When Yelu Nanyin passed by the junction of Liaoxia with a huge Silk Road convoy, suddenly a guard came to Yelu Nanyin to report.

"Princess Qiyu! The envoys of Western Xia are coming! ”

Yelu Nanyin couldn't help frowning, how did the envoy of Western Xia not go to Beijing, how did he find her by the side of a princess who had no real power.

"Ask him to come here!" Yelu Nanyin pressed the doubts in his heart and said.

Soon, the name Ah Wu came to Yelu Nanyin's horse! He solemnly saluted: "Farewell to Bianjing in the Great Song Dynasty, Princess Yelu's demeanor is better than in the past!" ”

Wei Ming Ah Wu and Yelu Nanyin had already known each other when they were in Bianjing to negotiate peace with Song Guo, but they didn't expect to meet at this moment.

"It turned out to be Lord Weiming, I don't know if the adult stopped Nanyin, what's the matter?" Yelu Nanyin said in surprise.

Wei Ming Ah Wu showed a hint of unnaturalness and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess should know that the Song Kingdom broke off diplomatic relations with Great Xia for no reason, not only did it cut off the New Year's coins, but even the Rongchang was all sealed, which is really too deceitful." ”

Yelu Nanyin said lightly: "If it weren't for the repeated offenses of the Western Xia, how could the Great Song Dynasty do the thing, and the Western Xia would still be to blame for this matter." ”

This is not that Yelu Nanyin is biased towards the Great Song Dynasty, but the attitude of many people in the Liao Kingdom, although the Song and Liao are not in harmony and secretly compete with each other, but no one knows that they can really defeat each other.

Therefore, since the signing of the alliance between the two countries, there has been no war between the two countries for nearly a hundred years, which is extremely rare in any dynasty.

After the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty signed the Qingli Peace Conference, there were repeated wars, and the Western Xia won the battle to extort a sum of money from the Great Song Dynasty, and if they lost, they dragged the Liao State together to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty! This kind of scoundrel play made Liao Guo annoyed.

Wei Ming Ah Wu is a firm attack on the Song faction, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard this: "The grievances between the two countries in Song and Xia have been entangled for a long time, and they have long been unable to distinguish who is right and wrong, but the Great Song Dynasty has cut off the New Year's coins and the field, and the Empress Dowager of Great Xia does not even have the latest silk clothes, for fear of losing etiquette, she specially ordered her ministers to come to Princess Yelu to buy a batch of Silk Road materials." ”

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty sent New Year's coins to the Western Xia one after another, coupled with the opening of the Rong Field, there was naturally no shortage of these materials, and even the Western Xia could sell these materials to the Uighurs and other countries in the Western Regions to make a lot of profits.

Now in the battle of Pingxia City, the Western Xia was defeated, and the Great Song Dynasty took the opportunity to retaliate, and used the profits of the Silk Road to make Liaoxia lose peace, and the Western Xia completely fell into a situation of isolation and helplessness.

Yelu Nanyin waved his hand when he heard this: "This matter is simple, come and prepare a generous gift, let Lord Wei Ming Ah Wu bring it back to Xingqing Mansion, it will be a gift from Nanyin to the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang." ”

The corners of Ah Wu's mouth twitched: "Thank you Princess Nanyin for your kindness, Xixia means to establish a long-term cooperation with the princess, and buy a large number of silk and other materials from the princess." ”

How could the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang lack silk, this is just a pretext for the name Ah Wu.

Yelu Nanyin suddenly heard this, it turned out that Xixia saw that the Silk Road of Liao Kingdom had gained huge benefits, and he couldn't help but want a piece of the pie.

At the moment, Yelu Nanyin pretended not to know: "I see, Nanyin and Master Wei Ming Ah Wu are old acquaintances, and Nanyin is sold to all the countries of the Western Regions at a price increase of five times, so it is sold to Western Xia at four times the price, so as to show the friendship between the two countries in Liaoxia." ”

"Quadruple the price?"

Wei Ming Ah Wu exclaimed that when the Western Xia operated the Silk Road, it usually only doubled the price, and at most doubled the price, which was already a huge profit.

And now it is directly sold at a price of five times, and sold to Xixia at a price of four times, and it is still looking at the friendship between the two countries of Liaoxia.

"Princess Yeru, just kidding! You and I all know the price of Da Song silk, and it is too expensive to increase the price by four times! ”

Wei Ming Ah Wu smiled bitterly.

"Is it expensive?"

Yelu Nanyin asked rhetorically: "As long as this princess sends this batch of materials to the Western Regions, let alone five times the price, when it is in short supply, ten times the price will still be in short supply." ”

Nowadays, only the Great Liao can open up the Silk Road, and the Liao can directly send the Silk Road materials to the Zhaisangbo Lake in the far west, eliminating the long journey of Hu merchants in the Western Regions, reducing most of the time, and at the same time avoiding the invasion of sand thieves, the security is greatly improved, and the price is extremely fair. ”

Wei Ming Ah Wu was speechless for a moment, he naturally knew that the Western Xia would sell silk materials at twice the price, and the farther Uighurs and other countries were afraid that the price would be even more.

The location of Jaisangbo is more west of the Uighurs in the Western Regions, closer to the Western Regions, the territory of the Liao State is vast and sparsely populated, almost across the east and west, and the border with the Western Regions countries, greatly simplifying the distance and risks of the Silk Road, plus this is the exclusive business of the Liao State, of course, the price has also increased sharply.

"With such huge profits, it's no wonder that the Liao State is willing to give up the New Year's coin." Wei Ming Ah Wu said bitterly in his heart.

Rao is like this, Wei Ming Ah Wu can only pinch his nose and buy a batch of materials from the Silk Road, even soap and mirrors, after all, he shipped it back to the Western Xia country, and then sold it at a higher price, he can also make a lot of money.

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Xingqing Mansion!

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was like an ant in a hot pot, anxious.

Today's situation in Western Xia has been very critical, since the defeat of Pingxia City, her prestige in Western Xia has plummeted, and the dissatisfaction of the party departments has intensified.

According to past experience, even if the Western Xia was defeated, as long as he was slightly soft, and then pulled the Liao State into both soft and hard measures, the Great Song Dynasty would immediately obediently send 300,000 yuan worth of New Year's coins to win over the leaders of the party departments.

However, this time she miscalculated, and the Great Song Dynasty was unusual, directly cutting off all the New Year's coins in the Western Xia, and closing the convenient field of the Song and Xia Dynasty, and using the interests of the Silk Road to make the Liao Kingdom not help each other.

Now Western Xia has not only lost the 300,000 yuan of coins every Chinese New Year's Eve, but also lost the source of the Silk Road, making the finances that were originally maintained by plunder extremely strained.

"Qiqi official's family, the Jingsai Military Division came to report, the Song army went out of Pingxia City more than ten times in January, burned countless farmlands, and the people of Xixia were unbearable and had retreated more than 200 miles." In the court, Minister of State Liang Yi reported.

"Pingxia City!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang gritted her teeth and said, the humiliation she had suffered under Pingxia City couldn't help but come to her heart.

What made her even more angry was that since the defeat of the Xia army in Pingxia City, the Great Song Dynasty used Pingxia City as a base to implement the tactics of shallow attack and disturbance farming, no longer going deep into the hinterland of Western Xia to attack, and constantly invading the farming areas of Western Xia, so that Western Xia lost a large area of grain production areas, which made the original fragile economy of Western Xia even worse.

"I went to ask for a message from the team."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said helplessly, now that Western Xia is at a disadvantage, they can only hope that Liao will help.

"Empress Dowager Qi, news has come from the Liao Kingdom, and Emperor Yelu Hongji of Liao thinks that His Majesty is too young, and it is too early to make peace with his relatives." Liang Yiqi shook his head and said.

"Too early? Folk marriage abounds, and now it is appropriate to get married in a few years. Empress Dowager Xiaoliang frowned. Most of the royal families are fifteen married, plus the Western Xia repeatedly asked for peace, although they did not marry immediately, but it is not an exaggeration to decide on the marriage first.

Liang Yikui said helplessly: "Emperor Liao means that according to the research of the Great Song Dynasty doctors, it is most suitable for men to marry eighteen and women to sixteen. ”

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's face suddenly turned red, how could the harmony between the two countries of Liaoxia be the study of the Great Song Dynasty doctors, this is clearly the procrastination technique of the Liao State, I don't want to offend the Great Song Dynasty too early, monopolize the interests of the Silk Road, and at the same time want the Western Xia to continue to weaken the Great Song Dynasty.

Liang Yikui's heart suddenly brightened, thinking that he proposed to let the Liang family and the royal family kiss again, but was vetoed by the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang on the grounds that the marriage of close relatives was the marriage of close relatives.

Now the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang finally reaped the consequences, and was delayed by the Liao State on the grounds that the man was eighteen years old and became an adult.

However, now that the Liao State is powerful, it is not at all something that the Western Xia can offend, so they can only pin their hopes on the fact that Wei Ming Ah Wu can buy a batch of Silk Road materials from Yelu Nanyin to ease the finances of the Western Xia.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, Weichen returned from Princess Yelu's convoy, and Princess Yelu only agreed to sell Xixia silk and other goods at a price four times the price." Wei Ming Ah Wu hurried back and reported.

"Quadruple the markup?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was furious, she didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty took the initiative to beg for silk tea to be sent to them for peace, and the Western Xia disdained it, and now it actually made the Western Xia pay a huge price.

"Liao is too unkind!"

Liang Yikui said angrily that Liao's move was obviously not to let Western Xia get involved in the Silk Road again, so as to ensure that Liao's interests were maximized.

"Weichen has no choice but to buy a small amount of materials for the queen mother and the country." Wei Ming Ah Wu said helplessly.

At the moment, the name Ah Wu presented a lot of silk and tea leaves, as well as exquisite glass mirrors and soaps to the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang.

"What is this?"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was immediately attracted by the mirror and the soap.

"This is the mirror made for Li Qingzhao at the time of the wedding of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, and it is the clearest mirror in the world, which makes people unremarkable! Nowadays, it is the best-selling goods in Song Liao, and it is highly sought after by celebrities and ladies. "The name Ah Wu Xianbao said.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, her first reaction was to envy Li Qingzhao's good luck, and the second reaction was that this thing was purchased by the famous Ah Wu from the goods in the Silk Road, and such a magical thing would be worth a lot of money once it was sent to the Western Regions.

"This should have been the source of wealth for Western Xia!" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang's heart was like blood, he didn't expect that after the Song and Xia had a bad relationship, there would be so many good things in the Song Kingdom, if the two countries continued, these materials would naturally pass through the Hexi Corridor first, earning a lot of money for the Western Xia.

Now it has been united by the Song and Liao countries, so that the Western Xia and such a huge fortune have been missed.

"This thing is soap, it is also created by the evil doctor Fan Zheng, it is used to clean the human body, it is said that there are countless invisible mites on the human face, and washing the face and bathing with soap can greatly remove the mites on the human body." Wei Ming Ah Wu said again.

"There are mites in the human body, it's just nonsense!"

The Liang family has two queens, coupled with the young age to control the power of Western Xia, the arrogant character of the Empress Dowager Xiao Liang has been raised, looking at her beautiful face in the mirror, where can she believe that there are countless insects on her face.

"What the Queen Mother said is very true! This must be an exaggeration by the doctors. Ah Wu echoed.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang snorted coldly, disdainful of the soap in front of her, but she didn't know that soap was a good medicine that could save her life in the future, but she abandoned it.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, now the Song State is pressing on the Great Xia step by step, constantly harassing it, and the Liao State is attracted by the interests of the Great Song Dynasty using the Silk Road, and the Liao Xia and his relatives are pushed again and again. For now, the Western Xia had no choice but to find another ally to fight against the Great Song Dynasty. Liang Yiqi proposed.

"Who are the allies that the prime minister is talking about?" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said with joy in her heart. She naturally knew that with the national strength of Western Xia alone, she might not be able to deal with the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao State and Western Xia were inseparable, so now that she had a plan, it was naturally urgent to find another ally.

"Qingtang!" Liang Yiqi said proudly.

"Qingtang?" Empress Dowager Xiaoliang couldn't help but be stunned. Qingtang and Western Xia are adjacent to each other, and there have been many frictions, and the relationship between the two countries is not very good.

Wei Ming Ah Wu frowned and said: "Now that the Song country is powerful, how can Qingtang be willing to take risks to fight against the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Liang Yikui said solemnly: "The land of Qingtang is too barren, and now the lord of Qingtang is Ali Gu in power, and he has already coveted the six states of Xihe, and now the Great Song Dynasty occupies the six states of Xihe, as long as the Queen Mother promises, the two countries will jointly attack the Song Dynasty, and the six states of Xihe will be promised to Qingtang, Ali Gu will be moved."

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang suddenly fell into hesitation, the six states of Xihe were originally the territory of Western Xia, which was occupied by the Great Song Dynasty before, and Western Xia had long intended to recapture it, and now it was ceded to Qingtang, I am afraid that Western Xia will be greatly dissatisfied.

Liang Yikui persuaded: "Now that the six states of Xihe have been taken away by the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia will not be able to recapture it for a long time, why don't you use this to promise Qingtang first, and then slowly plan it in the future, otherwise how to make Qingtang return to your heart." ”

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was finally moved, and nodded slightly, although she was arrogant, she also knew that the current situation was unfavorable to Xixia, and if Xixia did not pay the price, I am afraid that it would not be possible to say that Qingtang would send troops at all.

"In addition, if you want to fight against the Great Song Dynasty, you need to marry Qingtang!" Liang Yiqi said again.

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang couldn't help frowning, marrying Qingtang? The emperor of Western Xia has already been passed down for two generations, and there is no royal princess at all, how to marry Qingtang.

Liang Yikui said in a timely manner: "Although there is no princess in the royal family, the Liang family has a noble daughter, and marrying Qingtang as the daughter of my Liang family will definitely not insult Ali Gu." ”

"The daughter of the Liang family?" Empress Dowager Xiao Liang's heart moved, her brother once proposed that her daughter marry Li Qianshun, but she didn't want to increase the power of the Liang family, coupled with the harm of close relatives marrying, she directly refused.

Now using her niece to marry Qingtang is indeed a good idea.

"Accurate!"

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang waved her hand.

"The Queen Mother is wise!" Liang Yiqi secretly rejoiced in his heart.

He chose to let his daughter marry Qingtang, but not really to increase the help of Western Xia, but for the convenience of his future seizure of power, he naturally did not believe that the Great Song Dynasty would really help him seize power. However, as long as the Great Song Dynasty secretly cooperated, with the help of Qingtang's power, and the Liang family's monstrous power in the Great Song Dynasty, it was not impossible for the Liang family to replace Li.

"Spread the decree, the military divisions secretly prepare the military, build siege weapons, and wait until the Qingtang marriage, the two countries will jointly attack the Song Dynasty and divide the Song land." Empress Dowager Xiaoliang said sharply.

"The Queen Mother is wise!"

Wei Ming Ah Wu and Liang Yi bowed and said.

After Liang Yikui returned to the Liang Mansion, he immediately sent an envoy to Qingtang to discuss the marriage, and after doing all this, he summoned the Great Song spy Lu Dong.

"The Queen Mother is preparing to unite with Qingtang to attack Pingxia City in the autumn." Liang Yiqi did not hesitate to explain the strategy of Western Xia.

"Really?" Lu Dong couldn't help but be shocked, Xixia had just suffered a big loss under Pingxia City, and he was even preparing to attack Pingxia City.

"I've already delivered the news, but I want you to secretly smuggle a large amount of Silk Road materials for my use." Liang Yiqi said directly.

He wants to seize power, in addition to the help of Qingtang, financial resources are also indispensable, and now the price of Silk Road materials in Western Xia is soaring, which is the best time for him to obtain financial resources.

Once his layout is completed, it will be the time for him to replace Li.

(End of chapter)