight his reckless character has changed, and gradually showed his outstanding military and political talents, he has special respect for Xiao Ming and Ami, and calls himself "slave!" to Ami! "Willing to live as a slave.

Yang Qizhong, as Xiao Ming's descendant, was promoted to the commander of the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Military Division, and the team was Xiao Ming's Tiger Guard, insisting on training an elite soldier for Xiao Ming, this team is not large, a total of 20,000 people, 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 crossbowmen! The training methods and drills are all from Xiao Ming.

As Xiao Ming's private army, the Wugu Enemy Lie Military Division absorbed many foreigners in addition to the Han Chinese, including Khitans, Uighurs, Persians, Koreans, and Arabs! These people are all tall and big, mainly as cavalry, because Xiao Ming wants to build a heavy armored cavalry!

The rider's whole body and most of the horses are covered with a layer of iron mesh armor designed by Xiao Ming, all of which are ordered from the Xuzhou Taiping Iron Works, which is the latest achievement of the metallurgical process of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the straight-drawn steel wire, the success of the steel wire manufacturing thanks to the continuous improvement of the design of the spring of the Hangzhou Xicheng Experimental Iron Factory, which is a necessary part of the Richanglong steam power machine.

At this stage, the iron tools produced by Tianping Iron Works can no longer be completely called iron, but steel! The production of steel increased day by day, and after the ingots were forged, they were fixed on a rotatable shelf, and bundles of steel wires could be pulled out, which would be woven into chain armor that was connected together, and the cavalry armor was thicker in size, while the infantry was thinner, but both were very dense.

The weight of this armor is very light, it can be draped from head to toe, and all the important parts of the body can be covered, much like the chain armor of the European Middle Ages, but it is much lighter than that, and the toughness and strength are higher, and it can block the frontal slash of the knife and axe and the frontal shot of the bow and arrow.

Not only the riders, but even the horses have armor, and the vital parts will be covered, the area protected by this kind of heavy armored cavalry is higher than that of the Jin soldiers' abduction horses, and it is lighter than the infantry armor of the Great Song Dynasty, which is the cavalry trump card in Xiao Ming's hand. In addition, the weapons of the cavalry were also improved, each person was equipped with two throwing short spears, a bow and crossbow, and a standard chopping sword.

This kind of knife is longer than the saber carried by the original tiger guard, heavier, with gauntlets, and the blades have been quenched many times, which is very fast, and is more suitable for light cavalry to slash, but because Xiao Ming's cavalry is full of armor, but because of its light weight, the rider is still flexible and does not have to be poor for light cavalry, so it is uniformly configured for them.

In addition, there are crossbowmen, this kind of crossbowmen are basically all Han people, from equipment to training, all are copies of the original Tiger Guard, and even the training method is also the training method of the Tiger Guard, all of the instructors who act as instructors on the front line are Tiger Guards, these people are basically veterans who have participated in several battles with Xiao Ming, and they are very experienced.

The Wugu Enemy Lie Command Military Division is actually divided into two parts, one part is 20,000 elites in the hands of Xiao Ming, and the other part belongs to the Southern Yuan system, looking for me in the hands of Xiao Tzu Buye, responsible for stationing on the first line of Dayingkou in Jinzhou and the first line in Tokyo to ensure the progress of the project and the safety of the construction site there.

Xiao Ming took the time to go to Liaodong a few times, the defense of Tokyo Yelu Yujian had been given up to Xiao Ming, the cavalry of the North Courtyard occupied several surrounding states and counties, and relying on the geographical location of Tokyo, Jinzhou and Dayingkou and Lushun of the Liaodong Peninsula have been connected, and what connects them is the cement road.

These roads are radiating outward with Jinzhou as the center, Xiao Tzu Buye has heavy troops here, and any war can be quickly attacked through the road, so there is no need to build fortresses and cities at all, the cement factory and iron factory built by Xiao Ming here are in full swing, and they are only responsible for some rough processing things.

The mining of a wide range of iron ore and coal mines is the focus, and the advantage of using prisoners of war is that the cost is low, so that Xiao Tzu Buye's cavalry has formed the habit of catching Jurchen prisoners every once in a while, and a large amount of coal and iron ore is transported to the wharves of Lushun and Dayingkou, and transported to Weihai on the Shandong Peninsula through the merchant ships of the Great Song Dynasty, which is an important base for Xiao Ming's metallurgical steelmaking, and shoulders a greater mission.

With the mining of mines, the construction of wharves, and the construction of cement and iron factories, although the profits obtained were amazing, but not to the extent of huge profits, so Aiqili was called to Nanjing by Xiao Ming.

Nanjing City, the former Yanjing Mansion, now has a rapid population growth, this is not because the women here are particularly able to give birth, but here is the implementation of some new policies, Wu Yong's economic talent here is really like a fish in water, every one of his measures, as long as it is reported to Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming's later cases in the field of finance and economics are basically approved.

In encouraging the development of industry and commerce, Wu Yong also adopted the method of tax borrowing, if you should pay taxes this year because the production funds cannot be recovered or have not made a profit, then you can apply for government subsidies, and according to the percentage of the tax repayment, it is applicable to agriculture, fishery and various industrial and commercial and service industries.

Because Xiao Ming had abolished the animal husbandry tax, the entire Nanjing area was formed mainly agriculture-based areas, a large part of which belonged to the scope of military reclamation, so basically grain will not be a problem here, and the wine-making industry is developed, a large amount of grain due to surplus, all used to make wine, and the distillation method has begun to be used.

On the one hand, the ** and greed of Liao officials caused a large number of people to go bankrupt and lose their land, on the other hand, the new policy of Liunanfu is able to make people earn silver, so many people choose to come here to beg for a living, and even the people who were originally exempted from taxes by Xiao Ming in the Shangjing area were also attracted, resulting in an unprecedented increase in the population of Nanjing.

Moreover, because Nanjing encourages industry and commerce, the commerce here is extremely developed, and it can not help but attract the Northern Song Dynasty merchants from the opposite Daimyo Mansion to do business, and it also attracts merchants from the Western Regions, and you will often see people from the Western Regions leading camels and horses in the city, as well as Uighur merchants, Persian merchants, Arab merchants, and even merchants with great food!

After returning to Bianjing, Zhao Huan, the king of Dan, and Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, immediately presented the "Regulations on Leasing Land and Commerce" of the Liao State to Emperor Huizong, which made Huizong of the Song Dynasty and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty overjoyed, and it was really the most acceptable way for them to reclaim the six eastern states by leasing.

There is also trade, this alone, the problem of war horses in the Great Song Dynasty has basically been solved, and it can allow the Great Song Dynasty to get a lot of good things in short supply, such as ores, jewelry, jade, wool, and medicinal materials. Spices, etc., and then through taxes, it is undoubtedly a large amount of income, and the Great Song Dynasty has taken a big advantage!

As for the millions of taels of silver recovered from the six eastern states, it is a piece of cake! Song Huizong remembered what Xiao Ming had said, recovering the sixteen states of Youyun was already a matter of reality, and secretly said that he had made the right choice, and now that he got the news, all of this was mediated by Xiao Ming, and he was moved in his heart, and issued an edict to promote Xiao Ming to the secretary of the sect of Zhengxuan, which is for the four products, and the golden seal!

To say that Huizong is really stingy, he knows that Xiao Ming is now a high-level existence in the Liao Kingdom as the king of the Southern Courtyard! The Great Song Dynasty not only signed the "Regulations on Leasing Land and Commerce" with the Liao State, but also vigorously encouraged merchants from all over the country to go to the Liao to trade and do business, especially the horse business, but this business was monopolized, that is, the Yaxing Gang of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was difficult for anyone to intervene in it.

On this day, Xiao Ming felt bored, the weather in May and June was getting hotter, he walked out of the palace, wanted to go around Nanjing, and the soldiers must follow him, but the result was that he was thrown off by a few dodges, and it was very uncomfortable to be followed by people, and it was not easy to go shopping alone.

All the way, he was aimless, recently he wanted to go to Shandong, because Qian Baguang claimed to come over several times, and said that he had mastered the skills of cannons and wanted to fight with Xiao Ming! During this time, Ding Jianpeng contacted him through the flying kite and said that the development of the steel pipe has been successful and can be fully applied to the cannon, which is good news for Xiao Ming.

Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard a sound of the piano, which was a kind of plucked piano in Xinjiang that later generations had heard: the sound of Rewapu's piano, Xiao Ming followed the prestige, and there was a person leaning against a shadow of the city wall between them, it was a typical person from the Western Regions, with a high nose and deep eyes, and he played the Rewapu in his hand and opened his mouth to sing.

The singing is soothing and melodious, the rhythm is bright, it is very good, the key is to evoke the memory of Xiao Ming's later life, the kind of situation of sitting at home watching TV with his parents, he couldn't help but have a little tears in his eyes, and at the end of the song, Xiao Ming came to his senses, and he walked forward quickly to say hello to the man from the Western Regions.

"My dear friend, your singing voice is very moving, can you tell me your name?"

The man stood up and bowed to Xiao Ming, and said in Khitan dialect: "Dear friend, my name is: Ashlijiang"

Xiao Ming gave a thumbs up and praised: "Ashlijiang, you sing so well?" I wonder if you can tell me the lyrics? ”

"Of course, I am a poet on horseback, a singer on horseback, ready to present my poems to distinguished guests and beautiful girls, and this song is passed on to my master, which is an old love story," said Ashlijan. ”

Ash Lijiang slowly explained the lyrics to Xiao Ming:

"O Snow Lotus of the Sacred Mountain! has lost its color,

Why, my beloved girl.

The grapes on the vines have turned into wine pulp,

Why! My beloved girl.

For your love to come, I offer you a delicious lamb with my own hands.

The scorching sun baked my hands, and the wind swept up the yellow sand and blinded my eyes.

I look forward to your arrival, my beloved girl.

In order for your love to come, I go alone to find the legendary Golden City.

The snow and ice moistened my lips, and the flood washed away the mud and covered my feet.

I look forward to your arrival, my beloved girl.

Thy heart glitters like gold,

I'm going to take you to the legendary Golden City."

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