Darts and commerce are two things that are closely linked.

After Wu Lipo withdrew from the position of the military envoy of Lu Longjun, he led a group of old troops to set up the Shenwei Dart Bureau in Hedong, specializing in the silk business from the eastern capital Luoyang to the grassland.

In the Dayu market, silk and copper coins are both currency that can be circulated, but they are not as convenient and sought-after as copper coins, and their value fluctuates greatly.

However, in any case, silk silk is a very valuable luxury.

Therefore, the silk transported from Luoyang to the grassland is actually not much different from transporting banknotes. If there is no skillful scheming, no determination and will, this deal will not be possible.

Wu Lipo retired as a high-ranking general, relying on the sword under his hand, the official face, and the face of the rivers and lakes, so he could manage this business properly.

If any of these three things are missing, this dart is the same as sending it to death.

As for the chieftains of the various tribes on the grassland, the water source along the way, these semi-technical things, Wu Lipo and their dart walkers are naturally quite familiar.

"Before the civil strife, I had to lead a team on seven or eight trips a year, but this year I only went once. ”

Wu Li answered the emperor's question rather cautiously.

The Emperor nodded.

Although the Uighurs are an ally of concern, the two sides have maintained peace and cooperation for nearly a hundred years in the overall environment, and many aspects are deeply involved with each other.

"Duli and Guangming are better than these two brothers, which one are you more optimistic about?"

The Uighurs were divided today because of the old Khan's mistaken measures, and in the constant struggle between the two currents of thought in the tribe, Manichaeism and Buddhism, the eldest son was in collusion with the prime minister, Yao Lost, and he himself was interested in the younger son, Guangsheng, and was ready to let the younger son take advantage of the Manichaean power to ascend to the throne.

The procrastination of the inheritance was originally due to the fact that he was deaf, and the conflict between a religious trend was an indelible wound.

"The medicine is old and strong, although Guangsheng has Jingshi Mingyan under his hands, but Duli also has Mori Zhitian under him. Originally, Guangming Sheng was backed by the Manichae cult, and its power was slightly stronger, and once the two sides were divided, the forces were roughly equal. ”

"Therefore, the grass people thought that under the Uighur civil strife, the grass people were still more optimistic about me. ”

Li Xu shook his head, Wu Lipo's answer could not be said to be wrong, what he said was very correct, and finally he praised himself a little, but this was not the answer that the emperor wanted.

Because he'd heard too many things like that.

"Who do you think will win?"

Li Xu looked at Wu Lipo, no matter how this guy said, he was a high-ranking general of Dayu, it can be said that he had been in the army for a long time, and the so-called strategic vision should be somewhat after so many years of military career, not to mention that the dart industry requires a considerable degree of contact with all aspects of Uighur society.

The rise and fall of power between the two sides of the Uighur civil strife should have been clearly judged by Wu Li.

In other words, Wu Lipo's words shouldn't be so simple.

So Li Xu was a little unhappy, the emperor didn't have the patience to talk to these people here, it was purely a good mood, otherwise according to the temper of the past, these four people would have to fill the ditch.

"Your Majesty, in fact, if you follow the will of the grass people, you will still be more vigorous. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"My emperor has seen thousands of miles," Wu Li cautiously slapped his ass and continued, "The Uighurs have gone through such a toss, and I am afraid that they will never be able to take turns in the grasslands in the future." ”

The peoples on the grassland are often like mushrooms after a rain, one stubble has been dug up, and another stubble has emerged.

This is not only a limitation determined by natural geography, but also a geographical effect.

Geographically, this area is outside the annual precipitation line of 400 millimeters, and the farming people have no intention of going deeper, and the vast grassland on the geography has left a strategic space for the peoples on the grassland to move around.

In Li Xu's original time and space, all this was not until the rise of the Russians and a series of breakthroughs in military technology that the history of the nomads came to an end.

Now the emperor listened quietly to Wu Lipo's analysis.

Although the Uighur Khanate ruled the steppe for more than 100 years, after this round of serious internal friction and confrontation with Dayu, the decline of this once glorious steppe country was almost inevitable.

The only question is who will rise up in the future and eventually become the new overlord of the steppe.

The Uighur era has finally passed, and perhaps the country's writing and language, religion and culture will still leave traces of one kind or another, but their time is still over.

"I'm afraid it's not easy for Guangmingsheng to have a hard time this year, when the two sides separated, most of the baggage was taken to the Western Regions, although Guangmingsheng has more people and more soldiers and horses, but this is all an open mouth, this winter can be colder than usual, and it's not easy to have a good time over there. ”

Li Xu's eyes glanced over the faces of the people below, and he saw the panic on the faces of the others.

The Uighurs had a hard time, so they had to be replenished, whether it was food or medicinal herbs, and how could Guangsheng, who held the Uighur Khan's court, collect such and such supplies from the ground east of the river.

These four people may have mixed in with this business transaction, and Wu Li led this section half intentionally and half unintentionally, which is really thought-provoking.

"Your Majesty, the Uighurs are really hundred-legged insects that die but do not stiffen, and Weichen thinks that it is better to slow down. ”

Tian Hong had been watching the play for a long time and interjected.

His words naturally caused a chorus of echoes from below. What Tian Hongzheng said was exactly the purpose of these four people.

The Emperor knew what kind of public opinion the four people had come to petition represented.

Stop fighting for martial arts.

For the ordinary people on the land east of the river, it would not be a bad thing if they could avoid direct conflict with the Uighurs.

Once the war machine is activated, not only the real money of the Dayu Imperial Court will be invested in this bottomless pit, but the people of Hedong will naturally be impacted, which is impossible to avoid.

For example, the military rations used by the army, in addition to being transported from the Guanzhong and Henan areas, must be purchased locally in Hedong. As for repairing armor and weapons, and collecting all kinds of military supplies, the military officials in charge of these naturally had to start from the Hedong generation.

The beast of war devours not only the lives of both the enemy and the enemy, but also countless supplies and wealth.

The Emperor was silent, and it might not be the time to attack the Uighurs, but the key was to see what Guangsheng meant.

Otherwise, he deliberately kept his hand, and if he didn't appreciate it, then he would only fight with knives and guns.

Li Xu lowered his head, and all kinds of thoughts came up for a while, the situation in Hedong was complicated, and it had to be clarified slowly.