Great Xia Dynasty, the autumn of the twenty-third year of Jian'an.

The Northern Golden Horde sent an envoy to the court, presented the attached document, and said that he was willing to give 3,000 good horses and 20,000 cattle and sheep as a gift, and from then on he was called a minister and a tribute, and returned to the king.

Jian'an Emperor Long Yan Dayue, issued a decree to seal the Beiyuan Golden Horde King Court Da Dan Yu as the king of the grassland, a bounty of 10,000 taels of copper, 1,000 horses of silk and satin, and 500 catties of salt and tea.

In October of the same year, Yu Mengduo, the new great minister of the Golden Horde, ignored the opposition of many grassland nobles like a wave, and personally led a hundred horses into Chang'an, the capital of the Great Xia Emperor, to be rewarded and entitled.

Emperor Jian'an deeply felt the sincerity of the Golden Horde Court Shan in Mengduo, gave a banquet in the Daming Palace, and ordered hundreds of civil and military officials to accompany him, which was extremely grand and luxurious, showing it the style of the Heavenly Empire.

On that day, the Great Xia Sword Saint Pei Baijiu was very angry, and presented a sword dance in the main hall, the sword qi spanned 30,000 miles, and a sword was cold and shining in Kyushu.

There is also a song dedicated by the music saint Li Guinian, which surrounds the beam for three days, and the aftermath is endless.

The grassland Shan Yu Mengduo was grateful, and wept bitterly on the spot, vowing to worship Emperor Jian'an as his father-in-law.

Emperor Jian'an wanted to refuse, but Meng Duo couldn't kneel down for a long time, his feelings were sincere, and the civil and military officials insisted on persuading each other, so he could only respond.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Rites personally presided over the canonization ceremony, opened the altar to worship the heavens, prayed to the heavens and the earth, and ordered the ceremonial officials to record them.

After the ceremony, the newly crowned grassland king Meng Duobai was in front of the knee of Emperor Jian'an, tears fell, saying that the grassland herdsmen were also the people of Daxia, and implored Emperor Jian'an to help the grassland herdsmen survive the cold winter of lack of food and clothing.

Emperor Jian'an thought so, and ordered the relocation of 100,000 herdsmen to Wuyuan County, which was resettled by the local government, and opened markets in the three border cities of Xin'an, Wujiahe, and Deling, allowing herdsmen to barter cattle and sheep skins and furs, herbs, milk and wine.

The king of the grassland, Meng Duo, felt the kindness of Jian'an Emperor and sang and danced in public.

Meng Duo lived in the Chang'an Mansion given by Emperor Jian'an for ten days, if it were not for the urging of the clansmen, and he would have to go back to preside over the overall situation, he would like to live in Chang'an for a long time and not return.

Before leaving, Meng Duo looked at the high wall of Chang'an and sighed: "If you can live in this city for a long time, even if you live for 30 years, it will be a great blessing in life." ”

Gu Jun, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who sent Mondo out of the city, replied with a smile: "Your Majesty gave the Grassland Palace, and the Grassland King is welcome to come and live with the princess and prince at any time. ”

Mondo laughed: "The kindness of my father is unforgettable, and I wish to guard the grassland forever to repay this kindness." ”

So far, there has been no war in the northwest of the empire, and Li Lin, the secretary of the ministry, said that it was so prosperous and peaceful, and it should be a song to sing the song.

Emperor Jian'an happily agreed, and issued an order to open Wenwu Enke, recruit wise men, and draft 3,000 women to enrich the palace.

In December, the news spread throughout the empire, causing a wave of discussion.

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Early December.

Sin'an Castle, located on the northwestern border of the empire, had a heavy snowfall.

The gray-yellow city wall was quickly covered with snow, and the snow became deeper and deeper, and in less than an hour, the snow thickness exceeded a foot.

If some poets living in the gentle township of the imperial capital saw this scene, they would probably chant a poem, "If you want snow in the evening, can you drink a cup?"

The soldiers of the border army guarding Sin'an Fortress did not have that kind of mood, but they still warmly welcomed the sudden heavy snow here.

It's not just because of this ghost weather, even if the Hu people who are all about killing and fighting in their minds don't dare to go south to raid, they don't have to worry about being attacked.

And because they could rightly sit in their barracks for fires, gamble, and drink without fear of being reprimanded by their superiors and whipped by the overseers.

This kind of comfortable little day is something they usually can't hope for.

The exception, of course, is the scout battalion, which is responsible for guarding and inquiring about information.

The scout camp Zheng Pei Zheng happened to be the one who made the exception, and he would be stomping his feet on the city wall and scolding his mother.

The gambling in the barracks has nothing to do with him, which means that he, known as the "Xin'an God of Gamblers", has lost a lot of income.

Who let him be young and ignorant, and was fooled into the scout camp by some unscrupulous general.

The unscrupulous general swore that he would be transferred back later.

But three years and three years, Pei Zheng was promoted to the scout battalion, just waiting for the current scout battalion commander to be promoted, retired or martyred, and the next scout battalion leader must be him.

The scout battalion has a special status, and the commander of the scout battalion with 100 "special forces brothers" is definitely the number one person in Xin'ancheng, where there are 3,000 regular troops and 8,000 auxiliary troops.

If Pei Zheng can successfully ascend to the position, he will have enough confidence to open the handicap a little wider and pull more Qiu Ba into the market.

You may win, but I will never lose.

Over the years, Pei Zhengke has earned a lot of money by sitting in the village, except for honoring unscrupulous generals and top bosses, the rest is more than the salary paid.

Silver is a good thing, with silver, good wine, drink as much as you want, delicious food, you can eat as much as you want.

Beauty, forget this, it's really not, in the whole Xin'an City, except for some Hu Niang who is responsible for washing and cooking, I can't even see a beautiful woman.

Pei Zheng, who had read all the island films in his previous life and remained a child in his two lives, really couldn't wronged himself like those Qiu Ba and attacked the ugly and obese Hu Niang.

However, the unscrupulous general once spit out the truth after drinking, and swore that Wuyuan City, eighty miles away, has the best hook fence in the northwest, and there are many gentle little girls from the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is that the consumption is high, and the average girl gets two taels of silver for the night, and the first card is more than ten taels.

Pei Zheng secretly swore that when he had money, he would have to go and see it.

If what the unscrupulous general said was true, he wanted to fight five.

Just as Pei was thinking about how to reasonably distribute his physical strength, he suddenly found that there were a few more inconspicuous black spots in his sight, and he was moving in the direction of Xin'an City.

The black dot is a little far away, but it stands out in the snow and ice.

Pei Zheng rubbed his eyes and carefully identified it, the moving black dot was a horse, and it immediately shook according to the rare figure.

"Alert, there is a situation, Ermu, quickly go and inform the general, about twenty or thirty horsemen are approaching Xin'an City five miles away, the speed is not fast, about a quarter of an hour to reach the city, friend or foe are not known for the time being, please make a decision quickly. ”

"Sangou, you take two people to the barracks, and once you hear the sound of the warn, do everything you can to get the group of happy guys hiding in the barracks to come out to fight. ”

"The brethren put their crossbows on their hands and were ready to meet them. ”

Pei Zheng, who has been in battle for a long time, made the most appropriate decision in a very short period of time.

As we all know, the scout battalion is good at assassination and sneak attacks in the field, and is not good at attacking and defending cities head-on.

Pei Zheng will not flee from the battle, nor will he deliberately take the scout camp to defend the city.

Not to mention that the scout camp stood on the city wall blowing the cold wind on a snowy day, although the people below didn't say it, they were already very unhappy in their hearts, and if Pei Zhengruo insisted on taking this matter, it would easily cause dissatisfaction and resentment among the people below.

Let's just say that the scout camp heroes didn't keep it, who bears the responsibility?

It didn't take long for the supreme governor of Xin'an City, Zhao Gu, the general of the fifth grade, to go up to the city wall with more than a dozen personal guards and scolding.

"Sure enough, the dead Hu is a good Hu person, this snowy day came out to wander, is the brain frozen?"

"Pei Zheng, what did you kid find?"

After speaking, he slapped Pei Zheng on the shoulder who was intently observing the movements of the uninvited guest.

Pei Zheng, who was slapped by the unscrupulous general, suddenly came back to his senses and replied with a serious face: "It is very likely that the people outside the city are not Hu people, they have accelerated significantly after seeing Xin'an City, but the speed is still not fast, and it seems to have been dragged down." ”

Zhao Gu was surprised and said: "It's not Hu Ren, this ice and snow, is there still a business?"

Pei Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not a businessman, a businessman is not so stupid." ”

This world is not the peaceful and prosperous era with developed transportation in Pei Zheng's previous life, and he will die if he braves the wind and snow to do business.

Even if they are lucky enough to get things over, those who think they can't survive the winter will follow the rules and spend money to buy them?

Take a knife to exchange faith with you?

Zhao Gu said with displeasure on his face: "You kid has something to say, twisting and pinching like a girl, not like words." ”

Pei Zheng rolled his eyes, he had long been accustomed to the "destruction" of unscrupulous generals, and replied unhurriedly: "In October, the new Shan Yu Mondo joined Great Xia and was named the king of the grassland. ”

"According to the etiquette system of Great Xia, the vassal state is called the minister and the tribute, and in addition to rewarding the lord of the vassal state, he must also reward the parents, wives and children of the lord of the country, and give him grace. ”

In addition, in order to show his loyalty, the lord of the vassal state had to send his son hostage to Chang'an, and then return to the vassal kingdom when he reached adulthood or took over the throne. ”

"The humble man dared to speculate that the person who came was the envoy to the royal court of the steppe, and the son of Mondo, who had returned with the mission. ”

Zhao Gu suddenly woke up: "Damn, what you kid said, it's really a little possible, last month Ben Jiang received news from Wuyuan City, saying that there was an envoy to the grassland, so that Ben Jiang would pay attention to the movements of the mission." ”

"Ben Jiang specially sent someone to Wuyuan City to inquire, but the whole situation is unknown, Ben Jiang thought it was the person who delivered the news at the time who was mistaken, according to what you said, I am afraid that someone deliberately blocked the news at the beginning. ”

Pei Zheng pursed his lips and said: "General, don't guess, the people will arrive soon, and when you ask, everything will be clear." ”

A moment later, more than 30 horsemen escorted two carriages and appeared hundreds of meters away from Sin'an City in the wind and snow.

At Zhao Gu's signal, Pei Zheng shouted at the top of his voice: "Whoever is coming, report your name." ”

A knight broke away from the ranks, hurried to the city gate, and replied loudly: "We are on the orders of Your Majesty, and we have gone to the Golden Horde to canonize the envoy of the relatives of the King of the Prairie King. ”

"Passing by here today, please open the city gate, let us and others enter the city, and when the wind and snow cease, we will recuperate and go south again. ”

Pei Zheng and Zhao Gu glanced at each other, and sure enough, it was the mission.

Zhao Guchong Pei Zheng instructed: "Reply to him, let him issue a document to prove his identity, verify his identity and then put it in." ”

Pei Zheng nodded slightly, and just as he was about to speak, another knight rushed over and shouted at the top of his voice: "Where is Zhao Gu, the guard of Xin'an City? ”

Zhao Gu's face froze when he heard this, and then he said excitedly: "It's Old Man Wen, you don't need to check your body, open the city gate quickly." ”