Yang Zhi was not dissatisfied with the loss of Qingyang Mansion, one was that Huanqing Road suffered great losses due to repeated fierce battles, and the other was that Yang Zhi had no plan for Qingyang Mansion, and from Yang Zhi's point of view, Qingyang Mansion had no future for development. Due to the special geographical location, whether it is Yanzhou, Chang'an, or Fengxiang Mansion, Qingyang Mansion will not be allowed to become a commercial center, and the few people under Zhao Kai do not have such ability.

Yang Zhi has been preparing materials for negotiations with Xixia for the past few days, and when he received the news that Xixia was going to Runzhou to be a minister, Yang Zhi laughed happily, and had already made up his mind in his heart, and directly sent someone to escort the messenger of Xixia to Taiyuan, even if he was in charge of negotiations, since the other party proposed to go to Runzhou to meet him, he still couldn't do the main thing.

Yang Zhi knew very well that although the army of Western Xia was reduced by almost half, its combat effectiveness would not be reduced much, especially under the threat of destroying the country, the warriors of the Dangxiang and other clans would burst out with amazing combat effectiveness, so competing for the hearts and minds of the people was the most important thing. After Yang Zhi finished laughing, he looked at Qu Duan who had just arrived and said, "I told King Yun that Youzhou and Yanzhou have been handed over to you, is there any pressure?"

Qu Duan smiled reservedly, if Yang Zhi was not his eldest brother, he would naturally praise himself, but in the face of a freak like Yang Zhi, it would be difficult to say much about who he would be on this issue. Yang Zhi even came up with something flying in the sky, and broke the main force of the 150,000 Western Xia army in Gyeongju, Qu Duan really had nothing to show off. Yang Zhi saw that Qu Duan did not squeak, and continued: "After taking Youzhou, the difficulties faced by Western Xia have been replaced by us, I hope you don't rely on killing people to solve the problem." ”

Qu Duan pointed to Youzhou on the map and asked, "Big brother, what are you going to do?"

Qu Duan also understands the reason why he can't kill people at will, but if he can't let those people live in peace, according to the fierceness of the people on the grassland, there will definitely be countless incidents, what if he doesn't kill them when the time comes? Yang Zhi saw that Qu Duan was sincerely seeking advice, and said with a smile: " Youzhou is in our hands, it is possible to become a fulcrum for us to pry the Western Xia regime, stay up until the spring is warm, you mainly take saltpeter, I will arrange someone to buy it; remember, although the lake salt looks simple, but there is green salt, that thing is mined and no one buys it, so don't waste manpower and material resources. ”

Saltpeter is a necessary raw material for gunpowder, and it is also the reason why Yang Zhi attaches great importance to Youzhou; Qu Duan was silent, as a representative of the Guanshan people, Qu Duan heard countless rumors, and also understood that Yang Zhi and Taiyuan were more or less estranged, and Qu Duan's position behind him was likely to determine his own future. Yang Zhi is not in a hurry, after all, he and Qu Duan are just brothers, that is, brothers, and sometimes it is impossible to have the same opinion on everything.

After considering the time for a full stick of incense, Qu Duan raised his head and said: "I need strong support, now Youzhou lacks everything, since it is very important in your eyes, there must be the right person to operate these things." ”

"Liu Ziyu. Yang Zhi said with certainty: "I'll let Liu Ziyu help you, Cai Qing, go and ask Liu Ziyu to come over to discuss things." ”

Liu Ziyu himself is a rising star in Guan Shaanxi, and it is easy to gain a sense of identity among Quduan's subordinates, and in Yang Zhi's view, the most important thing is that Liu Ziyu's ability and conduct are not problematic. Liu Ziyu was in the office of the Zhifu Division, and followed Cai Qing after a while, Liu Ziyu knew Qu Duan's personality, he was a typical person who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, and he also knew that Yang Zhi was going to hand over Youzhou to Qu Duan, and he was originally preparing to return to Qinzhou with Yang Zhi.

Hearing Yang Zhi say that he wanted to hand over the finances of Youzhou and other places to himself, Liu Ziyu spread his hands and said: "Yang Shuai, Qu Shuai, I really can't do this, unless you can point out a clear way, I will do things." ”

"Oh, are you here to do things?" Yang Zhi said with a smile: "Let me tell you, Yuchang, Tuntian, and saltpeter mines, you do not belong to the Transshipment Division, I appointed you as the pacification envoy of Youzhou, and set up a Tuntian camp here to do these three things." "A sea of clouds

The Tuntian camp is the foundation of Yang Zhi's army, and it seems that there are many men and women, but many policies that cannot be forcibly implemented by the government, Yang Zhi uses the Tuntian camp as the leader, so recruiting the soldiers and people of Tuntian has always been the task of the Tuntian battalion. Liu Ziyu was originally in charge of this matter, and when he heard this, he nodded and said: "I will recruit people in various names, many tribes have withered in this war, women and children have nowhere to go, and Tuntian is no problem." ”

"That's a good idea!" Qu Duan was overjoyed: "Lord Liu, you can start this matter immediately, and I will do my best to support you." ”

Liu Ziyu nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Yang Shuai, we can recruit people from Western Xia to farm, not to mention the army, just under the field, as long as the remuneration is reasonable, I believe many people will come; ”

Yang Zhi laughed: "It's exactly what I want, Qu Duan also wants people to protect the private property of the Xixia people in the official government, let the merchants spread the word, and encourage the people who were taken to Hexi to escape back by themselves." If we take our time, we will eventually be able to turn the blueprint into reality. ”

Liu Ziyu knew that he couldn't shirk it, no matter what, he wanted to see the day when the Great Song Dynasty had killed Hexi; Liu Ziyu took a deep breath, hugged his fists and saluted Qu Duan: "Please supervise Qu Shuai, if the behavior is very bad, Qu Shuai can remove me as soon as possible." ”

Qu Duan laughed: "I'm not qualified to replace you, everything depends on Yang Shuai." ”

Yang Zhi knew that Qu Duan's attitude could not be taken seriously, this kind of shun donkey, it was easy to say anything when it got better, if it was up, what he said might not work, anyway, just remind Liu Ziyu before he left. When Liu Ziyu came out, he was still wondering in his heart, Qu Duan was actually an outlier, could he really defeat Xixia in such a stalemate? Could it be that Yang Zhi couldn't see it, just because of brotherhood and didn't say it.

Li Jinyi and Liu Ziyu collided head-on, grabbed Liu Ziyu and asked, "Is Yang Zhi planning to leave you in Youzhou?"

Liu Ziyu smiled and said: "Your news is really well-informed, and I just found out." ”

Li Jinyi said embarrassedly: "I heard that Qu Duan is here, and Yang Zhi is looking for you, and it is all a guess." Qu Duan didn't have the heart to take care of money and food, and Yang Zhi didn't have anyone else, so he must be looking for you to help;

Li Jinyi is the person in charge of dealing with Zhao Lingyi, Liu Ziyu understood Li Jinyi's thoughts, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I can't help, Yang Shuai has arrangements, but he handed over those things in the field to Tuntian Ying, as for the affairs managed by the state government, you still have to discuss with Qu Duan." ”

Li Jinyi could only sigh: "Okay, wait for Zhao Lingyun to come back and bring him to meet Qu Duan." ”