Wang Yi said in horror: "My lord is reminding me that we don't see all of them?"

Wang Zhi really had an amazing understanding, and instantly understood Yang Zhi's meaning, but Wang Zhi didn't know whether his guess was right or wrong, Yang Zhi smiled and said: "So I only look at the present, regardless of the future; ”

Wang Zhi understood, Yang Zhi was reminding himself that the matter of peace talks was actually the decision of the Dingbei Army, and the person he was looking for should be Zhao Kai, or someone else, not Yang Zhi, Wang Zhi smiled bitterly: "This official is ordered to send an envoy, everything is determined by heaven, and it doesn't matter whether you advance or retreat." ”

Yang Zhi turned around and asked for the holy decree of Song Huizong from the altar, and said to Wang Yan: "I can't stop the adult's trip, but the holy name is difficult to disobey, and the negotiation can only be carried out in Youzhou. ”

"I don't like you!" Although he had been mentally prepared, Yang Zhi's actions still made Wang Zhi uncomfortable, Wang Zhi did not hide his anger; Yang Zhi raised his head, looked directly at Wang He and said: "I don't like myself now, my ideal is to walk around every day, do something I like, and see the people I like, instead of facing a self-righteous guy like you." But isn't it time for the Western Xia to need peace talks? We should take a step back from each other, lest it be difficult to make a difference to the top. ”

Yang Zhi's answer was a bit unexpected by Wang Zhi, originally he thought that the big man in front of him would say some adverbials about the righteousness of the country, but he didn't expect it to be so frank; what embarrassed Wang Zhi was that no matter how much he hated Yang Zhi, there was nothing he could do with Yang Zhi. Wang He knew very well that Yang Zhi was completely different from Tong Guan and others, and he came to the western border of the Great Song Dynasty to show his attitude to Western Xia, and Wang He didn't want to be a little careless and have a bad impact on the peace talks.

"In that case, why didn't you take it out earlier?" asked Wang Yan.

"I thought that Lord Wang was an official who knew how to measure, and he didn't need to be reminded of some obscure things. Yang Zhi's answer surprised Wang Yan again, this time, he was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head and said firmly: "I need to go to Taiyuan." ”

Yang Zhi did not stop Wang Zhi, but I don't know what Zhao Kai's considerations were, and finally supported Yang Zhi's view, Wang Zhi went around Taiyuan, and returned to Youzhou on the third day; at this time, Zhang Yanyi had already returned to Hexi, Wang Yan didn't even have a person to consult, and directly sent a fast horse to Lingzhou to get the documents placed in Wu'er Siqi, Xia Renzong had signed and sealed the national letter, and fully agreed to the conditions of the Great Song Dynasty, but for the more than 40,000 captives who were used by Yang Zhi to build roads and dig salt, he put forward requirements, hoping to put people back.

After the defeat of Youzhou, the Western Xia lost 30,000 soldiers and civilians, reducing the total population of the Western Xia to less than 800,000, and these 40,000 young and middle-aged people were of great significance to the Western Xia. Yang Zhi said: "I will report to Taiyuan here, we can exchange or redeem the more than 40,000 people, Lord Wang, rest assured, you and I are just negotiators, everything is in charge." As long as the saint is satisfied, Lord Wang will soon be able to go to Runzhou. ”

Wang Yan can't help it, what he can't get on the battlefield, in fact, he can't get it at the negotiation table, now is not the time when the Western Xia occupies it militarily, it is not a secret that the Great Song Dynasty has captured soldiers and civilians doing hard labor and slavery in the Western Xia, and Yang Zhi's authority is not so great, he can only wait for the response from Taiyuan or Runzhou; but it is not in vain, because the specific affairs are done by the people below, there are still a lot of negotiations to be carried out on the transaction of the field and the specific division of the territory, so he and Yang Zhi arranged Lu Yi and Shen Chong to discuss every day.

Yang Zhi did not let go of the sovereignty of Youzhou, but agreed to take Youzhou as the boundary, and the people in Youzhou, Lingzhou, and Xiazhou chose to return to their own places, and those who were willing to return to Western Xia returned to Western Xia, and those who were willing to stay in the Great Song Dynasty remained in the Great Song Dynasty, and opened a field in Youzhou as compensation. After two days of arguing, the text of the negotiation was finally finalized, and Wang Zhi could clearly feel that Yang Zhi did not have any goodwill and good feelings towards him. Wang Yan put the signed brush on the pen holder and said: "Although I don't like you, I am still optimistic about your ability above the military. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for your attention. Yang Zhi replied expressionlessly, his heart relaxed, the agreement in front of him should be that both parties are not satisfied; Yang Zhi said slowly: "Does Lord Wang have any concerns?"

"Concerns?" Wang Yan smiled: "Can we trust each other?"

Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "Things that seem impossible often change because of the improvement of the actual situation, these days there are many Western Xia people who come to live in Youzhou, but they are unwilling to become Song people, so they have to arrange their post house in the west of the city." I have already asked King Yun for instructions, and a natural market will be formed there in the future, so there is no need to wait for the market to trade every day. ”

As soon as the merchants of Western Xia saw that peace had come, they immediately started to do business with the Dingbei army, and they all knew that Yang Zhi mainly controlled Youzhou and Xining Prefecture, and the scarce goods in the north and south were generally traded in these two places. Wang Yan laughed: "Yang Shuai understands that those are profit-seeking businessmen, but we don't dare in Lingzhou." ”

Wang Zhi's heart was a little bitter, and he didn't come to be rude, but Yang Zhi was sure because Yang Zhi himself had commercial resources, but there was no such big trading house in Great Xia, if small traders flocked to it, the defenders and merchants didn't know how many would be bought.

Yang Zhi laughed: "In terms of business methods, Lord Wang naturally doesn't look down on it. ”

Wang Yan was already ready to leave, stopped and said, "Now, I have a little bit of a change in my opinion of you, and I believe a little bit in the prospects you described. ”

Yang Zhi watched Wang Zhi disappear at the door, speechless for a long time, and Yang Zhi was not absolutely sure about the future, after all, the Western Xia army had killed so many people, and the dead could not be blinded, but most of the living people were difficult to forget. Yang Zhi sighed heavily, the war was ruthless, he didn't want to be a butcher, but there were more and more enemy troops who commanded the army to destroy, this was a helpless life!

Yang Zhi suddenly laughed, Youzhou is really an interesting place, but he doesn't know how long he can stay, Yan Qing walked in with Cai Qing, hugged his fist at Yang Zhi and said, "I heard that Yang Shuai is free now, so the villain came in a hurry." ”

After Zhang Shiheng disappeared, the prodigal son Yanqing was obviously a little anxious, he didn't know how Yang Zhi would settle the funds next; Yang Zhi smiled and said: "Excuse me, I have the heart to set up a semicolon in Youzhou, I don't know if you can help me take care of it." ”