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After the Xiongnu envoys left, Xiang Ye hurriedly gathered a group of ministers to discuss the import of silk and bronze.

At the beginning of the development of the Jiuyuan Kingdom, Xiang Ye considered that the inflow of luxury goods was too much, which was likely to cause extravagance among officials and the palace, and specifically ordered a ban on the import of luxury goods such as silk and bronze. But he didn't expect that the Huns would come all the way to ask him for these seemingly impractical things.

"Immediately ordered the merchants to import a large amount of silk and bronze utensils, and dismissed the Huns' request this time." Facing the ministers of the court, Xiang Ye was in a very complicated mood when he gave this order, he also gave the order to ban the import of luxury goods, and now the order to import a large number of luxury goods is also from his hands, which will undoubtedly give people a feeling that the order has changed.

"King, we have ordered a ban on the import of luxury goods before, and now we suddenly import a large number of luxury goods, I am afraid that the people will be disappointed in us, and the residents of Jiuyuan hate the Huns to the core, if the people know that the import of silk and bronze is to curry favor with the Huns, I am afraid it will be even more unpopular!" As soon as Xiang Ye's words were finished, Wu Wei put forward a different opinion in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

Xiang Ye frowned, it wasn't that he didn't know that this situation would occur, but he really couldn't think of any way to pass this crisis.

If the strength of the Jiuyuan Kingdom was strong enough, Xiang Ye would definitely not hesitate to start a war with the Xiongnu. But now the army is a new army that has just been established, and the proportion of veterans is very small, and if such an army is pulled out and rashly fights against the Xiongnu, it will definitely suffer a big loss; Moreover, the treasury is not yet full, and if you want to start a war with the Xiongnu, you need a lot of money to maintain the war expenses.

Although Xiang Ye had already made up his mind to start a war with the Xiongnu, he would not be so stupid as to rush into war when all the preparations were imperfect.

"What does the prime minister think should be done about this matter?" Xiang Ye really couldn't think of a suitable way to deal with this crisis, so he had to ask Wu Wei for advice.

Wu Wei unhurriedly stroked the sparse beard that had just grown on his chin and said: "The king doesn't have to be anxious, before the king followed King Xiang into Guanzhong, Zhao Tuo sent someone to find the king, and promised to provide us with hundreds of trucks of notoginseng powder every year. The king can send a safe person to take this opportunity to find Chi Xue'e, and with the king's 'friendship' with her, she will definitely help the Jiuyuan Kingdom. ”

Xiang Ye groaned for a moment, then nodded and said to Wu Wei: "Who does the prime minister think is the most suitable person to do this?" ”

"Counseling Doctor Han Sheng is the most suitable." Wu Wei said to Xiang Ye without hesitation: "Although he is young, he is quite anxious, if he is allowed to go, whether it is 'medicine' materials or silk or bronze, he will definitely be able to transport them to Jiuyuan in time." ”

Xiang Ye nodded, looked at Han Sheng who was sitting in the column opposite Wu Wei and said: "Han Sheng, the matter of contacting Zhao Tuo and Chi Xue'e on this southward trip will be 'handed over' to you, this task is arduous, and it is related to the life and death of our Jiuyuan Kingdom, you must not talk 'nonsense' outside and annoy people who shouldn't be messed with." ”

Han Sheng bowed and said to Xiang Ye: "When I was rescued by the king, the minister has been introspecting, please rest assured, this time the minister went to South Vietnam, and he will not fail in his mission!" ”

"This matter should not be delayed for too long, you should leave immediately, but if you need anything, you will receive it from the prime minister." After Xiang Ye spoke to Han Sheng, he said to a minister sitting in the outermost corner of the main hall: "Xu Ping, Han Sheng goes to the south, you also help me run, I plan to send you as an envoy of our Jiuyuan Kingdom to the Western Regions, I heard that Dunhuang is surrounded by the Yue Clan, the national strength is strong, and the Xiongnu are feuding, you can go and communicate with the Yue Clan, but don't let the Xiongnu know about this matter, otherwise the Jiuyuan Kingdom will fall into war in advance." ”

"Wechen understands!" Xu Ping bowed to Xiang Ye and said, "The minister will not disgrace his mission, and this time he must form an alliance with my Jiuyuan Kingdom." ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Wu Wei was about to leave, but Xiang Ye stopped him again and said, "Prime Minister, you go to the harem with me." ”

Wu Wei, who was about to walk to the 'door' of the main hall, turned his head and looked at Xiang Ye and said, "Does the king want me to go and see the Huns you brought back?" ”

Xiang Ye nodded and said to Wu Wei: "I think we can get a lot of information about the Xiongnu from her, maybe this information will be useful to us." ”

Wu Wei Shen groaned and said to Xiang Ye: "It is obviously inappropriate for Weichen to go to the harem, but the king must not get much information from Di Juci, unless he ......."

"Unless what?" Wu Wei was only halfway through his words, and a trace of bad feeling immediately rose in Xiang Ye's heart, and he hurriedly said, "The prime minister won't say unless ......?" ”

"The king is wise!" Before Xiang Ye finished speaking, Wu Wei bowed down and saluted him, and said with a treacherous smile on his face: "On the same day, Di Yu Juci came to Jiuyuan, I asked Si Tianjian to help the king and her eight characters, she is destined to have a prosperous husband, and complement the eight characters of the king, if the king enters her into the harem, don't say that she will support the battle with the Huns, even this Jiuyuan country will be thriving and becoming more and more rich and powerful!" ”

Xiang Ye rolled his eyes, worried Wu for a moment, and said very depressedly: "Where did the prime minister go?" I just want to say if I lied to her to avenge her father, kill Maudun, and let her do a big order, the effect will be better! ”

"The king has ever seen a 'female' person as a Hun Dadanyu?" Wu Wei shook his head and said to Xiang Ye: "This method doesn't work, now if you want to understand the Huns, the only way is for the king to make peace with Di Yao." I think she has a good impression of the king, and she only needs to find a 'female' official who can speak well to persuade her, and she will definitely be able to achieve good things! ”

"Okay, okay, Prime Minister, don't talk about it." Xiang Ye waved his hand at Wu Wei with black lines on his head and said: "I will obey the prime minister's strategy, but in this matter, I am afraid that I can't listen to the prime minister, and it can be discussed in the future." ”

Wu Wei looked at Xiang Ye and said with a strange smile on his face: "Since the king has no intention of doing this, Weichen will not say more. The king can try to go to Di Juci and see if she is willing to 'reveal' us information about the Xiongnu. ”

Xiang Ye sighed helplessly, shook his head, and returned to the harem with a group of 'female' officials.

After entering the harem, he first went to the palace where Di Ba lived, and when he arrived outside the 'door', the palace 'girl' who was responsible for serving Di Ba told him that Di Ba was not in the palace.

Xiang Ye was somewhat disappointed that he didn't find Di Yao, although the palace was not big, it was not very easy to find someone. With a feeling of loss, he led a group of 'female' officials towards the palace room of 'Meng' Su.

As soon as he approached the palace where 'Meng' Su lived, he heard a burst of laughter from a 'woman' in the distance. This burst of laughter was very hearty, and as soon as I heard it, I knew that it was Xiang Qing.

"What is Xiang Qing doing here?" Xiang Ye frowned and quickened his pace towards the 'female' of the 'Meng' Su Palace.

The palace 'women' guarding outside the 'door' saw Xiang Ye coming and was about to make a statement, but he waved his hand at them and stopped them from going to the palace.

"If this thing brought by Sister Di is seen by the king, I'm afraid he will be happy for three days." Xiang Ye raised his feet and walked into the palace room of 'Meng' Su, and happened to hear Xiang Qing talking in the inner room, and from her words, he guessed that Di Yu should also be here at this moment.

"This is what our Huns are equipped with when they ride horses, don't you have it in the Central Plains?" Sure enough, as Xiang Ye expected, Di Yan's voice came from the inner room.

"Sister took out this thing, did she want our Jiuyuan Kingdom to build the same thing and equip the cavalry?" Di Yan's voice lagged behind, and the voice of 'Meng' Su also came out.

'Meng' Su was a little calmer than Xiang Qing on weekdays, but at this moment, Xiang Ye heard a little joy from her tone, it seemed that what Di Yu took out was indeed a very useful thing.

Hearing this, Xiang Ye raised his feet and walked towards the room where the voices of the three 'women' were spoken, and after pushing open the 'door', he saw the three 'women' looking at the object in Di Yan's hand with full attention.

"I heard you talk from afar, what good thing can make me happy for three days?" Xiang Ye entered the room, and when he saw that the servants didn't notice his appearance at all, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart, he leaned behind the servants and suddenly said, "Take it to let me open my eyes!" ”

Xiang Ye spoke suddenly, startling the three 'female' people who were looking at the things in Di Yan's hands with their heads to their heads.

They patted their chests together and turned their heads and glanced at him fiercely, Di Bao pouted and hid the things in his hands behind him, and said with an unhappy face: "I won't show you, who told you to scare us?" ”

Seeing that Di Yan didn't show him the things in his hand, Xiang Ye leaned closer to her with a shy face and said with a wicked smile: "I know, what you are holding in your hand must be something that the Hun 'daughter' family will bring when she gets married. ”

"Whew!" Di Yu spat on the ground, glanced at Xiang Ye and said, "What's the matter?" What I just showed my two sisters is obviously stirrups, how can any 'girl' marry with stirrups? ”

"Stirrups?" After listening to Di Zhen's words, Xiang Ye was stunned for a moment, and then understood why Xiang Qing and 'Meng' Su talked like that just now, the Central Plains people rode horses without stirrups at all, so the cavalry sat unsteadily on horseback, and the impact force that should be had was difficult to exert, if there were stirrups, it was definitely a necessary condition for building a strong cavalry.

Thinking of this, Xiang Ye slapped his forehead violently and secretly scolded himself for being stupid. He is obviously from two thousand years later, and he must know more things than the aborigines of this era, but he just put aside the knowledge that should have been used, and played some tricks with the people of this era.

This is completely a kind of stupid behavior that sacrifices the basics, although it is not realistic to want to build tanks and cannons in this era, but he knows the formula of gunpowder, and he also knows a lot of knowledge that people in this era do not understand, if this knowledge is fully used, the prosperity of the Nine Plains Kingdom will not be just a dream. ~